Karl Williams

Karl Williams has been a professor of Pharmacy Ethics and Law at Wegmans School of Pharmacy faculty since 2007. His continuing professional mission is to provide students with the skill sets to improve public health through direct patient education about pharmacotherapy thus enabling optimal pharmacotherapy.

Prior to joining St John Fisher University, Dr. Williams served on the faculty at the University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy, Albany College of Pharmacy, and St. John’s University College of Pharmacy. In 2022 he was named Teacher of the Year, and in 2023 Rochester Pharmacy Champion. In addition, he has maintained clinical and consultant practice roles in New York, Kentucky, Wyoming, and Vermont.

Williams earned his B.S. in Pharmacy from the State University at Buffalo. In addition, he has earned an M.S. from the University of Rochester Toxicology Training Program, J.D. from the University of Kentucky, and an MBA from St. John Fisher University.

He has delivered over 300 scholarly works and presentations. Topics include patient safety, risk minimization, professional practice, civil rights, labor, ethical corporate management, pharmacogenomics, and pharmacy education. Dr. Williams is a contributing member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Pharmacy Practice. He holds licenses to practice pharmacy in New York, Kentucky, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Virginia, and admitted to the practice of law in New York and Kentucky.

Williams is active in numerous professional organizations, including the New York State Bar Association, the Pharmacy Society of Rochester, and the Rochester-area Society of Health System Pharmacists. In addition, he served as President and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York, and General Counsel to the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education.

Leisure time pursuits include spending time with family, jogging, and mountain climbing whenever possible.

Books

• New York Pharmacy Practice Regulation 2023 (self-published).
• Federal Law and Pharmacy Practice 2022 (self-published).
• New York Pharmacy Practice Regulation 2022 (self-published).
• New York Pharmacy Practice Regulation 2021 (self-published).
• Federal Law and Pharmacy Practice 2021.
• New York Pharmacy Practice Regulation 2021.
• Remington’s: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 23^rd Ed, book chapter “Laws Governing Pharmacy Practice, 2020.
• Federal Law and Pharmacy Practice 2020.
• New York Pharmacy Practice Regulation 2020.

Peer-reviewed Publications

• Regulatory Commentary on “Central Fill Pharmacy” proposed regulations EDU-26-00015-P, August 23, 2023.
• Letter: Governor Hochul conditional support of long-acting injection legislation Assembly Bill A6779A, June 23, 2023.
• Letter: Governor Hochul conditional support of long-acting injection legislation A3040-B/S4870-B, June 14, 2022.

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

• NYS Budget Testimony, Joint Health and Finance Budget Committee, February 2022. Oral testimony delivered February 8, 2022.
• Williams, KG, “Pill Mills, Manslaughter, and Corresponding Responsibility”, NYS Pharmacist Century II, 94:1, pp. 30-32, Jan. 2020.
• Written Testimony to NYS Joint Senate Task Force on Opioids, Addiction, & Overdose Prevention: Pharmacists and Medication-Assisted Therapy, August 23, 2019.

Presentations

• “Harm Reduction and the Role of the Pharmacist”, CEI, with Dr. Christopher Woodring, Pharm. D., June 11, 2023, virtual.
• “The Drug Overdose Epidemic: Pharmacist Role in Addressing Stigma”, CEI, with Dr. Christopher Woodring, Pharm. D., March 26, 2023, virtual.
• “Report of the Chairman”, Pharmacists Society of the State of New York, Annual Meeting, House of Delegates, January 2023, virtual.
• “Pharmacy Law Update: Cases, New Laws and More”, Albany College of Pharmacy, November 17, 2022, virtual.
• “Pharmacy Law and Policy Update”, St John Fisher College, Wegmans School of Pharmacy, June 26, 2022, hybrid.
• “President’s Report”, Pharmacists Society of the State of New York, Annual Meeting, House of Delegates, June 2022, Rochester, NY.
• “Opioid Use Disorder: Stigma, Harm Reduction & the Law”, Pharmacists Society of the State of New York Mid-year Meeting, January 28, 2022, virtual.
• “President’s Report”, Pharmacists Society of the State of New York Mid-year Meeting, House of Delegates, January 28, 2022, virtual.
• “SPSSNY Legislative Update”, Pharmacists Society of the State of New York Mid-year Meeting, January 28, 2022, virtual.
• “The Pharmacists Role in Harm Reduction of Opioid Use Disorder”, HEALing Communities/Albany College of Pharmacy, with Dr. Nidhin Mohan, Pharm. D., October 31, 2021, virtual.
• “Advocacy Primer”, St. Johns University College of Pharmacy, with Dr. Elsen Jacob, Pharm. D., October 2021, virtual.
• “Upstate Resident’s Update on Legislative Issues”, October 2021, virtual.
• “Legislative Update”, Wegmans School of Pharmacy, St John Fisher College, Rochester, NY, June 2021, virtual.
• “Legislative Update”, Albany College of Pharmacy, Albany, NY, June, 2021, virtual.
• “Advocacy in a Pandemic”, with Thomas De’Angelo and Hon. John McDonald, PSSNY Annual Convention, June 2021, virtual.
• Report of Legislative Chair, PSSNY Annual Convention, House of Delegates, June 2021, virtual.
• Report of Legislative Chair, PSSNY Annual Convention, January 2021, virtual. 
• “Non-patient-specific orders” PSSNY Annual Convention, June 2020, virtual.
• Report of Legislative Chair, PSSNY Annual Convention, June 2020, virtual.