Leading in Loma Linda By Bernadette Malqued
One-thousand and seventy-one beds. For Loma Linda University Health, that equated to 44,819 patients discharged in 2014.*”
For Class of 2007 alumni Antony (Tony) Gobin, PharmD, MBA, and Michael Campbell, PharmD, MBA, these are not just numbers — these are lives they daily dedicate to providing the best care possible as directors of pharmacy for LLUH. When asked what inspired him to pursue pharmacy as a career, Dr. Gobin recalls how as a child, his father would always point out the pharmacist in the outpatient settings, and with his deep voice and accent say, “You see that man? He is very smart and that is a very good profession.” It was this high esteem his father had for pharmacists that helped put the spotlight on the career for him. After graduating from Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy and waiting for board licensure results, Gobin was hired as a graduate intern by Paul Norris, PharmD, Executive Director of Pharmaceutical
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Services, Supply Chain Management, Nutritional Support Team, GI Lab, at Loma Linda University Medical Center. But Gobin alludes that his paths had been pointing him towards Loma Linda early on having grown up in the Inland Empire and taking note of the high esteem his family held for the health system. Between his beginnings as a Medical Center clinical pharmacist and becoming the Quality Management Coordinator in 2012, Gobin returned to his undergraduate alma mater, Cal State San Bernardino, to complete his Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) in 2010. It was after his coordinator role that he would transition into his current position as Director of Pharmacy Affiliates for Loma Linda University Medical Center in 2014. Alongside Dan Kardasinski, PharmD, Director of Adult Pharmacy Services, Gobin oversees operations for the Loma Linda University