Capsule (Fall 2012)

Capsule

Fall 2012

University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Magazine for Alumni and Friends

Maryland Poison Center Celebrates 40 Years

In this issue

School Focuses On Entrepreneurial Spirit

UPM: 15 Years Later

Eddington Marks 5-Year Anniversary

DEAN’S MESSAGE In recent years, our School has unveiled a new curriculum, opened a new building, garnered millions of dollars in research and grants, and cared for thousands of patients at practice sites across the state, among other accomplishments. We are constantly looking to the future. But anniversaries, like the ones you will read about in this issue of Capsule, are opportunities to look back and celebrate how far we have come.

Forty years ago, when the Maryland Poison Center began operating out of the basement of a building on campus that no longer exists, it was hard to fathom the growth the center would see. It has moved from rotary phones and handwritten call notes to sophisticated computer systems that answer, route, and track the now 65,000 calls that are received annually. Despite the advent of technology and new and improved office space, the center’s mission to decrease the cost and complexity of poisoning and overdose care while maintaining or improving patient outcomes hasn’t wavered.

UPM Pharmaceuticals, Inc., formerly University Pharmaceuticals of Maryland, is celebrating an anniversary this year, too. Its 15th year is noteworthy for the School of Pharmacy because UPM was born from an idea several of our pharmaceutical science faculty had to take their developments from the laboratory to commercialization in order to reach patients faster. This entrepreneurial effort laid the groundwork for many other faculty at the School to push their ideas and discovery to the marketplace, whether with research projects or practice programs.

Finally, 2012 marks my fifth anniversary as dean of your School of Pharmacy. It’s really true that time does fly. In the past five years, I have been welcomed and supported by all of our faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends, and it is on your behalf that I come to work every day eager to do what I can to further the mission of our wonderful School. In my time as dean, the main lesson I’ve learned is to stay positive and optimistic when faced with challenges. At times that is difficult, but I’ve met so many people who have made an impact on me personally and who have motivated me to do the best that I can for our School. Thank you for your support and for all that each of you do for the School of Pharmacy. You will see many of your names in our 2010-2011 Honor Roll of Donors that appears at the end of this issue.

In the spirit of expertise, influence, and impact,

Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89, BSP, FAAPS, FCP Dean and Professor

Photograph by Tracey Brown

MISSION The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy leads pharmacy education, scientific discovery, patient care, and community engagement in the state of Maryland and beyond.

VISION We will achieve our mission by: • inspiring excellence in our students through a contemporary curriculum, innovative educational experiences, and strategic professional relationships.

• advancing scientific knowledge across the spectrum of drug discovery, health services, and practice-based and translational research with significant focus on collaborative partnerships.

• expanding the impact of the pharmacist’s role on direct patient care and health outcomes.

• building and nurturing relationships with all members of our community.

• capitalizing on our entrepreneurial spirit to improve pharmaceutical research, practice, and education in Maryland and throughout the world.

PLEDGE We are proud to be critical thinkers, lifelong learners, and leaders who are sought for our expertise. We earn our reputation with the highest standards of personal ethics and professional conduct. Students and education are central to everything we do.

We engage the community; together, we contribute to the improved health of society.

We celebrate the distinctive talents of our faculty, staff, and students. We honor our traditions and advocate for dynamic changes in pharmacy practice, education, and research.

We create the future of pharmacy.

Capsule Contents

University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Alumni Magazine Fall 2012

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SCHOOL NEWS

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MARYLAND POISON CENTER TURNS 40

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PRESCRIBING A LARGE DOSE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT

BY RANDOLPH FILLMORE

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On the cover: The Maryland Poison Center has provided increasingly sophisticated service since 1972.

Becky Ceraul, Capsule Editor Director, Communications and Marketing School of Pharmacy Chris Zang, Managing Editor Julie Bower, Graphic Designer University of Maryland Office of Communications and Public Affairs

BY ELIZABETH HEUBECK

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UPM: 15 YEARS LATER

BY RANDOLPH FILLMORE

EDDINGTON MARKS FIVE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

BY CHRISTIANNA MCCAUSLAND

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MAINSTAYS

20 ACADEMIC NEWS 25 ALUMNI FOCUS

Special thanks to the following contributors:

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Janice Batzold Acting Executive Director Development and Alumni Affairs

32 DONOR PROFILE

Dana Benedetti Marketing Specialist

33 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

Steve Berberich Media Relations Specialist Kierion Stephens Development Associate School of Pharmacy Student Government Association

We welcome your comments, news, and suggestions for articles. Send your ideas to Becky Ceraul at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, 20 N. Pine St., Room N302, Baltimore, MD 21201. Email: rceraul@rx.umaryland.edu; Telephone: 410-706-1690; Fax: 410-706-4012.

Copyright Š 2012 University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

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SCHOOL NEWS

School of Pharmacy Co-Leads Center of Excellence in Pain Education With more Americans than ever living with chronic pain, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pain Consortium wants the University of Maryland (UM) and 10 other health professional schools to teach the next generation of health care providers to be Mary Lynn McPherson better equipped to manage and treat such patients.

The NIH Pain Consortium has selected 11 health professional education institutions as Centers of Excellence in Pain Education (CoEPEs) with the goal of using education to resolve inconsistencies in chronic pain care. Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD ’86, BCPS, CDE, a professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the School of Pharmacy, is coprincipal investigator on the grant.

Chronic pain affects approximately 100 million Americans, costing up to $635 billion in medical treatment and lost productivity, and causing immeasurable suffering for people of every age, the NIH reports. “Yet, pain treatment is not taught extensively in many health professional schools, and clinical approaches can be inconsistent,” says the NIH. University President Jay A. Perman, MD, says, “The importance of interprofessional education and practice is critical in health care. With almost one-third of Americans affected by chronic pain, collaboration between health care professionals is absolutely essential.”

Researchers from four of UM’s schools are collaborating in the CoEPE. “I have every confidence the schools of pharmacy, dentistry, medicine, and nursing at the University of Maryland will develop an outstanding curriculum that will be widely adopted across the country and will result in millions of Americans achieving some measure of relief from debilitating pain,” Perman adds.

Each of the 11 CoEPEs is charged with translating current research findings about pain management to fill what have been recognized as gaps in curricula so that clinicians in all fields can

work with their patients to make better and safer choices about pain management, says Francis Collins, MD, PhD, NIH director.

“We will be developing and posting a great curriculum for teaching interprofessional health care students and practitioners about pain management,” says McPherson. “Pain is a complex and emotional state—the management of total pain mandates the inclusion of multiple health professionals working in a collaborative fashion. Our training program will meet that need, and provide educators with a menu of opportunities to implement in the U.S. and likely worldwide.”

Co-principal investigator Sharon Gordon, DDS, MPH, PhD, director of graduate education at the UM School of Dentistry, says, “This funding opportunity will permit us to not only enhance our educational programs for our own students, but to make this important curriculum available nationally and internationally.”

Supported by an NIH three-year grant, the curricula will be developed by the CoEPEs to advance the assessment, diagnosis, and safe treatment of a wide variety of pain conditions while minimizing the abuse of opioid pain relievers.

Efforts by the University of Maryland and the other 10 institutions will include teaching multiple case-based scenarios, many taught in video or electronic formats popularly used in contemporary academic settings. Types of pain of particular interest to the NIH Pain Consortium are rehabilitation pain, arthritis and musculoskeletal pain, neuropathic pain, and headache pain.

In addition, the curricula will teach about the pathophysiology and pharmacology of pain and its treatment, the latest research in complementary and integrative pain management, factors that contribute to both under- and over-prescribing of pain medications, and how pain manifests itself differently by gender, in children, in older adults, and in diverse populations.

Working with the co-directors Gordon and McPherson at UM are faculty leaders from other participating schools including Deborah McGuire, PhD, RN, FAAN, from the School of Nursing, Douglas Ross, MD, PhD, from the School of Medicine, and Richard Traub, PhD, from the School of Dentistry. b

School Welcomes New Faculty Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Sarah Tom, PhD, MA, MPH, assistant professor Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Amanda Oglesby-Sherrouse, PhD, assistant professor Jana Shen, PhD, associate professor 2

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Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science Nicholas Fusco, PharmD, assistant professor Tim Rocafort, PharmD, assistant professor Leah Sera, PharmD, assistant professor Deanna Tran, PharmD, assistant professor Connie Yoon, PharmD, assistant professor Photo by Tracey Brown

Guajardo Delivers First B. Olive Cole Leadership Lecture In recognition of the “first lady of Maryland pharmacy,” the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy hosted the inaugural B. Olive Cole Leadership Lecture on April 25 with guest speaker Maria Guajardo, PhD, a nationally recognized expert in the areas of educational equity, inclusiveness excellence, leadership, and racial healing.

Guajardo is the former executive director of the Mayor’s Office for Education and Children in Denver, where she championed educational advancement for children and youth.

Her leadership initiated and launched the Denver Preschool Program, The 5 By 5 Project, after-school programs citywide, and summits on multiple pathways to graduation. She is a published author, a community volunteer, and co-chair of the Kellogg Fellows Leadership Alliance Board.

Guajardo began her speech by defining the “new normal” that is the United States of America. “The new normal captures a country that is in the presence of great change—great economic upheaval, technology advances, and major demographic shifts.”

According to Guajardo, in 2042, the U.S. will be a “minority majority” nation. “The majority of people in this country in 30 years will be people of color,” she said. “In 2012, the majority of births in the U.S. are to mothers of color. In 2020, the majority of youth under the age of 18 will be children of color.

“There is an interdependence that exists between all of us.

Across race and ethnicity, we have a shared future, but in this country, we have become fearful of difference,” said Guajardo.

“Leaders need to have strength of self, driven by the complexity of life and humanity that we now surround ourselves with.

My hope is not to diminish or simplify the complexity of multiculturalism but to heighten and expand our sense of comfort with the complexity.”

She relayed the story of her own path to leadership, which she says she never would have imagined for herself. As the daughter of illiterate Mexican immigrants, Guajardo had plans to be a first-grade teacher. “That didn’t sound important

enough, so on my Harvard application, I wrote down that I wanted to be a psychologist. I then began to believe it because I wanted to make growing up easier for children who looked like me.”

She encouraged the audience to be courageous enough as leaders to ask the right questions because that is what the “new normal” demands. “As leaders, you will find yourself in positions where courage will be needed,” she said. “I’m certain that B. Olive Cole was courageous as was Martin Luther King Jr., and now it is your turn. Where will you lend your voice? To fight for a cause or to right a wrong? Some days it takes courage just to show up.”

With support from the School of Pharmacy and the Lambda Kappa Sigma (LKS) pharmacy fraternity, the lecture was spearheaded by alumna Dixie Leikach, BSP ’92. “Our vision for this lecture is to follow in the footsteps of fellow LKS member and Maryland graduate B. Olive Cole,” said Leikach.

“She was a leader in our profession and amongst women. It has been an honor to be a part of the leadership to bring this lecture to fruition and to work in her memory.” b

From left, Dixie Leikach, Maria Guajardo, and Dean Natalie D. Eddington.

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New Leadership for Experiential Learning Cherokee Layson-Wolf, PharmD ’00, CGP, BCACP, FAPhA, has been named the School of Pharmacy’s assistant dean for experiential learning (ELP).

“With the important role that experiential learning plays in the life of our School and in our students’ education, we created the assistant dean position to oversee ELP functions and to establish and grow relationships with practice partners in order to support rotation sites for our students,” says Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89, BSP, FAAPS, FCP, dean and professor of the School of Pharmacy. “Dr. Layson-Wolf emerged from within our community as the top candidate for this new position.“ Experiential learning provides education through direct practice outside of the classroom and accounts for more than 30 percent of the School’s Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum.

Layson-Wolf, an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, has previously been director of the School’s practice labs and is director for the University of Maryland PGY-1 community pharmacy residency program.

She actively teaches in therapeutics and self-care courses and is also a course manager for a community pharmacy abilitiesbased course; Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience community pharmacy rotations; and a teaching elective experience.

She is a certified immunizing pharmacist and was successful in incorporating immunization certification as part of the School’s required curriculum.

On the state and national level, Layson-Wolf is a member of the Maryland Laboratory Advisory Committee, actively teaches pharmacists as faculty of the American Pharmacists Association’s (APhA) Immunization Delivery certificate course, and serves on the APhA Community Pharmacy Residency advisory panel.

Her achievements include recognition as a Distinguished Young Pharmacist from both the Lambda Kappa Sigma

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pharmacy fraternity and the Maryland Pharmacists Association (MPhA) and the Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award from MPhA. Layson-Wolf is a graduate of the School of Pharmacy and completed a community pharmacy residency at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is board certified in ambulatory care pharmacy and as a geriatric pharmacist.

“I look forward to working with the ELP and working collaboratively with our preceptors to grow our pool of experiences for our students,” Layson-Wolf says.

She will be joined in managing the experiential learning enterprise by Toyin Tofade, PharmD, who was a clinical associate professor at the University of North Carolina’s Eshelman School of Pharmacy and director of pharmacotherapy services at the Wake Area Health Education Center.

Tofade, who will serve as the ELP’s associate director, has precepted, mentored, and taught scores of pharmacy students and residents, and medical residents in internal medicine practice, planned pharmacists continuing education courses, conducted preceptor development workshops, and taught selected courses.

“My main goal as the new associate director for ELP is to nurture existing relationships with the School’s 700-plus preceptors and to build new relationships in order to expand the experiential learning opportunities for our students,” says Tofade. “I am also very excited about the opportunity to work with the seasoned faculty, organizational leaders, preceptors, students, and staff at the School of Pharmacy as many are highly respected thought leaders in the nation.” b

School Launches Center for Translational Medicine The School of Pharmacy has launched the Center for Translational Medicine (CTM) under the leadership of Joga Gobburu, PhD, FCD, MBA, to help improve medical product development efficiency.

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development and regulation process,” says Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89, BSP, FAAPS, FCP, dean and professor of the School of Pharmacy. “As a leader in the field of pharmacometrics, Dr. Gobburu’s expertise as director of the center will enhance our educational and research programs and will lead to substantial partnerships with the pharmaceutical industry and other collaborators.”

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Administration (FDA) in October 2011, is a leading expert in the field of pharmacometrics, a study of groundwork strategies in drug regulation and/or drug development.

“The center will apply the best resources of the University of Maryland to advance public health by developing scientific leaders and tools to foster innovation in the field of medical product development and therapeutics,” he says.

The uniqueness of the CTM is to employ advanced and innovative quantitative analyses to create intelligence from information— or, in other words, ideas from raw data. “The immediate focus of the center is accessing data and creating tools for industry and government,” says Gobburu. Initially, data from already conducted experiments and trials will be used. The National Institutes of Health and the FDA are rich sources of such data.

He says: “The center will bring together the diverse expertise within the University System of Maryland to solve public health challenges. Within our system, we have renowned scientists who can analyze clinical trial data, build pharmacoeconomic models, estimate net present value, and project comparative effectiveness.”

The CTM commits to on-time project delivery and with the highest quality. It is equipped with state-of-the art computational infrastructure including servers, widely used pharmacometrics and statistical software packages, and robust backup/recovery processes.

These quantitative models, along with cutting-edge development techniques such as adaptive and enrichment trials, will be integrated into tools that drug developers, regulatory agencies, and other research organizations can use to guide decisions pertaining to “go/no-go,” dosage, patient population, design, endpoint, analyses, and therapeutics choices.

“As home to the Center for Translational Medicine, the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science [PPS] is very excited to have the opportunity to expand our clinical science faculty and expertise,” says Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner, PharmD ’83, CDE, FAPhA, professor and chair of PPS. “Dr. Gobburu brings national and international recognition to the department and the School of Pharmacy, and the center will provide us with numerous opportunities to advance our clinical science initiatives.”

The CTM also will provide executive leadership training in the field of translational medicine to foster innovation in medical product development.

The agenda for the center will be driven by emerging public health needs, says Gobburu. The CTM also will seek opportunities to train international regulatory bodies on innovative approaches.

In the fall of 2012, the center launched graduate education programs for doctorate degrees, executive master’s degrees, and a visiting scholar program. b

Annual Research Day Showcases Students’ and Trainees’ Work More than 60 student pharmacists, pharmacy residents, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows participated in the School of Pharmacy’s annual Research Day on March 29, which highlighted the breadth and depth of research within the School’s students and trainees.

