• Ambulatory Care
• Adult Medicine
• Cardiology
• Central Nervous System
• Critical Care
• Drug Information
• Emergency Medicine
• Geriatrics
• Immunology/Transplantation
• Pain and Palliative Care
• Pediatrics
• Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Women’s Health

The Ambulatory Care PRN remains one of the largest PRNs, and its members are very involved in the profession, ACCP at large, and various PRN committees.

The Advocacy Committee is developing a survey to determine the level of importance of Medicare Part D and Part B issues to members’ practices and is developing a manual to assist members with specific details necessary to host elected officials or staff members at various practice sites.

The Budget and Finance Committee report that the budget remains in good fiscal standing. They plan to match our last year’s donation to the Frontiers Fund to support student travel to the 2009 Annual Meeting. To increase PRN membership, plans are under way to finalize details of an incentive program for ambulatory care residents to join the PRN.

The Communication Committee is currently working on the PRN poster for the 2009 ACCP/ESCP International meeting and the PRN spring newsletter. In addition, they are developing policies and procedures for updating and promoting the sale of the survival guide, developing novel ideas for communication within our PRN and among PRNs, and updating the policies and procedures on the ACCP Web site. Finally, they continue to provide routine monitoring of the PRN Listserve.

The Education Committee has just completed the programming for the fall 2009 focus session for the Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California. The session, titled “Health Behavior Change: Effectively Using Motivational Interviewing,” will be presented by Dr. Bruce Berger on Monday, October 19. The committee will explore possible opportunities for collaboration with another PRN to develop focus session programming for the 2010 Spring Practice and Research Forum.

The Networking Committee is working on the agenda for the upcoming ACCP/ESCP International meeting. The PRN business meeting is to be held Sunday, April 26, 2009, at the Rosen Centre Hotel from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The speaker will be Kevin Fuji, Pharm.D. The committee has also begun a document on procedures for “Walk Rounds.” During the spring/summer, the committee will set up the education and entertainment for the Annual Meeting.

The Nominations Committee has submitted to ACCP several nominations for fellow and other ACCP awards. During the spring and summer, the committee will be accepting nominations for PRN officers and selecting the final slate of candidates. In addition, they will be soliciting and reviewing nominations for the annual PRN Member Achievement Award.

The Research and Scholarship Committee surveyed the Ambulatory Care PRN membership regarding A Petition to the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties Requesting Recognition of Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Practice as a Specialty. About 20% of the PRN members responded. Their opinions have been compiled, summarized, and forwarded to the PRN Executive Committee for review. The committee will be working with the Budget and Finance Committee to identify funding for PRN seed grant(s), which will be advertised and available to members starting July 2009. In addition, the committee will conduct a needs assessment survey for the PRN in upcoming months.

The Resident and Student Committee, a new committee, has identified and prioritized ideas for increasing resident and student involvement in the PRN by increasing communication, networking opportunities, and relevant programs. They project implementation of some of these activities by the 2009 Annual Meeting. In addition, Kathy Zaiken and Katy Hale have volunteered to serve as StuNet liaisons.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Adult Medicine PRN. During the past decade, our membership has continued to grow and is now more than 800 strong. In addition to our “traditional” PRN activities, our PRN has been actively working to develop a PRN history paper to highlight the achievements of our PRN and its members during the past 10 years. A PRN history poster will be presented at the 2009 Annual ACCP Meeting. We have also developed a committee to investigate the possibility of funding member research grants or establishing an Adult Medicine mini-sabbatical program. This committee will present its findings at the upcoming Adult Medicine PRN business meeting in Orlando, Florida.

Congratulations to T. Michael Farley, Pharm.D., for receiving the $1000 Adult Medicine PRN Resident Research Award. Dr. Farley is currently completing a PGY2 Internal Medicine Residency at University of Kentucky Healthcare. He will present his research project titled, “Characterization of a 24 Hour Pharmacist Managed Direct Thrombin Inhibitor (DTI) Program,” at the upcoming PRN meeting in Orlando, Florida.

