Alejandro Mayer, Ph.D.

SYNOPSIS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITIES (1993-2021)

During the past 30 years, as a faculty member of the Department of Pharmacology at the College of Graduate Studies (CGS), my teaching responsibilities have included lectures and clinical case studies to students from Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (CCOM), Chicago College of Pharmacy (CCP), Chicago College of Health Sciences (CHP), College of Dental Medicine Illinois (CDMI) and Chicago College of Optometry (CCO), in the following areas as classified in Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 14th Edition: Drugs acting on the central nervous system: local anesthetics; Autacoids: drug therapy of inflammation: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, corticosteroids and drugs used for the treatment of arthritis; Chemotherapy of microbial diseases: drugs for used in the treatment of tuberculosis and leprosy, antivirals (including anti-HIV agents), and antifungal agents; Chemotherapy of neoplastic diseases: antineoplastic agents; Drugs used for immunomodulation: immunosuppressive and immune stimulant agents; Drugs acting on the blood and blood forming organs: hematopoietic agents, anticoagulant, thrombolytic and antiplatelet drugs; Hormones and Hormone Antagonists: adrenocortical steroids and synthetic analogs. I have served as Course Director of CCOM/CCP/CHS/CCO Pharmacology courses in numerous years. In addition, from 1994-2011, I contributed a two-hour Marine Pharmacology lecture to CCP students participating in the Topics in Advanced Medicinal Chemistry course. Finally, I have served as the course Director of a 20-hour Medical Spanish elective, which has been offered during the Fall and Spring quarters to medical, pharmacy and health science students from 1994-2017.