Enterprise governance
Evidence, policy, formulary strategy, and multidisciplinary decision-making across an expanding health system.
Curriculum vitae
Progressive leadership,
grounded in practice.
Brian Spoelhof is a pharmacist, bioethicist, educator, and health-system leader. A Virginia Board of Pharmacy member since 2026, he has grown from direct critical-care practice to enterprise medication strategy, safety, governance, and informatics.
15+ yearsClinical pharmacy and health-system practice
20+ peopleCurrent enterprise leadership scope
Board memberVirginia Board of Pharmacy · 2026
Practice + ethicsA career connecting evidence, systems, and values
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Experience
Leadership scope
Safety and digital systems
Medication safety, regulatory readiness, pharmacy informatics, and clinical decision support.
Scarcity and ethical allocation
Bioethics applied to drug shortages, resource allocation, access, and pharmacy operations.
Education and stewardship
Teaching future pharmacists, mentoring clinicians, and contributing to professional policy and practice.
2025–Present
Enterprise and State leadership
Serving on the Virginia Board of Pharmacy while leading medication management, safety, informatics, and clinical governance and helping shape how future pharmacists think about ethics and equity.
2026–Present
Board Member
Virginia Board of Pharmacy
2026–Present
Director of Pharmacy – Medication Management, Safety, and Systems
UVA Health
2025–Present
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Adjunct
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy
2019–2026
Health-system strategy and policy
Progressing from medication-use strategy into management of formulary governance, drug-shortage response, policy, and evidence-based decision-making.
2020–2026
Manager of Pharmacy – Medication Utilization Strategy and Policy
UVA Health
2019–2020
Medication Utilization Strategy Pharmacist
UVA Health
2016–2019
Practice and people leadership
Moving from specialist practice into team leadership across decentralized pharmacy, internal medicine, stroke, and neurosciences.
2018–2019
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Lead – Medicine
Boston Medical Center
2018–2019
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Stroke and Neurosciences
Boston Medical Center
2016–2018
Clinical Manager of Decentralized Pharmacy Practice
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
2013–2016
Critical-care specialization and teaching
Building depth in neurocritical and medical intensive care while holding academic appointments and teaching pharmacists, physicians, and nurses.
2014–2016
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Neurocritical Care and Neurosciences
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
2013–2014
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Manchester University College of Pharmacy
2013–2014
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Medical Intensive Care
Parkview Regional Medical Center
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Education and training
Master of Bioethics
Harvard Medical School
PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency
Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center
PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency
Indiana University Health
Doctor of Pharmacy, magna cum laude
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
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Credentials and licensure
Certification and distinction
- Board Certified Critical Care Pharmacist
- Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist
- ASHP Pharmacy Informatics Certificate
- Fellow of the Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacy
Active pharmacist licensure
- Virginia
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Indiana
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Scholarship and teaching
Publications and chapters
2025
Functional Testing of Humoral Immunity in the Prevnar 20 Era
Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 134(3):279–283 · PubMed ↗
2021
Neuro-Interventional Use of Oral Antiplatelets: A Survey of Neuro-Endovascular Centers in the United States and Review of the Literature
Journal of Pharmacy Practice 34(2):207–215 · PubMed ↗
Prescriber responses to alternative alert builds designed for enduring drug shortages: a descriptive study
Drugs & Therapy Perspectives 37:599–606 · Publisher ↗
2019
2018
Hospitalist Infectious Disease Service in Academic Medical Centers: A Win-Win for Hospitalists and Fellows
Southern Medical Journal 111:534–536 · PubMed ↗
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2017
Drug Interactions in Neurocritical Care
Neurocritical Care 27:287–296 · PubMed ↗
Effect of pharmacy management on turnaround time of 4-factor prothrombin complex concentrate
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 74:S61–S66 · PubMed ↗
In Potential Stroke Patients on Warfarin, the International Normalized Ratio Predicts Ischemia
Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra 7:111–119 · PubMed ↗
2016
Antiepileptics
Side Effects of Drugs Annual, volume 38, pages 55–70 · DOI ↗
2015
Antiepileptics
Side Effects of Drugs Annual, volume 37, pages 85–106 · DOI ↗
Outcomes related to postsurgical opioids
