Dr. Eric K. Farmer is an HIV clinical pharmacist at the Indiana University Health LifeCare Clinic at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. He was instrumental in starting formal clinical pharmacy services in 2009 at LifeCare, one of the largest providers of HIV medical services in the state of Indiana. At LifeCare, Dr. Farmer provides pharmacy services that include medication adherence counseling and patient education, drug information services, medication procurement, medication therapy management, and medical care coordination services. He currently serves as a clinical preceptor for APPE students, PGY1 residents, and PGY2 residents at IU Health and is on the clinical faculty of the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center.
He is involved in the PGY2 ID Residency Advisory Committee as well as the Indiana HIV/STD Advisory Council with the Indiana State Department of Health. Dr. Farmer graduated from Butler University with his Doctor of Pharmacy in 2007. He then completed an ASHP-accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency at Eskenazi Health (formerly Wishard Health Services) in Indianapolis, and subsequently an ASHP-accredited PGY2 HIV specialty pharmacy residency at the Center for HIV/AIDS Care and Research at Boston Medical Center.
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