“Research Day gives students, postdocs, residents, and faculty a chance to share their research studies and learn about research going on in other departments,” says Peter Swaan, PhD, associate dean for research and graduate studies. “We hope that this venue will stimulate new collaborations across the School and within its variety of disciplines.”

Emily Reese, MPH, a graduate student in the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, presented her work on the costs associated with treatment of stages 3 and 4 colon cancer. “Research Day is a great opportunity to get exposure to researchers in other disciplines,” she says. “Those working in other fields are often able to provide feedback and suggestions that I may not have thought about.”

Jennifer Dress, PharmD, a School of Pharmacy resident in psychiatry, showcased her study on a new urine test that has the

potential to determine the concentration of antipsychotic medications in a patient’s system.

PhD student Emily Reese (right) discusses her work on “This is the the costs associated with treatment of stages 3 and 4 first urine test of colon cancer. its kind, the advantage being that it’s less invasive than drawing blood,” Dress says. “And talking with people at Research Day opens my eyes to how my work can affect patient care.”

Aparna Shivananda, then a fourth-year student, examined data on hospice patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to determine if those with a stage 4 diagnosis were being treated according to established guidelines. “Conducting research as a student helped me understand the real world beyond school,” she says. “And at Research Day, it’s nice to interact with others and see that they are interested in my project.” b

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Laurels Alfred Abramson, BSP ’56, RPh, received the Seidman Distinguished Achievement Award from the Maryland Pharmacists Association (MPhA). He was also named a Preceptor of the Year by the School of Pharmacy’s graduating Class of 2012.

Chanel Agness, PharmD, BCPS, CGP, has been chosen to participate in the Stanford Geriatric Education Center’s faculty development program in ethnogeriatrics.

Robert Beardsley, RPh, PhD, MS, was named president of the board of directors of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education and received the Noel B. Flynn Alumni Achievement Award from the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy.

Nicole Brandt, PharmD ’97, BCPP, CGP, was elected to the National Academies of Practice and to the board of directors of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP).

Heather Congdon, PharmD, CACP, CDE, was part of a team that received the Life Saving Patient Safety Award and the Performance Award from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration’s Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative. She also has been selected to participate in the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) 2012-2013 Academic Leadership Fellows Program.

Sandeep Devabhakthuni, PharmD, was appointed to the Society of Critical Care Medicine Task Force to develop guidelines on medication use safety.

Susan dosReis, PhD ’99, was selected as a finalist for the Public Health Systems Research Article of the Year award, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 6

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Suzanne Doyon, MD, won first place in the Maryland Health Data Innovation Contest.

Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89, BSP, FAAPS, FCP, was the keynote speaker at the U.S. Public Health Service’s Pharmacist Category Day and delivered the keynote speech at the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy’s White Coat Ceremony.

Joga Gobburu, PhD, MBA, FCP, was appointed a principal investigator with the Cancer and Leukemia Group B, a national clinical research group sponsored by the National Cancer Institute. He also was appointed to the University of Maryland Medical Center’s General Clinical Research Center Advisory Committee.

Jeffrey Gonzales, PharmD, BCPS, received a Presidential Citation from the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

He also was appointed chair of the Proposal and Grants Review Committee of the Critical Care Pharmacotherapy Trials Network.

Stuart Haines, PharmD, BCPS, BC-ADM, received the 2012 B. Olive Cole Honorary Alumnus Award from the School of Pharmacy’s Alumni Association.

Stephen Hoag, PhD, and James Polli, PhD, have been awarded a European patent for “Drug Authentication” for a method to evade and detect counterfeit drug products.

Amy Ives, PharmD ’93, and Cherokee Layson-Wolf, PharmD ’00, FAPhA, received the AACP/ National Community Pharmacists Association Medication Adherence Educator Challenge Award. Ives also was named to the Eastern States Residency Advisory Board.

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Maureen Kane, PhD, was selected by her faculty peers as the School’s AACP Teacher of the Year.

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Foundation Research Boot Camp.

Kathryn Kiser, PharmD, BCPS, has been named the School’s faculty liaison to the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) and was named president of the organization’s District of Columbia Chapter.

Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner, PharmD ’83, BCPS, CDE, FAPhA, was invited to the White House as a guest of the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services’ Center for Innovation for a discussion with White House staff on the impact patient care services pharmacists provide on outcomes and reductions in health care costs. She also served as the commencement speaker for the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy.

Cherokee Layson-Wolf, PharmD ’00, CGP, BCACP, FAPhA, has been appointed as a specialist member to the Specialty Council on Ambulatory Care Pharmacy with the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties for a three-year term. She is one of the first pharmacists with the Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist credential appointed to the position.

Raymond Love, PharmD ’77, BCPP, FASHP, was appointed to the Pharmacy Quality Alliance Mental Health Workgroup.

Alexander MacKerell Jr., PhD, received a U.S. patent for “Inhibitors of the S100-p53 Protein-Protein Interaction and Method of Inhibiting Cancer Employing the Same.”

Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD ’86, BCPS, CPE, has been awarded fellow status from the American Society of Pain Educators and the ASCP. She also received the MPhA Mentor of the Year Award and has been selected to receive a Presidential Citation from the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association.

Robert Michocki, PharmD ’75, was named Teacher of the Year by the School’s graduating Class of 2012.

Frank Palumbo, PhD, JD, received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Medical University of South Carolina.

Kathleen Pincus, PharmD ’09, BCPS, has been accepted to the

David Roffman, PharmD ’73, BCPS, CDE, has been selected to serve on the Practice Analysis Task Force in Cardiology for the Board of Pharmacy Specialties.

Paul Shapiro, PhD, has been named the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences’ (PSC ) vice chair for education.

Bruce Stuart, PhD, and graduate student Sammy Shoemaker were part of the team that won the 2011 John M. Eisenberg Article of the Year Award from the journal Health Services Research.

Deborah Sturpe, PharmD, BCPS, received her Master of Arts in instructional systems development from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Alexandria Sutton received the James T. Hill Scholarship from the University of Maryland.

Sudha Veeraraghavan, PhD, has been named director of PSC’s graduate program and received a U.S. patent for “Mutant Proline and Arginine Rich Peptides and Methods for Using the Same.”

Julie Zito, PhD, has been named a fellow of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology.

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A part of the School of Pharmacy since 1972, the Maryland Poison Center celebrates four decades of increasingly sophisticated service to Maryland residents and health professionals

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A toddler manages to get his chubby little hands around the only bottle of cleaning product in the house that hasn’t been locked away in a cabinet, then slurps up the foamy pink liquid. A teenager, devastated by a breakup with his girlfriend, consumes a bottle of sleeping pills he finds in his parents’ bathroom cabinet. An elderly woman in the early stages of dementia can’t remember if she took her multiple daily medications once, twice, or three times today.

The dangerous and potentially deadly ingestion of household products and other toxic substances knows no age limits. Whether the victim is 2 or 92, the experience can be equally frightening. But as terrifying as these situations are to those on the receiving end, expertly trained staff at the University of Maryland

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“We’re the place you call when something bad happens that has to do with a toxin, chemical, or some sort of substance.”

—Bruce Anderson

School of Pharmacy’s Maryland Poison Center calmly respond to panicked callers—24 hours a day, seven days a week, some 60,000-plus times a year. They offer an immediate action plan and, in about 70 percent of cases, a quick resolution that prevents a costly trip to the nearest hospital emergency room.

In the remaining cases, poison center staff members direct callers to receive immediate medical attention.

“We’re the place you call when something bad happens that has to do with a toxin, chemical, or some sort of substance,” says Bruce Anderson, PharmD, DABAT, director of operations for the Maryland Poison Center and an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science (PPS).

The Maryland Poison Center has come a long way from its modest roots. Originally housed in the cramped basement office of a campus building that’s since been demolished, it now occupies office space on an entire floor of the University of Maryland’s Saratoga Building, at 220 Arch St. in downtown Baltimore. But the growth of the staff’s size, expertise, and reach during the past 40 years far exceeds that of the center’s expanded space. Now a regional poison center (credentialing standards were nonexistent when the center was launched), it is certified by the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) to provide triage services during suspected poisoning incidents, as well as treatment, education, and prevention for 3.8 million Marylanders.

Here’s a glimpse of precisely how the Maryland Poison Center has, since it put down roots at the School of Pharmacy in 1972, grown beyond a respected household resource for Maryland residents to serve also as a hub of research and professional education on toxicology.

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Change Rooted In Technology Years ago, ubiquitous neon green Mr. Yuk stickers used to be the primary way to inform the public about how to reach the Maryland Poison Center in the case of a possible poisoning.

And inform the public they did. During the tenure of Gary Oderda, PharmD, MPH, who served as the center’s director between 1973 and 1991, call volume increased exponentially, from about 10,000 calls annually to around 50,000. “That wasn’t an accident. We did a lot of public education,” Oderda says.

Paper pamphlets promoting the center’s public services and emblazoned with Mr. Yuk still get stuffed into packets of information sent home with new parents leaving the hospital with their newborns. But now, the center also disseminates information via its website and the popular social media tool Facebook. Technology also is driving behind-the-scenes research activity at the Maryland Poison Center.

Data collection has always been a critical part of the Maryland Poison Center’s operation. It allows the staff to track trends and outbreaks—such as the recent spike in usage of bath salts, which contain compounds with amphetamine-like effects, to get high—and share it with law enforcement officers, hospital emergency rooms, and other relevant professionals and community members. But today’s data collection looks a lot different than it did 30 or 40 years ago.

The center records information on every incoming call it gets, and it receives an average of 150 to 200 calls a day.

Decades ago, call center operators with little to no formal training furiously hand-wrote relevant information from callers on index cards, and a secretary later typed them. Now, all information is logged into a networked computer system in real-time, and it automatically becomes part of a national

database of information on toxic ingestions and reactions.

“Data is dumped every 10 to 15 minutes. It looks for things like big food poisoning outbreaks and chemical terrorism attacks,” explains Lisa Booze, PharmD ’00, CSPI, clinical coordinator for the center, adding that, to date, no such terrorist attacks have been identified.

As the center’s technology has evolved, so too has the expertise of its employees.

“Originally, there was one person who was answering phones. That individual worked Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and she was not a health professional. After-hours information was provided by medical and pharmacy students,” Anderson says. Early on, the center’s two medical directors/ consultants consisted of a dermatologist and a psychiatrist with a professional interest in understanding how to manage suicide attempts (some calls to the center involve intentional drug overdoses). Since then, things have changed.

The staff’s level of sophistication has grown along with that of the profession of toxicology. In 1972, a medical specialization in toxicology did not exist. Now it does, and changes in the center’s staff reflect the burgeoning specialization. Currently, the Maryland Poison Center employs a medical director, Suzanne Doyon, MD, FACMT, who is board certified in both emergency medicine and medical toxicology. Anderson is a board-certified clinical toxicologist. He and the center’s research and education coordinator, Wendy Klein-Schwartz, PharmD ’77, MPH, also hold faculty positions at the School of Pharmacy. Employees who respond to calls about possible poisons are either nurses or pharmacists; they must earn and retain a certification from the AAPCC as a poison information specialist.

Dedication To Professional Education While call representatives respond to many inquiries from consumers, a large percentage also come from health professionals.

Booze credits the development of professional education at the Maryland Poison Center with the entrepreneurial leadership of Oderda. “He encouraged us to find something we were interested in doing besides answering phone calls [from consumers],” Booze recalls.

For Booze, who has worked at the center for 33 years, that something was an interest in educating health professionals.

While all poison centers are required to perform some professional education, few have an employee dedicated to the task.

Diverse health professionals in the state benefit from the Maryland Poison Center’s commitment to professional education. The center frequently supplies information to emergency medical service (EMS) providers—first responders in situations where an individual has ingested a poisonous substance. In addition, Booze provides periodic training sessions to area physicians, physician assistants, pharmacists, and other health professionals on assessing and managing poison ingestions.

The Maryland Poison Center’s commitment to reducing adverse effects of exposure to toxins drives the organization’s research initiatives. Klein-Schwartz, an associate professor in PPS, coordinates research at the center and oversees the fellowship program, which trains one Doctor of Pharmacy graduate every two years to become an expert in a regional poison center, clinical toxicology service, or academic environment.

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Poison Outbreaks Managed By Maryland Poison Center: A Look Back Throughout the history of the Maryland Poison Center, poison outbreaks—from household cleaners mistaken as liquid food flavoring to over-the-counter medicines laced with deadly toxins—have fueled widespread panic and required center staff to respond to an inordinately high volume of calls from the public and the media. In some of these situations, the typical 150 to 200 daily call volume jumped to 400. Here’s a sampling of these unprecedented events for which the center handled calls:

1979: Gasoline siphoning. People siphoned gas from

“The goal of the center—to provide the highest quality of care for poison patients— hasn’t changed.”

—Gary Oderda

car-to-car due to long lines at gas pumps, sometimes accidentally ingesting the substance that, if even a few drops reach the lungs, can result in a potentially fatal form of pneumonia.

1982: In Chicago, seven people died after consuming extra-strength Tylenol capsules intentionally laced with potassium cyanide by an unknown suspect.

1982: Sunlight dishwashing liquid. Samples were mailed Much of the research conducted at the center aims to zero in on the effects of toxic substances among various demographics.

One recent study examined the effects of medications commonly prescribed for depression in adults when accidentally ingested by children. Understanding the different reactions caused by antidepressants allows health professionals to manage accidental exposures accordingly. Another study identified patients at greatest risk of toxic effects upon exposure to acetaminophen, a substance commonly over-ingested. Consequently, health professionals can recommend treatments that will decrease the risk of toxic effects for those at greatest risk.

“If we’re not there to collect the information, then who is?”

Anderson asks.

Reflecting on the growth of the Maryland Poison Center over the years, Oderda credits increased resources dedicated to research and education with making the center what it is today. “The goal of the center—to provide the highest quality of care for poison patients— hasn’t changed. I think it was a good center when I was there, and a great center now,” he says. b

to Baltimore area residents, some of whom ingested the detergent after mistaking it for lemon juice and vegetable oil.

2001: Massive train fire in Baltimore’s Howard Street Tunnel burned for a week, releasing several thousand gallons of hydrochloric acid.

2001: Five people were killed in the U.S. and 17 others infected by letters containing anthrax spores—invisible proteins that result in deadly biological infections—mailed to several news media offices and two U.S. senators.

2005 to 2007: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported more than 1,000 fatal overdoses among illicit drug users from fentanyl, a synthetic opioid up to 50 times more powerful than heroin that was sold as either a substitute for heroin or mixed in with heroin.

2009, 2010, 2012: Blizzards and hurricanes caused power outages and subsequent generator use by consumers who, in some instances, suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning.

2010 and 2011: Epidemic of illicit drug users consuming bath salts as a popular way to get high, resulting in paranoid delusions and other adverse effects.

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Prescribing A Large Dose of Entrepreneurial Spirit

BY RANDOLPH FILLMORE

“… capitalizing on our entrepreneurial spirit to improve pharmaceutical research, practice, and education in Maryland and throughout the world.”

—University of Maryland School of Pharmacy 2010-2015 Strategic Plan When the School of Pharmacy set out to create a new five-year strategic plan in 2009, entrepreneurship was an area of focus.

“Research universities are hubs of creativity and catalysts for innovation,” says Peter Swaan, PhD, the School’s associate dean for research and graduate studies. “Our School’s strategy includes building the administrative, financial, and educational structure to support creative innovation.”

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fits well with the University’s goals. He also feels it is important to expand recognition of the School’s entrepreneurial successes, especially at a time when new collaborative partnerships, both with industry and other campuses, are being formed.

“Many of our faculty and graduates have been quite successful at turning research into viable entrepreneurial pursuits,” says Swaan. “Thanks to their mentorship, our students are increasingly thinking in terms that will likely lead them down the same successful paths.”

An entrepreneurial spirit has always been part of the School’s tradition. Once it was a graduate who—diploma in hand—opened a neighborhood pharmacy. Today, faculty members and those they mentor are turning their creativity, knowledge, and expertise into businesses that have become economic drivers in the community.

According to Swaan, creativity keeps academic research healthy and innovative. While all discoveries should be explored for their benefits to humanity, pharmacy is in a key position to translate bench science to the bedside, he says.

AllTranz, Inc. AllTranz, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company founded in 2004 to develop innovative drug products delivered by unique dermal solutions, came to the School in 2011 along with its founder and chief scientific officer, Audra Stinchcomb, PhD, a professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PSC).

