Meet faculty member Philip Johnson and listen to his welcome message!

Philip E. Johnson, M.S., R.Ph., FASHP, is the founding Director of Pharmacy at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, a National Cancer Institute Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center on the University of South Florida campus in Tampa, Florida.

His accomplishments at Moffitt include developing and implementing numerous treatment guidelines, a hospital-wide research department, research committee, ethics committee, and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists-certified oncology specialty residency.

During his career, he has opened three new hospitals where he developed patient-focused clinical pharmacy services along with multidisciplinary teams for nutrition support and pain management. 

Mr. Johnson received a bachelor's degree in pharmacy and chemistry at the University of Illinois, and a master's degree in Administration and Organizational Development at George Williams College.

He has faculty appointments with several colleges of pharmacy, including the University of Florida, NOVA, FAMU, LECOM, and Florida Atlantic. Mr. Johnson has published several articles and abstracts in the field of clinical pharmacy, pharmacoeconomics, medication safety, and reimbursement.
 
Mr. Johnson serves on several advisory boards: He is a founding Director of the Florida Cancer Pain Initiative (FCPI), and the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA), for which he currently serves as President Elect. 

Mr. Johnson has a gubernatorial appointment to the Florida Department of Health serving as Chairman of the Drug Wholesaler Advisory Committee (DWAC) that oversees Florida drug pedigree legislation.

He represents ASHP on the AHA Committee on Professions, and serves on the Guidelines Committee of the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC). 

Mr. Johnson is the pharmacist representative to the Florida School Health and Education Consortium (SHEC), where he focuses on medication safety and compliance in the Florida public school system, an effort that has already won an Institute for Safe Medication Practices Cheers Award.