Additional congratulations for notable member achievements include:

2009 American College of Clinical Pharmacy; Blair MM, Freitag RT, Keller DL, et al. Proposed revision to the existing specialty and specialist certification framework for pharmacy practitioners. Pharmacotherapy 2009;29:3e–13e. (Available at http://www.pharmacotherapy.org/pdf/free/Pharm2902_ACCP-Blair-SpcCrt.pdf.)

Arnold LM, Keller DL. Hyperglycemia management in noncritically ill hospitalized patients. J Pharm Pract 2009. doi: 10.1177/0897190008330198. Available at http://jpp.sagepub.com/cgi/rapidpdf/0897190008330198v1.

Marrs JC. Colesevelam HCL for the management of type 2 diabetes. Exp Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2009;5:187–94. Segars LW, Lea AR. Assessing prescriptions for statins in ambulatory diabetic patients in the United States: a national, cross-sectional study. Clin Ther 2008;30:2159–66.

Wortman SB. Medication reconciliation in a community, nonteaching hospital. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2008;65:2047–54.

Maria M. Claudio-Saez, Pharm.D., BCPS, recently participated in a Web conference coordinated by the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA). She presented “Managing Inpatient Hyperglycemia: A Transition for Sliding Scale to Basal-Bolus Insulin.”

Canales AE, Nixon-Lewis BD. Urinary incontinence. In: Linn WD, Wofford MR, O’Keefe ME, Posey LM, eds. Pharmacotherapy in Primary Care. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008:347–56.

Haase KK, Smythe MA, Orlando PL, Resman-Targoff BH, Smith LS. ACCP position statement: ensuring quality experiential education. Pharmacotherapy 2008;28:1548–51.

Haase KK, Smythe MA, Orlando PL, Resman-Targoff BH, Smith LS. ACCP white paper: quality experiential education. Pharmacotherapy 2008;28:1547.

2008 Presentations:

Beth Resman-Targoff, Pharm.D., FCCP. Clinical pharmacy education and practice. Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan, February 2008.

New approaches to initial treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Adult Medicine PRN Focus Session – Clinical Topics in Adult Medicine. 2008 ACCP Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, October 2008.

Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: update on diseasemodifying antirheumatic drugs. New Recommendations for Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs and Emerging Options for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. ASHP Advantage Symposium Conducted at the 43rd ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition, Orlando, Florida, December 2008.

Role of antineoplastic agents in the management of inflammatory diseases. Multitasking: Expanded Use of Antineoplastic Agents to Treat Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders. 43rd American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition, Orlando, Florida, December 2008.

The Adult Medicine PRN would also like to acknowledge William E. Dager, Pharm.D., FCSHP; Krystal K. Hasse, Pharm.D., BCPS; Eric J. MacLaughlin, Pharm.D., BCPS; and Geoffrey C. Wall, Pharm.D., BCPS, for being named ACCP Fellows 2008.

The Cardiology PRN, together with the Geriatrics PRN, has planned a joint focus session at the International Congress meeting titled “Senior Moments: Appropriate Medication Therapy Prescribing and Management for the Elderly.” Toni ACCP PRN Report 4 Spring, 2009 Ripley, Pharm.D., BCPS, University of Oklahoma, will be presenting on behalf of the Cardiology PRN.

The Cardiology PRN is pleased to announce its new Awards and Recognition Committee, chaired by Sheryl Chow, Pharm.D., BCPS, Western University. The committee has put forth a call for nominations for the following awards: Clinical Practice Award, Junior Investigator Award, Distinguished Investigator Award, Service Award, Mentoring Award, and Outstanding Paper of the Year Award.

Congratulations to the following Cardiology PRN members on their recent achievements:

• Amber Beitelshees was awarded a K23 from NIH/NHLBIK23HL091120, “Uncoupling Protein Polymorphisms and Cardiometabolic Responses to Beta-Blockers.”
• William Dager was awarded a fellow of the Society for Critical Care Medicine (FCCM).
• Jean Nappi was appointed to the Scientific Advisory Council of Womenheart, the national coalition for women with heart disease.
• Robert Page has been awarded a fellow from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (FASHP).
• Robert Talbert was awarded a fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA).
• Issam Zineh was appointed the Associate Director for Genomics of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The Central Nervous System PRN is excited to present a focus session at the upcoming ACCP/ESCP International Congress in Orlando, Florida. The Central Nervous System PRN focus session titled “Evolving Systems and the New Developments in Stroke Management” will be a casebased, pro-con debate format moderated by Dr. Kimberly Tallian. Presenters include Dr. Denise Rhoney (Wayne State University, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Detroit, Michigan) and Dr. Anne Kinnear (Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK).

