Amanda J. Hafford, PharmD, MS is an Associate Director of pharmacy for University Hospital. Amanda received her BS in pharmaceutical sciences from The Ohio State University and stayed on to complete her PharmD degree. After graduating from pharmacy school, Amanda completed the two-year Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Residency at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and received an MS in health-system pharmacy administration.
Her current responsibilities include oversight for acute care services and pharmacy practice for University Hospital. This includes the specialty practice pharmacy teams in critical care, internal medicine, acute care surgery, neuropsychiatry, infectious diseases, emergency medicine, solid organ transplant, and cardiology.
In addition to her clinical and operational responsibilities, Amanda facilitates the acute care clinical competency and onboarding program, is the experiential site director for IPPE and APPE rotations and is a residency program coordinator for the Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership residency program. External to the department, Amanda sits on several health-system committees and participates in system-wide projects.
Her professional interests include pharmacy practice advancement, career planning and staff development, clinical outcomes and medication safety and quality. Outside of work she enjoys spending time with her husband and two daughters and getting out in nature whenever possible.