Bringing more than 35 years of experience in pharmacy operations, medication management, and retail pharmacy practice, this pharmacy expert specializes in medication use and medication errors, overdose and underdose analysis, pharmacist and pharmacy duty-to-warn issues, pharmacy safety and counseling practices, prescription drug side effects, adverse drug reactions, drug interaction analysis, and pharmacy practice standards. The expert has additional experience involving community pharmacies, independent pharmacies, retail pharmacy operations, hospital-associated pharmacy services, veterans healthcare pharmacy settings, and disaster medical assistance pharmacy units, along with expert witness consulting experience involving medication-related issues, pharmacy operational standards, pharmacy management practices, and medication safety evaluation. Professional responsibilities have included service as consultant and expert witness for pharmacy management and medication-related matters, along with leadership experience as pharmacy manager, director of pharmacy operations, district manager, and owner of independent pharmacy operations.

Operational oversight has involved budgeting, staffing, hiring and training personnel, inventory management, prescription pricing analysis, regulatory compliance, sales trend evaluation, prescription volume analysis, and supervision of multi-location pharmacy operations, including oversight of new store acquisitions and institutional pharmacy development for nursing home services. The expert’s pharmacy practice background includes medication counseling, adverse reaction assessment, prescription review, pharmacy safety procedures, and evaluation of medication-related complications associated with prescription drug use, including side effects related to driving impairment allegations and DWI-related matters. Additional healthcare and emergency-response experience includes service with a Disaster Medical Assistance Team and leadership responsibilities as a pharmacy unit leader during national disaster response missions. Professional credentials include pharmacist licensure and Certified Preceptor designation through the Texas State Board of Pharmacy. Professional organization memberships include the American Pharmacists Association and the Texas Pharmacy Association. This expert holds a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. Additional professional and governance experience includes financial oversight and policy review responsibilities as a member of a credit union board of directors involving audit review, regulatory compliance, lending oversight, and financial reporting evaluation.