Christopher Edwards, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP associate clinical professor, Dept. of Pharmacy Practice and Science and clinical assistant professor, emergency medicine, the UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA’S COLLEGE OF MEDICINE—specializes in emergency medicine pharmacotherapy. He maintains a clinical practice in the emergency department of BANNER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER TUCSON.

He has authored numerous peer-reviewed papers and book chapters and serves as co-editor of a textbook titled "Basic Skills in Interpreting Laboratory Values." He has earned several awards for didactic and bedside teaching and leadership. He earned the William L. Fritz Preceptor of the Year Award from the University of Arizona. Edwards is a fellow of the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEALTH SYSTEMS PHARMACISTS.

Areas of Research: 

Emergency medicine pharmacotherapy
Pain relief and sedation
Rapid sequence intubation
Toxicology
Trauma resuscitation