Jere Russell May PharmD, FASHP

J. Russell May, Pharm.D. is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy. Prior to his move to academia full time in 2003, Dr. May was a drug information specialist and clinical manager in the Pharmacy Department at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) Health System (now AU Medical Center) for 22 years, including serving as Director of Pharmacy from 1998 to 2003. Since graduating from the University of Kentucky Pharm.D. and Hospital Residency Programs in 1981, Dr. May has focused his practice in the areas of drug information and drug policy development. He is a Past Chair and current member of the Drug Utilization Review Board for the Georgia Department of Community Health.

He currently serves on the Residency Advisory Council for the PGY-1 and three PGY-2 (critical care, oncology, and pediatrics) programs at AU Medical Center (co-sponsored by the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy). In 2007, he was named Teacher of the Year at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and has served on the ASHP Executive Committee of the Section of Clinical Specialists and the ASHP Commission on Credentialing. He is a past president of the Georgia Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Dr. May has served as a visiting professor at Misr International University in Cairo Egypt and assisted with the development of their Drug Information Center. Dr. May was the recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Drug Information Practitioner Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.