Primary achievements were:

• Thorough upgrade of the pharmacy department
  
• Chair of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, a position traditionally held by a physician member of the medical staff
  
• Management of pharmacy staff personnel and overall pharmacy department activities
  
• Interaction with other Department Heads and Administrator to insure effective forward progress
  
• Budget proposals and implementation
  
• Formulary proposals and management
  
• Clinical consults
  
• Clinical programs development
  
• Presentation of In-Service seminars

Welby's was the chain that purchased Family Medicine Store. It was purchased shortly after by Rite-Aid.

Designed and built this clinically focused community pharmacy
Its unique concept was presented in the October 1978 issue of "Pharmacy Times."
It included comprehensive patient records and private discussion areas for patient / pharmacist consultations.
Active physician consultations were a standard of care.

• Employed while attending college at clinical pharmacies in Boston and Waltham, Massachusetts; Kenmore Pharmacy and Beatty Brothers Pharmacy. As a student, I also worked at Wilson's Drug Store in Bath, Maine from 1971 to 1973.

Education

Doctor of Pharmacy degree obtained at Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Educated at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in Boston, Massachusetts, receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree specializing in Pharmacy, graduating with high academic standing, and accepted the Johnson & Johnson Award for Outstanding Business Achievement.

Internship at Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Additional clinical rotation as a clinical pharmacologist at the Harvard Community Health Care Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

Certification in Osteoporosis Management
Nutrition and Hyperalimentation Certification from Harvard/Deaconess, Boston, Massachusetts
Orthopedic and Circulation Appliance Certification

Publications, Associations and Achievements

2009 recipient of the American Pharmacists Association‘s Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APhA-APPM) Merit Award

PillHelp MTMS Practice and and PillHelp Works Software, American Pharmacist Association Journal, APhA Pharmacy Today, February 2007

"So You Want Your Own MTM Practice" Florida Pharmacy Today, May 2008

"The Plan" Florida Pharmacy Today, October 2008
A detailed template for building an MTMS Business Plan

“Independent MTM Pharmacist, Medication Therapy Management Services - Developing a practice as an Independent MTM Pharmacist, Module 11, APhA Pharmacy Today, November 2008

American Pharmacists Association

Florida Pharmacy Association: Executive Committee, Professional Affairs Council, Professional Affairs Council Chair 2008

Florida Pharmacy Association's President's Award of Excellence, 2008

Award for Most Innovative Pharmacy Practice for 2005 presented by the Florida Pharmacy Association

Other Experience / Certifications

Certified Immunization Administration

Medication management services and education Assisted Living Centers and Independant Living Centers

Served as a Board Member of Mayo Regional Hospital

Conference Presentations:

"Medication Therapy Management Services: Documentation"
- Evaluation of evolving MTMS documentation models, incorporation of MTMS Core Standards into practice, understand value and impact of effective documentation, evaluation and selection of documentation tools. Florida Pharmacy Association Summer Meeting 2008

"MTMS - Current State of Affairs: Reimbursement"
- Nova Southeastern University, 2008 Fall Seminar

"A Review of Cardiac Pharmacology"
- wrote curriculum and presented this video seminar for satellite broadcast - Primedia, Dallas, Texas

"Understanding Medication"
- wrote curriculum and presented this 10 week course for adults

"Pharmacology for Nurses"
- wrote curriculum and presented this course for several semesters

"New Model in Community Pharmacy"
- a Continuing Education seminar for the Maine Pharmaceutical Association

"Prescription Drug Use in School Children"
- a seminar for teachers and administrators sponsored by the Maine Principals Association

"Ophthalmology: Review of Pharmacology"
- a seminar for the Maine State Optometric Association

"Cardiovascular Medications"
-pharmacist presenter at Mayo Regional Hospital's (Dover-Foxcroft, ME) Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

Numerous other lectures and seminars have been presented to a variety of audiences on a wide range of topics.

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