Medication Safety Officer
UCSF Health
Katayoon Kathy Ghomeshi, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, CPPS is a Medication Safety Officer at UCSF Medical Center and Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSF School of Pharmacy.
Dr. Ghomeshi completed a PGY2 Medication-Use Safety Residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, during which time she trained at the Institute for Safe Medication Practices and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Prior to that, she completed a PGY1 Managed Care Pharmacy Residency at Kaiser Permanente. Dr. Ghomeshi earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in Baltimore, Maryland. She completed a Master of Business Administration from the University of Baltimore/Towson University. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior from the University of California, Davis.
Dr. Ghomeshi serves on the Board of Directors for the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists. She is Past Chair of the ASHP Section Advisory Group on Medication Safety, and an appointed member of the California Hospital Association Medication Safety Committee. Additionally, she is an appointed member of the Board of Pharmacy Specialties Specialty Council on Nutirition Support. Dr. Ghomeshi is Board Certified as a Pharmacotherapy Specialist and as a Professional in Patient Safety. Her professional interests include interdisciplinary collaboration to design safe medication-use systems with high-leverage risk-reduction strategies, evaluation of human factors and medication errors, and fostering a culture of safety.
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM