Janet P. Engle, Pharm. D., Ph.D. (Hon), FAPhA, FCCP, FNAP

(#147) APhA Pres: 2002-2003

Career Journey

Janet P. Engle is the Executive Director of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). She is also Professor Emeritus at University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy where she served in multiple roles including as a tenured Professor, Head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Executive Associate Dean. She has served as a voting member of the FDA Nonprescription Drug Advisory Committee and continues as a Special Government Employee Consultant to FDA. Dr. Engle is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS). Dr. Engle was elected as a Distinguished Practitioner in the National Academies of Practice in Pharmacy. Dr. Engle is an internationally recognized expert on the topics of nonprescription medicines, pharmacy education, accreditation, quality assurance and leadership and is very active in international pharmacy. She has served as Chair of the ACPE International Commission and is serving a third term as overseas expert of the Post Graduate Allied Health Institute Board at Singapore General Hospital. Dr. Engle has worked with National Taiwan University and was a guest professor at Harbin Medical University in China. She worked with the Pharmacy Council of Thailand and received an honorary PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Khon Kaen University in Thailand. She has served as a consultant to the Western Pacific Region of the World Health Organization. She has practiced pharmacy in community, hospital, long-term care, and pharmacy-directed ambulatory clinic settings.

Dr. Engle has served as a medical expert on many pharmacy and medical issues, appearing on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” “ Dr. Oz”, “World News Tonight with Peter Jennings”, and many other TV newscasts and has participated in interviews with the Washington Post, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, LA Times, Cosmopolitan, Readers Digest and Prevention Magazine among many others.

APhA Journey

Dr. Engle is past president of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA). She has also been named a Fellow of the APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management and a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. She also received the APhA Distinguished Achievement Award for Clinical/Pharmacotherapeutic Practice.