Lourdes Cuellar, MS, RPh
is Board-elect and Board Liaison to the ABHP Council on Administrative Affairs. Mrs Cuellar is director of pharmacy and patient safety officer at Memorial Hermann – TIRR, in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. In addition, she is adjunct clinical assistant professor at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy and University of the Incarnate Word School of Pharmacy in San Antonio. Ms. Cuéllar received her masters of science in pharmacy administration from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. She has additional training from the University of Boston Leadership Institute, and earned a certificate in medical and healthcare management from the Rice University Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management in Houston. Ms. Cuéllar is a past- president of the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists and of the Gulf Coast Society of Health-System Pharmacists. She is the current president of the TSHP Research & Education Foundation. Ms. Cuéllar is a past chair and vice-chair of the ASHP Council on Organizational Affairs. She also serves on the Family Practice Medicine Residency Advisory Board for Texas by appointment by former Governor George W. Bush. In addition, she has been the recipient of the University of Houston College of Pharmacy’s “Hospital Preceptor of the Year” Award and recognized as one of their 50 outstanding alumni.