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EXPANDED CONTENT ONLINE ONLY<br />

Volume 3 • Issue 2 | <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />

Pearson’s Pharmacy helps recent<br />

College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy graduate<br />

with life, school and her future.<br />

page 12<br />

Also Inside:<br />

The Ray Symposium, page 2<br />

GNP/ICP Scholarship Golf Classic, page 7<br />

Commencement <strong>2012</strong>, page 22


message from the Dean<br />

I am very proud to bring you this <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2012</strong> edition <strong>of</strong> RxBound. As our<br />

editorial team has come to realize, the challenge is not in finding great things<br />

to print but in selecting from a wealth <strong>of</strong> wonderful material to share with our<br />

audience. Our cover story is an amazing account <strong>of</strong> determination and hard<br />

work by one <strong>of</strong> our <strong>2012</strong> graduates, Esmeralda Downs. As you read this story<br />

your attention will likely shift to the extraordinary commitment <strong>of</strong> Bill and<br />

Ann Pearson, who for 15 years have been a significant part <strong>of</strong> Esmeralda’s life,<br />

providing support and encouragement through her journey to becoming a<br />

pharmacist. For me, the most memorable moment <strong>of</strong> our <strong>2012</strong><br />

Commencement was seeing the Pearsons “hood” Esmeralda as she walked<br />

across the stage after receiving her diploma. The Pearsons are a private couple<br />

who never expected any recognition for their actions. They believe in the value<br />

<strong>of</strong> education and they saw the potential <strong>of</strong> a hard working pharmacy<br />

technician who “really had some grit and a lot <strong>of</strong> drive”. I salute the Pearsons<br />

because they exemplify <strong>Western</strong>U’s core values <strong>of</strong> caring and humanism in a<br />

way that touches us all.<br />

We are using RxBound to share our successes, our stories and pride in all that<br />

we do. By reaching out to our alumni and friends we hope that you feel an ever<br />

growing connection to <strong>Western</strong>U. Please share your thoughts, suggestions,<br />

good news and photos at rxbound@westernu.edu and utilize the enclosed<br />

envelope to stay connected.<br />

309 E. Second St., Pomona, Calif. 91766-1854<br />

www.westernu.edu<br />

EDITORS:<br />

Sam K. Shimomura, PharmD, FASHP, CGP<br />

Associate Dean <strong>of</strong> College Advancement<br />

Jesse Martinez, PharmD, FASCP<br />

Vice Dean, Academic Diversity and Development<br />

Renee Cook<br />

Manager <strong>of</strong> Continuing Education and Events<br />

Bill Burrows<br />

Director <strong>of</strong> Development<br />

<strong>University</strong> Advancement<br />

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS:<br />

Jess Lopatynski<br />

Jeff Malet<br />

Monica Preciado<br />

Sam Shimomura<br />

Renee Cook<br />

GRAPHIC DESIGNER:<br />

Debra Nelson<br />

Daniel C. Robinson, PharmD, FASHP<br />

Dean, College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy<br />

<strong>Western</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong><br />

RxBound is a joint effort <strong>of</strong> the<br />

College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy and <strong>University</strong><br />

Advancement, published biannually for<br />

alumni, faculty, students and friends <strong>of</strong> the<br />

College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy.<br />

<strong>Western</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> and<br />

College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy Contacts<br />

Dean’s Office 909-469-5500<br />

<strong>University</strong> Advancement 909-469-8431<br />

Our Mission:<br />

Educating future pharmacy<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essionals to serve the health care<br />

needs <strong>of</strong> society and improve the<br />

quality <strong>of</strong> patient care through science,<br />

caring and humanism.


Volume 3 • Issue 2 | <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />

page12<br />

Paying it Forward<br />

In addition to hiring Esmeralda<br />

Downs and paying her a good salary,<br />

the Pearsons paid for her education at<br />

<strong>Western</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />

<strong>Sciences</strong>, where she earned a PharmD<br />

degree from the College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy<br />

in <strong>2012</strong>.<br />

page 2<br />

The ray Symposium —<br />

reforming <strong>Health</strong> Care: Policy,<br />

Politics, and Patient Care<br />

Guest Speaker Joshua S. Benner, PharmD,<br />

ScD, President and CEO, RxAnte, Inc. and<br />

Visiting Scholar, The Brookings Institute<br />

page 22<br />

Commencement<br />

Keynote speaker, Michael<br />

Maddux, PharmD, FCCP, and<br />

Alumni Association<br />

representative, Donald I. Hsu,<br />

PharmD ’03, address the<br />

graduating class <strong>of</strong> <strong>2012</strong>.<br />

4 Alumni and Preceptor Pr<strong>of</strong>ile<br />

<strong>Western</strong>U Grads, Tony and Cindy Le,<br />

PharmD ’07.<br />

5 News from the Office <strong>of</strong><br />

experiential education<br />

7 GNP/ICP Golf Tournament<br />

The 10th annual – and final – Good<br />

Neighbor Pharmacy/Institute for<br />

Community Pharmacy Scholarship<br />

Golf Classic.<br />

8 CPhA Outlook<br />

9 <strong>Western</strong> States Conference<br />

Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific<br />

Grove, California, May 22-25, <strong>2012</strong>.<br />

10 <strong>Western</strong>u & CSuSB sign<br />

linkage agreement<br />

11 Alumni events<br />

March <strong>2012</strong> Alumni Dinner at “Roy’s”<br />

in Pasadena, California.<br />

14 Students in Action<br />

News from student clubs,<br />

organizations and events.<br />

20 Honor’s Day<br />

24 Objective Structured<br />

Clinical examination<br />

Clinical encounters with a standardized<br />

patient ensure that pharmacy graduates<br />

are practice-ready.<br />

25 research Spotlight<br />

Master <strong>of</strong> Science in Pharmaceutical<br />

<strong>Sciences</strong> student, John Murad and his<br />

thesis adviser, College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy<br />

Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Fadi Khasawneh,<br />

BPharm, PhD, receive prestigious award.<br />

26 The Giving Center<br />

News, notes and giving to the<br />

College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy, and Dean’s<br />

Advisory Council news.<br />

29 College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy executive<br />

in residence program<br />

30 Faculty News<br />

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<strong>Western</strong>U’s Ray Symposium Focuses on <strong>Health</strong> Care Reform<br />

By Rodney Tanaka, Senior Communications Writer<br />

Joshua Benner, PharmD, ScD, challenged <strong>Western</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> students to make a difference in health care<br />

reform in his keynote message at the annual Ray Symposium.<br />

The Ray Symposium, held April 12, <strong>2012</strong> on <strong>Western</strong>U’s<br />

Pomona, Calif. campus, is organized by the College <strong>of</strong><br />

Pharmacy and the Interpr<strong>of</strong>essional Education Program in<br />

honor <strong>of</strong> Max Ray, MS, PharmD, Dean Emeritus <strong>of</strong> the<br />

College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy. He joined <strong>Western</strong>U as Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />

Pharmacy Practice and Director <strong>of</strong> the Center for Pharmacy<br />

Practice and Development in 1996, and served as Dean <strong>of</strong> the<br />

College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy from 1999 to 2006.<br />

The <strong>2012</strong> Ray Symposium was sponsored by<br />

AmerisourceBergen, Comprehensive Pharmacy Services, CVS<br />

and Ralphs Grocery Company.<br />

Benner, president and CEO <strong>of</strong> RxAnte, Inc., and visiting<br />

scholar at the Brookings Institute, outlined the current state <strong>of</strong><br />

U.S. health care, major themes <strong>of</strong> health care reform, and the<br />

role students will play in the health care system during his<br />

presentation, “Reforming <strong>Health</strong> Care: Policy, Politics, and<br />

Patient Care.”<br />

The U.S. spent $2.4 trillion on health care in 2009 and $2.6<br />

trillion in 2010. Spending is expected to increase to $4.4<br />

trillion by 2018. The country is in a state <strong>of</strong> unsustainable<br />

spending growth, Benner said.<br />

The U.S. needs to “bend the curve,” or change the trajectory<br />

<strong>of</strong> projected health care spending as a percentage <strong>of</strong> the<br />

country’s gross domestic product (GDP), he said.<br />

“We want to keep health care spending in reasonable<br />

proportion <strong>of</strong> GDP,” Benner said. “The projected rate <strong>of</strong><br />

growth <strong>of</strong> health care spending will reach almost half <strong>of</strong> GDP<br />

in 2082. What we spend on health care is a big problem and<br />

its rate <strong>of</strong> growth is a big problem.”<br />

<strong>Health</strong> care spending varies by region, and higher health care<br />

spending does not yield better quality, he said. About 55<br />

percent <strong>of</strong> patients get care that’s recommended to them by<br />

best practice guidelines, according to a study that appeared in<br />

the New England Journal <strong>of</strong> Medicine.<br />

<strong>Health</strong> care reform is challenging because <strong>of</strong> the dichotomy <strong>of</strong><br />

how health care is perceived. About 70 percent <strong>of</strong> Americans<br />

believe the current health care system meets their family’s<br />

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needs. But only 24 percent believe the system meets the needs<br />

<strong>of</strong> most Americans.<br />

“This is the paradox <strong>of</strong> reforming health care,” Benner said.<br />

“We all think the health care system meets our needs well, but<br />

we mostly all express frustration in how it meets the needs <strong>of</strong><br />

other people. Imagine trying to make policy in this<br />

environment.”<br />

The Brookings Institute, a nonpr<strong>of</strong>it think tank, convened<br />

leading health economists to come up with health care reform<br />

recommendations. Their suggested steps to reduce health care<br />

spending growth and improve quality include:<br />

• Invest in better information and better tools for measuring<br />

and improving care.<br />

• Restructure some <strong>of</strong> the inefficiencies in the insurance<br />

market.<br />

• Transition to accountable payment systems, which means<br />

paying health care providers and clinicians based on the<br />

value they deliver, not for volume <strong>of</strong> service.<br />

• Provide direct support that would encourage better<br />

individual choices by patients.<br />

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes some <strong>of</strong> these<br />

recommendations. It establishes a mandate that most legal<br />

residents in the U.S. need to buy health insurance or pay a<br />

penalty. It creates insurance exchanges through which certain<br />

individuals and families may receive federal subsidies. It<br />

significantly expands eligibility for Medicaid, and includes no<br />

fewer than 45 reforms aimed at changing how health care is<br />

delivered, Benner said.<br />

Two years after it was signed into law, the ACA looks<br />

primarily like a coverage expansion bill with new rules about<br />

how insurance markets work, Benner said. The same experts<br />

who suggested how the bill should look said it is helpful, but<br />

is not enough to bend the cost curve and ensure high-quality<br />

innovative care gets to everybody who needs it, he said.<br />

The U.S. Supreme Court is determining whether the individual<br />

insurance requirement, or mandate, is constitutional. Benner<br />

said he doesn’t know how the Supreme Court will rule, but<br />

change is coming regardless.<br />

“No matter what happens with the Affordable Care Act,<br />

health care reform will continue because it has to,” he said.<br />

“We have a lot more work to do. Real health care reform has<br />

to happen.”<br />

He concluded by giving students advice as they continue their<br />

training and begin their careers.<br />

“It’s important as a health pr<strong>of</strong>essional to keep an open mind<br />

and embrace … change,” Benner said. “Recognize that it’s<br />

healthy and it’s needed. View changes like the Affordable Care<br />

Act and other changes to law or policy as opportunities to<br />

improve health care.”<br />

This health care system students are entering is going to<br />

reward pr<strong>of</strong>essionals who seek accountability for patient<br />

outcomes and cost, he added.<br />

“Take responsibility for that patient. If things go well, you<br />

benefit. If things don’t go well, you’re on the hook. That’s<br />

what accountability means in the health care system <strong>of</strong> the<br />

future,” Benner said.<br />

Part <strong>of</strong> what’s happening in health care is a shakeout to<br />

determine who is going to be accountable for the quality and<br />

value <strong>of</strong> care in our country.<br />

“As you finish your training and move on into practice,<br />

engage in and think about the health care system at all levels<br />

— the ‘sausage making,’ the policy, the politics,” Benner said.<br />

“Ask yourself once every year, ‘What am I doing to improve<br />

health care’ And if you don’t have a good answer to that<br />

question, find one, and work for it. Because the health care<br />

system <strong>of</strong> tomorrow will reward you for it.” ■<br />

Sponsored By:<br />

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Alumni and Preceptor Pr<strong>of</strong>ile<br />

Tony and Cindy Le, PharmD ’07<br />

By Jeff Malet, Writer/Photographer<br />

Just five years after graduating from <strong>Western</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Health</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong>, Tony and Cindy Le have already opened<br />

two pharmacies.<br />

The 2007 College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy alumni met at <strong>Western</strong>U,<br />

eventually got married and now have a baby named Emma.<br />

Tony runs the two pharmacies, TC Medical Pharmacy in<br />

Corona and the newly opened TC Compounding Pharmacy<br />

in Orange, while Cindy is a clinical pharmacist for<br />

Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital (PIH) in Whittier.<br />

Tony said after successfully running the Corona pharmacy<br />

for a year and a half, he was able to hire a full-time<br />

pharmacist and open TC Compounding Pharmacy because<br />

“compounding is something new, and down the line, this is<br />

where the market is shifting,” he said. “Patients are leaning<br />

more toward individualized dosages or patient-specific<br />

medications.”<br />

While at <strong>Western</strong>U, Tony took the College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy’s<br />

