Candy Tsourounis, PharmD
Professor
Clinical Pharmacy
School of Pharmacy

Dr. Tsourounis contributes to the department’s Medication Outcomes Center, which conducts medication-related research and evidence-based analyses, evaluates pharmaceutical models of care, contributes to continuous quality improvement, implements value-added strategies, and improves patient outcomes within the UCSF Medical Center and its affiliated institutions.

Dr. Tsourounis has over 30 years of experience working in the area of dietary supplements. She is very passionate about educating the scientific community and the public about dietary supplements. She has authored numerous articles and has contributed meaningful research in this field, particularly in the area of dietary supplement use and safety. She has contributed her expertise to the development of dietary supplement competencies within pharmacy school curricula nationally and abroad. Dr. Tsourounis has established a strong reputation in the area of dietary supplements and has been asked to speak on this topic at statewide, national, and international educational programs.

• Integrative Health: An Interprofessional Standardized Patient Case for Prelicensure Learners
  MedEdPORTAL The Journal of Teaching and Learning Resources 2018 Josette Rivera, MD, Rosalind de Lisser, RN, Anand Dhruva, MD, Amber Fitzsimmons, PT, Susan Hyde, DDS, PhD
• Integrative Health: An Interprofessional Standardized Patient Case for Prelicensure Learners.
  MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources 2018 Rivera J, de Lisser R, Dhruva A, Fitzsimmons A, Hyde S, Reddy S, Tsourounis C, Adler SR
• Chinese Herb Use by Patients at a San Francisco Chinatown Public Health Center.
  Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) 2016 Hsu O, Tsourounis C, Chan LL, Dennehy C
• Perceptions and Cost-Analysis of a Multiple Mini-Interview in a Pharmacy School Admissions Process.
  American journal of pharmaceutical education 2015 Corelli RL, Muchnik MA, Beechinor RJ, Fong G, Vogt EM, Cocohoba JM, Tsourounis C, Hudmon KS
• Pediatric medication administration errors and workflow following implementation of a bar code medication administration system.
  Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality 2014 Hardmeier A, Tsourounis C, Moore M, Abbott WE, Guglielmo BJ
• An interprofessional approach to reducing the overutilization of stress ulcer prophylaxis in adult medical and surgical intensive care units.
  The Annals of pharmacotherapy 2014 Tasaka CL, Burg C, VanOsdol SJ, Bekeart L, Anglemyer A, Tsourounis C, Rennke S
• Characteristics and trends of drug and dietary supplement inquiries by college athletes.
  Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA 2013 Ambrose PJ, Tsourounis C, Uryasz FD, Patterson E
• Impact of a pharmacist-driven protocol to improve drug allergy documentation at a university hospital.
  Hospital pharmacy 2013 Burrell C, Tsourounis C, Quan D, Jue V, Tam E, Guglielmo BJ
• Inhaled corticosteroid metered-dose inhalers: how do variations in technique for solutions versus suspensions affect drug distribution?
  The Annals of pharmacotherapy 2013 Robinson CA, Tsourounis C
• Improving the reporting of adverse drug reactions in the hospital setting.
  Postgraduate medicine 2010 Pushkin R, Frassetto L, Tsourounis C, Segal ES, Kim S
• The use of herbs by california midwives.
  Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN 2010 Dennehy C, Tsourounis C, Bui L, King TL
• A review of select vitamins and minerals used by postmenopausal women.
  Maturitas 2010 Dennehy C, Tsourounis C
• Why change is needed in research examining dietary supplements.
  Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 2010 Tsourounis C, Bent S
• Characteristics of drug and dietary supplement inquiries by college athletes.
  Sports health 2010 Ambrose PJ, Tsourounis C, Olander R, Uryasz F
• Effects of uptake and efflux transporter inhibition on erythromycin breath test results.
  Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 2007 Frassetto LA, Poon S, Tsourounis C, Valera C, Benet LZ
• In vivo effect of I'm-Yunity on hepatic cytochrome P450 3A4.
  Journal of herbal pharmacotherapy 2007 Nicandro JP, Tsourounis C, Frassetto L, Guglielmo BJ
• Analysis of ephedra-free labeled dietary supplements sold in the San Francisco Bay area in 2003.
  Journal of herbal pharmacotherapy 2006 Tam JW, Dennehy CE, Ko R, Tsourounis C
• Evaluation of herbal dietary supplements marketed on the internet for recreational use.
  The Annals of pharmacotherapy 2005 Dennehy CE, Tsourounis C, Miller AE
• Dietary supplement-related adverse events reported to the California Poison Control System.
  American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2005 Dennehy CE, Tsourounis C, Horn AJ
• Safety review of kava (Piper methysticum) by the Natural Standard Research Collaboration.
  Expert opinion on drug safety 2005 Ulbricht C, Basch E, Boon H, Ernst E, Hammerness P, Sollars D, Tsourounis C, Woods J, Bent S
• Use of Chinese herbal products in Oakland and San Francisco Chinatowns.
  American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2004 Cheng J, Lee P, Li J, Dennehy CE, Tsourounis C
• Effects of creatine supplementation on renal function.
  Journal of herbal pharmacotherapy 2004 Yoshizumi WM, Tsourounis C
• Assessment of an online consumer "Ask Your Pharmacist" service.
  The Annals of pharmacotherapy 2002 Assemi M, Torres NM, Tsourounis C, Kroon LA, McCart GM
• Characterizing adverse events reported to the California Poison Control System on herbal remedies and dietary supplements: a pilot study.
  Journal of herbal pharmacotherapy 2002 Yang S, Dennehy CE, Tsourounis C
• Dietary supplement use among menopausal women attending a San Francisco health conference.
  Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 2002 Kam IW, Dennehy CE, Tsourounis C
• Red clover (Trifolium pratense) monograph: a clinical decision support tool.
  Journal of herbal pharmacotherapy 2002 Nelsen J, Ulbricht C, Barrette EP, Sollars D, Tsourounis C, Rogers A, Basch S, Hashmi S, Bent S, Basch E
• Shark cartilage monograph: a clinical decision support tool.
  Journal of herbal pharmacotherapy 2002 Hammerness P, Ulbricht C, Barrette EP, Boon H, Szapary P, Sollars D, Smith M, Tsourounis C, Bent S, Basch E
• Clinical effects of phytoestrogens.
  Clinical obstetrics and gynecology 2001 Tsourounis C
• Dietary supplement survey of pharmacists: personal and professional practices.
  Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) 2001 Howard N, Tsourounis C, Kapusnik-Uner J
• A survey of dietary supplement use during pregnancy at an academic medical center.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2001 Tsui B, Dennehy CE, Tsourounis C
• Implanon: a critical review.
  The Annals of pharmacotherapy 2001 Le J, Tsourounis C
• Comment: glucosamine: selecting appropriate study exclusion criteria.
  The Annals of pharmacotherapy 1998 Barclay TS, Tsourounis C, McCart GM
• The JAMA patient page.
  JAMA 1998 Tsourounis C
• Glucosamine.
  The Annals of pharmacotherapy 1998 Barclay TS, Tsourounis C, McCart GM
• Implementation of a computerized drug information database.
  American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 1997 Tsourounis C, Schroeder DJ
• Aerosolized amphotericin B in prophylaxis of pulmonary aspergillosis.
  The Annals of pharmacotherapy 1996 Tsourounis C, Guglielmo BJ