Rate My Professor James Trovato

James Trovato, PharmD, MBA, BCOP, FASHP, serves as Professor Emeritus in the Department of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore. After more than 30 years of exemplary service, he retired in July 2025 and was named professor emeritus in recognition of his contributions to oncology pharmacy practice, professional education, residency training, and academic program development. Trovato earned a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, a Doctor of Pharmacy from Purdue University, and completed an ASHP-accredited oncology pharmacy residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He joined the UMSOP faculty in 1994, holding positions such as associate professor and vice chair for academic affairs in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, director of the School’s PGY-2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency Program, and principal investigator for the Joint Clinical and Educational Grant between UMSOP and the University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center. At UM BWMC, his practice site, he chaired the Chemotherapy Subcommittee and served on the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. He spearheaded the creation of a collaborative oncology pharmacy practice site at UM BWMC and helped establish relationships with the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Trovato taught extensively in the PharmD program as well as nursing and physician assistant programs at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, oversaw the School’s continuing education program, and served on numerous UMSOP committees, emphasizing student-centered learning, curriculum development, clinical instruction, and interprofessional education. His research specializations include oncology therapeutics, prevention and management of complications related to chemotherapy or malignant disease in cancer patients, treatment and survival outcomes in cancer patients, instructional methods in pharmacy education, and academic performance strategies for students. A leader in the field, he received the W. Arthur Purdum Award, the highest honor from the Maryland Society of Health-System Pharmacy, for significant contributions to health-system pharmacy. He was selected for the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Academic Leadership Fellows Program (2018-2019), holds Fellow status with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, served as past president of MSHP, and held key ASHP roles including chair of the House of Delegates, chair of the Council on Educational Affairs, and chair and director-at-large of the Executive Committee of the Section of Clinical Specialists and Scientists.