Advanced Elective on Entrepreneurial Independent Pharmacy<br />

Ownership with Dr. Jesse Martinez, which taught him how to<br />

write a business plan for a successful independent pharmacy.<br />

“After that course, I ran out and managed different<br />

pharmacies, and I combined my experience in the course<br />

with my own experience. That’s how I’m owning and<br />

building pharmacies,” he said.<br />

In 2011, Tony took the College’s Contemporary<br />

Compounding Intensive CE Course, gaining the knowledge<br />

and skills to prepare compounded medications and services.<br />

Tony’s experience started when he worked at Kaiser<br />

Permanente’s pharmacy in Fontana for almost five years,<br />

from his undergrad days at Cal Poly Pomona until shortly<br />

after his graduation from <strong>Western</strong>U. His plan was to work in<br />

various retail pharmacies, gain experience in the market, and<br />

eventually open his own pharmacy.<br />

He started working at a CVS pharmacy, then Costco’s<br />

central refill and mail order pharmacy, and eventually<br />

multiple independent pharmacies.<br />

After graduation from <strong>Western</strong>U, Cindy was unsure if she<br />

wanted to go the community route or the in-patient route.<br />

After some rotations, she decided she liked a hospital/clinical<br />

setting, and did her residency at Fountain Valley Regional<br />

Medical Center.<br />

Then she became the clinical pharmacist at PIH, where she<br />

remains.<br />

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One <strong>of</strong> Tony’s goals is to open a third pharmacy combining<br />

specialty pharmacy with compounding. According to Tony,<br />

specialty pharmacy is related to complex diseases like cancer,<br />

hepatitis, HIV/AIDS and MS, where patients’ high-cost<br />

medications can run thousands <strong>of</strong> dollars.<br />

Another goal is to be a preceptor for more <strong>Western</strong>U<br />

students by adding a rotation at the new TC Compounding<br />

Pharmacy. Tony is a preceptor at the TC Medical Pharmacy.<br />

Tony said his long-term goal is to retire before he turns 50<br />

and be able to give back by doing community work.<br />

Cindy said she always knew Tony would have his own<br />

pharmacy, and she has been supportive, even though they<br />

have taken different paths in pharmacy.<br />

“I was very amazed that within a short period <strong>of</strong> time, he’s<br />

been able to grow it (the Corona pharmacy) so fast,” she<br />

said. ■<br />

Patient Bedside Delivery<br />

In June <strong>2012</strong>, the TC Medical Pharmacy started doing<br />

patient bedside delivery, something Tony and Cindy<br />

proposed to Corona Regional Medical Center.<br />

“Before a patient has been discharged, the attending<br />

physician will write a prescription, so rather than have the<br />

patient go out there and fill a prescription, those<br />

prescriptions will be faxed to our pharmacy and we will<br />

fill it before the patient is discharged,” Tony said. “Either<br />

the patient can come pick it up, or we can deliver to their<br />

bedside. Once they have their meds, they are set, and they<br />

can go home without any stress or hassle.”<br />

Cindy said she believes this model will benefit the<br />

hospital, enabling it to raise the patient satisfaction rate.<br />

News from the Office <strong>of</strong> Experiential Education<br />

By Jim Scott, PharmD, MEd, FCCP<br />

Preceptor Development<br />

The Office <strong>of</strong> Experiential Education recently co-hosted three preceptor<br />

development programs. “Sharpening Your Precepting Skills” was presented<br />

in Universal City in collaboration with the San Fernando Valley Society <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Health</strong>-Systems Pharmacists in February, in Costa Mesa in collaboration<br />

with the Orange County Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong>-Systems Pharmacists in May, and<br />

again in San Diego in collaboration with the San Diego Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong>-<br />

Systems Pharmacists. In all, over 300 pharmacists attended these live<br />

programs, which <strong>of</strong>fered two hours <strong>of</strong> ACPE approved CE credits. Our<br />

preceptor development program will next focus on incorporating students<br />

into Medication Therapy Management, which will be held on a Saturday in<br />

Pomona this Fall. We look forward to seeing you there!! ■<br />

Photos left: Jim Scott, PharmD, MEd, FCCP, leads the “Sharpening Your Precepting Skills” preceptor<br />

developement program at Maggiano’s in Costa Mesa, Calif., May <strong>2012</strong>.<br />

Rotations Fair<br />

Save the Date — October 3, <strong>2012</strong><br />

On October 3rd, <strong>Western</strong>U College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy Office <strong>of</strong> Experiential<br />

Education will hold its 3rd annual Rotations Fair. The purpose <strong>of</strong> this<br />

event is to provide third year students an opportunity to meet with key<br />

preceptors and managers prior to the selection <strong>of</strong> their rotations. This will<br />

assist students in selecting the most appropriate clinical rotations for their<br />

career path.<br />

Please contact the OEE <strong>of</strong>fice for more information email: oee@westernu.edu<br />

<strong>Western</strong>U, College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy RxBound | 5


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• In the News — Articles <strong>of</strong> Interest<br />

• Establishing Medication Clinical<br />

Guidelines<br />

• Sentinel Event Alerts<br />

• FDA MedWatch Alerts and Black<br />

Box Updates<br />

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Pricing Program<br />

• Tips for Increasing Pharmacy<br />

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A Decade <strong>of</strong> Success for the<br />

GNP/ICP Scholarship Golf Classic<br />

By Jeff Keating, Executive Director <strong>of</strong> Public Affairs<br />

More than 200 golfers from all over Southern California hit<br />

the links at Robinson Ranch Golf Club in Canyon Country on<br />

Wednesday, June 13 for the 10th annual – and final – Good<br />

Neighbor Pharmacy/Institute for Community Pharmacy<br />

(GNP/ICP) Scholarship Golf Classic. Tournament co-founder<br />

and honorary chairman Mike Quick, National Vice President<br />

<strong>of</strong> Development for GNP, hosted the event.<br />

The original concept for the event was developed by Walter<br />

Cathey, then CEO <strong>of</strong> ICP, and David Dyck, President <strong>of</strong> Santa<br />

Susana Consultants. They brought the idea to David Breslow,<br />

then CEO <strong>of</strong> United Pharmacists Network, Inc., and together<br />

they enlisted the support <strong>of</strong> GNP and Mike Quick.<br />

The <strong>2012</strong> tournament, themed “A Decade <strong>of</strong> Success,”<br />

celebrated 10 years <strong>of</strong> GNP/ICP fundraising for the College <strong>of</strong><br />

Pharmacy at <strong>Western</strong>U and the USC School <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy.<br />

Since 2003, the tournament has raised over $1 million for the<br />

two schools, providing $10,000 annual scholarships in<br />

support <strong>of</strong> pharmacy students interested in pursuing careers in<br />

community pharmacy. At the 2011 <strong>Western</strong>U “A Tribute to<br />

Caring” annual scholarship fundraiser gala,<br />

AmerisourceBergen and GNP were honored for their<br />

tremendous support <strong>of</strong> pharmacy education, and<br />

AmerisourceBergen Corporation President, David Neu,<br />

accepted the 2011 A Tribute to Caring Corporate<br />

Humanitarian Award.<br />

“About 65 percent <strong>of</strong> the pharmacy owners <strong>of</strong> independent<br />

pharmacies today in this country are 55 or older,” said Mike<br />

Quick. “There is a tremendous need for maintaining<br />

independent pharmacy ownership and practice because <strong>of</strong> the<br />

unique role these pharmacies play in their patients’ lives and<br />

for the communities they serve. I think that’s very, very<br />

important, and I couldn’t be more proud <strong>of</strong> what we’ve been<br />

able to do in 10 years.”<br />

“When we started the tournament and providing the<br />

scholarships, our goal was to foster the development <strong>of</strong> the<br />

next generation <strong>of</strong> store owners for independent pharmacies,”<br />

said David Breslow, PharmD, tournament chair and Chief<br />

Executive Officer <strong>of</strong> ICP. “We’ve done that. We’ve made an<br />

impact on the future <strong>of</strong> community pharmacy.”<br />

Daniel Robinson, PharmD, dean <strong>of</strong> <strong>Western</strong>U’s College <strong>of</strong><br />

Pharmacy, and R. Pete Vanderveen, PhD, RPh, dean <strong>of</strong> the<br />

USC School <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy, both cite the tremendous support<br />

this tournament has <strong>of</strong>fered to pharmacy students over the<br />

past decade.<br />

“This has been helping us with scholarships and benefiting<br />

students for 10 years, and we’re sorry to see it end, but<br />

it’s been a great run and we’ve had a fabulous time,”<br />

Robinson said.<br />

“We’re very grateful for the ongoing support that Good<br />

Neighbor Pharmacy and Mike Quick have provided to our<br />

school and our students,” said Vanderveen. “And we all<br />

enjoyed playing an annual round <strong>of</strong> golf together.” ■<br />

Below Left: 2011 <strong>Western</strong>U scholarship recipients Drupad Parikh, Mayur Yadav,<br />

Daniel Robinson, PharmD, Dean <strong>of</strong> <strong>Western</strong>U’s College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy, Tiffani Emerson,<br />

Aida Oganesyan, and Youkavet Samih.<br />

Below right: Dean Daniel Robinson, David Breslow, PharmD, Chief Executive Officer<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Institute for Community Pharmacy, Mike Quick, National Vice President <strong>of</strong><br />

Development for Good Neighbor Pharmacy, and R. Pete Vanderveen, PhD, RPh,<br />

Dean <strong>of</strong> USC School <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy.<br />

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Outlook<br />

CPhA Outlook <strong>2012</strong> February 2–5, <strong>2012</strong><br />

Hyatt Regency and Convention Center, Sacramento, CA<br />

<strong>Western</strong>U faculty, students and alumni took<br />

advantage <strong>of</strong> the opportunity to network, learn new<br />

information, seek career opportunities and develop<br />

leadership skills at CPhA Outlook <strong>2012</strong> in Sacramento.<br />

Faculty Presentations:<br />

Daniel Robinson, PharmD, Susan Mackintosh, DO, John Tegzes, VMD<br />

presented “Interpr<strong>of</strong>essional Education: A Foundation for<br />

Interpr<strong>of</strong>essional Collaborative Practice.”<br />

Janice H<strong>of</strong>fman, PharmD, presented “Dementia and Treatment Options.”<br />

Quiz Bowl Winners! «<br />

The student team <strong>of</strong> John Flores, PharmD ’15, Richard Garcia, PharmD<br />

’13, Jacob Arslanian, PharmD ’13, Roland Frederick, PharmD ’13 and<br />

Paideia Le, PharmD ‘14 won the coveted Quiz Bowl in competition with<br />

the other pharmacy schools in California.<br />

<strong>Western</strong>U Breakfast: «<br />

Approximately 50 alumni, students, faculty, preceptors and friends <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Western</strong>U joined together for a lively breakfast that combined good<br />

food, good conversation and even a few door prizes.<br />

Student Poster: «<br />

Karen Lai, PharmD ‘13 and Wen-hsin Jiang, PharmD ‘13 “Developing an<br />

Osteoporosis Screening and Awareness Clinic in an Independent<br />

Community Pharmacy.”<br />

House <strong>of</strong> Delegates:<br />

Karl Hess, PharmD, presided over the House <strong>of</strong> Delegates as Speaker.<br />

He was joined in the House by several <strong>Western</strong>U students, faculty,<br />

alumni and preceptors who served as delegates. In addition, Sarah<br />

Hernandez, PharmD ’15 served on the CPhA Board <strong>of</strong> Trustees<br />

representing <strong>Western</strong>U students along with faculty member Roger<br />

Klotz representing Region 6.<br />

Exhibit Hall: «<br />

The <strong>Western</strong>U College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy was the only pharmacy school in<br />

the exhibit hall. Our booth was a great venue for our faculty and staff<br />

to interact with alumni, preceptors, students, donors and even some<br />

prospective students. We recruited several new preceptors and rotation<br />

sites as well identified some potential donors.<br />

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<strong>Western</strong> States Conference<br />

for Pharmacy Residents, Fellows and Preceptors: May 22-25, <strong>2012</strong><br />

Each spring, residents, fellows and preceptors from the West<br />

Coast gather at the beautiful Asilomar Conference Center in<br />

Pacific Grove, California. This year 10 <strong>Western</strong>U residents,<br />

fellows and alumni gave presentations. They were<br />

accompanied by faculty members Dr. James Scott, Dr. Cynthia<br />

Jackevicius and Dr. Karl Hess.<br />

Oladoyin Alimi, PharmD, <strong>Western</strong>U College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy,<br />

Pomona, CA. “N-Acetylcysteine in Cardiac Surgery.”<br />

Mehdi Amiri, PharmD, Fountain Valley Regional Medical<br />

Center, Fountain Valley, CA. “Optimizing Appropriate Use <strong>of</strong><br />

Albumin for Intradialytic Hypotension during Hemodialysis<br />

in the Hospitalized Patients.”<br />

Mary Joana Co, PharmD, Providence St. Joseph Medical<br />

Center, Burbank, CA. “Evaluating Effectiveness <strong>of</strong> an<br />

Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in a Community<br />

Hospital.”<br />

Mai-Chi Hong, PharmD, Loma Linda <strong>University</strong> Medical<br />

Center, Loma Linda, CA. “Changes in Clinical Outcomes<br />

associated with Linezolid Therapy in Increased Body Mass.”<br />

Lubna Kazi, PharmD, Sharp <strong>Health</strong>Care, San Diego, CA.<br />

“Use <strong>of</strong> a Fully Weight-Based Heparin Protocol for Improved<br />

Anticoagulation.”<br />

Hai-Au Luu, PharmD, <strong>Western</strong>U College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy,<br />

Pomona, CA. “Impact <strong>of</strong> Pharmacist on Patient’s<br />

Achievement <strong>of</strong> Therapy Goals, Adherence, and Satisfaction<br />

in Psychiatric Care Clinic.”<br />

Julie Oda, PharmD, VA San Diego Ambulatory Care, San<br />

Diego, CA. “The Clinical Impact <strong>of</strong> Pharmacist Intervention<br />

on Lipid and Diabetes Outcomes at the San Diego Veterans<br />

Affairs <strong>Health</strong>care System.”<br />

Christal Pham, PharmD, <strong>Western</strong>U College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy,<br />

Pomona, CA. “<strong>Health</strong> Care Provider and Patient Attitudes,<br />

Behaviors, and Practices Regarding Complementary and<br />

Alternative Medicine Products.”<br />

Matthew Rim, PharmD, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Utah Hospitals and<br />

Clinics, Salt Lake City, UT. “Developing a Pharmacy Benefit<br />

Management Program for <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Utah Hospitals and<br />

Clinics.”<br />

Wei Wang, PharmD, St. Joseph Medical Center, Stockton, CA,<br />

“Prevention <strong>of</strong> Hospital-Acquired Clostridium Difficile<br />

Infections.”<br />

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<strong>Western</strong>U, Cal State<br />

San Bernardino sign<br />

Pharmacy linkage<br />

agreement<br />

By Rodney Tanaka, Senior Communications Writer<br />

<strong>Western</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> and California State <strong>University</strong>,<br />

San Bernardino continue to strengthen their ties in turning CSUSB<br />

graduates into health pr<strong>of</strong>essionals.<br />

California State <strong>University</strong>, San Bernardino President Albert Karnig,<br />

PhD, and <strong>Western</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> President Philip<br />

Pumerantz, PhD, signed a linkage agreement on May 31, <strong>2012</strong> that<br />

will bring CSUSB graduates into <strong>Western</strong>U’s College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy<br />

program.<br />

CSUSB will identify pre-health pr<strong>of</strong>essions students who wish to enroll<br />

in <strong>Western</strong>U’s Doctor <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy program and who meet academic<br />

requirements and display the motivation and personal qualities that<br />

give evidence <strong>of</strong> their suitability for a career in pharmacy.<br />

A substantial disparity exists between the demographics <strong>of</strong> the health<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essions workforce in California and the patient populations that<br />

workforce serves. Despite the clear need for health providers who can<br />

deliver culturally competent care, Latinos, African-Americans and<br />

other underrepresented minorities, or those from limited income<br />

backgrounds face broadly-acknowledged economic and social barriers<br />

to entering the health pr<strong>of</strong>essions. ■<br />

Top: <strong>Western</strong>U President Philip Pumerantz and CSUSB President Albert Karnig.<br />

Bottom (l-r): Stuart Sumida, Dr. Sam Shimomura, Dr. Elizabeth Rega, Dr. Michael Chao,<br />