The Critical Care PRN would like to congratulate many notable recent accomplishments of its members. Judi Jacobi, Pharm.D., FCCP, FCCM, BCPS, will move into the President-Elect role of the Society of Critical Care Medicine at the 2009 SCCM Congress in Nashville. She is the first pharmacist to lead SCCM. She was also inducted into the National Academies of Practice, Pharmacy Academy, on March 28. Despite this, she blends well with all day-to-day practitioners and enjoys meeting everyone – please introduce yourself to her at meetings. She is clearly our greatest current spokesperson. Joe Dasta and Steve Martin are both on the SCCM Council, increasing our influence in SCCM leadership worldwide. Finally, Michael Bentley, William (Bill) Dager, and Mary Hess were honored with the fellowship designation in the American College of Critical Care Medicine in Nashville. All outstanding choices!

Some notable accomplishments by our membership include congratulations to Professor and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at the University of Minnesota, Henry Mann, Pharm.D., FCCM, FCCP, FASHP, on his new position as Dean, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, at the University of Toronto, effective July 1, 2009. Tom Johnson, Pharm.D., BCPS, was promoted to Professor of Pharmacy Practice at South Dakota State University, in addition to completing his MBA this spring. Elizabeth Michalets, Pharm.D., BCPS, CPP, was awarded the AACP’s Crystal Apple Award for her clinical practice and teaching in a Neurotrauma ICU and partnership with UNC School of Pharmacy. Joseph Swanson, Pharm.D., BCPS, received the 2008–2009 SIDPPharmacotherapy Research Award for his research proposal titled “Pulmonary Biomarkers in Patients With and Without VAP.” Annette Rowden, Pharm.D., BCPS, and Doug Fish, Pharm.D., FCCP, FCCM, BCPS, reviewed the ASHP/IDSA/ SIDP vancomycin monitoring consensus review that was published recently in AJHP. Kevin Silinskie, Pharm.D., won the 2009 SCCM Endocrine Specialty Award presented at this past Congress. Eric Mueller was awarded the 2007–2008 ASHP Foundation New Preceptor of the Year Award and named Alternate Chair of the University of Cincinnati Institutional Review Board. Michelle E. Allen, Pharm.D., BCPS, took a promotion to Clinical Coordinator Director, PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, at Sibley Memorial Hospital Department of Pharmacy in Washington, DC. ACCP Critical Care PRN members Sandra Kane-Gill, Pharm.D., M.Sc., FCCM (University of Pittsburgh), Martin J. Ohlinger, Pharm.D., BCPS (University of Toledo), and Troy Batterton, Pharm.D., have been named coaches for the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Paragon Quality Improvement Project. Dr. Ohlinger and Dr. Kane-Gill also serve on the Paragon Committee.

Starting this spring at the Spring Meeting in Orlando, the Critical Care PRN will have a Recognition Subcommittee, with the purpose of capturing and recognizing more systematically the accomplishments and talents of our membership. We hope to highlight all members with board certification, fellowships, awards, and significant publications led by our members. If you have interest in participating, please contact Lance Oyen ([email protected]) or Steve Pass ([email protected]).

The Drug Information PRN now has almost 200 members and represents drug information practitioners in a variety of settings including academia, clinical practice, health systems, industry, and many others. Our members have been busy with a variety of activities during the year. Some notable activities and accomplishments include the following.

Several members developed an opinion paper, which was published in Pharmacotherapy. Bernknopf AC, Karpinski JP, McKeever AL, et al. Drug information: from education to practice. Pharmacotherapy 2009;29:331–46.

Allison King, Pharm.D., was a guest lecturer at Khon Kaen University in Thailand, where she discussed United States Drug Information Services. Allison also served as Director of Programs for the Greater Kansas City Society of Health-System Pharmacists. She was also a member of ASHP’s New Practitioner Professional Practice Advisory Committee.

