Valerie Russo is responsible for development of business opportunities for customers to implement or improve health system pharmacy. In her current role, she leads efforts to support retail pharmacy in health systems achieve a sustainable business model by driving clinical, fiscal and operational excellence.
Russo joined McKesson in 2016 as a pharmacy optimization consultant for the East Region of Open Market Specialty Provider segment. Looking forward, she seeks to grow the Orals channel through standardized operations, innovative solutions and continued customer optimization. In her tenure as director of McKesson Medically Integrated Dispensing (MID) Optimization for The US Oncology Network, Russo was responsible for completing site assessments of community oncology practices; creation of the MID Optimization team; development of the first MID integrated support model; and conducting numerous consults to improve operations and build strategies.
Prior to joining McKesson, Russo spent five years as director of retail pharmacy of an independent community oncology practice in Atlanta. Russo earned her Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) from Mercer University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.