President Pumerantz, President Karnig, CSUSB College <strong>of</strong> Natural <strong>Sciences</strong> Dean David Maynard,<br />

<strong>Western</strong>U Provost and COO Gary Gugelchuk, and <strong>Western</strong>U College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy Dean Daniel<br />

Robinson.<br />

Please Save the Date<br />

A Tribute<br />

to Caring<br />

November 10, <strong>2012</strong><br />

Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim California<br />

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March <strong>2012</strong> Alumni Dinner<br />

Alumni Events By Renee Cook<br />

We encourage you to attend one <strong>of</strong> the many receptions and events hosted each year. These<br />

events are great opportunities to network, reconnect with former classmates and faculty and<br />

to encourage, inspire and motivate current student pharmacists to continue to build on our<br />

tradition <strong>of</strong> excellence. Our next <strong>Western</strong>U dinner will be held during CSHP in Las Vegas,<br />

Nevada at Battista's Hole in the Wall on October 19th at 6pm. Watch for the email or follow us<br />

on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/<strong>Western</strong>UPharmacy for more details.<br />

On March 31st, we had another successful, fun-filled College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy (COP) Alumni dinner, which included a great CE<br />

presentation from current Pharmacy faculty member and alumnus, Dr. Micah Hata and student pharmacists, Hang Tran, and<br />

Michael Trillanes. Over 40 <strong>of</strong> you attended the evening’s festivities at “Roy’s” in Pasadena, the majority <strong>of</strong> which came from the<br />

Class <strong>of</strong> 2010. There were many warm reunions for classmates and COP faculty and staff members as well, including Julie Avila,<br />

Renee Cook, Mark Iannuzzo, Letty Ramirez and Drs. Jesse Martinez, Wally Murray, Jim Scott, Sam Shimomura and Dean<br />

Robinson and his wife Jacqueline. Thank you, COP alumni, for all <strong>of</strong> your enthusiastic responses, attendance and support! Keep<br />

your eyes on us to see what’s coming next! ■<br />

Photo above: (back row) Raffi Kaprielian ’07, Micah Hata<br />

’07, Donny Lin ’10, Brandon Yip ’01, Joanne Tuquero ’10,<br />

George Tran ’03, Ann Vu ’07, Vincent Le ’10, Sevana<br />

Ghazarian ’10, Cindy Le ’07, Tony Le ’07 , Xera<br />

Delmundo ’10, Alice Lu ’10, Tony Chou ’09, Sally Shin ’08,<br />

Jessica (Ko) Liou ’09, Daniel Liou ’08, Donnya Daley ’10,<br />

Vy Nguyen ’10, Saifu Morriswalla ’10; (front row) Olesya<br />

(Kornilova) Liberman ’03, Elham Khalighi ’03, Farah<br />

Mohammadi ’02, Michelle Candido ’10, Tiffany Chong ’10,<br />

Amanda Wong ’10, Karol Abedi ’11, Jeffrey Ong ’06; (not<br />

pictured) Judith Mehrpouyan ’11, Michael Soliman ’03,<br />

Hailey Yim ’06, Dionne Zuniga ’11.<br />

Right: Dean Robinson with members <strong>of</strong> the class <strong>of</strong> 2010.<br />

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Pearson’s Pharmacy helps recent College<br />

<strong>of</strong> Pharmacy graduate with life, school<br />

and her future. By Jeff Malet, Writer/Photographer<br />

Esmeralda Downs’ life changed 15 years ago when she answered<br />

Bill and Ann Pearson’s ad for a pharmacy technician.<br />

In addition to hiring her and paying her a good salary, the Pearsons<br />

paid for her education at <strong>Western</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong>,<br />

where she earned a PharmD degree from the College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy in<br />

<strong>2012</strong>. They also paid for some community college tuition, a class at<br />

Cal State <strong>University</strong>, San Bernardino, her health insurance, and for a<br />

gas card so she could commute to college.<br />

“It’s very seldom you find people like this,” Esmeralda said. “I’ve<br />

had a hard time with my life, and I could not have done it without<br />

them. They just cuddled me, just held me, protected me and gave me<br />

anything I needed.”<br />

Esmeralda calls the Pearsons her guardian angels.<br />

Bill and Ann Pearson met at the USC School <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy, and both<br />

graduated in 1967. Bill went to work for Redlands Community<br />

Hospital, and Ann worked at an independent pharmacy in San<br />

Bernardino that they ended up buying and later selling.<br />

In the late 1970s, the Pearsons took over another small pharmacy in<br />

San Bernardino from Ann’s uncle. For more than 40 years, the<br />

Pearsons have been helping pay for the education <strong>of</strong> their workers –<br />

from a few courses for clerks and delivery driver clear up to the<br />

<strong>Western</strong>U degree for Esmeralda.<br />

Bill said that his father’s story <strong>of</strong> being accepted into Stanford<br />

<strong>University</strong> during the Depression — but his grandfather not paying<br />

for him to go because he did not believe in education — motivates<br />

him to help people get through college.<br />

“If you have somebody who has the ability, you’ve got to help them<br />

get there,” Bill said.<br />

Before becoming a pharmacy technician, Esmeralda had been a<br />

forklift driver and a bus driver.<br />

She needed to change careers after the Foothill Transit bus she was<br />

driving in downtown Los Angeles was hit by a big rig and driven into<br />

an electrical pole. The company <strong>of</strong>fered to pay for a career change<br />

and she decided to earn a pharmacy technician certificate because she<br />

was unable to continue working as a bus driver.<br />

Esmeralda, 43, <strong>of</strong> Yucaipa, is one <strong>of</strong> 20 brothers and sisters born in<br />

Zacatecas, Mexico. Of those 20 siblings, 13 have survived.<br />

Her parents worked in the U.S. in the 1950s to help support their<br />

large family. Her father worked as an agricultural laborer and her<br />

mother was a seamstress.<br />

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…the Pearsons were determined to get<br />

Esmeralda through pharmacy school.<br />

“It’s like paying a debt forward,” Ann said.<br />

“Although my parents were not formally educated, they taught me<br />

good work ethics, to be compassionate <strong>of</strong> others and to always be<br />

grateful to those that help you along the way,” Esmeralda said.<br />

During her early childhood, she lived on a farm in Mexico. She also<br />

lived in Southern California, attending elementary school in the<br />

United States part <strong>of</strong> the time.<br />

She returned to Mexico after the fifth grade and did hard manual<br />

labor on a farm, helping her family financially –with no schooling.<br />

At age 15, her parents agreed to send her and her little sister back to<br />

the States.<br />

“They brought me over to the U.S. and left me with my brothers, and<br />

I began working right away,” Esmeralda said. “I started paying my<br />

own rent. I began attending Bloomington High School in the<br />

morning and working from 3 to 11 p.m., working for a food truck<br />

catering company.”<br />

When she came back to the U.S., Esmeralda was detained a grade<br />

because she lacked academic performance, which prevented her from<br />

graduating high school. A year later, she went to adult school and<br />

earned a GED.<br />

She ended up marrying her high school sweetheart, Robert, at age 18<br />

and gave birth to the first <strong>of</strong> their two children. Soon after, she<br />

received her resident visa, and six years later she became the first<br />

person in her family to be sworn in as a U.S. citizen.<br />

While working for the Pearson pharmacy, Bill and Ann encouraged<br />

her to take pre-pharmacy courses at the local community college in<br />

hopes that Esmeralda would consider a career as a pharmacist. She<br />

consented but said that she only had a GED and how would she<br />

qualify. Bill went as far as to make an appointment with a counselor<br />

at the local community college. Esmeralda kept the appointment and<br />

began taking pre-pharmacy courses while working full time. After a<br />

number <strong>of</strong> years, she completed her pre-pharmacy requirements and<br />

was ready to apply to a pharmacy program.<br />

Sam Shimomura, PharmD, Associate Dean for College Advancement<br />

at the College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy, met Esmeralda in 2006, then a licensed<br />

pharmacy technician, when she helped with a project to create mock<br />

prescriptions with M&Ms for one <strong>of</strong> Shimomura’s community<br />

workshops.<br />

Shimomura mentored and advised her, and encouraged her to apply<br />

to the College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy at <strong>Western</strong>U, thinking she would gain<br />

valuable experience by applying even if she was not admitted the first<br />

time around. Esmeralda’s interview during the admission process at<br />

<strong>Western</strong>U College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy went so well, she was <strong>of</strong>fered a job at<br />

a Rite-Aid from one <strong>of</strong> the interviewers.<br />

She received a letter <strong>of</strong> acceptance from the College and was<br />

overcome with excitement, she said, but also was nervous and<br />

worried about how she’d measure up with other classmates who<br />

came from high academic programs. She also was concerned about<br />

how to manage the cost, family, work and school.<br />

But the Pearsons were determined to get Esmeralda through<br />

pharmacy school.<br />

“It’s like paying a debt forward,” Ann said. “People helped me go to<br />

school, so I felt I should help other people go. I think she deserves<br />

every single penny <strong>of</strong> it. People like Esmeralda should be rewarded.”<br />

Shimomura said that it’s rare for someone to be accepted into<br />

<strong>Western</strong>U’s Doctor <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy program without a Bachelor <strong>of</strong><br />

Science degree, although that having a bachelor’s degree is not a<br />

requirement for admission. Esmeralda was one <strong>of</strong> 1,800 people who<br />

applied for 120 seats as first-year Pharmacy students.<br />

“I didn’t think she was going to get in, to be honest with you,” he<br />

said. “I advised her to show up; learn what you can, then once you<br />

get your (bachelor’s) degree, you’ll have a good shot at admission.<br />

She surprised me and got in without a degree on the strength <strong>of</strong> her<br />

academic performance in undergraduate courses and her interview. I<br />

think it’s miraculous.”<br />

Esmeralda said she had an enjoyable experience at <strong>Western</strong>U because<br />

<strong>of</strong> the caring staff.“I felt as if I were part <strong>of</strong> a family, not just a<br />

student,” she said.“I learned amazing and valuable information,<br />

which I will apply throughout my pr<strong>of</strong>ession.”<br />

Esmeralda’s husband also was supportive throughout the years by<br />

helping run the household while she went to school and studied,<br />

which she said she greatly appreciates.<br />

When the Pearsons retire, Esmeralda and a relief pharmacist, Omar<br />

Albaiti, would like to buy the pharmacy. For now, there is no exact<br />

plan on when or how that might happen but Esmeralda has worked<br />

on a business plan if that occasion should develop.<br />

The Pearsons’ only worry in selling their pharmacy to people they<br />

trust and care for like family, they said, is that the business may not<br />

be successful due to the current economic times.<br />

In the beginning, when Ann met and worked with Esmeralda, she<br />

had no idea that Esmeralda would aspire to become a pharmacist,<br />

but “I recognized that here is someone who really had some grit and<br />

had a lot <strong>of</strong> drive.”<br />

“I realized there was a kindred spirit there,” Ann said. “I think that<br />

she looked at me and thought if I could do it, she could do it too.” ■<br />

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Kappa Psi<br />

By Jeffrey Fajardo, PharmD ’15<br />

On April 28th, <strong>2012</strong>, Kappa Psi hosted<br />

their annual Scholarship and Awards<br />

Banquet to commemorate the success <strong>of</strong><br />

the Chapter and its members. This year,<br />

we celebrated the journey and success <strong>of</strong><br />

25 fourth-year pharmacy students. There<br />

were 122 guests in attendance, including<br />

collegiate, faculty, and alumni Brothers as<br />

well. Matthew Furukawa was awarded<br />

“Brother <strong>of</strong> the Year,” the most<br />

honorable award given by the Chapter, as<br />

well as the “Scholastic Achievement<br />

Award,” presented to the graduate with<br />

the highest GPA. The “Kappa Psi<br />

Recognition Pin” was presented to Kevin<br />

Hutchinson, who has consistently gone<br />

above and beyond to help and support<br />

the Chapter. A recognition plaque was<br />

presented to Stephanie Wu for her<br />

leadership, dedication and contributions<br />

as the Chapter Regent. Several<br />

Scholarship Honors Awards were also<br />

presented to second-year and third-year<br />

pharmacy students for their academic<br />

achievements.<br />

Photos left to right, top to bottom: fourth-year students are presented with Kappa Psi medallions; Stephanie Wu,<br />

PharmD ’14 is presented with a plaque for “Regent <strong>of</strong> the Epsilon Gamma Chapter 2011-<strong>2012</strong>,” by Eric Gupta,<br />

PharmD, Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy Practice and Adminstration; Stephanie Shieh, PharmD ’14, presents Kevin<br />

Hutchinson, PharmD ’12, the “Kappa Psi Recognition Pin”; 22 students display their Scholarship Honors Award<br />

certificates; Matthew Furukawa, PharmD ’12, is awarded a “Brother <strong>of</strong> the Year” plaque by Eric Gupta; Melissa<br />

Landry, PharmD ’13 Matthew Furukawa, Stephanie Wu, and Stephanie Shieh.<br />

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AmCP – Night <strong>of</strong> managed Care<br />

By Ani Khachatourian, PharmD ’14<br />

This year the <strong>Western</strong>U AMCP chapter carried on the tradition with our 3rd annual Night <strong>of</strong> Managed Care. It was great to see<br />

such growth from the years past as we hosted an evening <strong>of</strong> informative round-table discussions for over 70 guests. Notable<br />

pharmacists were in attendance from managed care as well as industry and regulatory affairs, who shared their experiences and<br />

insight on current issues that will have an impact on pharmacy practice. Student pharmacists had a chance to gain knowledge in<br />

how to better prepare for opportunities within various avenues that apply to medication management principles. Keynote<br />

speaker Dr. Doug Hillblom shared a perspective on the significance <strong>of</strong> managed care and how to excel within the field,<br />

emphasizing the role <strong>of</strong> empathy in the midst <strong>of</strong> legislation, business and regulations. On behalf <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Western</strong>U AMCP board,<br />

we would like to thank all the pharmacists and student pharmacists for attending and making the event a great success.<br />

Photo above: AMCP members pictured with Dr. Doug Hillbloom. Also in attendance were Drs. Steve and Patricia Gray, Dr. Michael Luhm, ’02, Dr. Stephanie Ho, Dr. Anandi Law,<br />

Dr. Simental, Dr. Debbie Kubota, Dr. Logan Saito, ’08, Dr. George Tran, Dr. Richard Smith, Dr. Reagan Lee, ’05, Dr. Sam Shimomura, Dr. Eric Gupta, Dr. Joan Chia,<br />

Dr. Tien Nguyen, Dr. Micah Hata, ’07, Dr. David Truong, Dr. Caroline Atwood and Dr. Susan Leong.<br />

