This year, WesternU College of Pharmacy is proud to welcome Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, president of The Institute for Safe Medication Practices, a nonprofit healthcare organization that specializes in understanding the causes of medication errors and providing error-reduction strategies to the healthcare community, policy makers, and the public. In 2005, Dr. Cohen was recognized as a MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. In 2008, The Joint Commission and National Quality Forum awarded Dr. Cohen the prestigious John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award in recognition of his life-long professional commitment to promoting safe medication use and a safe medication delivery system.

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