School of Pharmacy Dean Search
Search Committee Virtual Town Halls
Dean Patricia Kroboth will be stepping down after 20 years of service to the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy in June. Learn more about how the school has grown to new heights under her tenure in the September announcement to the Health Sciences community.
Committee members are pleased to announce one remaining open virtual meeting to support the search for a new dean of PittPharmacy. All are welcome to participate; representatives from the search firm Isaacson, Miller will join.
Questions and comments will be solicited in real time. For anyone unable to participate, the committee welcomes advanced submissions via email to committee support Molly Powers (MCP83@pitt.edu), to be read during the event. The meeting will be recorded and made available for subsequent viewing by University of Pittsburgh affiliates.
Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021 at noon EST
Friday, Dec. 17, 2021 at 3 PM EST
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Contact Molly Powers (MCP83@pitt.edu) for more information.
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Articles
Committee Members
Steven E. Reis, MD
Chair, School of Pharmacy Dean Search Committee
Associate Senior Vice Chancellor for Clinical and Translational Research, Health Sciences
Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine
Maria F. Arlia, P2 Student
School of Pharmacy, Class of 2024
UPMC Presbyterian, Pharmacy Intern
Blue and Gold Society, Student Ambassador
Marcia Borrelli
Director, John P. and Constance A. Curran Student Center
Mario C. Browne, MPH, CHES, CDP
Associate Dean for Equity, Engagement, & Justice
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy & Therapeutics
Co-Chair, Community Research Advisory Board
Center for Health Equity, Pitt Public Health
Jacob Cuyler, Third-Year Graduate Student
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Center for Computational Chemical Genomics Screening (CCGS) Student Chair
CCGS Student Chair
Philip Empey, PharmD, PhD
Director, Pharmacogenomics Center of Excellence
Associate Director, Institute for Precision Medicine
Associate Professor, Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Center for Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Christian A. Fernandez, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Center for Pharmacogenetics
Sandra Kane-Gill, PharmD, MSc, FCCM, FCCP
Professor, Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Critical Care Medicine, Biomedical Informatics and Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Critical Care Medication Safety Pharmacist, UPMC, Department of Pharmacy
Faculty, Center for Critical Care Nephrology
President-elect, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Al L’Altrelli, PharmD
Senior Director of Pharmacy, UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Shadyside and UPMC Montefiore
Director, UPMC Pharmacy Investigational Drug Services
Director, Pharmacy Administrative Fellowship
Director, HSPAL Residency Program
Adjunct Professor, Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Chronis Manolis, RPh
Senior Vice President, Pharmacy Services
Chief Pharmacy Officer, UPMC Health Plan
Lucy Russell, JD
Vice Provost and Chief of Staff, University of Pittsburgh
Mark Schmidhofer, MS, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Coronary Intensive Care Unit, UPMC Presbyterian
Chair, UPMC-Presbyterian Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
Chair, UPM- Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
Director, UPMC Pharmacy Service Center
Herb Shear, MBA
Chairman, Shear Family Office
Karen Steinmetz Pater, PharmD, CDCES, BCACP
Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy
Gordon Vanscoy, PharmD, MBA, CACP, BSPHR
Adjunct Associate Professor, Pharmacy and Therapeutics
CEO & Founding Chairman, RareMed Solutions
Executive Advisor, PANTHERx Specialty Pharmacy
UPMC Children’s Hospital
Ashley Yarabinec, PharmD, BCGP
Associate Director of Experiential Learning
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy & Therapeutics
Ex Officio Members
William J. Madden, MS, CPA
Vice Chancellor for Finance & Administration, Health Sciences
Vice Dean, Administration, School of Medicine
Leeanna McKibben, MSN, RN, CENP
Chief of Staff, Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences
Search Firm Contact Information
Ariannah Mirick
amirick@imsearch.com
Randi Alberry
ralberry@imsearch.com
Kristen Andersen
kandersen@imsearch.com
Support Contacts
Molly Powers
Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences
MCP83@pitt.edu
412-648-8229
Joanna Spontak
Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences
J.Spontak@Pitt.edu
412-648-2088