Dr. Karpinski oversees $700 million in medication spend and leads 800 pharmacy staff across 25 acute care hospitals at WVU Medicine. He has standardized pharmacy IT, procurement and clinical services while launching enterprisewide initiatives in specialty pharmacy, telepharmacy and home infusion. His efforts have improved medication safety, access and cost-efficiency across one of the nation’s most expansive rural and academic health systems. Nationally, Dr. Karpinski served a term on the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ board of directors. He came to WVU Medicine from his role as national director of ambulatory pharmacy for The Resource Group, a component of St. Louis-based Ascension. He previously served as chief pharmacy officer and associate dean for health system practice at Milwaukee-based Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin, where over a 10-year tenure he helped build an ambulatory pharmacy model including 12 retail pharmacies, a large specialty pharmacy program, mail-order services and home infusion.
