Dr. Ivy O. Poon is a Professor in the Pharmacy Practice and Administration Department in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, USA. Dr. Poon received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Houston, Texas, US, and her Master of Science in Palliative Care from the University of Maryland at Baltimore, Maryland, US. She is a licensed pharmacist and preceptor in the State of Texas and has served as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist and Preceptor for pharmacy students at the geriatrics clinic in the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas, for more than twenty (20) years. She has been the recipient of the Preceptor of the Year award twice. In 2023, she received the Veteran Affairs Certificate of Excellence award and the Department of Veteran Affairs Service Award. She currently has a practice site at the Houston Methodist Hospital to pursue her goal of providing patient care in pain and palliative care. Dr. Poon is a member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the Society of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacists.