Sharks RX Spring 2015 Magazine

20 r NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY ROBERT (ROBB) MCGORY , M.S., Pharm.D., has been named the associate dean of the Professional Program. McGory brings a varied history as a practicing pharmacist, educator, researcher, and administrator to his new role. In this position, he will work closely with Lisa Deziel, Pharm.D., Ph.D., dean of NSU’s College of Pharmacy (COP); the col- lege’s executive team; and faculty mem- bers to maintain quality education for student pharmacists and to expand the COP’s influence within the profession of pharmacy. McGory initially trained as a micro- biologist, receiving a bachelor’s degree in science fromCornell University. He received both his Master of Science in Microbiology and a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Kentucky and his Pharm.D. degree from the University of Minnesota. Following his education, McGory began building patient-centered pharmacy services for several teaching hospitals as well as teaching therapeutic principles for several pharmacy and medicine programs. McGory has provided patient care as a member of various medical, surgical, and critical care programs. He has established pharmacokinetic monitoring services and nutrition support consultation services and a research program with the Solid Organ Transplantation Department at the University of Virginia. McGory’s research in the pharmacokinetic properties of Hepatitis B Immune Globulin in post-liver transplant patients led to the first successful effort to protect liver recip- ients from reinfection of the hepatic allograft following transplantation for Hepatitis B virus-induced cirrhosis. This resulted in McGory being awarded an endowed chair of Transplantation Pharmacology through the Department of Surgery at the University of Virginia. In addition to clinical training of medical and surgical residents, McGory has held faculty appointments with the colleges of phar- macy at North Dakota State University, Western University of Health Sciences, andNortheast OhioMedical University. He has also been instrumental in estab- lishing or expanding American Society of Health SystemPharmacists-accredited PGY1 residencies at the University of Virginia and Indian River Medical Center in Vero Beach, Florida. His background as a practitioner, educator, and researcher led to his tran- sition as an administrator. McGory was the first chair of pharmacy practice at Western University of Health Sciences and then was the founding executive associate dean of the College of Pharmacy of Northeast Ohio Medical University, where he guided accreditation, curriculum development, admissions, and assessment. Most recently, McGory was the director of phar- macy at Indian River Medical Center, where he successfully proved that incorporating pharmacists-in-training— students and residents—as providers could maintain and expand patient-centered services. COLLEGE OF PHARMACY CONTINUES TO ATTRACT EXPERTS WHO ARE TOP IN THEIR FIELDS NEW LEADERS