Snehal H. Bhatt, PharmD, BCPS, FACC, FASHP (snehal.bhatt@mcphs.edu), is a professor of pharmacy practice at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and a clinical pharmacy specialist in cardiovascular medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, where he has practiced for over 20 years. He was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in 2026, one of a small number of pharmacists to receive this distinction. Bhatt has been an active ASHP member since 1999. He has served as a founding faculty member and content matter expert for the ASHP BCPS Preparatory and Recertification Program since 2015, contributing to the certification and recertification of pharmacist specialists worldwide. He served on the ASHP Council on Therapeutics for three years, including as chair in 2019, and chaired the ASHP Fellow Recognition Committee in 2024. He served as an elected delegate from Massachusetts to the ASHP House of Delegates for four years and represented ASHP on the Joint Commission Technical Advisory Panel for National Patient Safety Goal 03.05.01. He currently serves on the ASHP Section of Clinical Specialists and Scientists Meeting Planning Committee and was inducted as an ASHP Fellow in 2017. Within the ACC, Bhatt serves on the Curriculum Design Committee and the Scientific Sessions Pharmacology Session Planning Committee, and previously served as the only pharmacist on the CV Team Regional Directors Steering Committee. He completed the Harvard Macy Institute Technology and AI program in 2026 and has deployed AI-powered teaching tools, including Socratic Tutors and clinical resources built on current ACC/AHA guidelines.
Meet Snehal H. Bhatt
Clinical pharmacy is at an inflection point. The demands on our specialists have never been greater, and the tools available to meet those demands have never been more powerful. As a cardiology clinical specialist, Professor of Pharmacy Practice at MCPHS, and newly inducted Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, one of a small number of pharmacists to hold this distinction, I have built my career at the intersection of specialized clinical practice, health professions education, and innovation. My ASHP service, including three years on the Council on Therapeutics, 11 years as a Content Matter Expert for the ASHP BCPS Preparatory and Recertification Program, and four years on our Meeting Planning Committee, has given me a clear view of what our Section does well and where we must grow. As Director-at-Large, I am committed to advancing three priorities directly aligned with our Section's 2025-2026 strategic plan: championing pharmacist leadership in the design and implementation of AI and virtual health technology as tools that improve patient care, not just efficiency; strengthening board certification as the cornerstone of specialist identity and clinical accountability; and developing resources that support workforce resilience and help specialists sustain the demanding practices our patients depend on. My work developing and deploying AI-powered clinical education tools, including Socratic Tutors and AI-enhanced resources built on current ACC/AHA guidelines, reflects my conviction that innovation belongs in the hands of practicing specialists. Our Section's mission calls us to collaborate, educate, and innovate. I am ready to do all three.