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Abbreviation | APhA |
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Formation | October 6, 1852[1] |
Type | Professional Association |
Headquarters | American Pharmacists Association Building Washington, D.C. |
Region | United States |
Fields | Pharmacy |
Membership | More than 62,000[2] |
Key people | Michael Hogue (Immediate Past-President)
Sandra Leal (President) Theresa Tolle (President-elect) Mary Munson Runge (Past-President) |
Website | http://www.pharmacist.com/ |
Formerly called | American Pharmaceutical Association |
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA, previously known as the American Pharmaceutical Association), founded in 1852, is the first-established professional society of pharmacists in the United States.[3] The association consists of more than 62,000 practicing pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, student pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and others interested in the profession. Nearly all U.S. pharmacy specialty organizations were originally a section or part of this association.