Cathy Worrall is a leader in the college and the profession

In February, associate dean Cathy Worrall was recognized with the Rho Chi Society National Faculty Advisor Award. It is the most recent honor in a career laden with them.

Other recent national honors include the 2021 Phi Lambda Sigma (PLS) Proctor and Gamble National Leadership Award and candidacy to the American Pharmacists Association (APha) Board of Trustees. She is a significant player on the national pharmacy field and a vital force for the MUSC College of Pharmacy.

As associate dean for admissions and student affairs at the college, Worrall is one of the key members of the leadership team. She is also a full professor of clinical pharmacy and outcomes science.

“Dr. Worrall has taken on multiple responsibilities at the college and contributes in so many ways,” said Philip Hall, dean of the college. “She is an admirable role model for all of our students and is one of their strongest advocates.”

Formerly a critical care registered nurse, Worrall earned her Pharm.D. at the University of Florida then completed a residency in critical care and nutrition support therapeutics at the University of Tennessee—Memphis. Following residency training, Worrall worked as a critical care clinical pharmacy specialist at the Mayo Medical Center in Rochester, MN, where she started Mayo's critical care pharmacy residency program. She later accepted a position at MUSC, where she specialized in burn, trauma, and nutrition support until she transitioned 12 years ago to the dean's office at the College of Pharmacy.

Worrall is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist. Her current research interests focus on student pharmacist personal and professional development, including professionalism, self-awareness, leadership development, emotional intelligence, and wellness and resiliency.

She has served in numerous leadership roles in the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, APhA, PLS, Rho Chi, the South Carolina Pharmacy Association (SCPhA), and the South Carolina Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists. She is an APhA Fellow, a past recipient of APhA's Distinguished Achievement Award in Hospital/Institutional Practice, SCPhA's Kenneth Couch Distinguished Mentor Award, and the 2021 recipient of the PLS Proctor and Gamble National Leadership Award.