Clinical Assistant Professor
Howard University
Dr. Yolanda McKoy-Beach is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Howard University College of Pharmacy. She serves as a clinical preceptor for both fourth year pharmacy students and Nontraditional pharmacy students as well as pharmacy practice residents. Dr. McKoy-Beach provides direct patient care at two practice sites that care for the undeserved population in the District of Columbia. As a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, she provides diabetes management to primarily Spanish speaking Latino patients at La Clinic del Pueblo. In addition, she monitors and manages drug therapy at the Anticoagulation Clinic at Howard University Hospital. Dr. McKoy-Beach is a graduate of the Howard University College of Pharmacy, and she completed two residencies one in pharmaceutical care at the Veteran Affairs hospital in Miami, Florida and the other Infectious Disease from the State University of New York in Buffalo School of Pharmacy. She has also completed a Minority Faculty Fellowship.
While at the university she has been the chair of the Assessment Committee and Faculty Development and Welfare Committee as well and currently a member of both at the College of Pharmacy. She is currently chair of the newly formed Professional Identity Formation and Cultivation Committee.
She has been a member of the Washington DC Pharmacy Association since 2014. She became the of director of pharmacy education in 2014 and 2016 and in 2018 she was elected as the president-elect. In 2019 she served as the president of the Association and currently, serves as the secretary .