Jonathan Watanabe, PharmD, MS, PhD

Title(s)Professor and Chair, Clinical Pharmacy
SchoolSchool of Pharmacy
Address490 Illinois Street, #32Q
San Francisco CA 94158
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    University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CAPharmD2007Pharmacy
    University of Washington, Seattle, WAMS2008Pharmaceutical Outcomes, Research, and Policy
    University of Washington, Seattle, WAPhD2012Pharmaceutical Outcomes, Research, and Policy
    University of Washington, Seattle, WABS1998Zoology
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    University of Southern California, School of Pharmacy2006Distinguished Service Award
    University of Southern California, School of Pharmacy2007Harold Miller Leadership Award

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    1. Oral versus subcutaneous semaglutide weight loss outcomes after two years among patients with type 2 diabetes in a real-world database. Expert Rev Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Feb 07; 1-6. Kwon J, Thiara D, Watanabe JH. PMID: 39921267.
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    2. ASHP and ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Forecast 2025: Strategic Planning Guidance for Pharmacy Departments in Hospitals and Health Systems. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2025 Jan 06; 82(2):17-47. DiPiro JT, Hoffman JM, Tichy E, Shea S, Sanborn M, Hung A, Fox ER, Watanabe JH, Torrise V, Abourjaily P, Cunningham FE, Schweitzer P, Nelson SD, Stump LS, Castro H, Nesbit TW, Scott CM. PMID: 39657700.
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    3. Examining the impact of Anticholinergic Burden on Hospitalized Older People Receiving Concomitant Cholinesterase inhibitors. Sr Care Pharm. 2024 Dec 01; 39(12):449-457. Guan J, Noviasky J, Watanabe JH. PMID: 39627800.
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    4. Enhancing drug evaluation in diverse populations and older adults: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine considerations. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Sep; 72(9):2912-2920. Watanabe JH. PMID: 39017394.
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    5. Examining the Impact of the World Health Organization 2022 Guidelines on Evaluation of Biosimilars for Non-Local Comparators in Biosimilar Studies on Middle East and North Africa Member States. Pharmacy (Basel). 2024 Jun 16; 12(3). Strand MW, Watanabe JH. PMID: 38921970; PMCID: PMC11207457.
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    6. Aspirin Use in Older People Highlights the Need for Improved Inclusion of Older People in Clinical Trials. Sr Care Pharm. 2024 Jun 01; 39(6):209-211. Watanabe JH, Zajac D. PMID: 38803025.
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    7. Association of Pre-Pandemic Telehealth With Emergency Department and Telehealth Usage During the Pandemic. Sr Care Pharm. 2024 Mar 01; 39(3):105-112. Strand M, Watanabe JH. PMID: 38379135.
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    8. Considerations on the Weight Loss-Associated Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists for Older People. Sr Care Pharm. 2023 Dec 01; 38(12):493-496. Watanabe JH. PMID: 38041227.
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    9. Trends in glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist use, 2014 to 2022. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2024 Jan-Feb; 64(1):133-138. Watanabe JH, Kwon J, Nan B, Reikes A. PMID: 37821008.
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    10. Exploring Concomitant Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor and Overactive Bladder Anticholinergic Use and Risk of Hospitalization in Medicare and Dual-Eligible Medicare-Medicaid Populations in a Historic Database. Pharmacy (Basel). 2023 Sep 07; 11(5). Watanabe JH, Hoang T. PMID: 37736912; PMCID: PMC10514781.
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    11. Improving Care for Opioid Use Disorder in Nursing Facilities. Sr Care Pharm. 2023 08 01; 38(8):309-310. Watanabe JH. PMID: 37496169.
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    12. Effectiveness of letermovir for cytomegalovirus prophylaxis in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: A global systematic review. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2023 Jul-Aug; 63(4):1138-1149. Sepassi A, Saunders IM, Bounthavong M, Taplitz RA, Logan C, Watanabe JH. PMID: 37207713.
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    13. Cost Effectiveness of Letermovir for Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis Compared with Pre-Emptive Therapy in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients in the United States. Pharmacoecon Open. 2023 May; 7(3):393-404. Sepassi A, Saunders IM, Bounthavong M, Taplitz RA, Logan C, Watanabe JH. PMID: 36840894; PMCID: PMC10169956.
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    14. The Critical Role of Pharmacists in Treating Older People in the Opioid Crisis. Sr Care Pharm. 2023 Feb 01; 38(2):47-49. Watanabe JH. PMID: 36751937.
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    15. Minding the gap and the value of metrics: Count of working pharmacists in the United States. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2023 May-Jun; 63(3):899-903. Hirsch JD, Nguyen MH, Abugazia J, Watanabe JH. PMID: 36631343.
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    16. Responding to "Senior Care Pharmacists Must Be the Disruptive Force that Reduces Adverse Drug Events in Older People". Sr Care Pharm. 2022 09 01; 37(9):380-381. Khartabil N, Watanabe JH. PMID: 36039001.
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    17. Federal and State Pharmacy Regulations and Dispensing Barriers to Buprenorphine Access at Retail Pharmacies in the US. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 08 05; 3(8):e222839. Qato DM, Watanabe JH, Clark KJ. PMID: 36218988.
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    18. Senior Care Pharmacists Must Be the Disruptive Force that Reduces Adverse Drug Events in Older People. Sr Care Pharm. 2022 07 01; 37(7):247-249. Watanabe JH. PMID: 35752921.
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    19. Effects of financial toxicity on prescription drug use and mental well-being in cancer patients. Explor Res Clin Soc Pharm. 2022 Jun; 6:100136. Chan K, Sepassi A, Saunders IM, Goodman A, Watanabe JH. PMID: 35909716; PMCID: PMC9335927.
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    20. Examination of Medication Use Patterns by Age Group, Comorbidity, and Month in COVID-19 Positive Patients in a Large Statewide Health System During the Pandemic in 2020. J Pharm Technol. 2022 Apr; 38(2):75-87. Watanabe JH, Kwon J, Nan B, Abeles SR, Mehta SR. PMID: 35571345; PMCID: PMC9096847.
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    21. Risk of Negative Health Outcomes and High Costs for People With Diabetes and Unmet Psychological Needs in the United States. Diabetes Spectr. 2022; 35(2):207-215. Sepassi A, Bounthavong M, Singh RF, Heyman M, Beizai K, Watanabe JH. PMID: 35668883; PMCID: PMC9160558.
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    22. Transferring Key Success Factors from Ambulatory Care into the Community Pharmacy in the United States. Pharmacy (Basel). 2021 Jun 23; 9(3). Luli AJ, Awdishu L, Hirsch JD, Watanabe JH, Bounthavong M, Morello CM. PMID: 34201476; PMCID: PMC8293369.
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    23. Association of Age and Hospitalization Amongst Those with Underlying High-risk Conditions at COVID-19 Diagnosis in a Large, State-wide Health System. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 09; 36(9):2906-2908. Watanabe JH, Kwon J, Mehta SR. PMID: 34137004; PMCID: PMC8208375.
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    24. When Can We Trust Real-World Data To Evaluate New Medical Treatments? Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2022 01; 111(1):24-29. Simon GE, Bindman AB, Dreyer NA, Platt R, Watanabe JH, Horberg M, Hernandez A, Califf RM. PMID: 33932030; PMCID: PMC9292968.
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    25. When Can We Rely on Real-World Evidence to Evaluate New Medical Treatments? Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2022 01; 111(1):30-34. Simon GE, Platt R, Watanabe JH, Bindman AB, John London A, Horberg M, Hernandez A, Califf RM. PMID: 33895994; PMCID: PMC8251042.
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    26. When Can Nonrandomized Studies Support Valid Inference Regarding Effectiveness or Safety of New Medical Treatments? Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2022 01; 111(1):108-115. Franklin JM, Platt R, Dreyer NA, London AJ, Simon GE, Watanabe JH, Horberg M, Hernandez A, Califf RM. PMID: 33826756; PMCID: PMC9291272.
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    27. Medication Use Patterns in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 in California During the Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 05 03; 4(5):e2110775. Watanabe JH, Kwon J, Nan B, Abeles SR, Jia S, Mehta SR. PMID: 34019090; PMCID: PMC8140369.
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    28. When Are Treatment Blinding and Treatment Standardization Necessary in Real-World Clinical Trials? Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2022 01; 111(1):116-121. Watanabe JH, Simon GE, Horberg M, Platt R, Hernandez A, Califf RM. PMID: 33829639; PMCID: PMC9290851.
