Bethany A. DiPaula, PharmD, BCPP, is an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Director of Pharmacy at Springfield Hospital Center, and Clinical Pharmacist at Helping Up Mission. DiPaula completed her Doctor in Pharmacy and psychiatric residency training at the University Of Maryland School Of Pharmacy, Baltimore. She became a Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist in 1997. DiPaula has been active in shaping state collaborative drug therapy management legislation and in developing physician-pharmacist collaborative practices. She currently practices collaboratively providing medication management services for psychiatric and opioid use disorder patients at Helping Up Mission. She previously created a collaborative buprenorphine/naloxone-maintenance program at a federally funded community health clinic and a local health department. She received state approval for her physician-pharmacist opioid use disorder and psychiatric disorders drug therapy management protocols. DiPaula has worked on a state committee, which legislatively advocated for expanded access to naloxone through greater pharmacist involvement. She has served as an instructor and supervisor for Maryland’s opioid overdose response program curriculum at a local health department. DiPaula has mentored addicted pharmacists while volunteering with the Pharmacist Education and Assistance Committee.