2025 Outstanding Alumnus Award Winner
Dr. Bill Greene retired in 2023 from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, after nearly 16 years’ service as Chief Pharmaceutical Officer and Vice-Chair in the Department of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences. In this role he led efforts to support and assure optimal medication-related care and clinical research involving St. Jude patients. He retains an appointment as Professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science within the UT College of Pharmacy, continuing an affiliation which has existed for more than 40 years.
Dr. Greene received his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and his Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, then completed residency training at Duke University Hospital. For nearly 10 years he worked with Baptist Hospitals in Memphis as a Clinical Pharmacist, developing significant roles in clinical pharmacokinetics, parenteral nutrition support, and infectious diseases pharmacy practice. Following this, he served as the leader for clinical pharmacy services at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, working with corporate leadership for the final 2 years of his 15-year tenure with this health system. His roles included leadership and oversight of all clinical pharmacy services for patient care at Methodist University Hospital, oversight and direction for drug use policy for the entire Memphis-based hospital system, and (for 8 years) direction of the post-graduate year-1 pharmacy residency provided by Methodist. Throughout his time with both Baptist and Methodist health systems, Bill served as a part-time faculty member in what is now known as the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science with the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy – teaching both in the clinical setting and in the classroom. In 2007, Bill joined St. Jude and continued his strong interests in clinical pharmacy services and their impact, medication safety, and performance improvement related to medication therapy.
Dr. Greene has served as President of both TSHP and of TPA, and as member of the Board of Directors for each organization. He was integrally involved in efforts to create the Tennessee Pharmacy Collaborative Practice Act of 2014 which allowed for enhanced engagement of pharmacists in direct patient care. He has been recognized by colleagues within the Tennessee Society of Health System Pharmacists/Tennessee Pharmacists Association as Hospital Pharmacist of the Year and several other awards, more recently including the Shelby Rhinehart Public Service Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Bowl of Hygeia Award. His interests in pharmacy residency programs resulted in the creation of the Midsouth Regional Pharmacy Residents Conference – an annual program supporting the professional development of pharmacists engaged in ASHP-accredited residency programs throughout the midsouth.
At a national level, Bill has served as member and Chair of the Pharmacotherapy Specialty Council for the Board of Pharmacy Specialties, has been a consultant to the FDA/CDER Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology, has held several committee appointments within the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) and American College of Clinical Pharmacists (ACCP), and served as a volunteer surveyor for pharmacy residency program accreditation. He is recognized as a Fellow of both ASHP and ACCP, and in 2024 received the ASHP Distinguished Leadership Award from the ASHP Board of Directors. He has been recognized by UT College of Pharmacy with the Outstanding Clinical Preceptor Award (1985), the Student Government Association Executive Committee Excellence in Teaching Award (2002), and as invited speaker for graduation ceremonies on two occasions – most recently in 2023.
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