Dr. Karl Hess

Dr. Karl Hess

Associate Professor; Pharmacy Practice
Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy
Expertise: Travel Medicine; Vaccines or Immunizations; Self-Care Therapeutics; Community Pharmacy; Community Pharmacy Practice Innovation
Office Location: 9401 263
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Biography

Dr. Karl Hess is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Chapman University School of Pharmacy (CUSP). Dr. Hess earned his PharmD from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences in Boston in 2005. He subsequently completed a PGY1 community pharmacy residency at the University of Southern California, School of Pharmacy in 2006.

At CUSP, Dr. Hess lectures on a variety of subjects on health care delivery, self-care therapeutics, immunizations, travel health and medicine, and pharmacy management and entrepreneurship. Dr. Hess’ areas of academic and research interests include innovative community pharmacy practice services, travel health and medicine, vaccines, and self-care therapeutics and is specifically interested in the advancement of community pharmacy practice and related services.

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications

Hess K, Cadar B, Bollenbach A. Advancing Independent Community Pharmacy Sustainability: An APPE Consulting Rotation Experience. NCPA Annual Meeting 2025.
Hess KM. Chapter 18: Pinworm Infection. In D. Krinsky, et al (eds). Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs. 21st Edition. 2024. American Pharmacists Association.
Hurley-Kim K, Babish K, Chen E, Diaz A, Hanh N, Evans D, Seed S, Hess KM. The Role of the US Travel Health Pharmacist in a Post COVID-19 Pandemic. Pharmacy 2022; 10, 134 doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy10050134
Hurley-Kim, K, Snead R, Hess KM. Pharmacists Scope of Practice in Travel Health Services: A State-by-State Review. American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting 2017, San Francisco, CA (Poster Presentation)