J. Russell Teagarden, DMH, MA

Brookfield, CT

Pharmacist/Researcher/Writer

Representing: Patients, Caregivers, and Patient Advocates

J. Russell Teagarden is a senior healthcare practitioner, executive, and educator with a broad base of experience from positions in clinical pharmacy practice, clinical research, university teaching, medical communication and publishing, pharmacy benefit management, nonprofit patient advocacy, and executive leadership. These experiences provided a deep understanding of how health care standards are developed and translated into clinical practice, how the many and varied dimensions of domestic and international health care systems operate and affect individuals, populations, and institutions, how well current health care professions education and training programs prepare students for their professional roles, and how illness figures in the human condition. He holds a BS in Pharmacy, an MA in Research Methods, and a Doctorate in Medical Humanities, completed a residency in hospital pharmacy at Northwestern University Medical Center, and was a visiting scholar at the National Institutes of Health Bioethics Department.

Teagarden served as a member of the Advisory Panel on Rare Disease from April 2013 - September 2015.