Unscripted

Dr. Desai is the Interim Vice President for Pharmacy Services at Stanford Health Care and Dr. Hartman is the Vice President for Clinical Applications and Chief Pharmacy Information Officer at University of Chicago Medicine.  They recently published a white paper titled “Advancing the Autonomous Pharmacy: Leveraging AI to Transform Medication Management.” Learn about their paper and more about AI i...

Kate Schaafsma, PharmD, MS, MBA, FASHP is the Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer at Rush University System for Health.  Dr. Schaafsma started over a year ago in her role and we talk through the onboarding of a Chief Pharmacy Officer as well as her first year in the role! 

Robert Mancini, PharmD, BCOP, FHOPA is the current President of HOPA and the Oncology Pharmacy Program Coordinator and PGY2 Oncology Residency Program Director at St Luke’s Cancer Institute in Boise, ID.  Dr. Mancini talks through his priorities for HOPA this year and the latest in the world of oncology!

Melanie Dodd, PharmD, PhC, BCPS, FASHP, is the current President of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Professor at the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy.  Dr. Dodd talks through her priorities for ASHP this year, her involvement in the progressive New Mexico Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and her advice to tho...

Jami Mann, PharmD, MBA, is the Executive Director of Virtual Care Services at UNC Health.  Dr. Mann has a pharmacy background - I was fortunate enough to serve as one of her preceptors in residency - and then went outside of pharmacy 5 years ago to lead virtual care for UNC Health. You’ll hear about her path along with how virtual care fares in the post-COVID world. It will get your wheels turning...

Vibhuti Arya, PharmD, MPH, is a Clinical Professor at St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and is an Advisor for Policy, Resilience and Response for the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. She has worked for the past 15 years to bridge the gap between healthcare, well-being, and equity. A racial dialogue expert, Dr. Arya brings together her experiences in social j...

Stephen Eckel, PharmD, MHA, FAPhA, FASHP, FCCP, is the Associate Dean for Global Engagement and an Associate Professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. He is the Residency Program Director for the Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Residency at UNC Medical Center (he was also my RPD!). Dr. Eckel is also the co-founder of ChemoGlo and founder of Assure Medical Technologies,...

Daniel O’Neil, PharmD, MS, FASHP, is the Assistant Vice President of Pharmacy Services at WVU Medicine. We talk through building a technology philosophy for the pharmacy enterprise and you’ll hear the direction WVU has taken. You’ll also learn pathways and tips to be successful in justifying new technology!

Josh Blackwell, PharmD, MS, BCSCP, is the Co-Founder of Pharmacy Initiative Leaders (PILs) and is a Clinical Pharmacy Manager at UT Southwestern Medical Center.  We talk through the power of mentorship and how PILs was designed to fill a gap in mentorship for pharmacy professionals. PILs has helped pharmacy leaders to be at their best for every stage of their career. He has great advice for new an...

This episode of small scripts highlights the 2025 impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Thanks to Dr. Molly Powers and Dr. Kristel Geyer for bringing the topic up! 

Leigh Briscoe-Dwyer, PharmD, BSPharm, BCPS, FASHP, serves as President of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). She has also served in various organizations and professional societies in New York.  We talk through her current presidential year with ASHP and her message of telling your stories that coincides with ASHP’s ‘We Are Your Pharmacist' campaign. She is passionate a...

Alex C. Varkey, PharmD, MS, FAPhA, serves as President of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and is the Director of Pharmacy Services at Houston Methodist Hospital-Texas Medical Center. We talk through his involvement in APhA as a health system pharmacist and his goal for his presidential year of being all in and having APhA represent every area of pharmacy!

Jolynn Sessions, PharmD, CPP, BCOP, FHOPA, serves as President of the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA). She is an EXCLAIM Pharmacogenomics Pharmacist and an Oncology Clinical Pharmacist Specialist at the Western North Carolina VA Health Care System in Asheville, NC.  We talk through her top three priorities for HOPA this year. You’ll hear the top issues in oncology pharmacy and how...

Ryan Mezinger, RPh, is Senior Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer at MetroHealth in Cleveland, Ohio.  Ryan and his team have built an impressive outpatient pharmacy strategy and have grown their footprint immensely in the last few years. We also talk through the automation they implemented to help increase their capacity. You’ll hear how successful they have been and get tips on how to justi...

Stephanie Jean, PharmD, MS, BCPS, is an Assistant Director of Pharmacy at UNC Health. She oversees the Medication Assistance Program for both pharmacy and medical benefit teams and the Pharmacy Revenue Integrity Team.   She has worked and managed teams remotely for the past four years, developing best practices along the way. Whether you lead teams remotely now or in the future you’ll hear great t...

Champ Burgess, PharmD, MBA, is Vice President, Health System Strategy for Shields Health Solutions.  You’ll hear about the Shields Care Model and their impact on health system specialty pharmacy. We also discuss top issues impacting specialty pharmacy. Dr. Burgess and I previously worked together so we talk through this career path including our time as Assistant Directors together. Enjoy all thin...

Dr. Julie Kennerly-Shah is the Associate Director of Pharmacy at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, the James Cancer Hospital. Dr. Kennerly-Shah and her team worked to develop and implement an oral drug repository program in which patients who have leftover oral drug - which could occur from switching treatments or finishing treatment - can then be provided to other patients in...

Ryan Craynon, PharmD, MS is the Director of Pharmacy Operations at Cincinnati Children's. His team won an ASHP Best Practice Award for their innovative creation of a Pharmacy Technician Leadership Residency. You’ll hear the structure of the program including the requirements of it, the selection process, and how it has impacted their technician staff!

Dr. Ryan Forrey and Dr. Angela Yaniv are co-editors with me on ASHP’s Compounding Sterile Preparations, 5th edition book that was recently published. This was a labor of love as many hours went into the book as it includes all the updates from USP including <797> and <800>. Many thanks to all the wonderful authors and ASHP staff who helped bring it to life. In addition to the book, we...

Jo Ellen Rodgers, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP, FCCP, FHFSA, FAHA, CPP, is Professor and Vice Chair of Professional Education and Practice for the Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She was also the recipient of the 2022 ACCP Cardiology PRN Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Rodgers has always been a joy to talk to and you’ll see why on this episod...

John Armitstead, MS, RPh, FASHP, is the System Director of Pharmacy Services at Lee Health and a Past President of ASHP.  Throughout his career John has been an avid proponent of continuous professional development (CPD). We talk through CPD including goals to set for yourself and how they change overtime as well as some philosophies of practice. This is a great episode to start off the new year a...

Jill Bates, PharmD, MS, BCOP, DipACLM, FASHP, is the Deputy Executive Director of the National Pharmacogenomics Program within the National Oncology Program Office of the Veterans Affairs (VA). Dr. Bates is an expert in oncology and pharmacogenomics and has led the VA’s Pharmacogenomics program that is being rolled out nationwide. We talk through her background in both areas as well as the  VA’s i...

Adam Bernstein, PharmD, BCPS, is the Founder and CEO of Sparx Analytics. He has a passion for data and analytics which is the foundation for his new company, Sparx Analytics. He is teaching healthcare professionals how to run and analyze their data. We talk through data, analytics, and AI in this episode!  Check out Sparx Analytics for all your data needs! 

Julia Myers, PharmD, MBA, AAHIVP, is the Founder of Generational Wisdom, a real estate investor, and semi-retired pharmacist. She was previously the Ambulatory Manager at University of Missouri Health, but after an unexpected medical event moved her to a semi-retirement from pharmacy, she is focused on her next chapter. This includes getting into real estate and starting a new company called Gener...

Alex Mills, PharmD, BCACP, AAHIVP, is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. Gender-affirming care is a timely topic and one that has generated a lot of headlines this past year. We talk through what it is and how legislation against it has impacted patient care for transgender and nonbinary persons. He provides great advice for pharmacists...