Capsule Summer 2013

Pharmacists Increase Access to Care

In this issueTeaching Students the Art of Activism

Alumni Advocates

Our Cultureof Advocacy

University of Maryland School of PharmacyMagazine for Alumni and Friends

Summer 2013Capsule

At the University of Maryland School of

Pharmacy, advocacy is more than just a word.

It is part of the School’s culture. Advocacy is

woven throughout our Doctor of Pharmacy

curriculum, it’s incorporated into our jobs,

and many of us also embrace it through our

volunteer work.

Each year, our students, faculty, and staff

travel to the Maryland General Assembly in

Annapolis to meet with legislators to inform

them of the important work pharmacists do

and to discuss with them issues of impor-

tance to both the profession and the School. But our advocacy efforts aren’t

limited to just one day in Annapolis.

Year-round, you can find us taking every opportunity to inform decision-

makers of how pharmacists are a vital part of the health care team. We testify

at the state and federal level in front of legislative panels considering mea-

sures that could impact pharmacy; we teach our students, from their very first

semester, that they have a responsibility as members of the pharmacy profes-

sion to work hard to best represent the profession; and we work with patients

to help them achieve the best outcomes possible with their medications.

Over the years, as a founding member of the Maryland Pharmacy

Coalition, the School’s advocacy has helped lead to the following in the state:

the establishment and ultimate expansion of immunization authority for

pharmacists, the creation and growth of collaborative drug therapy manage-

ment programs, and registration requirements for pharmacy technicians. And

the efforts of our faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends directly led to the

allocation of funding for Pharmacy Hall Addition, which opened in 2010.

This issue of Capsule is dedicated to advocacy and starts off with an article

on the pressing need to establish provider status for all pharmacists. Next, we

profile several alumni and students either working or volunteering in a legis-

lative capacity.

When you, our alumni, think about the School of Pharmacy, I hope

you know how much we care about the pharmacy profession and take seri-

ously our responsibility to work tirelessly to help all pharmacists receive the

acknowledgment and compensation they deserve.

In the spirit of expertise, influence, and impact,

Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89, BSP, FAAPS, FCP

Dean and Professor

DEAN’S MESSAGE

MISSIONThe University of Maryland School of Pharmacy leads pharmacy education, scientific discovery, patient care, and community engagement in the state of Maryland and beyond.

VISIONWe will achieve our mission by: • inspiringexcellenceinourstudents through a contemporary curriculum, innovativeeducationalexperiences,and strategic professional relationships.

•advancingscientificknowledgeacross the spectrum of drug discovery, health services, and practice-based and translational research with significant focus on collaborative partnerships.

•expandingtheimpactofthepharmacist’s role on direct patient care and health outcomes.

•buildingandnurturingrelationshipswith all members of our community.

•capitalizingonourentrepreneurialspiritto improve pharmaceutical research, practice, and education in Maryland and throughout the world.

PLEDGEWeareproudtobecriticalthinkers,life-long learners, and leaders who are sought forourexpertise.Weearnourreputationwiththe highest standards of personal ethics and professional conduct. Students and education are central to everything we do. We engage the community; together, we contribute to the improved health of society. We celebrate the distinctive talents of our faculty, staff, and students. We honor our tra-ditions and advocate for dynamic changes in pharmacy practice, education, and research. We create the future of pharmacy.

Photograph by Tracey Brown

2 SCHOOL NEWS

8 UTILIZING PHARMACISTS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO CARE BY NATALIE D. EDDINGTON, PHD ’89, BSP, FAAPS, FCP

11 ALUMNI ADVOCATE IN A BIG WAY BY CHRISTIANNA MCCAUSLAND

14 AN EDUCATION ON LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY, IN, OUT OF CLASSROOM BY ELIZABETH HEUBECK

17 MAINSTAYS

20 STUDENT NEWS

24 PRECEPTOR PROFILE

25 DONOR PROFILE

26 ALUMNI NEWS

31 ANNUAL REPORT

Capsule ContentsUniversity of Maryland School of Pharmacy Alumni Magazine

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School of PharmacyStudent Government Association

On the cover: The School is proud to advocate for the profession of pharmacy through its students, alumni, faculty, and staff.

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The Doctor of Pharmacy program at the School of Pharmacy has been issued an eight-year accreditation term by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) following the successful completion of a thorough self-study report and comprehensive on-site visit. “Reaccreditation means that prospective and current stu-dents can be assured that our Doctor of Pharmacy program is compliant with the standards of quality set forth by ACPE and that it provides a comprehensive pharmacy education, prepar-ing them for a position in a dynamic pharmacy profession,” says Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89, BSP, FAAPS, FCP, dean and professor. “Throughout their visit, the team heard from a broad range of perspectives by meeting with internal and external stakeholders including standing committees, individual faculty, students, alumni, and preceptors. We are so grateful for the engagement and enthusiasm of all members of our School community in this important visit and delighted that ACPE vali-dated our self-assessment of our program.” Preparation for reaccreditation began in 2010 with the formation of a Self-Study Committee, led by the Office of Academic Affairs. All full-time faculty, as well as key staff and students, were organized into six subcommittees that cor-responded to each area of the self-study: Mission, Planning, and Evaluation; Organization and Administration; Curriculum; Students; Faculty and Staff; and Facilities and Resources. Approximately half of the members from each subcommit-tee were charged with reviewing accreditation standards and data and drafting an initial report that provided an honest, criti-cal assessment of the School’s strengths and weaknesses in its assigned area. The remaining members served as reviewers who evaluated the initial report and offered suggestions. This process was important to make sure the self-study reflected the general perceptions of the School community. The reports prepared by each subcommittee were merged into one document and shared with all faculty at a retreat in May 2012 where the document was discussed and refined. Participants were oriented on the major findings in preparation for a vote by the School’s Faculty Assembly to accept the report

in June. The final report was submitted to ACPE in October 2012. “The most gratifying aspect of this process was its ability to update faculty, staff, students, preceptors, alumni, and Board of Visitors members on all of the excellent educational opportuni-ties currently available in the School,” says Richard Dalby, PhD, associate dean for academic affairs. “Many people who partici-pated in this process, including me, were amazed to discover that there was so much happening in the School.” To complete the reaccreditation process, a site evaluation team visited the School of Pharmacy in late November. This team—composed of peers from other schools of pharmacy across the country, a peer school dean, and an ACPE profes-sional staff member—conducted an on-site evaluation of the School’s Doctor of Pharmacy program, visiting the School’s campuses in Baltimore and Shady Grove and speaking with a number of faculty, students, alumni, and preceptors. Since its last on-site evaluation in 2006, the School has seen significant changes in each area addressed by the ACPE accreditation standards. Members of the site evaluation team took note of these changes, which included the appointment of a new dean, development of a new strategic plan, revitaliza-tion of the curriculum, launch of a distance-learning Doctor of Pharmacy program at the Universities at Shady Grove, a 30 per-cent increase in faculty, and completion of a $62 million build-ing addition. “The purpose of the site visit was to assure that the note-worthy items and areas for improvement identified in the report were truly reflective of the current state of the program,” says Lisa Lebovitz, JD, assistant dean for academic affairs. “I think the evaluation team was particularly impressed with the collegi-ality of the faculty, the transparency of our processes and data, the robust infrastructure at our Baltimore and Shady Grove campuses, and our commitment to students.” Following the site visit, the evaluation team’s report was reviewed by the ACPE board. Upon discussion of the program, the board decided that accreditation of the Doctor of Pharmacy program be continued for the full eight-year cycle, which ends June 30, 2021. b

ACPE Reaccredits Doctor of Pharmacy Program

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Last fall, the School of Pharmacy held a reception to honor the retirement of Alfred “Fred” Abramson, BSP ’56, RPh, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science (PPS), and his many years of service to the School and the pharmacy profession. Abramson began his academic career in 1982, when he joined the School of Pharmacy after a successful career as an independent community pharmacist in Baltimore. Since joining the faculty 30 years ago, Abramson has taught more than 4,000 first-, second-, third-, and fourth-year pharmacy students the intricacies of pharmacy practice. “As a teacher who is dedicated to his students’ professional growth, Fred delights in watching them move on to successful careers,” remarked Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89, BSP, FAAPS, FCP, dean and professor of the School. “Students, in turn, have benefited from Fred’s extensive knowledge and basked in his admiration and his esteem. Each and every student is special to Fred, and I know that he is very special to all of them.” During the reception, several colleagues and friends deliv-ered heartfelt congratulations and remarks about their special relationships with the esteemed professor. “Since my early days as a student, and later as a faculty member, I have shared a very special bond with Fred,” said Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner, PharmD ’83, BCPS, CDE, FAPhA, professor and PPS chair. “I have had the honor to work with Fred for many courses and committees, and have learned to appreciate his devotion not only to community pharmacy, but to his students and his School.” As a faculty member, Abramson has made significant con-tributions to the School. He raised funds to establish and equip

the original pharmacy practice lab, now affectionately known as the “Fred Lab,” which opened in 2001 and featured sophis-ticated dispensing systems and software. He was also instru-mental in moving the lab to the new Pharmacy Hall in 2010. “Never did I imagine that, when I walked into the Fred Lab for the first time, I would eventually be able to share the lab with him as a teacher,” said Cherokee Layson-Wolf, PharmD ’00, CGP, BCACP, FAPhA, associate professor in PPS and assis-tant dean for experiential learning and one of Abramson’s for-mer students. “It’s an honor, and I believe that I have been one of the luckiest faculty members to have that privilege.” In addition to teaching, Abramson has devoted time to many pharmacy professional associations, including the Maryland Pharmacists Association (MPhA), the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, and the Maryland Alumni Association. He also served as class advisor for the School’s student chapters of NCPA and Phi Lambda Sigma (PLS), and was presented with a number of awards during his time at the School, including Faculty Member of the Year, Preceptor of the Year, Best Class Advisor, Teacher of the Year, PLS National Advisor of the Year, the MPhA Seidman Distinguished Achievement Award, and the first Mentor of the Year award. At the reception, faculty, staff, and students presented him with a number of gifts, including a framed portrait and a rock-ing chair emblazoned with the School’s logo. A plaque featuring “Fred’s Top 10 Sayings” is now on display inside the pharmacy practice lab to motivate and encourage future generations of pharmacy students. b

Beloved Professor and Mentor Retires

Fred with his family (from left): wife Jeanette, daughter Lisa, granddaughters Allison and Joanna, and son-in-law, Peter.

Fred with current and former students and faculty member Tim Rocafort, PharmD, assistant professor of PPS (center front in black tie).

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Augsburger Receives Top Industry Award

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Larry Augsburger, PhD, professor emeritus, received the 2012 Distinguished Service Award of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), one of the highest honors bestowed by the group of 12,000 members in more than 70 countries. Augsburger is internationally recognized for his research and mentoring in pharmaceutics, drug process engineering, and in dietary supplements. He has been a leader in original research that has enabled modernizing some key U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) policies. One of his achievements was directing University of Maryland-FDA collaborative research programs that supported the development of the critically important FDA guidances on scale-up and post-approval changes (SUPAC) for drugs in the market. Augsburger and his team showed that certain formulation and process changes in drug preparations such as tablets and capsules result in significant differences in how a drug is absorbed and becomes available to the human body in order to exert its therapeu-tic effect, while others do not. This research has led to FDA policies that provided relief from certain regulatory testing and other requirements in the areas of drug product development, pharmaceutical processing, generic drugs, and bioavailability/bioequivalence outcomes. Also, industry sources credit SUPAC with reducing expenditures by hundreds of thousands of dollars for a single drug post-approval change sub-mission. At the University of Maryland, Augsburger served as the School of Pharmacy’s Shangraw Professor of Industrial Pharmacy and Pharmaceutics, chair of the Department of Pharmaceutics, and director of pharmaceutics graduate programs. He established the Drug Development Facility in the School, which later became UPM Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a University-affiliated for-profit firm for devel-oping drugs and manufacturing clinical supplies founded in 1997. Before joining the School faculty in 1969, he was a senior research scientist for Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc. of New Brunswick, N.J. “Dr. Augsburger has been a trailblazer in ensuring that the

science of industrial pharmaceutics is integral to the drug development process,” says Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89, BSP, FAAPS, FCP, dean and professor at the School of Pharmacy. “He is a pioneer in fostering science-based decisions as the underpinning of regulatory guid-ance. His leadership in developing the scientific framework for FDA guidances [SUPAC-IR, SUPAC-MR, and IVIVC] has helped to for-ward the tenets of the FDA’s Critical Path Initiative. “The entire School of Pharmacy is very proud of Dr. Augsburger’s accomplishments and the work that he has done to ensure excellence in industrial pharmaceutics,” she says. Augsburger served as an executive officer of AAPS from 1999 to 2002 and as the group’s president in 1999. As president, Augsburger put a plan in place to help assure there would be ade-quate pharmacy education and a steady supply of qualified pharma-ceutical scientists for the future. At AAPS, Augsburger also focused on a national issue at that time concerning the quality of dietary supplements, also known as nutraceuticals, and the development of suitable standards and tests by which to demonstrate quality. Now retired from the School’s faculty, Augsburger continues to write and consult and observe the drug development industry. Augsburger’s research has been supported by more than $13 million in grants and contracts. He has published 116 origi-nal manuscripts, five books, 24 book chapters and monographs, acquired four patents (plus several provisional patents filed), and given 191 invited presentations to national and international audi-ences. Among his awards are the International Pharmaceutical Federation Industrial Pharmacy medal, the FDA Commissioner’s Special Citation, the AAPS Research Achievement Award, the AAPS Outstanding Educator Award, and the AAPS Dale E. Wurster Research Award in Pharmaceutics. In 2001, he was selected the University of Maryland Researcher of the Year, the highest research award of the Baltimore campus. b

Kaloyan “Kal” Bikov, information systems engineer in the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research at the School of Pharmacy, was named the recipient of this year’s Community Service Award during the University’s Employee Service Recognition Awards Luncheon on April 18. The award is presented to employees who have distinguished themselves through dedicated service and volunteerism in their communities. Bikov is a volunteer with the Conflict Resolution Center of Baltimore County, the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights, and St. Vincent’s Villa. He is shown on the right with Dean Eddington and University President Jay A. Perman, MD. b

Community Service Award

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Augsburger Receives Top Industry AwardAn alumna of the School of Pharmacy and a talented entrepreneur, Sally Van Doren died Dec. 19, 2012, dur-ing a trip to Machu Picchu in Peru. Van Doren was born in Baltimore, and received her PharmD from the School in 1985. She later moved to California, where she completed a residency in clinical pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco. “Sally was a beloved and dedicated member of the School of Pharmacy

community,” says Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89, BSP, FAAPS, FCP, dean and professor. “She not only gave of her time as a member of our Board of Visitors, traveling from San Francisco twice a year to attend our meetings, but she was also a generous donor both personally and through her company. She could be counted on for thoughtful advice and guidance and truly wanted the best for her alma mater, our School of Pharmacy.” Van Doren began her pharmacy career at Syntex Corp. in Palo Alto, Calif., where she accepted a position in medical affairs and pharmacovigilance. However, eager to travel the world, she left Syntex Corp. to accept a three-year assignment at a major medi-cal center in Saudi Arabia, where she led development of phar-macy protocols and teaching. Following the end of her assign-

ment, Van Doren returned to California and accepted a position at Gilead Sciences, Inc. In 2007, Van Doren established a small consulting business that later evolved into BioSoteria, Inc., a drug safety and risk management organization dedicated to helping pharmaceuti-cal companies maximize their products’ benefit-risk profiles. As president and chief executive officer, Van Doren helped the company establish its reputation as an exceptional source for the reporting of safety and adverse events in large and small com-panies, both national and international. In 2011, BioSoteria, Inc. was acquired by the Dohmen Co. Throughout her career, Van Doren remained committed to giving back to her community. In addition to serving as a mem-ber of the Board of Visitors for the School of Pharmacy, she was a community advisory board member on the Alliance Health Project in San Francisco, and recently established a foundation dedicated to support at-risk teens. Van Doren also established the Doris Nuessle McCaig Scholarship Endowment at the School of Pharmacy in memory of her aunt to provide scholarship support for students who have financial need. Her family has asked that donations in Van Doren’s memory be made to this scholarship fund. For information on making a memorial donation, please contact the School’s Office of Development and Alumni Affairs at 410-706-5893. b

School Mourns Alumna, BOV Member Van Doren

The School of Pharmacy has joined the Medical Countermeasures Against Radiological and Nuclear Threats (MCART) Consortium, a large, federally funded, multi-institutional program established to develop medical countermeasures against the lethal exposure to ionizing radiation. MCART also strives to work toward under-standing the mechanisms of radiation damage and ways to esti-mate individual radiation exposure using biodosimetric methods. The Mass Spectrometry Facility in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PSC) will use its state-of-the-art instru-mentation and expertise to lead the group’s investigation to iden-tify and characterize new biomarkers of early radiation damage. “With radiation damage, the extent of the injury is not always obvious,” says Maureen Kane, PhD, co-director of the Mass Spectrometry Facility and assistant professor in PSC. “As a member of this consortium, we will use our Mass Spectrometry Facility to look for biomarkers of radiation damage, image tissue, and characterize what happens during the damage phase. If we

understand that initial phase better, we can potentially target the damage with a drug.” Through its involvement in the MCART Consortium, the Mass Spectrometry Facility hopes to identify and validate several new biomarkers of radiation injury, recovery, and intervention in the hematopoietic, gastrointestinal, and lung systems. The consor-tium’s tissue imaging core group will be led by Kane and Robert Ernst, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Microbial Pathogenesis in the University’s School of Dentistry. “This consortium is an outstanding example of collaborative research among the schools on our campus, where Dr. Kane’s expertise in mass spectrometry has significantly advanced this critical issue in public health,” says Andrew Coop, PhD, professor and PSC chair. The MCART Consortium is funded by a contract with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which spans drug development efforts from early development

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Nancy Bowers, director of

administration and finance, has

been elected co-secretary of the

University System of Maryland’s

Council of University System Staff.

Nicole Brandt, PharmD ’97,

BCPP, CGP, received the W.

Arthur Purdum Award from the

Maryland Society of Health-System

Pharmacists (MSHP) and has been

named an editor for the Journal of

Gerontological Nursing’s column

on geropharmacology.

Bethany DiPaula, PharmD ’95,

BCPP, has been appointed to the

American Society of Health-System

Pharmacists’ (ASHP) Section

Advisory Group on Preceptor Skills

Development.

Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89,

BSP, FAAPS, FCP, has been named

chair of the board of the National

Institute for Pharmaceutical

Technology and Education.

Joga Gobburu, PhD, MBA,

FCP, has been named director

of the Department of Pharmacy

Practice and Science’s Clinical

Pharmacology Unit.

Lauren Hynicka, PharmD, has

been named the School’s alter-

nate delegate to the American

Association of Colleges of

Pharmacy (AACP).

Amy Ives, PharmD ’93, has

been accepted into the MedStar

Health Teaching Scholars Medical

Education Research Certificate

program.

Kathryn Kiser, PharmD, BCPS,

has been named treasurer of

the American College of Clinical

Pharmacy’s (ACCP) Ambulatory Care

Practice and Research Network.

Raymond Love, PharmD ’77,

BCPP, FASHP, has been elected

to the board of the College of

Psychiatric and Neurologic

Pharmacists.

Alexander MacKerell Jr., PhD,

received a U.S. patent for “Small

Molecule Inhibitors of BCL6.”

Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD

’86, BCPS, CPE, has been reap-

pointed by Governor Martin

O’Malley to the State Council for

End of Life Care.

Jill Morgan, PharmD, BCPS, has

been named chair of the AACP’s

Special Interest Group on Student

Services.

Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner,

PharmD ’83, BCPS, CDE,

FAPhA, has been appointed to

the International Pharmaceutical

Federation’s Academic Pharmacy

Section Advisory Council.

Paul Shapiro, PhD, has been

appointed chair of the National

Institutes of Health Study Section

on Cancer Therapeutics AREA

Grant Applications.

Fadia Shaya, PhD, MPH, has been

named director of research and

outreach for the School’s Center

for Innovative Pharmacy Solutions.

In addition, she has been named a

standing member of the Agency for

Healthcare Research and Quality’s

Healthcare Systems and Value

Research study section, and was

elected to the Board of Directors of

the Quality Health Foundation.

Toyin Tofade, PharmD, has

been appointed co-leader of the

continuing education/continuing

professional development team of

the International Pharmaceutical

Federation’s Education Section.

Deanna Tran, PharmD ’11, was

named co-chair of the Maryland

Pharmacists Association’s

New Practitioners Network

and was appointed chair of the

Communications Committee of the

District of Columbia Chapter

of the ACCP.

