Biography

Stephen J. Kogut, PhD, MBA, RPh is Vice Chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Research. Dr. Kogut specializes in medication outcomes research, and teaches and conducts studies examining the real-world effectiveness, safety and costs of prescription drugs. He began his professional career with Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan of New England, where he contributed to developing and implementing drug management protocols. Dr. Kogut served as project manager for the Study of Clinically Relevant Indicators for Pharmacologic Therapy (the SCRIPT Project), a national initiative led by the Coalition for Quality in Medication Use and sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). He served as an expert panelist for CMS in its efforts to define quality measures for the Part D drug program, and he contributed to the National Quality Forum’s National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Therapeutic Drug Management Quality. Dr. Kogut is a former member and interim Director of the Rhode Island Board of Pharmacy. In 2021, as a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), he explored how pricing dynamics during the drug life cycle influence cost-effectiveness analyses. He is a current member of the Rhode Island Medicaid Drug Utilization Review Board, the AMCP Format for Formulary Submissions Committee, and the Pharmacy Quality Alliance Quality Innovation and Research Center Advisory Committee. He practiced as a pharmacist for more than 30 years.