CAPSLeAD<br />

By Johnny Lee and Jeff Dai, PharmD ’15<br />

In early March, we had the opportunity to<br />

attend the 10th annual California Pharmacy<br />

Student Leadership (CAPSLEAD) conference<br />

in Sacramento. Student leaders from all eight<br />

California Pharmacy schools participated in a weekend<br />

conference to build leadership and effective time and team<br />

management skills as well as network with faculty, student<br />

pharmacists, and representative from Rite Aid.<br />

After attending this leadership conference, students utilized<br />

these leadership and teamwork skills as a team to prepare a<br />

poster presentation on current pharmacy issues which will be<br />

showcased at various pr<strong>of</strong>essional pharmacy conferences such<br />

as CPhA Outlook and CSHP Seminar. The <strong>Western</strong>U<br />

CAPSLEAD team selected the topic <strong>of</strong> How and where<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essionalism is being cultivated and maintained by both<br />

student pharmacists and practicing community pharmacists.<br />

The result <strong>of</strong> this study will hopefully help us develop a<br />

successful mode to instill and inspire pr<strong>of</strong>essionalism in<br />

student pharmacists over the course <strong>of</strong> their career.<br />

The <strong>2012</strong> <strong>Western</strong>U CAPSLEAD team includes: Priti Amin,<br />

Jeff Dai, Johnny Lee, Triet Nguyen, Van Thuy Pham, Queena<br />

Sun, Danny Tang, and Huong-Giang Vu with faculty advisors:<br />

Dr. Eric Gupta, Dr. Karl Hess and Dr. Janice H<strong>of</strong>fman.<br />

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ASHP-CSHP<br />

California Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong>-Systems Pharmacists<br />

By Sareen Zinzalian, PharmD ’15<br />

<strong>Western</strong>U CSHP strives to constantly be on the forefront <strong>of</strong> happenings in the<br />

general pharmacy community. In January <strong>2012</strong>, the Cancer Awareness<br />

Subcommittee <strong>of</strong> CSHP reached out to 1500 high school students in the Pomona<br />

area, educating about skin cancer prevention. Students were taught how to give a<br />

self-check, the importance <strong>of</strong> sunscreen application, and who is most at risk. In<br />

April <strong>2012</strong>, CSHP held our first asthma awareness presentation at Barfield<br />

Elementary School in Pomona. There were 40 elementary school children from<br />

the ages <strong>of</strong> 6 to 10. The children were excited<br />

to learn about asthma, who it affects, what<br />

worsens it and how to improve it. CSHP held<br />

their second annual Mr. Pharmacy contest in<br />

January. Contestants beat-boxed, danced,<br />

wrote and presented their own poetry. A panel<br />

consisting <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essors and staff judged the<br />

event. At the end <strong>of</strong> all the fun and laughs, the<br />

winner was second year pharmacy student,<br />

Olayinka Taiwo!<br />

Photos left, top to bottom: Richard Garcia and Hazel Hang<br />

Tran at Ganesha High School in Pomona, January 27, <strong>2012</strong>;<br />

Juanqi Zhu, Amy Lo, Nikki Shamamyan, Dr. Patrick Chan,<br />

Michael Trillanes and Felicia Molina at Ganesha High School;<br />

Children at Barfield Elementary school were actively involved<br />

in the asthma presentation.<br />

Photo right: Mr. Pharmacy contest winner, Olayinka Taiwo, PharmD ’14.<br />

APhA-ASP<br />

By John Flores, PharmD ’15<br />

The <strong>Western</strong>U APhA-ASP/CPhA chapter continues to advocate<br />

for our school and our pr<strong>of</strong>ession at school and abroad. In<br />

February, our members attended CPhA Outlook in Sacramento.<br />

There, we participated in legislation within CPhA, voting on<br />

policies to direct the organization. We also competed against<br />

California pharmacy schools in the Quiz Bowl, and we won! In March, we<br />

teamed up with the <strong>Western</strong>U<br />

CSHP chapter to attend<br />

CPhA/CSHP Joint Legislative<br />

Day in Sacramento, where we<br />

advocated for pharmacy policy.<br />

In April, we had a great turnout<br />

<strong>of</strong> members attending APhA<br />

Annual in New Orleans, where<br />

we attended trainings and<br />

seminars. Also in April, we held<br />

an Interpr<strong>of</strong>essional <strong>Health</strong> Fair<br />

on our Pomona campus, sponsored by a generous contribution from Target. We<br />

rallied other on-campus organizations to provide health services to the local<br />

community. We are currently planning for exciting events in the fall.<br />

From top to bottom: Students take a quick group photo in between meetings at APhA Annual in New Orleans; <strong>Western</strong>U<br />

students provide blood glucose screenings during the Interpr<strong>of</strong>essional <strong>Health</strong> Fair; Senator Hernandez takes a quick<br />

picture with our students at CPhA/CSHP Joint Legislative Day: (left to right) Thomas Schuetz, John Flores, Samuel<br />

Bonilla, Senator Hernandez, Johnny Lee, and Ranjit Sidhu.<br />

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Phi Lambda Sigma<br />

By Paideia Le, PharmD ’14<br />

The Gamma Nu Chapter has had a year filled with celebration and outreach. Our chapter welcomed 14 new<br />

student initiates and three faculty members. With a flashback to November, two <strong>of</strong> our very own, Charles Lam<br />

and Linda Danh, won the Target sponsored Second Annual Case Competition with this year’s Target theme <strong>of</strong> “Wellness.”<br />

Charles and Linda, along with two other <strong>Western</strong>U student pharmacists took home the $4000 scholarship for their thoughtful<br />

and well-presented business plan.<br />

Gamma Nu welcomed pre-pharmacy undergraduates from Cal Baptist, Cal State Sacramento and Cal Poly Pomona throughout<br />

the semester. As hosts <strong>of</strong> our campus, we <strong>of</strong>fered admissions tips, a glimpse <strong>of</strong> student life and insight <strong>of</strong> how wonderful it is to<br />

be part <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Western</strong>U family.<br />

Top: Target Case Competition winners Linda Danh, PharmD ’14, Danielle Kim, PharmD ’14, Charles Lam, PharmD ’13, Mark Sabillo, PharmD ’13, and Target management.<br />

Bottom: Cal Poly Mixer (top row) Stephen Kang, PharmD ’14, Nogie Demirjian, PharmD ’13, Melissa Landry, PharmD ’13, (middle row) Ani Khachatourian, PharmD ’14, Linda<br />

Danh, PharmD ’14, Stephanie Shieh, PharmD ’14, Tiffani Emerson, PharmD ’13, Janine Ng, PharmD ’13, Eva Chung-Levbarg, PharmD ’14, (bottom row) Karen Lai, PharmD ’13,<br />

Paideia Le, PharmD ’14, Hilda Cheung, PharmD ’14, Amy Trieu, PharmD ’14, and Hazel Tran, PharmD ’13.<br />

Stephanie Shieh, PharmD ’14, Dr. Jesse Martinez, Dr. Chan, Amy Trieu, PharmD ’14, Ligaya Chan, Hilda Cheung, PharmD ’14, Eva Chung-Levbarg, PharmD ’14, Linda Danh,<br />

PharmD ’14, and Stephen Kang, PharmD ’14.<br />

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NCPA<br />

By Peter Phan, PharmD ’14<br />

NCPA kicked <strong>of</strong>f this semester with the return<br />

<strong>of</strong> our annual Talent Show which attracted<br />

talented students from all the colleges. Open to<br />

all <strong>Western</strong>U students, this year’s talent show<br />

brought students together to compete as well as<br />

raise money towards pro-pharmacy legislation.<br />

NCPA also hosted a variety <strong>of</strong> guest speaker<br />

events, inviting successful independent<br />

pharmacy entrepreneurs to share their<br />

knowledge with our members. Speakers<br />

included Dr Ken Thai, Clare Petrotta as well as<br />

our very own Vice Dean <strong>of</strong> Academic Diversity<br />

and Development, Dr. Jesse Martinez.<br />

Top left to right: Jasmine Rahimian, PharmD ’14, Christina Nguyen, PharmD ’15, Linda Tran, PharmD ’15,<br />

Samantha Wu, PharmD ’15, Clare Petrotta, Peter Phan, PharmD ’14, Susan Phan, PharmD ’14, David Truong,<br />

PharmD ’15, Corey Edwards, PharmD ’15, Ivy Vo, PharmD ’14, and Michelle Ha, PharmD ’15.<br />

Talent show photos left to right, top to bottom: talent show winner Michelle Bruce, DMD ’15; hosts<br />

Stephanie Wu, PharmD ’14, and Corey Edwards, PharmD ’15; and contestants JR Flores, PharmD ’15 and<br />

Samuel Bonilla, PharmD ’15.<br />

East West Scholarship Dinner<br />

The 6th Annual East West Scholarship Dinner was held on Saturday, April 21, <strong>2012</strong> at the<br />

San Gabriel Hilton. Jinoo Lee, PharmD ’13 received the Melanie S. Lim Memorial Scholarship.<br />

The scholarship was established by Soojung Kim, PharmD in loving memory <strong>of</strong> her only<br />

daughter who passed away in 2005. Five other student pharmacists also received East West<br />

Scholarships: Bich T. Tran, PharmD ’15, Amy Trieu, PharmD ’14, Eva Chung-Levbarg,<br />

PharmD ’14, Annie Song, PharmD ’13 and Joanne T. Nguyen, PharmD ’12. The scholarships<br />

are awarded to students based on academic achievement and community service.<br />

Photos left to right: Entertainment at the<br />

dinner; Stanley Wong, Joanne Nguyen,<br />

Annie Song, Eva Chung-Levbarg, Amy<br />

Trieu, and Bich Tran; Stanley Wong with<br />

Jinoo Lee, recipient <strong>of</strong> the Melanie S. Lim<br />

Memorial Scholarship;<br />

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Poster Day<br />

By Jim Scott, PharmD, MEd, FCCP<br />

This year’s Advanced Elective Poster Day was organized by<br />

topics and a complete abstract book was available to all P-4<br />

student pharmacists, poster reviewers, and guests. Poster<br />

Awards were also given to the top posters:<br />

First Place in the <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> Track<br />

Agbomma Epoh, “The impact <strong>of</strong> new BK virus nephropathy<br />

protocol for clinical outcomes in the kidney transplant<br />

patients” (Preceptors Don Vu, PharmD and David Min,<br />

PharmD)<br />

First Place in the Community Pharmacy Track<br />

Katy Tran, “Medication consultation points patients want to<br />

Know based on their age, ethnicity, and education level”<br />

(Preceptor was alumni Josephine Vo, PharmD ’10, Walmart<br />

Pharmacy in Rosemead)<br />

Finalists: Lauren Chen, Nam Cho, Lorraine Almazan,<br />

Aline Derkalostian, Alan Lu, Julie Hoang, Joanne Nguyen,<br />

Dina Dabbous and Patricia Aguilar.<br />

Independent Ownership Track Business Plan<br />

The student pharmacists in the Independent Ownership Track<br />

were required to present and defend their business plans<br />

before outside judges.<br />

The winners for the Business Plan competition were:<br />

Best Presentation score (tie):<br />

Monique Leduc precepted by K. Tran, PharmD at TLC<br />

Express Pharmacy<br />

David Nguyen, precepted by T. Shafa, PharmD at Midwest<br />

Medical Pharmacy<br />

Best Business Plan Score:<br />

Hsiao-Li Lin precepted by A. Tate, PharmD at<br />

Market Pharmacy<br />

Best Business Plan Development — Most Creative:<br />

Soyoung Lee precepted by alumni Trinh Lam, PharmD ’06,<br />

Burbank Compounding Pharmacy.<br />

Congratulations to all <strong>of</strong> the class <strong>of</strong> <strong>2012</strong> graduates for<br />

their hard work during their final projects as student<br />

pharmacists!!<br />

Photos left to right, top to bottom: Prizes for the winners included ribbons and copies <strong>of</strong> “Lexicomp’s Drug Information Handbook” and “Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic<br />

Approach”; Melody Separzadeh presents her poster to Roger S. Klotz, BS, Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy Practice and Administration and Ying Huang, PhD, Master <strong>of</strong> Medicine,<br />

MD, Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor; James Scott, BS, M.Ed., PharmD, Associate Dean <strong>of</strong> Experiential and Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Affairs, Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy Practice and Administration<br />

(center front), poses with all <strong>of</strong> the participants in Poster Day; David Min, PharmD, MS, FCCP, FASHP, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy Practice and Administration with Agbomma Epoh,<br />

first place winner in the <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> Track.<br />

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Honors Day, April 5, <strong>2012</strong><br />

THE PRESIDENT’S SOCIETY AWARD<br />

Established in 1994 by the President’s Society<br />

to recognize academic excellence, financial need<br />

and service to the <strong>University</strong>.<br />

Michael Trillanes, PharmD 2013<br />

Special Award<br />

USPHS EXCELLENCE IN<br />

PUBLIC HEALTH<br />

PHARMACY PRACTICE AWARD<br />

Established to recognize pharmacy students’<br />

contributions to public health pharmacy practice.<br />

Lusineh Keshishian, PharmD 2014<br />

TEACHER OF THE YEAR<br />

Awarded to a College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy faculty member<br />

who exhibits excellence in teaching within the<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essional pharmacy curriculum.<br />

Patrick Chan, PharmD, PhD<br />

Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy Practice<br />

and Administration<br />

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Student Honors & Awards<br />

ALBERTSONS/SAV-ON SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Carrie Bitterlich, PharmD ’13<br />

Cindy Fan, PharmD ’13<br />

Dhwani Shah, PharmD ’12<br />

ALBERTSONS/SAV-ON FOUNDATION<br />

SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Vanessa Diaz, PharmD ’15<br />

Natasha Gonzalez, PharmD ’15<br />

Alana Zapata, PharmD ’15<br />

CALIFORNIA KOREAN AMERICAN<br />

PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION<br />

Annie Song, PharmD ’13<br />

CVS CHARITABLE TRUST, INC.<br />

Reem Karkar, PharmD ’15<br />

Solmaz Naghsh, PharmD ’12<br />

Joanne Nguyen, PharmD ’12<br />

Jasmine Rahimian, PharmD ’14<br />

Nancy Shabani, PharmD ’14<br />

EAST WEST SCHOLARSHIP<br />

*Jinoo Lee, PharmD ’13<br />

Eva Chung-Levbarg, PharmD ’14<br />

Joanne Nguyen, PharmD ’12<br />

Annie Song, PharmD ’13<br />

Bich Tran, PharmD ’15<br />

Amy Trieu, PharmD ’14<br />

*Awarded the Melanie S. Lim Scholarship<br />

GOOD NEIGHBOR PHARMACY/<br />

THE INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY<br />

PHARMACY SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Tiffani Emerson, PharmD ’13<br />

Aida Oganesyan, PharmD ’13<br />

Drupad Parikh, PharmD ’13<br />

Youkavet Samih, PharmD ’13<br />

Mayur Yadav, PharmD ’13<br />

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAIN<br />

DRUG STORES FOUNDATION<br />

PHARMACY PARTNERS SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Tram Khuong, PharmD ’12<br />

