Biography
Thomas Pile is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Marshall University School of Pharmacy in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, Administration, and Research. He serves as a teaching faculty and in an administrative role as the Associate Director of Experiential Learning. He also works with community partners, nonprofit organizations, and healthcare organizations in coordinating community service events as the Director of Co-Curricular. He teaches courses in pharmacy practice and management, clinical skills application, and pharmacotherapy.
Thomas earned his Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Charleston School of Pharmacy. He has over a decade of pharmacy practice experience throughout West Virginia and Kentucky in pharmacy operations, clinical pharmacy in ambulatory care, community pharmacy, academia, and program management. Thomas has practiced as a clinical pharmacist in geriatrics and transitions of care, a clinical pharmacist in diabetes as a Certified Diabetes Education Specialist (CDCES) and has experience in business leadership and management as a Pharmacy Leader for Kroger Health Mid-Atlantic Division.
He began teaching students in 2015, serving as volunteer clinical faculty for multiple universities throughout his career. His areas of research and practice interest include community and ambulatory care pharmacy, diabetes and metabolic disorders, immunizations, substance abuse, and healthcare business and administration.
Dr. Pile is an advisor for the American Pharmacists Association and the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy for MUSOP. He is a national instructor and coordinator for the American Pharmacist Association for certificates in Diabetes Centered Care, Medication Therapy Management, and Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery. He is also a member of the American Pharmacists Association, the West Virginia Pharmacist Association, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, and the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists.