Nishaminy (Nish) Kasbekar, PharmD, BSPharm, FASHP, is the Vice President of Pharmacy Services and Chief Pharmacy Officer for Penn Medicine / University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia. Nish received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy and her Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. She then completed an ASHP PGY 1 residency in Pharmacy Practice and a PGY 2 Specialty Residency in Infectious Diseases at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Nish has practiced and had many roles in various areas of pharmacy practices. She has contributed to a number of publications, presented at national conferences and received numerous recognitions most notably the PSHP Pharmacist of the Year (2014), Philadelphia Business Journals Top 40 individuals under the age of 40, ASHP Best Practice Award, Pennsylvania Health System Pharmacists Joe E Smith Award, Delaware Valley Society of Health Systems Pharmacists Jonathan Roberts Award, University of the Sciences Young Alumnus Award and placed in the American Druggist’s List of Top 50 Most Influential Pharmacists.
Nish is the current President of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists. She has held the following leadership positions, Board of Directors for ASHP, President of the PPA Educational Foundation, Chair of the Vizient Practice Advancement Committee, ASHP Women in Pharmacy Leadership Steering Committee, ASHP Chair of the Council on Pharmacy Practice, and AJHP Editorial Board. She is also a Fellow of ASHP and a Past President of the Pennsylvania Society of Health Systems Pharmacists and Delaware Valley Society of Health Systems Pharmacists. She has also represented Pennsylvania in the ASHP House of Delegates for 8 years. Her passion for advancing pharmacy practice is evident in her daily interactions with providers, pharmacists and students.