Stinchcomb, regarded as a “new model in faculty hiring,” works part time at the School and part time with her company.

She serves as mentor and role model for students who have entrepreneurial interests. She also offers the School and students her 20 years of experience in drug development and design as well as expertise in conducting biomedical and transdermal research. When her academic research successfully transferred to the marketplace, her experience also became a model for technology transfer at its best.

Stinchcomb spoke at an entrepreneurship symposium hosted in May by the University’s Office of Technology Transfer and the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute. The event was co-sponsored by the newly initiated UM Ventures, a joint effort among technology transfer offices at the University of Maryland, Baltimore and the University of Maryland, College Park and the entrepreneurial business services program at College Park.

“My take-home message was that if it works for me, it should work for others, especially those in drug development research,” she says. “This model is good for universities, who will get

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more access to private industry funding while helping graduate students get trained in theory and practical application. It’s also good for companies because the university setting provides a less expensive, lower risk environment for drug development.”

Stinchcomb’s one foot in academia, one foot in industry balancing act has been facilitated in part by the National Institutes of Health Program on Public-Private Partnerships, which is “designed to improve public health through biomedical research.”

Stinchcomb has a unique principal investigator-initiated public-private partnership status that allows her to investigate fundamental drug delivery science at the School, then develop products at her company.

“Dr. Stinchcomb was very good at explaining how and why she started AllTranz,” says James L. Hughes, MBA, UM’s chief enterprise and economic development officer and vice president.

“The School of Pharmacy has a long history of successful entrepreneurial efforts. UM Ventures is designed to bring together entrepreneurial activities at UM and College Park, and the initial focus is between the two technology transfer offices.”

The School of Pharmacy is represented on the UM Ventures advisory council by Dean Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89, BSP, FAAPS, FCP, who is aiding the goal of developing drugs and getting them into the marketplace and to the patient’s bedside more quickly.

Computer-Aided Drug Design Center According to Alexander MacKerell Jr., PhD, the School’s Grollman-Glick Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and director of the School’s Computer-Aided Drug Design (CADD) Center, the center assists in validating novel targets for specific disease states by identifying novel compounds that interact with those targets that may be developed into novel therapeutic agents.

“Academic researchers have been investigating a wide range of biological targets for years,” explains MacKerell. “Now there is an emphasis on inhibiting the function of those targets with compounds that can become drugs.”

According to MacKerell, in the early stage this work can be done efficiently and at low cost in an academic setting. As a result, academic researchers are now working further along in the drug development “pipeline.” Universities stand to gain by patenting and licensing their discoveries, he says.

CADD Center efforts also include developing and patenting new technologies, such as the SILCS (Site Identification by Ligand Competitive Saturation) technology that led to the creation of SilcsBio, LLC. SILCS is a novel technology that uses mathematical models to understand the three-dimensional probability distribution of functional groups on protein surfaces.

“SILCS technology identifies sites on proteins—hot spots— that interact and bind with specific chemical groups,” MacKerell explains. “Those hot spots are candidates for drug targeting.”

According to MacKerell, SILCS creates a framework for the development of new molecules by biotech companies, enabling them to maximize their time, money, and potential for success.

“Science is no longer an exercise in isolation,” says Swaan.

“Rather, it is a collage of collaborative and entrepreneurial thinking with strong links to industrial partnerships and small biotech startups.”

In part, the new emphasis on entrepreneurialism is being driven by the flattening of federal and state funding for research

and development.

“This culture change requires researchers to look for alternative funding sources,” suggests Swaan. “Funding leads to research. Research leads to discoveries, invention disclosures, and patents that can boost university revenues.

And as new technologies are discovered and introduced into the market, the companies spun off from discoveries become economic drivers in the community.” b

Alums Find Success In Industry In addition to mentoring students in the art and science of pharmacy, School faculty members are planting the seeds of enterprise in the fertile minds of students. Students with big ideas, a will to succeed, and a willingness to leap into the realm of the unpredictable are taking their knowledge, expertise, and enthusiasm into the private sector—often on a shoestring.

Julie Suman, PhD ’02, president of Next Breath, LLC, says that she and company vice president Shailaja Somaraju, PhD ’01, found the transition from School of Pharmacy students to company executives an easy one.

“We were used to not having any money!” she jokes. Much of the time they did not draw regular salaries.

During their PhD programs, both Suman and Somaraju were mentored by Richard Dalby, PhD, associate dean for academic affairs and professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, whose research focuses on the optimization of drug delivery to the lungs and nose using inhalers, nebulizers, and sprays.

“Dr. Dalby planted the entrepreneurial seed in us,” says Suman. “After we graduated, we knew we wanted to work in aerosols and saw a market opportunity. So we started a company. Our biggest challenge was that we had no business experience.”

Nevertheless, they retained lawyers and accountants, found the right mentors, started the company, and found lab space.

“We started with one contract, now we work with companies all over the world,” says Somaraju.

Today, Next Breath is considered a leader in inhalation and nasal spray development testing, device testing, and regulatory strategy. The company employs 22 people.

Chesapeake Research Review, Inc. is the brainchild of Felix Gyi, BSP ’83. His company provides independent Institutional Review Board (IRB) services for major pharmaceutical companies, universities, individual researchers, academic medical centers, and community hospitals.

According to Gyi, a member of the School’s Board of Visitors, his entrepreneurial path was indirect but clearly rooted in a pharmacy education, serendipity, and luck.

While establishing a drug information service at a community hospital in the mid-1980s, he was asked to serve on the hospital’s research committee.

“I was on the formulary committee and active in the local pharmacy associations,” explains Gyi. “Before long, I was at George Washington University [GWU], where the dean asked me to restructure and run the IRB.” So Gyi went back to school for an executive MBA. Based on his experiences at GWU and as a research scientist for a pharmaceutical company, in 1993 he borrowed $2,000 and set up shop. The run-from-home-business soon had 12 employees.

“My experience says that, while one needs to be thoughtful, it is sometimes better to be lucky than right—fortunately, we have been both right and lucky,” says Gyi with a smile.

“Don’t let anyone tell you that it can’t be done.”

Using state-of-the-art technological innovations, Chesapeake Research Review provides domestic and international IRB oversight with less staff than he had six years ago, with the “lion’s share” of contracts coming from pharmaceutical, biologic, and medical device development companies. b

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UPM: 15 Years Later

BY RANDOLPH FILLMORE Thanks to a groundbreaking effort in the late 1990s, the School of Pharmacy’s entrepreneurial spirit took flight in the form of what is today UPM Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2012, the company has become a success, thanks to the vision and hard work of School faculty members and a School alum who not only recognized their expertise, but also shared their vision.

In 1997, when the School of Pharmacy’s second large contract with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to support the FDA’s Scale-Up and Post Approval Changes (SUPAC) guidelines was about to run out, University Pharmaceuticals of Maryland was mothered by necessity.

Without a new contract, the School’s small pharmaceutical manufacturing facility—developed to fulfill the FDA contract— would shut down.

“We weren’t sure what we were going to do,” recalls professor emeritus Larry Augsburger, PhD, chair of what was then the Department of Pharmaceutics and UPM co-founder. “Shutting down would mean that the people we hired would lose their jobs.

We wanted to find a way to keep our staff employed and create a revenue stream to help support our programs.”

Augsburger tried to establish a drug development center at the School and did get a five-year National Institutes of Health contract to manufacture clinical supplies and some smaller contracts from the private sector.

“Then, it was difficult to manage a contracting business with private industry within the academic environment,” recalls Augsburger. “It became clear that another business model was needed.”

According to Gary Hollenbeck, PhD, former associate dean at the School, UPM co-founder, and now UPM’s chief scientific officer, the FDA contract required the School’s Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) laboratory to manufacture tablets and capsules to see how much range there could be in form properties while assuring required bioavailability. The goal was to provide a scientific basis to support FDA guidelines being developed for the industry.

“It was a unique opportunity at the time,” recalls Hollenbeck.

“We had the biggest FDA contract at the University. When that contract terminated, using the manufacturing facility to start a business seemed like a logical next step.”

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relationship they do today.

“We had all the makings of a small pharmaceutical company, and industry was starting to farm out work,” says Harold Chappelear, DSC ’98, RPh, LLD (Hon.), an adjunct faculty member who was instrumental in creating UPM and getting it off the ground. “We drew up a business plan and David Knapp, who was dean then, worked hand and glove with the legal people.”

Knapp, PhD, dean emeritus of the School of Pharmacy, recalls that University attorneys feared that a successful profitmaking entity looking like private enterprise might endanger the tax-exempt status from the state. The idea of organizing as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) was considered but dismissed.

However, Maryland Governor Parris Glendening and the state General Assembly passed timely legislation in 1997 providing for public-private partnerships that would enable University of Maryland faculty to engage in partnerships with private industry.

A new era had begun.

“When UPM formed as a profit-making company, I asked John Gregory—one of our former students and a highly successful entrepreneur—for advice on whether he thought the company had a chance,” explains Knapp.

“I had great respect for Dean Knapp and everyone at the School,” recalls Gregory, BSP ’76, who was CEO of King Pharmaceuticals at the time. “In carrying out that FDA contract they did great work, not only for the FDA, but also for the pharmaceutical industry by setting guidelines. They had good equipment and staff with great expertise. What they did not have was capital.”

Gregory liked what he saw and invested $12 million, enabling UPM to buy 30,000 square feet of factory space in Baltimore and additional equipment. Since then, the company has seen what Gregory calls “good, steady growth.”

Gregory’s advice to today’s would-be entrepreneurs: “Having a business plan is not enough. Everyone needs a capital plan.

Most new companies fail because they cannot sustain losses in the early years.”

With Gregory at the helm, University Pharmaceuticals of Maryland, now UPM Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has become a thriving company specializing in solid, oral dose formulation that provides cGMP pharmaceutical manufacturing with standard drugs as well as Schedule II-IV controlled drugs and related analytical testing services. UPM employs 70 people and is looking to expand by buying out a major pharmaceutical company. b

Eddington Marks 5-Year Anniversary Her first half-decade as dean is marked by accomplishment

BY CHRISTIANNA MCCAUSLAND

Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89, BSP, FAAPS, FCP, did not set out to become dean of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, a position she’s held for five years. Yet the trajectory of her academic life—her graduate school years at the School, her years as a teacher and researcher there—combined with her charismatic personality and enthusiasm for pharmacy, made the movement to administration a natural decision.

“I never seriously considered a leadership position in the School because I was a researcher,” she recalls. In fact, Eddington is a nationally known expert in drug delivery and pharmacokinetics, whose research focus is cancer therapy and treatments for disorders of the central nervous system. “But I had my complete academic life here, so I was very invested in the success of the School.”

No sooner was her name on the dean’s door than she set to work establishing priorities for her position. Her overarching goal as dean was to facilitate the movement of pharmacists from the traditional “behind-the-counter” dispensing role to one of direct patient care as a member of an interprofessional health care team. To achieve this, the School needed a curriculum and physical spaces

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designed to teach students how to practice pharmacy in a rapidly changing world. It also required a vocal advocate for the field of pharmacy among lawmakers.

In just five years, Eddington led a revision of the School’s curriculum, continued the work initiated by her predecessor David A. Knapp, PhD, in opening a new building in Baltimore and establishing a new campus at the Universities at Shady Grove, expanded research efforts and clinical practice sites, and built bridges between peer academic institutions, federal agencies, and local and national legislators. With Eddington at the helm, the School has soared to new prominence.

“There’s no question that our School of Pharmacy is in the upper echelon of schools nationally and a core piece of the University of Maryland, Baltimore,” says Jay A. Perman, MD, president of the University.

Under Eddington’s leadership, the PharmD curriculum underwent a review and overhaul in 2009 that took into account feedback from alumni, faculty, and employers. In response to the advice that the discussion of drugs be introduced earlier in the program, a new Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics course was introduced. The rigorous course spans three semesters beginning in the spring of a student’s first year to provide a coordinated view of a disease state and its medication treatments. Other curriculum advances include a course in pharmacotherapy that uses real-world case studies to learn about co-morbidity, courses in over-thecounter medications, and those focused on public health. The curriculum dovetails with hands-on student work in the Abilities Based Lab and the Objective Structured Clinical Examination suite for a holistic learning experience.

“It’s a great deal of challenging content,” Eddington explains, “but it’s structured in a way that provides students with the competencies they need to practice so they have an impact on patient health.” She continues that no matter what health care setting the student may choose, “Our goal for the practice of pharmacy is to support the health of patients in a significant way.”

Early in Eddington’s tenure as dean, the PharmD program expanded its reach beyond Baltimore to the Universities at Shady Grove in 2007. The expansion to the Rockville campus was in reaction to a nationwide shortage of pharmacists. As

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new schools of pharmacy opened around the country, existing programs like that at the University of Maryland explored ways to grow beyond its walls. The Shady Grove campus now boasts its own model pharmacy lab, has 160 pharmacy students, and graduated its first group of pharmacy students in May 2011. It was a landmark opening, not least of all because it explored a new paradigm for educational delivery.

“As part of that program, we used distance technology for the first time to deliver our curriculum,” says Eddington. “Students don’t learn the way they did 10 years ago. They are much more technologically savvy. As a School, we embraced the new ways students communicate and learn.”

The new Pharmacy Hall, which opened in August 2010, reflects this innovative approach to higher education delivery.

Eddington recalls that there was a lot of consideration given to connectivity and audiovisual and IT technology to support high-tech delivery methods not only for the campus at Shady Grove, but for the new generation of tech-savvy students on the Baltimore campus. The building’s collaborative research labs ushered in a new way of thinking that put aside the territorial spaces of old and replaced them with open labs that foster effective dialogue among faculty, students, and postdoctoral fellows.

Research is an area of particular passion for the dean, who was recently named board chair of the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education. A new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) grant created a Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation, one of only two such centers in the country, and new research and practice centers have been established, such as the Center for Innovative Pharmacy Solutions, the Center for Drug Safety, and the Center for Translational Medicine.

“As we shift to a more entrepreneurial way of thinking as a School, we encourage faculty to patent their discoveries and form spinoff companies,” adds Eddington. “We continue to have success recruiting faculty who are involved in entrepreneurial activities outside the School as well.”

Architecturally, the new building is a beacon on the campus and on Baltimore’s Westside. Its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification is a testament to the School’s commitment to sustainability. Inside, the

building nurtures the student body in a way the former building did not.

“We provided the students a number of alcoves, small classrooms, and study rooms—spaces they could use together in groups or alone—and that’s been one of the more important decisions we made to the benefit of students,” Eddington says.

She enjoys seeing students using the building and frequently leaves her third-floor office to visit them. Students appreciate her presence among them, too.

“Dean Eddington is very involved in the student body,” says Eric Wong, a fourth-year student and past president of the Student Government Association. “She’s always walking around the building, talking to students, and picking their brains.” Wong says the fact she still teaches the Principles of Drug Action course reminds students she’s foremost an educator. “She’s a dean who is willing to get her feet wet,” he states.

Wong describes Eddington as a visionary leader (a common descriptor when one asks about her), particularly with regard to her activities outside the classroom. “She’s really capitalized on the location of our School being in such close proximity to institutions like the National Institutes of Health and the FDA, and she’s leveraged our School’s reputation to create new opportunities and take pharmacy in a progressive direction,” he says.

Ensuring that graduates step into a field that allows them to practice their skills to their fullest extent is something about which Eddington is passionate. “It’s important as a dean to advocate for the profession and our students,” she says. She has pushed at the state level for greater immunization authority for pharmacists, for example, and at the federal level in support of an FDA initiative that would give pharmacists greater autonomy over dispensing prescriptions for chronic disease.

Eddington’s strengths in relationship building strike a chord with Perman, for whom interprofessional collaboration is a priority. “Dean Eddington has been very instrumental in creating relationships with the federal government and its agencies. She’s also had particular success partnering with our colleagues at the University of Maryland, College Park,” says Perman. “She has really shown us the way, in terms of relationship building and collaboration.”

While passion for her profession certainly drives her, some of Eddington’s success is a testament to her pleasant demeanor.

“It’s a rare combination to be able to prepare people for one’s profession and be part of an expanding research program, and yet at the same time have the people skills Dean Eddington has,” says Perman.

Ellen Yankellow, PharmD ’96, BSP ’73, chair of the School of Pharmacy’s Board of Visitors, has witnessed Eddington’s people skills and critical thinking in action when Eddington strategically refocused the efforts of the board.

