Bruce R. Canaday, PharmD, FASHP, FAPhA (’73), is the 2016 recipient of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Hugo Schaefer Award. This distinction is awarded to an individual who has not only contributed greatly to society but who has also demonstrated a lifelong commitment to the profession of pharmacy and to APhA.
Dr. Canaday received his BS degree from Purdue University and his PharmD from The University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy. He served as a clinical professor and vice-chair in the Division of Pharmacy Practice at the University of North Carolina. He was also the director of the Department of Pharmacotherapy at the Southeast Asia Health Education Center in Wilmington. In addition, he had a well-established clinical practice at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, where he collaborated with the Internal Medicine Residency Program to educate and precept residents. Dr. Canaday then accepted a position at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy of the University of the Sciences, where he acted as a professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice. Dr. Canaday is now dean and professor at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy.
Dr. Canaday is a Fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). He served on the ASHP Board of Directors from 1994-2000. He is also an APhA Fellow and has served as the chairman of the Academy’s Clinical & Pharmacotherapeutic Section. Dr. Canaday also served on the APhA Board of Trustees from 2002-2008 and as president and chairman of the Board of Trustees in 2006-2007. In 2010, he was appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education for a six-year term. He is currently vice-president of the Board.