OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Health announced it has promoted Sarah Driscoll to director of pharmacy.
She started her career at Oswego Health as a staff pharmacist in 2013, before transitioning in 2015 to the pharmacy operations supervisor. In June of this year, the health system named her interim director of pharmacy.
Born and raised in Oswego, Driscoll graduated with a doctorate degree in pharmacy in 2013 from Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. She has been a preceptor for the University of Buffalo School of Pharmacy, Albany College of Pharmacy, and St. John Fisher School of Pharmacy.
In her new role as director of pharmacy, Driscoll will manage and direct the operations of the department to ensure that quality pharmaceutical services are provided to patients, in accordance with the mission and values of Oswego Health, the health system said. Overseeing a department of 17 people, including six pharmacists, Driscoll says she is looking forward to strengthening her team’s collaboration with providers and expanding the antibiotics stewardship program within the community.
The Oswego Hospital Pharmacy serves patients within the hospital, Fulton and Central Square Urgent Cares, Seneca Hill Manor, Lobdell Center for Mental Health & Wellness at Lakeview, as well as Physician Care, PC.
Oswego Health is a nonprofit health-care system established in 1881 that has grown to more than 1,200 employees across its 17 locations. The organization includes the 132-bed community Oswego Hospital; a 32-bed psychiatric acute-care facility with multiple outpatient behavioral health-service locations; The Manor at Seneca Hill, a 120-bed skilled-nursing facility; Springside at Seneca Hill, an independent retirement community; and more.