James Trovato, PharmD, MBA,

BCOP, has been named chair of

the ASHP’s House of Delegates.

Kristin Watson, PharmD, BCPS,

has been named to the MSHP

board.

Bruce Yu, PhD, received a U.S.

patent for “Highly Fluorinated Oils

and Surfactants and Methods of

Making and Using Same.”

Laurels

through approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) using the FDA Animal Rule. It is composed of 15 research, develop-ment, regulatory, and administrative entities from the United States, Canada, and England. Working together as a drug research and development team, the consortium evaluates the potential efficacy of drugs and biolog-ics that can be used to treat acute radiation syndrome(s), as well as the delayed effects of acute radiation exposure. The consortium is directed by Thomas MacVittie, PhD, MS, professor of radiation oncology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. “This is a terrific collaboration that combines the consortium’s existing expertise in radiation effects in multiple organ systems with the expertise offered by Dr. Kane and her colleagues through the School of Pharmacy’s Mass Spectrometry Facility,” says MacVittie.

“The Mass Spectrometry Facility will be the foundation of the tissue imaging core within the consortium and will interact with all other research teams. It will provide us with the ability to use direct spa-tial visualization of relevant molecules as potential biomarkers for radiation damage and treatment in an unbiased manner.” In November 2012, the MCART Consortium held its annual meeting to discuss current efforts to develop and characterize new models of radiation damage in addition to new avenues of inves-tigation, including pharmacological interventions and the mecha-nisms of radiation damage and recovery. The second session of this two-day meeting was hosted in Pharmacy Hall and featured a presentation by members of the Mass Spectrometry Facility about new approaches to identify mechanisms of action and biomarkers of radiation damage. b

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Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner, PharmD ’83, BCPS, CDE, FAPhA, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, received one of the highest honors of the American Pharmacists Association’s (APhA) Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management—the Daniel B. Smith Practice Excellence Award. The award, which Rodriguez de Bittner received at the APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Los Angeles in March, cites her significant contributions to advance patient care services within community and ambulatory pharmacy. “Dr. Rodriguez de Bittner is a thought leader on innovation in community pharmacy practice,” says Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89, BSP, FAAPS, FCP, dean and professor of the School of Pharmacy. “Through the numerous programs she has imple-mented, she has revolutionized patient care in Maryland at the community pharmacy level. The entire School of Pharmacy is proud of her efforts.” Rodriguez de Bittner also is executive director of the School’s Center for Innovative Pharmacy Solutions and director of the Maryland Patients, Pharmacists, Partnerships (P3) Program of specially trained pharmacist coaches who help reduce employer and employee health care costs while eliminating obstacles to chronic disease care for employees and their families, and improving health care outcomes. She also serves as a clinical pharmacist at the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Her practice interest areas are in the ambulatory care and com-munity pharmacy practice sites, including the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative practice models in these settings. The award nomination states, “Dr. Rodriguez de Bittner’s career is a model of innovation. She has established cutting-edge practices in anticoagulation, diabetes, and general pharmaco-therapy/medication therapy management. “She developed the first diabetes center in a chain phar-macy to achieve provider-status recognition from the American Diabetes Association and gain a Medicare provider number.

She led the effort in Maryland as a participant in the APhA Foundation’s Diabetes Ten City Challenges, or Maryland’s P3 (Patients, Pharmacists, Partnerships) Program, which has touched the lives of many families and caregivers, pharmacists, and other health care providers.” Says Rodriguez de Bittner: “I am so proud that we have imple-mented innovative programs that are unique and have advanced the profession of pharmacy by bringing together all the key stake-holders including government agencies, legislative bodies, univer-sities, businesses, and pharmacy organizations.” Rodriguez de Bittner earned her Bachelor of Science pharmacy degree at the University of Puerto Rico and her PharmD at the University of Maryland. She is past president and past chair of the board of the Maryland Pharmacists Association and past presi-dent of the APhA Foundation. She has earned numerous honors, including the 2010 Pinnacle Award from the APhA Foundation, the 2008 Distinguished Practitioner Award from the National Academies of Practice in Pharmacy, the 2007 APhA Community Pharmacy Residency Excellence in Precepting Award, and the 2005 Bowl of Hygeia from the Maryland Pharmacists Association. Daniel B. Smith was the first president of APhA, a professional group founded in 1852 and now representing more than 62,000 practicing pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, student phar-macists, pharmacy technicians, and others interested in advanc-ing the profession. The Smith award recognizes a pharmacy prac-titioner, in any practice setting, who has distinguished himself/herself and the profession through outstanding performance and achievements. But Rodriguez de Bittner says the effort is ultimately all about the patients’ health. “I love the opportunity we have as pharma-cists to impact the lives of our patients, often right in their neigh-borhoods,” she says. “Medications are critical in health care and we have the knowledge and skills to help our patients achieve the best outcomes of medication therapy, as well as prevent so many side effects and unnecessary deaths.” b

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Utilizing Pharmacists to Increase Access to Care

As a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA), approximately 30 million more Americans will be eligible for health insurance starting in 2014. And those 30 million will be seeking access to health care. It is unclear, however, how the health care delivery system will cope with the demands of the newly insured. Research indicates that health care reform will place higher skill demands on all members of the health care workforce. The country’s current shortage of primary care physicians will be exacerbated, as the current population of elderly people is living longer. By 2030, almost half of all Americans will have one or more chronic conditions that require medication. Fortunately, the ACA aims to change how care is delivered by providing incentives for expanded and improved primary care and by creating interprofessional team-based models of service delivery. Pharmacists have demonstrated that they can play a major role in optimizing patient care and reducing health care dollars in these new models of care.

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For example, in large health care organizations such as the Veterans Affairs (VA) Health System, evidence already exists to document the value of pharmacists’ medication therapy management expertise to optimize patient care and reduce health care costs. Within the VA model, the pharmacist is able to implement medication and dosage changes. This model has been shown to improve patient safety, quality of life, and economic outcomes1. In fact, in one study, pharmacists’ recommendations across all VA settings reduced the cost of therapy by 20 percent. The overall mean cost avoidance was $700, with cost avoidance per recommendation in the outpatient setting at $425, and $1,057 cost avoidance observed for the inpatient population2. In community settings, the Asheville Project, an effort began in 1996 by a self-insured employer in North Carolina to provide education and personal oversight for employees with chronic health problems, demonstrated how pharmacists can contribute to improved patient outcomes, lower total health care costs, reduce the usage of sick days, and increase satisfaction with pharmacist services. While the results showed cardiovascular and cerebrovascular (CV collectively) medication use increased threefold, CV-related medical costs decreased by 46.5 percent, and there was a 53 percent decrease in the risk of a CV event. There was also a greater than 50 percent decrease in risk of a CV-related emergency department/hospital visit3. At the local level, students and faculty from our School of Pharmacy, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Pharmacy, ALFA Specialty Pharmacy of Columbia, Md., the Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County, and Mercy Health Clinic have been collaborating to provide medication therapy management (MTM) in an interprofessional model under a program from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative (PSPC).

Patients with or at risk for developing multiple chronic conditions and on multiple medications are referred to pharmacists for MTM services. The team includes three pharmacists, two physicians, two nurses, two pharmacy residents, and three pharmacy students, and when needed, language interpreters, nutritionists, and social workers. In the first nine months of the program, 78 percent of the diabetic patients saw a reduction in their A1c, or blood sugar control. During the course of the collaboration, they also identified and addressed 514 medication-related problems. For its work, the team was presented with the American Diabetes Association’s Promising Practice Award of

Excellence. The team also was awarded the PSPC Life Saving Patient Safety Award, given to teams that established systems and processes for detecting, identifying, and preventing adverse drug events and who have saved at least one patient’s life by detecting and preventing a life-threatening adverse drug event, and PSPC’s Performance Award, presented to teams that documented performance and results that demonstrated increased clinical pharmacy services,

improved health outcomes, and systematic identification and prevention of adverse drug events. The team has been invited to speak at a national HRSA PSPC meeting about its success. On the federal level, Congress has considered bills three times in the last nine years to recognize pharmacists as providers and allow them to bill Medicare Part B for clinical pharmacy services; thus far, all bills have died in committee. In the absence of provider status at the federal level, pharmacists have and can make inroads on the state level. Florida, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, and Virginia have implemented MTM programs and pharmacy-assisted disease management programs for Medicaid beneficiaries, which may eventually lead to universal provider recognition.


In Missouri’s Pharmacy-Assisted Collaborative Disease Management Program, primary care providers have worked collaboratively with pharmacists to reduce unnecessary health care utilization for eligible Medicaid recipients. In this model, the state allows pharmacists to bill Medicaid for cognitive services. Results included: • Annualsavingsof$6,804perenrollee • 12percentfewerhospitalizationsrelativeto the prior year • 25percentreductioninemergencydepartmentvisits4

Since its inception in 2006, the Maryland P3 Program (Patients, Pharmacists, Partnerships), a partnership of our School of Pharmacy, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH), and the Maryland Pharmacists Association, has reduced direct health care costs between $498 to $3,281 for each participant per year. Seeking to scale up the results and offer patients access to evidence-based programs, DHMH’s Office of Chronic Disease Prevention is funding a pilot for 5,000 state of Maryland employees to receive medication therapy management services through the Maryland P3 Program. The 14-month project is being conducted at the State Center Complex in Baltimore. Research on the economic benefits of clinical pharmacy services has been positive, with findings of cost savings and better health outcomes. Results from the aforementioned

Asheville Project with a diabetic patient population serve as an example of the economic benefits. Medical costs decreased by $1,200 per patient per year. Usage of sick time decreased every year, with an increase in productivity estimated at $18,000 annually. So those are the facts. And now here is what I think about the issue: Patients deserve access to high-quality primary care offered by a range of safe, efficient, and regulated providers. As dean of the School of Pharmacy, it should be no surprise that I support efforts to permit pharmacists and other providers to practice to the full extent of their education and training in order to expand access for the newly insured. Until pharmacists are designated as providers and can be compensated for the services they provide, expansion of MTM services will be limited. I hope you will join me and others in educating our executive and legislative officials on the importance of pharmacists as part of a patient-centered, team-based model of care. To get involved, I encourage you, our alumni and friends, to: • Meetfacetofacewithpersonnelatfederalagencies such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality as they draft regulations and solicit public comment to implement health care reform • Workwithprofessionalorganizations,federal agencies, and insurers to position pharmacists as an essential component of health care reform • Reachouttostakeholdersandorganizations interested in testing new delivery models to explain the pharmacist’s capabilities • Conductresearchondeliverysystemreforms • SpeakoutaboutthevalueofMTMandotherclinical pharmacist services and how such services improve quality and create cost savings Clinical pharmacists can contribute meaningfully to “the triple aim” of health care reform: achieving better population health, improving individual health, and reducing health care costs. Activism and commitment of individual pharmacists will determine the outcome of success. I invite you to join me in advocating for our profession. b

1http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3555022 2http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/124347193http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18192127 4http://www.ashp.org/DocLibrary/Advocacy/GAD/GetInvolved/MedicaidPrograms.aspx

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Alumni AdvocateIn A Big Way

At a Walgreens pharmacy in Washington, D.C., patients get a glimpse of what a pharmacy could be: the pharmacist is out from behind the counter so he or she can provide more counseling to patients, offer clinical services, and answer questions. Technicians handle routine dispensing, freeing the pharmacist to work with patients, conducting other health care services such as medication therapy management. Walgreens calls this new store format the “Well Experience.” Steve Bouyoukas, PharmD ’00, explains that the store plays an important role as a case study for those legislating for pharmacists to practice to the top of their license—and get reimbursed for their efforts. “We are one of the most under-utilized resources in health care,” says Bouyoukas, who is Walgreens pharmacy supervisor for the Baltimore area and oversees the pilot store. “We need policymakers to know that we do make a difference in patient lives, and showing them how we do it is very important going forward.” The legislative advocacy efforts of School of Pharmacy alumni illustrate the many ways pharmacists can speak out on behalf of the field. Whether alumni are on Capitol Hill petitioning for provider status or, like Bouyoukas, building evidence-based,

BY CHRISTIANNA MCCAUSLAND

Kristen Holt with State Delegate Donald B. Elliott


—Steve Bouyoukas

real-time examples of how pharmacy can contribute to improved patient outcomes while cutting costs, graduates from the School are actively involved in shaping the future of pharmacy. Bouyoukas credits his time at the School with giving him a fundamental understanding of the practice issues facing pharmacy. His participation in a business management pathway while in School has been invaluable as his current position relies heavily on business acumen in addition to knowledge of pharmacy practice. Although the Walgreens Well Experience pilot has expanded to more than 400 of its stores across the country, Bouyoukas knows there’s still more ground to be covered. In Baltimore, for example, there are five new Well Experience stores planned, but they’re currently on hold due to laws and regulations of the Maryland Board of Pharmacy that Bouyoukas and his team are working to change. He notes that there’s value any time a pharmacist can articulate his or her experience impacting patient outcomes in a conversation with a local lawmaker. “We want to be able to show lawmakers we make a difference when we are allowed to practice at the top of our license, when we’re allowed to sit down with patients and play an important role in their health care—practicing as part of a team with other health care professionals,” he says. “Any time we have a chance to do that we have to seize it.” Lynette Bradley-Baker, PhD ’99, BSP ’92, director of professional alliance development at the American Association

of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), comes to advocacy from a different angle. She works on issues at the intersection of professional practice and pharmacy academia. As part of the external affairs division of AACP under William Lang, MPH, the organization’s vice president of policy and advocacy, “My efforts are focused on working with other pharmacy practice organizations to build evidence for what pharmacists are trained to and can do to improve their patient outcomes,” she says. According to Bradley-Baker, her current work was informed by her previous position at the School, where she was on the faculty for two years before joining AACP. Her work with students and faculty along with her own research enriched and expanded her understanding of the contributions that can be made by pharmacists. It also gave her a broad perspective of the challenges and concerns of those in the field. “While I’m not on Capitol Hill testifying, advocacy really is broader than that,” she continues. “I ensure our schools and colleges of pharmacy are highlighted and that we are showcasing what pharmacists can do and what some of our faculty are doing at their practice sites. This really builds the case for the expansion of the pharmacist’s role and for pharmacists to be recognized as providers by the Department of Health and Human Services.” The “Script Your Future” campaign, of which AACP is a sponsor, exemplifies this case-building. The national campaign challenges schools of pharmacy to educate both the general

“We need policymakers to know that we do

make a difference in patient lives, and

showing them how we do it is very important

going forward.”

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As these alumni demonstrate, involvement in advocacy takes many forms. Perhaps the first and easiest step is to join one’s state pharmacy organization or get involved in a state or national pharmacy legislative day. Bradley-Baker encourages alumni to find what they are passionate about and then locate a group that can help advance that enthusiasm. The organization may not be pharmacy-practice specific—it could be in the field of gerontology or clinical pharmacy—but these groups often need members who can be a voice for pharmacy as they advance their own legislative agenda. “You don’t need to testify at your state legislature,” says Bradley-Baker. “You can write a letter or email your representative stating that you see the need for a potential change in a state law. Every little bit helps.” b

public and the health care communities on the importance of medication adherence. (It’s worth noting that in 2012 University of Maryland School of Pharmacy students received one of the national Script Your Future challenge awards.) Like the innovations at Walgreens pharmacy, the outcome results from the campaign build valuable evidence for AACP’s national advocacy efforts. These are just the sort of examples that people like Kristen Holt, PharmD ’05, MPH, are looking for to show the value of pharmacy to policymakers. Holt is currently the assistant director of quality improvement and regulatory affairs at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Pharmacy. She was active in pressing for legislation in the Maryland General Assembly in support of collaborative drug therapy management (CDTM) contracts through volunteering with the Maryland Society of Health-System Pharmacists (MSHP). But she traces her introduction into the Maryland state legislative process further back, to her time at the School of Pharmacy. “My initial exposure was through an internship in the University’s Government Affairs Office, which oriented me to Annapolis,” she recalls. “During my rotation, I participated in the research process facilitating proposals for when the General Assembly convened, listened to hearings, and spoke with representatives on Pharmacy Legislative Day.” That experience gave her knowledge of the legislative process and piqued her passion for advocacy. She joined the legislative committee of MSHP at a time when a sundown provision was about to reverse gains made on CDTM contracts. As MSHP’s volunteer coordinator within the Maryland Pharmacy Coalition, Holt joined a group of like-minded advocates whose work helped extend the contracts. Having taken a leadership class while at the School that taught the history of the original CDTM contracts bill put forward in the early 2000s, Holt was already well-versed in the importance of the issue. “It was exciting to find something early in my career where I could contribute and potentially make a difference,” she says. “And it was motivating to discover many others who thought that this was an important issue and joined the effort. Together this diverse coalition of pharmacists determined a united conversation piece to engage the legislators.” Holt still volunteers with MSHP “because I see what can happen when we’re not active. … There will be policies made that don’t reflect the value brought [by pharmacists] to the detriment of our patients’ health.”

“I ensure our schools and colleges

of pharmacy are highlighted and

that we are showcasing what

pharmacists can do and what

some of our faculty are doing at

their practice sites.”

—Lynette Bradley-Baker


Andrew Haines, a fourth-year pharmacy student, has his sights set on becoming a hospital pharmacist. Third-year pharmacy student Jamie Elsner is looking forward to her residency, which will introduce her to various aspects of the pharmacy profession and help her narrow her professional interest. Bonnie Li, also in her third year of pharmacy school, is contemplating a career that focuses on geriatrics. Though the career paths of these three students are likely to diverge widely, each will share a powerful influence that they nurtured at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy: A keen understanding of the process of government and the ability of individuals—both students and pharmacists—to be a part of this important entity that shapes and informs the profession. Driving this understanding are impressive internships, informative courses, and active engagement in student groups.

BY ELIZABETH HEUBECK

An Education on Legislative Activity, In and Out of the Classroom

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the opportunity to address bills under consideration regarding the pharmacy profession. Though rubbing shoulders with policymakers may seem irrelevant to the future careers of most pharmacy students, Haines explains why the opposite is true. “Now I know that I have a voice. As a future leader in pharmacy, I think that will give me confidence to talk to legislators to tell them about how I can do my job best and how they can help me. I feel confident that if I tell a legislator my opinion, he or she will respect that,” Haines says.

Jamie Elsner: Supporting Student Leadership While Haines’ legislative-related experiences in pharmacy school have taught him how to become an advocate for his profession, Jamie Elsner’s have taught her how to support fellow students in their quest to take on leadership roles. As 2011-2012 president of the School of Pharmacy’s chapter of the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP), Elsner

has a big job to do. In addition to overseeing an executive board comprised of 32 student members, she has two primary roles: ensuring that the School’s chapter of the association aligns with its national vision and considering the future of the organization as a whole. But Elsner’s favorite part of her role involves boosting individual members of her chapter. “I want to be able to provide students the opportunity to grow while they’re in school, to have opportunities for leadership, policy, and advocacy,” she says. Clearly, Elsner finds inspiration in inspiring others. She describes a situation whereby the association was holding elections and a student who had run for a given position didn’t get it. “She approached me and said she still wanted to be involved,” recalls Elsner, who readily supported the student’s goal to launch a pre-pharmacy mentorship program with University of Maryland, College Park pre-pharmacy undergraduate students. “She came to me with the idea, I helped her with logistics, and she ran with it,” Elsner says. “It was beyond rewarding.” In addition to inspiring fellow students, Elsner has done some pretty inspiring work herself. She was selected as one of only four student pharmacists to serve on the APhA-ASP Awards Standing Committee, a national appointment with an array of responsibilities. In addition to evaluating each chapter’s performance and presenting them with feedback and

Andrew Haines: Finding his Voice Among the Policymakers Andrew Haines has learned a valuable lesson as a student, one that often takes pharmacy professionals years to internalize. Haines understands that pharmacists have a voice before their legislators. In fact, he believes government representatives are eager to hear from their constituents. It’s because of opportunities at the

School of Pharmacy that Haines has reached these mature conclusions. Since he began pharmacy school, Haines has been exposed to the legislative process. The School’s Leadership in Advocacy and Pharmacy course set in motion Haines’ understanding of the legislative process. “It taught me the importance of grass-roots initiatives and forming long-lasting relationships with elected officials,” he says. In addition to raising Haines’ awareness of the importance of advocacy in the pharmacy profession, the course served as the perfect precursor to his more in-depth legislative involvement. That came this year, as Haines chose to do one of his required practical rotations with the University’s Office of Government and Community Affairs in Annapolis during the 2013 legislative session. As Maryland’s legislators would rise early to make their way to the State House in Annapolis each weekday morning beginning in January, so too would Haines. He and other fellow pharmacy students/interns carpooled to the state capital, Monday through Friday, and took their place among the policymakers. One of Haines’ roles during the rotation was to sit in on committee meetings, where legislators would discuss bills under consideration—from broad-based budget bills to those specific to pharmacy, such as the possibility of expanding the role of pharmacists in delivering vaccinations. Another aspect of Haines’ rotation involved engaging other students in the legislative process. He and other interns helped to plan the School’s annual Legislative Advocacy Day, a student-run event that connects pharmacy students to legislators. “Other interns and I contacted legislators of whom the students were constituents, requesting shadowing opportunities,” Haines explains. Like it sounds, this shadowing experience involves following legislators to committee meetings and spending time with them in their offices, with

recommendations for improvement, Elsner and fellow committee members identified recipients for APhA-ASP awards, which were presented at the 2013 APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition this March in Los Angeles. While the experience of serving on a national committee expanded Elsner’s horizons, it ultimately circled back to guiding others. “It was an honor to serve on this committee,” she says. “The experience helped me understand the importance of mentorship in shaping the future leaders in pharmacy.”

