Community Pharmacy Expert Witnesses

Pharmacist, Pharmaceutical Regulation - Pharmacy standard of care/negligence, Board of Pharmacy relations, national pharmacy regulatory affairs, hospital pharmacy, community pharmacy, mail service, non-resident pharmacy issues, pharmacy technology regulations, and automation issues.

Dennis is an Arizona-based pharmacist with a broad set of practice experiences acquired over 40 years of pharmacy practice. He served in the United States Air Force as a pharmacy officer, and opened and operated a community pharmacy after leaving active duty. Dennis has served as Director of Pharmacy at three hospitals, two in rural areas, and the other, an 800-bed facility with an attached children’s hospital in an urban setting. Dennis was a founding faculty member at the Midwestern University College of Pharmacy-Glendale, eventually serving as its Assistant Dean. As the Pharmacist in Charge of the Humana Mail Pharmacy in Phoenix, managing pharmacy practice for a staff of 700 that filled over 35,000 prescriptions each day. Dennis has worked for the last decade as the Senior Director of Pharmacy Regulatory Affairs for Express Scripts, supervising a team that covered all 50 state boards. He recently retired from that position. Dennis has extensive experience in standard of care an...

Pharmacist, Safety - Community Pharmacy, Quality, Safety, Medication Errors, Dispensing Errors, DUR, Patient Counseling, Workflow, Policies and Procedures, Management, Prescription Dispensing, Staffing & Workload, Standards of Practice, Opioid Prescribing & Dispensing

Experienced consultant and expert witness specializing in chain and independent community pharmacy operations and standards of practice with emphasis on medication safety management and dispensing errors. Expertise includes staffing, workflow, policies & procedures and quality assurance. Deep experience in opioid litigation. Credentials include community and hospital pharmacy practice experience, numerous peer-reviewed articles, and excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

Pharmacist - community pharmacy, self-care, over-the-counter medications, pharmacogenomics, natural products, supplements, pharmacokinetics, community pharmacist, retail pharmacy, retail pharmacist, medication therapy management, drug or medication therapy, patient safety, medication dispensing, side effects

I've been hired as an expert witness by 12 attorneys to review cases ranging from pharmacist dispensing incorrect medications to assessing the appropriateness of medications based on patient factors. I have over 30 years' experience as an academician, teaching in 6 Colleges of Pharmacy during this timeframe, where I have educated and continue to educate future pharmacists on their roles as patient care providers, and the importance of addressing both safety and efficacy of medications. I have over 20 years of experience as a community pharmacist. Most recently, I was a community pharmacist at a large chain for a year, and prior to that at a grocery store pharmacy. In this role I was responsible for entering and checking thousands of prescriptions; evaluating DUR messages (safety issues such as potential allergy, side effect, interaction, and dosing concerns) and taking actions to prevent these; counseling patients on their medicines; conducting detailed medication reviews; and c...

Pharmacist, Pharmacology- Clinical - Community Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Research, Recreational Drugs, Medication Errors, Pharmacy Standards of Care, Drug Interactions, Pharmacy Practice

Scott received his initial training in pharmacy and has worked as a registered pharmacist since 1990. He spent several years as a research scientist in the pharmaceutical industry, receiving a number of patents, grants, and publications. His academic experience includes serving as a professor and administrator at several different pharmacy programs. He has served as an item writer and reviewer for both the Pharmacy College Admissions Test (PCAT) and the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX). In addition, he served as a fellow in the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Academic Leaders Fellowship Program in 2011-12. Dr. Weston attended the University of Mississippi where he received a B.S. degree in Pharmacy in 1990. In 1995, he received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Mississippi in Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry and then completed a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Northwestern University Medical School in the De...