2026 Vizient Pharmacy Network Meeting

Orlando, FL US
December 5, 2026

The Vizient Pharmacy Network Meeting will bring together pharmacy executives, leaders, clinicians, and residents for a one-day event focused on advancing pharmacy’s strategic, clinical, and financial impact across health systems. Learners can expect to gain insights into emerging priorities, innovative practices, and practical strategies that support pharmacy’s role in driving care excellence, operational performance, and enterprise value. The meeting will provide meaningful opportunities for shared learning, collaboration, and professional development across a broad range of pharmacy roles.

Target Audience

  • Pharmacists
  • Pharmacy Technicians
  • Other Healthcare Professionals

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, pharmacists should be able to:  
  • Evaluate how emerging trends, innovations, and collaborative strategies can shape the future of pharmacy, strengthen organizational performance, and advance patient care. 
  • ​​​​Apply emerging pharmacy practices, evidence-based approaches, and interdisciplinary collaboration to identify opportunities for improving medication management, optimizing patient outcomes, and enhancing the delivery of pharmacy services.
 
At the conclusion of this activity, pharmacy technicians should be able to:  
  • Evaluate how emerging trends, innovations, and collaborative strategies can shape the future of pharmacy, strengthen organizational performance, and advance patient care. 
  • ​​​​Apply emerging pharmacy practices, evidence-based approaches, and interdisciplinary collaboration to identify opportunities for improving medication management, optimizing patient outcomes, and enhancing the delivery of pharmacy services.

Course summary

Available credit: 
  • 3.50 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 3.50 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
  • 0.35 IACET
Course opens: 
12/05/2026
Course expires: 
02/03/2027
Event starts: 
12/05/2026 - 7:00am CST
Event ends: 
12/05/2026 - 2:45pm CST
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Hyatt Regency Hotel
9801 International Dr
Orlando, FL 32819
United States
FACULTY & PLANNERS
Faculty

Amanda Martinez, PharmD, BCACP, CPh
Pharmacotherapy Specialist - Transitions of Care
Tampa General Hospital  

Amrit Kumar, PharmD
PGY2 HSPAL Resident
Froedtert & MCW  

Angie Zafke, DNP, MS, RN, CCRN, TCRN
Clinical Nurse Educator
Altru Health System  

Anna Peel, PharmD, MBA
PGY-2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Resident
Houston Methodist Hospital  

Ariel Musheyev, PharmD
PGY2 Pharmacy Resident
Mayo Clinic  

Ashley Denton, MHA
Chief Financial Officer
UCHealth  

Bonnie Levin, PharmD, MBA, FASHP
VP, Pharmacy Services
MedStar Health  

Bree Meinzer, PharmD, BCACP, CACP
Pharmacy Manager, Managed Care; Residency Program Director
University of Toledo Medical Center  

Chad Hatfield, PharmD, MHA, BCPS
VP/Chief Pharmacy Officer
UC Davis Health  

Chris Viering, PharmD
PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Resident
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center  

Courtney Wulffson, PharmD, MBA, MPH, BCPS
Senior Pharmacy Manager
Mayo Clinic  

Dan Angelo Surdilla, PharmD, DPLA
Staff Pharmacist
UCSD Health  

Dan Angelo Surdilla, PharmD, DPLA
Staff II Pharmacist
UC San Diego Health  

Delilah Blanco, PharmD
Pharmacotherapy Specialist
Tampa General Hospital  

Dmitry Walker, PharmD, MS
Senior Director, Ambulatory Pharmacy Services
University of Maryland Medical System  

D'Nae Lewis, PharmD, CDCES
Disease Management Pharmacist
Martin Luther King Jr Community Hospital  

Donald McKaig, RPh
Director, Medication Use Policy, Quality, Safety
Brown University Health  

Elaine Huang, PharmD, MHA
Assoc Chief Pharmacy Officer
UW Medicine  

Erika Chan, PharmD, MPH
Pharmacy Quality Supervisor
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital  

Erin Weslander, PharmD, BCIDP
Pharmacy Practice Coordinator and Infectious Diseases Pharmacist
Northwestern Medicine  

Eyal Yazdi, MBA
Associate Director, Pharmacy Business Operations
Yale New Haven Health  

Gabriel Tankersley, PharmD, MS
PGY2 HSPAL Resident
Mayo Clinic  

Grace Hawig, PharmD
Fellow, Pharmacy Informatics and Supply Chain Leadership
Vizient  

Gregory Jacobs, MS, LSSBB
Performance Improvement Specialist
Tampa General Hospital  

Hajer Abuzir, PharmD, RPh
PGY2 HSPAL Pharmacy Resident
Mayo Clinic  

Hui Zhong, CPhT
Quality Assurance Technician
UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco  

Jacob Frederick, PharmD
PGY-2 Pharmacy Resident - Medication-Use Safety and Policy
Northwestern Memorial Hospital  

James Dreifuerst, PharmD
PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Resident
Froedtert ThedaCare  

Jason Chou, PharmD, MS
VP Pharmacy
Ochsner Health  

Jenna Stern, JD
VP, Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy
Vizient  

Joseph (Joe) Pinto, RPh, MS, MHA, DPLA
Vice President, Pharmacy Operations
Mount Sinai Health System  

Julia Chiappe, PharmD, BCPS 
Clinical Pharmacy Manager
OU Health  

Julia Zhu, PharmD
Disease Management Supervisor
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital  

Karen McConnell, PharmD, MBA, FASHP, FCCP, CPEL
Chief Pharmacy Officer
University of Michigan Health  

