I graduated from the UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1992, making the Dean's list in my graduating year.

I worked with Overwaitea/Save-On-Foods Pharmacy in the British Columbia lower mainland and Kelowna, BC for a year before doing a residency in hospital pharmacy in 1993-94 at Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre (VHHSC, also known as VGH).  Upon finishing the residency program, I continued to work at VHHSC as a clinical pharmacist for approximately 3 years.   My areas of specialty at VHHSC were respiratory and gastrointestinal medicine.

I am currently working as a clinical pharmacist at the Richmond Hospital.  I have been at Richmond Hospital since October, 1997. My area of specialty is psychiatry. In October 2001 I completed the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties Board Certification in Psychiatric Pharmacy (BCPP).

I am a past-president of the Pharmacy Division of the UBC Alumni Association. 

My special interests in pharmacy practice include: psychiatry, drug information research, pharmacy on the internet and drug-nutrient interactions (especially grapefruit juice-drug interactions !)

My initial work on this project has served me well.  I have been approached regularly to discuss this topic in various forums; an international health conference, television (CBC's 50/up), radio (The Doctor Is In with Dr. Don Nixdorf), in print (march 1998 issue of BC Pharmacy magazine), and now on the world wide web.  This site was featured on the Time.com website in June, 1998. It has now received over 230,000 hits in just over 7 years on the web. It was also featured on HealthScout and a CBS channel 2000 special report, The CBC Health Show,  the Ask Dr. Bob website, and RxList.com. 

Reference guide to Drug & Nutrient Interactions. 1993.  Louise Bell, ed. Vancouver: British Columbia Dietitians' and Nutritionists' Association and the British Columbia Pharmacy Association.
This book was the spark for my continuing involvement in the area of drug-nutrient interactions, including this grapefruit juice-drug interactions home page.  I would like to thank Doug Danforth, B.Sc.(Pharm.), Diane Allen, B.H.E., R.D.N., Louise Bell, B.A., M.Sc., Janet Webb, B.Sc.(Pharm), M.Sc. and Larry Lynd, B.S.P. for help with compiling and editing the information in the manual.

Elbe D, Frighetto L, Nickoloff D, Jewesson P.  A Survey of Prescriber Perceptions and Practice of  IV-PO Stepdown Anti-Infective Therapy. Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy 1996;49: 244-251.
the first part of my residency project at VGH.

Elbe D, Frighetto L, Nickoloff D, Jewesson P. Use of cefixime in an IV to oral stepdown program to reduce antimicrobial costs. Formulary 1998; 33: 54-63.
The second part of my residency project.

Elbe, D. Drug Commentary: Grapefruit juice-drug interactions.  BC Pharmacy 1998; 7: 18-9.
The mirror article to this website was published in BC Pharmacy.

McCollom RA, Elbe DHT, Ritchie AH. Bupropion-induced serum sickness-like reaction. Ann Pharmacother 2000;34:471-3.
A series of case reports of bupropion (Wellbutrin/Zyban) induced serum-sickness like reactions (SSLRs), written by myself, another pharmacist, and an ER physician.

Elbe D, Conde C. Visual Compatability of Various Injectable Neuroleptic Agents with Benztropine and Lorazepam in Polypropylene Syringes.  Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy 2001; 54: 102-3.
This article concerns the compatibility of various psychiatric medications in syringes, done in an effort to look at the ability to reduce the number of injections required to be administered in psychiatric emergencies. This is beneficial for both patients and staff. 

Elbe DHT, Chang SW. Moxifloxacin-Warfarin interaction: A series of six case reports. Ann Pharmacother 2005: 39: 361-4.
My latest article, detailing observed drug interaction between moxifloxacin and warfarin in several elderly patients at our facility.

Along with a company called Food-Medication Interactions, I recently published software for palm OS and pocket PC PDAs regarding Food-Medication Interactions. Click here to see details on this software for PDAs.

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