Paul W. Abramowitz, Pharm.D., FASHP

Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Bethesda, Maryland

Paul W. Abramowitz, Pharm.D., FASHP is the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President for the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).

Prior to joining ASHP in September 2011, Dr. Abramowitz had worked in hospitals and health-systems for over 30 years, most recently as Associate Hospital Director for Professional Services and Chief Pharmacy Officer at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.  He also served as Professor and Assistant Dean at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy.  He was previously the Director of Pharmacy and a faculty member at the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals and the University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics.

Dr. Abramowitz received his Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy from the University of Toledo, his Pharm.D. from the University of Michigan, and completed his residency at the University of Michigan Medical Center.

In addition to serving as Treasurer of ASHP from 2007-10 and as ASHP President in 1993-94, he chaired the Board of the ASHP Research and Education Foundation, the Iowa Board of Pharmacy, the Board of Directors of the Iowa Statewide Poison Control Center and the UHC Pharmacy Council. 

Dr. Abramowitz has actively combined practice, teaching, and research throughout his career.  He has lectured and published extensively focusing on the effect that quality pharmaceutical care can have on improving outcomes of care and reducing costs, reduction of adverse drug events, developing new care models, and practice innovation.

He was a recipient of the John W. Webb Lecture Award in 2000 and the Harvey A.K. Whitney Lecture Award in 2009, health-system pharmacy’s highest honor.  In 1990 he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy, in 1995, the ASHP Award for Achievement in the Professional Practice of Hospital Pharmacy and in 2010, he received the Alumni Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy.

Currently, Dr. Abramowitz serves as Treasurer for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board, and is a Professor-Emeritus at the University of  Iowa College of Pharmacy.