Karie Lau, PharmD
Pharmacogenomics Pharmacist
UCLA Health  

Kayla Bardzel, PharmD, BCCCP
Critical Care Pharmacy Specialist
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center  

Kristin Cannon, MBA, BSPharm
System VP Pharmacy Services, Chief Pharmacy Officer
SSM Health  

Kyle Robb, PharmD
Director, State Policy & Advocacy
ASHP  

LeeMichael McLean
AVP, Vizient Networks
Vizient  

Lindsey Amerine, PharmD, MS, BCPS, CPEL, FASHP, FHOPA
Senior Vice President, Chief Pharmacy Officer
Cleveland Clinic Foundation  

Luna Shi, PharmD, MS, BCPS
Interim Assistant Director; Pharmacy Oncology and Investigational Drug Services
WVU Medicine  

Majid Tanas, PharmD, MHA, MS, FACHE, FASHP
System VP of Pharmacy Services/CPO
UCHealth  

Matthew Jenkins, PharmD, MS, CPEL, FACHE
Chief Pharmacy Officer
VCU Health  

Matthew Tauzik, PharmD
PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident
Providence Medical Group  

Matthew Yerrington, PharmD 
Pharmacy Informatics and Supply Chain Leadership Fellow 
Vizient

Michael Postelnick, RPh
Program Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship
Northwestern Medicine  

Patrick Gut, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist
Penn State Health  

Priscilla Liu, PharmD
PGY2 HSPAL Resident
Houston Methodist  

Rebecca (Becky) Hoss, PharmD, BCPP
Senior Pharmacist, Substance Related Disorders/Pain Management
UC Davis Health  

Sage Ranallo, PharmD
Director of Pharmacy
OU Health  

Sarah Berglund, PharmD, BCEMP
Opioid Stewardship Senior Pharmacist
University of California Davis Health  

Sloan Schwarzenegger, PharmD
PGY2 HSPAL Resident
Novant Health  

Stephanie Seibel-Nibbe, PharmD, BCPS
Critical Care Pharmacist
Altru Health System  

Taylor Robichaux, PharmD
System Hemostatic and Antithrombotic Stewardship Pharmacist
Ochsner Health  

Yvi Le, PharmD, BCPS 
Quality Assurance & Compliance Specialist
UCSF Health

 
Planners

Mital Desai, PharmD
Program and Network Director, Vizient Networks 
Vizient

Sybil Thomas, PharmD
AVP, Member Connections
Vizient

Lauren E. McCree, MBA
Program and Network Manager
Vizient

Samantha Gordon, MS
CE Programs Manager             
Vizient

Marilu Kelly, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CHCP
Director, Continuing Education      
Vizient 
 

DISCLOSURE
As an accredited provider of continuing education, Vizient, Inc. is dedicated to ensuring this activity presents learners with only accurate, balanced, scientifically justified recommendations, and is free from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. In accordance with The Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all planners, faculty, and others in control of the educational content have disclosed the absence or existence of all financial relationships (of any dollar amount) with ineligible companies within the past 24 months.
 

Ineligible companies – those companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

It is Vizient’s policy that owners and employees of ineligible companies, and any individuals who refuse to disclose the absence or existence of financial relationships with any ineligible companies are disqualified from participating as planners or faculty.

 
Statement of Content Validity
Vizient, Inc. educational activities are intended to assist healthcare teams advance their professional responsibilities in accordance with the definition of continuing education. It is the policy of Vizient, Inc. to review and ensure that all content and recommendations for patient care within accredited CE is evidenced-based, based on current science and clinical reasoning while ensuring the content is fair and balanced. All recommendations must conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Vizient, Inc. does not permit accredited continuing education if it advocates for unscientific approaches to diagnosis or therapy, or if the education promotes recommendations, treatment, or manners of practicing healthcare that are determined to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits or are known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients.
 
FDA Off-Label Use
Faculty presenters are also expected to disclose any discussion of (1) off-label or investigational uses of FDA approved commercial products or devices or (2) products or devices not yet approved in the United States.
 
Usage Disclosure: “Off-label/unapproved drug uses or products are mentioned within this activity.”
 
Evidence-based Content: “Low/absence of evidence-based topics are mentioned within this activity.”
 
Disclaimer
The education provided through this activity is for continuing education purposes only. The views and opinions expressed in this activity are those of the faculty/presenters and do not necessarily reflect the views of Vizient, Inc.
 
Disclosure Statements
Absence of Relevant Financial Relationships
None of the planners, faculty, or others in a position to control content for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 
Relevant Financial Relationships
Vizient, Inc., Jointly Accredited for Interprofessional Continuing Education, defines companies to be ineligible as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 
An individual is considered to have a relevant financial relationship if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.
 
All relevant financial relationships listed for these individual(s) have been mitigated.
 
All others in a position to control content for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

 

Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Vizient, Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
 
Designation Statements

Pharmacists (CPE)

Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.5 contact hours for pharmacists.

Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-26-198-L04-P

Pharmacy Technicians (CPE)

Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.5 contact hours for pharmacy technicians.

Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-26-198-L04-T

International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)

Vizient, Inc. is Jointly Accredited by the Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education and has been approved to offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs). CEUs are awarded for learning events that align with the ANSI/IACET Standard for Continuing Education and Training. IACET is recognized internationally as a standards development organization and accrediting body that promotes quality continuing education and training. 

This learning event is eligible for 0.35 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

Available Credit

  • 3.50 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 3.50 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
  • 0.35 IACET
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