Faculty Biographies
Sarah A. Spinler, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS (AQ Cardiology)
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sarah A. Spinler, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS (AQ Cardiology), is Professor of Clinical Pharmacy in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacy Administration at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. She is also an adjunct faculty member in the Cardiovascular Division in the Department of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Spinler received her Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She completed a pharmacy residency and fellowship in cardiovascular critical care pharmacy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and she is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist with added qualifications in cardiology. She serves as a preceptor to pharmacy students and performs clinical research at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, coronary intensive care unit.
Dr. Spinler is a member of the steering committee for the CRUSADE Registry, a national quality improvement initiative designed to increase the practice of evidence-based medicine for patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). She has authored more than 100 research articles, reviews, and book chapters in the area of antithrombotic therapy, and in 2004 she was awarded the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Award for Sustained Contributions to the Literature of Pharmacy Practice. Dr. Spinler serves on the editorial boards of several biomedical journals, including The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Pharmacotherapy, and American Journal of Managed Care.
Dr. Spinler was appointed to the Council of Experts for the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) for a five-year term beginning in 2005, serving as the chair of USP’s Cardiology Expert Committee. As an USP Expert Committee Chair, she also serves on the Medicare Model Guidelines Committee. She is a fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) and served as a Regent of ACCP between 2004 and 2007. Dr. Spinler is also a member of ASHP.
