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 A pioneer in
geriatric pharmacotherapy, Peter P. Lamy, PhD, ScD dedicated
his life to improving drug therapy for the elderly.
Born in Breslau,
Germany, Dr. Lamy became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
In his early career, he worked as chief of pharmacy services at
the U.S. Army Hospital in Ft. Austin, Va. and taught at the Women’s
Hospital of Philadelphia and later at Catholic University in Washington,
D.C. He earned his BSc, MSc and PhD at the Philadelphia College
of Pharmacy and Science.
Dr. Lamy came
to the University of Maryland in 1963 where he held dual appointments
at the
School
of Pharmacy and the School
of Medicine. In 1978, he established the Center for the Study
of Pharmacy and Therapeutics for the Elderly (CSPTE), the first
of its kind in a pharmacy school. In 1980, Dr. Lamy published Prescribing
for the Elderly, a landmark text and best seller in this emerging
field. A prolific writer, he published more than 400 articles in
the area of geriatrics and gerontology during his career, and he
was widely recognized as the pre-eminent scholar in this field.
He also served on the editorial review boards for various professional
publications, including Cardiology, World News, Geriatric Medicine
Today, and Welcome Trends in Hospital Pharmacy.
Dr. Lamy served
as a consultant to local, national, and international organizations
including the American Association of Retired Persons, the World
Health Organization, and the governments of Spain and Ireland. He
won pharmacy's highest award, the Remington Honor Medal, in 1988,
as well as the George F. Archambault Award of the American Society
of Consultant Pharmacists and the Maryland Office on Aging Distinguished
Leadership Award.
His accomplishments
at the University
of Maryland were legendary. As teacher, mentor, and colleague
Dr. Lamy is remembered as a man of ideas who "worked beyond
the walls." In addition to leading CSPTE Center, he developed
ElderHealth and ElderCare programs to inform practitioners and the
elderly themselves about best practices in medication use. 1992
marked the culmination of his career when he was appointed to the
endowed Parke-Davis Chair in Geriatric Pharmacotherapy.
It is a fitting
tribute to his many accomplishments that the Center is named honor
of Dr. Peter P. Lamy.
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