Austin Russian PharmD

Director, Pharmacy Operations

Dr. Austin Russian is PANTHERx® Specialty Pharmacy’s Director for Pharmacy Operations. He is responsible for day-to-day activities as well as adapting new workflow strategies to enhance the payor, prescriber, and patient experiences with specialty medications.

Dr. Russian graduated from the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Pharmacy with a Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmaceutical Science and with his Doctor of Pharmacy degree. Throughout his time at the University of Pittsburgh, Russian completed the university’s “Emerging Leaders” program to develop his leadership ability and potential.

Dr. Russian brings a unique mindset to PANTHERx Specialty’s operations. Having been developed as an owner of an independent community pharmacy, he scales the focused and tailored approach that defines the independent field to the larger specialty field. He has worked with several pharmacies to create enhanced inventory control programs, design pharmacy workflows, and then design the physical pharmacy space to best compliment the workflow.