Bonnie Li: Uniting Students and Legislators Despite being a student, Bonnie Li already knows what it’s like to promote pharmacy issues with the Maryland General Assembly. That’s the primary role of the Maryland Pharmacy Coalition (MPC), an organization composed of pharmacy students and professionals that Li co-chairs. Her ascent to this heady position originated in her first year at the School,

when Li demonstrated an interest in student government by attending Legislative Advocacy Day. In her second year as a pharmacy student, Li became a student representative for the MPC. This gave her an up-close look at the role of the coalition, and she learned how the MPC organized its Legislative Day. As co-chair of the MPC, Li reflects on her legislative learning odyssey. “I had never spoken with legislators before [coming to pharmacy school],” she says. This year, she made that opportunity happen for other students. The MPC’s Legislative Day brings together students and legislators to address issues of significance to the pharmacy profession. This year 360 attendees, including pharmacy students and pharmacists from all over Maryland, convened for the event on Feb. 14, 2013, at the state capital. Every participant had appointments scheduled with legislators to discuss bills under consideration. This year, of great interest to the pharmacy representatives in attendance was a bill that would broaden pharmacists’ ability to administer vaccines. “Every year, the issues are different. You never know what’s coming up,” Li says. The preparation leading up to Legislative Day is almost as momentous as the event itself. “It was a huge effort; a ton of students were involved in making these appointments [with legislators]. We go over all the statements. The MPC members

vote and educate students who attend on what to say to officials,” Li explains. Though the preparations were laborious, Li knows the effort was worth it. “We can have a unifying voice for all pharmacists in Maryland,” she says.

A Tradition of Legislative Responsibility From the time students enter the School of Pharmacy, they’re exposed to their legislative role as future pharmacists. “Early on, the faculty talk to students about their responsibility of being part of the profession, of advocating for the profession,” says Jill Morgan, PharmD, BCPS, associate dean for Student Affairs. “I think it [the focus on legislation] has always been a part of student life at the School of Pharmacy.” The School’s emphasis on pharmacy in the broader context of legislative affairs has far-reaching implications. Morgan suggests that more students at the University of Maryland enroll in the School’s dual law-pharmacy program than would otherwise. She also notices that, most years, some of the pharmacists in attendance at Legislative Day are recent graduates of the School of Pharmacy. That strong attendance of pharmacists at Legislative Day hasn’t gone unnoticed by Li. “I think it’s really important when pharmacists attend. It shows students that you can advocate for your profession,” she says. As pharmacists have acted as government-savvy role models for Li, she hopes to follow in their footsteps. “I really want to stay involved and attend Legislative Day every year I can,” Li says. b


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Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, BCPS, CPE, turns pain into smiles. As a professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science (PPS) and its vice chair for academic affairs, McPherson does this for students, patients, and faculty colleagues. An international expert in the field of palliative care and pain management, McPherson, the University of Maryland’s 2012 Founders Week Teacher of the Year and recipient of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s 2013 Robert K. Chalmers Distinguished Educator Award, has developed courses and clinical experiences in end-of-life care management that students enter with anxiety and trepidation. But they don’t stay that way for long, says McPherson’s 20-year pharmacy colleague David Roffman, PharmD, BCPS/Cardiology. “Dr. McPherson has the ability to quickly put them at ease,” says Roffman, “and demonstrate the skills that will ultimately allow students to perform their tasks objectively and with empathy.” Patients, whom she sees as director of pharmacotherapy services at UniversityCare Heritage Crossing, and families coping with end-of-life issues, who see McPherson at her many speaking engagements, also leave her with their spirits lifted. Faculty and research partners across several disciplines also appreciate her counsel. “Dr. McPherson is the embodiment of interprofessional collaboration,” says Sandra McLeskey, RN, PhD, professor at the School of Nursing. Along with co-director Sharon Gordon, DDS, MPH, PhD, director of graduate research education at the School of Dentistry, McPherson was recently awarded a Center of Excellence in Pain Education grant from the National Institutes of Health. She developed the first nationally recognized Palliative Care Residency by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. “I think the part of hospice and palliative care that touches me most is that this field is the model for interprofessional collaboration,” says McPherson. “Everyone on the team [which includes the patient and family] is important and we all have

a common goal. I tell my hospice nurses they are 10 percent pharmacist after I get done with them!” Regardless of the discipline, McPherson brings enthusiasm to the task. “Dr. McPherson meets with faculty members in our department to review their course evaluations at the end of each semester,” says Kristin Watson, PharmD, associate professor in PPS. “After each meeting with Dr. McPherson, I have left her office excited and eager to integrate her suggestions into my teaching.” McPherson says it’s the other way around. The younger faculty and students energize her. “They inspire me!” McPherson says. “I am so proud of the students from our School of Pharmacy—they really are the best in the world.” The students and residents feel that way about McPherson. One course evaluation said, “Dr. McPherson should teach ALL the courses.” According to School of Pharmacy Dean Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89, BSP, FAAPS, FCP, McPherson “has had a sustained positive impact on her students, residents, and colleagues.” When Nikunj Patel, PharmD ’12, confronted the death of a 9-year-old nephew, he remembered McPherson’s Care of the Terminally Ill class. “Her teaching proved to be a constant source of guidance during such a tough time,” Patel says. McPherson does this by using anecdotes from her 20 years of teaching and four years of hospice work before that. She easily shifts from one teaching methodology to another. McPherson says: “I think active learning is the best way to help students apply and retain information. If we can have fun while enhancing learning—it’s a win/win all around.” Such an approach also has endeared her to groups such as the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, where McPherson’s presentations attract comments like “best speaker ever.” “She has touched the lives of most of the pharmacists in the state,” says Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner, PharmD ’83, BCPS, CDE, FAPhA, chair of PPS. b

BY CHRIS ZANG

McPherson Eases the Pain

Mary Lynn McPherson

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MacKerell is More Than a ResearcherBY CHRIS ZANG

Alexander MacKerell Jr., PhD, the Grollman-Glick Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the School of Pharmacy, is known to thousands of scientists around the world as the man who built his research program in force field development to an elite level. But to assistant professor Steven Fletcher, PhD, MacKerell is a mentor … and a driving instructor. Such is the wonderful dichotomy of MacKerell, director of the School’s Center for Computer-Aided Drug Design (CADD) and the University of Maryland’s 2012 Founders Week Researcher of the Year. He is a world-renowned researcher with the funding and patents to prove it, yet he is also a giving interdisciplinary colleague. “He is not one who focuses solely on his own research but is also highly engaged in collaborating with biomedical scientists who may benefit from a computational chemistry component to their research,” says James Polli, PhD, the School’s Ralph F. Shangraw/Noxell Endowed Chair in Industrial Pharmacy and Pharmaceutics. “He takes a genuine interest in the science and always gets back to you. In short, he is a fabulous collaborator.” MacKerell also is invaluable to the graduate students and postdoctoral fellows he mentors. Olgun Guvench, MD, PhD, vice chair of pharmaceutical science at the University of New England, says he wouldn’t be there if not for MacKerell. “In addition to ensuring that I was a productive member of his laboratory [as a 2005-2009 postdoctoral fellow], Professor MacKerell took the time to review and comment on the research proposal I prepared for my faculty position applications,” says Guvench. Fletcher says in addition to the driving lessons, he’s grateful to MacKerell for being “incredibly honest and highly critical of my grant writing. This constructive criticism leads to the proposal being greatly improved and into the funding zone.” MacKerell’s fondness for higher education and mentoring others comes naturally. His grandfather, Joseph Storlazzi, taught at what is now Widener University. His father, Don MacKerell, was among the original faculty at Gloucester County (N.J.) College. “In an academic institution, doing research goes hand-in-

hand with training postdoctoral fellows and graduate students,” the junior MacKerell says. “It is the trainees who do a large part of the hands-on research. My commitment to my trainees has allowed my own research program to grow.” Yes, but driving lessons? “Steve is a friend as well as a colleague; accordingly giving him driving lessons was not a problem,” MacKerell says with a smile. “In general, I consider many of my colleagues and collaborators friends.” And they return the sentiment. “He’s a consummate team player who advocates for the School, UMB, and its faculty. I personally could not wish for a better colleague,” says Angela Wilks, PhD, the department’s vice chair of research. At the School’s CADD Center, MacKerell has used his improved computational models of chemicals to facilitate the identification of novel compounds for development into therapeutic agents for the treatment of pain, cancer, and bacterial infections. His work has been cited by fellow researchers 13,000 times. In her Researcher of the Year nomination, Dean Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89, BSP, FAAPS, FCP, lauds MacKerell’s “extensive contributions in the area of scholarly activity, his outstanding scientific accomplishments, and the significant impact of his research endeavors.” For instance, MacKerell and Andrew Coop, PhD, chair of the School’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, announced their discovery of a small molecule that decouples proteins that contribute to a form of cancer known as diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Cancer Cell published the findings in 2010, adding to MacKerell’s more than 200 publications. “I’m reasonably confident that the discovery will lead to novel therapeutics for the treatment of DLBCL,” he says. b

Alexander MacKerell Jr.

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MacKerell is More Than a Researcher

Reflecting on Gwendolyn “Gwen” Simmons’ career at the School of Pharmacy, it seems improbable that it almost started by chance. “When I originally came to the School, I was only looking for temporary work,” says Simmons, who began as a clerk typ-ist for David A. Knapp, PhD, former dean. “Although I knew this place had wonderful possibilities, I never really gave much thought that this would be the place I would retire from.” Thirty-eight years later, she sits at her desk in the Office of Student Affairs consoling colleagues and students as she pre-pares to begin the “next chapter” of her life. “Gwen has always seemed to be veiled in an aura that pulls people to her like a magnet,” says Ann Bonaparte, office man-ager in the Office of Student Affairs and one of Simmons’ closest friends. “I have seen several of her friends at the School come to tears after finding out she is retiring.” Though Simmons began as a temporary employee in 1975, she went on to hold a number of essential positions. Initially, she worked as a floater in an Overload Office to help lessen the workload of overwhelmed administrative assistants. Then she accepted an administrative assistant position with Anthony Tommasello, BSP ’73, MS ‘82, PhD, who was director of the Office of Substance Abuse Studies (OSAS) in the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research (PHSR). Simmons found the work challenging, but enjoyable. “Students in the OSAS were required to give presentations on drug abuse at other schools,” she recalls. “I remember one instance in which there were 10 students traveling at the same time, and I had to make all the arrangements. I liked coordinat-ing that because it was a challenge to see if I could make it all work, while also managing the rest of the office.” After more than 30 years with Tommasello, Simmons pro-vided administrative support to several PHSR faculty members when OSAS was disbanded. In 2009, she moved to the Office of Student Affairs. “One of the main reasons I stayed with the School of

BY MALISSA CARROLL AND KUN YANG

Unlikely Chapter Ends with Smiles, Tears

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Gwen Simmons

Pharmacy is because I appreciate how it has always been dedicated to its students,” remarks Simmons. “Each faculty and staff member plays a very important role in helping to ensure our students’ success. We all work together to graduate the best pharmacists we can.” As the face of the Office of Student Affairs, Simmons’ warm smile and calm demeanor have helped reassure countless students. “I have always interacted with the stu-dents, and I like that,” says Simmons. “I’m good at it.” And the students agree. “Ms. Simmons has been a mentor, source of encourage-ment, and a second mother to not just me, but to other stu-dents as well,” says Adenike Atanda, a third-year student. “Her never-ending dedication, encouragement, and love for us have made her an invaluable asset.” It seems appropriate that the students are what Simmons will miss most. “Working in the Office of Student Affairs, I have been able to help assuage students’ fears and put them at ease when they look confused, and I will miss those interac-tions,” says Simmons, whose official last day at the School was Jan. 31. “I have watched them from the time they first arrived at the School, through their transition during the first year, and their growth as they continued with their education. A couple of students have told me I helped them out a lot, which makes me feel good.” b

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Abdalla Aly, a graduate stu-

dent in the Department of

Pharmaceutical Health Services

Research (PHSR), has been

selected as one of President

Perman’s fellows for the 2012-

2013 academic year. Aly joins

nine other fellows to promote

interdisciplinary education and

civility on campus.

Adenike Atanda, a third-year

PharmD student, and Saul

Krosnick, a second-year PharmD

student, have been named

School student ambassadors to

assist with the student recruit-

ment process.

Lina Bjerke and Amber Streifel,

both fourth-year PharmD stu-

dents, won the American Society

of Health-System Pharmacists’

Local Clinical Skills Competition.

Michelle Campbell, a graduate

student in PHSR, received the

department’s Donald O. Fedder

Award for the training and devel-

opment of graduate students

working in social justice, phar-

macy advocacy, or public health.

Sarah Dutcher, a graduate

student in PHSR, received

the department’s Dr. Arthur

Schwartz Memorial Scholarship

Award.

Jamie Elsner, a third-year

PharmD student; David

Goffman, a third-year PharmD

student; Virginia Nguyen, a

second-year PharmD student;

and Stephanie Walters, a third-

year PharmD student, were

named Albert Schweitzer fellows

for the 2012-2013 academic

year for their project titled “The

Intergenerational Connection.”

Shamia Faison, a graduate

student in the Department of

Pharmaceutical Sciences (PSC),

received a travel award from

the National Institute on Drug

Abuse to attend its conven-

tion, “Frontiers in Addiction

Research.”

Yevgeniya Kalinina, a PharmD/

JD student, has been selected

to receive an Express Scripts

Foundation scholarship from

the American Association of

Colleges of Pharmacy.

The School’s Lambda Kappa

Sigma (LKS) Professional

Pharmacy Fraternity has been

named the 2012 Outstanding

Collegiate Chapter of the Year

and the 2012 Outstanding

Alumni Chapter of the Year by

the LKS national association.

Diwura Owolabi, a fourth-year

PharmD student, has been

named a member-at-large on

the 2012-2013 American College

of Clinical Pharmacy’s StuNet

Advisory Committee.

Keely Pierzchalski, a gradu-

ate student in PSC, received a

Science Research Conference

Travel Award from the

Federation of American Societies

for Experimental Biology and

a Graduate Student Poster

Competition Award from the

American Society for Clinical

Laboratory Science.

Ting Wang, a graduate

student in PSC, received a

research fellowship from U.S.

Pharmacopeia.

Jeremy Yap, a graduate student

in PSC, received a predoctoral

fellowship award from the

American Chemical Society’s

Division of Medicinal Chemistry.

Laurels

SGA Fall Picnic In October, students, faculty, and staff gathered at Centennial Park in Ellicott City to enjoy a barbecued lunch, games, and a nice fall afternoon at the first Student Government Association (SGA) picnic of the academic year. b

Abdulafeez Oluyadi of the Class of 2016 and Eric Kim of the Class of 2015 enjoy the sunshine and camaraderie.

Caroline Kim (middle) and Vitaliy Klimov of the Class of 2016 grab some food with a friend, also named Caroline Kim.

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White Coat Ceremony Family and friends joined faculty, staff, and alumni at the School of Pharmacy in September to watch as the 158 students of the Class of 2016 excitedly approached the stage to don a pharmacist’s white coat for the first time. The School’s traditional White Coat Ceremony, which includes an official signing of the School’s honor code, marks the students’ entry into the profession as student pharmacists. In addition to their white coats, the students received words of encouragement and motivation from Bonnie Levin, PharmD ’78, MBA, corporate assistant vice president of pharmacy services for MedStar Health. b

The Class of 2016 with Dean Eddington (front) and Jill Morgan, PharmD, BCPS, associate dean for student affairs (left in floral jacket).

From left from the Class of 2016: Sinthi Acey, Christine Meaux, and Dianna Campbell.

Dean Eddington congratulates student Steven Sligh on receiving his white coat.

Alumni Association Executive Committee member Matthew Shimoda, PharmD ’84, helps new student Mary Li with her white coat.

Student Opeoluwa Fagbemi signs the School’s honor code after receiving his white coat.

Bonnie Levin speaks to the students.

NCPA Six students from the School of Pharmacy attended the 114th Annual National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Convention and Trade Exposition in October 2012 in San Diego, Calif., where they were exposed to hours of continuing education, student and practitioner net-working, poster presentations, and other programming. b

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Members of the winning Can Castle team from left: Annette Piotrowski, Stephanie Shulder, Simon Bae, and Jane Kalinina.

USG Community DayThe Universities at Shady Grove (USG) hosted a Community Day in September 2012 at which students, their families, and the local commu-nity were invited

to campus for food, games, health information, and the opportunity to learn about the academic programs offered at USG. The School of Pharmacy’s Operation Immunization, a part of the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists, staffed a table with information on the importance of influenza vaccines and offered handouts to people to promote awareness for getting a flu shot. b

Pictured above, from left: Lashawn Dianat and Saul Krosnick from the Class of 2015, David Cannon, PharmD, staff member in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, Sherry Hou, Class of 2015, and Yuna Bae, Class of 2014.

Rho Chi Book AwardsEach year, the School’s Rho Chi Honor Society presents the 4.0 Book Award to second-year students who achieved a 4.0 during their first year in school. This year, Rho Chi awarded six students with The Pharmacotherapy Handbook in recogni-tion of their academic achievement. b

From left: Sherry Chen, Ellen Huang, Samuel Huber, Arlene Gao, and Stephanie Shulder, all from the Class of 2015. Not pictured is Andrew Lothrop.

Research DayMore than 70 student pharmacists, pharmacy residents, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows participated in the School’s annual Research Day on April 12, which highlighted the breadth and depth of research among the School’s students and trainees. “Research Day gives students, postdocs, residents, and faculty a chance to share their research studies and learn about research going on in other departments,” says Peter Swaan, PhD, associate dean for research and graduate education. “We hope that this venue will stimulate new collaborations across the School and within its variety of disciplines.” b

Keely Pierzchalski (left), a graduate student in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PSC), and Maureen Kane, PhD, an assistant professor in PSC.

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PLSThe Phi Lambda Sigma (PLS) Leadership Society at the School of Pharmacy outdid itself this year in developing a mentorship series. Students from all years of the PharmD pro-gram were given several opportunities to meet with pharmacists practicing in clinical, teach-ing, and retail settings. Student-pharmacist pairings were then made to establish a men-toring relationship. b

Participants in the PLS mentorship series, both students and practicing pharmacists, gather in Pharmacy Hall for a get-together.

Million Hearts Week To help raise awareness about the prevalence of and ways to prevent heart disease, members of the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists Operation Heart held a weeklong campaign in February to educate students and the public about the “ABCs” of heart disease and prevention during National American Heart Month. Million Hearts Week began with National Wear Red Day on Feb. 1, and culminated with the Charm of Million Hearts health fair at Lexington Market in Baltimore. b

Faculty, staff, and students pose in Pharmacy Hall Atrium for a Wear Red Day photo to promote the start of Million Hearts Week. The photo shows a mix of red and Baltimore Ravens purple as the photo was taken the Friday before the Ravens won the Super Bowl.

A Heart Healthy Cook-off was held in Pharmacy Hall to encourage a healthy diet. Chefs (back, from left) Dianna Staves, Class of 2015, Hanna Lee, Class of 2014, Carly Fisher, Class of 2016, and Sara Ly, Class of 2015, with faculty judges (front, from left) Tim Rocafort, PharmD, and Nicholas Fusco, PharmD, BCPS, assistant professors in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science.