Erin Fox, Pharm.D., was promoted to Manager of the Drug Information Service at the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics.

Michelle McCarthy, Pharm.D., was the 2008 recipient of the Louis P. Jeffrey Award for recognition and appreciation for sustained leadership in the training of pharmacy residents at the Eastern States Conference for Pharmacy Residents and Preceptors.

Member publications and presentations included the following:

Bryant PJ, Pace HA, eds. The Pharmacist’s Guide to Evidence-Based Medicine for Clinical Decision Making. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2009.

Clauson KA, Polen HH, Peak AS, et al. Clinical decision support tools: personal digital assistant versus online dietary supplement databases. Ann Pharmacother 2008;42:1592–9.

Clauson KA, Peak AS, Marsh WA, et al. Clinical decision support tools: focus on dietary supplement databases. Altern Ther Health Med 2008;14:36–40.

Gettig JP, Sheehan AH. Perceived value of a pharmacy resident teaching certificate program. Am J Pharm Educ 2008;72:104.

Gettig JP, Crank CW, Philbrick AH. Faropenem medoxomil. Ann Pharmacother 2008;42:80–90.

Gregory PJ, Sperry M, Wilson AF. Dietary supplements for osteoarthritis. Am Fam Physician 2008;77:177–84.

King A. The impact of celiac sprue on patients’ medication choices. Hosp Pharm 2009;44:8–10.

King A. Common childhood medications. Presented to Blue Valley School District nurses. CNE certificate program. Overland Park, Kansas, March 2009.

Timpe EM, Wuller WR, Karpinski JP. A regional poison prevention education service-learning project. Am J Pharm Educ 2008;72:87.

The PRN continues to grow and now has more than 100 members in less than 1 year. Active committees include the media committee, the focus session planning committee, and the survey committee.

Media Committee – Work is under way to develop a newsletter and guidelines for using the Listserve.

Focus Session Planning Committee – The PRN will be having a PRN focus session at the ACCP Annual Meeting in October. A variety of topics will be included in the sessions that are of interest to pharmacists practicing in emergency departments.

Survey Committee – An electronic survey has been distributed to quantify and describe the practice sites for emergency medicine.

Several members have contributed to the scholarly knowledge base in the emergency department. Below is a list of publications by our members.

Weant KA, Sasaki-Adams D, Ewend MA. Adrenal insufficiency secondary to aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurosurgery 2008;63:645–9.

Zed PJ, Abu-Laban RB, Shuster M, Green RS, Slavik RS, Travers AH. Update on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care guidelines. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2008;65:2337–46.

Zed PJ, Abu-Laban RB, Balen RM, et al. Incidence, severity and preventability of medication-related visits to the emergency department: a prospective study. Can Med Assoc J 2008;178:1563–9.

Zed PJ, Simmons T. A case of rosuvastatin-induced rhabdomyolysis: more is not better. Can Pharm J 2008;141:170–2.

Zed PJ, Filiatrault L. Clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction with a pharmacist-managed, emergency department-based outpatient treatment program for venous thromboembolic disease. Can J Emerg Med 2008;10:10–7.

Zed PJ, Abu-Laban RB, Chan WWY, Harrison DW. Efficacy, safety and patient satisfaction of propofol for procedural sedation and analgesia in the emergency department: a prospective study. Can J Emerg Med 2007;9:421–7.

Hughes DW, Frei CR, Maxwell PR, et al. Continuous vs. intermittent infusion oxacillin for the treatment of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother In press.

Patanwala AE. ASHP Junior Investigator Grant. A prospective observational study of medication errors in a tertiary care emergency department. American Society of Health-System Pharmacy. Foundation – Junior Investigator Grant – May 2008–2009 (Role: PI, Amount: $20,000)

Patanwala AE. Recombinant factor VIIa for acute traumatic hemorrhage. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2008;65:1616–23.

Michael Thomas, Pharm.D., BCPS, was appointed Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, at South University School of Pharmacy in Savannah, Georgia.

