Becker's Healthcare - Pharmacy Leadership Podcast

This episode recorded live at the Becker's Spring 2026 Chief Pharmacy Officer Summit features Dr. Janjri Desai, Interim VP, Pharmacy Services, Stanford Health Care and Dr. Seth Hartman, VP, Clinical Applications and Chief Pharmacy Information Officer, UChicago Medicine. They discuss how AI is streamlining administrative workflows, enabling more advanced clinical decision support, and reshaping pharmacy roles to improve patient care, workforce efficiency, and long-term health system sustainability.

This episode is sponsored by Omnicell.

This episode recorded live at the Becker's Spring 2026 Chief Pharmacy Officer Summit features Dr. Patrick Yoder, President, Quva BrightStream & Chief Data Analytics Officer, Quva Pharmaceuticals. He explores how health systems can address prescription leakage, strengthen care coordination, and use targeted data and AI strategies to improve both patient outcomes and financial performance.

This episode is sponsored by Quva Pharmaceuticals.

This episode recorded live at the Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting features Nathan Bartlett, Director of Business Development, Civica, discussing how drug shortages impact patients and health systems and why they persist. He explains how Civica’s nonprofit, member-driven model is designed to stabilize supply, improve pricing predictability, and prevent shortages of essential medications. 

This episode is sponsored by Civica.

This episode recorded live at the Becker's Spring 2026 Chief Pharmacy Officer Summit features Nick Rebmann, EVP & Chief Growth Officer, Pillr Health. Here, he discusses how evolving 340B pressures are accelerating the shift to in-house pharmacy models to improve patient outcomes, strengthen care continuity, and unlock strategic value for health systems

This episode is sponsored by Pillr Health.

This episode features Nishaminy Kasbekar, BS, PharmD, Chief Pharmacy Officer at Penn Medicine. Here she discusses the importance of meeting patience where they are, making sure pharmacists are more integrated in the entire continuum of care, AI and automation in pharmacy, and more.

Susan Jacob, PharmD, MBA, Assistant Director of Clinical Pharmacy Services at NYC Health + Hospitals, shares insights on advancing pharmacy’s role in patient education, health equity, and system-wide care improvement. She also discusses leadership, serving vulnerable populations, and building strong, empowered teams.

In this episode, Melissa Chase, PharmD, BCSCP, CPEL, Director of Pharmacy at Valley Children’s Healthcare, joins the podcast to discuss investing in new technologies, including robotics, to enhance pharmacy operations. She shares how these innovations support patient and staff safety, and emphasizes the critical role frontline team members play in delivering high-quality, reliable care.

In this episode, AJ Rivosecchi, Product Director at Bluesight, explores how health systems are rethinking pharmacy procurement as a strategic function amid rising complexity, drug shortages, and 340B uncertainty. He shares how integrating data across supply chain, finance, and compliance can improve resilience, protect margins, and support better decision making. 

This episode is sponosred by Bluesight.

In this episode, Karen J. McConnell, PharmD, MBA, Chief Pharmacy Officer at Michigan Medicine, discusses building a unified pharmacy strategy across multiple campuses, launching a systemwide pharmacy and therapeutics committee, and expanding specialty and ambulatory pharmacy services. She also shares how pharmacy leaders are preparing for rapid industry changes, drug pricing policy shifts, and the growing pipeline of complex therapies.

In this episode, Dmitry Walker, PharmD, MS, Director of Pharmacy Oncology and Investigational Drug Services at WVU Medicine, joins the podcast to discuss recent pharmacy initiatives, strategies for navigating ongoing drug shortages, and approaches to battling rising medication costs. He also shares insights into the expanding role of outpatient infusion care and how oncology pharmacy leaders are adapting to meet growing patient demand.