leigh-ann-mike

Leigh Ann Mike

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy; Shirley & Herb Bridge Endowed Professor for Women in Pharmacy Assistant Director for Education, Plein Center for Aging

Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center for Aging Faculty, School Faculty

Telephone: (206) 221-1082

Email: laam@uw.edu

Office Location: H 361-D Box 357630 1959 NE Pacific St Seattle, WA 98195-7630

Expertise:
Chronic Disease, Critical Care Medicine, Deprescribing, Geriatrics, Primary Care Family and Internal Medicine

Education

  • PharmD, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS)
  • Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP)

Research Interests

  • Geriatrics
  • Deprescribing
  • Age-Friendly Care
  • Pharmacy Education, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Courses Taught

  • PHRMCY 541-543, PHRMPR 531 Pharmacist Provider Series
  • PHARM 548 Current Topics in Geriatrics
  • PHARM 550 Seminar in Geriatrics

Biography

Dr. Leigh Ann Mike is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Shirley & Herb Bridge Endowed Professor for Women in Pharmacy at the University of Washington. She is the Interim Director and Assistant Director for Education, both at the Plein Center for Aging. She completed her PharmD and PGY1 residency training at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

She is Board Certified as a Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS) and as a Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP). Her practice experiences have included Drug Information Specialist at Grady Health System in Atlanta, Georgia; Critical Care Pharmacist at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington; and Consultant Pharmacist at a Seattle-area assisted living community.

Her interests include the care of older adults in acute and critical care settings; humanizing/whole-person care; preparing a diverse pharmacy workforce to meet the healthcare needs of an increasingly diverse population of older adults; and developing Age Friendly Health Systems.

Selected Publications

  • English C, Bergeron K, Mike LA. Xanomeline/trospium combination for schizophrenia: treatment considerations for older adults. J Gerontol Nursing. 2025:51(6)7-12.
  • Mike LA, Hart LA. Pharmacotherapy. Self-assessment questions. In: Colburn JL, Westcott AM, Potter JF, eds. Geriatrics Review Syllabus: A Core Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine. 12th American Geriatrics Society; 2025.
  • Mike LA, Marcum ZA, Gray SL. Assessing Health and Delivering Health Care to Older Adults. In: DiPiro JT, Talbert RL, Yee GC, Matzke GR, Wells BG, Posey L. eds. Pharmacotherapy: a Pathophysiologic Approach, 12th ed. New York, NY:McGraw-Hill; 2023.
  • Shiferaw MW, Zheng T, Mike LA, Chan LN.Assessing the accuracy and quality of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot-generated responses in making patient-specific drug-therapy and healthcare-related decisions. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 24, 404 (2024).
  • Do J, Choi SC, Chang, Mike LA. Creating a Win-Win: A Novel Layered Learning Approach for Assessing First-Year Pharmacy Students’ Communication Skills. Curr Pharm Teach Learn 2024 May 27;16(8):102111.
  • Mike LA, Toy JM, Chan L-N. Nutritional Supplements in Older Adults. In: Dong BJ, Elliott DE, eds. Ambulatory Care Self-Assessment Program, 2017 Book 3. Nutritional/Gastroenterologic Care. Lenexa, KS: American College of Clinical Pharmacy, 2017