
Patti Fabel, Pharm.D. | Executive Director
Patti Fabel serves as the Executive Director of the Kennedy Pharmacy Innovation Center and a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy.
Patti Fabel serves as the Executive Director of the Kennedy Pharmacy Innovation Center and a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy.
Gene Reeder serves as the Director of Outcomes Research for the Kennedy Pharmacy Innovation Center and Professor at the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy.
Pamela Hite is the Program Coordinator for the Kennedy Pharmacy Innovation Center at the USC College of Pharmacy. She is a Global Certified Career Development Facilitator.
Sylvia Jenkins is the Administrative Assistant for the Kennedy Pharmacy Innovation Center at the USC College of Pharmacy.
Nancy Roberts, Pharm.D., M.S.
Program Director, KPIC Sterile Compounding Training
Nancy Roberts received her B.S. in Pharmacy from University of South Carolina College
of Pharmacy in 1982. She did an ASHP accredited Administrative/Clinical Hospital
Pharmacy Residency at Richland Memorial Hospital in 1986-1987. She attended graduate
school at the University of South Carolina where she received her M.S. in Pharmacy
Administration in 1991. From 1988 – 1995 she was on the faculty of University of
South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice where she developed,
coordinated and taught hospital pharmacy practice labs. She returned to graduate school
at the University of South Carolina and received her Pharm D. degree in 2000.
Richard Capps, Pharm.D.
KPIC Master Instructor
Richard Capps is a Master Instructor for the Kennedy Pharmacy Innovation Center Sterile
Compounding Training programs. He has over twenty-five years’ experience in pharmacy
management and has been a Pharmacy Manager with the Greenville Health System since
2000. Richard is a graduate of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.
He received his Doctorate of Pharmacy from Mercer University Southern School of Pharmacy
in Atlanta and completed an American Society of Health-system Pharmacy accredited
Pharmacy Practice Residency at Emory University Hospital.
Carl Dunn, R.Ph.
KPIC Master Instructor
Carl Dunn is a Master Instructor for the Kennedy Pharmacy Innovation Center Sterile
Compounding Training programs. He graduated from the University of South Carolina
College of Pharmacy in 1985 with a B.S. in Pharmacy. Of his 30-year pharmacy career,
25 have been focused on hospital pharmacy including work at four major local hospitals
(Dorn VA Medical Center, Palmetto Health Baptist, Orangeburg Regional Medical Center,
Providence Hospital, and Lexington Medical Center).
Shay Garrison, R.Ph., MPH
KPIC Master Instructor
Shay Garrison is a Master Instructor for the Kennedy Pharmacy Innovation Center Sterile
Compounding Training programs. He received a B.S. in Microbiology from Clemson University
in 1978 and a B.S. in Pharmacy from the Medical University of South Carolina School
of Pharmacy in 1981. In addition, Shay received a Masters in Public Health Administration
from the University of South Carolina in 1992. Shay has more than 30 years of experience
in hospital pharmacy practice, the majority at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital.
Herman William Watson, Jr., R.Ph.
KPIC Master Instructor
Herman Watson is a Master Instructor for the Kennedy Pharmacy Innovation Center Sterile
Compounding Training programs. He received his Bachelors of Science degree in Pharmacy
in 1978 and a Masters of Business in 1987 from the University of South Carolina. Herman
has 40 years of experience in hospital pharmacy practice. A majority of this experience
comes from working at Dorn VA Medical Center where he retired.
Eric Sparks
KPIC Master Instructor
Eric Sparks is a Master Instructor for the Kennedy Pharmacy Innovation Center Sterile
Compounding Training programs. He is the President of Bio Tech Balancing. Eric is
a United States Air Force veteran and certified metrologist with more than 20 years
of experience in the certification, calibration and quality field. Eric has a vast
knowledge of every aspect of a sterile environment in relation to certification and
air balancing.
Tenissa Ray, CPHT
KPIC Master Instructor
Tenissa Ray has been in pharmacy for over 10 years and received her pharmacy technician certification from Virginia College with honors. She has her B.S. in Health Care Administration from the University of Phoenix. Throughout her pharmacy career, she has acquired knowledge and experience in several aspects of pharmacy such as retail, long-term care, mail order, and currently hospital. Presently, Tenissa is the Competency and Education Pharmacy Technician Supervisor for Prisma Health System.