2026 Saklad Memorial Award Recipient

2026 Saklad Memorial Award Recipient

Jerry McKee PharmD, MS, BCPP, FAAPP

Jerry McKee PharmD, MS, BCPP, FAAPP
North Carolina Association of Pharmacists
Psychiatric Pharmacist Consultant and Project Manager

CEO and Chief Clinical Officer
Psychopharm Solutions
Morganton, NC

Dr. Jerry McKee is a Board-Certified Psychiatric Pharmacy (BCPP) specialist with more than 42 years of leadership experience across public mental health, inpatient psychiatry, residential IDD services, academia, and behavioral-health managed care in North Carolina, Texas, and Tennessee. He completed both his undergraduate and graduate pharmacy training at the University of North Carolina.

Dr. McKee currently serves as CEO and Chief Clinical Officer of Psychopharm Solutions LLC, a behavioral-health pharmacy consulting and management firm based in Morganton, North Carolina. In this role, he is the project manager for the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists–Alliance Health (NC Medicaid Behavioral Health I/DD Tailored Plan) Community Pharmacy Transformation Grant. His work focuses on closing reimbursement gaps and expanding the capacity of community pharmacies to support individuals with serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and intellectual and developmental disabilities.

A past president of the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists, Dr. McKee has served two terms on the Board of Pharmacy Specialties Psychiatric Specialty Council and two terms on the Board of Pharmacy Specialties Executive Council. He is a frequent author, speaker, and expert witness on psychopharmacology and psychiatric pharmacy practice.

Dr. McKee is also a certified Adult Mental Health First Aid instructor and has dedicated the past decade to reducing stigma surrounding mental illness within community pharmacy, primary care settings, and pharmacy education.