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 72:344, 346 · PubMed ↗
Pain and Palliative Care Impact on a Patient's Length of Stay
MSHP Pharmascript 39(4):4–8 · non-peer reviewed · ResearchGate profile ↗
2014
Corticosteroids
Encyclopedia of Toxicology, third edition, pages 1038–1042 · DOI ↗
2013
Pain, Agitation, Delirium, and Neuromuscular Blockade: A Review of Basic Pharmacology, Assessment, and Monitoring
Critical Care Nursing Quarterly 36(4):356–369 · PubMed ↗
Teaching
Ethics and Equity, co-coordinator
PHAR-503 · Virginia Commonwealth University
The Bioethics of Resource Allocation
HHE 5800 · University of Virginia
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How to Think Like a Neurocritical Care Pharmacist
Neurology Clerkship · Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Pharmacology of Pain Management
Indiana University
Pharmacology of Asthma and Pulmonary Disorders
Purdue University
Drug Information and Literature Evaluation
Purdue University College of Pharmacy
Therapeutics 2 Case Studies
Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
The Immunology of Sepsis
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Integrated Problem-Solving Workshops I–IV
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
05
Professional presentations
2026
Managing Privacy, Consent, and Patient Data in AI-Enabled Systems
ASHP Futures · Joseph A. Oddis Ethics Colloquium · Invited CPEL presentation
Co-presenter: G Quaranta
Ethical Use of AI in Clinical Care and Operational Decision-Making
ASHP Futures · Joseph A. Oddis Ethics Colloquium · Invited CPEL presentation
Co-presenter: S Smoke
Drug Shortage Ethics: A Case-Based Approach
VSHP Spring Seminar · Invited ACPE-accredited presentation
2025
Between Right and Wrong: Defining Pharmacoethics in the Daily Life of a Pharmacist
ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting · Invited CPEL presentation
Co-presenters: J Blair and M Lynch
The Future of Pharmacy: Artificial Intelligence Applications and Ethical Considerations
VSHP Fall Seminar · Invited ACPE-accredited presentation
Co-presenter: G Quaranta
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2024
Magnifying the Dilemmas of Drug Shortages Through a Bioethical Lens
ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting · Invited CPEL presentation
2022
Reviewing the Ethical Implications of Drug Shortages
VSHP Commonwealth Leadership Forum · Invited ACPE-accredited presentation
2021
A Novel Approach to the Joint Commission Requirement of an Annual Formulary Review at an Academic Health System
ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting · Platform presentation
A Novel Technician Role for Medication Utilization Strategy at an Academic Health System
ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting · Platform presentation
The Role of a Technician Data Analyst for Medication Utilization Strategy at an Academic Health System
ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting · Platform presentation
2020
E=MC²: Effective Learning Equals a Model of Conscious and Competence
Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacists · Invited ACPE-accredited presentation
2019
Drug Shortage and the Impact on Nursing
University of Virginia School of Nursing
2018
E=MC²: Effective Learning Equals a Model of Conscious and Competence
Massachusetts Society of Health-System Pharmacists and Massachusetts General Hospital · Invited presentation
The Power to Congeal Is the Power to Heal: Blood Factor Products
Massachusetts Society of Health-System Pharmacists · Invited ACPE-accredited presentation
2016
Drugs in the Neuro ICU: Implications to Nursing
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center · ANCC-accredited
A New Era of Ischemic Stroke Care
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center · ANCC-accredited
2015
Neurocritical Care Pharmacy: A No Brainer
University of Maryland · ACCP · Invited presentation
2014
Racking Your Brains: The Neurocritical Care Pharmacist
University of Maryland · ASHP-SSHP · Invited presentation
2013
Novel Agents for Patients Undergoing Transfusion: A Massively Important Topic
Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center · ACPE-accredited
2012
Implementation of a STEMI Protocol in an Emergency Department
Great Lakes Residency Council · ACPE-accredited
Oral Anticoagulants: New Therapies and What You Need to Know
Lafayette Medical Education · ACPE- and CME-accredited
2011
Emerging Therapies in Anticoagulation
Pharmacology Conference for Advanced Practice Nurses · ANCC-accredited
06
Selected professional leadership
Board Member
Virginia Board of Pharmacy
Council of Public Policy member and House of Delegates
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
AI Competency Framework working group
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Assured Resupply from Medical Operations Readiness war game
United States Department of Defense
Regional president and state leadership roles
Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacy
07
Selected recognition
Fellow
Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacy
Alumni Integrity Award
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Pharmacy Preceptor of the Year
Boston Medical Center
Medication Safety Award
Maryland Society of Health-System Pharmacists
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