Panelists
Dr. Kristen March, PharmD, BCSPS
Pharmacy Director of Medication Safety, Quality, and Compliance, Antimicrobial and Diagnostic Stewardship, and Investigational Drug Services at Northwestern Medicine
Dr. Kristen March is a Health System Pharmacy Director at Northwestern Medicine over Medication Safety, Quality, and Compliance, Antimicrobial and Diagnostic Stewardship, and Investigational Drug Services. She also serves as the Pharmacy Director at Northwestern Memorial Hospital over clinical pharmacy practice and OR pharmacy operations. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy from Midwestern
University, Chicago College of Pharmacy, in Downers Grove, Illinois, and then completed a pharmacy practice residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Dr. David Dakwa, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCSCP
Assistant Chief Pharmacy Officer of Acute Care Operations at UC Davis Health
Dr. David Dakwa is an Assistant Chief Pharmacy Officer overseeing inpatient operations and perioperative services at UC Davis Health. He earned his PharmD/MBA from Palm Beach Atlantic University and completed a PGY1/2 residency in Health-System Pharmacy Administration at the University of Michigan. His professional interests include compounding compliance, leadership development and workflow optimization.
Dr. Charnae Ross, PharmD, MSHA, BCSCP
Interim Enterprise Pharmacy Director, Regulatory, Quality and Medication Safety at New York Presbyterian Hospital
Dr. Charnae Ross is the Interim Enterprise Pharmacy Director of Regulatory, Quality and Medication Safety at New York Presbyterian Hospital, overseeing compliance and medication safety across 10 sites. She earned her PharmD from Florida A&M University and completed a PGY1/2 residency in health system pharmacy administration at Virginia Commonwealth University while obtaining a master’s in health administration. Dr. Ross’s work focuses on regulatory adherence, sterile compounding, controlled substance surveillance and medication safety.