Mr. Jennings oversees pharmacy operations across Sentara Health’s acute care division of 12 hospitals, the system’s health plan pharmacy and the ambulatory division, including specialty, retail, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, home care IV infusion, medical group pharmacy, population health and hospital-based infusion. With the health system since 1996, he has grown the pharmacy department from four hospitals to 12 and expanded operations beyond the inpatient setting to support ambulatory pharmacy needs. He first joined Sentara as manager of clinical pharmacy programs, became director of pharmacy in 2002, vice president in 2008, and senior vice president and chief pharmacy officer in 2019. Mr. Jennings has served on Virginia’s Department of Medical Assistance Services pharmacy and therapeutics committee since 2006, including terms as member, chair and vice chair. Earlier in his career, he was a clinical pharmacist in infectious disease at a Veterans Affairs medical center.