The Geriatrics PRN would like to congratulate our newly elected PRN officers: Mark Ruscin (Chair-Elect) and Joe Vande Griend (Secretary/Treasurer). Heather Bieber will now be our Chair. We welcome our new board liaison, Robert B. Parker, as well as new members including Richard Chin; Luke Gilmore, Pharm.D.; Hien Ha (student member); Nadine Halawa, Pharm.D.; DeeAnn Johnson, Pharm.D., CGP; and Kristin Zimmerman, Pharm.D.

Additional congratulations for notable member achievements include:

• 2008 New Clinical Practitioner Award winner: Andrea Wessell, Pharm.D., BCPS, CDE
• 2008 ACCP fellow: Lisa Hutchison
• 2008–2009 ACCP Health Care Costs Task Force: Jeffery Delafuente, M.S., FCCP, FASCP
• Book proposal approved, Fundamentals of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, by Hutchison LC, Sleeper-Irons R, eds.

Frontiers Fund and Student Travel Support

The Geriatrics PRN continues to support ACCP through annual giving to the Frontiers Fund ($500). In addition, the PRN renewed its commitment to supporting student travel at the Fall Meeting in 2008 by donating $500 to the ACCP Student Travel Fund.

StuNet PRN Liaisons

Thank you to PRN members Rebecca Sleeper Irons, Katie Claxton, and Carol Fox, who have volunteered to represent the Geriatrics PRN to ACCP student members. These individuals will share information about our programs and activities and are available to answer students’ questions regarding PRN or geriatric clinical pharmacy practice.

Future Projects

The Geriatrics PRN has finished the history paper and is currently working on the poster version. This has been a labor of love. Thank you to all who contributed to these projects.

The Immunology/Transplantation PRN membership continues to grow. Our PRN saw a significant growth in membership during the past year, with an increase from 188 members in February 2008 to 235 members in February 2009. We would like to welcome all new members to the PRN.

At the 2008 Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, three Immunology/Transplantation PRN members were inducted as fellows of ACCP, and one of our colleagues was honored with The Frontiers Career Development Research Award. Congratulations to Iman E. Bajjoka, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS; Robert E. Dupuis, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS; and Kathleen Tornatore, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, for being honored as fellows at this meeting. Sony Tuteja, Pharm.D., BCPS, received The Frontiers Career Development Research Award for her work titled “Utilizing Pharmacogenomics to Predict Drug Interactions in Transplant Recipients.”

Members of the Immunology/Transplantation PRN have been working with the American Society of Transplantation to develop a Community of Practice for transplant pharmacists. The inaugural meeting of this new forum for transplant pharmacists will occur during the American Transplant Congress meeting to be held in Boston from May 30 to June 3, 2009.

The PRN will again offer a resident/fellow travel award for the fall of 2009. The amount of this award has been increased to $1000. To be eligible for the award, the candidate must be a member of the Immunology/Transplantation PRN; have a research abstract accepted by the Immunology/ Transplantation specialty section for the fall ACCP meeting; be a resident/fellow at the time the research was conducted; and be willing to present his/her poster as a brief presentation at the PRN networking session. Look for more information about this opportunity on the PRN Web page.

Members of the Pain and Palliative Care PRN have been busy publishing, teaching, and planning.

Publications

• Jennifer Strickland, Pharm.D., BCPS, has recently published “Palliative Pharmacy Care,” available through the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) bookstore at www.ashp.org. Fellow PRN colleagues David Craig, Pharm.D., BCPS; Rob Hutchison, Pharm.D.; Karen Marlowe, Pharm.D.,BCPS; Suzanne Amato Nesbit, Pharm.D.; and Charlene Whittlesey, Pharm.D., wrote several chapters. Dr. Strickland stated, “We really wanted it to be a practical resource that would help the new practitioner looking for palliative care resources or the experienced practitioner spending more time with palliative care.”
• Jeffrey Fudin, B.S., Pharm.D., DAAPM, served as a member of the American Pain Society–American Academy of Pain Medicine Opioids Guidelines Panel. The panel has recently published a three-part series, including “Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in Chronic Noncancer Pain.” The guidelines were published in The Journal of Pain and may be downloaded at http://download.journals.elsevierhealth.com/pdfs/journals/1526-5900/PIIS1526590008008316.pdf.
• Kevin Bain, Pharm.D., BCPS, CGP, FASCP, published the following articles in 2008:
  • Weschules DJ, Bain KT, Richeimer S. Actual and potential drug interactions associated with methadone. Pain Med 2008;9:315–44.
  • Weschules DJ, Bain KT. A systematic review of opioid conversion ratios used with methadone for the treatment of pain. Pain Med 2008;9:595–612.

