Bookstaver Named Vice-Chair at S.C. College of Pharmacy
August 23, 2012
COLUMBIA, SC – August 23. 2012 – Brandon Bookstaver, a nationally-acclaimed clinical practitioner and University of South Carolina (USC) graduate, has been named vice-chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences (CPOS) at the South Carolina College of Pharmacy (SCCP).
“Dr. Bookstaver has done an outstanding job as a clinician and as a teacher,” said John Bosso, professor and chair of the CPOS department. “I am confident he will do the same as an administrator.”
Last year, Bookstaver won the 2011 New Educator Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), a recognition that goes to just one pharmacist a year nationally. Earlier this year, Bookstaver was recognized as the South Carolina Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2012 Pharmacist of the Year.
The CPOS associate professor was also honored this year with a USC-wide award when he was selected as the winner of the USC Clinical Practice Teaching Award. He has been recognized with more than a dozen awards in a professional career spanning just half a decade.
“Brandon is a highly respected professional at every level,” said Joe DiPiro, executive dean of the SCCP. “He is an excellent representative of the College, as both a graduate and as a faculty member.”
An avid Gamecock, the USC pharmacy graduate of 2004 returned to USC as a faculty member after doing two years of residency work at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. After serving as SCCP assistant professor from 2006-2011, he was promoted to associate last year. He also serves as adjunct assistant professor in the USC School of Medicine and as clinical pharmacy specialist in Infectious Diseases with Palmetto Health Richland, where he often mentors students and residents on advanced rotations.
He has been a highly productive clinical scholar, authoring textbook chapters, presenting at national conferences, securing grant funding and publishing in respected peer-reviewed journals at an impressive clip. In the last academic year, he had 10 publications.
Bookstaver’s research interests focus on antimicrobial lock therapy; hospital-acquired infections; obesity-related influence on infectious diseases outcomes; antiretroviral adherence; pharmacy trainee research; expanding pharmacy services; and the public perception of pharmacy.
CPOS professor Richard Schulz, who had served with distinction as vice chair, remains on the faculty where he was recently awarded the pharmacy college’s first-ever Fullerton Grant, the oversight of which he will have responsibility for during its three-year span.
