Dr. Penelope A. Boyden

Course Director

Office: P&S 7-464
Phone: 5-7907
Email: pab4@columbia.edu

The subject of the Pharmacology course is the effects of drugs and chemicals on physiological processes particularly in conditions of disease. Both basic mechanisms of therapeutic and toxic drug actions as well as practical aspects of drug administration to patients are the topics of the lectures and conferences. The course also teaches the vocabulary and concepts necessary for the use of drug therapy in the clinical years of medical school as well as for future practice.