Director of Pharmacy Programs
Federal Bureau of Prisons/United States Public Health Service
Waterford, Virginia, United States
CAPT Tami Rodriguez, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVE is the Director of Pharmacy Programs for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. She received her Doctorate in Pharmacy from West Virginia University in 2006 and a Masters in Pharmacy Leadership from the University of Cincinnati in 2022. She began her full-time career with the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) in 2009 and became a commissioned officer in the United States Public Health Services Commissioned Corps in 2010. She is Board Certified in Pharmacotherapy and HIV management and worked for over a decade providing direct patient care for patients with viral hepatitis and HIV. Her career includes serving as the Institution Chief Pharmacist in BOP facilities in WV and SC and the Chief Pharmacist for the Southeast Region from 2018 to 2022. In September of 2022, CAPT Rodriguez was promoted to FBOP Director of Pharmacy Programs, overseeing pharmacy operations for 121 institutions and 180 pharmacists providing pharmacy services to over 145,000 adults in custody within the BOP. She is a member of the National HIV/AIDs Strategy (NHAS) and Federal Interagency Workgroup and served as the technical support lead for the BOP Health Services Division COVID-19 Incident Command System and co-lead of the FBOP COVID-19 vaccine program. CAPT Rodriguez is a current member of multiple federal interagency workgroups and policy councils focused on the treatment of Opioid Use Disorders in the US and co-leads the FBOP efforts to expand OUD treatment services within federal corrections. CAPT Rodriguez is a certified facilitator for Arbinger Outward Leadership programs and is passionate about developing leaders to realize exceptional patient outcomes and growth and retention of high-quality employees.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Pharmacists on the Frontlines of OUD Treatment
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