Dan Kistner, PharmD

Dan Kistner leads Vizient spend management and strategic programs for pharmacy, medical-surgical, laboratory and capital equipment product categories. Under his direction, Vizient supports more than half the nation’s acute care providers with an industry-leading portfolio of over 243,000 contracted products, providing access, choice and value across acute, specialty, non-acute, home infusion and long-term care facilities.

Since joining Vizient in 2012, Dan has played a critical role in helping hospitals transform into integrated centers of care, optimizing costs while improving quality outcomes for patients. As part of this work, Dan regularly meets with government leaders and elected officials, including at the Food and Drug Administration, on issues related to product price increases, supply disruptions and the need for more transparency across the healthcare supply chain.

Dan is a frequent industry speaker and has been interviewed and quoted in numerous publications such as NBC News, CBS News, CNN, Bloomberg News, Politico, Modern Healthcare, Becker's Hospital Review, Drug Topics, Managed Healthcare and The Center for Biosimilars.

He has been recognized in the industry as a NextGeneration Pharmacist award finalist and as the 2022 Change Maker of the Year for the work he has led on ending drug shortages.

Dan has a diverse background in the pharmaceutical industry that includes experience in benefits management, retail, hospital, specialty and mail order and earned his Doctor of Pharmacy from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy.