The College of Pharmacy honored three award winners at the 2018 Awards Dinner during Alumni Weekend in Knoxville on Nov. 2.
This year’s award recipients were Dr. Roland Dickerson, who was named the Outstanding Alumnus Award Winner, Dr. Stephanie Phelps, who was named the Distinguished Service to Pharmacy Award Winner and Dr. Leslie Shepard, who was named the Recent Alumnus Award Winner.
Dr. Dickerson is a tenured professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science and also serves as clinical coordinator specialist for the Nutrition Support Service at Regional One. His practice and research is focused on the metabolic support of critically ill patients. Dr. Dickerson graduated from UTHSC in 1982.
Dr. Phelps retired in July of 2018 after a 36-year career with the UTHSC College of Pharmacy. She was at the forefront of pediatric pharmacy when she obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy from Samford University in 1979. Dr. Phelps then received a PharmD from the UTHSC College of Pharmacy in 1982 and subsequently completed a pediatric subspecialty residency at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, where she would continue to shape this specialized area of pharmacy. She joined the faculty at the UTHSC College of Pharmacy in 1983 and was named the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in 2009.
Dr. Shepard is one of the pharmacist owners of Community Pharmacy Care Inc., in Dickson, Tenn., which includes Dickson Apothecary and Kingston Springs Pharmacy. She is also a part-time faculty member and preceptor for the UTHSC College of Pharmacy. Dr. Shepard received her Bachelor of Science from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in 2007, and a PharmD degree from UTHSC College of Pharmacy in 2010.