Akash J Alexander, Pharm.D., M.S.

Originally from New York, Akash Alexander previously served on faculty in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Long Island University (Brooklyn, NY). He maintained an ambulatory care practice at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in Manhattan supporting a diabetes management program before transitioning as the primary course coordinator for the college’s pharmacy skills lab course sequence. To better reinforce his teaching, Akash completed his M.S. in Educational Technology from LIU Post. Prior to LIU, he practiced at Putnam Hospital Center (Carmel, NY) with a focus on bedside medication education for high-risk patients. Akash was on faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Pharmacy (Richmond, VA), where he also completed a community practice residency. While at VCU, he provided pharmacy services for the Daily Planet, a Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) clinic and offered an advanced community practice rotation at CVS Pharmacy. Akash received his Pharm.D. from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (PA).