Dr. Shane serves as vice president and chief pharmacy officer and professor of medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and as associate dean for clinical pharmacy services at the UCSF School of Pharmacy. Her areas of focus include quality and safety, transitions of care, financial stewardship of high-cost medications and interdisciplinary collaboration to optimize patient care. Active in advocacy at the state and national levels, she has worked extensively with regulatory agencies, and her work has led to new California laws in tech-check-tech and transitions of care, including a State Board of Pharmacy requirement to ensure accurate medication lists for high-risk patients at admission and discharge, making California the only state with such requirements. Dr. Shane was invited by the Singapore Ministry of Health to serve as its 2027 Healthcare Manpower Development Expert in medication quality and safety. Her honors include the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists “Harvey A.K. Whitney Award,” the highest honor in health-system pharmacy, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices “Lifetime Achievement Award,” the 2022 Vizient “David A. Zilz Leadership Award” for her work developing the high value pharmacy enterprise initiative, and the 2023 “Milap Nahata Distinguished Lecture” at The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. She was named a 2024 ScholarGPS “Highly Ranked Scholar,” with a lifetime ranking of No. 17 in the health system category. Dr. Shane has published more than 120 papers and delivered more than 260 presentations at the state, national and international levels.
