Buckingham holds a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy with distinction from Purdue University (Class of 1976) and a Master's in Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He is the co-creator with the University of California, Irvine of their new Spa and Hospitality Certificate Program and serves on the UCI faculty. Prior to joining Solana MedSpas, Buckingham was chancellor and president of a major for profit university in Southern California headquartered in Long Beach. Buckingham is also a founding board member of the International Medical Spa Association, serving as their vice president of corporate affairs.

Since 2002, the Purdue School of Pharmacy has offered “The Dean’s Pharmacy Executive Forum,” an elective course that broadly features leaders in the pharmacy profession. The class provides an opportunity for the exchange of ideas; students benefit from the varied experiences of the guest lecturers and the lecturers enjoy the lively dynamic of questions and answers by well-informed students. Past speakers include Dr. Michael W. Skehan, president and chairman of the board of Arnett HealthSystem; Dr. Daria Schooler, CEO, Comprehensive Spine and Neurosurgery Services, P.C., Columbus, IN; and Nikki M. Price, Divisional Pharmacy Manager, Albertsons/Osco Drug, Franklin Park, IL.

Founded in July 2003, Solana MedSpas is the nation’s leading medical spa consulting company with a growing network of uniquely branded facilities all over North America. Solana MedSpas has created a new market segment by combining aesthetic healthcare with the spa movement, coming from the medicalrather than the spa side. Medical spas or medspas are defined as comfortable, spa-like facilities that provide consumers with fast and convenient access to top quality, non-invasive aesthetic medical procedures under the strict supervision of a board certified plastic surgeon and other licensed healthcare professionals. The medspa movement represents the fastest growing and most lucrative healthcare trend in the United States today.