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Charles Daniels, PhD

Chief Pharmacy Officer

UC San Diego Health

San Diego, CA

Dr. Daniels is chief pharmacy officer for UC San Diego Health, where he manages all pharmacy services across the system. He is responsible for the oversight of inpatient, clinic, ambulatory, specialty medication, and home and infusion IV services. He is deeply involved in the creation of pharmacy transitions of care programs. He is also the associate dean of professional practice at the UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. He assumed both roles in 2004 after serving as chief of pharmacy for Bethesda, Md.-based NIH Clinical Center for nine years. He is interested in pharmacoeconomic benchmarking’s impact on quality improvement and cost reduction, as well as technology’s influence on safety in the medication process.

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