System Vice President, Pharmacy Enterprise and Chief Pharmacy Officer
CommonSpirit Health
Karen McConnell is the System Vice President of Pharmacy for CommonSpirit Health. She leads pharmacy operations, clinical and revenue services. She serves as the co-chair of CommonSpirit Health's System Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee. Her previous role with CommonSpirit was the System Director of Clinical and Contracting Pharmacy Services. Dr. McConnell earned her PharmD degree from the University of Missouri–Kansas City and her MBA from Grand Canyon University. She completed a pharmacy practice residency at Cox Medical Center and a specialty residency at Kaiser Permanente Colorado. Dr. McConnell is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist. Previously, she was a clinical director and cardiology subject matter expert for Cardinal Health, providing consultative services and cardiology expertise to large health systems nationwide. She was also a clinical pharmacy specialist at Kaiser Permanente Colorado for 15 years. For 10 years she worked in the Clinical Pharmacy Cardiac Risk Service, providing direct care for patients with cardiovascular disease, and for 5 years she worked in the Cardiology Department, providing patient care and clinical consults to cardiologists and other healthcare providers. Dr. McConnell has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and given several presentations at state, national, and international professional meetings. She has also served as principal investigator on several research studies, focusing on cardiovascular care, continuing professional development, and high-cost drugs. She is a Fellow of ASHP and a fellow of ACCP.
Strategic Growth Initiatives: Maximizing the Impact of Pharmacy Enterprise Leadership
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM