USPHS Chief Pharmacist/BOP Chief, Clinical Pharmacy Services
FCI Safford, AZ/USPHS-Federal Bureau of Prisons
Safford, Arizona, United States
RADM Ty Bingham has served in multiple leadership positions throughout his career. His passion and commitment throughout has always been the advancement of clinical pharmacy through utilization of pharmacists as providers to improve patient outcomes.
RADM Bingham currently serves as USPHS Assistant Surgeon General and Chief Professional Officer for the Pharmacist Category. Additionally, he is Chief of Clinical Pharmacy Programs for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). He was commissioned into the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps in 1989, serving as a staff pharmacist with the Indian Health Service in Sells, AZ. He then responded to an acute need and transferred as a Chief Pharmacist with the BOP Federal Correctional Institution Safford, AZ. His extensive BOP career has included serving as Regional Chief Pharmacist of the BOP’s Western Region, national HIV Clinical Pharmacist Consultant, Institution Chief Pharmacist, and Performance Improvement Coordinator.
Under RADM Bingham’s leadership, BOP clinical pharmacy programs have flourished with nearly 70% of BOP pharmacists providing direct care, most conducting multiple chronic care clinics. He oversees three BOP Clinical Pharmacist Consultant Programs with over 40 specialized pharmacists assisting providers in caring for HIV, HCV and psychiatric patients. These programs monitor all HIV patients in the BOP as well as evaluating, prioritizing and authorizing treatment for patients with hepatitis C.
RADM Bingham chairs the multidisciplinary BOP Health Services Division Governing Board Clinical Care Subcommittee, responsible for researching and proposing new and innovative improvements to BOP clinical care. He also oversees maintenance of the extensive BOP Clinical Guidance program.
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
Friday, March 12, 2021
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET
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