Senior Vice President, Pharmacy Practice & Government Affairs
American Pharmacists Association
Washington, District of Columbia
Ilisa Bernstein, PharmD, JD, FAPhA, is Senior Vice President for Pharmacy Practice and Government Affairs at the American Pharmacists Association (APhA). She is responsible for responsible for leading the development and implementation of APhA’s strategies, policies, and programs related to pharmacy practice, advocacy, and government affairs, and guiding APhA as the voice of pharmacists in all practice settings. She joined APhA in 2019. From June 2022 to July 2023, Dr. Bernstein was Interim CEO and Executive Vice President at APhA, the first female to lead as CEO in the 170-year history of APhA.
She has over 30 years of experience advocating for pharmacy and patients at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), where she has held several senior leadership positions. Prior to joining APhA, Dr. Bernstein was deputy director of FDA’s Office of Compliance in the Center for Drug Evaluation & Research, leading policies, compliance, and enforcement in areas including drug compounding, supply chain security, drug manufacturing and quality, drug shortages, and post-market drug safety. Dr. Bernstein also served as director of pharmacy affairs for FDA and senior advisor for regulatory policy in the Office of the Commissioner. She started at FDA as clinical pharmacology reviewer of investigational and new drug applications.
Previously, Dr. Bernstein was senior associate director of worldwide regulatory affairs for Pfizer and completed a post-doctoral clinical residency at the National Institutes of Health. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy and her Juris Doctor from American University Washington College of Law.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
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Monday, October 30, 2023
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