“I feel under Dean Eddington’s leadership the board’s efforts are aligned with the School’s initiatives, and as a result the board is better connected to the School and faculty,” says Yankellow. “Dean Eddington’s personal attentiveness to all of the stakeholders who are interested in the success of the School is noteworthy. She’s opened the lines of communication so everyone can see the valuable work that the School is doing to advance the profession and help the greater community.”

The fact that Eddington is a woman is not lost on Yankellow.

“It’s nice to see a woman in this position, being nationally recognized as a thought leader in pharmacy,” she states. Noting that half the School of Pharmacy students are women and many are women of color she adds, “Dean Eddington continues to set the bar high for women; there are no limitations.”

Even in an era of shrinking state budgets, Eddington has no trouble envisioning what can be. Her strategic plan for the School’s future borrows heavily on entrepreneurial thinking to create a new academic paradigm for the future and the financial infrastructure to support it. Her outreach is focused internationally and nationally, leveraging partnerships with other schools of pharmacy, and here at home with viable external partners like Johns Hopkins Hospital and the University of Maryland Medical System. Eddington is not afraid to be a shameless optimist and bold decision-maker.

“A leader has to be visionary,” she states. “You have to be able to see what can be as opposed to barriers that stand in the way.

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For Knapp, Teaching Never Ends

BY LYDIA LEVIS BLOCH

After stepping down as dean of the School of Pharmacy in 2007, David A. Knapp, PhD, professor of pharmaceutical health services research, resumed what he calls the greatest job in the world, a full-time, tenured faculty position. He has been based at the Universities at Shady Grove, where the School has 160 PharmD students. “It’s been terrific,” Knapp says. “The job combines education—teaching, research, and mentoring students—with health care.”

But don’t get him wrong, he says. He also enjoyed his 18 years as dean and being a faculty member for more than 48 years. (He spent seven years on the Ohio State faculty before coming to Maryland.)

During his career, Knapp has published more than 165 research papers, served on national committees and foundations, overseen the School’s considerable growth, helped obtain resources to build the University’s Health Sciences Facility II and the Pharmacy Hall Addition, and has received prestigious awards.

“In his 18 years as acting dean and dean of the School, Dr. Knapp oversaw major developments in each of our mission areas of education, practice, research, entrepreneurship, and environment,” says Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89, BSP, FAAPS, FCP, dean and professor of the School of Pharmacy. “He oversaw the development of the first PharmD curriculum, laid the groundwork to take our PharmD program to the Universities at Shady Grove, garnered state funding for our P3 [Patients, Pharmacists, Partnerships] Program, increased extramural research support, and advocated for funding from the state to build our new Pharmacy Hall.

“This list is certainly not all inclusive, and many of Dr. Knapp’s contributions can’t be categorized on paper. These would be the intangibles—the mentoring of faculty and students, the carefully chosen words of advice, and his firm belief that the University of Maryland is one of the best schools

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of pharmacy in the country.”

When Knapp moved to Shady Grove in 2007, he joined the first group of PharmD students at the satellite campus. Free of administrative responsibilities, he plunged into teaching them courses such as Principles of Pharmacy Management and Principles of Pharmacy Marketing. He designed a new elective, Making Sense Out of Headline News, that “helps acquaint students with journalism.”

He was involved in teaching an interprofessional course in geriatrics to pharmacy and nursing students. And Knapp also has been conducting research and holding conferences with national experts who participate in the Pharmacy Workforce Center, a collaborative center that examines fluctuations in the supply and demand of pharmacists.

These courses and research reflect some of the important challenges confronting pharmacy and the health care system.

Knapp notes that there is a need for interprofessional education for doctors, nurses, dentists, and pharmacists who must work as a team to solve issues of an aging population in a health care system that needs reform.

Says Knapp: “The aging population will soon inundate the health care system. With that population comes multiple chronic diseases that require multiple drug therapy and an increased risk for medication errors. Pharmacists are the professionals prepared to deal with such issues.”

Although he has relished the past five years at Shady Grove, Knapp looks forward to the next phase of his career. After retiring on June 30, he was named professor and dean emeritus.

As such, he will continue a relationship with the School, remain active with the Pharmacy Workforce Center, and keep an eye on the Shady Grove students he has mentored.

But first, “after almost 50 years of going to the office every day,” he plans on taking some time off to unwind and prepare for the challenges ahead. b

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She Is Vital Cog In Experiential Ed

BY LYDIA LEVIS BLOCH

Back in 1997, when Kim Ladjabi started working in the Experiential Learning Program (ELP) office, she would process each student pharmacist’s rotation choices by hand. “All I had was a spreadsheet of availability and a request sheet from each student; it seems so old-fashioned now,” she says.

Then there were only 80 students enrolled in each year of the program. Today the figure has jumped to 160 per year for a total of 640 students. All PharmD students must accumulate a total of 1,760 hours in rotations during their four years of study. Cumulatively, a class of pharmacy students completes over 280,000 hours of training in experiential learning, which comprises 31 percent of the curriculum. It’s Ladjabi’s job to plug each of them into the rotations they need to fulfill their curricular requirements.

“These experiences give students the opportunity to expand critical thinking skills, apply knowledge to real practice problems, and develop a degree of independence that allows them to enter into pharmacy practice,” says Cherokee Layson-Wolf, PharmD ’00, CGP, BCACP, FAPhA, assistant dean of experiential learning. “Kim is integral to matching students to rotations and managing the countless number of changes that may occur over the year. She is a vital component of our program, and the students have a deep appreciation for all that she does.”

Ladjabi, who received a BS in information systems management from University of Maryland, University College, guides students on the use of E*Value, a computer program enabling them to submit their rotation selections by viewing preceptor availability and listing their top choices for courses.

She coordinates rotation assignments, serves as the School’s contact between students and preceptors, and keeps track of

preceptor availability.

The ELP database boasts more than 700 preceptors located primarily in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, although a handful are farther afield in Washington state, Florida, and California. They work in community pharmacies, hospitals, the pharmaceutical industry, or at federal sites such as the Indian Health Service or the Food and Drug Administration.

“I try to match each student with their top choices. I’d say about 90 to 95 percent are happy,” says Ladjabi. Compassion, a sense of humor, and attention to detail are indispensable attributes to her success. “Every student has a special story, but I have to be mindful of all the students’ needs and still treat them fairly.”

Occasionally, those who do not secure their first choice are not only pleasantly surprised by the less-favored rotation, but experience a eureka moment as their career veers in another direction. “They’ll say thank you and apologize for having grumbled,” says Ladjabi. “The majority of students really value what I do, which is gratifying.”

When Ladjabi is not overseeing rotation procedures, she processes honorarium payments to preceptors, manages background checks of students as well as other site requirements. Several recent PharmD classes have commended her dedication with awards and in 2007 she received a School Spirit Award.

One of Ladjabi’s hobbies is cheering her two sons, Noah, 14, and Joey, 8, at their sports events. Yet ever mindful of her work, she adds, with a smile, “We’re always looking for new preceptors. Do you think the readers of Capsule magazine might like to give us a call?” b

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ACADEMIC NEWS

Laurels The School’s American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Academy of Student Pharmacists won several awards at the APhA annual meeting, including the Division A First Runner-up Chapter Achievement Award, the Operation Heart Region 2 Award, and the Operation Immunization Region 2 Award.

Pankdeep Chhabra, a graduate student in the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research (PHSR), published “Novel Adverse Events of Bevacizumab in the U.S. FDA AERS Database: A Disproportionality Analysis.”

Youjin “Cathy” Chang, a fourth-year PharmD student, attended the University of Cambridge’s 2012 Science Summer School, where she spent eight weeks conducting research in the Department of Biochemistry.

Kellie Chew, a fourth-year PharmD student, received a scholarship from the Maryland Pharmacists Association (MPhA).

Sarah Dutcher, a graduate student in PHSR, received a predoctoral fellowship from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE).

Jinani Jayasekera, a graduate student in PHSR, received the Aging Award for Research from the Geriatrics and Gerontology Education and Research Program at the University of Maryland’s Graduate Research Conference.

Katherine Joyner, a graduate student in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PSC), received the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists’ Graduate Student Symposium Award.

Anna Le, a fourth-year PharmD student, received first place in the Student Poster Contest at the MPhA/Maryland Chapter of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists MidYear Meeting. Carmela Groves, a third-year PharmD student, received second place, and Darci Eubank and Brittany Good, both fourth-year PharmD students, received third place.

Fourth-year PharmD students Kashelle Lockman, Karen Partlow, and Alexandra Rouse won the local American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Clinical Pharmacy Competition and will represent the School at the third annual National ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge. Lockman also won the 2012 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy/Walmart Scholar Program Award.

Emily Reese, MPH, a graduate student in PHSR, has

been named the 2012-2013 student network chair by the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. She also received a Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship in Health Outcomes.

Ramin Samadani, a graduate student in PSC, received a three-year National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health.

Dianna Staves, a secondyear PharmD student, has been named the Colonel Jerry Ross Scholar by the APhA Foundation.

Jeremy Yap, a graduate student in PSC, received a predoctoral fellowship from the AFPE and a medicinal chemistry predoctoral fellowship from the American Chemical Society.

Students Educate D.C. Metro Area on Medication Adherence

From left, Class of 2013 School of Pharmacy students Kashelle Lockman, Alexandra Rouse, Nancy Vesoh, and Class of 2015 student Saul Krosnick with School staff member David Cannon, PharmD (center).

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Members of the School of Pharmacy’s D.C. Metro Student Pharmacists Association joined more than 200 other exhibitors at the NBC4 Health and Fitness Expo in January at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center to provide the community with valuable medical and health information. Student pharmacists promoted the importance of medication adherence to many of the attendees at the expo, which is the largest health and wellness event in the Southeast. Banners from the national Script Your Future medication adherence campaign drew people to the booth, where students explained the importance of building relationships with pharmacists to improve individual health outcomes. More than 400 personal medication record cards, provided by the National Consumers League, were given to attendees as they pledged to take charge of their health and take their medications as prescribed. b

Student Advocates Meet Maryland Legislators Key state legislators met in their General Assembly offices with student advocates from the School of Pharmacy in February to discuss progressive programs that capitalize on pharmacists’ unique skills as medication experts in saving lives and improving health care. The annual student advocacy day is in part an opportunity for students to remind legislators how important the role of the pharmacist is in health care. The students asked the lawmakers to support legislative efforts to streamline collaborative drug therapy management agreements between pharmacists and physicians. They also provided updates on the Maryland P3 (Patients, Pharmacists, Partnerships) Program, the state’s new patient-centered medical home pilot project, and the 40th anniversary of the Maryland Poison Center. b

From left, students Stephanie Yager, Class of 2015, Nousheen Nadjmabadi, Class of 2013, Stephanie Walters and Lisa Hutchins, both of the Class of 2014, with Delegate Keiffer Mitchell Jr.

Students Assist with DEA Drug Take Back Initiative School of Pharmacy students played an active role in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) fourth Drug Take Back Day on April 28 by assisting at four local sites, including the University of Maryland campus in Baltimore, with the collection of expired medication and educating the public about medication safety.

In collaboration with the Student Section of the Maryland Public Health Association, the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists’ Generation Rx Initiative, and Students Promoting Awareness, thenfirst-year PharmD student Dianna Staves spearheaded this awareness event.

Students staffed two collection sites in Howard County, which were coordinated by the Howard County Police Department, and spoke about the importance of medication disposal as a method to prevent drug abuse. These two sites collected more than eight bags containing approximately 25 pounds of expired over-the-counter and prescription medications in each bag, including a bottle of Tylenol that expired in 1995. Students also participated at a collection site in Rockville, Md., where they collected approximately 20 pounds of medications. b

From left, Cpl. J.R. Jones of the University of Maryland Police Force, Dianna Staves, Class of 2015, Hayley Le and Adenike Atanda, Class of 2014, and Virginia Nguyen, Jenna Rocchio, and Rilwan Badamas, Class of 2015.

Graduate Students Encourage K-12 Students to Pursue Science Careers

Graduate students Priyanka Ghosh, left, Brittany Avaritt and Geoffrey Heinzl at the School of Pharmacy booth at the festival.

Graduate students from the School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences headed to Washington, D.C., in late April to participate in the 2nd Annual U.S.A. Science and Engineering Festival (USASEF), a celebration of all things science and engineering that included more than 2,000 activities for kindergarten through 12th-grade students interested in the natural sciences. Members of the student chapter of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists represented the School at the event, where they explained the basics of oral drug delivery and the makeup of a tablet. In addition to hands-on activities for children, the USASEF also featured several speakers such as TV’s Bill Nye the Science Guy, a book fair, and a “meet the scientist/engineer” networking area. Students were shuttled into the fair from across the area in school-sponsored field trips to learn more about the various opportunities available to those who study science and engineering. b FAL L 201 2

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School Celebrates Class of 2012 at Graduation Ceremonies

Victoria Sammarco and Reid Bryansmith carry the School of Pharmacy banner for the University’s academic procession.

Crystal Dixon-Baskerville celebrates at the University’s afternoon ceremony.

On May 18, family, friends, faculty, preceptors, and staff watched proudly as the newest Doctors of Pharmacy walked across the stage at the School of Pharmacy’s annual convocation ceremony to receive their doctoral hoods. In her opening remarks at the Baltimore Convention Center, Dean Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89, BSP, FAAPS, FCP, told members of the Class of 2012 that they hold a special place at the School as the bridge between the old and new Pharmacy Hall, opened in the fall of 2010, and the curriculum they came in under and a revised curriculum launched in the fall of their third year. Rear Adm. Scott Giberson, BSP, MPH, the U.S. Public Health Service’s assistant surgeon general and chief pharmacy officer, was chosen by the Class of 2012 as the keynote speaker for convocation. Robert Michocki, PharmD, BCPS, a professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science (PPS), was selected by the graduating class as Faculty Member of the Year, and five preceptors were honored by the class as Preceptors of the Year. The School’s morning convocation ceremony was followed by a campuswide graduation ceremony at 1st Mariner Arena, where Freeman A. Hrabowski III, PhD, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, provided the keynote address.

Twelve graduating PhD students from the School’s Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research (PHSR) and the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PSC) received their hoods at an afternoon Graduate School ceremony on May 17. b

From left, Sai Nimmagadda, Neal Vasist, David Kaland, Daniel Lee, Paul Ortiz, and Nikunj Patel gather before the School of Pharmacy ceremony.

Marisa Witkin (left) and Katie Ferguson gather in University Plaza for the allcampus academic procession down Baltimore Street to 1st Mariner Arena.

From left, Albert Salameh, Aleksandr Livshits, Thomas Bushell, and Katayoon Ghomeshi.

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From left, Dean Eddington, PSC graduate Kerrick Nevels, Sudha Veeraraghavan, PhD, PSC Graduate Program director, and Paul Shapiro, PhD, Nevels’ graduate advisor, at the Graduate School hooding ceremony.

From left, Dean Eddington, PHSR graduate Jingjing Qian, Françoise Pradel, PhD, PHSR Graduate Program director, and Linda Simoni-Wastila, PhD, BSPharm, Qian’s graduate advisor, at the Graduate School hooding ceremony.

Former Dean David A. Knapp, PhD, professor of pharmaceutical health services research, with Shady Grove students from the Class of 2012.

Thanks From a Graduate The following letter was sent from Eziaku Ogbonna, a new graduate from the Class of 2012, to Jill Morgan, PharmD, associate dean for student affairs.

From left, Eziaku Ogbonna, Olabode Ogundare, and Taiye Ayoola celebrate with their diplomas.

Dr. Morgan, I just want to take the time to thank you and the staff at the School of Pharmacy for an amazing four years.

I remember when I was a chemistry club member at Morgan State University. You came to speak to our club about opportunities in pharmacy.

I had made up my mind to attend the University of Maryland (UM), although I had many naysayers telling me it was “too hard to get in to.” The day you arrived at chemistry club, I had to work an evening shift at Johns Hopkins Hospital because I clearly remember wearing my pink scrubs, holding my transcript, and PharmCAS application. I don’t know if you remember, but I waited until the club was over to talk to you. I told you of my dreams of attending UM, and you asked me about my PCAT scores.

The first year of pharmacy school was rough for me for many reasons: I was commuting over 30 minutes every day after working 2:30 to 11:30 p.m. at the inpatient pharmacy at Hopkins. One morning, on my way to school, my bookbag containing my laptop, phone, calculator—basically EVERYTHING—was stolen. As a result of this and the added stress, my grades suffered. You met with me to discuss options including financial assistance so I wouldn’t have to work full time during pharmacy school. I was also able to move closer to campus, and enroll in the dual MBA degree program that UM offered.

