American Pharmacists Association Announces Council to Guide Strategy to Engage Hospital and Health System Pharmacists
CONTACT: Frank Fortin
202.223.7189; ffortin@aphanet.org
The American Pharmacists Association proudly announces the formation of its inaugural Hospital and Health System Strategy Council. This distinguished group of pharmacists and pharmacy residents is charged with providing APhA guidance as it develops tools, resources and unique member benefits for pharmacists and leaders in hospital and health system practice.
APhA Executive Vice President and CEO Scott J. Knoer, who is also former Chief Pharmacy Officer at Cleveland Clinic, signaled his desire to strengthen APhA’s hospital and health system membership and resources earlier this fall upon hiring APhA’s new Chief of Staff, Rafael Saenz, who is the former Chief Pharmacy Officer at the University of Virginia Health System.
Knoer said, “Many in Washington and across our profession look to APhA as a voice for all of pharmacy. I want to state, very clearly, that APhA does not just represent one segment of the profession, but all of pharmacy. This council will help strengthen us in an area where we have been underrepresented.”
The inaugural council will consist of 16 pharmacists, 2 PGY2 health system pharmacy residents and 1 APhA staff member.
John Armitstead, MS, RPh, FASHP
System Director of Pharmacy
Lee Health
Javon Artis, PharmD, MS
Specialty Pharmacy Manager
Houston Methodist Pharmacy
Amy Beatty, PharmD, MBA, BCPS
Senior Director of Pharmacy Services, Population Health
OhioHealth
Lauren Bristow, PharmD
Director of Pharmacy
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital
Nick Capote, PharmD, MS, BCSCP
Pharmacy Manager, Sterile Compounding
Tufts Medical Center
Paul Carby, PharmD, MBA, BCNP
Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Services, US Army
Fellow, Pharmacy Practice and Government Affairs
American Pharmacists Association
Noelle Chapman, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP
Vice President, Pharmacy Operations
Advocate Aurora Health
Kavish Choudhary, PharmD, MS
Senior Director, Inpatient & Infusion Pharmacy Services
University of Utah
Brian Cotter, MS, RPh
Senior Director - System Pharmacy Services
University of Maryland Medical System
Matt Curran, PharmD, CPh
Director of Pharmacy & Residency Program Coordinator
Memorial Healthcare System - Memorial Hospital
Miramar
Jorge Garcia, PharmD, MS, MHA, MBA, FACHE
Assistant VP - System Oncology Pharmacy & Infusion
Pharmacy Services
Baptist Health South Florida
Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA
Director of Pharmacy
Emory Healthcare
Laura Mark, PharmD, MHM
Vice President, Pharmacy
Allegheny Health Network
Steve Rough, MS, RPh, FASHP
Senior Vice President
Visante, Inc.
Long Trinh, PharmD, MS, MBA, BCPS
Regional Director of Pharmacy Operations &
Compliance, Oregon
Providence Health & Service
Thomas Worrall, BS Pharm, PharmD, BCACP, FAPhA
Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
PGY-2 Ambulatory Care Residency Program Director
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center
Clarissa Cho, PharmD
PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration & Leadership
Resident
University of Virginia Health
Joelle Hall, PharmD
PGY2/MS Health System Pharmacy Administration &
Leadership Resident
UW Health