47th Annual Albert Ebert Lecture: Featuring Dr. Desi Kotis

Please join Rho Chi, on Friday, April 26th from 12:30-1:30 p.m., in celebrating the 47th annual Albert Ebert Lecture with a true leader in pharmacy: Desi Kotis, BS ’83, PharmD ’94, FASHP.

Dr. Desi Kotis is Director of Pharmacy, Northwestern Medicine and Adjunct Instructor of Pharmacy Practice at the Chicago College of Pharmacy, Midwestern University.

Dr. Kotis received her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she also received her Doctorate of Pharmacy. She completed a pharmacy residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Dr. Kotis was appointed fellow of ASHP in 2013 and received the President’s Award from the Illinois Council Health-System Pharmacists in 2015. She was also the recipient of the 2017 Pharmacist of the Year Award from Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists. Dr. Kotis presently serves as a board member of the Illinois State Board of Pharmacy.

Dr. Kotis is a strategic, academic medical center leader in hospital pharmacy management. She has been integral in expanding the role of the pharmacist and pharmacy technician into an integrated patient-centered model in line with the ASHP PAI. She is Director-at-Large of the Vizient Academic Medical Center Pharmacy Network.

Dr. Kotis’ keynote speech is entitled, “The High Value of Pharmacy Enterprise.”

Students and faculty of all colleges are welcome. The Albert Ebert lecture will be held in Room 134-1, COP.