What a year! As 2022 winds to a close, I'm filled with awe and gratitude for the amazing accomplishments of APhA and our members.

The pharmacy profession and the patient care services delivered by the pharmacy team have evolved significantly over the past few years, bringing new opportunities and challenges.

Access and health disparities continue to impact patient care. 

Ilisa BG Bernstein PharmD, JD, FAPhA

Springtime, blue skies, and this year’s Annual Meeting & Exposition are here, and with them the promise of new growth, expansion, and an invitation to open one’s arms to welcome change.

Ilisa BG Bernstein, PharmD, JD, FAPhA

The momentum is building for PBM reform and APhA remains focused on challenging PBM’s anticompetitive business practices which create an unequal playing field in the marketplace that disadvantages patients, pharmacists, and communities.

Ilisa BG Bernstein, PharmD, JD, FAPhA

This year’s annual meeting was a resounding success. Over 3,500 attendees gathered together at APhA2023 in Phoenix in March to connect, learn, and explore.

Ilisa BG Bernstein, PharmD, JD, FAPhA

In the 1989 film Field of Dreams, an Iowa farmer is inspired to pursue a dream. He builds a baseball field on his farm driven by the promise that “if you build it, they will come.” His pursuit of his dreams bring him amazing results: baseball fans came in droves to his small farm in Iowa.

Ilisa BG Bernstein, PharmD, JD, FAPhA

I am honored and humbled to have served as APhA’s interim executive vice president and CEO for the past 13 months during the search for a permanent CEO. It was an amazing experience leading APhA, meeting members and the broader pharmacy community, and moving our profession forward.

Bernstein, PharmD, JD, FAPhA, and Hogue, PharmD, FAPhA, FNAP, FFIP

Often when I’m talking with student pharmacists or pharmacists at meetings or in the community, I hear “I sure wish our profession weren’t so divided. Why can’t we be unified like medicine?”

Michael D. Hogue, PharmD, FAPhA, FNAP, FFIP, EVP and CEO of APhA

September and October bring us into the most exciting part of baseball season.

Michael D. Hogue, PharmD, FAPhA, FNAP, FFIP, EVP and CEO of APhA