Dr. Morreale’s current position is as Assistant Chief Consultant for Clinical Pharmacy Services and Healthcare Services Research for Department of Veterans Affairs Pharmacy Benefits Management. Dr. Morreale is entrusted with 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. Prior to his current position Dr. Morreale worked as Chief, Pharmacy Service at the VA San Diego Healthcare System and was a member on numerous local, regional and national task groups and committees. His long career as a clinical pharmacist, married with his interest in pharmacoeconomics, formulary management and clinical pharmacy health services research, resulted in the creation and implementation of numerous innovative practices for clinical pharmacists.
Dr. Morreale is Board Certified in Pharmacotherapy and has been recognized as a fellow of the American and California Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists for his many contributions to the profession. Additionally his work has been recognized with a number of local, state and national awards internal and external to the VA Healthcare System.