Chelsea Townsend Ph.D, CRC
Dr. Chelsea Townsend is the Director of the Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) for South Carolina. Dr. Townsend graduated from the South Carolina College of Pharmacy in 2015 with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree. Upon graduation, she began working for Rite Aid, and subsequently Walgreens. In the community pharmacy setting, Dr. Townsend focused on direct patient outcomes through Medicare MTM, various immunization initiatives, and assisting in naloxone protocol procedures. In 2021, she onboarded with the SC Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Drug Control to start her current role. Dr. Townsend is a member of multiple national organizations involving prescription monitoring programs and chairs or co-chairs multiple national committees and subcommittees. Additionally, she is a member of the South Carolina Opioid Emergency Response Team (OERT) and the OERT Data Subcommittee.