First-year Doctor of Pharmacy students at Northeastern University’s School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences get their white coats, a traditional emblem of health professionals, each fall. This event is showcases the professionalism, responsibility, and dedication required of pharmacy professionals.
The White Coat Ceremony represents three things:
Students’ commitment to mastering the pharmacy education they are about to undertake
Students’ realization that caring for patients is a significant privilege
Commitment to the pharmacist’s oath
Timothy P. Gauthier, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP
Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Program Manager, Residency Program Director, PGY2 Infectious Disease Pharmacy
Coral Gables, FL
I promise to devote myself to a lifetime of service to others through the profession of pharmacy.
In fulfilling this vow I will:
Consider the welfare of humanity and relief of suffering my primary concerns.
Promote inclusion, embrace diversity, and advocate for justice to advance health equity.
Apply my knowledge, experience, and skills to the best of my ability to assure optimal outcomes for all patients.
Respect and protect all personal and health information entrusted to me.
Accept the responsibility to improve my professional knowledge, expertise, and self-awareness.
Hold myself and my colleagues to the highest principles of our profession’s moral, ethical, and legal conduct.
Utilize my knowledge, skills, experiences, and values to prepare the next generation of pharmacists.
Be receptive to, and respectful of the counsel of pharmacy educators and experiential preceptors.
Suggest, embrace, and advocate changes that improve patient care.
I take these vows voluntarily with the full realization of my current and future responsibilities
Dr. Timothy P. Gauthier, Pharm.D., BCPS,BCIDP is a pharmacist trained in infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship. He is a clinician, researcher, educator, and author. He is an advocate for antimicrobial stewardship and pharmacy education.
Dr. Gauthier graduated from Northeastern University’s School of Pharmacy (Boston, MA) in 2008. He then completed a Post-Graduate Year-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency and a Post-Graduate Year-2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital (Miami, FL). Since finishing terminal training, he has worked in academia (Nova Southeastern University, 2010-2015), clinical practice (Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, 2015-2019), and a leadership role (Baptist Health South Florida, 2019-current), all focusing on advancing the fields of infectious diseases pharmacy and antimicrobial stewardship.
He holds certifications from the Board of Pharmacy Specialties for Pharmacotherapy and Infectious diseases. He has completed the Making A Difference in Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Antimicrobial Stewardship Training Program.
He is the author of the book Learn Antibiotics, First Edition. He is the creator and editor-in-chief for www.IDstewardship.com, www.LearnAntibiotics.com, and the @IDstewardship social media profiles. His work reaches thousands of people each day on the internet and on social media, where he aims share reliable and relevant information from the world of pharmacy and healthcare in general. IDstewardship.com alone has registered over 6 million page views as of July 2024. Through this work he is internationally recognized as an antimicrobial stewardship pharmacist leader.
