Williams-Lowe to head MUSC pharmacy services

Dr. Marva Williams-Lowe has been appointed the Chief Pharmacy Officer for MUSC Health and Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs in the MUSC College of Pharmacy, the college and the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital Authority (MUHA) announced today.

Dr. Williams-Lowe joins MUSC after 29 years at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health (D-HH) System, including most recently serving as their Senior Director for Hospital & Clinic Pharmacy Operations.

“Pharmacy services is a highly-visible, shared experience for so many of our patients,” says Dr. Michael Field, Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Pharmacy Integrated Centers of Clinical Excellence at MUSC. “Their clinical experiences and therapeutic outcomes are hugely influenced by the quality of the pharmacy services provided. Dr. Williams-Lowe has the background, leadership skills, and vision to ensure that pharmacy services across the enterprise continues to be of the highest caliber.”

During her tenure at D-HH, Dr. Williams-Lowe served in various leadership roles that included oversight for hospital and clinic pharmacy operations, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, the National Cancer Institute designated Norris Cotton Cancer Center sites in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and St. Johnsbury, Vermont and the development and expansion of many pharmacy services and pharmacist care models.

At MUSC, her role will include overseeing all pharmacy services in the MUSC Health System.  In addition, she’ll serve as Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs in the College of Pharmacy; many of the college’s faculty have appointments in MUHA pharmacy services, many students complete rotations there, and the units collaborate on MUSC’s award-winning residency program.

Dr. Williams-Lowe received her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in Boston. She also completed a management certificate program at Boston University and a Master of Health Administration at Ohio University.  She is a 2017 Carol Emmott Fellow and in 2021, Dr. Williams-Lowe was named a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. 

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Founded in 1824 in Charleston, MUSC is the state’s only comprehensive academic health system, with a unique mission to preserve and optimize human life in South Carolina through education, research and patient care. Each year, MUSC educates more than 3,000 students in six colleges – Dental Medicine, Graduate Studies, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy – and trains more than 850 residents and fellows in its health system. MUSC brought in more than $327.6 million in research funds in fiscal year 2021, leading the state overall in research funding. MUSC also leads the state in federal and National Institutes of Health funding, with more than $220 million. For information on academic programs, visit musc.edu.

As the health care system of the Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Health is dedicated to delivering the highest quality and safest patient care while educating and training generations of outstanding health care providers and leaders to serve the people of South Carolina and beyond. Patient care is provided at 14 hospitals with approximately 2,500 beds and five additional hospital locations in development; more than 350 telehealth sites, with connectivity to patients’ homes; and nearly 750 care locations situated in all regions of South Carolina. In 2021, for the seventh consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report named MUSC Health the No. 1 hospital in South Carolina. To learn more about clinical patient services, visit muschealth.org.

MUSC and its affiliates have collective annual budgets totaling $4.4 billion. The nearly 25,000 MUSC team members include world-class faculty, physicians, specialty providers, scientists, students, affiliates and care team members who deliver and support groundbreaking education, research, and patient care.