A lot of events happened to me during the past four years. I got married, had an ectopic pregnancy requiring emergency surgery, got pregnant and had a baby, and through it all, the Student Affairs Office was able to work with me from changing my rotation schedule, to allowing me to participate in alternate ambulatory clinic sites. I am especially grateful for the opportunity to attend the President’s Clinic because it has persuaded me to explore an interest in collaborative practice, so much so that I volunteered to attend extra clinic days.

I am extremely happy that I pursued my goals despite numerous challenges. I couldn’t have asked for a better school of pharmacy. I just want to say thank you so much for visiting my undergrad university, thanks for the open houses, for a great staff, and, most of all, for your understanding and accommodations!

I can’t believe I’m actually going to miss pharmacy school, not because of the exams, but for the awesome people who made my four years a great experience. As I move into my professional endeavors, I’m glad to know that I am welcome to visit the School. I’m definitely proud to be a University of Maryland School of Pharmacy graduate.

All the best, Ezi Eziaku I. Ogbonna, PharmD ’12

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SGA Spring Picnic Despite a gray sky on May 4, the School’s Student Government Association enjoyed its annual spring picnic at Centennial Park in Howard County with a variety of food, beverages, and games, including a marshmallow-eating contest and the 2nd Annual Mortar and Pestle Cup. b

Members of the Class of 2015 show off their muscles after winning the flag football game in the Mortar and Pestle Cup competition. Back row, left to right: Kevin Uhll, Davis Gilmore, Zak Nur, Sean Kelly, and Christopher Kanimba. Front row: Stephanie Shulder, Paula Lachowicz, and Jane Kim. The clouds dispersed and allowed Joleine Bigcas, Class of 2013, Kendrix Nguyen, Class of 2014, and Cathy Chang and Una Kim, both of the Class of 2013, to enjoy a relaxing day.

Charity Soccer Tourney Extends a Helping Hand to Children Student organizations from the School of Pharmacy collaborated once again to host a Universitywide indoor charity soccer tournament to benefit children in the Heart of a Champion organization. The annual tournament, held this year at the Pratt Gym in the Southern Management Corporation Campus Center, drew the support of students from the schools of pharmacy, medicine, dentistry, law, nursing, social work, and the Graduate School.

Participants put aside their lab coats, scrubs, books, and instrument kits to show off their soccer skills for three hours in front of a large audience of their peers and guests. Eight teams participated, and the event raised $580 from registration fees and donations. b Pharmacy students pose with various items donated by University participants. From left, Christian Talla, Class of 2013, Kun Yang, Class of 2015, Emmanuel Asare, Class of 2013, Vi Luong and Sean Kelly, both of the Class of 2015, Katie Heavner and Rebecca Barnhart, both of the Class of 2014, Joseph Nforbi, Class of 2013, Anna Hung, Class of 2014, Heart of a Champion founder Ali Andrzejewski, and Ellen Huang, Class of 2015.

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Community Pharmacist, And Proud Of It

BY BARBARA PASH

The summer George Garmer was 17, his mother insisted he find a job. His work at a local restaurant had ended, and she’d heard a drugstore in the neighborhood was looking for a cashier/stock boy. He wasn’t particularly interested but applied, was hired on the spot and, little did he know it then, found his calling.

Garmer, who graduated from the School of Pharmacy with a BSP in 1991 and is a Canton resident, now owns two independent pharmacies, Halethorpe Pharmacy in the Lansdowne neighborhood of Baltimore County where he grew up and Independent Drug in Middle River.

He credits good luck, the right timing, loving and supportive parents, wonderful mentors in pharmacy school and in his first pharmacy job, terrific communities, loyal customers, and a hard-working staff for his successful career.

“I am an accidental success,” says Garmer, who has made a name for himself for his innovative practices and as an outspoken advocate in the state for the role of pharmacists in health care. He also serves as a preceptor for the School of Pharmacy.

Freedom Drug was Garmer’s entry point into the field.

Milton and Harvey Goldberg, a father-son duo who were both pharmacists, owned and ran it. Garmer continued

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working there part time during college, going full time when he graduated from the joint, five-year program of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County-University of Maryland School of Pharmacy that the four-year PharmD degree has since supplanted.

“The Goldbergs loved helping people. They were part of the community. They sponsored softball teams, they worked at the volunteer firemen’s carnival,” recalls Garmer, who, as part of his training, worked in a hospital pharmacy where, he found, he missed the direct connection with the public he had in a community pharmacy.

One day, Harvey Goldberg approached Garmer about opening a pharmacy with him. “I’d never given it a thought,” says Garmer, who in 2000 became co-owner of Halethorpe Pharmacy, a separate business venture from Goldberg’s Freedom Drug.

The previous owner of Halethorpe Pharmacy had sold his patient files to a chain drugstore and closed the pharmacy.

Garmer and Goldberg rented the space and reopened it as Halethorpe Pharmacy, a new business but with the same name and in the same site it had been for more than 100 years.

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“George has a connection with his customers. He knows all of them.”

—Sherry Butler could fill their prescriptions,” Garmer says. “We didn’t even have a computer system set up.”

Garmer is the seventh owner of Halethorpe Pharmacy, and he wanted to keep its old-fashioned vibe. He has done so by offering everything from greeting cards to medical equipment, money orders to orthotics.

Halethorpe Pharmacy opened with three full-time employees, one of whom was a pharmacist (Garmer filled in as a parttime pharmacist), and now has two full-time and one part-time pharmacist and 10 full-time employees.

To Garmer, the traditional independent pharmacy goes beyond filling prescriptions. It means high-quality service, individualized attention, and patient-oriented care.

Garmer offers medication therapy management, an insurancereimbursed service that involves a yearly consultation and a continual review of customers’ medications for drug interactions.

After state legislation allowed pharmacists to give immunizations for influenza, shingles, and pneumonia, Garmer paid for his staff to be trained and certified by the pharmacy board so they could offer the service. Medicare reimburses pharmacists for qualifying patients but the legislation does not require insurance companies to follow suit. Garmer has been a strong voice that they do so and, he observes, more and more of them are.

“I’m always looking for the opportunity to offer new services,” says Garmer, who instructs his staff to “go the extra mile.” They will take the time to demonstrate to a customer how to use an inhaler or consult with a patient with a long-term illness such as diabetes.

Sherry Butler, BPS ’95, can attest to Garmer’s attention to his customers. She was a pharmacist in a supermarket when Garmer, whom she knew from pharmacy school, asked her to help out at Halethorpe Pharmacy. She started part time in 2011 and went full time in 2012.

“Customers come first. We treat every customer with respect.

George has a connection with his customers. He knows all of them,” says Butler.

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and the important role they have in the future of the profession.

She calls them “clinical pharmacies,” meaning that services like medication therapy management and personal patient consultations represent “the changing face of the pharmacy.”

Patient care can happen in any setting, she says, but with corporate settings come rules. “George makes sure patient care comes first,” says Butler.

Garmer opened Independent Drug in 2004, as sole owner of the 1,600-square-foot pharmacy that started with one full-time pharmacist and one full-time employee and now has one full-time and one part-time pharmacist and five full-time employees.

Garmer is a member of the Maryland Pharmacists Association, which sends out alerts about bills before the Maryland General Assembly and other actions that could affect the profession. He pays attention.

During the course of his career, Garmer figures he has written hundreds of letters to state delegates and senators, U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski and even the president of the United States.

That doesn’t count the number of opinion pieces and letters to the editors of newspapers he has penned.

“Usually, I get a ‘thank you for your opinion’ letter back,” he says of his tireless efforts, although he has found more sympathetic listeners among state legislators in the districts where his pharmacies are located.

Garmer has his frustrations, to be sure. Although he doesn’t consider chain pharmacies competition, he finds it concerning that employers can restrict their employees’ choices where prescriptions can be filled, forced mail-order pharmacy plans in particular. Federally mandated health care, and Medicare Part D in particular, has so many rules and regulations that he has one full-time employee whose job is to make sure his pharmacies are in compliance.

“That is what makes it difficult to own your own pharmacy,” he says.

Still, Garmer doesn’t sound like he’d have it any other way.

“In spite of the challenges we face, I remain hopeful for the continued viability of community pharmacy,” he says. “There is a role for the independent community pharmacy.” b

OFFICERS Hoai-An Truong, PharmD ’05, MPH President Brian Hose, PharmD ’06 President-Elect Mandy Kwong, PharmD ’01 Vice President Michael Steinberg, PharmD ’00 Co-Treasurer Bradley Thomas, BSP ’82 Co-Treasurer Doris Voight, PharmD ’04 Past President Capt. James Bresette, PharmD ’97 Co-Honorary President Cynthia Boyle, PharmD ’96, FAPhA Co-Honorary President

MEMBERS AT LARGE Min-li Cary, PharmD ’08 Co-Chair, Graduation Banquet Rai Cary, PharmD ’08 Co-Chair, Graduation Banquet Lynette Bradley-Baker, PhD ’99, BSP ’92 Past President Cmdr. Catherine Chew, PharmD ’99 Wayne Dyke, BSP ’68 Lt. Mathilda Fienkeng, PharmD ’08 Terry Gyi, PharmD ’06, BSP ’83 Yara Haddad, PharmD ’10 Margaret Hayes, MS Gina McKnight-Smith, PharmD ’97, MBA Sheel Shah, PharmD ’10 Matthew Shimoda, PharmD ’84 Carol Stevenson, PharmD ’02

ALUMNI NEWS

Alumni Association Executive Committee 2011-2013

A Message from the Alumni President As I complete my first year as president of the School of Pharmacy’s Alumni Association, I would like to recognize and thank our Executive Committee and Alumni Association members, our student representatives, and the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs for a successful year and for their continued support. Collectively, we encouraged our Hoai-An Truong members to be “double A” alumni—advocates and ambassadors—for our alma mater and our profession.

This year has been one of many milestone events for the Alumni Association and falls right in line with the theme of this issue of Capsule—milestones. During the year, everyone worked hard to implement our strategic plan through three special committees: bylaws and organizational restructure, building relationships with stakeholders, and establishing new initiatives. In May, we hosted a magical and memorable Graduation Banquet and 50-Year Reunion Celebration.

Thank you to Graduation Banquet co-chairs Rai Cary, PharmD ’08, and Min-li Cary, PharmD ’08, for their leadership of this very popular and successful annual event. We congratulate the Class of 1962 on celebrating its 50-year reunion and the Class of 2012 on its graduation. I welcome all of our newly minted PharmDs and PhDs to the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy alumni family.

In addition, Dean Eddington is celebrating five years as dean with many successful accomplishments and milestones, including the opening of our new Pharmacy Hall, the implementation of an enhanced curriculum, and the graduation of our first group of PharmD students at the Universities at Shady Grove. We are grateful for her hard work and dedication to the School, alumni, and profession.

Together, as alumni, we can create more milestone events by giving back to the School in different ways. Again, I challenge all to be “double A” alumni for our School and our profession. Whether you attend an event at the School, volunteer to be a preceptor and mentor, or help students with resume writing and interviewing skills, your gift of time is highly valued.

You also can support our School as I have by becoming a donor. I recently gave back to our School as a member of the David Stewart Associates and encourage everyone to make a tax-deductible donation to our School. Your gift goes a long way no matter the amount, especially when it comes to supporting student scholarships, a cause we all can appreciate as former students ourselves.

I invite all alumni to attend an upcoming Alumni Association meeting or event, and hope that many of you were at our inaugural All Alumni Reunion Day on Oct. 20. For more information on our Alumni Association, please visit www.umrx alumni.org. If you have questions or suggestions, I invite you to contact me anytime.

Dorcas Taylor, PharmD ’97, JD Mahesh Tawney, PharmD ’04 James “Chai” Wang, PharmD ’11

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Graduation Banquet and 50-Year Reunion More than 300 students, alumni, and faculty ate and danced the night away at the 2012 Graduation Banquet and Celebration of the 50-Year Reunion Class of 1962 sponsored by the Alumni Association. At the event at Martin’s Valley Mansion, Martin Mintz, BSP ’65, PD, RPh, received the Evander Frank Kelly Honored Alumnus Award and Stuart Haines, PharmD, FCCP, FASHP, FAPhA, received the B. Olive Cole Honorary Alumnus Award. b Stuart Haines makes his remarks to banquet guests after receiving the B. Olive Cole Honorary Alumnus Award.

Hoai-An Truong, PharmD ’05, MPH, president of the Alumni Association Executive Committee (right), presents Martin Mintz with the Evander Frank Kelly Honored Alumnus Award.

Students from the Class of 2012 pose in a photo booth set up for the evening’s festivities.

Rai Cary, PharmD ’08, and Min-li Cary, PharmD ’08, members at large of the Alumni Association Executive Committee and co-chairs of the Graduation Banquet Committee.

Members of the reunion Class of 1962: (front row, left to right) Allan Pristoop, MD, BSP; Ronald Maggitti, BSP; Sydney Hamet, BSP; Stephen Gandel, DDS, BSP; and Herbert Wagner, BSP. Back row, left to right: Arnold Blaustein, BSP; Charles Sandler, BSP; Andre Calas, BSP; Walter Mackay, BSP; and Dennis Smith, BSP.

ISPOR Alumni Lunch On June 4, students and alumni met for a lunch reception during the annual meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) in Washington, D.C. b

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Counter-clockwise: Ebere Onukwugha, PhD, assistant professor in PHSR; PHSR graduate students Jingjing Qian, Minghui Li, Feng-Hua Loh, Candice Yong, and Patience Moyo; PHSR professor Frank Palumbo, PhD, JD; and Joseph Vandigo, PHSR graduate student.

Alumni Gather at APHA Meeting Alumni, faculty, students, and friends attended a School reception on March 11 at the annual meeting of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) in New Orleans. b

From left, School of Pharmacy students Ryan Mercado, Class of 2013; Dianna Staves, Class of 2015; and Kyle Stultz, Class of 2013.

Dean Eddington (right in yellow jacket) with School of Pharmacy students in New Orleans.

From left, Brian Hose, PharmD ’06, president-elect of the Alumni Association Executive Committee; Neil Leikach, BSP ’92, RPh, president of the Maryland Pharmacists Association; and Matthew Shimoda, PharmD ’84, member at large of the Alumni Association Executive Committee.

Spring Fling Happy Hour Alumni met at T.G.I. Friday’s in Silver Spring on April 12 for the annual Spring Fling Happy Hour. Those working for the federal Department of Health and Homeland Security (both civil service and public health service) as well as alumni from Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia were invited to enjoy complimentary drinks and appetizers and to reconnect with fellow alumni. b

Sadhna Khatri (left), PharmD ’00, and Asome Bide, PharmD ’01.

Federal agency alumni and students stop their mingling to pose for a picture with Dean Eddington.

Katie Klemm (left), PharmD ’08, and Lt. Mathilda Fienkeng, PharmD ’08.

MPhA Annual Convention

From left, Andrew Phan, Class of 2013; Deanna Tran, PharmD ’11; Hana Kim, Class of 2013; Julie Mathias, PharmD ’11; and James “Chai” Wang, PharmD ’11.

From left, Matthew Shimoda, PharmD ’84; Gerard Herpel, BSP ’82; Alfred Abramson, BSP ’56; Joseph DeMino, BSP ’84; and Murhl Flowers, with William Baker (son of Lynette Bradley-Baker, PhD ’99, BSP ’92) and Joseph’s daughter, Anna.

The School co-sponsored a reception for alumni and friends on June 10 at the annual meeting of the Maryland Pharmacists Association (MPhA) in Ocean City. b

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The Maryland Chapter of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (MD-ASCP) has established the MD-ASCP Mayer Handelman Service Award and honored longtime member Mayer Handelman, BSP, as the first recipient at its quarterly chapter meeting in November.

Thomas Cargiulo, PharmD, has joined Baltimore’s Open Society Institute Drug Addiction Treatment Initiative.

He previously worked at the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene as director of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration.

Daniel Mansour, PharmD, recently published “Discontinuation of Acetylcholinesterase in the Nursing Home” in the American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy.

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Susanne Morsberger, PharmD, has worked as a clinical pharmacist at Harbor Hospital in Baltimore for the past 13 years. She cycled from Portland, Ore., to San Francisco with friends in September 2011. Morsberger recently received board certification in ambulatory care.