An Evening with IndustryOn March 4, students from the School of Pharmacy hosted an “Evening with Industry” at the Universities at Shady Grove. The event was designed to provide student pharmacists at Shady Grove with an opportunity to network with pharmacists who work or have worked in an industry setting. Muhammad Sheheryar, Naim Haque, and Mary Li, first-year students from the School’s Shady Grove campus, worked together to plan and organize the event, which was attended by six speakers from the pharmaceutical industry, including: Shailaja Somaraju, PhD ’99, director of the pulmonary division at Next Breath, LLC; and Ryan Criste, PhD, Jacob Wesley, PharmD ’11, MS, Iliana Cheng, PharmD ’11, MPH, and Fatemeh Tavakkoli, PharmD ’12, all from MedImmune. Richard Dalby, PhD, FAAPS, the School’s associate dean for academic affairs and a professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, also participated. b

Muhammad Sheheryar, Mary Li, Richard Dalby, and Naim Haque


PRECEPTOR PROFILE

Morrell Delcher, BSP ’69, knew at a young age he wanted to touch the lives of people in his neighborhood. He admired the work of his older sisters’ friend who was a pharmacist at Howard & Morris Pharmacists in Catonsville, Md., where he grew up. “They [pharmacists] could meet people and were respected in the neighborhood. They were the person to go to,” recalls Delcher. More than 40 years after pharmacy school, he is vice president and chief pharmacy officer at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, a notable accomplishment stemming from a high school boy’s simple admiration of the pharmacy profession. While working 12-hour shifts Monday through Friday, Delcher still conjures up the energy and passion to precept pharmacy students from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. The students work with Delcher in three- to five-week rotations in what is known as Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPE) and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE) in the pharmacy at Mercy. “Experiential learning makes up more than 30 percent of the School’s Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum,” says Toyin Tofade, PharmD, associate director of experiential learning at the School. “During IPPE and APPE rotations, pharmacy students observe the pharmacist in action—dispensing, counseling patients, interacting with other health care professionals and insurance companies—in a variety of practice settings. Rotations put the theories our students learn in the classroom setting into practice.” Delcher began precepting in the early 1980s while a clinical pharmacist in neurosurgery and thoracic satellite pharmacy at

the University of Maryland Medical Center. His motivation? He wanted the opportunity to teach pharmacy students not just how to be a pharmacist but also a leader. Educating students on how to interact with peers from all departments of an institution is one of the cornerstones of his precepting role. “Once you provide that value to the institution, you become an important and necessary member and you can achieve more for the institution,” says Delcher. He teaches students leadership qualities by taking them to interdepartmental and hospitalwide meetings. “Pharmacy must cooperate with all hospital departments for proper patient medication management,” says Delcher. “Pharmacy is then viewed as a department that solves problems for the facility.” Delcher’s connections and skill set are what make him useful to all departments of whichever hospital for which he works. “Moe is a leader and someone who cares about this profession a great deal,” says Tofade. The medical staff at Mercy has told Delcher if they have any medication questions, he is the first person they come to. As a versatile asset to the entire medical center, Delcher wants students to follow in his footsteps. “He was very engaging and optimistic about the pharmacy profession. He provided great insight into my professional goals and told me to contact him if I ever had any questions,” says Kathyrn Finneran, a pharmacy student of Delcher’s in 2011. Aside from teaching leadership, Delcher says precepting is valuable because of the potential to meet students who the institution could hire. “They may also give you additional perspective about what is going on in the practice and how you could change yourself,” he says. b

BY AMANDA DONOHUE

Morrell Delcher

Showing Mercy to Patients, Students

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DONOR PROFILE

Research into excipients—the binders, fillers, and other inactive ingredients in pharmaceuticals—is an area that has not always been a popular field of specialization for pharmacy students, but Robert Pinco, BSP, JD, is trying to change that. In 2012, Pinco, a member of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy’s Board of Visitors, endowed a scholarship in industrial pharmaceutics for graduate and postdoctoral students working in pharmaceutics and excipient research. Pinco is a pharmacist and attorney with extensive experience in drug development, manufacturing, distribution, marketing, and regulation. He also has served in government at the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and at the White House as associate general counsel for two presidents. For more than 30 years, he was an adjunct professor at the School of Pharmacy. He was a co-founder in 1991 of the International Pharmaceutical Excipient Council (IPEC), a trade association that promotes advances in excipient development. Excipients play a critical role in the creation of medicines, helping to preserve the efficacy, safety, and stability of active pharmaceutical ingredients and ensuring that they deliver their promised benefits to patients, according to IPEC. Optimal use of excipients can provide pharmaceutical manufacturers with cost savings in drug development, enhanced functionality, and help in drug formulations innovation. Pinco says that as IPEC grew globally to a trade association of more than 300 companies, he sought ways to give back to the profession. He created the IPEC Foundation, which he currently chairs, and through it strives to make excipient development more attractive to students of pharmaceutics. “I’ve long wondered why it is so hard to get folks to go into this field. It’s just not as exciting as working with the active ingredients,” he says. Pinco says he would like to see graduate schools offer degrees in this specialized area. This scholarship is just the beginning of his effort to stimulate interest in research

among graduate students and academics through the IPEC Foundation. Conversations over the years with Stephen Hoag, PhD, a professor in the School’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PSC), and Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89, BSP, FAAPS, FCP, dean and professor at the School, helped crystallize his focus. “When Dean Eddington came to me and said, ‘Would you like to give a large donation?’ she caught me at exactly the right moment,” Pinco says. He committed $25,000 to establish the Robert G. Pinco Endowed Scholarship in Industrial Pharmaceutics, an amount that was later doubled by an anonymous donor. The first recipient of the Pinco Scholarship was Diana Vivian, a fourth-year graduate student in PSC. Vivian works in the lab of James Polli, PhD, the Shangraw/Noxell Endowed Chair in Industrial Pharmacy and Pharmaceutics, where she focuses on the applications of bile acid transporters in drug delivery and the assessment of recirculation through the liver and other digestive organs. Vivian was chosen based on her academic credentials, a research abstract, and her leadership in the School. She chairs the School’s student chapter of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences and served as graduate vice president of Rho Chi, the School of Pharmacy’s academic honor society. Vivian earned her BS in chemical engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park. “As an undergrad, I really enjoyed the health-related applications of chemical engineering,” she says. Vivian also is synthesizing and testing prodrugs that use bile acid moieties to increase the bioavailability of FDA-approved drugs, taking advantage of the high capacity and efficiency of bile acid uptake transporters. “It has been great to progress as a researcher under the guidance of such a helpful and accomplished mentor as Dr. Polli,” she says. “I’d like to thank Mr. Pinco for creating this scholarship and supporting graduate education and research.” b

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Pinco is Special Supporter of Specialization

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From left, Raymond Bleu, PharmD ’09, and Jermaine Smith, RPh, of Rite Aid.

All Alumni Reunion Day In October, the School of Pharmacy hosted its first All Alumni Reunion Day for BSP, PharmD, and PhD graduates. Nearly 100 alumni attended. The day started with continuing education courses, followed by a crab feast and bull roast, children’s entertainment, tours of Pharmacy Hall and the Maryland Poison Center, and a PhD poster presentation. PhD alumni finished the day off with a separate reception at M & S Grill. b

Angela Wilks, PhD, a professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (right), welcomes former student Kimberly Burkhard, PhD ’08, and her daughter, Addison, back to the School.

From left, Barbara Boggan, PharmD ’02, Tali Johnson, PharmD ’02, and Lisa Heber, BSP ’93.Irvin Jones, BSP ’86, Dolores Dixon,

BSP ’71, PharmD ’98 (seated), and Kimberly Barnett, PharmD ’86.

Irene Cochran, BSP ’87, and J. Bradley Thomas, BSP ’98.

Dean Eddington, middle, with former student Vijay Upreti, PhD ’07 (red tie), his wife, Pragya, and current pharmaceutical sciences graduate students Maura O’Neill, Geoffrey Heinzl, and Aaron Smith and his wife, Julie Kovac.

James Polli, PhD, the Shangraw/Noxell Endowed Chair in Industrial Pharmacy and Pharmaceutics (middle), with Yale Caplan, BSP ’63, PhD ’68, and Susan Marston, PhD ’98.


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Current students and faculty with Abramson. From left are: Kellie Chew, Class of 2013, Joseph Diblasi, Class of 2014, Abramson, Teresa Chang, Class of 2014, Linda Lu, Class of 2015, Godwin Kam, Class of 2014, Helen Wu, Class of 2014, and Tim Rocafort, PharmD, assistant professor in PPS.

NCPA Alumni and Friends Dinner The School of Pharmacy hosted an alumni and friends dinner at the annual meeting of the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) in San Diego, Calif., in October, at which Alfred Abramson, BSP ’56, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science (PPS), was honored for his retirement from the School after 30 years of service. b

Brian Hose, PharmD ’06, Dixie Leikach, BSP ’92, and Lynette Bradley-Baker, PhD ’99, BSP ’92.

AAPS Alumni and Friends ReceptionThe alumni and friends reception at the annual meeting of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) took place in Chicago in October. b

From left, Varsha Chavan, PhD ’01, Balvinder Vig, PhD ’01, and Murali Vuppala, PhD ’98.

Mark Ginski, PhD ’99 (left), and Amitava Mitra, PhD ’06.

ASHP Mid-Year MeetingFaculty, students, alumni, and current and former residents gathered in Las Vegas in December at the School of Pharmacy’s alumni and friends reception at the mid-year meeting of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). b

Kate (McHenry) Jeffers, PharmD ’11, and Bradley Burton, PharmD ’08.

From left, Jae Carpenter, Erkan Hassan, BSP ’79, PharmD ’81, and Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner, PharmD ’83, BCPS, CDE, FAPhA, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science.


1972Charles Kelly, BSP, owner of Craig’s Drug Store in Cambridge, received the William Donald Schaefer Helping People Award from the office of Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot.

1973Anthony “Tony” Tommasello, BSP, MS ’82, a longtime anti-abuse drug and alcohol advocate and Maryland Pharmacists Association member, received the National Cardinal Health Generation Rx Champions Award at the American Pharmacists Association Convention held in Los Angeles in early March.

1987Sue Ellen Cherry, BSP, has joined Ridgely Pharmacy in Caroline County, Md. Cherry brings 25 years of compounding experience to Ridgely Pharmacy.

1999Cmdr. Catherine Chew, PharmD, and her husband, LipJen, welcomed a son, Owen, on Jan. 13, 2013, in Bethesda. He weighed 6 pounds,

12 ounces, and measured 21 inches in length.

2005Kristin Parbuoni, PharmD, was installed as president of the Maryland Society of Health-System Pharmacists in November 2012.

Hoai-An Truong, PharmD, MPH, and his wife, Tanya, welcomed their second daughter, Catalina Thanh-Vi, onDec. 18. She

weighed 5 pounds, 14 ounces, and measured 18 inches in length.

2007Michelle Rager, PharmD, BCPS, CDE, an assistant professor at Shenandoah University’s Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy, received a Pfizer Medical Education Grant of $411,545 for a 19-month project that will promote and increase pneumococcal vaccinations among adults over the age of 65 and in high-risk patients ages 2 to 64. RealCME, an educational technology company, and RxAlly, an alliance of 22,000 pharmacies nationwide, will partner with Shenandoah University on the project.

2008Praveen Bahadduri, PhD, and his wife, Rashmi, announce

the arrival of their first baby daughter, Saanchi, on Aug. 10, 2012, in Newton, Mass.

2009Adam Bress, PharmD, a pharmacy research fellow at the University of Illinois Health System, was featured in the organization’s winter 2012 magazine for his work on the pharmacogenetics service team.

Zhanita Perez, PharmD, published “Evaluation of Drug Metabolism in Hispanic Americans with Type 2 Diabetes” in the Journal of Diabetes Research & Clinical Metabolism. Co-authors on the publication were School of Pharmacy faculty members Thomas Dowling, PharmD, PhD, and Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner, PharmD ’83, BCPS, CDE, FAPhA.

2012Taryn Merchant, PharmD, was featured in the Jan. 11 edition of The Press-Enterprise newspaper in an article about her return to her Corona, Calif., hometown to work as a pharmacist at CVS.

Class Notes

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Please let us know by completing the School of Pharmacy’s online Class Notes form at www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu/alumni.

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It has been my honor and privilege to serve as president of our Alumni Association during the last two years. As I reflect upon my presidency’s themes of “attitude of gratitude” and “challenging you to become Advocate and Ambassador [double A] alumni,” I would like to recognize and thank the officers, board members, student representatives, and staff of the School’s Office of Development and Alumni Affairs for their service and support during my term. Personally, I also thank my wife, Diem-Thanh (Tanya), and daughters Angelina

An-Thanh and Catalina Thanh-Vi for their love and support, which has enabled me to serve our Alumni Association. From 2011 to 2013, the Alumni Association Executive Committee worked diligently via multiple standing and special committees to implement our strategic plan. Our mission statement is “to develop and foster a rewarding, lifelong relationship between the School and its alumni.” That mission statement has been the guiding principle for the board and its committees as they set goals and prioritized strategies to reorganize the association’s structure, establish new initiatives, and enhance relationships with stakeholders. Some of our specific accomplishments include: • Reviewing,revising,andapprovingtheassociation’sbylawsforthefirsttimesince1995to include new positions and length of terms in April 2013 • HoldingtheinauguralAllAlumniReunionDayinOctober2012 • Holdingregionaloutreacheventssuchasaboardmeetinghostedbyalumniworkingatthe Food and Drug Administration in Silver Spring, Md., in February 2012, and the first regional outreach event in Bethany Beach, Del., in January 2013 • HavingagreaterpresenceattheSchool’sWhiteCoatCeremonybyhelpingwiththecoatingof the Class of 2016 • HostingtheannualGraduationBanquet,oursignatureevent,thatcelebratesboththe graduating class and the 50th reunion class • EstablishinganewawardthatwasgiventoastudentatgraduationinMay2013—TheAlfred Abramson Entrepreneurship Award, which honors Alfred Abramson, BSP ’56, past president of the Alumni Association and longtime faculty member who retired at the end of 2012 As I complete my two-year term as president of our Alumni Association, I challenge each of you to continue to be ambassadors for our alma mater by serving as a mentor or preceptor, helping students with resume writing and interviewing skills, donating your gift of time or financial contributions, and attending at least one event annually. As our profession sees expanded roles for pharmacists in immunizations and medication therapy management (MTM), as well as pursues provider status, I challenge each of you to continue to be advocates for pharmacists and the profession. Become certified in immunizations or MTM, attend the annual Advocacy Day to educate legislators, and talk to patients regularly about the pharmacist’s role in improving public health. As I pass the torch to president-elect Brian Hose, PharmD ’06, I ask that you step up and volunteer as a committee member. I look forward to seeing you at future meetings and events, as we are all proud members of our Alumni Association. Thank you for the opportunity to serve as your president.

Hoai-An Truong, PharmD ’05, MPH

President

[email protected]

A Message from the Alumni President

Hoai-An Truong

Please join President Hoai-

An Truong in recognizing the

contributions of the Alumni

Association’s strategic plan

implementation (SPI) and

standing committees for

2011-2013.

SPI COMMITTEES:

Organizational Restructure

and Bylaws

Brian Hose, PharmD ’06, chair

Establishing New Initiatives

Lynette Bradley-Baker, PhD

’99, BSP ’92, and Lt. Mathilda

Fienkeng, PharmD ’08,

co-chairs

Building Relationships

with Stakeholders

Matthew Shimoda, PharmD ’84,

chair

STANDING COMMITTEES:

Nominating and Awards

Brian Hose, PharmD ’06, chair

Audit and Finance

Bradley Thomas, BSP ’82, and

Michael Steinberg, PharmD ’00,

co-chairs

Scholarship

Cmdr. Catherine Chew, PharmD

’99, and Doris Voigt, PharmD

’04, co-chairs

Communications and Outreach

Carol Stevenson, PharmD

’02, and James “Chai” Wang,

PharmD ’11, co-chairs

Graduation Banquet

Rai Cary, PharmD ’08, and

Min-li Cary, PharmD ’08,

co-chairs


In MemoriamThis section is dedicated to School of Pharmacy alumni who passed away between June 1, 2012, and Dec. 31, 2012. As the Maryland pharmacy profession is a close-knit community, we are honored to share the names of recently deceased alumni who have in some way impacted the profession and the practice of pharmacy.

If you would like to make a memorial gift, please use the enclosed envelope or call 410-706-5893.

Marvin H. Abrams, BSP ’46Louis M. Bickel, BSP ’47Kathleen K. Gauthier, BSP ’85Catherine E. Kirk, PhG ’34

Timothy J. Muth, BSP ’88William L. Pearlman, BSP ’48Gerald Schonfeld, BSP ’51Carole Strausburg, BSP ’78

Sally Van Doren, PharmD ’85Bernard A. Weisman, BSP ’70

OFFICERS

Brian Hose, PharmD ’06President

Julian Chun, PharmD ’02President-Elect

Bradley Thomas, BSP ’82Treasurer

Hoai-An Truong, PharmD ’05, MPHPast President

James “Chai” Wang, PharmD ’11Secretary

Mary Kremzner, BSP ’87, PharmD ’98Honorary President

Brandon KeithStudent Government Association President (Ex-Officio)

MEMBERS AT LARGE

Cynthia Boyle, PharmD ’96, FAPhA

Capt. James Bresette, PharmD ’97

Min-li Cary, PharmD ’08

Rai Cary, PharmD ’08

Cmdr. Catherine Chew, PharmD ’99

Lt. Matilda Fienkeng, PharmD ’08

Mandy Kwong, PharmD ’01

Samuel Lichter, BSP ’60

Gina McKnight-Smith, PharmD ’97, MBA

Sharon Park, PharmD ’04

Matthew Shimoda, PharmD ’84

Michael Steinberg, PharmD ’00

Doris Voigt, PharmD ’04

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Alumni Association Executive Committee

OFFICERSHoai-An Truong, PharmD ’05, MPHPresident

Brian Hose, PharmD ’06President-Elect

Mandy Kwong, PharmD ’01Vice President

Michael Steinberg, PharmD ’00Co-Treasurer

Bradley Thomas, BSP ’82Co-Treasurer

Doris Voight, PharmD ’04Past President

Capt. James Bresette, PharmD ’97Co-Honorary President

Cynthia Boyle, PharmD ’96, FAPhACo-Honorary President

MEMBERS AT LARGEMin-li Cary, PharmD ’08Co-Chair, Graduation Banquet

Rai Cary, PharmD ’08Co-Chair, Graduation Banquet

Lynette Bradley-Baker, PhD ’99, BSP ’92 Past President

Cmdr. Catherine Chew, PharmD ’99

Wayne Dyke, BSP ’68

Lt. Mathilda Fienkeng, PharmD ’08

Terry Gyi, PharmD ’06, BSP ’83

Yara Haddad, PharmD ’10

Margaret Hayes, MS

Gina McKnight-Smith, PharmD ’97, MBA

Sheel Shah, PharmD ’10

Matthew Shimoda, PharmD ’84

Carol Stevenson, PharmD ’02

Dorcas Taylor, PharmD ’97, JD

Mahesh Tawney, PharmD ’04

James “Chai” Wang, PharmD ’11

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DeanNatalie D. Eddington, PhD, BSP, FAAPS, FCP

Senior Associate Dean for Administration and FinanceWilliam J. Cooper, MBA

Associate Dean for Academic AffairsRichard Dalby, PhD

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate EducationPeter Swaan, PhD

Associate Dean for Student AffairsJill Morgan, PharmD, BCPS

Assistant Dean at the Universities at Shady GroveHeather Brennan Congdon, PharmD, CACP, CDE

Assistant Dean for Academic AffairsLisa Lebovitz, JD

Assistant Dean for Experiential LearningCherokee Layson-Wolf, PharmD, CGP, BCACP, FAPhA

Assistant Dean for Instructional Design and TechnologyShannon Tucker, MS

Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services ResearchIlene Zuckerman, PharmD, PhD

Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical SciencesAndrew Coop, PhD

Chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice and ScienceMagaly Rodriguez de Bittner, PharmD, BCPS, CDE, FAPhA

CENTERS

Center for Drug Safety

Center for Innovative Pharmacy SolutionsMagaly Rodriguez de Bittner, PharmD, BCPS, CDE, FAPhA, Director

Center for Nanomedicine and Cellular DeliveryPeter Swaan, PhD, DirectorAnjan Nan, PhD, Co-Director

Center for Translational MedicineJoga Gobburu, PhD, MBA, FCP, Director

Center on Drugs and Public PolicyFrancis B. Palumbo, PhD, JD, Executive Director

Computer-Aided Drug Design CenterAlexander D. MacKerell Jr., PhD, DirectorJana Shen, PhD, Co-Director

Maryland Poison CenterBruce D. Anderson, PharmD, Director

Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and AgingBruce C. Stuart, PhD, Executive Director

Pharmaceutical Research Computing centerIlene Zuckerman, PharmD, PhD, Executive Director

LEADERSHIP

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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

PHARMD PROGRAM (First-year students)

980 Total applicants

160 Entering class

16% Acceptance rate

86% With undergraduate degree or higher

3.49 Average GPA

79.3% Average PCAT cumulative percentile

640 PharmD program total enrollment

Ethnicity across all four years:

47% Asian

29% Caucasian

14% African-American

2% Hispanic

8% No response

PHD PROGRAMS

77 Total enrollment

Department of Pharmaceutical Health

Services Research

27 Students

63/37% Female/Male

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

50 Students

56/44% Female/Male

ACADEMIC TRAINING

50 Postdoctoral fellows

10 Residents

FACULTY 85 Full-time faculty

11 Part-time faculty

57 Affiliate faculty

753 Preceptor faculty

STAFF 71 Administrative, business, development

and alumni affairs, experiential learning,

human resources, communications

and marketing, student affairs, and

faculty support

203 Technical, research staff, postdoctoral

fellows, and teaching assistants

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY 45 Principal investigators

16 Published books (edited, authored, or co-authored)

283 Refereed works published

(authored or co-authored)

95 Non-refereed works published

(authored or co-authored)

513 Papers presented at professional meetings

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES30 Review panels (off-campus peer review panels and

accreditation and certification teams)

1,922 Manuscripts read/reviewed for professional

journals, conferences, and publishers

72 Editors/associate editors for professional

journals

42 Officeholders of professional associations

327 Departmental, institutional, and University

System of Maryland committees

435 Total days in public service (non-consulting role

with K-12 schools and community colleges, government

agencies, nonprofit organizations, or businesses)

EMPLOYMENT SURVEYSJob Placements for the Class of 2012

51% Community/chain

35% Residency/fellowship

4% Pharmaceutical industry

3% Hospital

2% Community/independent

2% Public health service

2% Other

1% Managed care

KEY FACTS


SOURCES OF OPERATING REVENUES SUPPORTING THE SCHOOLThis report is an unaudited presentationof revenues supporting the School.

