Williams Lowe completes the ASHP Certified Pharmacy Executive Leader Program

Marva Williams-Lowe, chief pharmacy officer for MUSC Health and associate dean of clinical affairs for the College of Pharmacy, recently completed the American Society of Health-system Pharmacists (ASHP) Certified Pharmacy Executive Leader (CPEL) program.

ASHP offers the CPEL credential as a way to recognize individuals who are highly skilled in the core competencies of leading a) people, b) a pharmacy enterprise, and c) from within and across complex healthcare organizations. Earning the CPEL credential requires successful completion of the CPEL capstone, a multi-day program at the ASHP headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland.

MUSC has benefitted from her leadership abilities since 2022, when she began overseeing all pharmacy services in the MUSC Health System as well as serving as the college’s associate dean for clinical affairs. In this role, she is a critical connecting point as many of the college’s faculty have appointments in pharmacy services, many students complete rotations there, and the units collaborate on MUSC’s award-winning residency program.

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, she was named a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.