Biosketch

DeChristoforo came to the Clinical Center Pharmacy Department as a senior staff pharmacist in 1979. Since then he has been clinical pharmacist for NCI’s Pediatric Oncology Branch; assistant to the Pharmacy Department chief for clinical services; assistant to the chief for drug information and professional services; quality assurance officer; chief of the clinical pharmacy section, including an oncology satellite pharmacy; and chief of the inpatient pharmacy section, which includes unit dose and sterile products areas staffed by approximately 30 pharmacists and technicians. He retired from the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) January 1, 2005 at the rank of Captain.

Awards

National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Partnering Award “For Worker Health and Safety for Collaborative Partnership and Products of the NIOSH Hazardous Drug Working Group,” 2006; Clinical Center Director’s Award “For Superb Leadership of the Pharmacy Department during a Time of Transition,” 2005; Food and Drug Administration’s Group Recognition Award “For outstanding contributions to the Pharmacy Student Experiential Program,” 2003; Clinical Center Director’s Award “For Applying Scientific Principles and Safe Medication Practices to Patient Care,” 2002; American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Best Practices in Health-System Pharmacy Management Award (co-recipient), 2000; USPHS Career Achievement Award in Pharmacy,1994; Certificate of Appreciation, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, 1991; Squibb Past-President's Award, 1988; Ciba-Geigy Leadership Award, 1988; Hospital Pharmacist of the Year Award, D.C. Society of Hospital Pharmacists,1986.

Selected Publications

DeChristoforo, R, Gamble-Bowen, S, Daniels, CE. Improving communication using an electronic bulletin board, Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2007; 64: 245- 251

Connor, TH, Sessink, PJ, Harrison, BR, Pretty, J, Peters, BG, Alfaro, RM, Bilos, A, Beckmann, G, Bing, MR, Anderson, LM, DeChristoforo, R. Surface contamination of chemotherapy drug vials and evaluation of new vial-cleaning techniques: Results of three studies, Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2005; 62: 475-484

DeChristoforo, R, Penzak SR. Tenofovir: A nucleotide analogue reverse-transcriptase inhibitor for treatment of HIV infection, Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2004; 61: 86-100

Piscitelli SC, DeChristoforo R. Government, Clinical Pharmacy Careers, In: Encyclopedia of Clinical Pharmacy. 1st ed. DiPiro JT,editor. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc.; 2003:385-8.

Roden MM, Nelson L, Knudsen T, Jarosinski P, Starling J, Shiflett S, Calis, K, DeChristoforo R, Donowitz G, Buell D, Walsh TJ. Triad of Acute Infusion-Related Reactions Associated with Liposomal Amphotericin B: Analysis of Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics, Clin Infect Dis 2003:36: 1213-20

Kohler, DR, Montello, M, Goldspiel, BR, DeChristoforo, R, Huntley, C, High, J, Fallavollita, A, Meadows, B, Green, L, Ignoffo, RJ, ASHP Guidelines on Preventing Medication Errors with Antineoplastic Agents, Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2002; 59: 1648-68

Roden MM, Nelson L, Knudsen T, Jarosinski P, Starling J, Shiflett S, DeChristoforo R, Donowitz G, Walsh TJ. A Syndrome of Sporadic Acute Infusion Related Reactions due to Liposomal Amphotericin B. In: Programs and Abstracts of the 41st Interscience Conference of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, December, 2001; Chicago, IL. [Abstract J-835]

Goldspiel BR, DeChristoforo R, Daniels CE, A Continuous-improvement Approach for Reducing the Number of Chemotherapy-related Medication Errors, Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2000;57(Suppl 4)S4-9

Hunter J, Rosen D, DeChristoforo R, Overview of FDA Procedures for Expediting the Development and Evaluation of Drugs for the Treatment of AIDS and Other Life-Threatening Illnesses, Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 1992; V(3):143-150

Vaccari P, Tonat K, DeChristoforo R, et. al., Disposal of Antineoplastic Wastes at the National Institutes of Health, Am J Hosp Pharm. 1984; 41:87-93.