Net General Appropriation and Tuition and Fees$20,322,662

Federal Funds$13,316

Campus-FundedFringe Benefits$3,711,751

Grants and Contract Awards and Designated Research Initiative Funds$17,151,699

Gifts$1,930,600

Scholarships, Fellowships, and Endowments$1,199,979

Auxiliaryand Misc.$3,210,002

FAIR MARKET VALUE OF ENDOWMENTS

$13,947,800

$15,864,254

2010 2011 2012

FISCAL YEAR 2010-2011Total source of funds $47,540,009

$15,309,949

FISCAL YEAR 2011-2012Total source of funds $48,304,968

Net General Appropriation and Tuition and Fees$24,291,469

Federal Funds $413,316

Scholarships, Fellowships, and Endowments$1,184,687

Auxiliaryand Misc.$1,825,238

Grants and Contract Awards and Designated Research Initiative Funds$18,324,917

Gifts$2,265,341

FINANCIALS

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Nicholas Fusco, PharmD, BCPSAssistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science Fusco received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University at Buffalo (N.Y.)

School of Pharmacy and completed a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency at the Uni-

versity of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), as well as a PGY2 pediatric pharmacy

residency at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. He worked as a phar-

macy intern with Wegmans in Buffalo and as a pharmacy intern at Kenmore (N.Y.)

Mercy Hospital. Fusco specializes in pediatric pharmacy and practices at UMMC.

Amanda Oglesby-Sherrouse, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical SciencesOglesby-Sherrouse obtained her BS and PhD degrees in microbiology from the

University of Texas at Austin and subsequently performed postdoctoral studies at

the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver. Her research focuses on

iron regulation in bacterial pathogens, particularly how iron affects cell physiology

and expression of virulence factors. She is the recipient of a very competitive K22

Research Scholar Development Award from the National Institutes of Health titled

“Mechanism of heme regulation of a P. aeruginosa non-coding RNA.”

Tim Rocafort, PharmD Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and ScienceRocafort received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Ernest Mario School of

Pharmacy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. He completed a community

pharmacy practice residency at Dominick’s Pharmacy in conjunction with the Univer-

sity of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and completed a PGY1 resident teaching certificate

program at UIC’s College of Pharmacy. Rocafort worked as a pharmacy intern and

then as a pharmacist at CVS in New Jersey. He practices at Johns Hopkins Outpatient

Pharmacy.

Leah Sera, PharmD ’10Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science Sera received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Maryland

School of Pharmacy. She completed a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency at Subur-

ban Hospital and a PGY2 pain management and palliative care residency at the Uni-

versity of Maryland School of Pharmacy. Sera completed the School of Pharmacy’s

teaching certificate program and received the American Pharmacists Association’s

pharmacy-based immunization certification. She specializes in ambulatory care and

practices at Baltimore Washington Medical Center.

NEW FACULTY


Jana Shen, PhDAssociate Professor and Co-Director of the Computer-Aided Drug Design Center, Department of Pharmaceutical SciencesShen received her PhD from the University of Minnesota, followed by postdoctoral train-

ing at The Scripps Research Institute. Before joining the School of Pharmacy, Shen was

an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Univer-

sity of Oklahoma, and was subsequently tenured and promoted to associate professor.

Shen’s research area is biophysics and computational chemistry, with an emphasis on

protonation states and protein dynamics. She is principal investigator on a R01 grant

from the National Institutes of Health and a CAREER award from the National Science

Foundation. She also leads collaborative research with industry.

Sarah Tom, PhD, MPH, MAAssistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services ResearchTom earned her MPH, MA, and PhD degrees in demography and a BA in econom-

ics from the University of California, Berkeley. She was a postdoctoral fellow with the

National Institute on Aging, the Medical Research Council in the United Kingdom, and

the Group Health Research Institute. Before joining the School of Pharmacy, Tom was an

assistant professor and Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health

Scholar in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health at the Univer-

sity of Texas Medical Branch. Her research focuses on sleep problems both as a health

outcome and risk factor for future health events, frailty, and the menopausal transition.

Deanna Tran, PharmD ’11Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and ScienceTran received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Maryland School

of Pharmacy and completed a PGY1 community pharmacy practice residency at the

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy, where she also completed the

practitioner-teacher teaching certificate program. She also has received the American

Pharmacists Association’s pharmacy-based immunization and medication therapy man-

agement certifications. She previously worked as a pharmacy intern at Kaiser Perman-

ente and Rite Aid Pharmacies in Maryland. Tran specializes in community pharmacy and

practices at Giant Pharmacies.

Connie Yoon, PharmD ’10Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and ScienceYoon received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Maryland School

of Pharmacy. She completed a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency at the University of

Maryland Medical Center and a PGY2 pharmacotherapy residency at the School of Phar-

macy. She worked as a certified pharmacy technician for Target Pharmacies for eight

years. Yoon specializes in internal medicine and practices at Georgetown University

Hospital.

NEW FACULTY

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William Culpepper II Research Assistant VA Baltimore Intergovernmental Veterans Affairs $80,649 Professor Personnel Act (VA) Headquarters

William Culpepper II Research Assistant VA Kansas Intergovernmental Robert J. Dole VA $18,626 Professor Personnel Act Medical Center

Amy Davidoff Research Associate Supplemental Medical and Drug American Cancer Society $200,995 Professor Insurance and Cancer-Related (National Office) Spending

Amy Davidoff Research Associate Treatment Patterns and Outcomes Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. $160,265 Professor Associated with Infused and Oral Iron Chelation Therapy in Medicare Part D Enrolled Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Amy Davidoff Research Associate Effects of Active Therapy for Celgene Corp. $165,840 Professor Myelodysplastic Syndromes Compared to Supportive Care on Transfusion Dependence, Disease Progression, and Survival

SusandosReis AssociateProfessor ComparativeSafetyofAtypicalAnti- Children’sHospital $19,579 psychoticsinHigh-RiskU.S.Children ofPhiladelphia with ADHD

SusandosReis AssociateProfessor CMSChildren’sHealthInsurance MarylandDepartmentof $75,260 ProgramReauthorizationActQuality HealthandMentalHygiene Demonstration Grant-Care Management Entities: A Multi-State Collaborative to ImproveChildren’sMentalHealth

C. Daniel Mullins Professor Do Bayesian Adaptive Trials Offer National Heart, Lung, $483,010 Advantages for Comparative and Blood Institute Effectiveness Research?

C. Daniel Mullins Professor Interpreting Instrumental Variable University of Iowa $72,338 Estimates When Treatment Effects are Heterogeneous Across Patients: ACE/ARBs and Race

C. Daniel Mullins Professor Interviews to Identify Evidence for Patient-Centered $125,000 ElicitingtheHardtoReachPatient’s OutcomesResearch Perspective in Patient-Centered Institute Outcomes Research C. Daniel Mullins Professor Colorectal Cancer Comparative Bayer HealthCare $148,736 Effectiveness Research Pharmaceuticals

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (PHSR)

July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012

PROJECT INVESTIGATOR RANK/TITLE PROJECT TITLE SPONSOR NAME PROJECT TOTAL

GRANTS AND CONTRACT AWARDS


C. Daniel Mullins Professor Heterogeneous Treatment Effect: DNA National Pharmaceutical $123,708 vs. MSA (Multiple System Atrophy) Council

Eberechukwu AssistantProfessor ProstateCancerSEER—Medicare:Health BayerHealthCare $146,742Onukwugha EconomicsandHealthCareResearch Pharmaceuticals

Eberechukwu AssistantProfessor QualityofCare:TheImpactofMulti- ScienceApplications $70,000Onukwugha disciplinaryCareonProcessesand InternationalCorp.- OutcomesofCancerCare Frederick,Inc.

Francoise Pradel Associate Professor Maryland Strategic Prevention Maryland Department of $358,330 Framework(MSPF)Processand HealthandMentalHygiene Outcome Evaluation

Francoise Pradel Associate Professor Label Comprehension Assessment of SNBL Clinical Pharmacology $33,106 an Emergency Use Prototype Household Antibiotic Kit

Gail Rattinger Research Assistant Maryland Health Care Commission HealthCare Resolution $110,950 Professor Services, Inc.

Fadia Shaya Professor Treatment Selection and Comparative Bayer HealthCare $70,691.82 Effectiveness Research of Liver Cancer Pharmaceuticals Treatment

Fadia Shaya Professor Peer to Peer Approach for the Sanofi-Aventis $130,379 Management of Diabetes

JuliaShoemaker GraduateStudent IssuesinMedicarePartDSelection AgencyforHealthcare $41,973 ResearchandQuality Linda Simoni-Wastila Professor Housing First Program Evaluation Baltimore City Health Department $15,631

LindaSimoni-Wastila Professor QualityofMedicationUseinLong- RetirementResearch $131,596 Term Care Facilities Foundation BruceStuart Parke-DavisChair ImpactoftheDoughnutHoleand NovartisPharmaceuticalsCorp. $124,150 of Geriatric Catastrophic Coverage on Pharmacotherapy Medicare Beneficiaries with Heart Failure

BruceStuart Parke-DavisChair NACDSMedicationTherapyManagement NationalAssociationofChain $11,000 of Geriatric and Medication Adherence Drug Stores Pharmacotherapy

BruceStuart Parke-DavisChair ImpactofBenefitDesign,CostSharing, GlaxoSmithKline $36,421 ofGeriatric andUtilizationManagementWithin Pharmacotherapy the Medicare Part D Benefit


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Hoai-An Truong Assistant Professor Program Planning, Implementation, Maryland Department of $29,569 and Evaluation for Various Alcohol Health and Mental Hygiene and Drug Abuse Administration Initiatives

Sheila Weiss Smith Professor Predoctoral Fellowship in DrugLogic $30,095 Pharmacovigilance

IleneZuckerman ProfessorandChair NovartisPostdoctoralFellowship NovartisPharmaceuticalsCorp. $91,000

IleneZuckerman ProfessorandChair ImpactofICUBestPracticeson PhilipsHealthcare,Patient $260,000 Mortality & Length of Stay; Effect of Monitoring and Informatics Etomidate on ICU Mortality in Sepsis

Total PHSR $3,365,639.82

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY PRACTICE AND SCIENCE (PPS)PROJECT INVESTIGATOR RANK/TITLE PROJECT TITLE SPONSOR NAME PROJECT TOTAL

BruceAnderson AssociateProfessor Real-TimeToxicosurveillancevia MarylandDepartmentof $35,000 Analysis of Poison Center Calls Health and Mental Hygiene

Bruce Anderson Associate Professor Medicaid-Maryland Poison Maryland Department of $345,549 Center Contract Health and Mental Hygiene Bruce Anderson Associate Professor Surveillance of the RADARS Denver Health and $27,799 Systems by Poison Control Centers: Hospital Authority A Pilot Program

BruceAnderson AssociateProfessor BaxterHealthCareAgreement BaxterHealthCareCorp. $9,000

BruceAnderson AssociateProfessor PoisonControlStabilizationand HealthResourcesand $252,855 Enhancement Program Services Administration

BruceAnderson AssociateProfessor AvonProducts—MarylandPoison AvonProducts,Inc. $24,085 Center Renewal

BruceAnderson AssociateProfessor CooperativeExchangeofData MarylandDepartmentof $67,838 Between the Maryland Poison Health and Mental Hygiene Center and the Office of the Chief MedicalExaminer

Bruce Anderson Associate Professor Combe After-Hours Support Combe, Inc. $44,409

KennethBauerJr. AssociateProfessor TsumuraDaikenchutoExtract SNBLClinicalPharmacology $16,832 Granules (TU-100) Center, Inc.

KennethBauerJr. AssociateProfessor PharmacokineticAnalysisofMK-462 SNBLClinicalPharmacology $14,595 in Healthy Volunteers Center, Inc.



KennethBauerJr. AssociateProfessor PharmacokineticAnalysisof ProvonixInc. $2,011 Mapracorat 0.1% Ointment

Nicole Brandt Associate Professor Medication Therapy Management Econometrica, Inc. $47,324 Program Improvements BethanyDiPaula AssociateProfessor SpringfieldHospitalCenter— MarylandDepartmentof $1,380,268 Pharmacy Services Health and Mental Hygiene

ThomasDowling AssociateProfessor BosentanPharmacokinetics MylanPharmaceuticalsInc. $944,869 in Healthy Subjects

JogaGobburu Professor ModelingofDiseaseMarkersOver GlaxoSmithKline $54,339.11 Time in Patients with Hyperhidrosis

CherokeeLayson-Wolf AssociateProfessor CatonsvillePharmacyResidentTraining CatonsvillePharmacy $38,109 and Assistant Dean Program for PGY1 Community Pharmacy Practice Residency

Raymond Love Professor Spring Grove Hospital Center - Maryland Department of $1,502,990 Pharmacy Services Health and Mental Hygiene

Raymond Love Professor Thomas B. Finan Center - Maryland Department of $304,983 Pharmacy Services Health and Mental Hygiene

RaymondLove Professor MHA-CentralizedAdministration MarylandDepartmentof $502,733 of Pharmacy Services Health and Mental Hygiene

Raymond Love Professor Eastern Shore Hospital Center and Maryland Department of $468,968 Upper Shore Community Mental Health and Mental Hygiene Health Center - Pharmacy Services

RaymondLove Professor CliftonT.PerkinsHospitalCenter- MarylandDepartmentof $523,869 Improvement of Pharmacy Services Health and Mental Hygiene

Raymond Love Professor Peer Review for Mental Health Maryland Department of $429,962 Drugs Program Health and Mental Hygiene

Charmaine Rochester Associate Professor Pharmacist Intervention in Bay Sanofi-Aventis $147,743 West Endocrinology Clinic

MagalyRodriguez ProfessorandChair ClinicalPharmacyServices MarylandDepartmentof $143,733de Bittner Health and Mental Hygiene

MagalyRodriguez ProfessorandChair MarylandP3 Diabetes Management Maryland Department of $250,000de Bittner Program Health and Mental Hygiene

MagalyRodriguez ProfessorandChair IntergovernmentalPersonnel BaltimoreVAMedicalCenter $46,613de Bittner Act Agreement


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Meghan Sullivan Assistant Professor Safeway Wellness Program Safeway, Inc $56,880

MonaTsoukleris AssociateProfessor PediatricAsthmaFeedback JohnsHopkinsUniversity $11,951 and Alert System School of Medicine

MonaTsoukleris AssociateProfessor AsthmaFriendlyPharmacy- MarylandDepartmentof $60,000 Training Plans for Maryland Health and Mental Hygiene Pharmacists

KathrynWalker AssistantProfessor UnionMemorialHospital UnionMemorialHospital $82,491 Training Agreement

Total PPS $7,837,798.11

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES (PSC) PROJECT INVESTIGATOR RANK/TITLE PROJECT TITLE SPONSOR NAME PROJECT TOTAL

Brittany Avaritt Graduate Student AFPE Predoctoral Fellowship American Foundation for $6,500 Pharmaceutical Education

Angelique Besold Graduate Student Zinc Finger Proteins Involved in National Institute of Neurological $28,361 NeuronalDevelopment DisordersandStroke

Andrew Coop Professor and Chair Opiods with Delta Antagonist and National Institute on $255,064 Mu Agonist Activity Drug Abuse

RichardDalby Professorand Spacer&NebulizerDevelopment PhilipsHomeHealthcare $80,000 Associate Dean Solutions

Stephen Hoag Professor Spray Coating of Aquacoat ECD: FMC Corp. $16,000 TheApplicationofQbD(Qualityby Design) Principles Stephen Hoag Professor Real-Time Release Testing Food and Drug Administration $167,879

StephenHoag Professor QuantitativeDetectionofColdFlow NationalInstituteofPharma- $89,999.75 in Transdermal Systems ceutical Technology and Education

Stephen Hoag Professor Development of a Spectral Database U.S. Pharmacopeia $143,923 forExcipients,DrugSubstances,and Drug Products

Maureen Kane Assistant Professor Role of Retinoic Acid in HIV Intestinal Ragon Institute of Massachusetts $28,750 Mucosal Immunity General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard University



AlexanderMacKerellJr. Grollman-Glick DiscoveryofNovelMacrolideAntibiotics TempleUniversity $68,302 Professor AlexanderMacKerellJr. Grollman-Glick PolarizableForceFieldforProteins UniversityofChicago $151,349 Professor and Lipids

AlexanderMacKerellJr. Grollman-Glick ProgramforTherapeuticTargeting Joan&SanfordI.WeillMedical $50,000 Professor of Transcriptional Repression College of Cornell University

AlexanderMacKerellJr. Grollman-Glick RestorationofTumorSuppression NationalCancerInstitute $221,602 Professor Activity in Malignant Melanoma AlexanderMacKerellJr. Grollman-Glick ExtensibleCyberenvironmentsfor NationalScienceFoundation $140,816 Professor Empirical and Semiempirical Hamiltonian ParameterOptimizationandDissemination

AlexanderMacKerellJr. Grollman-Glick EnergeticsofOligonucleotide NationalInstituteofGeneral $266,667 Professor Conformational Heterogeneity Medical Sciences AlexanderMacKerellJr. Grollman-Glick CarbohydrateForceFieldsfor NationalInstituteofGeneral $298,842 Professor Structure, Dynamics, and Molecular Medical Sciences Recognition

Amanda Oglesby- Assistant Professor Mechanism of Heme Regulation of a National Institute of Allergy $159,064Sherrouse P. aeruginosa Non-Coding RNA and Infectious Diseases

JamesPolli Shangraw/Noxell DevelopmentofBiorelevantSystem AstraZenecaLP $50,000 Endowed Chair for In Vivo Prediction

JamesPolli Shangraw/Noxell PharmacokineticStudiesofEpileptic FoodandDrugAdministration $402,314 Endowed Chair Drugs: Evaluation of Brand and Generic Antiepileptic Drug Products in Patients

JamesPolli Shangraw/Noxell UniversityofMarylandCenterofExcellence UniversityofMaryland, $533,729 EndowedChair inRegulatoryScienceandInnovation CollegePark

Gerald Rosen Isaac E. Emerson Very Low Frequency EPR Imaging University of Chicago $134,502 Professor for In Vivo Physiology

Gerald Rosen Isaac E. Emerson Arginase Inhibition in Control of Maryland Industrial $68,631 Professor Bacillus Anthracis Partnerships

Ramin Samadani Graduate Student Overcoming Drug-Induced Resistance National Institute of General $26,885 in BRaf Mutated Melanoma Cells Medical Sciences

Wanli Smith Assistant Professor Synphilin-1 and Obesity National Institute of Diabetes and $319,642 Digestive and Kidney Diseases


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Peter Swaan Professor and Structural Biology of the Apical National Institute of Diabetes and $312,407 Associate Dean Bile Acid Transporter Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Peter Swaan Professor and MRP4 Substrate/Inhibitor Structural University of North Carolina, $61,878 Associate Dean Features and Polymorphisms in Chapel Hill Drug-Induced Liver Injury

PeterSwaan Professorand MolecularOrganizationoftheOrganic UniversityofArizona $28,125 AssociateDean Cation-ProtonExchanger,MATE1

Sudha Veeraraghavan Associate Professor Structural Biology of Gaseous National Institute of General $284,956 Messenger Signaling Medical Sciences

Hongbing Wang Associate Professor Regulation of CYP2B6 in Human Liver National Institute of Diabetes and $717,613 Digestive and Kidney Diseases

JiaBeiWang Professor ExploringtheRoleofHINT1Proteinin NationalInstituteof $225,000 Neuronal Function Mental Health

Jia Bei Wang Professor Development of I-THP as New National Institute on $727,500 Medication for Drug Addiction Drug Abuse

Ting Wang Graduate Student Developing the Scientific Basis for the U.S. Pharmacopeia $25,000 Application of Spectroscopic and ChemometricMethodstoExcipient Identification and Adulteration Detection

AngelaWilks Professor Structure-FunctionoftheShigella NationalInstituteofAllergy $371,250 DysenteriaeHemeUptakeOperon(shu) andInfectiousDiseases

PatrickWintrode AssociateProfessor TheMolecularBasisofSerpinFunction NationalHeart,Lung,and $300,000 and Dysfunction Blood Institute

Fengtian Xue Assistant Professor Institutional Research Grant American Cancer Society $30,000 (National Office)

Bruce Yu Associate Professor Engineering Fluorinated Paramagnetic University of Maryland, $12,762 ComplexesforMultichromic19FMRI CollegePark

BruceYu AssociateProfessor NovelFluorophoresforMolecular UniversityofTexasHealth $65,226 and Cellular Imaging Science Center - Dallas

Total PSC $6,870,538.75 Total PHSR $3,365,639.82 Total PPS $7,837,798.11 Total PSC $6,870,538.75 GRAND TOTAL $18,073,976.68


LEGACY COUNCILThe Legacy Council of the University of Maryland acknowledges those who have made generous contributions to the School of Pharmacy through their estate plans.

