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Milap Nahata, Pharm.D., M.S.
Professor and Division Chair,
Pharmacy Practice and Administration, College of Pharmacy;
Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, and Associate Director, Medical Center Department of Pharmacy
Ohio State University
Milap Nahata began his academic career in clinical pharmacy education, practice, research, and service at OSU in 1977. He has received six teaching awards from the College of Pharmacy, a university teaching award from Ohio State, and two distinguished educator awards from national associations – American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) and American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP). He is also a co-recipient of the Best Practices Award from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and a Distinguished Practitioner in the National Academy of Practice.
With a research focus in pediatric pharmacotherapy, Dr. Nahata has authored or coauthored over 500 peer reviewed journal articles or book chapters, and three books. “Pediatric Drug Formulations” is in its 5th edition and is the most widely used book in this field. He is a recipient of five research achievement awards from national organizations – ACCP, ASHP, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), American Pharmacists Association (APhA), and Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society. He is a Fellow of ACCP, APhA, ASHP, American Academy of Microbiology, American College of Clinical Pharmacology, and American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He has presented numerous invited lectures in Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and the US, including 15 endowed or Rho Chi lectureships at various colleges of pharmacy.
Dr. Nahata is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences. He has served as President of both AACP and ACCP, and as chair or member of various national committees within pharmacy, and of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH), FDA, USP and the Institute of Medicine. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Annals of Pharmacotherapy.
About the lecture
"Optimizing Medication Therapy Outcomes: An Essential Component of Healthcare Reform"
A critical component of healthcare reform is provision of high quality and cost effective medication therapy. We must assure access to safe, effective, efficient, equitable and culturally sensitive pharmacotherapy to achieve desired health outcomes among our patients. This goal can be best accomplished with strong collaborations in practice, education and research, outstanding leadership, and use of cutting edge technology
Quoted from the 2008-2009 Loyd E. Harris Lecture Series Announcement Brochure