Director of Transformation and Academic Initiatives
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
Dr. Gandhi-Patel is the Director of Transformation and Academic Initiatives at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). She manages and leads initiatives within the AACP Transformation Center focused on community-based pharmacy practice - through the ACT Pharmacy Collaborative Signature Programs. She also manages AACP institutes with the Education Team and other staff members, assists with certificate programs on the LMS platform, and oversees the research posters at the Annual Meeting.
She graduated from Wingate University School of Pharmacy with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2018. She completed a PGY1 Community-based Pharmacy Residency with Albertsons Companies and Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in Schaumburg, Ill., in 2019 where she contributed to research, new service, and quality improvement initiatives to expand patient care services on naloxone dispensing and administration of Gardasil vaccine within the community. She then completed a 2-year Academic Leadership and Education Fellowship at AACP in 2021, where she contributed to various projects focused on Strategic Priority 3: Innovation in Education and Practice including Professional Affairs, Academic Affairs, Strategic Engagement, Interim and Annual Meetings and collaborated with national pharmacy and healthcare associations on initiatives that focused on transforming pharmacy practice and education. Dr. Gandhi-Patel published her first book with the American Pharmacists Association "The Pharmacist Career Journey: Planning for Career Development, Progression, and Maximization" and has served as a pharmacy writer for GoodRx.
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