Leadership Spotlight: Thomas Dilworth
by Noah Kaitz, 2023 PharmD Candidate
Being honest, humble, transparent, and decisional are core values that Thomas Dilworth, PharmD, BCPSAQ-ID strives to exemplify as a leader. As the system director of clinical pharmacy services at Advocate Aurora Health, Dilworth provides direct oversight of the infectious diseases and drug policy teams while also overseeing pharmacy practice advancement. Although he originally had aspired to become a community pharmacist, Dilworth found a passion for serving patients in an inpatient setting while completing his fourth-year pharmacy school rotations, particularly one at University Hospital at UW-Madison. Following these clinical experiences, Dilworth pursued a PGY1 residency at the University of New Mexico, where he was inspired to extend his residency training by completing a PGY2 residency in infectious diseases. To complement the clinical experience he had gained, Dilworth again stayed on at the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy to complete a research fellowship in infectious diseases pharmacotherapy. Dilworth decided to move back to Milwaukee after his fellowship to be close to his and his wife’s families. At that time, opportunities for pharmacists specializing in infectious disease were scarce in Milwaukee. Facing this challenge, Dilworth took a role as a pharmacy supervisor at St. Francis Hospital, which he states was “one of the greatest things [he] ever did.” The job was totally outside his comfort zone. In the role, Dilworth took on many administrative responsibilities, which laid the foundation for many of the leadership skills Dilworth uses in his current role.
Keywords: Pharmacists, Leadership, Internship and Residency, Fellowships and Scholarships, Inpatient, Communicable Diseases, Schools, Policy
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Being honest, humble, transparent, and decisional are core values that Thomas Dilworth, PharmD, BCPSAQ-ID strives to exemplify as a leader. As the system director of clinical pharmacy services at Advocate Aurora Health, Dilworth provides direct oversight of the infectious diseases and drug policy teams while also overseeing pharmacy practice advancement. Although he originally had aspired to become a community pharmacist, Dilworth found a passion for serving patients in an inpatient setting while completing his fourth-year pharmacy school rotations, particularly one at University Hospital at UW-Madison. Following these clinical experiences, Dilworth pursued a PGY1 residency at the University of New Mexico, where he was inspired to extend his residency training by completing a PGY2 residency in infectious diseases. To complement the clinical experience he had gained, Dilworth again stayed on at the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy to complete a research fellowship in infectious diseases pharmacotherapy. Dilworth decided to move back to Milwaukee after his fellowship to be close to his and his wife’s families. At that time, opportunities for pharmacists specializing in infectious disease were scarce in Milwaukee. Facing this challenge, Dilworth took a role as a pharmacy supervisor at St. Francis Hospital, which he states was “one of the greatest things [he] ever did.” The job was totally outside his comfort zone. In the role, Dilworth took on many administrative responsibilities, which laid the foundation for many of the leadership skills Dilworth uses in his current role.
Keywords: Pharmacists, Leadership, Internship and Residency, Fellowships and Scholarships, Inpatient, Communicable Diseases, Schools, Policy
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2023 March/April Table of Contents