Med Communications, Inc. recently announced the promotion of Dr. Beth Miller (‘97) to vice president of Medical Communications. Beth has been employed with Med Communications for the past 10 years. Dr. Miller began her work as a medical information specialist and medical writer. She was promoted to director, Medical Information in 2010, and has served… Read More
Dr. Grishma Desai (’11), assistant professor of Clinical Pharmacy, is now a Certified Professional in Healthcare Information & Management Systems (CPHIMS). CPHIMS is a professional certification demonstrating that an individual meets the international standard of professional knowledge and competence in healthcare information and management systems. Dr. Desai completed a PGY-1 residency at the Grady Health… Read More
PRECEPTOR DEVELOPMENT UTCOP-Knoxville Tuesday, August 11, 2015 1:00pm to 4:00pm UTCOP-Memphis Wednesday, August 19, 2015 1:00pm to 4:00pm ROTATION/RESIDENCY DAY UTCOP-Knoxville Wednesday, August 12, 2015 9:00am to 3:00pm UTCOP-Memphis Thursday, August 20, 2015 9:00am to 3:00pm CLINICAL PHARMACY GRAND ROUNDS Dr. Tim Self and Dr. Junling Wang August 27, 2015 – Memphis Room 102
Special thanks to student pharmacists, Chantler Jones, Cara Lankford, and Dina Ali (P4s) for their invaluable contributions to this edition of the newsletter.
The University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy now offers three campuses across the state in Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville. The College earned official campus status for Nashville from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) in January. Recent years have been eventful for the College of Pharmacy, as our statewide presence has grown. Student pharmacists are thrilled with their… Read More
The University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy held the first graduation ceremony exclusively for pharmacy graduates on May 15, 2015. Graduates, faculty, family and friends came together at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis for the Honors and Awards Convocation followed by the presentation of diplomas to 175 PharmD graduates and four PhD graduates. Bradley Boucher,… Read More
At the Honors and Awards Convocation and Commencement Ceremony on May 15, Class Presidents Drs. Amy Sparkman (Nashville), Erica Schumacher (Knoxville) and Nathan Owen (Memphis) presented Dean Chisholm-Burns with a check for $3,410 on behalf of the Class of 2015. Over 85% of the class contributed to the gift. Students who donated received an orange lapel pen to… Read More
Andy Nishimoto, PharmD, BCPS and Jeff Rybak, PharmD, BCPS both received competitive travel awards and presented their research at the recent MAD-ID conference in Orlando, FL. MAD-ID is a non-profit entity which provides continuing professional education in the area of infectious diseases pharmacotherapy and antimicrobial stewardship.
Residency match data for Class of 2015 have been released. Once again, UTCOP shows its dedication to producing well-qualified residency candidates. For PGY1 residencies, UT was in the top 3% of all colleges in the nation for number of students who initially matched, with 58 graduates matching across the country. Only 3 colleges of pharmacy… Read More
The following are our December 2014 and May 2015 PhD graduates, along with their research area and advisor: Bret Alan Koertge “Functional Pharmacology of Novel Cannabinergic Ligands” Advisor: Dr. Bob Moore Bivash Mandal “Design, Development and Evaluation of Erlotinib-Loaded Hybrid Nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery to Non-Small Cell lung Cancer” Advisor: Dr. George Wood Nivesh… Read More
