Samuel G. Johnson, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS-AQ Cardiology, will join the ACCP staff beginning January 11, 2016, in the position of Director of Health Policy and Interprofessional Affairs. Johnson, who was chosen after a national search, will be based full-time in the College’s Washington, D.C., office, reporting to ACCP Associate Executive Director C. Edwin Webb.

Johnson earned his B.S. degree (biology) from Truman State University and his Pharm.D. degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy in 2003, the year he became a member of ACCP. He completed residency training in cardiology at Kaiser Permanente Colorado (KPCO) and has continued and expanded his practice there for more than 10 years. Most recently, he served as clinical pharmacy specialist in Applied Pharmacogenomics with KPCO and as clinical assistant professor with the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

An active member of national pharmacy practice and education organizations as well as ACCP, Johnson has been a frequently invited speaker and author in the areas of cardiology, pharmacogenomics, and team-based care practice and policy. He recently completed a 2-year term as the inaugural ACCP–AACP Institute of Medicine (now National Academy of Medicine) Anniversary Fellow in Pharmacy, where he both staffed and cowrote publications and related materials for the Institute of Medicine genomics roundtable as a lead staff member of its interprofessional work group.

“We are very pleased to have Sam join us in the Washington office to both broaden and increase our capabilities in the policy initiatives and interprofessional programs of the College,” said Webb. “He will bring his substantial clinical experience and leadership skills to our expanding interactions with Congress, federal agencies, and other advocacy relationships at a pivotal time in health care delivery system innovation and payment policy reform.”

“My family and I are truly thrilled and thankful for this tremendous opportunity,” said Johnson. “ACCP has long been my professional home, and I look forward to joining a talented staff of association professionals in both Lenexa and Washington, and contributing every day to the current and future success of the College.”

Johnson, his wife Mongthu Tran, Pharm.D., BCPS, CDE—an accomplished KPCO clinical pharmacist in her own right—and their twin sons, Tai and Luc, are in the process of relocating to the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.