Director of Pharmacy Services and Residency Training
New York State Office of Mental Health
Clinical Associate Professor
SUNY Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Buffalo, NY

Tammie Lee Demler, PharmD, BS Pharm, MBA, RPh, BCGP, BCPP, is a dually Board-Certified Specialist in both Psychiatric and Geriatric Pharmacy. She currently serves as the Director of Pharmacy Services and Pharmacy residency training at the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) at the Buffalo Psychiatric Center. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy, Master of Business Administration, and Bachelor of Science degrees from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo.

Dr. Demler holds numerous academic appointments, including Clinical Associate Professor for the SUNY Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Clinical Assistant Professor at the SUNY School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, D'Youville College School of Pharmacy, and the University of Florida College of Pharmacy; and Clinical Instructor for the Erie County Community College Pharmacy Technician Certification Program. Additionally, she collaborates with the National Association of the Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) and the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS) to develop board examinations that establish minimum competencies for new practitioners. Prior to her academic and institutional career, her clinical practice focused on ambulatory care in community pharmacy.

A prolific writer and researcher, Dr. Demler has authored numerous original articles and expert reviews. She is a regular contributor to U.S. Pharmacist and a reviewer for Pharmacist's Letter. Her published work includes launching the book Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Nursing Practice, authoring a chapter on insomnia in the American College of Clinical Pharmacy's Ambulatory Care Self-Assessment, and providing expert pharmacotherapeutic consultation for titles such as Side Effects of Drugs: Annual Volume 36 and Clinical Consult to Psychiatric Nursing for Advanced Practice.

Dr. Demler presents medication continuing education programs nationally and internationally and is an Academic Educator for the New York State Medicaid Prescriber Education program. A recognized leader and local media personality, she has hosted her own weekly TV talk show and radio segment, served as President of both the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York and the Pharmacists Association of Western New York, and received numerous awards acknowledging her professional and community-based contributions.