Erik Kirakosyan, PharmD ’14<br />

Jack Lam, PharmD ’13<br />

Kathy Truong, PharmD ’12<br />

RALPHS PHARMACY SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Mayur Yadav, PharmD ’13<br />

RITE AID FOUNDATION<br />

SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Abigail Arguijo, PharmD ’15<br />

TARGET CASE COMPETITION<br />

SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Linda Danh, PharmD ’14<br />

Danielle Kim, PharmD ’14<br />

Charles Lam,PharmD ’13<br />

Mark Sabillo, PharmD ’13<br />

VIETNAMESE PHARMACISTS<br />

ASSOCIATION (VPhA IN THE USA)<br />

Tracey Ngo, PharmD ’12<br />

Hazel Tran, PharmD ’13<br />

Nhu Vo, PharmD ’13<br />

WALGREENS DIVERSITY<br />

SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Tom Li, PharmD ’13<br />

WALGREENS SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Priti Amin, PharmD ’15<br />

Jonathan Baharvar, PharmD ’12<br />

Carrie Bitterlich, PharmD ’13<br />

Samuel Bonilla, PharmD ’15<br />

May Chaivasin, PharmD ’13<br />

Eunah Cho, PharmD ’12<br />

Eva Chung-Levbarg, PharmD ’14<br />

Jeff Dai, PharmD ’15<br />

Nogie Demirjian, PharmD ’13<br />

Cindy Fan, PharmD ’13<br />

Wen-Hsin Jiang, PharmD ’13<br />

Karen Lai, PharmD ’13<br />

Johnny Lee, PharmD ’15<br />

Felicia Molina, PharmD ’13<br />

Ryan Ngov, PharmD ’14<br />

AnhDao Nguyen, PharmD ’14<br />

Triet Nguyen, PharmD ’15<br />

Van Pham, PharmD ’15<br />

Pauline Phan, PharmD ’13<br />

Sangeeta Salvi, PharmD ’13<br />

Queena Sun, PharmD ’15<br />

Alidz Talatinian, PharmD ’13<br />

Danny Tang, PharmD ’15<br />

Michael Trillanes, PharmD ’13<br />

Huong-giang Vu, PharmD ’15<br />

WALMART PHARMACY<br />

SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Pauline Phan, PharmD ’13<br />

Jasmine Rahimian, PharmD ’14<br />

Gopalkumar Sojitra, PharmD ’13<br />

Dhwani Shah, PharmD ’12<br />

Shreya Shah, PharmD ’12<br />

WESTERN UNIVERSITY ALUMNI<br />

ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP<br />

Stephen Kang, PharmD ’14<br />

Faculty and Staff<br />

Honors & Awards<br />

FACULTY SERVICE AWARD<br />

Awarded to paid faculty who have<br />

provided outstanding service to the College<br />

<strong>of</strong> Pharmacy.<br />

Donald Hsu, PharmD<br />

Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy Practice<br />

and Administration<br />

Kabir Lufty, BPharm<br />

Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />

Pharmaceutical <strong>Sciences</strong><br />

Mark Nguyen, PharmD<br />

Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy Practice<br />

and Administration<br />

PRECEPTORS OF THE YEAR<br />

AWARD<br />

Awarded to recognize paid and volunteer<br />

College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy faculty preceptors for<br />

their excellence in teaching students during<br />

their clerkships.<br />

Rudy Mireles, PharmD<br />

Director Patient Care Center Pharmacy,<br />

Pomona, CA<br />

Grace Magedman, PharmD<br />

Children’s Hospital <strong>of</strong> Orange County,<br />

Orange, CA<br />

Vishal Gandhi, PharmD<br />

Comfort RX, Costa Mesa, CA<br />

Mark Nguyen, PharmD<br />

St Mary’s Medical Center, Long Beach, CA<br />

STAFF SERVICE AWARD<br />

Awarded to a College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy staff<br />

member who has contributed outstanding<br />

service to the College.<br />

Tara Barthol<br />

Laboratory Manager,<br />

Department <strong>of</strong> Pharmaceutical <strong>Sciences</strong><br />

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Commencement<br />

Class <strong>of</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />

Keynote Speaker<br />

Michael Maddux, PharmD, FCCP<br />

Executive Director, American College <strong>of</strong> Clinical Pharmacy<br />

Beverly Sills, a well-known opera singer and patron <strong>of</strong> the arts, once said:<br />

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”<br />

I <strong>of</strong>fer five simple suggestions for your consideration:<br />

1. Like what you do. And make it meaningful. Pursue a career, not just a<br />

job. Seek to lead your personal and pr<strong>of</strong>essional life with purpose. Enjoy<br />

what you do. Strive to make a difference!<br />

2. Be a pr<strong>of</strong>essional. Remember that your patients entrust their health and<br />

well-being to you. Care for them as you would want others to care for<br />

your mother or father.<br />

3. Have friends. Maintain the friendships you’ve cultivated here—they will<br />

last your lifetime. And take the time necessary to establish new<br />

friendships. As it turns out, in terms <strong>of</strong> future happiness, the only thing<br />

that really matters in life are your relationships with others.<br />

4. Give back. Think <strong>of</strong> those who’ve helped you, either directly or<br />

indirectly. They may have supported a student initiative, funded a<br />

student scholarship, mentored you, or provided you with occasional<br />

invaluable advice. Or perhaps they unknowingly inspired you.<br />

Regardless, plan to do the same for those who will follow you. When<br />

asked, reach as deep into your pockets and time schedule as possible.<br />

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5. Lead if/when called upon. Leadership is “a calling.” If you’re called upon, don’t shy away. Again, these are opportunities to<br />

“make a difference.” There are ways to fit leadership activities into an already busy pr<strong>of</strong>essional schedule—some <strong>of</strong> the busiest<br />

people we know manage to serve in substantive leadership roles.<br />

Finally, it’s readily apparent that your efforts have resulted in engendering important attitudes and values among these<br />

graduates—key attributes that will serve them well for the rest <strong>of</strong> their lives—namely, pr<strong>of</strong>essional commitment, independence,<br />

flexibility, an innate “positivity” noted by even the students themselves, and the ability to think critically. And you did this<br />

without any “shortcuts” because:<br />

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.<br />

I congratulate all <strong>of</strong> you—family, friends, faculty, staff, administration, and, <strong>of</strong> course, the graduates themselves, on a job well<br />

done. Thank you again for the opportunity to be with you today.<br />

Alumni Message<br />

Donald I. Hsu, PharmD ’03<br />

In the next few years as you mature into practice, we trust that you will<br />

come to realize how we tried to prepare you for the challenges in pharmacy<br />

practice, and the magnitude <strong>of</strong> your responsibilities. In practice, everyday is<br />

an exam. You never know what’s on the exam. In that context, it was very<br />

fair for me to say, EVERYTHING is on the exam.<br />

Precept students, and help them realize that pharmacy practice is not about<br />

grades, regrade requests, multiple choice exams. It is about having a positive<br />

impact on the patients you care for, the healthcare pr<strong>of</strong>essionals you work<br />

with, and the students you educate. You now know what it takes to get<br />

through the rigorous pharmacy curriculum. Help us find candidates that can<br />

do the same through the admissions process.<br />

With that, I look forward to seeing each and every one <strong>of</strong> you grow, and<br />

contribute positively to the public, healthcare pr<strong>of</strong>essionals, and the<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>ession <strong>of</strong> pharmacy.<br />

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Curricular Innovation:<br />

Objective Structured<br />

Clinical Examination<br />

By Donald I. Hsu, PharmD, Karl Hess, PharmD,<br />

Emmanuelle Schwartzman, PharmD, and Eunice P. Chung, PharmD<br />

Photos top to bottom: Cathy Mac, PharmD ’14, prepares to enter a clinical<br />

simulation for discharge counselling; Ashna Patel, PharmD ’14, practices a<br />

telephone consultation; Arad Goudarzi, PharmD ’14, practices a medication<br />

consultation with a standardized patient; from the observation room, Roger S.<br />

Klotz, BS, Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy Practice and Administration evaluates<br />

a student performance.<br />

<strong>Western</strong>U College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy has been one <strong>of</strong> the pioneers in<br />

incorporating OSCEs into the curriculum as a core longitudinal<br />

assessment, entering our ninth year <strong>of</strong> running the OSCEs. The<br />

Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is an assessment <strong>of</strong><br />

student pharmacists’ clinical competence which is based on objective<br />

testing and direct observation <strong>of</strong> their performance during planned or<br />

structured clinical encounters with standardized participants (SP). The<br />

OSCEs involve problems or situations that are commonly encountered<br />

in real-life practice settings and allow assessment <strong>of</strong> knowledge, skills<br />

and attitudes, which are <strong>of</strong>ten challenging to assess in traditional<br />

written multiple choice, short answer, and/or essay examinations.<br />

OSCEs involve single (first-year) or multiple standardized stations<br />

(second and third-years) and are conducted four times throughout the<br />

first-year curriculum, at midpoint and end <strong>of</strong> the second-year<br />

curriculum, and at the conclusion <strong>of</strong> the third-year didactic<br />

curriculum.<br />

OSCE stations may include components <strong>of</strong> traditional written<br />

examinations, but typically involve planned clinical encounters in<br />

which a student pharmacist interacts with an SP who has been<br />

instructed and trained to role play the part <strong>of</strong> a patient, caretaker,<br />

family member, significant other, or a health pr<strong>of</strong>essional. Evaluation<br />

criteria are based on course objectives and student learning activities.<br />

The student pharmacist performances are monitored and evaluated in<br />

real-time by trained observers using a standardized clinical checklist<br />

for each case and a global communications rubric. Through the<br />

OSCEs, student pharmacists demonstrate competency in the use <strong>of</strong><br />

medications or devices (e.g. drug counseling, glucometer use, inhaler<br />

use, insulin preparation and administration, etc.), performing physical<br />

assessment (e.g. diabetic foot exam with a mon<strong>of</strong>ilament, visual<br />

diabetic foot exam, etc.), taking patient history and providing patientdisease<br />

specific pharmacotherapeutic recommendations, or<br />

teaching/counseling/advising a patient (e.g. lifestyle modification for<br />

hypertension, diabetes, etc.) or other health pr<strong>of</strong>essionals (e.g.<br />

recommendations for therapeutic changes).<br />

Throughout pharmacy education, the OSCEs provide snapshots for<br />

introductory and advanced experiential education However, the final<br />

educational outcome is to ensure that pharmacy graduates are<br />

practice-ready, particularly in an era <strong>of</strong> changing pharmacy practice.<br />

Therefore, appropriate methods for formative and summative<br />

evaluation <strong>of</strong> trainees are needed. The OSCEs complement traditional<br />

testing methods to assess clinical competencyand is integral in<br />

preparing student pharmacists for clinical practice. The OSCE<br />

program requires intense resources, both financial and in personnel,<br />

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and extensive planning throughout the year, serving as<br />

limitations for many schools to implement into the<br />

curriculum.<br />

The next innovative step in our OSCE program will be Team<br />

Objective Structured Clinical Examination (TOSCE) that will<br />

involve an interpr<strong>of</strong>essional team based patient care scenario.<br />

Student pharmacists will be working with student<br />

practitioners from several <strong>of</strong> our other health pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />

colleges to collaborate in taking care <strong>of</strong> a geriatric patient. A<br />

pilot test <strong>of</strong> the case was completed this past year and the<br />

TOSCE will be incorporated in our Interpr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />

Education curriculum this coming year.<br />

Richard Garcia, PharmD ‘13 said, "Lectures, studying, and<br />

taking exams gives one the knowledge that pharmacists must<br />

possess, but OSCEs allows one to improve and perfect the<br />

skills required to become GREAT pharmacists that show<br />

compassion and empathy towards their patients." ■<br />

Research S potlight:<br />

College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy<br />

MSPS student wins<br />

milestone award<br />

By Jeff Malet, Writer/Photographer<br />

<strong>Western</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> Master <strong>of</strong> Science in<br />

Pharmaceutical <strong>Sciences</strong> (MSPS) student John Murad won a<br />

prestigious award that serves as both a personal achievement<br />

and a milestone for the College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy.<br />

Murad, MSPS ’12, received the First Place Graduate Student<br />

Best Abstract Award <strong>of</strong> the Cardiovascular Pharmacology<br />

Division <strong>of</strong> the American Society for Pharmacology and<br />

Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) at the April 21-25, <strong>2012</strong><br />

Experimental Biology Meeting in San Diego, Calif.<br />

He was competing against PhD candidates from the U.S. and<br />

institutions around the world, and is the first Master <strong>of</strong><br />

Science student to win the award in its 10-year history. The<br />

abstract, “A Novel Antithrombotic Agent Targeting the<br />

Human Thromboxane A2 Receptor,” was co-authored by<br />

College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Fadi Khasawneh,<br />

BPharm, PhD, Murad’s thesis adviser; MSPS graduate Harold<br />

Ting; post-doctoral research fellow Enma Veronica Paez<br />

Espinosa, MD, PhD; and College <strong>of</strong> Veterinary Medicine<br />

Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Diane McClure, DVM, PhD, DACLAM.<br />

The study looks at the ability <strong>of</strong> a custom-designed antibody<br />

that targets a specific receptor, Thromboxane A2, to act as an<br />

anti-clotting agent to manage thrombosis-based disorders such<br />

as heart attacks and strokes. The antibody has the potential to<br />

be used post-surgery to reduce the risk <strong>of</strong> blood clot<br />

formation.<br />

Murad worked under the supervision <strong>of</strong> Dr. Fadi Khasawneh,<br />

who conducted his graduate and post-doctoral training on<br />

platelet biology and pathology <strong>of</strong> thrombotic disorders at the<br />

<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Khasawneh is also a<br />

previous winner <strong>of</strong> this award in 2007. This research was<br />

Master <strong>of</strong> Science in Pharmaceutical <strong>Sciences</strong> student, John Murad (left) and his thesis<br />

adviser, College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Fadi Khasawneh, BPharm, PhD<br />

funded by the Regents <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> California,<br />

Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, Grant Number<br />

19KT-0030 (to Dr. Fadi Khasawneh).<br />

“Given the translational (bench-to-bedside) nature <strong>of</strong> our<br />

studies, we believe that the antibody we employed in our<br />

studies, or an advanced monoclonal version, may be<br />

successfully purposed as a safer alternate or complement to<br />

currently approved antiplatelet or antithrombotic therapies,”<br />

Dr. Khasawneh said.<br />

“Our findings should also significantly aid molecular<br />

modeling study predictions for future organic derivatives for<br />

treating patients with thrombosis-based disorders like heart<br />

attacks and strokes,” Dr. Khasawneh said.<br />

“I have to give a lot <strong>of</strong> credit to Dr. Khasawneh and the<br />

program here for setting me up quite well,” Murad said.<br />

“They gave me the training, a lot <strong>of</strong> resources and tools to<br />

produce these results, and the opportunity to submit the<br />

abstract.” ■<br />

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THE GIVING CENTER<br />

Greg Collins, PharmD ’00 and Bill Burrows at CPh A Outlook <strong>2012</strong><br />

in Sacramento, California.<br />

Alumni Giving<br />

up 75% in <strong>2012</strong>!<br />

Thank you, College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy alumni!<br />

The numbers are in for fiscal year <strong>2012</strong>, and you, the <strong>Western</strong>U College<br />

<strong>of</strong> Pharmacy (COP) alumni have made this, far and away, the best year<br />

<strong>of</strong> COP alumni fundraising support to date! You have increased giving<br />

to the COP by over 75%, and more <strong>of</strong> you have given larger gifts this<br />

year than ever before. Thank you for your growing support, and<br />

remember that every gift <strong>of</strong> any size truly does make a positive difference<br />

in the course <strong>of</strong> our students’, your future alumni colleagues’, lives.<br />

Please peruse the list <strong>of</strong> generous COP alumni below, all <strong>of</strong> whom have<br />

given in support <strong>of</strong> their alma mater. Thank you for your support!<br />

Bill Burrows<br />

Director <strong>of</strong> Development, College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy<br />

All Alumni Donors to<br />

the College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy<br />

Giang Chieu Nguyen, PharmD ’01<br />

Gene W Kim, PharmD ’03<br />

Jae Wook Yang, PharmD ’06<br />

Kim-Hong T Nguyen, PharmD ’00<br />

Tina H Rizzolo, PharmD ’09<br />

Siem M Woldemariam, PharmD ’10<br />

Ajay Roberts, PharmD ’09<br />

Michael Srapion Najarian, PharmD ’06<br />

Yelena McElroy, PharmD ’07<br />

Narine Bleu Gevorkian, PharmD ’01<br />

Su-Fen Chen, PharmD ’08<br />

Kamaljit Kaur Bhangoo, PharmD ’07<br />

Dara Bai Abacan, PharmD '09<br />

Jerry Wei Yang, PharmD ’08<br />

Azeem A Syed, PharmD ’08<br />

Eun Sook Kim, PharmD ’07<br />

Aaron W Houpy, PharmD ’04<br />

Elizabeth Marie Basteguian, PharmD ’10<br />

Yen Xuan Luong, PharmD ’08<br />

Young Ran Lee, PharmD ’07<br />

Nishant Bipin Thakkar, PharmD ’08<br />

Reagan R Lee, PharmD ’05<br />

Panit Pollavith, PharmD ’04<br />

Anthony Le, PharmD ’04<br />

Myung Hee Shin Park, PharmD ’99<br />

Sean A Pendley, PharmD ’04<br />

Zhaoying Amy Liu, PharmD ’08<br />

Katie So Lai Hui, PharmD ’08<br />

Katherine Yen Le, PharmD ’08<br />

Vicky Kim-Anh Vu, PharmD ’05<br />

Rouzanna Papoyan, PharmD ’02<br />

Richard Tri Nguyen, PharmD ’05<br />

Eun K Yang, PharmD ’00<br />

Haikui Parsamyan, PharmD ’10<br />

Luis A Aguilar, PharmD ’00<br />

Jong Chul Lee, PharmD ’01<br />

Hyun Soo Cho, PharmD ’01<br />

Bony Ma Kari, PharmD ’05<br />

Long-Shyang Chang, PharmD ’08<br />

Helen Y Lam, PharmD ’04<br />

Ann M Gutierrez, PharmD ’04<br />

David Gordon Bosch, DO ’11<br />

Suong T Vu, PharmD ’04<br />

Oanh Tran Trinh, PharmD ’10<br />

Zhanna Rubinova, PharmD ’04<br />

Elana Mossazadeh, PharmD ’11<br />

Sarah Sang In Kim, PharmD ’09<br />

Maggie Hanh Tran, PharmD ’10<br />

Tzu-Chi Hsu, PharmD ’10<br />

Laurel Rachelle Shea, PharmD ’06<br />

Nicole Lynn Orrell, PharmD ’01<br />

Kuan-Chih Lin, PharmD ’07<br />

Alan Joslin DeMartini, PharmD ’10<br />

Tiffany Lana Chong, PharmD ’10<br />

Mehdi Amiri, PharmD ’11<br />

Connie Lew Cheng-Pham, DO ’01<br />

Helen Xu, PharmD ’08<br />

Amy Wong, PharmD ’06<br />

Ann Wiwithes Vu, PharmD ’07<br />

Shereif S Sorial, PharmD ’04<br />

Andy Duy Pham, PharmD ’01<br />

Lisa Q Ngo, PharmD ’03<br />

Madina K Muy, PharmD ’02<br />

Wendy Michelle Morimoto, PharmD ’09<br />

Chang S Lee, PharmD ’07<br />

Maximillian Woojin Jahng, PharmD ’09<br />

Jayne Y Han, PharmD ’02<br />

Ann Chung, PharmD ’04<br />

Margaret E. Boyden, PharmD ’01<br />

Mahshid Akhavan-Naderi, PharmD ’03<br />

Sandra Jurado, PharmD ’02<br />

Nguyet Tammy Lam, PharmD ’01<br />

Stephanie Roberta Duggan, PharmD ’10<br />

Ivy Pui Shan Chan, PharmD ’09<br />

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Generous Support for College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy<br />

Scholarships & Student Programs<br />

Corporate and Association Support Jan. ’12 – June ’12<br />

Thanks to our corporate and association partners for their continued generosity.<br />

• $25,000 from Rite Aid for the Rite Aid Diversity Scholarship<br />

Support Fund. Pledge payment towards their $100,000<br />

endowment.<br />

• $11,000 from CVS in support <strong>of</strong> several College <strong>of</strong><br />

Pharmacy programs and events ($5000 for annual<br />

scholarships, $1000 in support <strong>of</strong> the <strong>2012</strong> Ray Symposium,<br />

and $5000 in sponsorship <strong>of</strong> the <strong>2012</strong> Commencement<br />

Banquet).<br />

• $5500 from Walgreens in support <strong>of</strong> <strong>2012</strong> Commencement<br />

Banquet ($3000) and the <strong>2012</strong> Phi Lambda Sigma Student<br />

Leadership Retreat ($2500).<br />

• $5000 from the California Korean American Pharmacists<br />

Association for the CKAPhA Scholarship Endowment Fund.<br />

• $4000 from McKesson in support <strong>of</strong> the College <strong>of</strong><br />

Pharmacy’s Pharmacy Faculty Practice Plan Fund ($3000)<br />

and the <strong>2012</strong> Towne & Gown Golf Classic ($1000).<br />

• $4000 from Albertsons/SUPERVALU in support <strong>of</strong> the <strong>2012</strong><br />

Commencement Banquet ($1000) and the College <strong>of</strong><br />

Pharmacy General Scholarship Fund ($3000).<br />

• $3500 from Ralphs in support <strong>of</strong> the <strong>2012</strong> Ray Symposium<br />

($1000) and the annual Ralphs Pharmacy Scholarship<br />

($2500).<br />

• $2000 from Glenn Etow, PharmD, President & COO <strong>of</strong><br />

Comprehensive Pharmacy Services (CPS), in support <strong>of</strong> the<br />

<strong>2012</strong> Ray Symposium.<br />

• $2000 from the Vietnamese Pharmacists Association in the<br />

U.S.A. for the VPhA Scholarship Fund.<br />

• $1000 from Walmart for the annual Walmart Pharmacy<br />

Scholarship.<br />

OptumRx Continues Support<br />

The Pomona <strong>Health</strong> Career Ladder (PHCL) program received another generous gift <strong>of</strong> $7,500 this past<br />

May <strong>2012</strong> from our generous partner at OptumRx (formerly Prescription Solutions). John Jones,<br />

Senior Vice President, Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Practice and Pharmacy Policy with OptumRx, contacted COP<br />

administration in late April with the good news that OptumRx would be able to make a gift again this<br />

year. With this gift, OptumRx has made gifts in total <strong>of</strong> $27,500 over the past two years.<br />

John Jones is a member <strong>of</strong> the College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy’s Dean’s Advisory Council, and is a former<br />

Executive in Residence at College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy as well. “We at OptumRx definitely admire your<br />

PHCL program,” Jones has said, “and we want to support it when we can.”<br />

John D. Jones, RPh, JD, FAMCP<br />

Senior Vice President, Pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />

Practice and Pharmacy Policy<br />

OptumRx<br />

Please check out the interactive website, “Pharmacy Is Right For Me,” (www.pharmacyforme.org)<br />

launched by OptumRx. It features brief interviews with <strong>Western</strong>U College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy students and<br />

some <strong>of</strong> the PHCL ninth grade<br />

students from Pomona as well.<br />

As one <strong>of</strong> the largest pharmacy benefit managers in the United<br />

States, OptumRx specializes in the delivery, clinical<br />

management and affordability <strong>of</strong> prescription medications and<br />

consumer health products. OptumRx provides retail pharmacy<br />

network claims processing, mail order pharmaceuticals and<br />

specialty pharmaceuticals management in concert with its<br />

pharmacy benefit management programs. The company also<br />

provides retail network contracting, rebate contracting and<br />

management and clinical programs, such as step therapy,<br />

formulary management and disease/drug therapy management<br />

programs that assist customers in achieving a low-cost, highquality<br />

pharmacy benefit. ■<br />

<strong>Western</strong>U College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy students address PHCL students at a Saturday Academy.<br />

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New Advisory Council Member<br />

John Cronin, PharmD, JD,<br />

Attorney at Law;<br />

President, CWL Pharmacies, Inc.<br />

John is recognized as one <strong>of</strong> the leading Pharmacy<br />

Law specialists in the country, and remains an owner<br />

operator <strong>of</strong> two local retail pharmacies. After earning<br />

his J.D., he spent several years working full-time at<br />

Fredrickson, Mazeika & Grant, LLP., in their<br />

litigation section. In 1993 he took a 3-year leave from FMG to serve as<br />

General Counsel for the California Pharmacists Association (CPhA), the largest<br />

state pharmacy association in the country. To this day John and FMG remain<br />

outside counsel for CPhA.<br />

The focus <strong>of</strong> John’s law practice is in the areas <strong>of</strong> healthcare law and<br />

governmental and licensing and regulatory affairs, with an emphasis on<br />

healthcare antitrust issues. He has assisted in the drafting <strong>of</strong> legislation and<br />

provides analysis, expert testimony and comments on a variety <strong>of</strong> regulatory<br />

issues at the state and federal levels.<br />

John continues to write articles for pr<strong>of</strong>essional journals on a variety <strong>of</strong> topics<br />

and he lectures throughout the country on Pharmacy Law issues. He also is the<br />

President Elect <strong>of</strong> the American Society for Pharmacy Law, and was its<br />

Executive Director from 1996-2000.<br />

Advisory Council Member News<br />

Dean’s Advisory Council Member<br />

Appointment by the Governor<br />

Dr. Amy Gutierrez, has been appointed to the<br />

California State Board <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy. She is Chief<br />

Pharmacy Officer and Director <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy Affairs<br />

at the Los Angeles County Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />

Services since 2006. She is also an assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />

<strong>of</strong> pharmacy practice and administration at<br />

<strong>Western</strong>U and a member <strong>of</strong> their Dean’s Advisory<br />

Council. In addition, she co-hosts, with Dan Ross, the online <strong>Western</strong>U<br />

continuing education program Hospital Pharmacy Monthly.<br />

John Jones Receives<br />

Steven G. Avery Award<br />

John Jones, RPh, JD, received the<br />

Steven G. Avey Award at the AMCP<br />

<strong>2012</strong> Annual Meeting in San Francisco.<br />

It is the most prestigious honor<br />

bestowed on an individual working in<br />

the field <strong>of</strong> managed care pharmacy. He<br />

has served as Board Director, Treasurer<br />

and AMCP President in 2010 and is<br />

currently Senior Vice President,<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Pharmacy Practice and<br />

Pharmacy Policy, OptumRx. In addition, he serves on the Dean’s Advisory<br />

Council for the <strong>Western</strong>U College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy.<br />

Dean’s Advisory Council<br />

Daniel C. Robinson, PharmD<br />

Dean, College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy<br />

Steven W. Gray, PharmD, JD<br />

Chairman <strong>of</strong> the Dean’s Advisory Council<br />

Bill Burrows, BS<br />

John Cronin, PharmD, JD<br />

Rebecca Cupp, RPh<br />

Glenn Etow, PharmD<br />

Richard de Leon, PharmD<br />

Amy Gutierrez, PharmD<br />

John D. Jones, RPh, JD, FAMCP<br />

Roger Klotz, RPh, BCNSP, FASCP, FACA, FCPhA<br />

Victor Law, PharmD<br />

Elaine Levy, RPh<br />

Jesse Martinez, PharmD, FASCP<br />

Michael J. Negrete, PharmD<br />

Thomas Russillo, BS<br />

Sam Shimomura, PharmD, FASHP, CGP<br />

Brad Trom, RPh, MBA<br />

Joel N. Weber, PharmD, FCSHP, FASHP<br />

Ray M. Yutani, DO, MS, PharmD, FACOFP<br />

Mission<br />

The mission <strong>of</strong> the College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy Dean’s<br />

Advisory Council is to assist the College in<br />

building a strong presence in the world <strong>of</strong><br />

pharmacy, to increase the College’s national<br />

and international visibility for quality research,<br />

education and service, and to serve as<br />

ambassadors for the College.<br />

<strong>Western</strong>U Advi$or:<br />

Will or Revocable Living<br />

Trust — You’re in Control<br />

If you would like a personal visit or additional<br />

information on how you might leave a<br />

final gift to <strong>Western</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />

<strong>Sciences</strong> or to one <strong>of</strong> its colleges or programs,<br />

please contact:<br />

Olive Stephens, Planned Giving Administrator<br />

(909) 469-5211 or ostephen@westernu.edu<br />

Tim Bamrick, CSPG, Director <strong>of</strong> Development<br />

(909) 706-3455 or tbamrick@westernu.edu<br />

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College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy<br />

Executive in Residence <strong>2012</strong><br />

By Rodney Tanaka, Senior Communications Writer<br />

A longtime supporter <strong>of</strong> <strong>Western</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> is sharing his<br />

expertise with College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy students and faculty.<br />

The College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy named Glenn Etow, PharmD, as its <strong>2012</strong> Executive in<br />

Residence. He met with College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy faculty and students and <strong>Western</strong>U<br />

President Philip Pumerantz, PhD, on April 5, <strong>2012</strong>.<br />

Etow is president and chief operating <strong>of</strong>ficer <strong>of</strong> Comprehensive Pharmacy<br />

Services (CPS), the country’s largest hospital pharmacy management company.<br />

His 32 years <strong>of</strong> experience includes managing small, medium and large hospital<br />

pharmacies.<br />

CPS manages the pharmacy at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton,<br />

