Nishaminy Kasbekar is Vice President of Pharmacy Services and Chief Pharmacy Officer for the University of Pennsylvania Health System. She also serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Division of Hospitalist Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She earned both her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. She completed an ASHP-accredited PGY1 residency in Pharmacy Practice and a PGY2 specialty residency in Infectious Diseases at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

Dr. Kasbekar has practiced across multiple areas of pharmacy and held numerous leadership roles throughout her career. She has authored and contributed to publications, presented at national conferences, and received many honors, including an honorary doctorate from Saint Joseph’s University; the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Mortar and Pestle Award; PSHP Pharmacist of the Year; the ASHP Best Practice Award; the Pennsylvania Health-System Pharmacists Joe E. Smith Award; the Delaware Valley Society of Health-System Pharmacists Jonathan Roberts Award; the University of the Sciences Young Alumnus Award; recognition on American Druggist’s 1999 list of the Top 50 Most Influential Pharmacists; and inclusion on Becker’s Chief Pharmacy Officers to Know list.

Dr. Kasbekar remains deeply engaged in the profession. She currently serves on the ASHP Foundation Board; chairs the EPIC Pharmacy Board; and participates on the Becker’s Chief Pharmacy Officer Board, AHA Drug Pricing and Reimbursement Workgroup, Saint Joseph’s University Board of Visitors, and Vizient Pharmacy Executive Council. Her past leadership roles include President of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), member of the ASHP Board of Directors, President of the PPA Educational Foundation, Chair of the Vizient Practice Advancement Committee, member of the ASHP Women in Pharmacy Leadership Steering Committee, Chair of the ASHP Council on Pharmacy Practice, and member of the AJHP Editorial Board. She is an ASHP Certified Pharmacy Executive Leader, Fellow of ASHP, and Past President of both the Pennsylvania Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the Delaware Valley Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Her commitment to advancing pharmacy practice is reflected in her daily work with providers, pharmacists, and students.