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Dean and Students Attend A Christmas Carol

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On December 11, 2015, several students and faculty attended the play A Christmas Carol at Theatre Memphis with Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns and her family. Pictured (back row) Tim Guitard, Little John Burns, Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns, Daniel Jinks, Nicki Norrell, Alicia Rogers, Luella Jones, Qian Zhao. Pictured (front row): Seongjung Kim, Dylan Knox, Bethany Doss, Nadine… Read More

New Certifications and Designations

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Associate of the American College of Cardiology (AACC) Cassandra D. Benge Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Cardiology and Director, PGY2 Cardiology Pharmacy Residency VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville Board Certified Critical Care Pharmacists (BCCCP) Leslie Hamilton Associate Professor, Clinical Pharmacy UTHSC College of Pharmacy, Knoxville Morgan Jones Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Neurocritical Care Methodist Healthcare –… Read More

Alumni Information Update Request

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In order to keep in touch with our alumni, the College of Pharmacy asks alumni to update their contact information online.  To update your profile, visit the UTHSC Alumni and Friends webpage, click on “Update Your Contact Info,” under Welcome Home near the bottom left of the page. First time users will need to register… Read More

Upcoming Events

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Spring dates to remember. Classes Begin 4-Jan Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (Closed) 18-Jan AACP Interim Meeting 20-23 Feb TSSP Annual Meeting 27-Feb TSHP Midyear Meeting 28-Feb TPA Midyear Meeting 29 Feb-1 Mar APhA Annual Meeting 4-7 Mar Spring Break 7-11 Mar Spring Holiday (closed) 25-Mar SNPhA Reginal Meeting 1-3 Apr ACCP Therapeutic Updates 8-10… Read More

Acknowledgements

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Special thanks to fourth year student pharmacists, Macy Kint and Anna Woods, for their invaluable contributions to this edition of the newsletter. Thank you to Drs. Wang and Hart, Corliss Finlay, Adria White and Kim Keller for their story contributions to this month’s newsletter.

Chisholm-Burns Appointed to ACPE Board of Directors

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Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP recently was appointed by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) to a six-year term on the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) Board of Directors. ACPE is the national accrediting body for professional degree programs in pharmacy as well as for providers of continuing pharmaceutical… Read More

Rho Chi Chapter Achievement Award Finalist

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The Alpha Nu Chapter has been selected by the Rho Chi Awards Committee as a finalist for the Chapter Achievement Award to be presented at the annual meeting of the Rho Chi Society in Baltimore, Maryland on March 6, 2016. The Chapter Achievement Award recognizes the full scope of chapter activities as documented in the… Read More

Hagemann, Hamilton, Foster Most Influential Faculty

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As part of the P3 Pinning Ceremony, Gerald Phillips, III, Memphis president of the Class of 2017, William McKelvey, Nashville president of the Class of 2017, and Stephen Duden, Knoxville president of the Class of 2017, gave special recognition to faculty members voted on by the Class of 2017 as “Most Influential.” Tracy Hagemann, PharmD,… Read More

ASHP Clinical Skills Competition

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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) local Clinical Skills Competition featured 23 teams (8 in Knoxville, 3 in Nashville, and 12 in Memphis). The competition consisted of two rounds, one written and one oral. Teams were presented with a complex patient case and had two hours to complete a written assessment of the patient.… Read More

Alumni Weekend

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy held our annual Alumni Weekend on November 12 – 14 in Knoxville. The Alumni Dinner with Distinguished Service Award winner, Dr. Max Ray, was held on November 12, the Alumni Board of Directors conducted business and class reunion dinners were celebrated on November 13, the tailgate was enjoyed by all before the UT vs. North Texas… Read More