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    29. DISCARDED MEDICATIONS IN VIALS ARE A SYMPTOM OF OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM: A CALL TO ACTION. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2021 May; 27(5):689-690. Watanabe JH, Lieu T, Shortliffe EH. PMID: 33908281; PMCID: PMC10390907.
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    30. Associations of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor or Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Use with Colorectal Cancer Risk in the Women's Health Initiative. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2021 05; 30(5):1029-1032. Brasky TM, Flores KF, Larson JC, Newton AM, Shadyab AH, Watanabe JH, Lane DS, Thomson CA, LaCroix AZ. PMID: 33627382; PMCID: PMC8102324.
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    31. Comparison of botulinum toxins for treatment of movement disorders: real-world utilization and cost analysis in a national Medicare population. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2021 Apr; 27(4):478-487. Kazerooni R, Watanabe JH. PMID: 33511895; PMCID: PMC10394205.
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    32. Pharmacist-directed care to optimize medication use: a healthcare imperative in the United States. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2020 Oct; 20(5):419-421. Watanabe JH. PMID: 32902351.
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    33. Association of combination opioid, benzodiazepine, and muscle relaxant usage with emergency department visits in a nationwide cohort in the United States. Int J Clin Pharm. 2021 Apr; 43(2):358-364. Watanabe JH, Yang J. PMID: 32266557.
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    34. Pharmacists on the front-line of solving a public health crisis: Increasing access to medications for opioid use disorder. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2020 Mar - Apr; 60(2):297-303. Luli AJ, Bounthavong M, Watanabe JH. PMID: 31889651.
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    35. Hospitalization and Combined Use of Opioids, Benzodiazepines, and Muscle Relaxants in the United States. Hosp Pharm. 2020 Oct; 55(5):286-291. Watanabe JH, Yang J. PMID: 32999498; PMCID: PMC7502868.
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    36. Advancing Pharmacist Collaborative Care within Academic Health Systems. Pharmacy (Basel). 2019 Oct 11; 7(4). Awdishu L, Singh RF, Saunders I, Yam FK, Hirsch JD, Lorentz S, Atayee RS, Ma JD, Tsunoda SM, Namba J, Mnatzaganian CL, Painter NA, Watanabe JH, Lee KC, Daniels CD, Morello CM. PMID: 31614555; PMCID: PMC6958419.
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    37. Examining the Pharmacist Labor Supply in the United States: Increasing Medication Use, Aging Society, and Evolution of Pharmacy Practice. Pharmacy (Basel). 2019 Sep 19; 7(3). Watanabe JH. PMID: 31546891; PMCID: PMC6789639.
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    38. Policy impact: When policy fails. Nurs Forum. 2020 Jan; 55(1):37-44. Davidson JE, Marshall MF, Watanabe JH. PMID: 31432541.
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    39. Emergency Department Visits for Psychotropic-Related Adverse Drug Events in Older Adults With Alzheimer Disease, 2013-2014. Ann Pharmacother. 2019 12; 53(12):1173-1183. Sepassi A, Watanabe JH. PMID: 31342766.
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    40. Anxiety and Depression Symptoms and Every-Night Sleep Medication Use in Older Adults. Sr Care Pharm. 2019 Jul 01; 34(7):449-455. Watanabe JH, Chau DL. PMID: 31383056.
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    41. Anticoagulant Use in High Stroke-Risk Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation. Consult Pharm. 2018 Sep 01; 33(9):521-530. Nguyen HK, Humber D, Checkoway H, Blanchard D, Watanabe JH. PMID: 30185292.
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    42. Federal and Individual Spending on the 10 Costliest Medications in Medicare Part D from 2011 to 2015. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 08; 66(8):1621-1624. Watanabe JH, Chau DL, Hirsch JD. PMID: 29972589.
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    43. Cost of Prescription Drug-Related Morbidity and Mortality. Ann Pharmacother. 2018 09; 52(9):829-837. Watanabe JH, McInnis T, Hirsch JD. PMID: 29577766.
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    44. Medication Regimen Complexity in Long-Term Care Facilities and Adverse Drug Events-Related Hospitalizations. Consult Pharm. 2017 May 01; 32(5):281-284. Tam SHY, Hirsch JD, Watanabe JH. PMID: 28483008.
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    45. Medication Use, Falls, and Fall-Related Worry in Older Adults in the United States. Consult Pharm. 2016 Jul; 31(7):385-93. Watanabe JH. PMID: 27412315.
