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New MUSC College of Pharmacy dean named
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Philip D.
Hall, PharmD, was named campus dean of the MUSC campus of the South
Carolina College of Pharmacy (SCCP). A full professor of clinical
pharmacy and outcomes sciences, Hall has been serving as the interim
MUSC campus dean since February 2010.
 Dr. Philip Hall
“Dr. Hall is highly qualified to serve as campus dean and has
demonstrated those skills and abilities thoroughly during his tenure as
interim campus dean,” said Joseph T. DiPiro, PharmD, executive dean of
SCCP. “He has been an outstanding leader both as an administrator in
the college and as our representative on the university level at MUSC.
I’m sure he will continue to be a tremendous asset in this new
capacity.”
SCCP has a campus dean at each home campus of its founding
institutions: the University of South Carolina (USC) in Columbia and
MUSC. Both campus deans report to the executive dean. Arnold W. Karig,
Ph.D., the former MUSC campus dean, retired at the beginning of 2010
after a 40-year career in MUSC pharmacy education. Randall C. Rowen,
PharmD, serves as the USC campus dean.
“Dr. Karig was a great mentor for me,” said Hall, who served as
associate dean from 2004 until his appointment as interim campus dean.
“He and other senior faculty and administrators built a proud legacy of
MUSC pharmacy, which I will strive to uphold. Under Dr. DiPiro’s
leadership, SCCP has emerged as an even more formidable institution in
pharmacy education. I am excited to have the opportunity to contribute
to its continued growth and success.”
Hall received his bachelor’s in pharmacy from the University of Georgia
in 1986 then completed his Doctor of Pharmacy from the Medical College
of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University in 1988. With a special
interest in oncology pharmacy, Hall completed an oncology pharmacy
residency at the Audie L. Murphy Veterans Administration Hospital in
San Antonio and cancer immunotherapy research fellowship at the
University of Texas Health Science in San Antonio & University of
Texas College of Pharmacy from 1988 – 1991.
Hall was recruited to the faculty of the MUSC College of Pharmacy in
1991 as an assistant professor. Serving in a number of leadership roles
as a member of the faculty, both in the college and at the university
level, he was promoted to associate professor in 1998 and was promoted
to full professor in 2009. He served as associate dean for the MUSC
campus from 2004 to 2010, taking a role in developing the joint
curriculum of the integrated college, program assessment, and admitting
and advising students.
He practiced pharmacy at the Hollings Cancer Center and MUSC until
2010, when he was asked to serve as interim campus dean at MUSC. He is
board certified in both pharmacotherapy and oncology pharmacy.
His research, both clinical and laboratory-based, has focused on
harnessing the immune system against cancer. He has received funding
from the National Cancer Institute, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society,
the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, and the pharmaceutical
industry. Currently, his research focuses on factors that predict a
student’s success in pharmacy school. Hall has won a number of teaching
awards in the classroom and by the bedside. He has been named
professor, teacher and preceptor of the year 10 times, including most
recently as fourth-year class Professor of the Year and the Overall
Teacher of the Year, both in 2009.
Hall lives in Mount Pleasant with his wife Rayna Kneuper-Hall, M.D.,
chief of hematology/oncology at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center
and assistant professor of hematology/oncology at MUSC, and daughter
Lauren and son Brandon.
Friday, Jan. 28,
2011
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