Speaker:

Denise H. Rhoney, PharmD, FCCP, FNCS, MCCM, is the Ronald and Nancy McFarlane Distinguished Professor in the Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Eshelman School of Pharmacy in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She also serves as Director of the Research Laboratory in Education and Learning Innovation. Dr. Rhoney earned her BS and PharmD degrees from the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy and completed residencies in general clinical pharmacy and critical care, followed by a clinical research fellowship at UNC/Glaxo.

Dr. Rhoney began her academic and clinical career as the first pharmacist to fully integrate clinical pharmacy services into a neurocritical care team, establishing a precedent-setting practice model at Detroit Receiving Hospital during her 17-year tenure at Wayne State University. Her scholarly work has focused on improving outcomes in neurologically critically ill patients through optimization of medication therapy. She has served as an investigator on numerous clinical trials and authored more than 110 peer-reviewed publications.

Dr. Rhoney is a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) and the Neurocritical Care Society (NCS), and was named a Master of the American College of Critical Care Medicine. She has held national leadership roles, including two terms on the NCS Board of Directors and Executive Committee, and active involvement in the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Within ACCP, she has served as Chair of the ACCP Foundation Board of Trustees, led multiple programming and membership committees, and currently serves as President of ACCP.

A recognized leader in educational innovation, Dr. Rhoney chaired the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Joint Task Force on Competency-Based Pharmacy Education and Academic Affairs Committee where the work centers around competency-based pharmacy education and is a key contributor to the national dialogue shaping pharmacy education reform. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Collaborative for Competency-Based Health Professions Education (ICBHPHE), and editor of a special collection of the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education on CBE. Her work has been instrumental in advancing competency-based education frameworks using implementation science and has informed both U.S. and international initiatives. She has recently been awarded as the AACP Distinguished Teaching Scholar.