Harvey A.K. Whitney Award Lectures

Paul W. Abramowitz, Pharm.D., FASHP

Paul W. Abramowitz is Interim Hospital Associate Director for Professional Services and Chief Pharmacy Officer at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Professor and Assistant Dean at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. He previously served as Director of Pharmacy at the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals and the University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics and as a faculty member at their colleges of pharmacy. He currently serves as the Treasurer of ASHP and previously served as ASHP President (1993-94). He has chaired the Iowa Board of Pharmacy, the University HealthSystem Consortium Pharmacy Council, and the board of directors of the Iowa Statewide Poison Control Center.

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, developing care models, and redesigning pharmacy services.

He received his bachelor's degree in pharmacy from the University of Toledo and his doctor of pharmacy degree from the University of Michigan. He completed his residency at the University of Michigan Medical Center.

Abramowitz was a recipient of the John W. Webb Lecture Award in 2000.