AACP Selects Lee C. Vermeulen, BS ’90, as Executive Vice President and CEO

Vermeulen currently serves as chief efficiency officer for UK HealthCare, the University of Kentucky health system, in Lexington, Ky. In his executive role, he is responsible for the development and oversight of enterprise-wide efforts to reduce unnecessary care variation under consistent, evidence-based standards, thus achieving measurable improvements in quality, patient outcomes and cost reduction. He leads various programs, including UK Advancing BEST Care program, which crosses medical and surgical disciplines, settings of care and operational units in a value-based, patient-centered model.

Vermeulen received his BS degree in pharmacy from the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1990. He was the 2019 recipient of the school’s highly prestigious Willis G. Gregory Memorial Award, which honors an outstanding alum who personifies the ideals of service, integrity and the profession of pharmacy in the eyes of their colleagues.

Vermeulen is also a professor of medicine and pharmacy at the University of Kentucky. His academic work focuses on the development and implementation of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and clinical decision support tools that drive the efficient delivery of high-quality health care.

Read the full AACP press release at https://www.aacp.org/article/aacp-selects-lee-c-vermeulen-executive-vice-president-and-ceo.