Geriatric Pharmacy Podcast
The Holistic Pharmacy Podcast features practitioners, including allopathically trained pharmacists, who incorporate a holistic approach - whether that's how they establish work/life balance in an aligned way, or by utilizing natural medicine into their practice.
We bridge the gap between tradition and science, herbalism and pharmacy, alchemy and medicine. Our platform helps to advocate for better health and quality of life using the most natural and least invasive methods.
Tamara Ruggles
Tamara Ruggles is a Board-Certified Geriatric Pharmacist and a proud Fellow of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists. A 2010 graduate of the Creighton University School of Pharmacy, she began her career as a dispensing pharmacist in a long-term care pharmacy—where she quickly witnessed the real-world consequences of inappropriate medication use in older adults.
Driven to make a bigger impact, Tamara founded a pharmacy consulting company in 2016 that now serves 21 long-term care facilities across North Dakota. Her passion for safer, smarter medication use led her to launch The Deprescribing Clinic—a community-based pharmacy consulting practice focused on optimizing medications through the lens of pharmacogenomics, reducing anticholinergic burden, and addressing drug-induced nutrient depletions.
She holds certifications in pharmacogenomics and antimicrobial stewardship and continues to serve patients directly one day a week at a locally owned community pharmacy. Tamara is host of the Geriatric Pharmacy Focus podcast on the Pharmacy Podcast Network, where she explores the latest in pharmacy practice for older adults.