Ronald H. Small, M.B.A., D.Sc. (Honoris Causa), FASHP, FAPHA, is Chief Pharmacy Officer and Vice President, Division of Healthcare Research and Quality Outcomes at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He also serves as Adjunct Professor of Pharmacy Practice with the University of North Carolina and Campbell Schools of Pharmacy and Lecturer in Hospital Administration at Wake Forest University.  He is a member of several professional organizations, including ACHE, NQF, APhA (Fellow), ASHP (Fellow), ACCP and other state and national organizations.

Small has contributed to the professional body of knowledge on such topics as Quality Leadership and Quality Improvement, Antibiotic Utilization Management, Drug Cost Reduction Strategies, CPOE and other technologies in the medication use process and quality of care improvement strategies, including the concept of continuity of care.