The College of Pharmacy’s Continuing Education program hosted the 2016 Feurt Symposium on Wednesday, October 19, 2016. The topic of this year’s Symposium was Prescription Drug Abuse/Diversion. The featured speakers were Mrs. Adrienne Baker and Dr. Reggie Dilliard.
Baker is associate director of RXReacts, an initiative sponsored by Purdue Pharma. She presented on lawful prescribing and the dangers of diversion to more than 500 students, faculty, and practitioners at our three campuses across the state. Dilliard, executive director of the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy, followed Baker’s presentation with a discussion of local and regional initiatives to reduce prescription drug abuse in the state of Tennessee. Both Baker and Dilliard reviewed strategies and red flags for practitioners to prevent prescription drug abuse.
The Feurt symposium is an annual College tradition. Following Dean Feurt’s death in 1975, members of the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy and Tennessee Pharmacists Association, in cooperation with the University, started the Seldon D. Feurt Memorial Fund to honor Dr. Feurt and provide private funding for scholarships, fellowships, research grants, and other needs of the College. The Feurt committee is chaired by Dr. Jim Eoff.
In addition to the symposium, the Seldon D. Feurt Memorial Fund provides scholarships for both general education and international rotations, and supports other initiatives in the College of Pharmacy. Ongoing contributions from alumni of the College and family/friends of Dean Feurt allow us to expand these programs. If you would like to make a gift to the Seldon D. Feurt Memorial Fund visit: www.uthscalumni.com/feurt, or contact Jada Williams, Senior Director of Annual Giving, at [email protected] or 901-448-4974.