Anyone who has made such a gift is eligible for membership in the Legacy Council. To qualify, simply provide the School of Pharmacy’s Office of Development and Alumni Affairs with documentation of the gift or a copy of the relevant document in which the School is named as a beneficiary (www.umaryland.edu/plannedgiving). For additional information about membership in the Legacy Council and estate planning, please contact Janice Batzold, MS, acting executive director of development and alumni affairs, at 410-706-1711 or at [email protected].

Members of the Legacy Council are:

Loyal donors provide the foundation for the School of Pharmacy’s success.Thank you to everyone—our alumni, faculty, staff, and friends—who has

invested in the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.

DAVID STEWART ASSOCIATES In the mid-1980s, several dedicated alumni and friends established a premier giving society, the David Stewart Associates (DSA), to fund Schoolwide initiatives that would propel the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy nationally as a leader in pharmacy education. This leadership giving society honors David Stewart, America’s first professor of pharmacy and a founder of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, who symbolized a passion for excellence and commitment to pharmacy education.

The founding members of the DSA are:Leon R. Catlett, BSP ’65 Leon Jablon= Thomas S. Petr, BSP ’74Melvin S. Cohen William J. Kinnard Jr. Stephen J. Provenza, PhG ’29=James P. Cragg Jr., BSP ’43 Dorothy Levi, BSP ’70 Lawrence R. RachubaLeonard J. DeMino= Mark A. Levi, PD, BSP ’70 Gerald M. Rosen, PhD, JDDonald Fedder, BSP ’50= Samuel Lichter, BSP ’65, PD David M. Russo, BSP ’79Michaeline R. Fedder Martin B. Mintz, BSP ’65, PD Ralph A. Small Jr., BSP ’74Robert Foer, BSP ’51= Benjamin S. Mulitz Bernard A. Weisman, BSP ’70Mayer Handelman, BSP ’54 Elizabeth Newcomb, BSP ’68 Kenneth P. Whittemore Jr., BSP ’76William M. Heller, MS ’51 John R. Newcomb Jr., BSP ’65 Leonard Winkleman PhD ’55, DSC ’87 David Pearlman, BSP ’52H. Elinor Hens William L. Pearlman, BSP ’48 = Signifies Deceased

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

This core group of philanthropists has inspired other donors to follow their lead. Today DSA membership has grown to create a solid base of private support for the School’s efforts to advance pharmaceutical education, practice, and science. To join this prestigious group of alumni and friends, or for more information on giving to the School, please contact Janice Batzold, MS, acting executive director of development and alumni affairs, at 410-706-1711 or at [email protected].

July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012

John H. Balch, BSP ’68Estate of Evelyn Grollman GlickGwynne L. HorwitsLeonard Horwits, BSP ’60Bernard LamyGregory Lukaszczyk, BSP ’84

Estate of Bertha J. MancheyEstate of Helen MendelsohnDavid G. Miller, BSP ’85Joseph H. Morton, BSP ’60Paul Pumpian, BSP ’50 Chris A. Rodowskas, PhG ’29

Estate of Lillian K. SlamaJames M. Trattner, PhD ’28Clayton L. Warrington, BSP ’58Elizabeth Warrington

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GIVING BY INDIVIDUALS

David Stewart Associates$100,000+AnonymousWillard HackermanMorton D. Kramer, BSP ’50Ellen H. Yankellow, BSP ’73, PharmD ’96*

$25,000-$99,999Kristine W. Ellinger, BSP ’77Mark A. Levi, BSP ’70+

$10,000-$24,999Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89Sophia Kallelis

$2,000-$9,999Robert S. Beardsley~Cynthia J. Boyle, PharmD ’96~Albert W. Brzeczko, PhD ’90~Yale H. Caplan, BSP ’63, PhD ’68*Andrew Coop~William J. Cooper~Conrad P. Dorn Jr., BSP ’58, MS ’61, PhD ’63~Susan C. dosReis, PhD ’99Donna Handelman~Mayer Handelman, BSP ’54~+Brian M. Hose, PharmD ’06~David H. Jones, BSP ’70~David A. Knapp* Deanne E. Knapp* Samuel Lichter, BSP ’60*+ Alexander D. MacKerell Jr.~Martin B. Mintz, BSP ’65~+Jill Molofsky, BSP ’81~Sidney D. MolofskyHyung NaPaul J. Na, BSP ’90Thomas S. Petr, BSP ’74+

James E. Polli~Theodore L. Raschka, BSP ’60John A. Scigliano, MS ’44, PhD ’50*Frances Spaven, PhD ’86~Kerry SpavenEdward A. Taylor, PharmD ’06Angelo C. Voxakis, BSP ’71~George C. Voxakis, BSP ’58, PharmD ’96*Clayton L. Warrington, BSP ’58~Elizabeth Warrington~Ilene H. Zuckerman, BSP ’81, PharmD ’83~

$1,000-$1,999Bruce Anderson~Janice BatzoldKenneth S. Bauer Jr., BSP ’89David L. Booze, BSP ’81Lisa L. Booze, BSP ’79, PharmD ’00Lynette R. Bradley-Baker, BSP ’92, PhD ’99Jennifer L. BrandtThomas S. Brenner, BSP ’72*Jay R. Brinsfield, BSP ’58Harold Chappelear, DSC ’98Betty W. Cohen, BSP ’49~Gerald I. Cohen, BSP ’58Donna DancerNipun Davar, PhD ’96 W. Thomas Dolan, BSP ’74*J. Philip Fink, BSP ’79*Mark G. Fletcher, BSP ’78, MS ’81, PhD ’83~Barry D. Hecht, BSP ’73William M. Heller, MS ’51, PhD ’55, DSC ’87+Robert W. Henderson, BSP ’63~Alice H. Hill, PharmD ’93*Angela Lamy~Anne B. Leavitt*=DeAnna D. Leikach, BSP ’92~ Neil B. Leikach, BSP ’92~

Kimberley A. Lentz, PhD ’01Raymond C. Love, PharmD ’77* Michael Luzuriaga, BSP ’70~Denis Lynch~Ann M. MacLaren, BSP ’87David D. MacLaren, BSP ’83, PhD ’88~Daniel Z. Mansour, PharmD ’06Jill A. MorganJoseph H. Morton, BSP ’60John M. Motsko Jr., BSP ’69 C. Daniel MullinsLarry H. Pozanek, BSP ’59Bruce D. Roffe, MS ’78David M. Russo, BSP ’79*+ Jerome Schwartz, BSP ’49Marilyn Shangraw~Jeffrey B. Sherr, BSP ’78Joanne H. Sherr, BSP ’78Matthew G. Shimoda, PharmD ’84George W. Swope Jr., BSP ’70~Candra TaylorJames P. Tristani, BSP ’73Hoai-An Truong, PharmD ’05~Gerolyn A. Whittemore~Kenneth P. Whittemore Jr., BSP ’76~+Angela Wilks~Carol A. WilliamsThomas G. Williams Jr., PharmD ’06~Wanda Williams

Dean’s Club$500-$999William P. Beierschmitt, PhD ’86~Sherry N. Berlin, BSP ’74~Stephen B. Bierer, BSP ’72*Laci L. Brown, PharmD ’01~Francis J. Bublavek, BSP ’81Michelle M. Ceng, PharmD ’98~Nicholas Cornias, BSP ’92~Kathleen Gondek, MS ’88, PhD ’93Stuart T. Haines~


The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy appreciates the financial support of the following individuals and organizations during the period July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012:

* Signifies donor for 15+ consecutive years~ Signifies donor for 5-14 consecutive years

+ Signifies David Stewart Associates Founding Member= Signifies Deceased


Ann R. Hallock, BSP ’80Walter J. Hryszko, BSP ’74~Susan Hu, PhD ’01Keely IrelandLisa T. Kloch, BSP ’80~Jonathan N. Latham, PharmD ’98~Joseph Libercci, BSP ’72Kristin A. Lynch, PharmD ’97~Lisa M. Matson, BSP ’88~Gaytrice K. Rucker, BSP ’83Cathie L. Schumaker, BSP ’77Louis Silverstein, BSP ’76Linda Simoni-Wastila~Nina H. Spiller, PharmD ’88~John F. Van Wie, BSP ’84Loreen A. Wutoh, BSP ’86

Apothecary Club$250-$499AnonymousWalter H. Abel, BSP ’63Janet D. AllanMarsha E. Alvarez, BSP ’71, PharmD ’96*Richard P. BarthJeffrey D. Beck, BSP ’89Brett M. Behounek, BSP ’84~Phyllis A. Bernard, BSP ’88~Howard K. Besner, BSP ’78, PharmD ’02~Franklin W. Blatt, BSP ’77, PharmD ’00Ruth S. Blatt, BSP ’79Charles R. Bonapace, PharmD ’97Barry M. Bress, BSP ’79G. Delane Buff, BSP ’91Nicole M. Cammarata, PharmD ’09Rebecca J. Ceraul Terry L. Davis, BSP ’83, PharmD ’98*Jean M. Dinwiddie, PharmD ’93~Catherine G. Dormarunno, PharmD ’00Walter L. Fava, BSP ’89Michael J. Fossler Jr., PharmD ’92, PhD ’95Julian M. Friedman, BSP ’56*Jack Frieman, BSP ’56Mary A. GeorgeSteven P. George, BSP ’82Forest S. Howell, BSP ’87Gayle C. Howell, BSP ’91Karen M. Kabat, MS ’83

Charise S. Kasser, BSP ’83Thomas H. Keller Jr., BSP ’63Wendy Klein-Schwartz, PharmD ’77Freda L. Krosnick~Jay E. Krosnick, BSP ’85~Nicole LandisEdwin M. Lewis, MS ’84Frederick J. Mack, BSP ’79~Kevin F. McCarthy, BSP ’80Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD ’86~Deborah M. Mulhearn, PharmD ’95Sandra J. MullenEberechukwu OnukwughaKimberly M. Palasik, BSP ’88Raymond A. Palasik, BSP ’88Robin L. Paluskievicz, PharmD ’98Anthony J. Petralia Sr., BSP ’52~Carolyn Petralia, PharmD ’03~Thomas J. Pfaff, BSP ’85~Bonnie L. Pitt, BSP ’74Barry W. Poole, BSP ’71~=James R. Salmons, BSP ’89, PharmD ’00~Tsion H. Tesfayohannes, PharmD ’04Francis J. Tinney, PhD ’66*Sudha VeeraraghavanJia Bei Wang, PhD ’92 Andrea B. Weiss, BSP ’89Fred M. Weiss, BSP ’70Stephen M. Wienner, BSP ’91*Terry F. Wills, PharmD ’00~Irene L. Winters, BSP ’54~Barbara D. Wirth, BSP ’72, MS ’76Gary J. Wirth, BSP ’79Bay-Mao B. Wu, PharmD ’01Richard L. Wynn, BSP ’64, PhD ’70William Yeboah, PharmD ’00Cleveland K. Yee, BSP ’75

Century Club$100-$249Prince A. Adekoya, PharmD ’06Robert T. Adkins, BSP ’52*Stephen J. Allen, MS ’78Stephanie N. AlvarezClarence L. Anstine, BSP ’58Michael J. Appel, BSP ’69John J. Ayd, BSP ’51

Anand R. Baichwal, PhD ’85*Deborah E. Bair, PharmD ’98Kelli J. Bankard, PharmD ’05Dov E. BanksFreddy E. Banks, BSP ’92Marshal BanksRochelle BanksIngrid R. Baramki, MS ’63Christopher E. Barnes, PharmD ’12Jerome A. Berger, BSP ’60Ashley A. Bivins, PharmD ’10David A. Blake, BSP ’63Barry L. Bloom, BSP ’66~ Barbara Miller Blue, BSP ’55~Karen H. Bohan, PharmD ’88Thomas V. Bolling, BSP ’69Renan A. Bonnel, PharmD ’83John E. Braaten, BSP ’79Nicole J. Brandt, PharmD ’97 Barbara L. Brannan, BSP ’94, PharmD ’01James L. Bresette, PharmD ’97~Thomas L. Brew, PharmD ’10Elaine L. Brogan, BSP ’78~Robert Brundelre, BSP ’65 Gerald N. Brunson, BSP ’57A. Kevin Callahan, BSP ’76, PharmD ’78~Stewart W. Carter, BSP ’76, PharmD ’05~Min-li Cary, PharmD ’08Raimon B. Cary, PharmD ’08Marian L. Cascio, BSP ’77~Jason F. Chancey, PharmD ’00~Randy S. Chiat, BSP ’90Fred Choy, MS ’81Catherine L. Cioffi, PhD ’88Francis I. Codd, BSP ’41David R. Cowden, BSP ’80*Bonnie O. CusterDavid A. Custer, BSP ’73Hedy J. Cylus-Gleiman, BSP ’73Amy J. Davidoff~Colleen Day~James E. Dipaula, BSP ’71~David T. Diwa, PharmD ’97Charles R. Downs, BSP ’73, PharmD ’99*Janet Dudley, PharmD ’11Ann O. Dukes, BSP ’93Wayne A. Dyke, BSP ’68


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Michelle L. Eby, PharmD ’99~Nancy A. Edgeworth, PharmD ’96Felicia U. Edoga, PharmD ’05Robert I. Ellin, PhD ’50Bob Elliott Donald B. Elliott Jr., BSP ’57W. Robert Elliott, BSP ’65Lily Chua Eng, BSP ’76~Simon S. Eng, BSP ’76~Michael J. Evanko Jr., BSP ’73*Jennifer L. Evans, PharmD ’00Theodore J. Evans, BSP ’83~Thomas P. Evans, BSP ’83Fran Favin-Weiskopf, PharmD ’88*Madeline V. Feinberg, BSP ’79, PharmD ’93Dennis E. Ferguson, BSP ’79* Jill R. Fetter, BSP ’93Faith A. Fisk, BSP ’92Kathleen D. Flannery, PharmD ’00William T. Foley Jr., BSP ’58Paul Freiman, BSP ’53Phyllis FreimanPankaj B. Gala, PhD ’90Christine E. Garnett, PharmD ’99Florence F. K. Gee, BSP ’74Fortin S. Georges, PharmD ’02Brian J. Gilligan, BSP ’75, PharmD ’03Suzanna S. Gim, PharmD ’04Timothy D. Gladwell, PharmD ’96~Russel A. Gobeille, BSP ’74Brian J. Goetz, PharmD ’94~Steven D. GoreAmelia B. Gorsuch, BSP ’91Jennifer K. Grier, BSP ’86Pauline L. Guthrie, PharmD ’96Allen Hanenbaum, BSP ’59Diana P. Henzel, BSP ’93~Daniel R. HewinsMary-Therese Hewins, BSP ’81, MS ’84~Renee M. Hilliard, PharmD ’01Anh D. Hoang, PharmD ’11Marta Hoffman, BSP ’60~Grace Hong, PharmD ’05Ronald M. Hopkins, BSP ’63Helen Hsiao, PharmD ’06~Jacqueline J. Huber, PharmD ’08Naissan Hussainzada, PhD ’09

Phu M. Huynh, PharmD ’00Dolores A. Ichniowski, MS ’50Lionel H. Jacobs, BSP ’68*Martin Jagers, BSP ’85Cindy Q. Jiang, BSP ’90Hao JiangJulie S. Johnson, BSP ’94Belafanti D. Jones, PharmD ’07 Louis M. Jones, PharmD ’09Michael E. Jones, BSP ’72* Ameet C. Joshi, PharmD ’10Vicki M. Joshua, BSP ’87Theresa K. F. Justice, BSP ’82Aaron C. Kadish, BSP ’63Angela M. Kaitis, BSP ’75, PharmD ’06Patrick Y. Kamara, PharmD ’98Nancy N. Kang, BSP ’70Ina Kaplan, PharmD ’99Diane L. Kaufman~Douglas L. Keene, BSP ’80, PharmD ’01Jerold A. Kempler, BSP ’62Lauretta A. Kerr, BSP ’86~Laura Y. Kim, BSP ’85Shin W. Kim, PharmD ’03Barbara KleinLinda C. Klein, BSP ’72George A. Kostas, BSP ’52Lawrence J. Kotey, PharmD ’03~Julie A. Kreyenbuhl, PhD ’99Edmond J. Kucharski, BSP ’84Kathrin C. Kucharski, PharmD ’87~Marcus J. LaChapelle, PharmD ’07Cynthia L. Lacivita, PharmD ’87Richard C. K. Lam, BSP ’78Ronald E. Lay, BSP ’78*Lisa LebovitzPauline P. LeeLisa C. LeGette, BSP ’92~Norman L. Levin, BSP ’57Julie E. Limric, BSP ’69~Grace R. Lin, PharmD ’05Pattianne LozanoDenise Lupo Lutz, BSP ’77*Walter P. Mackay, BSP ’62*Harry E. Macks, BSP ’59Christopher M. Maltese, PharmD ’11Antonia Mattia, PhD ’85, BSP ’88*

Edward T. McCagh Jr., BSP ’75Madeline McCarren, PhD ’83Lisa McDaniel, BSP ’84Mark P. McDougall, BSP ’85Mark R. McDowell, BSP ’92 Meghan P. McHenry, PharmD ’11Harry J. McKenny, BSP ’58Michael F. McMahon, BSP ’80*Janelle N. Meads, PharmD ’05Lori A. Mears, BSP ’82Alfreda T. Melson, PharmD ’97Howard B. Meyer, BSP ’66Hugh E. MightyJanet W. Mighty, BSP ’82Steven J. Miller, MS ’87Bipinchandra M. Mistry, PhD ’99Carrie S. MolesaYvonne K. Molotsi, PharmD ’02~Vikas Moolchandani, PhD ’10Halla G. Moussa, BSP ’88Maura P. Murphy, PhD ’99Peter F. MurphyArnold Neuburger, BSP ’59* Elke NeuburgerHuong T. Nguyen, PharmD ’11Gloria J. Nichols-English, PhD ’95Jason M. NoelIrvin Noveck, BSP ’41Rosevelyn Nsiah-Ababio, PharmD ’09Joseph Pariser, BSP ’63* Angela M. Parker, BSP ’95Leonard N. Patras, BSP ’74~Keith E. Patterson, BSP ’79Martin T. Paul, BSP ’71Harry Payne, BSP ’50Doris M. Peng, MS ’78Philip M. Perry, BSP ’74*Kathleen M. Phelan, BSP ’93Lisa N. Pitt, PharmD ’98Marvin S. Platt, BSP ’51Keith S. Pozanek, BSP ’86Raghu R. PrabhuJoyce B. Prince, BSP ’85Megan T. Pulleyn, PharmD ’10Florence E. Raimondi, BSP ’53Budne C. Reinke, BSP ’63~James W. Rhodes, BSP ’77





