Dentists, dental hygienists and dental assistants gave me back my humanity.
Now, I am a better pharmacist, a better educator, a better speaker…and a better person for it.
So, I’ve devoted the rest of my life and my career to paying them back!
Origin Stories - Everyone Has One
After years behind a pharmacy counter, filling hundreds of prescriptions a day, day after day, I’d stopped seeing patients as people.
To me, they had become just more prescriptions to process, just more bottles to fill, and just more problems to manage. I had stopped caring…and that was on me.
Then I had the opportunity to work in a dental office, side-by-side with dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants, and I saw firsthand how you dental professionals truly care for your patients, how you make a difference in their lives every day, and how you might save a patient’s life…just because you care.
That experience changed everything about how I saw dentistry, how I saw my own profession, and, most importantly, how I saw myself and the person I had become.
Starting that day, and every day since, I have made it my mission to do whatever it takes to pay you back…in the only way I actually knew how.
If I could make pharmacology practical and useful for every member of the dental team, then, just maybe, I could give back to all of you what you had so unselfishly given to me.
So, welcome to my website, my friends, and my promise: to make pharmacology as valuable to you as every other instrument you have mastered and have come to rely on every day in your practice.
Remember, it only takes THREE questions:
What do you take?
Why do you take it?
Did you take it today?
Because pharmacology just may be the most important instrument you use every day!
Meeting Planners - This One's For You
Your Attendees Will Remember This One!
Over two thousand presentations.
Hundreds of thousands of attendees.
Thirty years of experience — and the evaluations speak for themselves:
they didn't want it to end!
From one-hour webinars to full-day live seminars, I deliver pharmacology in a way that leaves your attendees with tools they can use in practice the next morning.
And they'll tell their colleagues!
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(Or, as you see in this photo,
OVERFILL the room!)
Course descriptions, learning objectives, credit hours,
formats, AV requirements, and a bio you can drop
straight into your program.
Everything you need to say YES, in one PDF, ready for your
committee's submission and approval.
Just click the link below for my Current Speaker Packet!
Who IS This Guy?
Tom Viola, R.Ph. brings more than 30 years of experience as a pharmacist, educator, speaker, and author. His work has earned him an international reputation as the leading specialist in making pharmacology practical and relevant for every member of the dental team.
As founder of Pharmacology Declassified, Tom bridges two worlds: the medical side of dentistry and the dental side of medicine. He serves on the faculty of dental professional degree programs at colleges and universities nationwide and has been honored multiple times as Teacher of the Year.
Tom’s writing appears in numerous professional journals. He has been recognized across the industry as a leader in continuing dental education. Since 2001, he has delivered over 2000 engaging and informative seminars and webinars to dental professionals.
Professional Speaker
More than 2000 live seminars and webinars
Presented nationally and internationally since 2001
Clinician and Published Author
Clinical pharmacist for more than 30 years
Publications in numerous professional journals
Entrepreneur and Faculty
Founder/CEO, Pharmacology Declassified
Faculty at colleges and universities nationwide
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