Billy C. Furgerson, PharmD
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Research Pharmacist |
Phone: (501) 364-2596 |
Email: FurgersonBillyC@uams.edu |
Dr. Furgerson has been a research pharmacist with ACHRI since 2000. Dr. Furgerson maintains the research pharmacy in support of inpatient and outpatient trials conducted at the Pediatric Clinical Research Unit. He is accountable for drugs administered from the initiation through the completion of clinical trials at ACHRI. He oversees the formulating, dispensing, accounting, blinding, and storing of the drugs and the documentation of these activities. The clinical trials conducted through the Institute include industry-sponsored and investigator-initiated studies and trials that support the Pediatric Pharmacology Research Unit (PPRU) at Arkansas Children’s Hospital (1 of 13 PPRUs funded by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development). Dr. Furgerson provides input on study design and planning. He is also involved in the planned expansion of the research pharmacy facility.
Dr. Furgerson has been a pharmacist in a hospital and hospital-based research facilities for over 25 years. He also was employed as a regional director for a home health company serving clients statewide. Dr. Furgerson earned a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and a Doctorate of Pharmacy from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He is a member of the Arkansas Pharmacist Association.
Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
1120 Marshall Street
Little Rock, AR 72202
(501) 364-7373
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