Joseph D. Ma, PharmD

Professor, Division of Clinical Pharmacy
Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, UC San Diego
San Diego, California

Joseph D. Ma, PharmD, FCP is Professor in the Division of Clinical Pharmacy at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UC San Diego. He is also the faculty director of the Drug Development and Product Management Master’s Program at UC San Diego. He received his pharmacy degree from UC San Francisco and completed a clinical pharmacology fellowship at Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown, NY.

His research interests are evaluating in vivo drug metabolizing enzyme activity in the context of drug-drug interactions and opioid pharmacokinetic variability. His current clinical practice is the Doris A. Howell Pain and Palliative Care Service at the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center. Under a collaborative practice agreement he is able to initiate, stop, and/or adjust therapy for the management of pain and other physical symptoms associated with cancer and/or chemotherapy.

Presentation(s):

• P-002 - (Poster #2) Single-center, retrospective study to estimate opioid-induced respiratory depression and/or oversedation risk in hospitalized patients with cancer receiving palliative care

  Thursday, September 4, 2025
  4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PST