Biography

Dr. Sawkin earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and completed a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency in public health at the KC CARE Health Center through the UMKC School of Pharmacy. He is currently a clinical professor in the Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administration.

Credentialed as an HIV pharmacist by the American Academy of HIV Medicine, Dr. Sawkin serves as an ambulatory care pharmacist and treatment adherence specialist at the KC CARE Health Center. He provides medication therapy management services for the treatment of a variety of chronic disease states including diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, hypothyroidism, HIV, PrEP and PEP.

Dr. Sawkin provides both didactic and experiential education for pharmacy students, and in the classroom, he teaches HIV and opportunistic infection pathophysiology and pharmacotherapy. He serves as a faculty advisor for the UMKC Public Health Organization and as the residency program director for the UMKC PGY1 Community-Based Pharmacy Residency Program conducted at the KC CARE Health Center. His scholarly interests include HIV; public health; treatment adherence; interprofessional education; the scholarship of teaching; and diversity, equity and inclusion topics.