1/4/2021
Joel Hennenfent
Joel A. Hennenfent is the Chief Pharmacy Officer and Associate Administrator for Laboratory and Medical Imaging Services at Truman Medical Centers in Kansas City, Missouri. Prior to this position, he served as Director of Pharmacy Services for MedAssets Advisory Solutions (acquired by Broadlane in 2010) and Centennial. Dr. Hennenfent also served in various leadership positions at St. Louis University Hospital from 1998 to 2006.
Dr. Hennenfent is a Past President of the Missouri Society of Health-System Pharmacists (MSHP), Past President of St. Louis Society of Health-System Pharmacists (STLSHP), and Past Chair of MSHP Research and Education Board. Moreover, he served as the 2013 ASHP Council on Therapeutics Chair, 2015-2017 ASHP Section of Clinical Specialists and Scientists Executive Committee Director-at-Large, a 2014-2018 and 2015-2019 ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Forecast Advisory Committee member, the 2012 MSHP Pharmacist of the Year, and 2015 MSHP Foundation Garrison Award Recipient.
Dr. Hennenfent is currently serving as an ASHP Delegate for Missouri, an Editor for the ASHP Pharmacy Competency Assessment Center (PCAC) and a Board Member of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy Board of Trustees. He earned his B.S. and Pharm.D. degrees at St. Louis College of Pharmacy, then completed a pharmacy practice residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from St. Louis University.
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