Assistant Vice President – Pharmacy
Baptist Health South Florida
Dr. García currently serves as an Assistant Vice President at Baptist Health South Florida with responsibility for system-wide acute and ambulatory oncology pharmacy services as well as non-oncology infusion pharmacy services. Dr. García has pioneered pharmacy charge integrity and revenue management in the health-system setting and is a thought leader and national speaker in this area, as well as in the areas of alternative payment models, biosimilars, and value-based oncology care. Dr. García leads advocacy efforts at the national level to promote the evaluation of safe and effective use of biosimilars and a more sustainable biosimilar pharmacoeconomic model. Dr. García serves as a board member at Florida Society of Clinical Oncology and currently holds multiple committee appointments at the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC), including the Oncology Pharmacy Education Network and the National Biosimilar Taskforce. In 2020, Dr. García was also appointed to the Board of Trustees at ACCC. In addition, Dr. García currently serves as faculty for the ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Leadership Academy. Dr. García is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). Dr. García obtained his Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Nova Southeastern University and then transitioned to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) to pursue a PGY1 & PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration Residency and a Master of Science (MS) in Pharmacy Administration.
Monday, December 5, 2022
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM