Areas I Teach
Educational History
PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency--Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO, 2013-2014
PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency--Moses Cone Hospital, Greensboro, NC, 2012-2013
PharmD--Creighton University, Omaha, NE, 2012
Practice/Research Interests
Dr. Saito's clinical interest areas include lifestyle medicine, nutrition, diabetes, cardiovascular risk reduction, and asthma/COPD/tobacco cessation. His research and practice interests include integrating clinical pharmacists within primary care practices, advancement of comprehensive primary care, pharmacy residency training, health equity and working with underserved patient populations. He teaches within the PharmD curriculum in the following course streams/content areas: Core Pharmaceutical Sciences & Therapeutics (dyslipidemia, cardiovascular risk reduction, cardiovascular nutrition, lifestyle medicine, anticoagulation), and Pharmacy Skills & Applications. He coordinates the school’s cohort of students participating in the AHEC Scholars Program, a national and statewide training program the focuses on rural and underserved populations. He maintains a clinical practice at Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center (VGMHC) a local federally qualified health center where he works as part of an integrated, interprofessional care team, has prescriptive authority to manage chronic diseases through collaborative practice agreements, and bills for his services. In addition, he participates in seasonal and migrant farm-worker outreach events in the summer. An active advocate for the advancement of pharmacy practice, he is involved professionally with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Section of Ambulatory Care Practitioners Section Advisory Group on Compensation & Practice Sustainability, he is an elected state delegate to the ASHP House of Delegates, and serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Oregon Board of Pharmacy and Public Health & Pharmacy Formulary Advisory Committee.
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Outside the Classroom
Eddie is originally from Honolulu, HI and enjoys outdoor activities, traveling, cooking, sourdough baking, homebrewing, and jazz/classical music. He enjoys running in the annual Hood to Coast Relay. He lives with his wife, three children and their feisty cat Freddie.