Senior Vice President, Practice, Policy, and Partnerships
American Pharmacists Association
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Ilisa Bernstein, PharmD, JD, FAPhA, is Senior Vice President for Practice, Policy, and Partnerships at the American Pharmacists Association (APhA). She leads the development and implementation of APhA’s strategies, policies, and programs related to pharmacy practice, advocacy and regulatory affairs, outreach and partnerships, and guides APhA as the voice of pharmacists in all practice settings. She joined APhA in 2019 as Senior Vice President for Pharmacy Practice & Government Affairs. From June 2022 to July 2023, Dr. Bernstein was Interim CEO and Executive Vice President at APhA, the first woman to lead as CEO in the 170-year history of APhA.
For over 30 years, Dr. Bernstein worked at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, where she 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. For 19 years, Dr. Bernstein worked in the Office of the Commissioner, where she served as director of pharmacy affairs and held several senior policy advisor roles. She started at FDA as a clinical pharmacology reviewer.
Dr. Bernstein holds several leadership and board positions, including at the USP, Pharmacy Quality Alliance, and Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies. She received the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy and was chosen as a 2023 Top 50 Most Influential Leaders in Pharmacy.
Dr. Bernstein was also senior associate director of worldwide regulatory affairs at Pfizer and completed a post-doctoral clinical residency at the National Institutes of Health. She earned her PharmD from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy and her JD from American University Washington College of Law.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
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