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Cedric Terrell, PharmD

Chief Pharmacy Officer

CommonSpirit Health

Chicago, IL

Dr. Terrell serves as chief pharmacy officer of CommonSpirit Health, a role he assumed in fall 2025. He previously served as chief pharmacy executive at University of California Health in Oakland, where he had been chief pharmacy officer since October 2023. There, Dr. Terrell expanded specialty and retail pharmacy access, strengthened pharmacy benefit partnerships and advocated for the federal 340B program. He also led development of a systemwide pharmacy strategy to enhance alignment between inpatient and outpatient services. Dr. Terrell brings extensive experience as a pharmacy executive, having served as chief pharmacy officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and vice president of pharmacy at Novant Health, based in Winston-Salem, N.C.

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