James R. Ritchie, BSP ’63~Kimberly Z. Robbins, BSP ’90Michael B. Rodell, BSP ’58~Melvin N. Rubin, BSP ’55Phyllis S. RubinMichael RubinoPatrice A. Russell, BSP ’80Noha N. Salama, PhD ’04Charlene S. Sampson, BSP ’82Laura E. Sampson, BSP ’87~Christy A. Sasiela, PhD ’02Howard R. Schiff, BSP ’56~Michael J. Schmorr, PharmD ’05Mark J. Schocken, BSP ’71, PhD ’82Amy L. Schroeder, BSP ’95Brian L. Schumer, BSP ’81~Ruth H. Scroggs, PharmD ’01Nazim S. Shahzad, PhD ’01Christopher L. Shawyer, BSP ’76~Thomas S. Shelor, BSP ’74~Emil N. Sidawy, PharmD ’03Gisele M. Sidbury, PharmD ’97~Harriet SilversteinMorton I. Silverstein, BSP ’54Suzanne K. Simala, BSP ’84*John C. Smith, BSP ’76Judith W. Smith, BSP ’77Larry A. Snyder, BSP ’60*Molrat Sripinyo, BSP ’83Charles H. Steg Jr., BSP ’78, PharmD ’00~Carol E. Stevenson, PharmD ’02~Todd E. StevensonAlan R. Stoff, BSP ’70Anna Summerfield~Marc R. Summerfield, MS ’76~Stephen E. Sussman, PharmD ’00Craig K. Svensson, BSP ’81Mary T. Tavakoli, PharmD ’05Nancy L. Taylor, BSP ’62*Sheryl E. Thedford, PharmD ’11 Bridgette A. Thomas, PharmD ’00J. Bradley Thomas, BSP ’82Margaret M. Thomas, PharmD ’03Cecelia H. Tillman, BSP ’78~Terry B. Tran, PharmD ’02Mona L. Tsoukleris, PharmD ’87Anthony O. Uwadia, PharmD ’11

Donna E. VanWie, BSP ’87Wayne D. VanWie, BSP ’88James B. Walter Jr., BSP ’51~James T. Walter, BSP ’81, PhD ’86J. Ken Walters Jr., BSP ’71, PharmD ’74James C. Wang, PharmD ’11Katie R. Watson, PharmD ’12Robert J. Weinberg, BSP ’80Hal J. Weinstock, BSP ’74*Mark S. Wienecke, BSP ’77*Douglas D. Wright, BSP ’81Anthony K. Wutoh, BSP ’90, PhD ’96David M. Yoder, PharmD ’98John C. Yorkilous, BSP ’69Maria V. Zarrelli-Maletta, BSP ’88Reid A. Zimmer, BSP ’63*Paul Zucker, BSP ’58

$1-$99Marwa A. Aboukhatwa, PhD ’10Janet M. Abramowitz, BSP ’81Lawrence M. Abrams, BSP ’55Dennis M. Ackerman, BSP ’70Arthur Allen, BSP ’88Ali A. Amir, BSP ’88James AnthonyCaroline T. Bader, BSP ’81~Joan E. Baird, PharmD ’06Michael J. Barton, BSP ’95Kathy S. Baruch, BSP ’88Harry Bass, BSP ’58John H. Beam, BSP ’52Justine C. Beck, PharmD ’12Vahram Bedrossian, BSP ’79~Michael T. Benson, BSP ’63Kaloyan A. BikovAmy M. Blachere, PharmD ’02Alvin M. Blitz, BSP ’67Eileen Bloom-Prinkey, BSP ’94~Curtis A. Bowen, BSP ’56Karen R. Bradley, BSP ’80Brenda M. Brandon, BSP ’72Jeffrey M. Brewer, PharmD ’98Sarah J. Brody, PharmD ’08Stephen G. BrodyNatalie A. Brown, BSP ’75Marshall P. Brownstein, BSP ’63

Marian C. BruceDebra G. Bryan, BSP ’78Sydney L. Burgee Jr., BSP ’55~Alvin H. Burwell, PharmD ’99Robert M. Caplan, BSP ’50*John CardMary A. Card, BSP ’77George Y. Chang, BSP ’83Amy C. Chase, PharmD ’12Iliana Cheng, PharmD ’11Marvin J. Chertkoff, BSP ’51, MS ’54~Julian A. Ng Chun, PharmD ’02Terri F. Clayman, BSP ’77, PharmD ’98*Michael J. Cohen, BSP ’66*Susan Cohen-Pessah, BSP ’78Paul J. Crist, BSP ’74~C. Richard Crooks, BSP ’69James E. Crouse, BSP ’59Christina J. Dang, PharmD ’11Wayne C. Daughtrey, MS ’77Vivek S. Dave, PhD ’09Miriam DavisHope S. DeCederfelt, BSP ’82Nancy A. Dravis, BSP ’81, MS ’95Norman DuBois, BSP ’53* Leroy K. Dunkley, PharmD ’01Meryl L. K. EddyDeborah J. Ehart, PharmD ’00~Herbert Ehudin, BSP ’43Meera R. Embran, PharmD ’09Frederick Eng, BSP ’66Neil E. Esterson, BSP ’51~Susan M. Evans, BSP ’91Ruth E. Farrell, BSP ’77Kimberly A. Feese, BSP ’92Josephine L. Feng, PharmD ’12Jennifer L. Fitch, PharmD ’09Leslye K. Fitterman, MS ’90, PhD ’95Pamela S. Ford, PharmD ’02Merle S. Fossen, PharmD ’93Nicholas A. FrankosStephanie GatesHarry B. Gendason, BSP ’38*Herbert Gendason, BSP ’71Bernardine S. Ginsberg, BSP ’54T. Sue GladhillHerman Glassband, BSP ’57


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Kristin D. Glassman, PharmD ’97Donald J. Glenn, BSP ’83Margie M. Goldberg-Okun. BSP ’81, PharmD ’02Rebecca Grauel-JonesAaron Grebow, BSP ’55Martin D. Grebow, BSP ’60*Tricia B. GreenElliott Greenblatt, BSP ’61William J. Grimm Jr., BSP ’78Sam H. Haidar, BSP ’91, PhD ’97Stephanie Hale, PharmD ’08Monica Healy, PharmD ’08Lisa V. Heber, BSP ’93Gerald J. Heilman, BSP ’55*Steven J. Hess, BSP ’77Bernard P. Heyman, BSP ’57Yvonne A. HodgesMary P. HoffmanRobert W. Hoffman, BSP ’65Monika A. Houstoun, PharmD ’03April L. Hudson, BSP ’90Trang H. Huynh, BSP ’91~Robert R. Imbierowicz Sr., BSP ’55~Nigel R. Isaacs, PharmD ’93Mary J. IvinsJeanine E. Jackson, PharmD ’05Morgan R. JavinsThomas E. Johnson Jr., BSP ’81Bruce E. Jones, PhD ’92Carl Kaiser, MS ’52, BSP ’53, PhD ’55*MinHee Kang, PharmD ’11Kathleen S. Kastama, BSP ’81Jason P. Katcoff, PharmD ’08Robin E. Katcoff, PharmD ’03Timothy T. Kefauver, BSP ’78Robert L. Kestler, BSP ’69*Sonia S. Kim, PharmD ’99Sung K. Kim, BSP ’94~Yongson Kim, BSP ’89Stonewall C. King Jr., MS ’60Judith L. Kistler, MS ’59Stephen B. Kistler, MS ’59Kathleen Klemm, PharmD ’08Charles J. Kokoski, BSP ’51, MS ’53, PhD ’56*Lana Konigsberg, PharmD ’03

Albert W. Kossler, MS ’53*Christopher G. Kruft, BSP ’84Diana B. Ku, PharmD ’03William M. Lagna, PharmD ’85Thomas P. LaMartina, BSP ’87~Theresa M. Langeheine, PharmD ’01Stephen L. Lauer, BSP ’62*Jung E. Lee, BSP ’93Colleen C. Lehmann, BSP ’78Melvin Lessing, BSP ’66*Bonnie Levin, BSP ’78Richard S. Lipov, BSP ’69~Elena E. Mason, PharmD ’10LeeAnn McCaffrey, PharmD ’98Donald E. McDonald, MS ’66Matthew E. McGovern, BSP ’91Michael V. McSwiggin, PharmD ’97 Stanley J. Merwitz, BSP ’54Danielle M. MetzAlbert T. Meyers, BSP ’51~Harris L. Miller, BSP ’65*Philip B. Miller, BSP ’71Sheila K. Miller, PharmD ’02Tewodros K. Molla, PharmD ’05Thomas L. Morgan, BSP ’93~Kathleen M. Morneau, PharmD ’11Chad MorrisRegina M. Morris, PharmD ’04Marisa B. Neaman, PharmD ’12Deborah NeelsAndrew NewmanCindy NewmanSai C. Nimmagadda, PharmD ’12Jean NodineTeresa A. Okala, PharmD ’98Ifedinma N. Okonkwo, PharmD ’06Marc OkunJames B. Ortt, BSP ’55*Sue J. Pak, PharmD ’11Anna Palka, BSP ’92Sophia J. Park, PharmD ’10Clyde S. Perry, PharmD ’07Jon PessahNick PetersDominique N. Phelps, BSP ’86E. Madelon PialaJoseph J. Piala, PhD ’51

Cristina V. Platon, BSP ’83~Richard D. Plotkin, BSP ’56Albert Prostic, BSP ’53Stanley E. Protokowicz, BSP ’58Gloria F. PruceJoseph M. Ras, BSP ’73Guy M. Reeser III, BSP ’76Luann O. Reno, BSP ’89Jeong Y. Rhie, PharmD ’03Jesus C. S. Ricasa, PharmD ’12Christine L. Riddle, BSP ’92Gertrude M. RobinsonMary J. Robl, BSP ’52Lauren M. Robust, PharmD ’11Paul E. Rodgers, PharmD ’01Leon Rosen, BSP ’62John G. Roth, BSP ’78Robert F. Royce, BSP ’51Lisa C. Ruppel, PharmD ’90Mojdeh Saba, PharmD ’08Soumi Saha, PharmD ’07Mary S. Schnapp, BSP ’78Eric R. Schuetz, BSP ’86~Morton J. Sclar, BSP ’60David J. Seff, BSP ’55Brian T. Sevier, BSP ’94Tecoya N. Shannon, PharmD ’02Lionel M. Shapiro, BSP ’52~Parastoo Shariat, PharmD ’12Liza N. Sharma, PharmD ’97Fadia T. ShayaPeichang ShiStacy L. Shord, PharmD ’97Sagar J. Shukla, PharmD ’11Lawrence P. Siegel, PharmD ’02~Mona Singh, PharmD ’99Kara J. Sink, BSP ’92GraceMarie Smith, BSP ’89Ronald J. Smith, BSP ’71Kyle T. Snyder, PharmD ’11Paula SoberAddishiwot Solomon, PharmD ’11Abiodun Somide, PharmD ’98Caroline Song, PharmD ’11Allen Spak, BSP ’63~Ellen L. SpakRonald J. Spector, BSP ’71*





Mark E. Sporre, BSP ’84~Joanne P. Stakias, BSP ’92Charlotte R. Stombler, BSP ’49Ronald E. Sweeney, BSP ’88Rebecca SwisdakRachel SylvanFatemeh Tavakkoli, PharmD ’12Charles D. Taylor Jr., BSP ’67, PharmD ’00Donald W. Taylor, BSP ’69Jennifer M. Thompson, PharmD ’06John P. Timoney, PharmD ’99Milton F. Toelle, BSP ’55Elliot S. Tokar, BSP ’60Charles H. Tregoe, BSP ’59~Kenneth C. Ullman, BSP ’63Neelesh K. Vaidya, BSP ’88, PharmD ’05Anhtu A. Vu, BSP ’94Pearl C. Walsh, BSP ’58Anna Marie H. Weikel, BSP ’82Laura D. Weiss, BSP ’93Brenda K. Weller, BSP ’92~Shauna K. White, PharmD ’07Irvin Yospa, BSP ’61Donald R. Young, BSP ’57*Lane P. Zangwill, BSP ’78*William V. Zappa, BSP ’74Vera Zejmis, PharmD ’02Harry Zemel

DONORS BY CLASS YEAR

Class of 1938Harry B. Gendason, BSP

Class of 1941Francis I. Codd, BSPIrvin Noveck, BSP

Class of 1943Herbert Ehudin, BSP

Class of 1949Betty W. Cohen, BSPJerome Schwartz, BSPCharlotte R. Stombler, BSP

Class of 1950Robert M. Caplan, BSPRobert I. Ellin, PhDDolores A. Ichniowski, MSMorton D. Kramer, BSPHarry Payne, BSPJohn A. Scigliano, PhD

Class of 1951John J. Ayd, BSPNeil E. Esterson, BSPWilliam M. Heller, MSCharles J. Kokoski, BSPAlbert T. Meyers, BSPJoseph J. Piala, PhDMarvin S. Platt, BSPRobert F. Royce, BSPJames B. Walter Jr., BSP

Class of 1952Robert T. Adkins, BSPJohn H. Beam, BSPCarl Kaiser, MSGeorge A. Kostas, BSPAnthony J. Petralia Sr., BSPMary J. Robl, BSPLionel M. Shapiro, BSP

Class of 1953Norman DuBois, BSPPaul Freiman, BSPAlbert W. Kossler, MSAlbert Prostic, BSPFlorence E. Raimondi, BSP

Class of 1954Marvin J. Chertkoff, MSBernardine S. Ginsberg, BSPMayer Handelman, BSPStanley J. Merwitz, BSPMorton I. Silverstein, BSPIrene L. Winters, BSP

Class of 1955Lawrence M. Abrams, BSPBarbara Miller Blue, BSPSydney L. Burgee Jr., BSP

Aaron Grebow, BSPGerald J. Heilman, BSPWilliam M. Heller, PhDRobert R. Imbierowicz Sr., BSPCarl Kaiser, PhDJames B. Ortt, BSPMelvin N. Rubin, BSPDavid J. Seff, BSPMilton F. Toelle, BSP

Class of 1956Curtis A. Bowen, BSPJulian M. Friedman, BSPJack Frieman, BSPCharles J. Kokoski, PhDRichard D. Plotkin, BSPHoward R. Schiff, BSP

Class of 1957Gerald N. Brunson, BSPDonald B. Elliott Jr., BSPHerman Glassband, BSPBernard P. Heyman, BSPNorman L. Levin, BSPDonald R. Young, BSP

Class of 1958Clarence L. Anstine, BSPHarry Bass, BSPJay R. Brinsfield, BSPGerald I. Cohen, BSPConrad P. Dorn Jr., BSPWilliam T. Foley Jr., BSPHarry J. McKenny, BSPStanley E. Protokowicz, BSPMichael B. Rodell, BSPGeorge C. Voxakis, BSPPearl C. Walsh, BSPClayton L. Warrington, BSPPaul Zucker, BSP

Class of 1959James E. Crouse, BSPAllen Hanenbaum, BSPJudith L. Kistler, MSStephen B. Kistler, MSHarry E. Macks, BSP


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Arnold Neuburger, BSPLarry H. Pozanek, BSPCharles H. Tregoe, BSP

Class of 1960Jerome A. Berger, BSPMartin D. Grebow, BSPMarta Hoffman, BSPStonewall C. King Jr., MSSamuel Lichter, BSPJoseph H. Morton, BSPTheodore L. Raschka, BSPMorton J. Sclar, BSPLarry A. Snyder, BSPElliot S. Tokar, BSP

Class of 1961Conrad P. Dorn Jr., MSElliott Greenblatt, BSPIrvin Yospa, BSP

Class of 1962Jerold A. Kempler, BSPStephen L. Lauer, BSPWalter P. Mackay, BSPLeon Rosen, BSPNancy L. Taylor, BSP

Class of 1963Walter H. Abel, BSPIngrid R. Baramki, MSMichael T. Benson, BSPDavid A. Blake, BSPMarshall P. Brownstein, BSPYale H. Caplan, BSPConrad P. Dorn Jr., PhDRobert W. Henderson, BSPRonald M. Hopkins, BSPAaron C. Kadish, BSPThomas H. Keller Jr., BSPJoseph Pariser, BSPBudne C. Reinke, BSPJames R. Ritchie, BSPAllen Spak, BSPKenneth C. Ullman, BSPReid A. Zimmer, BSP

Class of 1965Robert Brundelre, BSPW. Robert Elliott, BSPRobert W. Hoffman, BSPHarris L. Miller, BSPMartin B. Mintz, BSP

Class of 1966Barry L. Bloom, BSPMichael J. Cohen, BSPFrederick Eng, BSPMelvin Lessing, BSPDonald E. McDonald, MSHoward B. Meyer, BSPFrancis J. Tinney, PhD

Class of 1967Alvin M. Blitz, BSPCharles D. Taylor Jr., BSP

Class of 1968Yale H. Caplan, PhDWayne A. Dyke, BSPLionel H. Jacobs, BSP

Class of 1969Michael J. Appel, BSPThomas V. Bolling, BSPC. Richard Crooks, BSPRobert L. Kestler, BSPJulie E. Limric, BSPRichard S. Lipov, BSPJohn M. Motsko Jr., BSPDonald W. Taylor, BSPJohn C. Yorkilous, BSP

Class of 1970Dennis M. Ackerman, BSPDavid H. Jones, BSPNancy N. Kang, BSPMark A. Levi, BSPMichael Luzuriaga, BSPAlan R. Stoff, BSPGeorge W. Swope Jr., BSPFred M. Weiss, BSPRichard L. Wynn, PhD

Class of 1971Marsha E. Alvarez, BSPJames E. Dipaula, BSPHerbert Gendason, BSPPhilip B. Miller, BSPMartin T. Paul, BSPBarry W. Poole, BSPMark J. Shocken, BSPRonald J. Smith, BSPRonald J. Spector, BSPAngelo C. Voxakis, BSPJ. Ken Walters Jr, BSP

Class of 1972Stephen B. Bierer, BSPBrenda M. Brandon, BSPThomas S. Brenner, BSPMichael E. Jones, BSPLinda C. Klein, BSPJoseph Libercci, BSPBarbara D. Wirth, BSP

Class of 1973David A. Custer, BSPHedy J. Cylus-Gleiman, BSPCharles R. Downs, BSPMichael J. Evanko Jr., BSPBarry D. Hecht, BSPJoseph M. Ras, BSPJames P. Tristani, BSPEllen H. Yankellow, BSP

Class of 1974Sherry N. Berlin, BSPPaul J. Crist, BSPW. Thomas Dolan, BSPFlorence F. K. Gee, BSPRussel A. Gobeille, BSPWalter J. Hryszko, BSPLeonard N. Patras, BSPPhilip M. Perry, BSPThomas S. Petr, BSPBonnie L. Pitt, BSPThomas S. Shelor, BSPJ. Ken Walters Jr., PharmDHal J. Weinstock, BSPWilliam V. Zappa, BSP





Class of 1975Natalie A. Brown, BSPBrian J. Gilligan, BSPAngela M. Kaitis, BSPEdward T. McCagh Jr., BSPCleveland K. Yee, BSP

Class of 1976Kevin Callahan, BSPLily Chua Eng, BSPSimon S. Eng, BSPGuy M. Reeser III, BSPChristopher L. Shawyer, BSPLouis Silverstein, BSPJohn C. Smith, BSPMarc R. Summerfield, MSKenneth P. Whittemore Jr., BSPBarbara D. Wirth, MS

Class of 1977Franklin W. Blatt, BSP Mary A. Card, BSPMarian L. Cascio, BSPTerri F. Clayman, BSP Wayne C. Daughtrey, MSKristine W. Ellinger, BSPRuth E. Farrell, BSPSteven J. Hess, BSPWendy Klein-Schwartz, PharmDRaymond C. Love, PharmDDenise L. Lutz, BSPJames W. Rhodes, BSPCathie L. Schumaker, BSPJudith W. Smith, BSPMark S. Wienecke, BSP

Class of 1978Stephen J. Allen, MSHoward K. Besner, BSPElaine L. Brogan, BSPDebra G. Bryan, BSPA. Kevin Callahan, PharmDSusan Cohen-Pessah, BSPMark G. Fletcher, BSPWilliam J. Grimm Jr., BSPTimothy T. Kefauver, BSPRichard C. K. Lam, BSP

