David G. Bowyer is the Chair and Associate Professor of Pharmacy
Practice at the University of Charleston School of Pharmacy in Charleston,
WV. Prior to being named as Chair in August of 2013, he served as
Experiential Director for the school since the program’s inception in 2005.
He received his B.S. in Pharmacy from West Virginia University School of
Pharmacy in 1984 and has worked in a variety of practice settings during
his pharmacy career, including both hospital and community pharmacy. He
has also worked as a consultant pharmacist in the long-term care
settings. He has served in a variety of offices in the West Virginia Society
of Health System Pharmacists including two terms as president. He has
also served on several committees with the American Society of Health
System Pharmacists and the American Association of Colleges of
Pharmacy. He received the WVSHP Leadership Award in April 2008 and
the Distinguished Educator Award in 2014 from the West Virginia Society of
Health System Pharmacists. The American Society of Health-System
Pharmacists designated him as an ASHP Fellow in 2016. In 2019, he was
selected by the West Virginia Pharmacists Association to receive the
coveted Dr. James H. Beal Award in recognition of meritorious services in
furthering the interests of the profession of pharmacy in West Virginia.

David has worked primarily in a rural setting for the majority of his career
and has developed an interest in improving health care in those areas. He
is certified as both an Immunizing Pharmacist and a Medication Therapy
Management Pharmacist by the American Pharmacist Association and
serves as a trainer for those programs. He was an originator of the West
Virginia Pharmacist Care Alliance which is an advocacy organization
formed to promote the advancement of pharmacist provided patient care in
West Virginia. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the
West Virginia Rural Health Association focusing on rural healthcare access
issues in West Virginia. In July of 2017, David was appointed by the
governor to serve a 5-year term as a member of the WV Board of
Pharmacy. In his spare time (if he has any), he likes to golf and go boating

IMPLEMENTED A PILOT ACADEMIC DETAILING PROGRAM FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES INSURANCE AGENCY. VISIT PHYSICIANS IN THEIR OFFICES TO PROVIDE CLEAR, CONCISE, EVIDENCE-BASED INFORMATION REGARDING THE USE OF PHARMACEUTICALS. MANAGE EXPENSE REPORTS AND FOLLOW BUDGET GUIDELINES WITH RESPECT TO SUPPLIES, TRAVEL, AND HOSPITALITY.

PHAR 525L- INTRODUCTION TO HEALTHCARE PRACTICES
PHAR 611L- INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACY SKILLS AND INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
PHAR 615L- INTRODUCTORY COMMUNITY PRACTICE EXPERIENCES
PHAR 626L- INTRODUCTORY INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE EXPERIENCES
PHAR 634- THE PHARMACIST, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND PUBLIC POLICY

PHAR 510- INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACY PRACTICE, ETHICS AND LAW (FALL 2013- PRESENT)
PHAR 527- LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION AND DISEASE PREVENTION (CO-COORDINATOR WITH DR. BRITTANY SNODGRASS) (SPRING 2014)
PHAR 728- PHARMACY LAW (SPRING 2014-PRESENT)
PHAR 629- COMMUNICATIONS AND ETHICS IN HEALTHCARE (SPRING 2019-PRESENT)

PHAR 716L- INTRODUCTORY PRACTICE DIRECT PATIENT CARE EXPERIENCES(MULTIPLE YEARS)
PHAR 806- MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT ADVANCE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM (MULTIPLE YEARS)
PHAR 812- APHA PHARMACY-BASED IMMUNIZATION DELIVERY CERTFICATE PROGRAM (MULTIPLE YEARS)
APHA PHARMACY-BASED IMMUNIZATION DELIVERY CERTIF ICATE PROGRAM, FRUTH PHARMACY, (OCTOBER 2010, OCTOBER 2011, SEPTEMBER 2012)

PHAR 501- PROFESSIONAL AWARENESS AND PREPARATION SEMINAR ( INTO TO EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, MULTIPLE YEARS)
PHAR 510- INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACY PRACTICE AND LAW (PHARMACY LAW PORTION, MULTIPLE YEARS)
PHAR 510- INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACY PRACTICE AND LAW (SMALL AND RURAL HOSPITAL PHARMACY PRACTICE, MULTIPLE YEARS)
PHAR 527- LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION AND DISEASE PREVENTION (HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE, MULTIPLE YEARS; COMMON SKIN DISORDERS AND HAIR LOSS, MULTIPLE YEARS)
PHAR 546- HISTORY OF PHARMACY (LEGISLATIVE STANDARDS, MULTIPLE YEARS)
PHAR 549- LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY IN PHARMACY (PROVIDER STATUS, SPRING 2015)
PHAR 622- IPS& C MODULE CVS I I (MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION LECTURE, SPRING 2008)
PHAR 624- IPS&C MODULE SELF-CARE (MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES, SPRING 2008)
PHAR 625L- IPS&C LABORATORY 1 ( ISCHEMIC BRAIN INJURY, SPRING 2008)
PHAR 629- PHARMACY COMMUNICATION AND ETHICS (COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR ADVOCACY, MULTIPLE YEARS)
PHAR 640- PHARMACOTHERAPY I ( ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE AND ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME, MULTIPLE YEARS)
PHAR 643- POSITIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES (PUBLIC HEALTH AND PHARMACY, MULTIPLE YEARS)
PHAR 725- PHARMACY MANAGEMENT II (ACADEMIC DETAILING, MULTIPLE YEARS)
PHAR 719- PHARMACOTHERAPY II (PANCREATITIS, MULTIPLE YEARS)
PHAR 740- PHARMACOTHERAPY I I I (ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION, MULTIPLE YEARS)

CONTINUING EDUCATION AND PRECEPTOR DEVELOPMENT DAY LONG PROGRAM

The Dr. James H. Beal award is in recognition of meritorious service in furthering the interests of the profession of pharmacy in West Virginia

DISTRICT 1 & 2 DELEGATE, COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS (2020-21)

FACULTY DELEGATE, (MULTIPLE YEARS). MEMBER, RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE, (2011-12), CHAIR RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE (2012-13) , MEMBER, PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE, PHARMACY PRACTICE SECTION (2015)

Board member at Large (2000-02), President elect, President, Past-President (2002-05 and 2011-15), Southern Regional Vice President (2007-09)

ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION FORMED TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF PHARMACIST PROVIDED PATIENT CARE IN
WEST VIRGINIA