About The Founder of RxReview

About The Founder

Fred Raleigh, Pharm.D., BCCP has practiced pharmacy for over 35 years since graduating from the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy in 1971.

Dr. Raleigh has academic appointments at the University of California at San Francisco School of Pharmacy as a Clinical Professor of Pharmacy and at the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy as an Adjunct Professor of Pharmacy Practice. In addition, he is also nationally registered as a Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist.

In his 35 plus years as a pharmacist Fred has managed pharmacy operations for a large State of California Forensic Mental Health Hospital and California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Adult and Youth Divisions. During his career as a pharmacist Dr. Raleigh has served in a consulting capacity as an expert witness and for corporations assisting organizations to improve medication management security and pharmacy systems issues and operations.

Dr. Fred Raleigh, Pharm.D., BCPP

Fred has also worked in community health care settings as a consultant to skilled nursing facilities, private patients and health care agencies. He has authored many health and medication related papers. For over 15 years Fred has provided a medication question and answer column in Plus Magazine that is distributed in the San Luis Obispo County region of California. In addition Dr. Raleigh also provides a medication insight column to a few of California's professional psychologist association's newletters. Dr. Raleigh also serves as a reviewer for several professional publications.

Dr. Fred strongly believes that pharmacists are a liaison health care professional serving to improve patient health and knowledge about medications through close collaboration with the patient's other health care providers. Through continuous interactions with patients, health care professionals and administrators he offers a unique perspective on how all parties can work together as a team to provide win-win goals for all involved parties.

Finally, Fred is uniquely both a scientist and an adept public presenter. Through sometimes nontraditional methods, Dr. Fred fully engages audiences at continuing education seminars, and develops training media that holds the participants attention.