Stanley McCabe, BSP, has run Bailey’s Pharmacy in Ocean City since 1973.

After nearly 39 years of serving the citizens of Ocean City, McCabe is retiring.

1973 Arnold Clayman, PD, FASCP, director of professional affairs for the ASCP, received the George F. Archambault Award at the ASCP annual meeting in November in Phoenix, Ariz.

1981 Doug Wright, BSP, DDS, and Daniel Satisky, BSP, recently enjoyed a sailing trip together along the St. Mary’s River.

1990 Margaret Ramos Donnelly, PharmD, a pharmacist at HMA Regional Hospital in western Oklahoma, received the 2011 IPPE Preceptor of the Year Award from the Southwestern Oklahoma State University College of Pharmacy.

1996 Cynthia Boyle, PharmD, FAPhA, received the American Pharmacists Association’s Gloria Niemeyer Francke Leadership Mentor Award.

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1999 Paven Heda, PhD, is continuing his career at Johnson & Johnson with an expanded role for research and development strategy and portfolio management.

2000 Vithaya Kulsomboon, PhD, wrote a World Health Organization commentary on the “ConsumerOriented Interventions for EvidenceBased Prescribing and Medicines Use: An Overview of Systematic Reviews” as well as “Bridging the Gap in Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Between Researchers, Policymakers, and Practitioners in the Asia-Pacific Region” and “Drug Reimbursement Decision-Making in Thailand, China, and South Korea,” both of which appeared in the journal Value in Health.

2008 Jennifer Zile Majchrzak, PharmD, and husband Ryan, PharmD, welcomed their new son, Caleb James Majchrzak, on Nov. 28, 2011.

Susan Mercer, PhD, received a 20112012 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy New Investigator Award.

2010 Connie Yoon, PharmD, and husband Bryan welcomed their new daughter, Eliana Seulgi, on Jan. 3, 2012.

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Please send us information about your personal and professional life. Have you changed jobs, had a recent promotion, received an honor or appointment? Did you recently get married or celebrate the birth of a child?

Do you have an interesting hobby or participate in community service projects?

Please let us know by completing the School of Pharmacy’s online Class Notes form at www. pharmacy.umaryland.edu/alumni.

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Class of 2012 Funds Scholarships provide scholarships to School of Pharmacy students at the Baltimore and Shady Grove campuses based upon criteria that include leadership, scholastic merit, and financial need. This scholarship initiative is one that the Class of 2012 hopes will resonate with future graduating classes to become a new tradition in class giving.

To recognize members of the Class of 2012 for their generosity and leadership in the Students for Scholarships initiative, a plaque will be placed in a prominent location at the School and will list the Class of 2012 first among what is hoped to become a long list of future graduating classes supporting scholarships.

“Throughout our experiences here at the School, we have received support from private gifts donated by alumni and friends, which have provided us with countless opportunities and the support to grow as Andrea Passarelli (left), president of the Class of 2012, and Erica Dranko, professionals,” says Andrea Passarelli, president of the vice president, present Dean Eddington with a check totaling their class’ Class of 2012. “Making a gift to the School provides an donation for student scholarships. opportunity to show our appreciation. This is a chance for us to leave a mark on the School.”

The scholarships will be awarded at the first All Alumni Every year, graduating students make a class gift to the School Reunion Day on Oct. 20 at the School of Pharmacy. Members of Pharmacy to commemorate their achievements and as a of the Class of 2012 will be on hand to witness the scholarships final thank you to the School before they embark on their being awarded. “It will be a memorable moment as we will careers. This year, for the first time, members of the Class of have the chance to interact with the students benefiting from 2012 made personal gifts to fund scholarships for second- and our gift,” says Jeannie Shum, treasurer of the Class of 2012. b third-year pharmacy students.

The Class of 2012 Students for Scholarships Fund will

In Memoriam This section is dedicated to School of Pharmacy alumni who passed away between Dec. 1, 2011, and May 31, 2012. As the Maryland pharmacy profession is a close-knit community, we are honored to share the names of recently deceased alumni who have in some way impacted the profession and the practice of pharmacy.

Alvin G. Antwarg, BSP ’63 Melvin F. W. Dunker, PhD, PhG ’33 Louis Eisenberg, PhG ’34 C. David Fox, MS ’63 Carl M. Harmon, BSP ’21 Henry D. Leikach, BSP ’69

Dr. Donald Levy, BSP ’50 Barry W. Poole, BSP ’71 Megan T. Pulleyn, PharmD 2010 Nathan Schwartz, BSP ’43 Henry P. Zetlin, BSP ’38

Roderick Randall started pharmacy school in 1978 and would have been in the Class of 1981. However, Randall did not finish the program. He was well-known in the class and the School at large. He passed away after elective surgery on Aug. 9, 2011.

If you would like to make a memorial gift, please use the enclosed envelope or call 410-706-5893.

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Setting An Innovative Example

BY CHRISTINE STUTZ

Ellen Yankellow

As a pioneer and leader in the field of institutional pharmacy services, Ellen Yankellow, PharmD, feels a great responsibility to support the industry. One of the ways she demonstrates this strong commitment has been her ongoing support of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, from which she earned a BS in 1973 and a doctoral degree in 1996. She recently made a substantial gift to the School.

“I’m going to leave it up to Dean Eddington to decide how to use the funds,” Yankellow says, “because she is intimately familiar with the needs of the School. I have a lot of faith in the School’s leadership.”

Yankellow, who holds leadership positions in many civic and philanthropic organizations, also sits on the School’s Board of Visitors, where she serves as chair. “When you serve on the Board of Visitors, you get a good view of what is going on with research, practice, faculty development, and other programs,” she says. “There is a lot of need, and funding can be hard to come by.”

Few appreciate the value of seed money to grow an enterprise more than Yankellow, who started Correct Rx Pharmacy Services in 2003 from scratch and built the company into a multi-state provider with 98 employees.

When she found herself without a job in 2003, she says, “I instantly decided to form my own company.” She and two partners borrowed $1 million and within eight weeks signed their first client.

Correct Rx was innovative in that it offered clinical pharmacy services as well as basic dispensing services. “We have been practicing clinical pharmacy before it was common practice,” Yankellow says. The company serves correctional institutions, juvenile facilities, assisted living centers, skilled nursing facilities, and other residential treatment communities.

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sulting services the pharmacist provides. But Correct Rx and Yankellow are trying to change that.

“Pharmacy really is about being able to manage medication therapy and outcomes,” Yankellow says. An institution with a pharmacist as part of the health care team will ultimately benefit from lower drug costs and a healthier population, but Yankellow says it has not always been easy to persuade procurement officers to make the initial investment.

“That is the future of pharmacy,” she says. With automation becoming more common, she says, “People are not going to pay a pharmacist just to put pills in a bottle.” Instead, the new model is for pharmacists to collaborate closely with physicians, who admittedly are limited in their knowledge of drugs.

“Doctors welcome our expertise,” she says.

Yankellow praises the School of Pharmacy for remaining on the cutting edge of pharmacy trends and offering students the kind of training they need to stay qualified and competitive.

“I’m very proud to be associated with the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. The quality of students is exceptional, and the direction they are taking is right on,” Yankellow says. “They understand the importance of producing pharmacists who can stand side by side with practitioners and present sound therapeutic advice.”

There’s no doubt that Yankellow’s many contributions to the School have helped make this pursuit of excellence possible.

“Leadership donations by our alumni are vital to sustaining the excellence of our programs,” says Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89, BSP, FAAPS, FCP, professor and dean of the School of Pharmacy. “Ellen has long supported the School in a significant way, and we thank her for her contributions. We also appreciate the innovative example she sets for the profession and for pharmacists across the country.” b

For more information on establishing an endowment or to make a gift to the School of Pharmacy, please contact the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs at 410-706-5893.

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donors July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011

Loyal donors provide the foundation for the School of Pharmacy’s success.

Thank you to everyone—our alumni, faculty, staff, and friends—who has invested in the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.

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LEGACY COUNCIL The Legacy Council of the University of Maryland acknowledges those who have made generous contributions to the School of Pharmacy through their estate plans.

Anyone who has made such a gift is eligible for membership in the Legacy Council. To qualify, simply provide the School of Pharmacy’s Office of Development and Alumni Affairs with documentation of the gift or a copy of the relevant document in which the School is named as a beneficiary (www.umaryland.edu/plannedgiving). For additional information about membership in the Legacy Council and estate planning, please contact Janice Batzold, MS, acting executive director of development and alumni affairs, at 410-706-1711 or at jbatzold@rx.umaryland.edu.

Members of the Legacy Council are: John H. Balch, BSP ’68

Estate of Bertha J. Manchey

Estate of Lillian K. Slama

Estate of Evelyn Grollman Glick

Estate of Helen Mendelsohn

James M. Trattner, PhD ’28

Gwynne L. Horwits

David G. Miller, BSP ’85

Clayton L. Warrington, BSP ’58

Leonard Horwits, BSP ’60

Joseph H. Morton, BSP ’60

Elizabeth Warrington

Bernard Lamy

Paul Pumpian, BSP ’50

Gregory Lukaszczyk, BSP ’84

Chris A. Rodowskas, PhG ’29

DAVID STEWART ASSOCIATES In the mid-1980s, several dedicated alumni and friends established a premier giving society, the David Stewart Associates (DSA), to fund Schoolwide initiatives that would propel the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy nationally as a leader in pharmacy education. This leadership giving society honors David Stewart, America’s first professor of pharmacy and a founder of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, who symbolized a passion for excellence and commitment to pharmacy education.

The founding members of the DSA are: Leon R. Catlett, BSP ’65

Leon Jablon=

Thomas S. Petr, BSP ’74

Melvin S. Cohen

William J. Kinnard Jr.

Stephen J. Provenza, PhG ’29=

James P. Cragg Jr., BSP ’43

Dorothy Levi, BSP ’70

Lawrence R. Rachuba

Leonard J. DeMino=

Mark A. Levi, PD, BSP ’70

Gerald M. Rosen, PhD, JD

Donald Fedder, BSP ’50=

Samuel Lichter, BSP ’60, PD

David M. Russo, BSP ’79

Michaeline R. Fedder

Martin B. Mintz, BSP ’65, PD, RPh

Ralph A. Small Jr., BSP ’74

Robert Foer, BSP ’51=

Benjamin S. Mulitz

Bernard A. Weisman, BSP ’70

Mayer Handelman, BSP ’54

Elizabeth Newcomb, BSP ’68

Kenneth P. Whittemore Jr., BSP ’76

William M. Heller, MS ’51, PhD ’55,

John R. Newcomb Jr., BSP ’65

Leonard Winkleman

DSC ’87

David Pearlman, BSP ’52

H. Elinor Hens

William L. Pearlman, BSP ’48

= Signifies Deceased

This core group of philanthropists has inspired other donors to follow their lead. Today DSA membership has grown to create a solid base of private support for the School’s efforts to advance pharmaceutical education and science. To join this prestigious group of alumni and friends, or for more information on giving to the School, please contact Janice Batzold, MS, acting executive director of development and alumni affairs, at 410-706-1711 or at jbatzold@rx.umaryland.edu.

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The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy appreciates the financial support of the following individuals and organizations during the period July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011: GIVING BY INDIVIDUALS

Mary Therese Gyi, BSP ’83, PharmD ’06

Gerald I. Cohen, BSP ’58

Dolores M. Kinnard

William J. Cooper~

David Stewart Associates $100,000+

William J. Kinnard Jr.+

Nipun Davar, PhD ’96

David A. Knapp*

W. Thomas Dolan, BSP ’74*

Anonymous

Deanne E. Knapp*

John F. Fader II, BSP ’63

Anonymous

Samuel Lichter, BSP ’60*+

J. Philip Fink, BSP ’79*

Willard Hackerman

Raymond C. Love, PharmD ’77*

David R. Fulton Jr., BSP ’81

Alexander D. MacKerell Jr.

Barry D. Hecht, BSP ’73

$25,000-$99,999

Ann M. MacLaren, BSP ’87

Robert W. Henderson, BSP ’63~

Anonymous

David D. MacLaren, BSP ’83, PhD ’88~

Stephen L. Hilbert, BSP ’71, MS ’75

Anonymous

Jill Molofsky, BSP ’81~

Alice H. Hill, PharmD ’93*

Beverly L. Crovo

Paul J. Na, BSP ’90

William Horney

Thomas L. Crovo

Thomas S. Petr, BSP ’74+

Brian M. Hose, PharmD ’06~

Robert G. Pinco

James E. Polli~

Anne B. Leavitt*=

Ellen H. Yankellow, BSP ’73, PharmD ’96~

David M. Russo, BSP ’79*+

DeAnna D. Leikach, BSP ’92~

John A. Scigliano, MS ’44, PhD ’50*

Neil B. Leikach, BSP ’92~

$10,000-$24,999

Marilyn Shangraw~

Michael Luzuriaga, BSP ’70~

John H. Balch, BSP ’68~

Fadia T. Shaya

Daniel Z. Mansour, PharmD ’06

Cynthia J. Boyle, PharmD ’96~

Angelo C. Voxakis, BSP ’71~

Kevin F. McCarthy, BSP ’80

Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89

George C. Voxakis, BSP ’58, PharmD ’96*

Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD ’86

Ira L. Fedder, BSP ’79

Clayton L. Warrington, BSP ’58~

Sanjay V. Merchant, PhD ’01

Mark A. Levi, BSP ’70+

Elizabeth Warrington~

Jill A. Morgan

Carol Ann Williams

Joseph H. Morton, BSP ’60

$2,000-$9,999

Thomas G. Williams Jr., PharmD ’06

C. Daniel Mullins

Robert S. Beardsley~

Wanda Williams

Joseph A. Oddis~

Albert W. Brzeczko, PhD ’90

Arvy J. Wong, PharmD ’98

Larry H. Pozanek, BSP ’59 Ashley Raman

Yale H. Caplan, BSP ’63, PhD ’68* Charlene Celano, BSP ’80

$1,000-$1,999

Shelby D. Reed, BSP ’93, PhD ’99~

Andrew Coop

Alfred Abramson, BSP ’56

Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner,

James P. Cragg Jr., BSP ’43~+

Bruce Anderson

Conrad P. Dorn Jr., BSP ’58, MS ’61,

Kimberly L. Barnett, BSP ’86

Paul Shapiro

Stephen B. Bierer, BSP ’72*

Jeffrey B. Sherr, BSP ’78

Susan C. dosReis, PhD ’99

David L. Booze, BSP ’81

Joanne H. Sherr, BSP ’78

Mark G. Fletcher, BSP ’78, MS ’81,

Lisa L. Booze, BSP ’79, PharmD ’00

Matthew G. Shimoda, PharmD ’84

PhD ’63~

PharmD ’83~

Lynette R. Bradley-Baker, BSP ’92,

Shailaja Somaraju, PhD ’00

Gary L. Haas~

Frances Spaven, PhD ’86~

Donna Handelman

Thomas S. Brenner, BSP ’72*

Kerry Spaven

Mayer Handelman, BSP ’54+

James L. Bresette, PharmD ’97~

Julie D. Suman, PhD ’02

Jeffrey L. Hargrave

Barry M. Bress, BSP ’79

James P. Tristani, BSP ’73

Walter J. Hryszko, BSP ’74~

Keith E. Broome, BSP ’92

Gerolyn A. Whittemore~

David H. Jones, BSP ’70~

Harold Chappelear, DSC ’98

Kenneth P. Whittemore Jr., BSP ’76~+

Felix A. Khin-Maung-Gyi, BSP ’83~

Betty W. Cohen, BSP ’49~

Angela Wilks

PhD ’83~

PhD ’99

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+Signifies David Stewart Associates Founding Member

~Signifies donor for 5-14 consecutive years

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Nina H. Spiller, PharmD ’88~

