Kenneth L. McCall, B.S., Pharm.D., BCGP, RPh, FAPhA

Professor Kenneth 'Mac' McCall earned his BS Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and completed a primary care residency with the Department of Veterans Affairs and US Army.  Prior to moving to Maine in 2009 to join the founding faculty at the UNE College of Pharmacy, he was an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center for eleven years.  His leadership roles have included Chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the UNE College of Pharmacy, President of the Maine Pharmacy Association, Chair of the Mainecare DHHS Drug Utilization Review Committee, Director of the UNE-Martin’s Point-Hannaford Pharmacy PGY1 Residency Program, Director of the UNE-CVS/Apothecary by Design PGY1 Residency Program, Director of the UNE-Synageva BioPharma Medical Affairs Fellowship, Interim Director of the UNE College of Pharmacy Office of Continuing Education, Director of the TTUHSC Community Pharmacy Residency Program, Head of the Community Care Division at TTUHSC, and Clinical Pharmacy Manager at Northwest Texas Healthcare System. 

Dr. McCall’s passions are teaching, community service and advocacy for the profession of pharmacy.  As a professor, he dedicates the full measure of his abilities to provide an exemplary pharmacy education that produces health professionals of extraordinary competence and integrity.  Throughout his academic career, he has strived to improve his teaching as evidenced by his scholarship of teaching and learning.  He has been honored by his students and faculty-peers with “Teacher of the Year”, “Most Influential Professor” and “Mentor of the Year” awards.  His greatest professional joy is contributing to the education of future pharmacists. 

Dr. McCall has been inspired by many others who care about their communities and he has found that service is one of the most rewarding aspects of a career in pharmacy.  He has volunteered in the Veterans Affairs healthcare systems in Texas and Maine to provide immunizations for veterans and spouses of veterans.  His outstanding service to veterans was recognized by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) in 2015 with the Immunization Champion Award.  He has also served at a licensed free-clinic pharmacy in Biddeford, Maine, from 2009 to 2015 to provide free prescription medications to individuals who have no healthcare coverage.  He currently serves on the Maine Opioid Clinical Advisory Committee, the Maine Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Committee and the Maine Prescription Drug Affordability Board.

Dr. McCall has been blessed with many wonderful mentors and has gained from them a greater appreciation for advocacy on behalf of patients and his profession.  He believes that healthcare advocacy is the intersection of professionalism and citizenship.  He has successfully worked with many stakeholders in Maine to support and enact legislation that expands the scope of practice of pharmacists including collaborative practice, immunization services and naloxone access.  He also has collaborated with colleagues at NACDS and APhA to advocate for federal legislation that would recognize pharmacists as providers with the ultimate goal of improving access to care and healthcare quality.  His community service and advocacy efforts have been recognized by the Retail Association of Maine’s Government Service Award and by the Maine Pharmacy Association/APhA Bowl of Hygeia Award.  He also strives to include students in these local and national advocacy efforts so that they can expand their own personal viewpoints through interactions with legislators and better articulate the value that a pharmacist provides to public health.