Rick G. Schnatz, Pharm.D. Biographical Summary

Rick G. Schnatz, PharmD

Rick G. Schnatz, Pharm.D. is the Manager, Healthcare Quality Standards and Compounding and Senior Scientific Liaison for the Compounding Expert Committee of the United States Pharmacopeia’s (USP)  Healthcare Quality Standards Group. In this position he is responsible for coordinating the volunteer efforts of the Expert Committee in publishing standards for nonsterile, sterile and veterinary compounding that will support the delivery of quality patient care and the development of monographs for extemporaneous preparations. During his tenure at USP, he has been responsible for the clinical enhancements to the MEDMARX Medication Error and Adverse Drug Reaction program and the MEDMARX training contract for the Department of Defense, including both CONUS and OCONUS.  

He has over 38 years of pharmacy experience in patient safety, including serving as a faculty member to the Medical University of South Carolina’s College of Pharmacy and the Department of Family Medicine at the Regional Medical Center in South Carolina. He received his BS degree from Furman University and his Doctor of Pharmacy degree (Pharm.D.) from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston (MUSC).

After graduation he established the first medical practice in the country to pair a board-certified Family Physician with a clinically trained family medicine Doctor of Pharmacy providing collaborative medical and pharmaceutical patient care management. Prior to joining USP he spent 19 years with National Data Corporation where he was responsible for the clinical development of the Managed Care Pharmacy System.

He is a member of the American Pharmacy Association, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacy. He is serves on the Board of Directors for the International Society of Pharmaceutical Compounding headquartered in Spain.

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