Participants

The Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee

The purpose of the P&T Committee is to evaluate the relative safety, efficacy, and effectiveness of prescription drugs within a class of drugs and make recommendations to the state on the development of the Washington State Preferred Drug List. The committee also serve as the Medicaid Drug Utilization Review (DUR) Board as required by federal law.

P&T Committee/Medicaid DUR Board members

Peter Barkett, MD (Chair)

(Term 2023 - 2025)

Dr. Barkett is board certified in Internal Medicine and has practiced in the hospital, subacute and ambulatory settings. He sees patients at Kaiser Permanente in Kitsap County, has worked with the KPWA pharmacy and therapeutics committee and has served as chief of KPWA’s outpatient Internal Medicine department.

Hope Barnes, PharmD/MSHI

(Term 2025 - 2027)

Hope Barnes is a pharmacy leader with nearly 20 years of experience in inpatient and ambulatory care. As Regional Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Manager at MultiCare Health System, she oversees clinical operations, guideline development, performance metrics, and pharmacy education programs. Previously, she led a 24/7 pharmacy team at MultiCare Covington Medical Center through COVID-19 challenges, improving operations and resilience. Earlier in her career, she expanded outpatient pharmacy services at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital and managed clinical services at Rainier State School. Guided by passion, continuous learning, and collaboration, Hope is committed to advancing pharmacy practice and patient care. She recently completed a Master of Healthcare Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania.

Laura Beste, PharmD, BCGP (Vice-chair)

(Term 2022 - 2027)

Laura Beste is a clinical pharmacist at MultiCare Health systems in Tacoma providing care for the community at Allenmore Hospital. Laura is a board-certified geriatric pharmacist as well as a Clinical Assistant Professor with the University of Washington School of Pharmacy and a preceptor for Washington State University School of Pharmacy. She is a member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

Kevin Flynn, PharmD, MBA, BCPS

(Term 2024 - 2026)

Kevin Flynn is the Director of Pharmacy Purchasing for UW Medicine. He is a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and a member of the United States Army Reserves, where he serves as a Pharmacy Officer with the 396^th Field Hospital. He is a member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Matt Guindon, PA-C, PharmD

(Term 2025 - 2027)

Matt Guindon is a certified physician assistant with over 10 years of clinical experience in hospitalist medicine. He currently practices as a hospitalist in oncology services at the University of Washington Medical Center, caring for patients with all types of malignancies, but most heavily weighted toward acute leukemias. He is also trained as a pharmacist and has been in practice for over 10 years. His current role as a pharmacist is in ambulatory oncology with MultiCare Regional Cancer Centers.

Gregory Hudson, DNP, PMHNP-BC, BS

(Term 2024 - 2026)

Dr. Gregory Hudson is a board-certified Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at Community Health Care in Tacoma, Washington. Following the completion of the Integrated Care Fellowship at the University of Washington AIMS center, Dr. Hudson helped establish collaborative psychiatric care at Community Health Care. Currently, he serves as the psychiatric consultant for both adults and children across three primary care clinics within the organization. In addition, he provides psychiatric teaching to medical and ARNP residents, and collaborates with Seattle University and Pacific Lutheran University to provide clinical experience for nursing students. He has an interest in improving access to equitable, high value, evidence based mental healthcare and reducing stigma of seeking treatment.

Alexander Park, MD

(Term 2025 – 2027)

Dr. Park is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician. He has over 15 years of experience serving the full spectrum of adult primary care in a diverse outpatient practice at Pacific Medical Centers in Seattle, WA. He is the medical director of US Family Health Plan at Pacific Medical Centers, leading Quality, Population Health, Case Management, Utilization Management, Pharmacy, and Credentialing programs serving active-duty dependents and retirees of the Armed Forces. He has been a certified Epic Physician Builder with experience leading complex EMR migration and electronic medication reconciliation quality improvement. He has also overseen comprehensive infection prevention initiatives as the former Medical Director of Employee Health at Pacific Medical Centers. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine and a former Chair of the P&T Committee/DUR Board for the Washington State Health Care Authority.

Bradley Pope, MD

(Term 2025 - 2027)

Dr. Bradley Pope began his career as a Family Practitioner, including Obstetrics, with Group Health Spokane and Group Health Northwest, also holding leadership roles until 1993. He became District Medical Director while continuing urgent care practice at Group Health and Kaiser Permanente of Washington (KPWA). He has overseen network operations across Eastern and Central Washington and now serves as Medical Director of Network East Resource Stewardship and Network Management. Dr. Pope is board certified in Family Practice (1983–2014), a certified FMCSA Medical Examiner, and a member of several professional organizations. He also serves on Gonzaga University’s Dean’s Business Forum. His personal interests include family time, fly fishing, skiing, woodworking, gardening, and bicycling.

Zoe Taylor, MD, MBA, FAAFP

(Term 2024 - 2026)

Dr. Taylor is a board certified family physician. She is the Director of Operations and Informatics at the Lummi Tribal Health Center on the Lummi reservation outside of Bellingham. She practices broad-spectrum outpatient family medicine and her clinical passions include caring for patients with substance use disorders, treating hepatitis C, and providing pregnancy and reproductive care. In her administrative role, she is a clinical informaticist and Epic Physician Builder, and she directs operational and quality improvement projects at LTHC. She is also the clerkship director for medical students rotating from UW and WSU. She was previously the Chief Resident for the University of Washington Family Medicine Residency in Seattle. 

Christy Weiland, PharmD, BCPS

(Term 2023 - 2025)

Christy Weiland is a faculty pharmacist at East Pierce Family Medicine Residency and serves as a coordinator to an ambulatory care pharmacy residency. Christy is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist and practices with collaborative practice agreements to manage chronic conditions within MultiCare Health system. Additionally, Christy is Clinical Assistant Professor with University of Washington (UW) School of Pharmacy and UW School of Medicine. Lastly, Christy has a passion for mentorship and chairs the mentorship committee for the UW Pharmacy Alumni Association.