Larry A. Bauer, Pharm.D., is a Professor at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy and has been on the faculty since 1980. He also holds an adjunct appointment at the same rank in the Department of Laboratory Medicine, where he is a toxicology consultant. He received his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree (1977) from the University of Washington, and his Doctor of Pharmacy degree (1980) from the University of Kentucky. He also completed an ASHP-accredited hospital pharmacy residency (1980), specializing in clinical pharmacokinetics, at A. B. Chandler Medical Center at the University of Kentucky, under the preceptorship of Dr. Paul Parker and under the guidance of Dr. Robert Blouin. Dr. Bauer is a fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology and of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.
Dr. Bauer's specialty area is in clinical pharmacokinetics, and he teaches courses and offers clinical clerkships in this area. His research interests include the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drug interactions, the effects of liver disease and age on drug metabolism, the effects of renal disease and dialysis on drug elimination, and computer modeling of population pharmacokinetics. He has over 140 published research papers, abstracts, and book chapters. Also, he is author of the textbook entitled Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics (McGraw-Hill, 2001). Dr. Bauer is a member of several clinical pharmacology and clinical pharmacy professional organizations. He is a reviewer for several scientific publications, was Consulting Editor of Clinical Pharmacy (1981–1990) and Field Editor of ASHP Signal (1981–1983), and is currently on the Editorial Boards of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics and Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Dr. Bauer has precepted three postdoctoral fellows in clinical pharmacokinetics who currently have faculty appointments in schools of pharmacy or positions in the pharmaceutical industry.