Washington, DC –The Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board (PCAB) has named Joe Cabaleiro, R.Ph. as its new Executive Director. As Executive Director, Cabaleiro will lead accreditation programs and initiatives designed to support compounding pharmacies in their efforts to continuously improve quality practices and enhance patient care.
PCAB was established to promote, develop and maintain principles, policies and standards for the practice of pharmacy compounding; provide assistance to all compounding pharmacies seeking accreditation, and to raise the public's awareness of quality pharmacy compounding practices.
“Serving as PCAB’s Director of Standards Interpretation for the past five years, Joe is uniquely qualified to assume the position of Executive Director,” said Tom Menighan, BSPharm, MBA, ScD, PCAB President and Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of the American Pharmacists Association. “His expertise was vital to the initial development of the organization, and through his PCAB position he has continued to support the organization’s management and operation. Joe has been instrumental in determining how PCAB standards are interpreted by pharmacies and surveyors and managing the survey process and effectiveness. On behalf of my peers in all the PCAB founding organizations, we look forward to supporting Joe and the PCAB staff in the continued growth of the organization.”
Prior to joining PCAB Cabaleiro held management or consultancy positions in the home infusion therapy field. He worked for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) where he conducted homecare program pharmacy surveys and evaluated home infusion organizations against JCAHO’s standards. Cabaleiro is the author of several publications on compounding accreditation and is the former owner of a compounding pharmacy. He earned his BSPharm degree from the University of Florida.
"PCAB accreditation gives patients and prescribers a way to select a pharmacy that meets the highest quality standards,” says Cabaleiro. “It has been gratifying to be a part of this organization since its inception and to watch as it carried out the establishment of uniform accreditation standards for the compounding profession. I am excited about assuming this new role with PCAB and helping the organization determine new standards to fit the future of compounding pharmacy and its practicing professionals.”
About PCAB
PCAB is a not-for-profit corporation formed by eight national pharmacy organizations that recognized the need for a national standards organization for compounding pharmacy. Each of these organizations has one representative on the board. The member organizations are: American College of Apothecaries; American Pharmacists Association; International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists; National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations; National Association of Boards of Pharmacy; National Community Pharmacists Association; National Home Infusion Association and United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP).