Retail Pharmacist Expert Witnesses

Chicago, Illinois

Pharmacist - Retail Pharmacist, Experienced, Overdose, Prescriptions, Drug-Food Interactions, Pharmacy Practice, Medication Misuse/Abuse, Medication, Error, Adverse Drug, Pharmacy

With over 50 years in the retail pharmacy industry, Glenn Balas has honed his craft, excelling in various aspects of the industry, from retail pharmacy operations and compliance issues to inventory management and patient consultations. As a licensed pharmacist and former pharmacist owner, Balas has combined his clinical expertise and entrepreneurial business acumen to increase revenue, streamline operational processes, and improve the quality and level of patient care. His proven expertise has not only helped countless patients, but also pharmaceutical representatives, medical professionals, healthcare organizations, and insurance providers. From his long and distinguished career in the pharmacy industry, education and professional growth has always been at the forefront of Balas’ career. With a Doctorate of Pharmacy and as a member of the American Pharmacist Association and American Diabetic Association, Mr. Balas has stayed at the forefront of medication and pharmaceutical man...

Coppell, Texas

Pharmacist, Medical Management - Pharmaceuticals, Medicinals, Hospice, Infectious Diseases & Antibiotics, Medications, Supplements & Herbals, Pain/Addiction, Geriatrics, Nutrition, OTC, Hospital, Menal Health, Retail, Clinical, Investigational Drugs & Clinical Trials, Psychoactive Medications, Allergy & Immunizations, Prescriptions

I develop and lead clinical programs that help stakeholders use and advance medication management tools (e.g., formularies, pharmacy, and therapeutics committees and medication therapy management), quality metrics, research methodologies, and health information technology. Currently, I am a Medical Director for Optum Serve and a Professor at Texas Tech University and Arizona College of Nursing, having co-authored numerous papers in the areas of infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacogenomics, and therapies in the lung transplant population. I started and operationalized system-level programs at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and am also the founder of MedOp Advisors, a concierge medication, nutrition, and complementary wellness advisory group. I have experience in medication utilization statistical analyses to demonstrate adherence to evidence-based practice guidelines and inform health program policies. I e...