Christopher Fortier Nephron Pharmaceuticals

Christopher Fortier is the President of 503B Outsource Compounding at Nephron Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Nephron, Fortier was the Chief Pharmacy Officer for 10 years at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and prior to that an Associate Director of Pharmacy at MUSC Health in Charleston, SC.

Fortier has served in healthcare leadership roles for numerous state and national professional organizations, has been published in multiple healthcare journals, and has been featured in a variety of media outlets including NBC Nightly News, the Associated Press, the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, Bloomberg, and the Washington Post.

Fortier received his Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Connecticut and completed a PGY-1/PGY-2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration Residency at the MUSC Health. He has given over 100 national and international presentations, is a course coordinator at Harvard Medical School, and has academic appointments at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, the University of Connecticut, and Northeastern University. Fortier is a Fellow of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) and has also been certified as a Pharmacy Executive Leader by ASHP.

Fortier serves as chair of the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy Board of Directors and vice chair of United Way of Greater New Bedford Board of Directors.