Anthony P. Morreale '83 PharmD, MBA, BCPS, FASHP
Anthony P. Morreale ’83, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, FASHP, currently offers pharmacy-related consulting and expert case review through Morreale Consulting LP. He served in various roles at the VA San Diego Healthcare System from 1985 until 2010, when he was selected for the newly created Clinical Pharmacy Practice Office (CPPO) for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He served in the VA Central Office from 2010 through 2024.
Dr. Morreale has led multiple initiatives focused on organizing, standardizing, and expanding the scope of clinical pharmacy practice throughout the VA. His major responsibilities are focused on identifying and resolving gaps in patient care in which clinical pharmacists have demonstrated positive outcomes, and to establish new roles in complex medication management environments where clinical pharmacists can use their knowledge and training to improve patient care.
Some of Dr. Morreale’s groundbreaking accomplishments include creating the first VA pharmacoeconics and pharmacogenomics pharmacist position, serving as a founding member of VA’s national formulary and PBM outcomes research group, establishment of the first accredited oncology, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacogenomics, nephrology and clinical informatics residency programs in VA, and establishment of the national VA PBM Clinical Pharmacy Practice Office, which led to the development of comprehensive programs involving integration of clinical pharmacy specialists (CPS), into Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT), mental health, pain management, antimicrobial stewardship, hepatitis C and rural health.
Dr. Morreale has been recognized as an honorary member of the United State Public Health Service, is a past recipient of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Best Practice Award, ASHP Literature Awards for innovation, VA Under-Secretary’s Innovation Award, JMCP Quality Reviewer Award for Accuracy and Thoroughness, San Diego Society Pharmacist of the year, Pharmacy Foundation of California Michelotti Public Health Prize, and most recently the AMCP Steven G. Avey Award and the APhA Distinguished Federal Pharmacist Award.