Jorge Garcia, PharmD, MS, MHA, MBA, FACHE

Jorge J. García obtained his Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in 2010. He then transitioned to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) to pursue an American Society of Health-System Pharmacy (ASHP)-accredited PGY-1 & PGY-2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration Residency and a Master of Science (MS) in Pharmacy Administration. He also completed a Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) from Florida Atlantic University (FAU).

Dr. García has previously served in the roles of inpatient pharmacy operations coordinator, director of pharmacy for system-wide oncology pharmacy services, and Assistant Vice President (AVP) at Baptist Health South Florida (BHSF) with responsibility for system-wide oncology pharmacy services, system-wide specialty infusion pharmacy services, and system-wide investigational drug pharmacy services.

Dr. García currently serves as the Founder and Principal at Patagonia Healthcare, an organization focused on the development of specialty infusion services and the growth of all specialty therapeutics services, as well as therapeutics market research and access expansion and buy-and-bill optimization strategies.

Dr. García has pioneered pharmacy charge integrity and revenue management initiatives in the health-system setting and is a thought leader and national speaker in the areas of biosimilars, 505(b)(2) drugs, value-based care, buy-and-bill and specialty infusion.

Dr. García has served as a board member at Florida Society of Clinical Oncology (FLASCO) since 2015 and currently serves as the organization’s Treasurer and Vice President Elect. In 2020, Dr. García was appointed to the Board of Trustees at Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC).