William Kehoe, Pharm.D., M.A., FCCP, BCPS, was chosen ACCP president-elect in annual elections held this spring. Dr. Kehoe is professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences of the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. He also serves as a clinical pharmacist at St. Joseph’s Behavioral Health Center and clinical psychopharmacology consultant for Valley Mountain Regional Center for the Developmentally Disabled in Stockton. Dr. Kehoe is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist and is board certified in applied pharmacology by the American Board of Clinical Pharmacology. Dr. Kehoe, who joined ACCP in 1983, has been active in the College by presenting research and has served in the general psychiatry section of the Prep Course for many years. During his years of service to ACCP, Dr. Kehoe has been a member of the Board of Regents (2003–2006) and has served on or chaired several ACCP committees and task forces, including Educational Affairs, Constitution and Bylaws, Payment for Clinical Pharmacy Services, and Technicians and Technology. He is on the editorial boards of Annals of Pharmacotherapy and International Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, and he is an associate editor (neurology and psychiatry) for Pocket Pharmacopoeia.

In other election results, Cynthia Sanoski, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, was elected treasurer, and Judy Cheng, Pharm.D., MPH, FCCP, BCPS (AQ in Cardiology), and Kimberly Thrasher, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, CPP, were selected as regents. They will be installed at the 2009 Annual Meeting for 3-year terms. Dr. Sanoski is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Jefferson School of Pharmacy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Cheng is professor of pharmacy practice at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Boston. Dr. Thrasher is clinical associate at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Eshelman School of Pharmacy and clinical assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine. She also serves as associate director of pharmacotherapy at the South East Area Health Education Center (SEAHEC) in Wilmington, North Carolina.

P. David Rogers, Pharm.D., Ph.D., FCCP, and Daniel Witt, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, CACP, were each elected to 3-year terms as Research Institute trustees. Dr. Rogers is professor of clinical pharmacy and associate dean for translational research at the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy. Dr. Witt is senior manager of clinical pharmacy services at Kaiser Permanente Colorado in Denver.

Dr. Kehoe will be installed as president-elect at the 2009 ACCP Annual Meeting in Anaheim, and he will assume the presidency the following year. As president, he will serve as chair of the Board of Regents and guide College programs and activities. In an interview with the ACCP Report, Dr. Kehoe commented:

It’s an honor to know that colleagues you admire so much think enough of you to elect you as President of ACCP. I am looking forward with excitement, and a little intimidation, to serving as President-Elect in the upcoming year. Fortunately, I have the present and past leadership of ACCP and an active membership to rely upon as we seek to further advance the discipline of clinical pharmacy.

We are at a critical time in our nation’s history of health care. How long can we afford to deliver care in such a flawed system? More importantly, how can the discipline of clinical pharmacy contribute to the improvement of the system? As individuals, we know that we contribute in many ways to our institutions’ delivery of health care. But I am not so sure that the health care system fully recognizes what we do or our capabilities to improve patient care. Colleagues in my hospital are often surprised to find that, as a clinical pharmacist, I can step in and help improve systems or resolve patient care problems. I think that symbolizes how the clinical pharmacy’s contributions are often unrecognized in our current system of health care.

Given the ongoing national debate on improving the system, this is an opportune time to refine our message so that clinical pharmacy becomes an expected part of health care and not just a value-added service. Fortunately, ACCP is well positioned to advance this cause. We have a strong, committed membership that constantly stretches the bounds of practice. I’m excited to serve the College, and I look forward to meeting and working with as many ACCP members as I can. I am thankful to be provided with this opportunity.

Other candidates for office in the 2009 elections were Marie Chisholm-Burns, M. Lynn Crismon, G. Robert DeYoung, Ene I. Ette, Ralph H. Raasch, and Daniel P. Wermeling.