 Hopefully everyone can credit one great person who has made a major difference in his or her lives. I’ve had the great fortune to know several people
who inspired me onto my pharmacy
path. Not only was Mr. Wilson my high school biology teacher, he was the most professional teacher I’ve had who recognized
my potential in health-care, specifically pharmacy.
Mr. Wilson referred me to a career night with Louis
Hedges, Registrar from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. This evening began one of many in which I’ve had the pleasure to learn from great professors.
For example, Dr. Daniel Hussar, Dr. Julian Snow and Dr. William Reinsmith molded my early thoughts and approaches towards caring for people and becoming
a pharmacist. My ASHP residency mentor Nancy Jacoby showed me the importance of being decisive and the value of being honest when dealing with people and organizations. Throughout the years, countless pharmacists
and pharmacy technicians at Valley Hospital and Saint Barnabas Health Care System continue to inspire and fill me with great honor and respect.
As a pharmacy student I worked in retail, home health care, and hospital pharmacy to help me decide which direction to go. Just before graduation, I entered into the ASHP Residency Match program and matched with Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ. I was staff pharmacist
for four years and then became a pharmacy supervisor
for the next nine years. I then became Assistant Director
of Pharmacy Operations at Saint Barnabas Medical
Center in Livingston and have been in this position for 5 years. Currently, I am studying for my Masters of Administrative Science degree at Fairleigh Dickinson University which I hope to complete by June 2006.
My career in pharmacy continues to exceed my expectations
and is full of challenges that enable me to grow and move forward. Here are some highlights that have special
significance for me when I:
• Presented a controlled substances diversion prevention poster and presentation at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists national meeting and the NJ Society of Health-System-Pharmacists.
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• Instructed students annually on sports medicine and pharmacology at Montclair State University Sports Institute
since 2004.
• Was an annual instructor for William-Paterson College Sports Institute students on sports medicine and pharmacology
from 1989 to 2000.
• Coordinated a Poison Prevention/Drug Awareness Education
Program for the Boys Scouts of America Troop 142 Oradell, NJ and day-care children in the Ridgewood,
Oradell, and Livingston, New Jersey areas.
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Congratulations to this year’s winners of the 2005 Annual Meeting Poster Session. Thanks to the special judging time and talents of Charles Arrison, Charles De Peri, Bob Fakelmann, Carlo Lupano, and Paul Malacrida.
Winner #1
Comparison of Hemoglobin Response in Hospitalized Hemodialysis Patients Receiving Either Epoetin alfa or Darbepoetin alfa in an Integrated Health Care System
Saint Barnabas Health Care System
Robert T. Adamson, PharmD
Indu Lew, PharmD
Winner #2
Prospective Study of Granisetron at 0.1mg IV, in Comparison with 1.0mg IV, for the Prevention of Post Operative Nausea and Vomiting in Patients Undergoing Surgery with General Anesthesia
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Elena Beyzarov, PharmD
Cheryl Krempa, RPh, MBA
Indu Lew, PharmD
Corazon Maurrasse, MD
Monica Shah, PharmD
Winner #3
Evaluating Current Drug Regimens to Treat Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea (CDAD)
Hunterdon Medical Center & Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Jessica O’Donnell
Jacqueline L. Olin, M.S., PharmD, BCPS |
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