The Monthly Review spotlights a different URACer each month in a Q&A. This month it's Bruce Karns, one of URAC's Pharmacy Accreditation Reviewers.
TMR: When did you start at URAC and what brought you here?
Bruce: My two-year anniversary will be this September. I had a brief introduction into URAC with my previous job and was intrigued. I thought the idea of being able to learn from so many different types of pharmacies in so many locations was something I wanted to do.
TMR: What were you doing before you came to URAC?
Bruce: For the 17 years prior I was the Director of Operations in the state of Oklahoma for a national Home Infusion company. Prior to that I held numerous pharmacy roles with the same company.
TMR: Describe yourself in three words.
Bruce: Likes to work.
TMR: How do you like to spend your leisure time?
Bruce: Running, golf and eating but not in that order.
TMR: What’s your favorite restaurant?
Bruce: Rocca Di Papa in South Kensington, London. It is the perfect combination of excellent food and atmosphere and when you walk out the door you’re in London.
TMR: What do you like to watch?
Bruce: TV Shows: Orphan Black, Veep, Santa Clarita Diet
Movies: Deadpool, John Wick, The Matrix, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and any really bad action movie so all of Gerard Butler’s movies.
TMR: What kind of books do you like to read?
Bruce: I love to read and will read most anything. I really enjoyed the Wool series by Hugh Howey. It’s a post-apocalyptic science fiction book with a lot of relevant story lines.
TMR: What's your favorite vacation spot?
Bruce: London is our favorite spot so far because of what an international melting-pot it has become. We love to explore neighborhoods, try new foods, go to soccer games, shop old, dusty book stores, and enjoy the theater district.
TMR: Are you a cat person or a dog person?
Bruce: Dog. I don't trust cat people.
TMR: Tell us something about yourself that most people at URAC would not know about you.
Bruce: I worked various jobs before going to pharmacy school including everything from a bank teller to a roughneck on the top of an oil rig.
