Regional Director - Dallas/Fort Worth
Assistant Professor of Practice
Latresa Billings, Pharm.D., BCPS, is a Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator at UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) in Dallas, TX. After completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Health Science with an emphasis in Chemistry at the University of Georgia, Dr. Billings received a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy in Tucson, AZ, and relocated to Dallas, TX, to complete additional clinical pharmacy training through an Advanced Practice General Pharmacy residency with Texas Tech University Health Science School of Pharmacy/North Texas Dallas VA Medical Center.
In 2003, Dr. Billings joined the pharmacy department at UTSW as a Clinical Staff pharmacist before becoming a Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator. For 14 years as the Pharmacy Residency Coordinator, she supported the initiation and progression of the ASHP-accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Dr. Billings assists pharmacy students as the preceptor for institutional and advanced practice rotations and is an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor for several institutions. In August 2023, Dr. Billings surpassed 20 years of employment with UTSW. During this successful tenure, she has served on multiple committees within this large academic health system. For the last three years, she has served on the UTSW Institutional Review Board (IRB) and continues to participate on the UTSW IRB Subcommittee of Reportable Events.
Dr. Billings's dedication extends to the broader pharmacy community, serving as the Educational Chair (2013-2015) and President (2015-2016) for the local Dallas chapter of the Metroplex Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Moreover, she served two consecutive terms as the Secretary for the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists (TSHP) and is a past President of TSHP, accumulating a tenure of service on the Board of Directors for ten years. Dr. Billings continues to be an appointed member of the TSHP Research and Education Foundation Board of Directors. She is completing a second term as a Texas representative for the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) House of Delegates. She is honored to be an appointed ASHP Commission on Affiliated Relations member for the second year.
As a former Worthy Chief Councilor of the Alpha Nu chapter in 2002, she has continued contributions to the Phi Delta Chi Pharmacy Fraternity as a lifetime alumnus brother, always heeding the principal motto that "each one needs the help of the others." Dr. Billings completed three years as an inaugural alumnus on the Texas Tech University Health System School of Pharmacy Admissions Committee.
Additionally, Dr. Billings has been a journal reviewer for the Nursing Neuroscience Journal and the Physiatry Journal. For over 20 years, she has provided relief pharmacist services at various Walmart and Sam Club pharmacies across the Dallas-Ft Worth metroplex area. During her free time, she enjoys mentoring early career professionals, traveling, volunteering, and spending time with family and friends.