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    46. An evaluation of health care expenditures in Crohn's disease using the United States Medical Expenditure Panel Survey from 2003 to 2013. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2017 May - Jun; 13(3):530-538. Bounthavong M, Li M, Watanabe JH. PMID: 27263802.
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    47. Value of Information in Asia: Concepts, Current Use, and Future Directions. Value Health Reg Issues. 2016 May; 9:99-104. Dilokthornsakul P, McQueen RB, Chaiyakunapruk N, Spackman E, Watanabe JH, Campbell JD. PMID: 27881269.
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    48. Definition and Classification of Generic Drugs Across the World. Appl Health Econ Health Policy. 2015 Aug; 13 Suppl 1:S5-11. Alfonso-Cristancho R, Andia T, Barbosa T, Watanabe JH. PMID: 26091708; PMCID: PMC4519628.
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    49. Approach to addressing missing data for electronic medical records and pharmacy claims data research. Pharmacotherapy. 2015 Apr; 35(4):380-7. Bounthavong M, Watanabe JH, Sullivan KM. PMID: 25884526.
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    50. Association of increased emergency rooms costs for patients without access to necessary medications. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2015 Jul-Aug; 11(4):499-506. Watanabe JH, Ney JP. PMID: 25487421.
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    51. Association of copayment with likelihood and level of adherence in new users of statins: a retrospective cohort study. J Manag Care Pharm. 2014 Jan; 20(1):43-50. Watanabe JH, Kazerooni R, Bounthavong M. PMID: 24372459; PMCID: PMC10437734.
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    52. Association of polypharmacy and statin new-user adherence in a Veterans Health Administration population: a retrospective cohort study. Ann Pharmacother. 2013 Oct; 47(10):1253-9. Watanabe JH, Bounthavong M, Chen T, Ney JP. PMID: 24259688.
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    53. Association of copayment and statin adherence stratified by socioeconomic status. Ann Pharmacother. 2013 Nov; 47(11):1463-70. Kazerooni R, Bounthavong M, Watanabe JH. PMID: 24259605.
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    54. Association between statin adherence and cholesterol level reduction from baseline in a veteran population. Pharmacotherapy. 2013 Oct; 33(10):1044-52. Kazerooni R, Watanabe JH, Bounthavong M. PMID: 23744794.
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    55. Cost-benefit analysis: intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in spinal surgeries. J Clin Neurophysiol. 2013 Jun; 30(3):280-6. Ney JP, van der Goes DN, Watanabe JH. PMID: 23733093.
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    56. Comparative efficacy of oral pharmaceuticals for the treatment of chronic peripheral neuropathic pain: meta-analysis and indirect treatment comparisons. Pain Med. 2013 May; 14(5):706-19. Ney JP, Devine EB, Watanabe JH, Sullivan SD. PMID: 23691937.
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    57. Revisiting the medication possession ratio threshold for adherence in lipid management. Curr Med Res Opin. 2013 Mar; 29(3):175-80. Watanabe JH, Bounthavong M, Chen T. PMID: 23320610.
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    58. Cost-effectiveness of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring for spinal surgeries: beginning steps. Clin Neurophysiol. 2012 Sep; 123(9):1705-7. Ney JP, van der Goes DN, Watanabe JH. PMID: 22386320.
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    59. Once-daily trospium chloride 60 mg extended release in subjects with overactive bladder syndrome who use multiple concomitant medications: Post hoc analysis of pooled data from two randomized, placebo-controlled trials. Drugs Aging. 2011 Feb 01; 28(2):151-60. Sand PK, Rovner ES, Watanabe JH, Oefelein MG. PMID: 21275440.
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    60. Cost analysis of interventions for antimuscarinic refractory patients with overactive bladder. Urology. 2010 Oct; 76(4):835-40. Watanabe JH, Campbell JD, Ravelo A, Chancellor MB, Kowalski J, Sullivan SD. PMID: 20430422.
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    61. Treatment success for overactive bladder with urinary urge incontinence refractory to oral antimuscarinics: a review of published evidence. BMC Urol. 2009 Nov 20; 9:18. Campbell JD, Gries KS, Watanabe JH, Ravelo A, Dmochowski RR, Sullivan SD. PMID: 19930578; PMCID: PMC2788579.
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