Senior Principal, Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence
Vizient
Steven Lucio, PharmD, BCPS is Senior Principal for the Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence at Vizient, a health care supply chain and analytics company in Irving, Texas. During his tenure, he has had responsibility for providing clinical education to member organizations on practice topics including improving medication safety, mitigating the impact of drug shortages, benchmarking pharmacy costs for key drug classes, evaluating the expense of high-cost biologics and specialty drugs, and preparing for future trends such as the development of biosimilars. Prior to joining Vizient, Steven practiced for almost 10 years within the Baylor Health Care System in both inpatient and ambulatory care. Steven received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Creighton University, his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Texas at Austin, and is a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist. He is the author of multiple publications on biosimilars including the text, Biosimilars, and Biologics: Implementation and Monitoring in a Healthcare Setting. Steven is a frequent presenter on the topic of high-cost drugs, drug shortages, health care advocacy, and the investigational drug pipeline. He resides in Fort Worth, Texas with his wife, Jennifer, a classically-trained, professional symphonic musician.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM