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1976 Daniel J. Villa has been named Executive Director of the American Red Cross of Northern New York, after retiring in July as president of ProAct, Kinney Drug Inc.’s prescription benefit management division. Dan started at the Red Cross in December and says his major focus will be to continue to build awareness of the Red Cross’s programs and services. His leadership and management background and engagement in community activities stem, in part, from his time as Kinney Drugs Foundation President and serving as Vice Chairman of the Samaritan Medical Center Board of Trustees. In December, the Greater Watertown-North Country Chamber of Commerce named Dan as the recipient of the Shapiro Citizenship Award. Dan is a resident of Three Mile Bay.
1977 1951 Raymond J. Blake Jr. of DeWitt, N.Y., sent in his photo with daughter Kellie Ann Blake ’83. Kellie was awarded her Pharm.D. from the University of Florida, Gainesville, in May of 2008, graduating summa cum laude.
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1978 Marc Berardino has joined the staff of FaxtonSt. Luke’s Healthcare, located in the Utica area. Prior to joining FSLH, Marc was a supervising pharmacist at Rite Aid in Rome, N.Y. He also has held positions at a local hospital and at pharmacies in New York, Connecticut and Nevada.
Tom Byrnes is the author of Two Centuries of Medical Care in the Town of Nunda and Vicinity, published by the Nunda Historical Society as part of the town’s bicentennial activities. Tom is himself a part of the medical history of the town. Along with brother James Byrnes ’66, he owned the Byrnes Pharmacy in Nunda for many years after taking over from their father Paul, an 1934 graduate of ACP. The pharmacy is now owned and operated by Jeremiah Axtell ’90 as the Nunda Family Pharmacy.
David Kvancz was presented with the Clifton J. Latiolais Award for significant contribution to institutional pharmacy practice at the 2008 meeting of the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists held in Orlando in December.
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James Marmar has been named Executive Director of the Vermont Pharmacists Association for 2009. Jim practices community pharmacy in Woodstock, Vermont.
1972 Margaret L. Eaton has joined the Board of Directors of the Natividad Medical Foundation. The Natividad Medical Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to philanthropically supporting Natividad Medical Center in its mission to continually improve the health status of the people of Monterey County through access to affordable, high quality health care services. She previously served for 11 years as legal counsel for the Stanford Medical Center followed by research, teaching and service positions at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics. Currently, she teaches and publishes in the area of biotechnology business ethics and biomedical ethics.
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David Fiore is the owner of Prescription Center Pharmacy in Rome, N.Y. The pharmacy was started 47 years ago by David’s father, the late Alex Fiore ’48, and is the oldest independent pharmacy in the city. David is a member of the Mohawk Pharmaceutical Society and the consultant pharmacist for the NYS School for the Deaf.
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Sam Berardino has been elected to the board of the Mohawk Valley Chamber of Commerce. Sam is a financial advisor at Citi Smith Barney in Utica. Prior to pursuing his securities license, Sam spent more than 27 years as a pharmacist, beginning his career with Rite Aid. He later went to work for Eli Lilly, where he held positions of increasing responsibility over a period of 20 years. After managing the company’s business in NYC and Long Island for two years, he decided to accept a position with Smith Barney to be closer to home. Sam maintains his connections with the pharmacy profession as an active member of the Mohawk Valley Pharmacist Association and the New York State Council of Health Systems Pharmacists, where he is Past President of the local chapter.
1981 Jeffrey Fudin was the only pharmacist included in a panel of leading pain experts recruited by the American Pain Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine to develop the first-ever clinical
practice guideline for physicians on prescribing opioid pain medications for patients with chronic non-cancer pain. The opioids guideline, which appeared in the February issue of The Journal of Pain, is based on a two-year review of more than 8,000 published and unpublished studies on opioid therapy. Jeff is a diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Management and a clinical pharmacy specialist in pain management at the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center in Albany. He also serves as an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at ACPHS.
1983 Geno Germano, will lead Pfizer’s Specialty Care and Vaccines unit. Germano previously served as President of Wyeth’s U.S. and pharmaceuticals businesses. The Specialty Care and Vaccines unit will be the world’s second largest specialty care business, with prominent positions in inflammation, vaccines and immunology.
1987 Leigh A. Briscoe-Dwyer has been appointed to the New York State Board of Pharmacy by the Board of Regents. Members of the State Board of Pharmacy are appointed for a term of five years and are responsible for public protection as well as determining quality professional preparation and conduct. They also advise on licensing requirements, licensing examinations and practice issues, provide community outreach and participate in licensure disciplinary and restoration proceedings. Leigh joins ACPHS alums Daniel J. Villa ’76, Mark B. Arlington ’85, John L. Croce ’84, Michael D. Duteau ’92 and Executive Secretary Lawrence H. Mokhiber ’71 on the board. Leigh has also been appointed to the New York State Department of Health Drug Utilization Review Board for Medicaid and was recently elected Vice Chair. She currently holds the position of Corporate Director of Pharmacy Contracting for the North Shore at Long Island Jewish Health System, the nation’s third largest, non-profit, secular healthcare system.
1988 Marty Irons is the new President of the Vermont Pharmacists Association. Marty practices clinical community pharmacy and as a diabetes educator in Rutland, Vermont. w Tracy Heaton has joined Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare in the Utica area. Previously Tracy held positions as Staff Pharmacist, Supervising Pharmacist and Pharmacy District Supervisor for Rite Aid and, from 1994 until 2007, as a pharmacist in charge of NCS Healthcare. He is a member of the NYS Council of Health Systems. w Christine Marion Brady of Seneca Falls and Nicholas Edward Bouchard of Stratford were married September 19, 2008, in Skaneateles Falls.
1989 Dawn Cimo Hewitt has worked in community pharmacy for more than 20 years. She joined Rome Memorial Hospital’s pharmacy department eight years ago. In addition to dispensing medica-