John Michael Kessler BS Pharm, PharmD, BCPS

John M. Kessler, Pharm.D., B.C.P.S. is Founder and Chief Clinical Officer of SecondStory Health, L.L.C. He is Board Certified in Pharmacotherapy (BCPS) and maintained an active pharmacotherapy practice in an adult internal medicine clinic. He has more than 20 years experience in medication systems design, adverse drug event reporting and errors analysis, and JCAHO accreditation standards.

He has chaired the United States Pharmacopoeia's Advisory Panel on Medication Errors and he has served as an ex-officio Member on the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention. He has consulted with healthcare organizations and regulatory authorities in the United States, South Africa, Brazil and the Middle East on medication safety.He has experience in designing and implementing medication safety surveillance systems in large academic hospitals, small community hospitals and clinic environments.