Howard I. Cohen RPh, MS, FASHP, (recently retired) was the Executive Director of Oncology Pharmacy Services for the Smilow Cancer Hospital and Network of Yale New Health. He is the President of Safe Medication Management Associates, a healthcare consulting firm and the former Director of Pharmacy Services for Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc. . Howard has also served as the Director of Pharmacy Services at several other major teaching institutions. Howard earned his pharmacy degree from the University of Kansas, School of Pharmacy in Lawrence, Kansas, and his Master of Science degree from Temple University School of Pharmacy in Philadelphia, Pa. He completed an Executive Management fellowship at the Wharton School of Business - Leonard Davis Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1995 he received the designation of Fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Howard is a member of the ASHP, HOPA and other professional organizations. He has served as the Editorial Advisor for the Pharmacy Net Guide, has been on the Editorial Board of the P&T Journal and is an experienced speaker, advisor and has authored numerous articles on various pharmacy and hospital decision-making topics. In 2014, the Smilow Cancer Hospital Pharmacy was honored as the recipient of the highest ASHP award , the ASHP Foundations Award for Medication Safety and Use