Ronald E. Lay, BSPColleen C. Lehmann, BSPBonnie Levin, BSPDoris M. Peng, MSBruce D. Roffe, MSJohn G. Roth, BSPMary S. Schnapp, BSPJeffrey B. Sherr, BSPJoanne H. Sherr, BSPCharles H. Steg Jr., BSPCecelia H. Tillman, BSPLane P. Zangwill, BSP

Class of 1979Vahram Bedrossian, BSPRuth S. Blatt, BSPLisa L. Booze, BSPJohn E. Braaten, BSPBarry M. Bress, BSPMadeline V. Feinberg, BSPDennis E. Ferguson, BSPJ. Philip Fink, BSPFrederick J. Mack, BSPKeith E. Patterson, BSPDavid M. Russo, BSPGary J. Wirth, BSP

Class of 1980Karen R. Bradley, BSPDavid R. Cowden, BSPAnn R. Hallock, BSPDouglas L. Keene, BSPLisa T. Kloch, BSPKevin F. McCarthy, BSPMichael F. McMahon, BSPPatrice A. Russell, BSPRobert J. Weinberg, BSP

Class of 1981Janet M. Abramowitz, BSPCaroline T. Bader, BSPDavid L. Booze, BSPFrancis J. Bublavek, BSPFred Choy, MSNancy A. Dravis, BSPMark G. Fletcher, MS Margie Mae Goldberg-Okun, BSP

Mary-Therese Hewins, BSPThomas E. Johnson Jr., BSPKathleen S. Kastama, BSPJill Molofsky, BSPBrian L. Schumer, BSPCraig K. Svensson, BSPJames T. Walter, BSPDouglas D. Wright, BSPIlene H. Zuckerman, BSP

Class of 1982Hope S. DeCederfelt, BSPSteven P. George, BSPTheresa K. F. Justice, BSPLori A. Mears, BSPJanet W. Mighty, BSPCharlene S. Sampson, BSPMark J. Schocken, PhDJ. Bradley Thomas, BSPAnna Marie H. Weikel, BSP

Class of 1983Renan A. Bonnel, PharmDGeorge Y. Chang, BSPTerry L. Davis, BSPTheodore J. Evans, BSPThomas P. Evans, BSPMark G. Fletcher, PhDDonald J. Glenn, BSPKaren M. Kabat, MSCharise S. Kasser, BSPDavid D. MacLaren, BSPMadeline McCarren, PhDCristina V. Platon, BSPGaytrice K. Rucker, BSPMolrat Sripinyo, BSPIlene H. Zuckerman, PharmD

Class of 1984Brett M. Behounek, BSPMary-Therese Hewins, MSChristopher G. Kruft, BSPEdmond J. Kucharski, BSPEdwin M. Lewis, MSLisa McDaniel, BSPMatthew G. Shimoda, PharmDSuzanne K. Simala, BSPMark E. Sporre, BSPJohn F. Van Wie, BSP


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Class of 1985Anand R. Baichwal, PhDMartin Jagers, BSPLaura Y. Kim, BSPJay E. Krosnick, BSPWilliam M. Lagna, PharmDAntonia Mattia, PhD Mark P. McDougall, BSPThomas J. Pfaff, BSPJoyce B. Prince, BSP

Class of 1986William P. Beierschmitt, PhDJennifer K. Grier, BSPLauretta A. Kerr, BSPMary Lynn McPherson, PharmDDominique N. Phelps, BSPKeith S. Pozanek, BSPEric R. Schuetz, BSPFrances Spaven, PhDJames T. Walter, PhDLoreen A. Wutoh, BSP

Class of 1987William M. Heller, DScForest S. Howell, BSPVicki M. Joshua, BSPKathrin C. Kucharski, PharmDCynthia L. Lacivita, PharmDThomas P. LaMartina, BSPAnn M. MacLaren, BSPSteven J. Miller, MSLaura E. Sampson, BSPMona L. Tsoukleris, PharmDDonna E. VanWie, BSP

Class of 1988Arthur Allen, BSPAli A. Amir, BSPKathy S. Baruch, BSPPhyllis A. Bernard, BSPKaren H. Bohan, PharmDCatherine L. Cioffi, PhDFran Favin-Weiskopf, PharmDKathleen Gondek, MSDavid D. MacLaren, PhDLisa M. Matson, BSPAntonia Mattia, BSP

Halla G. Moussa, BSPKimberly M. Palasik, BSPRaymond A. Palasik, BSPNina H. Spiller, PharmDRonald E. Sweeney, BSPNeelesh K. Vaidya, BSPWayne D. VanWie, BSPMaria V. Zarrelli-Maletta, BSP

Class of 1989Kenneth S. Bauer Jr., BSPJeffrey D. Beck, BSPNatalie D. Eddington, PhDWalter L. Fava, BSPYongson Kim, BSPLuann O. Reno, BSPJames R. Salmons, BSPGraceMarie Smith, BSPAndrea B. Weiss, BSP

Class of 1990Albert W. Brzeczko, PhDRandy S. Chiat, BSPLeslye K. Fitterman, MSPankaj B. Gala, PhDApril L. Hudson, BSPCindy Q. Jiang, BSPPaul J. Na, BSPKimberly Z. Robbins, BSPLisa C. Ruppel, PharmDAnthony K. Wutoh, BSP

Class of 1991G. Delane Buff, BSPSusan M. Evans, BSPAmelia B. Gorsuch, BSPSam H. Haidar, BSPGayle C. Howell, BSPTrang H. Huynh, BSPMatthew E. McGovern, BSPStephen M. Wienner, BSP

Class of 1992Freddy E. Banks, BSPLynette R. Bradley-Baker, BSPNicholas Cornias, BSPKimberly A. Feese, BSPFaith A. Fisk, BSP

Michael J. Fossler Jr., PharmDBruce E. Jones, PhDLisa C. LeGette, BSPDeAnna D. Leikach, BSPNeil B. Leikach, BSPMark R. McDowell, BSPAnna Palka, BSPChristine L. Riddle, BSPKara J. Sink, BSPJoanne P. Stakias, BSPJia Bei Wang, PhDBrenda K. Weller, BSP

Class of 1993Jean M. Dinwiddie, PharmDAnn O. Dukes, BSPMadeline V. Feinberg, PharmDJill R. Fetter, BSPMerle S. Fossen, PharmDKathleen Gondek, PhDLisa V. Heber, BSPDiana P. Henzel, BSPAlice H. Hill, PharmDNigel R. Isaacs, PharmDJung E. Lee, BSPThomas L. Morgan, BSPKathleen M. Phelan, BSPLaura D. Weiss, BSP

Class of 1994Eileen Bloom-Prinkey, BSPBarbara L. Brannan, BSPBrian J. Goetz, PharmDJulie S. Johnson, BSPSung K. Kim, BSPBrian T. Sevier, BSPAnhtu A. Vu, BSP

Class of 1995Michael J. Barton, BSPNancy A. Dravis, MSLeslye K. Fitterman, PhDMichael J. Fossler Jr., PhDDeborah M. Mulhearn, PharmDGloria J. Nichols-English, PhDAngela M. Parker, BSPAmy L. Schroeder, BSP



Class of 1996Marsha E. Alvarez, PharmDCynthia J. Boyle, PharmDNipun Davar, PhDNancy A. Edgeworth, PharmDTimothy D. Gladwell, PharmDPauline L. Guthrie, PharmDGeorge C. Voxakis, PharmDAnthony K. Wutoh, PhDEllen H. Yankellow, PharmD

Class of 1997Charles R. Bonapace, PharmDNicole J. Brandt, PharmDJames L. Bresette, PharmDDavid T. Diwa, PharmDKristin D. Glassman, PharmDSam H. Haidar, PhDKristin A. Lynch, PharmDMichael V. McSwiggin, PharmDAlfreda T. Melson, PharmDLiza N. Sharma, PharmDStacy L. Shord, PharmDGisele M. Sidbury, PharmD

Class of 1998Deborah E. Bair, PharmDJeffrey M. Brewer, PharmDMichelle M. Ceng, PharmDHarold Chappelear, DScTerri F. Clayman, PharmDTerry L. Davis, PharmDPatrick Y. Kamara, PharmDJonathan N. Latham, PharmDLeeAnn McCaffrey, PharmDTeresa A. Okala, PharmDRobin L. Paluskievicz, PharmDLisa N. Pitt, PharmDAbiodun Somide, PharmDDavid M. Yoder, PharmD

Class of 1999Lynette R. Bradley-Baker, PhDAlvin H. Burwell, PharmDSusan C. dosReis, PhDCharles R. Downs, PharmDMichelle L. Eby, PharmD

Christine E. Garnett, PharmDIna Kaplan, PharmDSonia S. Kim, PharmDJulie A. Kreyenbuhl, PhDBipinchandra M. Mistry, PhDMaura P. Murphy, PhDMona Singh, PharmDJohn P. Timoney, PharmD

Class of 2000Franklin W. Blatt, PharmDLisa L. Booze, PharmDJason F. Chancey, PharmDCatherine G. Dormarunno, PharmDDeborah J. Ehart, PharmDJennifer L. Evans, PharmDKathleen D. Flannery, PharmDPhu M. Huynh, PharmDJames R. Salmons, PharmDCharles H. Steg Jr., PharmDStephen E. Sussman, PharmDCharles D. Taylor Jr., PharmDBridgette A. Thomas, PharmDTerry F. Wills, PharmDWilliam Yeboah, PharmD

Class of 2001Barbara L. Brannan, PharmDLaci L. Brown, PharmDLeroy K. Dunkley, PharmDRenee M. Hilliard, PharmDSusan Hu, PhDDouglas L. Keene, PharmDTheresa M. Langeheine, PharmDKimberley A. Lentz, PhDPaul E. Rodgers, PharmDRuth H. Scroggs, PharmDNazim S. Shahzad, PhDBay-Mao B. Wu, PharmD

Class of 2002Howard K. Besner, PharmDAmy M. Blachere, PharmDJulian A. Ng Chun, PharmDPamela S. Ford, PharmDFortin S. Georges, PharmDMargie M. Goldberg-Okun, PharmD

Sheila K. Miller, PharmDYvonne K. Molotsi, PharmDChristy A. Sasiela, PhDTecoya N. Shannon, PharmDLawrence P. Siegel, PharmDCarol E. Stevenson, PharmDTerry B. Tran, PharmDVera Zejmis, PharmD

Class of 2003Brian J. Gilligan, PharmDMonika A. Houstoun, PharmDRobin E. Katcoff, PharmDShin W. Kim, PharmDLana Konigsberg, PharmDLawrence J. Kotey, PharmDDiana B. Ku, PharmDCarolyn Petralia, PharmDJeong Y. Rhie, PharmDEmil N. Sidawy, PharmDMargaret M. Thomas, PharmD

Class of 2004Suzanna S. Gim, PharmDRegina M. Morris, PharmDNoha N. Salama, PhDTsion H. Tesfayohannes, PharmD

Class of 2005Kelli J. Bankard, PharmDStewart W. Carter, PharmDFelicia U. Edoga, PharmDGrace Hong, PharmDJeanine E. Jackson, PharmDGrace R. Lin, PharmDJanelle N. Meads, PharmDTewodros K. Molla, PharmDMichael J. Schmorr, PharmDMary T. Tavakoli, PharmDHoai-An Truong, PharmDNeelesh K. Vaidya, PharmD

Class of 2006Prince A. Adekoya, PharmDJoan E. Baird, PharmDBrian M. Hose, PharmDHelen Hsiao, PharmD


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Angela M. Kaitis, PharmDDaniel Z. Mansour, PharmDIfedinma N. Okonkwo, PharmDEdward A. Taylor, PharmDJennifer M. Thompson, PharmDThomas G. Williams Jr., PharmD

Class of 2007Belafanti D. Jones, PharmDMarcus J. LaChapelle, PharmDClyde S. Perry, PharmDSoumi Saha, PharmDShauna K. White, PharmD

Class of 2008Sarah J. Brody, PharmDMin-li Cary, PharmDRaimon B. Cary, PharmDStephanie Hale, PharmDMonica Healy, PharmDJacqueline J. Huber, PharmDJason P. Katcoff, PharmDKathleen Klemm, PharmDMojdeh Saba, PharmD

Class of 2009Nicole M. Cammarata, PharmDVivek S. Dave, PhDMeera R. Embran, PharmDJennifer L. Fitch, PharmDNaissan Hussainzada, PhDLouis M. Jones, PharmDRosevelyn Nsiah-Ababio, PharmD

Class of 2010Marwa A. Aboukhatwa, PhDAshley A. Bivins, PharmDThomas L. Brew, PharmDAmeet C. Joshi, PharmDElena E. Mason, PharmDVikas Moolchandani, PhDSophia J. Park, PharmDMegan T. Pulleyn, PharmD

Class of 2011Iliana Cheng, PharmD

Christina J. Dang, PharmDJanet Dudley, PharmDAnh D. Hoang, PharmDMinHee Kang, PharmDChristopher M. Maltese, PharmDMeghan P. McHenry, PharmDKathleen M. Morneau, PharmDHuong T. Nguyen, PharmDSue J. Pak, PharmDLauren M. Robust, PharmDSagar J. Shukla, PharmDKyle T. Snyder, PharmDAddishiwot Solomon, PharmDCaroline Song, PharmDSheryl E. Thedford, PharmDAnthony O. Uwadia, PharmDJames C. Wang, PharmD

Class of 2012Christopher E. Barnes, PharmDJustine C. Beck, PharmDAmy C. Chase, PharmDJosephine L. Feng, PharmDMarisa B. Neaman, PharmDSai C. Nimmagadda, PharmDJesus C. S. Ricasa, PharmDParastoo Shariat, PharmDFatemeh Tavakkoli, PharmDKatie R. Watson, PharmD

GIVING BY CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS

Patrons$100,000+AnonymousAmerican Cancer SocietyBeacon Charitable FoundationCertaraDrugLogic Inc. Fisher ScientificRetirement Research FoundationShire Pharmaceuticals ManufacturingThermo Fisher Scientific Inc.Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.

Benefactors$50,000-$99,999Aventine Co. Joan & Sanford Weill Medical CollegeProcter & GambleSpringer Science+Business Media LLC-N.J.

Associates$25,000-$49,999Abbott LaboratoriesAvon Products Inc.U.S. PharmacopeiaVarian Medical Systems

Affiliate$10,000-$24,999Walgreens Co.

Sponsors$1,000-$9,999American Foundation for Pharmaceutical EducationAmerican Society of Consultant PharmacistsColumbia Hickory PharmacyConnect for Education, Inc.CVS Caremark Corp. Fink’s PharmacyFinksburg Pharmacy, Inc.Lambda Kappa SigmaMaryland Pain InitiativeMaryland Pharmacists AssociationNational Community Pharmacists AssociationNorthern Pharmacy & Medical EquipmentPharmaCare Discount PharmacyPharmCon, Inc.Philips HealthcareRite Aid Corp. Russo’s RxSchool of Pharmacy Class of 2011School of Pharmacy Class of 2012Sharpsburg PharmacySuperValu





Contributors Up To $999Ahold Financial ServicesThe Annapolitan Shop, Inc.AstraZenecaAZO Fraternity Kappa ChapterBIL Inc. Beward PharmacyBristol-Myers Squibb FoundationBroadneck Pharmacy, Inc.Burgess Information Systems, Inc.Catonsville Pharmacy, LLCCNA FoundationCorrect Rx Pharmacy Services, Inc.DAB Consulting LLCDental Health Care Eli Lilly and Co. FoundationEPIC Pharmacies, Inc.FLAVORxGE FoundationGeorge’s Creek Pharmacy, Inc.Harris Teeter, Inc.IMS Government SolutionsJohnson Family Pharmacy LLCKaiser Permanente Medical GroupKlein’s Supermarkets, Inc. of MarylandLambda Kappa Sigma Lambda Kappa Sigma Alpha Iota

Lambda Kappa Sigma-Alpha ChapterLambda Kappa Sigma-Alpha Chi ChapterMaryland Charity Campaign 2010Maryland Charity Campaign 2011Merck Partnership for GivingNovartis Matching Gift CenterParadise Professional Pharmacy Park Avenue PharmacyPerry Hall Children’s Center, Inc.Pfizer Foundation, Inc.Pharmacia & Upjohn FoundationPreston Pharmacy Inc. Professional PharmacyRainbow’s End Learning Center, Inc. Reeser’s Pharmacy, Inc.Robert Brundelre, DDS, PAShady Grove PharmacySunset Diabetes Resources, Inc.The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore

STUDENT ORGANIZATION SPONSORSHIPThe University of Maryland School of Pharmacy thanks the corporations, foundations, organizations, and private sponsors who, throughout the year, have so generously contributed directly

to student organizations to enrich the student experience and enhance ongoing professional development.

Catonsville Pharmacy, LLCCVS Caremark Corp. Jay’s CateringMedStar HealthOmnicareShoppers PharmacyWalgreens Co.Wedgewood Club

IN MEMORYIrvin M. Pruce, BSP ’49Thomas G. Williams Sr., BSP ’80, PharmD ’99Evelyn L. Yevzeroff, BSP ’43

IN HONORMelissa Kim, PharmD ’12David A. Knapp


This is a listing of gifts received from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012. We have made every effort to provide a complete and accurate listing of donors and gifts. If we have made an error or omission, please accept our sincere apology and contact Janice Batzold, MS, acting executive director of development and alumni affairs, at 410-706-1711 or [email protected] so that we may correct our records.

John H. Balch, BSP ’68, RPhPresident, PharmaCare of Cumberland, Option Care of Cumberland

Michael Beatrice, PhD ’01Corporate Vice President, Regulatory and Quality Science, Abbott Laboratories

David Blake, PhD ’66President, DAB Consulting, LLC

Albert Brzeczko, PhD ’90Vice President, Technical Affairs,Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Harold E. Chappelear, DSC ’98, RPh, LLD (Hon.)Principal, InternaSource, LLC

Felix Gyi, PharmD, MBA, BSP ’83, CIP, RAC CEO, Chesapeake Research Review

Mark A. Levi, BSP ’70, PDPrincipal, Levi LLC

Gina McKnight-Smith, PharmD ’97, MBA, CGP, BCPSClinical Coordinator, Maryland Provider Synergies

David G. Miller, BSP ’85, RPhExecutive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists

Robert G. Pinco, BSP, JDSenior Counsel, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney P.C.

Hon. David D. Rudolph, EdD, MEdMaryland House of Delegates

Jermaine Smith, RPhDirector, College Relations and Professional Recruitment, Rite Aid Pharmacy

Alex Taylor, BSP ’76Chief, Division of Clinical Services, Maryland Medicaid

Sally Van Doren, PharmD ’85*President & CEO, BioSoteria, Inc.

George C. Voxakis, BSP ’58, PharmD ’96President, American Liberty Financial Services, Inc.

Ellen H. Yankellow, BSP ’73, PharmD ’96, ChairPresident and CEO, Correct Rx Pharmacy Services, Inc.

*Passed away on Dec. 19, 2012

BOARD OF VISITORS

One of the most challenging tasks at the School of Pharmacy is maintaining accurate contact information

for our very mobile alumni. For those who receive Capsule magazine and other printed and mailed

communications from the School, we have your mailing address and we thank you for that. But there is

so much more that we would like to know about you, specifically your email address and employment

information.

Technology is only as good as the data inputted in our system. The more updated the information we

have about you, the better we can serve you. Announcements about networking and mentoring

opportunities, invitations to be a guest lecturer or student applicant interviewer, announcements about

alumni reunions, receptions, continuing education courses, seminars and lectureships, as well as news from the dean and department

chairs, are communicated electronically via email.

Of our more than 5,000 alumni, only 1,200 of you have provided us with a viable email address. Yet, as the School recognizes the

considerable costs associated with printing and postage, the trend has been to turn more to electronic communication for quick updates

and “breaking news” items. We want you to hear about all of the exciting opportunities and initiatives taking place at the School every day.

Updated email and mailing addresses are only the tip of the proverbial information iceberg. We also want to know where you work and

the type of work you do. A more targeted approach to communication will allow us to send fewer but more pertinent messages. Updated

professional information also is vital in our efforts to invite alumni to collaborate on practice and research projects with our faculty or to

attend a symposium. Our reasons for wanting to keep in touch with you are varied but important.

Please help us in our efforts by completing and returning the alumni update form at the bottom of this page or by visiting

www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu/alumni/contactinfo.html.

As always, I enjoy hearing from alumni, so please let me know if you plan to be in the Baltimore area as I would love to give you

a tour of the School.

Warm regards,

Janice T. Batzold, MS

Acting Executive Director

Office of Development and Alumni Affairs

Janice Batzold

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