Presentations

• The Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association was held on March 28, 2009. Presentations by PRN colleagues included Polly Robinson, Pharm.D., CGP, FASCP, and Jeffrey S. Alderman, M.D., “Can You Help Me Get to Sleep Tonight? Managing Insomnia in Palliative Care”; and Kevin Bain, Pharm.D., BCPS, CGP, FASCP, “Methadone Boot Camp.”

Research

• Kevin Bain, Pharm.D., BCPS, CGP, FASCP, is a coinvestigator on a study being conducted at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center titled “A Randomized Comparison of Oral Methadone as a ‘First-Switch’ Opioid versus Opioid Switching Between Sustained-Release Morphine and Oxycodone for Oncology- Hematology Outpatients with Pain Management Problems: The ‘Simply Rotate’ Study.”

Accomplishments

• The ASHP has approved the Pain Management and Palliative Care PGY2 residency accreditation standards (pending a few minor changes). The ASHP Specialty Residency Workgroup toiled long hours to develop these standards. Please extend congratulations to our PRN members who served in the workgroup: Mary Lynn McPherson, Pharm.D., BCPS; Suzanne Amato Nesbit, Pharm.D.; and Mitchell Nazario, Pharm.D.

Mark Your Calendars

• October 1–2, 2009 – Strategic Planning Summit for the Advancement of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacy. Chris Herndon, Pharm.D., BCPS, and Southern Illinois University will be hosting this global summit in Edwardsville, Illinois. The summit will convene stakeholders from across the globe to address the educational needs of pharmacists related to the provision of pain management and palliative care. More information at is available at www.siue.edu/pharmacy/pain.
• October 18–21, 2009 – ACCP Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California. Don’t miss our focus session! We joined forces with the Central Nervous System PRN this year to put together “Hot Topics in the Cognitively Impaired Patient.” This case-based approach will cover (1) Managing Pain in Patients with Dementia and (2) Assessing and Treating Delirium in Senior Patients. We look forward to seeing everyone in Anaheim.

Together with some ACCP Pediatrics PRN members (Dave Hoff, Mary Worthington, and Tracy Hagemann), the PPAG, the Pediatric PRN of ESCP, the NPPG (Neonatal Paediatric Pharmacy Group), and some members of the Pediatrics Section of ASCPT, we have put together the first-ever International Pediatric Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacology Symposium, which will be held in conjunction with the ACCP-ESCP International Meeting in Orlando this month. This has been a lengthy process (initial discussions began more than 3 years ago), which has involved a lot of cooperation among major pharmacy groups on both sides of the Atlantic.

Member Achievements

Robert Kuhn was selected as Pharmacist of the Year by the Kentucky Society of Health-System Pharmacists in November 2008.

Marcia Buck was elected to the Board of Regents, and we are thrilled to have her as our Board Liaison. She is also a coauthor of Pediatric Medication Education Text. The fifth edition has just been released, and for the first time ever, it will be available in CD-ROM format.

Elora Hilmas was a coauthor of the first-ever pediatrics chapter (“Medical Management of Chemical Toxicity in Pediatrics”) in the Textbooks of Military Medicine: Medical Aspects of Chemical Warfare. This text is published by the Office of the Surgeon General and the Borden Institute.

Hilmas E, Luten R, Broselow J, Hilmas CJ. Medical management of chemical toxicity in pediatrics. In: Tuorinsky SD, ed. Textbook of Military Medicine. Washington, DC: Department of the Army, Office of the Surgeon General at TMM Publications, Borden Institute, 2008:chapter 21.

In October 2008, Elora won the Lexi-Comp Best Practice Award from PPAG for the project titled, “Development of a Computerized Pediatric Anticoagulation Program,” which will be presented at a poster session at the upcoming ACCP/ PPAG meeting in April.

David Hoff was the recipient of the 2008 Health Care Hero Award from Twin Cities Business magazine in the Health Care Staff category. The award honors an individual health care provider other than a physician whose performance demonstrates a commitment to providing quality comfort and whose care is considered exemplary by patients and peers.

The Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics PRN would like to congratulate Lillian Ting for winning the 2008 M. Kelli Jordan Travel Award. Lillian is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of British Columbia and presented her research project, titled “AcMPAG Levels and UGT Genetic Variations Are Associated with Occurrence of Side Effects in Thoracic Transplant Recipients Treated with Mycophenolate Mofetil,” at the Annual Meeting in Louisville. The travel award recognizes the accomplishments of a Pharmacokinetics/ Pharmacodynamics PRN member in training with an abstract accepted at the Annual Meeting for which travel support is granted. Please look for another travel award to be offered for attendance at the 2009 Annual Meeting in Orlando.

The Pharmaceutical Industry PRN will be presenting a focus session titled “International Pharmacovigilance and the Role of Pharmacists” at the upcoming Spring ACCP Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009
Time: 2:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Convention Center W414B
Developed by the Pharmaceutical Industry PRN
Moderator: Andrea J. Anderson, Pharm.D., Senior Medical Liaison, Genentech, Inc., Sterling, Massachusetts

2:15 p.m. Pharmacovigilance: Risk Management Strategies Across the World
Kin-Wei (Arnold) Chan, M.D., Sc.D.
Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology
Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts

2:45 p.m. Parallel Trading and Internet Pharmacy: U.S. Perspective
Gary R. Matzke, Pharm.D., FCP, FCCP, FASN
Associate Dean for Clinical Research and Public Policy
Professor of Pharmacy and Medicine, School of Pharmacy
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

3:15 p.m. Parallel Trading and Internet Pharmacy: European Perspective
Frederic Badey, Pharm.D.
Director, International Affairs, Institutional and Professional Relations
Sanofi-Aventis, Washington, DC

3:45 p.m. Questions and Answers

We also invite you to join our Pharmaceutical Industry PRN business meeting. This networking event will be followed by a discussion of 2009–2010 strategic planning and updates. Beverages and appetizers will be served.

Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (Social Networking) 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (Pharmaceutical Industry PRN updates, work on poster of PRN history for the 2009 Annual Meeting, and 2009–2010 strategic planning)
Location: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 7

Please use this opportunity to meet the speakers from the symposium and to network with other clinical pharmacists in various roles within industry.

Pharmacy professionals within industry who will attend:

• Medical Science Liaisons
• Medical Communications/Drug Information
• Regulatory Affairs
• Clinical Research
• Marketing
• Business Development

Other current projects of our Pharmaceutical Industry PRN:

• Pharmacy School Survey to explore opportunities for the inclusion of information about drug development and the role of pharmacists in industry in pharmacy curriculum;
• StuNet/ACCP premeeting symposium for students;
• PRN history manuscript and poster. Creation of “Opportunities for Pharmacists in Industry” slide deck;
• Board-approved focus session for the 2009 Annual Meeting titled, “Clinical Practitioner Collaborations with the Industry.”

We would like to invite members to our PRN business and networking forum, held April 27, 2009, at the Rosen Centre Hotel starting at 6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., where we will have appetizers and drinks. This is a great opportunity to network with members of ACCP and colleagues from other countries interested in women’s health. We hope to see you there!

We would like to congratulate one of our PRN members, Mary Beth O’Connell, for winning the AACP Innovations in Teaching Award for her elective course, “Patients’ Perspective on Health, Illness, and Wellness.” Congratulations!

The PRN will have two or three members representing the pharmacy profession at the Women’s Health Leadership Conference in Washington, DC, in July. This will be the inaugural meeting of the Women’s Health Leadership Council with all the professional group representatives working together on the critical issue of women’s health. This is a great opportunity for our members to represent the pharmacy profession and to discuss women’s health issues in a multidisciplinary meeting.

To be published this year are two textbooks on women’s health; both books have PRN members as editors! Be sure to keep your eyes open for “Diseases, Complications, and Drug Therapy in Obstetrics – A Guide for Clinicians” and “Women’s Health Across the Lifespan: A Pharmacotherapeutic Approach.” We are very lucky to have two important textbooks published for this practice area. Congratulations to the editors and contributing authors!