Calif., which was one <strong>of</strong> the first organizations to take on College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy<br />

students for rotations. Etow has been involved in residency training for more<br />

than 30 years.<br />

“We need to develop<br />

leaders, people who<br />

are passionate about<br />

improving the<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>ession and providing<br />

quality care.”<br />

“We need to develop leaders, people who are passionate about improving the<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>ession and providing quality care,” he said.<br />

Mentoring students is a way <strong>of</strong> developing future leaders and pr<strong>of</strong>essionals while<br />

giving back to the pr<strong>of</strong>ession, Etow said.<br />

“Working with students in a teaching and learning environment is stimulating to<br />

the staff, and it keeps us all on our toes,” he said.<br />

College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy Dean Daniel Robinson, PharmD, selects prominent<br />

pharmacists for the Executive in Residence program, those who are leaders in the<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>ession and who have made significant contributions to the pr<strong>of</strong>ession and<br />

health care in general, said College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy Associate Dean Sam<br />

Shimomura, PharmD.<br />

“Glenn has been involved with our college from the start,” Shimomura said.<br />

“This was a great way to honor and recognize Glenn, and he delivered an<br />

inspirational message to our students at Honors Day.”<br />

This type <strong>of</strong> leadership initiative allows students to get to know these influential<br />

leaders and learn from their experiences. The program provides a much deeper<br />

interaction than a one-time visiting lecturer.<br />

“All <strong>of</strong> our Executives in Residence make themselves available to mentor and<br />

counsel our students and help them find jobs as well,” Shimomura said.<br />

Etow said he appreciates the honor <strong>of</strong> serving as the Executive in Residence.<br />

“I hope the students take the opportunity to reach out to me and seek my<br />

advice,” he said. “If I can help them navigate their careers, I would find that<br />

rewarding.” ■<br />

Glen Etow, PharmD, President and COO <strong>of</strong> Comprehensive Pharmacy Services, speaks to students at the<br />

College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy Honors Day, May 5, <strong>2012</strong>.<br />

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New Faculty and Staff<br />

Hyma P. Gogineni, MS, PharmD, TTS,<br />

Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy<br />

Practice and Administration<br />

Dr. Gogineni received her Master’s<br />

from Gulbarga <strong>University</strong> (Gulbarga,<br />

India) and her PharmD from Ferris<br />

State <strong>University</strong> (Big Rapids, MI). She<br />

has received her training as a Tobacco<br />

Treatment Specialist (TTS) at the<br />

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. She<br />

worked as the Director for<br />

Experiential Education at Loma<br />

Linda <strong>University</strong> School <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy<br />

and established numerous practice<br />

sites for Introductory and Advanced<br />

Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPE<br />

& APPE). Her clinical practice<br />

expertise are immunizations,<br />

Medication Therapy Management<br />

(MTM), Tobacco Dependence<br />

Treatment, diabetes management, and<br />

Hepatitis C management. Her clinical<br />

practice site will be the Veterans<br />

Administration (VA) at Loma Linda<br />

where she will focus on medication<br />

management <strong>of</strong> Hepatitis C, Tobacco<br />

Dependence Treatment and GI<br />

disorders. Her primary clinical<br />

research will be on tobacco<br />

dependence treatment, and her<br />

secondary research will be on small<br />

bowel bacterial overgrowth and<br />

GERD. Dr. Gogineni joined <strong>Western</strong>U<br />

in February <strong>2012</strong>, and will be<br />

facilitator for the integration block<br />

for the second-year PharmD class.<br />

Ligaya Sanchez Chan,<br />

Administrative Assistant<br />

Ligaya Chan joined the College <strong>of</strong><br />

Pharmacy in March <strong>2012</strong> as an<br />

Administrative Assistant. Ligaya<br />

comes to us from the <strong>Western</strong>U Office<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>University</strong> Recruitment. As a<br />

<strong>University</strong> Recruiter for the College <strong>of</strong><br />

Pharmacy, she had the opportunity to<br />

recruit prospective students and<br />

represent the university throughout<br />

the country. In this new role, she will<br />

provide administrative support to<br />

COP faculty members, assist with<br />

Continuing Education courses, and<br />

sponsored events.<br />

Prior to joining <strong>Western</strong>U, Ligaya<br />

worked at the Disneyland Resort<br />

Hotel Guest Services where she<br />

assisted with corporate executive<br />

reservations, celebrity visits, and<br />

special premieres. At CSU Dominguez<br />

Hills – Teacher Education Division,<br />

she held the position <strong>of</strong> Program<br />

Admissions Coordinator where she<br />

assisted in student recruitment,<br />

admissions processing, and program<br />

management. Her pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />

experiences also include serving as a<br />

Client Services Rep at Activision Inc.<br />

and as a Marketing Coordinator for<br />

the International Right <strong>of</strong> Way<br />

Association. Ligaya earned her<br />

bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies<br />

from the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> California<br />

Riverside in 2000.<br />

Faculty News &<br />

Accomplishments<br />

Honors & Awards<br />

Patrick Chan and Mark Nguyen<br />

• Selected along with two PharmD students<br />

(Hazel Tran and Michael Trillanes Jr.) for<br />

the <strong>2012</strong> American Association <strong>of</strong> Colleges<br />

<strong>of</strong> Pharmacy (AACP) Walmart Scholars<br />

Program and received $1,000 travel<br />

scholarships to attend the AACP Annual<br />

Meeting and the AACP Teachers Seminar in<br />

Kissimmee, Florida July 14-18, <strong>2012</strong>.<br />

Eric Gupta<br />

• Invited by the California Pharmacists<br />

Association to testify before the California<br />

Assembly Business and Pr<strong>of</strong>essions<br />

Committee on Senate Bill 1481 to allow<br />

pharmacists to perform over the counter<br />

CLIA-waived tests without the need for<br />

laboratory director oversight.<br />

Janice H<strong>of</strong>fman<br />

• Recognized as a Fellow <strong>of</strong> the American<br />

Society <strong>of</strong> Consultant Pharmacists (FASCP)<br />

• Elected Chair <strong>of</strong> Academy <strong>of</strong> Long-Term<br />

Care <strong>of</strong> the California Pharmacists<br />

Association<br />

Cynthia Jackevicius<br />

• Featured on the Internet medical<br />

information channel CurrentMedicine.tv<br />

that provides insight into the article,<br />

“Generic Atorvastatin and <strong>Health</strong> Care<br />

Costs,” published in December 2011 in the<br />

New England Journal <strong>of</strong> Medicine<br />

• Served as a Visiting Pr<strong>of</strong>essor at Kobe-<br />

Gakuin <strong>University</strong> in Kobe, Japan from<br />

April 5 to May 10, <strong>2012</strong>.<br />

Roger Klotz<br />

• Confirmed as one <strong>of</strong> the reviewers for the<br />

CMSi <strong>Health</strong> Care Innovation Challenge<br />

Quang Le<br />

• Invited to be on the editorial board for the<br />

health services research section <strong>of</strong> the new<br />

journal, “Advances in Breast Cancer<br />

Research.”<br />

Daniel Robinson<br />

• Appointed to the Task Force on <strong>Health</strong> Care<br />

Reform’s Impact on Pharmacy Education,<br />

AACP Council <strong>of</strong> Dean.<br />

• Appointed by AACP to the MedEdPORTAL-<br />

IPEC Advisory Committee (Interpr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />

Education Collaborative)<br />

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Faculty Promotions<br />

Arezoo Campbell<br />

was promoted to<br />

Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />

Pharmaceutical <strong>Sciences</strong><br />

Sheryl Chow<br />

was promoted to<br />

Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />

Pharmacy Practice and<br />

Administration<br />

Karl Hess<br />

was promoted to<br />

Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />

Pharmacy Practice and<br />

Administration<br />

Ying Huang<br />

was promoted to<br />

Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />

Pharmaceutical <strong>Sciences</strong><br />

Anandi Law<br />

was promoted to<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy<br />

Practice and<br />

Administration<br />

Kabir Lutfy<br />

was promoted to<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />

Pharmaceutical <strong>Sciences</strong><br />

Grants & Contracts<br />

Doreen Pon<br />

• <strong>Western</strong>U ASHP/CSHP Cancer Awareness<br />

Community Service project was awarded<br />

$5,000 from the California Dialogue on<br />

Cancer Program<br />

Ying Huang and Maria Lambros<br />

• “In vivo Evaluation <strong>of</strong> MTD and<br />

Pharmacokinetics <strong>of</strong> Nex-Gem-0, Nex-Gem-<br />

2 and Ne-Herceptin” from FULGENT<br />

Therapeutics Inc. This project will last six<br />

months with a total budget <strong>of</strong> $78,844<br />

Ying Huang<br />

• “Anticancer efficacy for novel formulations<br />

<strong>of</strong> gemcitabine, COH-29 and trastuzumab in<br />

mice” Fulgent Therapeutics, $118,096 for a<br />

1-year period<br />

Olivia Phung<br />

• “The Use <strong>of</strong> Indirect Statistical Comparisons<br />

in Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC)<br />

Reports” from <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Connecticut,<br />

$14,012 for a 9-month period<br />

• “Early Combination Therapy for the<br />

Treatment <strong>of</strong> Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus:<br />

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis” from<br />

Merck, $30,000 for a 6-month period<br />

Publications<br />

Johnson A, Le IP, Andresen BT, Stodola J,<br />

Dewey GL, Dean SB, Resau J, Haak P, Ruch T,<br />

Sartor A, Lazdins I, Barney CC, and<br />

Burnatowska Hledin MA. VACM-1/cul5<br />

expression in vascular tissue in vivo is induced<br />

by water deprivation and its expression in vitro<br />

regulates aquaporin-1 concentrations. Cell<br />

Tissue Res. <strong>2012</strong> DOI 10.1007/s00441-012-<br />

1419-3 (co-first author with AEJ and IPL)<br />

Campbell A, Cassee F, Boere A, McLean S,<br />

Duffin R, Krystek P, Gosens I, Miller M,<br />

“The biological effects <strong>of</strong> subacute inhalation<br />

<strong>of</strong> diesel exhaust following addition <strong>of</strong> cerium<br />

oxide nanoparticles in atherosclerosis-prone<br />

mice” Environ Res. <strong>2012</strong> Apr 14.<br />

Chow S. <strong>2012</strong> ACCP Updates in Therapeutics<br />

Preparatory Course for BCPS (April 27-May 1)<br />

Cardiology I. update for ADHF, atrial and<br />

ventricular arrhythmias, pulmonary arterial<br />

hypertension, and hypertensive emergency.<br />

http://www.accp.com/meetings/ut12/schedule.a<br />

spxmode=detail&i=2452<br />

Chow S. Cardiology I. In: Dugan J, El-Iibrary<br />

S, Foote EF, et al. Updates in Therapeutics: The<br />

Pharmacotherapy Preparatory Review and<br />

Recertification Course, <strong>2012</strong> ed. Lenexa, KS:<br />

American College <strong>of</strong> Clinical Pharmacy, <strong>2012</strong>.<br />

Chow S, Finks SW, Airee A, Macaulay TE,<br />

Moranville M, Rogers KC, Trujillo TC. “Key<br />

Articles <strong>of</strong> Dietary Intervention that Influence<br />

Cardiovascular Mortality.” Pharmacotherapy<br />

<strong>2012</strong>;32(4):e54-e87.<br />

Hata M. and the CORE (Community Pharmacy<br />

Research and Education) “Advance community<br />

pharmacy practice to improve patient outcomes<br />

and pharmacist pr<strong>of</strong>essional recognition.”<br />

American Journal <strong>of</strong> Pharmaceutical Education<br />

<strong>2012</strong>; 76 (3) Article 51.<br />

H<strong>of</strong>fman J, Shah D, “Pain Management in the<br />

Elderly.” California Pharmacist. Spring <strong>2012</strong><br />

Issue.<br />

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/naylor/PH<br />

DQ0212/index.php#/28<br />

Huang Y, Wang J, Liu, M. “Developing<br />

Phytoestrogens for Breast Cancer Prevention.”<br />

Anticancer Agents Med Chem. <strong>2012</strong> May 2.<br />

Jackevicius CA, de Leon N. “Use <strong>of</strong> aspirin<br />

and clopidogrel post-coronary artery bypass<br />

graft surgery”Ann Pharmacother <strong>2012</strong>; DOI<br />

10.1345/aph.1Q692<br />

Jackevicius CA, Ionescu-Ittu, Abrahamowicz<br />

M, Essebag V, Pilote L,. “Comparative<br />

effectiveness <strong>of</strong> rhythm control vs. rate control<br />

drug treatment effect on mortality in patients<br />

with atrial fibrillation.” Arch Intern Med<br />

<strong>2012</strong>; DOI 10.1345/aph.1Q692<br />

Jackevicius CA, Tsadok MA, Rahme E,<br />

Humphries KH, Behlouli H, Pilote L. “Sex<br />

differences in stroke risk among older patients<br />

with recently diagnosed atrial fibrillation.”<br />

JAMA <strong>2012</strong>;307:1952-8.<br />

Jackevicius CA, Psaty B, Redberg R, “Evidence<br />

<strong>of</strong> Pharmaceutical Innovation and Therapeutic<br />

Enthusiasm: Strategies for Patent Extension”<br />

Arch Intern Med Published online April 9,<br />

<strong>2012</strong> http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/<br />

full/archinternmed.<strong>2012</strong>.382etoc<br />

Jackevicius CA, Downing N, Ross J, Krumholz<br />

H. “Avoidance <strong>of</strong> Generic Competition by<br />

Abbott Laboratories’ Fen<strong>of</strong>ibrate Franchise”<br />

Arch Intern Med Published online April 9,<br />

<strong>2012</strong>. http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/<br />

abstract/archinternmed.<strong>2012</strong>.187etoc<br />

Jackevicius CA, Ross JS, Krumholz HM,<br />

Ridgeway JL, Montori VM, Alexander GC,<br />

Zerzan JT, Fan J, Shah ND. “State Medicaid<br />

programs did not make use <strong>of</strong> prior<br />

authorization to promote safer prescribing<br />

after rosiglitazone warnings.” <strong>Health</strong> Affairs<br />

<strong>2012</strong>;31:188-98.<br />

Khasawneh F, Espinosa E.V.P., Murad J.P.,<br />

Ting H.J., “Mouse Transient Potential Channel<br />

6: Role in Hemostasis and Thrombogenesis,”<br />

Biochem Biophys Res Commun., 2011 Dec 20.<br />

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Faculty News & Accomplishments continued<br />

