The Cardinal Best Practices Award is an annual recognition program for independent pharmacies. This award seeks to commend pharmacies that provide innovative best practices to improve patient outcomes, drive business results, and promote community involvement. This year Mac’s Pharmacy is being considered for this prestigious award. After excelling through the first round, Mac’s is now… Read More
William E. Evans, PharmD, director and CEO of the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital since 2004 and member of the UT College of Pharmacy Classes of 1973 and 1974, received the 2014 Rho Chi Lecture Award this year at the 90th Annual Meeting of the Rho Chi Society. The award is among the society’s highest… Read More
The sun was out for the First Annual American Pharmacist Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) PARscription golf tournament in Knoxville. The event was held on Monday, April 21 at Green Meadow Country Club, and all eighteen holes were sponsored by a variety of individuals, pharmacies, and local businesses, with the most prominent being Associated Fire Services,… Read More
At the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Annual meeting in March, two UT College of Pharmacy alumni were honored for their contributions to the profession. Brent Reed, PharmD, BCPS-AQ Cardiology, FAHA, was selected for the Distinguished New Practitioner Award, which was established in 2010 to “recognize an individual new practitioner who has demonstrated distinctive achievements in… Read More
In April, Dean Marie Chisolm-Burns and Dr. Debbie Byrd visited several pharmacies that host advanced professional practice experiences for UT students. At Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, they met with staff members Pam Turner (not pictured), Tina Foster, Traci Gilliland, Alan Padget, Chris Norris, Lori Schirmer, and Bill Strozyk. In addition, they toured local independent pharmacies, Belew Drug and… Read More
The Christian Pharmacists Fellowship International (CPFI) student chapter at UTCOP was recently reactivated following an enthusiastic interest meeting involving approximately 60 students across the state. CPFI seeks to provide support and fellowship among like-minded professionals, as well as challenge and promote spiritual growth. While attending the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL, chapter… Read More
The Alumni Board of Directors held their spring meeting at the College of Pharmacy in Memphis on Friday, April 25. The primary focus of the meeting was discussion of the current state of the College’s ACPE accreditation self-study. After hearing an update about the College from Dean Chisolm-Burns, each section of the self-study was presented by faculty chairing… Read More
The research team led by John Buolamwini, PhD, presented posters at the American Chemical Society (ACS) national meeting in Dallas, TX, as well as the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) meeting in San Diego, CA. The team includes graduate students Shan Sun and Hilaire Player, and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Hemantkumar Doekar. At the ACS… Read More
G. Christopher Wood, PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, BCPS, associate professor of Clinical Pharmacy was selected this month as a preceptor for the American Society of Health-system Pharmacy (ASHP) critical care traineeship program. This program is a five month course divided into distance learning and experiential education, focusing exclusively on the critical care setting. Wood has been a… Read More
Theodore Cory, PharmD, PhD comes to us after completion of his PharmD at Drake University. He completed a PhD focusing on the effect of azithromyin on classically and alternatively activated macrophage phenotype at the University of Kentucky. He is currently working as a post-doctoral research associate in the laboratory of Dean Courtney Fletcher at the University of… Read More
