Winter 2007 [pdf] - University of Kentucky - College of Pharmacy

ALUMNI NEWS
George Francisco (UKCOP 1979)
Receives 2006 Paul F. Parker Award
George E. Francisco Jr., Pharm.D., professor and
associate dean at the University of Georgia College
of Pharmacy, received the 2006 Paul F. Parker Award
on Dec. 5 in Anaheim, Calif., at the Annual Parker
Luncheon held during the American Society of Health-
System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Meeting.
The Parker Award is presented annually to a past
resident of the University of Kentucky Pharmacy
Residency Program or an individual associated with
the success of the program who displays sustained
contribution to the profession in practice, teaching
or research. It also honors Dr. Parker, the force
behind establishing and developing one of the finest
pharmacy residency programs in the country.
Dr. Francisco received his B.S. in pharmacy at the
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1976. At
UK, he completed a doctor of pharmacy degree and
a pharmacy residency with an emphasis in geriatrics
in 1979. Upon completing his residency, he joined
the faculty of the University of Georgia College of
Pharmacy as assistant professor in the Department
of Pharmacy Practice.
In 1985, he relocated to Virginia where he
developed off-campus teaching and practice sites at
Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Va.,
as a faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth
University School of Pharmacy. He also taught in
two family practice residency programs and worked
with five community teaching hospitals in eastern
Virginia to develop clinical pharmacy services. He also
established and taught a course in sports medicine at
Old Dominion University and worked with the Area
Health Education Center to develop health-related
community programs.
He returned to the University of Georgia in
1988 as associate dean in the College of Pharmacy.
In this position, Dr. Francisco oversees curriculum
development and implementation as well as all aspects
of student affairs, including admissions, advising,
progression and retention, professional organizations,
and student professionalism.
He is involved with student and faculty mentoring
and developed a College of Pharmacy New Faculty
Orientation program. Dr. Francisco has served on task
forces to develop the CAPE Curriculum Outcomes
for the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
and has served for 15 years as a site team evaluator for
the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.
He continues teaching in both the classroom
and laboratory environments. His areas of emphasis
include drug interactions, infectious diseases, and
physical assessment.
He has been recognized for his clinical expertise
and service by the Eastern Virginia Medical School and
the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
and for his teaching accomplishments by the Teaching
Academy and the University of Georgia College of
Pharmacy.
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