Emily Leppien, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP, originally from Buffalo, New York, received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS). Following graduation, she completed a PGY1 pharmacy residency and a PGY2 psychiatric pharmacy residency at the Buffalo Psychiatric Center, in affiliation with the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and DENT Neurologic Institute. Leppien joined the Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SOPPS) as a clinical assistant professor within the Department of Pharmacy Practice in August 2018. She was promoted to clinical associate professor in August 2024. She provides didactic and experiential education within the areas of neurology, psychiatry, pain management, and substance use disorders. Leppien is actively involved in the facilitation of interprofessional education (IPE) activities in collaboration with Binghamton University Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences and SUNY Upstate Medical University, Binghamton Clinical Campus programs. As part of her faculty appointment, Leppien established a clinical practice site at Guthrie Binghamton Pain Care (formerly Lourdes Pain Care), where she continues to provide comprehensive pain management. Within this practice, she has integrated the treatment of mental health and substance use disorders into chronic pain care. Her professional and research interests focus on the safe use of psychotropic medications, non-opioid therapies for chronic pain, pain management in patients with opioid use disorder (OUD), and the integration of behavioral health services within chronic pain care. Leppien has delivered several continuing education programs within these therapeutic topic areas at national and regional professional pharmacy meetings. Leppien is an active member of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP), and Society of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacists (SPPCP), having held multiple leadership positions. Leppien also serves as the faculty co-advisor for Binghamton University’s collegiate chapter of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP). Currently, Leppien serves as a representative on the Binghamton University Faculty Senate and Faculty Senate Executive Committee, elected in March 2025. Leppien is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist (BCPS), board-certified psychiatric pharmacist (BCPP), and New York state-certified collaborative drug therapy management pharmacist.
Emily Leppien, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP
Clinical Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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