Karen Baker, RPh, MS

Karen Baker, RPh, MS has been on the Dental College faculty at the University of Iowa for 30 years and occupies a unique role in dental practice and education. She is a clinical pharmacist with a Master’s degree in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics and is focused on patient-specific dental drug therapy. She has given over 800 programs nationally and internationally and holds memberships in many dental and clinical pharmacology and therapeutics organizations. Ms. Baker is on the editorial board of the Journal of the Academy of General Dentistry. Her dental education-based pharmacy and drug therapy consultation center is the only one in the United States. She has authored more than 50 articles and abstracts and lectures extensively in pre-doctoral and graduate-level courses at the University of Iowa.