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Christopher Fortier is the Manager of Pharmacy Support and Operating Room (OR) Services at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Medical Center and a Clinical Assistant Professor with the South Carolina College of Pharmacy – MUSC Campus. In this position Dr. Fortier oversees procurement/contracting, 3 OR pharmacies, investigational drug, nuclear pharmacy, controlled substances, repackaging, and compounding services. Dr. Fortier also has lead the implementation of bar code medication administration, smart infusions pumps, and medication reconciliation across the organization. Dr. Fortier received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Connecticut and completed both a PGY-1 Practice Residency and a PGY-2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration Residency at the Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center. He has previously lectured on numerous topics relating to informatics, automation, pharmacy leadership, project management, and human resource issues on the state, regional, and national level. He has authored several textbook chapters, abstracts, and articles in peer reviewed journals. Chris has also serves as a meeting program associate for the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Summer Meeting Informatics Programming Series. Dr. Fortier served 3 years on the University HealthSystem Consortium’s (UHC) Pharmacy Council’s Executive Committee and chaired the Medication Use Informatics and Technology Committee. Dr. Fortier also served on the ASHP New Practitioners Forum Executive Committee for two years, serving as the vice-chair in 2006-2007. As a member of the ASHP Practice Managers Section he served as the chair of the sections Leadership Development Advisory Group (2007-2008). Additionally, he was a representative on the ASHP Foundation’s Center for Health-System Pharmacy Leadership Student & New Practitioner Leadership Task Force (2007-2010). Dr. Fortier is a member of the South Carolina Society of Health System Pharmacists. In 2008 Dr. Fortier received the ASHP New Practitioner Forum’s Distinguished Service Award.
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