Alliant Employee Benefits named Sal Morana senior vice president and pharmacy practice lead for hospitals and health systems as part of its expanding pharmacy consulting practice.

Sal Morana

The company said Morana was a senior consultant in the national pharmacy practice of a global advisory and brokerage firm that Alliant didn’t identify in a statement released Monday. He had also had leadership positions in pharmacy divisions of other companies in the health care industry, according to Alliant.

Morana earned a doctorate degree in pharmacology and toxicology from Dartmouth Medical School, and a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Albany College of Pharmacy. He received certification in Executive Leadership for Healthcare Professionals from Cornell University and in Principles and Practices in Pain Medicine from Harvard Medical School.

Morana is licensed to practice pharmacy in four states and is active with a number of pharmacy organizations. He is also a former adjunct faculty member and assistant professor for Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, as well as a co-author of eight industry research papers and numerous case studies.

Morana is currently an affiliated member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacist; Safety Net Hospitals for Pharmaceutical Access; the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy; and the 340B Coalition, Alliant said.