Jae Hyung Wu, PharmD ’98

Apothecary Club $250-$499

Ilene H. Zuckerman, BSP ’81,

Ayotunde F. Adekoya, PharmD ’96

Bruce Stuart

Janice T. Batzold

Francis J. Tinney, PhD ’66*

Kenneth S. Bauer Jr., BSP ’89

Sudha Veeraraghavan

Dean’s Club $500-$999

Brett M. Behounek, BSP ’84~

Loreen D. Walker

Sherry N. Berlin, BSP ’74~

Susan S. Wells

Anonymous

Phyllis A. Bernard, BSP ’88~

Thomas A. Wells

Richard A. Batz, BSP ’80

Howard K. Besner, BSP ’78, PharmD ’02~

Mark S. Wienecke, BSP ’77*

William P. Beierschmitt, PhD ’86~

Gerald N. Brunson, BSP ’57

Wendy I. Wilson, PhD ’04

Jay R. Brinsfield, BSP ’58

Patrice M. Carmichael-Derry, PharmD ’93

Irene L. Winters, BSP ’54~

Laci L. Brown, PharmD ’01~

Rebecca J. Ceraul

Gary J. Wirth, BSP ’79

Francis J. Bublavek, BSP ’81

Catherine Yu Chew, PharmD ’99~

Bay-Mao B. Wu, PharmD ’01

Nicholas Cornias, BSP ’92~

David D. Christ, BSP ’79

Loreen Afua Wutoh, BSP ’86

James M. Crable, BSP ’82

Terry L. Davis, BSP ’83, PharmD ’98*

Roxanne W. Zaghab

Geraldine A. Delaney

Thomas Dowling

Dongyi Du, PhD ’09

Steven Fletcher

Dennis L. Eaton, BSP ’80*

Julian M. Friedman, BSP ’56*

Century Club $100-$249

Michele Y. Ewing~

Jack Frieman, BSP ’56

Walter H. Abel, BSP ’63

Robert P. Giannini Jr., PhD ’81

Kidanewold T. Geda, PharmD ’03~

Marie V. Adams~

Jefferson J. Gregory, BSP ’79

Marilyn J. Haberle

Robert W. Adams, BSP ’68*

Xingyue Huang, PhD ’01

Stuart T. Haines~

Abimbola O. Adebowale, PhD ’99

Lisa T. Kloch, BSP ’80

Stuart M. Hankin, BSP ’80

Enitan Adesegun, PharmD ’96

Kan Chan Ku, PharmD ’01

Dolores A. Ichniowski, MS ’50

Robert T. Adkins, BSP ’52*

Angela Lamy~

Lionel H. Jacobs, BSP ’68*

Lisa L. Akman, BSP ’83

Qingdi Q. Li, PhD ’00

Karen M. Kabat, MS ’83

Marsha E. Alvarez, BSP ’71, PharmD ’96*

Denis Lynch

Charise S. Kasser, BSP ’83

Stephen R. Anderson, PhD ’97

Kristin A. Lynch, PharmD ’97~

Jerold A. Kempler, BSP ’62

Teresa M. Anekwe, PharmD ’06

Lisa M. Matson, BSP ’88~

Wendy Klein-Schwartz, PharmD ’77

Daniel Ashby

Michael F. McMahon, BSP ’80*

Virginia Lambrow

John J. Ayd, BSP ’51

Martin B. Mintz, BSP ’65~+

Yoo-Jin Lee, PharmD ’04

Banafsheh Badiee, MS ’91

John M. Motsko Jr., BSP ’69

Timothy P. Lewis, BSP ’84

Anand R. Baichwal, PhD ’85*

Karen H. Nishi, BSP ’80

Gary H. Magnus, BSP ’81, MS ’85

Mary Anne Bainbridge, BSP ’80

David A. Perrott, BSP ’80

Steven J. Miller, MS ’87

Kelli J. Bankard, PharmD ’05

James R. Salmons, BSP ’89, PharmD ’00~

Robert K. Moler, BSP ’50*

Dov E. Banks

Sorell L. Schwartz, BSP ’59

Carrie S. Molesa

Margaret E. Banks

Paul B. Schwartzkopf

Prashant Patel, PharmD ’09

Marshal Banks

Michael J. Steinberg, PharmD ’00~

Thomas J. Pfaff, BSP ’85~

Rochelle Banks

Karen Marsh Swartz, BSP ’83

William T. Popomaronis, BSP ’78

Ingrid R. Baramki, MS ’63

George W. Swope Jr., BSP ’70~

Michael B. Rodell, BSP ’58~

Laurine A. Barrow-Wilson, BSP ’89

Nadine R. Taylor, PharmD ’98

Deborah J. Rogers

Andrew Bartilucci, PhD ’53

Rodney H. Taylor, PharmD ’97

L. Joe Rolf, BSP ’68

William H. Batt, BSP ’63

Simu K. Thomas, PhD ’02

Ginger G. Scott

G. Richard Battersby III, BSP ’80

Satish C. Valluri, PhD ’09

Thomas S. Shelor, BSP ’74~

Jeffrey D. Beck, BSP ’89

Jia Bei Wang, PhD ’92

Suzanne K. Simala, BSP ’84*

Edward P. Becker, BSP ’62

Junling Wang, MS ’04, PhD ’05

Linda Simoni-Wastila

Michael R. Becker, BSP ’93

Terry F. Wills, PharmD ’00~

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Michael T. Benson, BSP ’63

Brian S. Dupree, PharmD ’99

Gerard A. Herpel, BSP ’82

Gloria S. Bernstein

Michelle L. Eby, PharmD ’99

Mary-Therese Hewins, BSP ’81, MS ’84

David A. Blake, BSP ’63

Ubong D. Edet, PharmD ’04

Carole Ann Warner Hill

Franklin W. Blatt, BSP ’77, PharmD ’00

Nancy A. Edgeworth, PharmD ’96

James M. Hill, BSP ’72

Ruth S. Blatt, BSP ’79

Bertha B. Ekiko, PharmD ’05

Marta Hoffman, BSP ’60~

Lawrence H. Block, BSP ’62, MS ’67, PhD ’69

Donald B. Elliott Jr., BSP ’57

Ronald M. Hopkins, BSP ’63

Ronald L. Block, MS ’63*

Lily Chua Eng, BSP ’76~

Forest S. Howell, BSP ’87

Thomas V. Bolling, BSP ’69

Simon S. Eng, BSP ’76~

Gayle C. Howell, BSP ’91

Charles R. Bonapace, PharmD ’97

Lon Engel

Helen Hsiao, PharmD ’06~

George Bosmajian

Michael J. Evanko Jr., BSP ’73*

Jane S. Hulko, BSP ’83

Patricia Bosmajian

Theodore J. Evans, BSP ’83~

Naissan Hussainzada, PhD ’09

Karen R. Bradley, BSP ’80

Thomas P. Evans, BSP ’83

Trang H. Huynh, BSP ’91~

Marilyn S. Braiterman

Nnenna C. Ezeocha, PharmD ’08

Arthur F. Jacob

Jeffrey M. Brewer, PharmD ’98

Laurie W. Farmer, BSP ’89

Rahul Jain

Laurajean C. Brice, BSP ’78~

Daniel A. Farney, PharmD ’01

Leonard Jarkowski Jr., BSP ’69

Elaine L. Brogan, BSP ’78~

Walter L. Fava, BSP ’89

Ping Jin, PhD ’06

Marian C. Bruce

Fran Favin-Weiskopf, PharmD ’88*

Julie S. Johnson, BSP ’94

Robert Brundelre, BSP ’65

Sally A. Felton, BSP ’85, PharmD ’96

Kathryn Kibler Johnson, PharmD ’97

Michael A. Buchanan, PharmD ’01

Dennis E. Ferguson, BSP ’79*

Michael E. Jones, BSP ’72*

G. Delane Buff, BSP ’91

Mathilda K. Fienkeng, PharmD ’08

Vicki M. Joshua, BSP ’87

Kathleen T. Burke, BSP ’80

Jerome L. Fine, BSP ’56, PharmD ’96

Young-Joo Jun, PharmD ’05

A. Kevin Callahan, BSP ’76, PharmD ’78~

Faith A. Fisk, BSP ’92

Theresa K. F. Justice, BSP ’82

Stewart W. Carter, BSP ’76, PharmD ’05~

Victor D. Fitterman

Aaron C. Kadish, BSP ’63

Michelle M. Ceng, PharmD ’98

William T. Foley Jr., BSP ’58

Jaikishan Kakar, PharmD ’08

Jason F. Chancey, PharmD ’00~

Allen E. Ford

Nancy N. Kang, BSP ’70

Melanie D. Chapple, PharmD ’00

Paul Freiman, BSP ’53

Roman Kaplan, PharmD ’09

Donald J. Charney

Phyllis Freiman

Susan A. Katz, BSP ’88~

Rita K. Charney

Pankaj B. Gala, PhD ’90

Douglas L. Keene, BSP ’80, PharmD ’01

Randy S. Chiat, BSP ’90

Margarita A. Gambetta, PharmD ’01

Thomas H. Keller Jr., BSP ’63

Barbara S. Chong, PharmD ’97

Tushar S. Garimella, PhD ’05

Edward G. Kern, BSP ’69

Carol O. Chun, PharmD ’89

Florence F. K. Gee, BSP ’74

Lauretta A. Kerr, BSP ’86~

Catherine L. Cioffi, PhD ’88

Shirley B. Geize, BSP ’80

Rozina Khanna Fisher, PharmD ’04

David P. Cline, PhD ’03

Fortin S. Georges, PharmD ’02

Chandra M. Khantwal, PhD ’08

David R. Cowden, BSP ’80*

Brian J. Gilligan, BSP ’75, PharmD ’03

Hee Kim

Paul J. Crist, BSP ’74*

T. Sue Gladhill

Shin W. Kim, PharmD ’03

Surabhi Y. Dangi-Garimella, PhD ’05

Timothy D. Gladwell, PharmD ’96~

Yelee Y. Kim, PharmD ’01~

Amy J. Davidoff

Russel A. Gobeille, BSP ’74

Barbara Klein

William G. Davies, MS ’91

Brian J. Goetz, PharmD ’94~

Linda Craig Klein, BSP ’72

Colleen Day

Michael Grabner

Lawrence J. Kotey, PharmD ’03~

Mary DeLuca, BSP ’79~

Deborah F. Groleau

Kenneth J. Krauss, BSP ’86

Jean M. Dinwiddie, PharmD ’93~

George E. Groleau, BSP ’76

Freda L. Krosnick

James E. Dipaula, BSP ’71~

Vandana R. Gupta, PharmD ’08

Jay E. Krosnick, BSP ’85

Barbara B. Doegen, PharmD ’99~

Sharon A. Hartman, BSP ’89

Edmond J. Kucharski, BSP ’84

Catherine G. Dormarunno, PharmD ’00

Kathryn L. Hatch, BSP ’85

Kathrin C. Kucharski, PharmD ’87

Charles R. Downs, BSP ’73, PharmD ’99*

Diana P. Henzel, BSP ’93~

Yue S. Lam, BSP ’92

*Signifies donor for 15+ consecutive years

+Signifies David Stewart Associates Founding Member

~Signifies donor for 5-14 consecutive years

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Kaysha R. Lancaster, PharmD ’00

