Locations & Hours of Operation
The IDS operates out of 3 locations on the University of Pennsylvania campus:
IDS CENTRAL
3600 Civic Center Blvd, 10th Fl (10-020)
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-662-7911
Fax: 215-615-1308
PennIDS@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Hours: 7:30am-5:00pm M-F; 8:00am - 3:30pm Saturday/Sunday (Operations needed)
*Note: All compounding and repackaging activities will take place only at IDS CENTRAL.
IDS SMILOW
3400 Civic Center Blvd, RM 161
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-662-3342
Fax: 215-349-5132
PennIDS@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Hours: 7:00am-4:00pm M-F, (closed weekends)
IDS NORTH
51 N 39th St / 103 Mutch Bldg
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-662-9995
Fax: 215-243-4645
IDSNorth@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Hours: 7:00am-3:30pm M-F (closed weekends)
The IDS maintains an on-call pager (267-734-5009) rotated among staff for after-hours EMERGENCY coverage.
The IDS on-call person can assist by telephone with:
- Problems in ordering or obtaining inpatient study medications
- Inpatient pharmacy staff who are unfamiliar with a particular study
- Directing outside callers to the proper resource.
The IDS on-call person will come back to the hospital only in a true emergency when no other option exists.