Khasawneh F, Murad J, Espinosa E.V.P.,<br />

McClure D. “A novel antibody targeting the<br />

ligand binding domain <strong>of</strong> the thromboxane<br />

A(2) receptor exhibits antithrombotic<br />

properties in vivo.” Biochem Biophys Res<br />

Commun. <strong>2012</strong> Apr 7.<br />

Law A, Jackevicius CA, Le J, Murray W,<br />

Hess K, Pham D, Min D. “Impact <strong>of</strong> Faculty<br />

Orientation and Development Committee” as<br />

a Special Article in the American Journal <strong>of</strong><br />

Pharmaceutical Education <strong>2012</strong>;76(1).<br />

Lufty K, Nguyen K, Tseng A, Hamid A, “The<br />

role <strong>of</strong> endogenous dynorphin in ethanolinduced<br />

state-dependent CPP.” Behav Brain<br />

Res. <strong>2012</strong> Feb 1;227(1):58-63<br />

Lufty K, Mangubat M, Lee ML, Pulido L,<br />

Stout D, Davis R, Shin C-S, Shahbazian M,<br />

Seasholtz S, Sinha-Hikim A, Sinha-Hikim I,<br />

O’Dell LE, Lyzlov A, Liu Y and Friedman TC.<br />

“Effect <strong>of</strong> nicotine on body composition in<br />

mice.” Journal <strong>of</strong> Endocrinology, 212: 317-<br />

326, <strong>2012</strong>.<br />

Lutfy K, Nguyen A, Marquez P, Hamid A.<br />

“The role <strong>of</strong> mu opioid receptors in<br />

psychomotor stimulation and conditioned<br />

place preference induced by morphine-6-<br />

glucuronide.” Eur J Pharmacol. <strong>2012</strong> May<br />

5;682(1-3):86-91. Epub <strong>2012</strong> Feb 21<br />

Sanchez D, Miranda DA. "Using a Team<br />

Structure for Student-Assisted Facilitation <strong>of</strong><br />

Laboratories in an Introductory Allied <strong>Health</strong><br />

Microbiology Course.” Journal <strong>of</strong><br />

Microbiology & Biology Education, May<br />

<strong>2012</strong>, Volume 13(1).<br />

Sanchez D, Su-Yang L, Aliyari R, Lu S, Cheng<br />

G. “Systematic identification <strong>of</strong> type 1 and<br />

type 2 interferon-induced antiviral factors.”<br />

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. <strong>2012</strong>.<br />

Shankar G, Nazer LA, Basel Al-Haj A,<br />

Taghreed AN, “Fatal agranulocytosis<br />

associated with psychotropic medication use”<br />

Am J <strong>Health</strong> Syst Pharm <strong>2012</strong>;69 863-867<br />

http://www.ajhp.org/cgi/content/abstract/69/10<br />

/863


Administrative Promotions<br />

EXPANDED ONLINE CONTENT<br />

• Min D, Yang J, Shah T, Naraghi R, Hutchinson I. “Risk scoring<br />

system in predicting the risk <strong>of</strong> late post-transplant anemia in renal<br />

allograft recipients.” American Transplant Congress, Annual Meeting,<br />

Boston, MA, June <strong>2012</strong><br />

• Nguyen M, Lu S, Hirokawa C. “A Retrospective Study on the Safety<br />

and Efficacy <strong>of</strong> a Diabetic Ketoacidosis/ Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic<br />

State Treatment Protocol at a Community-Teaching Hospital.” The<br />

46th Annual ASHP Midyear Meeting New Orleans, LA, December 4-<br />

8, 2011<br />

Eunice Chung, BS, PharmD<br />

was promoted to<br />

Assistant Dean for<br />

Curricular Affairs<br />

Presentations<br />

Mark Iannuzzo, BS, EdM<br />

was promoted to<br />

Assistant Dean <strong>of</strong><br />

Student Affairs<br />

• Chow S, Annual event is designed to provide the most up to date<br />

standards in clinical application <strong>of</strong> biomarkers targeting cardiologists,<br />

internists, physicians, emergency medicine physicians, clinical<br />

laboratorians, and nursing pr<strong>of</strong>essionals. 8th Annual Biomarkers in<br />

Heart Disease Program San Diego, CA, May 12-13, <strong>2012</strong><br />

• Gupta E, “The Intersection <strong>of</strong> Leadership and Networking” at<br />

Midwestern <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> Phi Lambda Sigma<br />

Leadership Speaker Series, Downers Grove, IL, January 27, <strong>2012</strong><br />

• Gupta E, “Optimizing Care Through the Integration <strong>of</strong> Pharmacist<br />

Services” at <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> the Pacific's Annual Legislative Dinner,<br />

Stockton, CA, April 26, <strong>2012</strong><br />

• H<strong>of</strong>fman J, “<strong>Health</strong> Literacy and the Impact on Medication Adherence<br />

in the Elderly;” American Society <strong>of</strong> Consultant Pharmacist Annual<br />

Meeting, Anaheim, CA, May <strong>2012</strong><br />

• H<strong>of</strong>fman J, Nguyen ND. “QTc Prolongation on initiation <strong>of</strong><br />

antipsychotic therapy in the very old;” College <strong>of</strong> Psychiatric and<br />

Neurologic Pharmacist Annual Meeting Jacksonville FL May 1 <strong>2012</strong><br />

• H<strong>of</strong>fman J, Gleiberman ST. “Impact <strong>of</strong> a Consultant Pharmacist in a<br />

Specialized Ambulatory Geriatric Clinic.” California Academy <strong>of</strong> Long<br />

Term Care Medicine Annual Meeting Los Angeles, CA, May 11, <strong>2012</strong><br />

• Jackevicius CA, “A Comparative Effectiveness Study <strong>of</strong> Rhythm<br />

Versus Rate Control Therapy in Reducing Stroke in Patients With<br />

Atrial Fibrillation” American College <strong>of</strong> Cardiology Annual Scientific<br />

Session Meeting Chicago, IL, March 26, <strong>2012</strong><br />

• Min D, Tellez-Corrales E, Cho, E, Yang J, Hutchinson S, Naraghi R.<br />

“Genetic Polymorphisms <strong>of</strong> NF-B and Allograft Survival after Kidney<br />

Transplantation in the Hispanic Allograft Recipients.” American<br />

Transplant Congress, Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, June <strong>2012</strong><br />

• Nguyen ME, Nguyen MA, Hong MC, Hirokawa C. “Evaluation <strong>of</strong><br />

extended infusion <strong>of</strong> piperacillin-tazobactam therapy.” The 46th<br />

Annual ASHP Midyear Meeting New Orleans, LA, December 4-8,<br />

2011<br />

• Lee J, Mehta RJ, Phung OJ, White S. Venlafaxine-induced<br />

hyponatremia: a review <strong>of</strong> the literature. Poster at American College <strong>of</strong><br />

Osteopathic Family Physicians Annual Conference and Scientific<br />

Seminars, Kissimmee, FL. March <strong>2012</strong>.<br />

• Baker WL, Phung OJ. Do Differences Exist Between Oral<br />

Anticoagulants in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation An<br />

Adjusted Indirect Comparison Meta-Analysis. Poster at American<br />

College <strong>of</strong> Cardiology, 61st Annual Scientific Session, Chicago, IL,<br />

March <strong>2012</strong><br />

• Phung OJ, Sakharkar PR, Law AV. Angiotensin receptor blockers and<br />

risk <strong>of</strong> cardiovascular death in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.<br />

Poster at the International Society <strong>of</strong> Pharmacoeconomics and<br />

Outcomes Research, Washington DC, June <strong>2012</strong><br />

• Phung OJ, Allen RW, Schwartzman E, Engel S, Rajpathak S.<br />

Sulfonylureas and risk <strong>of</strong> cardiovascular disease: systematic review and<br />

meta-analysis. Poster at American Diabetes Association 72nd Scientific<br />

Sessions, Philadelphia, PA, June <strong>2012</strong><br />

• Phung OJ, “Oral Antidiabetic Drugs for the Prevention <strong>of</strong> Type 2<br />

Diabetes”. The 46th Annual ASHP Midyear Meeting New Orleans,<br />

LA, December 4-8, 2011<br />

• Phung OJ, “Bisphosphonate use and the risk <strong>of</strong> atypical fractures: a<br />

meta-analysis” Llanos S, Lee S, Phung OJ. The 46th Annual ASHP<br />

Midyear Meeting New Orleans, LA, December 4-8, 2011<br />

• Pon D, with the <strong>Western</strong>U ASHP/CSHP Cancer Awareness<br />

Subcommittee members. Presentation <strong>of</strong> service project: “Making a<br />

SCEne (Student-led Cancer Education in Early Teens) for Skin<br />

Cancer.” The 46th Annual ASHP Midyear Meeting New Orleans, LA,<br />

December 4-8, 2011<br />

• Wang J, “Developing therapeutics for type 1 and type 2 diabetes<br />

mellitus.” LSU School <strong>of</strong> Medicine Shreveport, LA January 10, <strong>2012</strong><br />

• Wang J, “ADCs: the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics<br />

aspects.” National Biotechnology Conference <strong>of</strong> the American<br />

Association <strong>of</strong> Pharmaceutical Scientists San Diego, CA, May 23, <strong>2012</strong><br />

• Min D, Vu D, Tellez-Corrales E, Hutchinson C, Hutchinson I, Naraghi<br />

R, Shah T. “Effects <strong>of</strong> Mycophenolate on Highly Sensitized Patients<br />

Awaiting Kidney Transplant.” American Transplant Congress, Annual<br />

Meeting, Boston, MA, June <strong>2012</strong><br />

• Min D, Vu D, Hutchinson I, Naraghi R, Shah T. “The impact <strong>of</strong><br />

Intravenous Immunogolbulin in treatment for BK Virus<br />

Nephropathy”American Transplant Congress, Annual Meeting,<br />

Boston, MA, June <strong>2012</strong><br />

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California Geriatric Education Center and<br />

<strong>Western</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong>, College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy<br />

present<br />

INTENSIVE COURSE<br />

IN GERIATRIC PHARMACY AND BOARD REVIEW<br />

Save the Date<br />

September 19–22, <strong>2012</strong><br />

Hyatt Regency Century Plaza<br />

Los Angeles, California<br />

Fee: $650<br />

For more information, please contact<br />

Ms. Kami Chin at (310) 312-0531 or<br />

e-mail: icinfo@ucla.edu<br />

This four-day intensive course in geriatric pharmacy emphasizes a functional<br />

assessment approach to comprehensive care <strong>of</strong> older adults and is directed<br />

toward health care pr<strong>of</strong>essionals who care for older persons, and toward<br />

faculty in teaching programs in geriatrics and gerontology. The <strong>2012</strong> course<br />

will be especially useful to pharmacists who are preparing to take the<br />

examination to become a Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (CGP).<br />

<strong>Western</strong>U is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education<br />

as a provider <strong>of</strong> continuing pharmacy education.<br />

This activity is eligible for ACPE credit; see final CPE activity announcement<br />

for specific details.<br />

www.geronet.med.ucla.edu<br />

www.westernu.edu<br />

Contemporary Compounding<br />

Intensive CE Certificate Course<br />

September 14-16, <strong>2012</strong><br />

Location Information<br />

The conference will be held on the <strong>Western</strong>U<br />

campus, 309 E. Second Street, Pomona, CA,<br />

91766.<br />

CE Coordinator Contact Information<br />

Meghan Stevenson, CPhT,<br />

Compounding Technical Support<br />

Toll-free: 800.239.5288 ext. 4696<br />

Email: mstevenson@letcomedical.com<br />

For more information, please visit<br />

http://www.westernu.edu/pharmacycontinuing-education.xml<br />

CE Accreditation<br />

Target Audience: Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians<br />

Activity Type: Practice Based<br />

<strong>Western</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> College<br />

<strong>of</strong> Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation<br />

Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider<br />

<strong>of</strong> continuing pharmacy education.<br />

1.7 CEU’s or 17 Contact Hours.<br />

UAN #0059-9999-025-L-03-P, 0059-0001<br />

and #0059-9999-025-L-03-T, 0059-0001<br />

Instructors:<br />

Erik Tosh, RPh<br />

Jesse Martinez, PharmD, FASCP<br />

Rudolf Mireles, PharmD<br />

Dana B. Nelson, PharmBS, PharmMS, FASCP<br />

Goals and Objectives<br />

Conference Fees: $1,200<br />

(Cancellations made 10 days in advance <strong>of</strong> class date<br />

are fully refundable. If cancelled in less than 10 days,<br />

there is no refund, however, you may reschedule for a<br />

future class.)<br />

• Demonstrate pr<strong>of</strong>iciency in the use <strong>of</strong> the electronic balance, hot plate/stirrer, hand-held blender, Ungulator, ointment<br />

mill, capsule machine, powder blender, homogenizer, and general laboratory processes, devices, and equipment.<br />

• Demonstrate pr<strong>of</strong>iciency in the formulation, compounding, packaging and dispensing <strong>of</strong>:<br />

• liquid dosage forms (general, oral and topical)<br />

• powder dosage forms (oral and topical)<br />

• cream, gel and ointment dosage forms (topical, transdermal and vaginal)<br />

• lollipop and troche dosage forms<br />

• stick (lip balm) dosage forms<br />

• suppository dosage forms (rectal and vaginal)<br />

• State the importance <strong>of</strong> quality control and quality assurance procedures.<br />

• Discuss pertinent pr<strong>of</strong>essional, state, and federal compounding laws and regulations.<br />

• Discuss the importance and availability <strong>of</strong> compounding references and resources.<br />

• Review the fundamentals <strong>of</strong> building and marketing a compounding practice.<br />

This program is made possible with support from<br />

Certification requires attendees attend the entire course,<br />

pass an examination, and complete an evaluation.<br />

Partial credit will not be given.


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CALENDAR <strong>2012</strong><br />

August 6-10<br />

August 11<br />

Sept. 14<br />

Sept. 14-16<br />

Sept. 19-22<br />

October 3-5<br />

October 25<br />

October 14-18<br />

October 18-21<br />

October 19<br />

October 21- 24<br />

November 7-10<br />

November 10<br />

December 2<br />

December 2-6<br />

Orientation Week,<br />

<strong>Western</strong>U, Pomona, CA<br />

Convocation Ceremony,<br />

Fairplex, Pomona CA<br />

White Coat Ceremony<br />

Sheraton Fairplex Hotel & Conference<br />

Center, Pomona CA<br />

Residency Showcase,<br />

<strong>Western</strong>U, Pomona CA<br />

CE: Contemporary Compounding<br />

Intensive Course,<br />

<strong>Western</strong>U, Pomona CA<br />

CE: Intensive Course in Geriatric<br />

Pharmacy and Board Review,<br />

Hyatt Century Plaza, Los Angeles, CA<br />

AMCP Educational Conference<br />

Duke Energy Convention Center,<br />

Cincinnati, OH<br />

Rotations Fair, <strong>Western</strong>U, Pomona CA<br />

AAPS Annual Meeting and Exhibition<br />

McCormick Place, Chicago, IL<br />

CSHP Annual Seminar, Las Vegas, NV<br />

<strong>Western</strong>U Dinner at CSHP<br />

ACCP Annual Meeting Hollywood, FL<br />

ASCP Annual Meeting<br />

National Harbor, MD<br />

A Tribute to Caring<br />

Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, CA<br />

<strong>Western</strong>U Reception, ASHP, Las Vegas, NV<br />

ASHP Midyear Meeting, Las Vegas, NV

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