Overcoming inertia: Achieving more-rapid transformation of pharmacy practice

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I’m very humbled and honored to have been selected to give this year’s John W. Webb Lecture. I would like to thank the ASHP Section of Pharmacy Practice Managers and Bill Gouveia and Dean Jack Reynolds of the School of Pharmacy at the Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University for this honor. I’d also like to acknowledge the many individuals with whom I have had the pleasure to work throughout my career and who have contributed to my success. Among my early mentors and role models were Dan Ashby, Bruce Vinson, Larry Shoup, Doug Miller, David Solomon, Rich Lucarotti, Tim Covington, and Art Poremba. I’d also like to acknowledge my colleagues at West Virginia University, Wayne State University, the Detroit Medical Center, and the University of Michigan Health System and College of Pharmacy. My thanks also to the many dedicated colleagues I have collaborated with through ASHP and all of the pharmacists, fellows, residents, students, and technicians whom I have worked with, been inspired by, and learned from over the years. Finally, I’d like to thank my wife Julie, my daughter Emily, her husband Andrew, and my son Jim for supporting me as I have pursued my career.