Medication Safety Pharmacist
Ascension St. Vincent Indianapolis
Heather A. (Jackson) Dossett, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, CPHQ graduated from Purdue University in 2004. Following graduation, she completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency in Huntsville, Alabama and PGY2 Drug Information/Drug Use Policy Specialty Residency with Purdue University/Clarian Health Partners (now IU Health). After residency, Heather accepted a job in 2006 with Wishard Health Services (now Eskenazi Health) as their Drug Information Clinical Pharmacist. Responsibilities included managing the Drug Information Center, Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee and subcommittee coordination, precepting Pharm.D. clerkship students, adverse drug evaluation and reporting, medication safety, drug use policy and regulatory activities. In the spring of 2019, Heather transitioned to Ascension St. Vincent Indianapolis in the role of Medication Safety Pharmacist. Her current responsibilities align with her professional interests of medication safety, quality assurance, regulatory preparedness and teaching. Additional interests include participating as a member of the Medication Safety Workgroup with the Indianapolis Coalition for Patient Safety (ICPS), member of the Inpatient Care Practitioner’s Executive Committee Section Advisory Group (SAG) on Medication Safety for the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacist (ASHP), Chair of the Midwest Medication Safety Symposium Executive Steering Committee (Indianapolis/Virtual), as well as certified Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt. Outside of work, Heather enjoys spending time with her loving husband, George, and their two fearless daughters.
Monday, December 4, 2023
2:15 PM – 2:20 PM Â