B. Douglas Hoey, NCPA CEO, MBA, Pharmacist

President and Chief Executive Officer at National Community Pharmacists Association

Speaker

Douglas Hoey is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Community Pharmacists Association. NCPA represents the owners of nearly 20,000 pharmacy small businesses who’s pharmacists provide prescription dispensing services and help fill primary care gaps. The majority of these pharmacies are located in areas the CDC ranks as “high” or “very high” on the Socially Vulnerable Index. Consumers consis­tently rank community pharmacies as the top-rated pharmacies in the country.

Hoey is a licensed pharmacist in Oklahoma, Virginia, and Texas and practiced in com­munity pharmacies including his family’s pharma­cy before coming to NCPA. He is widely quoted by media as an industry expert on community pharmacy payment and practice issues. Hoey also developed and taught phar­macology courses at George Washington and Marymount universities.

He is President of the World Pharmacy Council, co-Chairman of the Board of Directors for Surescripts, Chairman of the NCPA Innovation Center, and co-Chairman of the CPESN-USA Board.

His pharmacy degree is from the University of Oklahoma and his MBA is from the Oklahoma City University.