Chief Pharmacy Officer
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Mark W. Thomas, M.S., R.Ph.
Mark is currently the Chief Pharmacy Officer for the Division of Pharmacy at Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. He also serves as the organization’s Medication Safety Officer and is the program director for the PGY2 Medication Use Safety Residency Program. Prior to coming to Cincinnati he was the Medication Safety Officer and then Regional Director for Safety and Reliability at CHRISTUS Spohn Medical Center in Corpus Christi. Previous positions include: Director of Pharmacy at Cook Children’s Medical Center, Fort Worth; System Director of Pharmacy at Children's Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis and St. Paul; and Pharmacy Manager at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. His first pharmacy job was as a staff pharmacist for 2 ½ years for Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas.
He received a B.S. in biology from University of North Texas in 1984 and a B.S. in pharmacy from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in 1988. In 1993 Mark earned his Masters of Science degree in Hospital Pharmacy from the University of Kansas and completed a two-year pharmacy practice residency at the KU Medical Center.
He has served as president of the Coastal Bend Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Metroplex Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and Central Minnesota Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and leader of the Safest in America, Medication Safety Collaborative in Minnesota.
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM