Craig Beavers

Craig Beavers, Pharm.D., graduated in 2009 from the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Pharmacy and completed a Postgraduate Year One Pharmacy Practice residency and a Postgraduate Year Two Cardiology Pharmacy residency at UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Beavers is the current Director of Cardiovascular Services at Baptist Health Paducah. Beavers recently served as the cardiovascular clinical pharmacy coordinator at UK Healthcare and with the UK Gill Heart Institute, as the Director of Cardiovascular Services for the Hospital Corporation of America, and a cardiovascular clinical pharmacy specialist with TriStar Centennial Medical Center. Previously he was adjunct faculty for Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, and served as the Postgraduate Year Two Cardiology Pharmacy Residency Program Director at TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Beavers currently is an assistant adjunct professor with the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. Beavers currently serves as the chair of the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) Cardiovascular Team Council and was the previous co-chair of the ACC’s Clinical Pharmacist Workgroup. He is the first pharmacist to be a Cardiovascular Professional for the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and serves on SCAIs Quality Committee. In addition, he is an active member of the American Heart Association, American Society of Health-System Pharmacist, American Pharmacist Association, Kentucky Society of Health-System Pharmacist. He has published numerous papers, abstracts, and textbook chapters and presented internationally on topics focused on cardiovascular pharmacotherapy and cardiovascular quality improvement. He is Board Certified in Pharmacotherapy with Added Qualifications in Cardiology and a Board Certified Cardiology Pharmacist from the Board of Pharmacy Specialties. Beavers is also a Board Certified Anticoagulation Care Provider. He is a fellow of the American Heart Association and Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.