Gary H. Smith, PharmD

Gary H. Smith, PharmD, FASHP, FCCP is a native of California and received his PharmD Degree from the University of California at San Francisco in 1966. Prior to that he completed his pre-pharmacy requirements at the University of California, Davis and San Francisco State University. Dr. Smith completed a residency in Hospital Pharmacy Practice at the U.S. Public Health Hospital in Seattle, Washington in June 1967. This was followed by serving as Deputy Director of Pharmacy at the U.S. Public Health Indian Hospital at Belcourt, North Dakota.

He served as a staff pharmacist at the Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento, California from 1969-1970 (18 months) while also serving as a Clinical Instructor at the University of California School of Pharmacy in San Francisco. In 1970 he joined the faculty at the University of Washington, School of Pharmacy as the first PharmD faculty member. While at Washington he developed and directed the Drug Information Service. In 1982 Dr. Smith joined the faculty at the University of Arizona as an Associate Professor and Director of the Drug Information Center. He was at Arizona for 15 years. At Arizona he also served as manager of clinical pharmacy services at the University Medical Center.

Dr. Smith was also a clinical pharmacist for infectious disease and precepted pharmacy students and residents during their infectious disease rotations at University Medical Center. Dr. Smith also served as an Assistant Department Head for Clinical Education at the College of Pharmacy. Dr. Smith left Arizona, where he had attained the rank of Professor with tenure, in 1997 to assume his current position of Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Smith has had extensive involvement with the formulary process including medication use evaluation. He has a special interest in infectious disease and is involved with teaching various infectious disease topics to PharmD. Students at Maryland. Dr. Smith has over 100 publications in the professional literature and has made numerous presentation at local, state, national and international professional meetings. Dr. Smith has had extensive experience with academic pharmacy over a 30-year period. He has also had a vast experience as a practitioner educator and more recently academic administration.