Top Photo: Back Row, Left to Right: Sruti Trambadia, Rima Patel, Jessamyn Barrett, Julie Harrison, Kim Keller Front Row, Left to Right: Kara Loveday, Amy Veracco, Krissy Tedford Bottom Photo: Row 1: Javier Rodriguez, Kristen Smith, Ashley Fraysure Row 2: Chelsea Butler, Justin Macklin, Juliet Chijioke, Celestino Zyas Morales Row 3: Penny Hembree, Bernard Britton,… Read More
Mac’s Pharmacy, an independent community pharmacy with multiple locations in East Tennessee, has achieved accreditation through the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE). Accreditation is achieved by developing a plan based around the ten standards published by the AADE. Each of the ten standards are developed to meet the highest standards set by the Centers… Read More
Department of Clinical Pharmacy Grand Rounds March 19, 2015 April 16, 2015 May 21, 2015 Spring Dates to Remember PLS/Rho Chi Induction March 6 ASP Award Banquet March 7 APhA Annual Meeting March 27-30 Spring Break March 27-April 5 Spring Holiday (closed) April 3 Memphis Pharmacy Weekend April 10-11 ACCP Therapeutic Updates April 10-14 P1… Read More
Congratulations to our Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) chapter on being the winner of the Shot@Life national competition sponsored by the United Nations Foundation. The Shot@Life competition is meant to advocate for global immunizations. During the challenge, each SNPhA team was to hold an in house district meeting and contact at least 5 state representatives… Read More
Duane Miller, PhD, Van Vleet Professor and chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was honored as a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NIA). Dr. Miller has been working through the UT Research Foundation to protect and promote his discoveries; he has designed new drugs to treat disease areas from oncology to ophthalmology,… Read More
The ASHP Research and Education Foundation honored Dean Marie Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, at the Literature Awards during the 2014 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting in Anaheim, CA. The Literature Awards Program was established in 1971 and recognizes pharmacists for their leadership in safe and effective medication use. Dean Chisholm-Burns was awarded the Pharmacy… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) plans to invest as much as $40 million to build a distant campus on six acres next to Saint Thomas West Hospital in Nashville. The UT College of Pharmacy (UTCOP) already has a presence in Nashville; the other professional colleges are planning to expand there soon. This… Read More
With a median salary of $116,700, a projected growth of 14% by the year 2022, and a pleasant, low-stress work environment, pharmacists were named the best healthcare job by Forbes. Pharmacists must complete a four-year “PharmD” program after getting a bachelor’s or associate’s degree with undergraduate coursework in physics, chemistry, biology and calculus. For… Read More
The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) recently honored the Children’s Intestinal Rehabilitation Center at Le Bonheur (CIRCLe) as a Clinical Nutrition Team of Distinction. This award recognizes excellence in clinical nutrition practice, scholarship, and professional service. To be considered, teams must have representation by dietetics, medicine, nursing, and pharmacy. The CIRCLe team… Read More