Raymond A. Palasik, BSP ’88

Katherine C. Shin, PharmD ’01

Kirk K. Lancaster

Francis B. Palumbo

Emil N. Sidawy, PharmD ’03

Lowell Lander

Robin L. Paluskievicz, PharmD ’98

Gisele M. Sidbury, PharmD ’97~

Madeline Lander

Lynn C. Pannell

Vanja V. Sikirica, PharmD ’03

Jonathan N. Latham, PharmD ’98~

Robert F. Pannell

Steven L. Silverman, PharmD ’06

Ronald E. Lay, BSP ’78*

Kristine R. Parbuoni, PharmD ’05

Diane C. Smith, PharmD ’05

Lisa Lebovitz

Joseph Pariser, BSP ’63*

Morton Smith, BSP ’43

Jung E. Lee, BSP ’93

Angela M. Parker, BSP ’95

Rose M. Smith, BSP ’76

Pauline P. Lee

Richard D. Parker Jr., BSP ’73

Larry A. Snyder, BSP ’60*

Lisa C. LeGette, BSP ’92~

Kajal H. Patel, PharmD ’08

Rona S. Snyder~

Jane M. LeGoff-Mitchell, BSP ’82

Seema Patel, PharmD ’09

Ronald J. Spector, BSP ’71*

Henry M. Levi, BSP ’63~

Timir J. Patel, BSP ’87

Molrat Sripinyo, BSP ’83

Norman L. Levin, BSP ’57

Leonard N. Patras, BSP ’74~

Carol E. Stevenson, PharmD ’02~

Julie E. Limric, BSP ’69~

Judith Patz

Alan R. Stoff, BSP ’70

Richard S. Lipov, BSP ’69~

Martin T. Paul, BSP ’71

Anna Summerfield~

Ronald J. Logan, BSP ’75

Michael P. Peloquin, PharmD ’04~

Marc R. Summerfield, MS ’76~

Frederick J. Mack, BSP ’79~

Tao Peng, PhD ’96

Kathleen A. Sussman, BSP ’81

Kristen K. Mack, PharmD ’00

Philip M. Perry, BSP ’74*

Stephen E. Sussman, PharmD ’00

Walter P. Mackay, BSP ’62*

Anthony J. Petralia Sr., BSP ’52~

Craig K. Svensson, BSP ’81

Ann G. Mantelmacher, BSP ’80

Carolyn Petralia, PharmD ’03~

Carol L. Sylvain

Sallie S. Matlack

Kathleen M. Phelan, BSP ’93

Tackson Tam, BSP ’80, MS ’85

Gary H. Matthews Jr., PharmD ’98

Lisa N. Pitt, PharmD ’98

Dorcas A. Taylor, PharmD ’97

Antonia Mattia, PhD ’85, BSP ’88*

Marvin S. Platt, BSP ’51

Nancy L. Taylor, BSP ’62*

Madeline McCarren, PhD ’83

Aruna Pokharel, PharmD ’06

Ernest D. Testerman, BSP ’79

Michelle Lynn McCarthy

Barry W. Poole, BSP ’71~=

Cecelia H. Tillman, BSP ’78

Lisa McDaniel, BSP ’84

Keith S. Pozanek, BSP ’86

Mary B. Todd, PharmD ’99

Margaret V. McDougall, BSP ’76

Raghu R. Prabhu

Elliot S. Tokar, BSP ’60

Michele L. McKee

Richard J. Pycha, BSP ’55

Richard E. Townsend, PharmD ’97

Richard A. McKee

Sunny K. Pyon, PharmD ’10

Chi Tran, PharmD ’10

David A. McLucas, PharmD ’00

Florence E. Raimondi, BSP ’53

Valerie A. Tripp

Lori Ann Mears, BSP ’82

James W. Rhodes, BSP ’77

Patrick E. Trost, BSP ’67

Yvonne K. Molotsi, PharmD ’02~

James R. Ritchie, BSP ’63~

Robin G. Trulli, PharmD ’06

Darrieck A. Mount, PharmD ’08

Carolyn M. Rivers, BSP ’92, PharmD ’06

Hoai-An Truong, PharmD ’05~

Jeffrey L. Moyer, BSP ’80

Howard L. Robinson Jr., PharmD ’00

Mona L. Tsoukleris, PharmD ’87

Maura P. Murphy, PhD ’99

David M. Rombro, BSP ’54

Charles H. Twilley, BSP ’88, PharmD ’01

Deborah Neels

Melvin N. Rubin, BSP ’55

Gila Unguru, PharmD ’97

Arnold Neuburger, BSP ’59*

Sharonjit K. Sagoo, PharmD ’10

John Vakoutis, BSP ’72

Jo Ann Neufer, BSP ’80

Constanta E. Samborschi, PharmD ’02

Paul Voitek, BSP ’93

Jason M. Noel

Charlene S. Sampson, BSP ’82

Pamela Voulalas-Depireux

Irvin Noveck, BSP ’41

Laura E. Sampson, BSP ’87

Thuyanh T. Vu, BSP ’94

Chetachi N. Nwokorie, PharmD ’04

Mark J. Schocken, BSP ’71, PhD ’82

James B. Walter Jr., BSP ’51~

Adeola S. Oke, PharmD ’10

Brian L. Schumer, BSP ’81~

Matthew E. Way, PharmD ’10

David M. Oken, BSP ’58

Andrea L. Seitzman-Siegel, PharmD ’98

Robert J. Weinberg, BSP ’80

Eberechukwu Onukwugha

Priya Shah, PharmD ’10

Hal J. Weinstock, BSP ’74*

Melvin B. Pachino, BSP ’84

Daniel S. Shaner, BSP ’63

Barry Weiskopf

Kimberly M. Palasik, BSP ’88

Christopher L. Shawyer, BSP ’76~

Andrea B. Weiss, BSP ’89

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Fred M. Weiss, BSP ’70

Barbara Miller Blue, BSP ’55~

Rosalind Ehrlich

Jay A. Wenig, BSP ’78

George C. Bohle Jr., BSP ’68

Herbert Ehudin, BSP ’43

Stephen M. Wienner, BSP ’91*

Barry A. Bookoff, BSP ’73

Frederick Eng, BSP ’66

Anne M. Wiland, PharmD ’92

Curtis A. Bowen, BSP ’56

Mark S. Epstein, PharmD ’09

Leslie S. Wilson

Stephen P. Boykin, BSP ’73, MS ’76

Avis J. Ericson

Berhane H. Wold, BSP ’91

Dorothy J. Brody

Neil E. Esterson, BSP ’51~

Ngwanke E. Yakum, BSP ’92

Debra G. Bryan, BSP ’78

Jennifer L. Evans, PharmD ’00

William Yeboah, PharmD ’00

Sydney L. Burgee Jr., BSP ’55~

Karla D. Evans, BSP ’93

Lane P. Zangwill, BSP ’78*

Rosalind S. Burman

Frances G. Fahnbulleh, PharmD ’03

Donna M. Zarzuela, PharmD ’94

Alvin H. Burwell, PharmD ’99

Evelyn R. Farinas, BSP ’79

Jose C. Zarzuela

Karim A. Calis, BSP ’84, PharmD ’86

Andrew S. Farmer, PharmD ’99

Warren G. Zerwitz, BSP ’61

Robert M. Caplan, BSP ’50*

Ruth E. Farrell, BSP ’77

Reid A. Zimmer, BSP ’63*

John Card

Michaeline R. Fedder+

Julie Magno Zito

Mary A. Card, BSP ’77

Charles A. Fleischer, BSP ’66

Paul Zucker, BSP ’58

James P. Caro, BSP ’75

Devon M. Flynn, PharmD ’05

Marian L. Cascio, BSP ’77~

Richard K. Fong, MS ’67

Contributions Up To $99

Pete W. Chan, BSP ’76

Pamela S. Ford, PharmD ’02

Anonymous

George Y. Chang, BSP ’83

Earle S. Freedman

Elizabeth Abraham, BSP ’95

David F. Chen, BSP ’91

Gertrude B. Freedman

Lawrence M. Abrams, BSP ’55

Louisa L. Chen, BSP ’74

Diane P. Freeland

Dennis M. Ackerman, BSP ’70

Sue E. Cherry-Myers, BSP ’87

Mark S. Freeland

Helene L. Adler

Marvin J. Chertkoff, BSP ’51, MS ’54~

Joseph Freiman, BSP ’44

Lilian T. Alade, PharmD ’93

Alan W. Chung, PharmD ’06

Timothy C. Funk, BSP ’77~

Linda W. Alpern

Regina W. Clark, PharmD ’98

Harry B. Gendason, BSP ’38*

Ali A. Amir, BSP ’88

Ronald E. Clawson, PhD ’83

Herbert Gendason, BSP ’71

Jennifer Anders

Terri F. Clayman, BSP ’77, PharmD ’98*

Carla A. Gill, BSP ’76

Michelle C. Andoll, BSP ’90

Lisa R. Clayville, PharmD ’07

Donald J. Glenn, BSP ’83

Clarence L. Anstine, BSP ’58

Michael J. Cohen, BSP ’66*

Aaron Grebow, BSP ’55

David M. Arrington, MS ’73, PharmD ’96

Susan Cohen-Pessah, BSP ’78

Martin D. Grebow, BSP ’60*

Ohita Asein, PharmD ’08

Rosemary Coombs, BSP ’88

Elliott Greenblatt, BSP ’61

Caroline T. Bader, BSP ’81~

Dianne L. Cooper

William F. Grier, BSP ’80

Nicolette P. Ballas, BSP ’84

Deborah E. Cruz, PharmD ’98

William J. Grimm Jr., BSP ’78

Donna M. Barrett, BSP ’77

Patrick L. Cunningham, BSP ’77

Anthony A. Guerra, PharmD ’97

Charles W. Bartlett Jr.

Hedy J. Cylus-Gleiman, BSP ’73

Thomas M. Hanna

Linda M. Bartlett

Vikas B. Dane, BSP ’79

Al Hayes

Kathy S. Baruch, BSP ’88

Francine D. Danon, BSP ’86

Margaret Hayes

Harry Bass, BSP ’58

Vivek S. Dave, PhD ’09

Gerald J. Heilman, BSP ’55*

Robin L. Becker, BSP ’84

Hope S. DeCederfelt, BSP ’82

Keri-Ann P. Henson

James G. Beckham Jr., BSP ’94

Vincent G. Demarco

Doreen M. Heppert, MS ’79

Vahram Bedrossian, BSP ’79~

Richard A. Disharoon

Stephen W. Hoag

Kaloyan A. Bikov

Dorothy S. Donovan, BSP ’53

Loretta Holmes, BSP ’89, PharmD ’03

Arnold L. Blaustein, BSP ’62

Norman DuBois, BSP ’53*

Grace Hong, PharmD ’05

Alvin M. Blitz, BSP ’67

Leroy K. Dunkley, PharmD ’01

Charles V. Hoppes, BSP ’86

Barry L. Bloom, BSP ’66~

Noel E. Durm, BSP ’55

Monika A. Houstoun, PharmD ’03

Eileen Bloom-Prinkey, BSP ’94~

Deborah J. Ehart, PharmD ’00~

Susan Hu, PhD ’01

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+Signifies David Stewart Associates Founding Member

~Signifies donor for 5-14 consecutive years

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April L. Hudson, BSP ’90

Hsi-Chiang Lin, MS ’69

Joseph M. Ras, BSP ’73

Robert R. Imbierowicz Sr., BSP ’55~

Judson H. Lipowitz

Theodore L. Raschka, BSP ’60

Nigel R. Isaacs, PharmD ’93

Denise Lupo Lutz, BSP ’77*

Budne C. Reinke, BSP ’63~

Debra S. Israel, PharmD ’90

Daniel C. Lyons, PharmD ’07

Vivian E. Rexroad, BSP ’80, PharmD ’98

Julie K. Jackovic, BSP ’95

Harry E. Macks, BSP ’59

Christine L. Riddle, BSP ’92

Gwen Jacob

Christina L. Mahoney, PharmD ’96

Gertrude M. Riedl, BSP ’89

Beverly N. Jett, BSP ’52

Ajeh A. Mbonu, PharmD ’06

Norbert L. Robinson, BSP ’94

Xiao Jian Jiang, PhD ’03

Leesa K. Mc Ilwain, PharmD ’01

Trudy Robinson

Dawn A. Johnson, PharmD ’98

Sherry McCammon

Paul E. Rodgers, PharmD ’01

Anna H. Jung, BSP ’91

Donald E. McDonald, MS ’66

Antonette S. Roemer

Carl Kaiser, MS ’52, BSP ’53, PhD ’55*

Angela A. McMichael, PharmD ’05

Ronald G. Roemer

Ronald Kasl

Mahzad Mehrinfar, BSP ’94

Leon Rosen, BSP ’62

Boghoko B. Kaspa, PharmD ’10

Renee J. Mendell, PhD ’00

Howard S. Rosenblatt

Kathleen S. Kastama, BSP ’81

Stanley J. Merwitz, BSP ’54

Sandra S. Rosenblatt

Diane L. Kaufman~

Albert T. Meyers, BSP ’51~

John G. Roth, BSP ’78

Judith Kay

Irwin E. Meyers, BSP ’53

Robert F. Royce, BSP ’51

Laura A. Keefer, PharmD ’96

Harris L. Miller, BSP ’65*

Steven M. Sadowski, BSP ’89

Timothy T. Kefauver, BSP ’78

Maurice M. Miller, BSP ’86

Michele S. Sawicki, BSP ’85

Robert L. Kestler, BSP ’69*

Philip B. Miller, BSP ’71

David V. Scallio, BSP ’84

Ann S. Kim, PharmD ’98

Richard A. Miller, BSP ’56

Howard R. Schiff, BSP ’56~

Sonia S. Kim, PharmD ’99

Andrew M. Mirabole

Eric R. Schuetz, BSP ’86~

Sung K. Kim, BSP ’94~

Molly R. Mitchell

Jean O. Schwartz, BSP ’87

Judith L. Kistler, MS ’59

Dara J. Morenoff

David Y. Serpick, BSP ’62

Stephen B. Kistler, MS ’59

David Morenoff

Jyoti Shah

Stanley A. Klatsky, BSP ’56

Thomas L. Morgan, BSP ’93~

Kelly L. Shaner, BSP ’92

Catherine D. Kokoski

Regina M. Morris, PharmD ’04

Carol R. Shap, BSP ’75

Charles John Kokoski, BSP ’51, MS ’53,

Lisa C. Myers

Lionel M. Shapiro, BSP ’52~

Rosevelyn Nsiah-Ababio, PharmD ’09

Susan S. Shern, BSP ’92

Robert J. Kokoski, BSP ’52, MS ’56,

PhD ’56*

Samuel Obeng, PharmD ’07

Thomas C. Shern, BSP ’90

Mary Elizabeth Ortiz, BSP ’87

Peichang Shi

Lana Konigsberg, PharmD ’03

PhD ’62

James B. Ortt, BSP ’55*

Aaron Shinbein

Arun Dattatreya Koparkar, PhD ’83

H. G. Oster, BSP ’58

Syed K. Shirazie, PharmD ’09

Albert W. Kossler, MS ’53*

Anna Palka, BSP ’92

Lawrence P. Siegel, PharmD ’02

Olivia Kuznetsova

Mihi Ja Park, BSP ’85

Harriet Silverstein

Monica J. Kwak, PharmD ’09

Kinjal A. Patel, PharmD ’09

Morton I. Silverstein, BSP ’54

Thomas P. LaMartina, BSP ’87~

Honesty M. Peltier, PharmD ’05

Howard I. Simon, BSP ’86

Theresa M. Langeheine, PharmD ’01

Dominique N. Phelps, BSP ’86

Maninderjeet Singh, PharmD ’02

Stephen L. Lauer, BSP ’62*

Cristina Valencia Platon, BSP ’83~

Ronald J. Smith, BSP ’71

Eunice Y. Lee, BSP ’79

Richard D. Plotkin, BSP ’56

Young A. Song, BSP ’90

Samantha Lee

Monica L. Pogue, PharmD ’00

Allen Spak, BSP ’63~

Colleen C. Lehmann, BSP ’78

Amy F. Pollokoff

Mark E. Sporre, BSP ’84~

Melvin Lessing, BSP ’66*

Robert G. Pollokoff

Yvonne E. Sporrer

Bonnie Levin, BSP ’78

Mavis K. Prempeh, PharmD ’08

Joanne P. Stakias, BSP ’92

Rhoda Levin

Douglas E. Prinkey

Donald R. Steele Jr., BSP ’90

Kelvin R. Levitt, BSP ’62

Elizabeth K. Proctor, BSP ’90

Charles H. Steg Jr., BSP ’78, PharmD ’00~

Harry S. Lichtman, BSP ’51

Joseph T. Rackson, BSP ’77

Todd H. Stephens, BSP ’93

Bryan Lim, BSP ’86

Sangeeta V. Raje, PhD ’02

Patricia Stewart

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David C. Stimler, PharmD ’01

Class of 1943

Irwin E. Meyers, BSP

Ronald E. Sweeney, BSP ’88

James P. Cragg Jr., BSP

Florence E. Raimondi, BSP

Liza N. Takiya, PharmD ’97

Herbert Ehudin, BSP

Henry Tang, PharmD ’08

Morton Smith, BSP

Class of 1954

Manisa Tanprayoon, PharmD ’04

Jack J. Yarmosky, BSP

Marvin J. Chertkoff, MS

Donald W. Taylor, BSP ’69

Mayer Handelman, BSP

Siengtha E. Tep, PharmD ’03

Class of 1944

Stanley J. Merwitz, BSP

Annette L. Tester, BSP ’83

Joseph Freiman, BSP

David M. Rombro, BSP

Jamie Lopes Tobar

John A. Scigliano, MS

Morton I. Silverstein, BSP

Hamet M. Toure, PharmD ’03

Irene L. Winters, BSP

Juliette C. Toure, PharmD ’03

Class of 1949

Denise P. Toyer-McKan, PharmD ’98

Betty W. Cohen, BSP

Charles H. Tregoe, BSP ’59~

Class of 1955 Lawrence M. Abrams, BSP

Lindsay M. Vaughan

Class of 1950

Barbara Miller Blue, BSP

Elizabeth J. Vetter

Robert M. Caplan, BSP

Sydney L. Burgee Jr., BSP

Joseph A. Vetter

Dolores A. Ichniowski, MS

Noel E. Durm, BSP

Pearl C. Walsh, BSP ’58

Robert K. Moler, BSP

Aaron Grebow, BSP

J. Ken Walters Jr., BSP ’71, PharmD ’74

John A. Scigliano, PhD

Gerald J. Heilman, BSP

Maureen A. Warner

Robert R. Imbierowicz Sr., BSP

Donald D. Weisman

Class of 1951

Carl Kaiser, PhD

Shulamith B. Weisman

John J. Ayd, BSP

James B. Ortt, BSP

Brenda K. Weller, BSP ’92~

Marvin J. Chertkoff, BSP

Richard J. Pycha, BSP

Mallorie Wengert

Neil E. Esterson, BSP

Melvin N. Rubin, BSP

Joan P. Williams, BSP ’70*

Charles J. Kokoski, BSP

Lindsay E. Wunder

Harry S. Lichtman, BSP

Class of 1956

Hawyee T. Yan, BSP ’83

Albert T. Meyers, BSP

Alfred Abramson, BSP

Steven Yang, PharmD ’99

Marvin S. Platt, BSP

Curtis A. Bowen, BSP

Jack J. Yarmosky, BSP ’43

Robert F. Royce, BSP

Jerome L. Fine, BSP

Su K. Yi, BSP ’93

James B. Walter Jr., BSP

Julian M. Friedman, BSP

Elizabeth Yoon, PharmD ’07

Jack Frieman, BSP

Irvin Yospa, BSP ’61

Class of 1952

Stanley A. Klatsky, BSP

Donald R. Young, BSP ’57*

Robert T. Adkins, BSP

Charles J. Kokoski, PhD

William V. Zappa, BSP ’74

Beverly N. Jett, BSP

Robert J. Kokoski, MS

Vera Zejmis, PharmD ’02

Carl Kaiser, MS

Richard A. Miller, BSP

Harry Zemel

Robert J. Kokoski, BSP

Richard D. Plotkin, BSP

Milton S. Zepp

Anthony J. Petralia Sr., BSP

Howard R. Schiff, BSP

Alex L. Zhan, PharmD ’99

Lionel M. Shapiro, BSP

DONORS BY CLASS YEAR

Class of 1953

Gerald N. Brunson, BSP

Class of 1957 Andrew Bartilucci, PhD

Donald B. Elliott Jr., BSP

Class of 1938

Dorothy S. Donovan, BSP

Norman L. Levin, BSP

Harry B. Gendason, BSP

Norman DuBois, BSP

Donald R. Young, BSP

Paul Freiman, BSP

Class of 1941

Carl Kaiser, BSP

Class of 1958

Irvin Noveck, BSP

Charles J. Kokoski, MS

Clarence L. Anstine, BSP

Albert W. Kossler, MS

Harry Bass, BSP

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Jay R. Brinsfield, BSP

David Y. Serpick, BSP

Class of 1968

Gerald I. Cohen, BSP

Nancy L. Taylor, BSP

Robert W. Adams, BSP

Conrad P. Dorn Jr., BSP

John H. Balch, BSP

William T. Foley Jr., BSP

Class of 1963

George C. Bohle Jr., BSP

David M. Oken, BSP

Walter H. Abel, BSP

Yale H. Caplan, PhD

H. G. Oster, BSP

Ingrid R. Baramki, MS

Lionel H. Jacobs, BSP

Michael B. Rodell, BSP

William H. Batt, BSP

L. Joe Rolf, BSP

George C. Voxakis, BSP

Michael T. Benson, BSP

Pearl C. Walsh, BSP

David A. Blake, BSP

Class of 1969

Clayton L. Warrington, BSP

Ronald L. Block, MS

Lawrence H. Block, PhD

Paul Zucker, BSP

Yale H. Caplan, BSP

Thomas V. Bolling, BSP

Conrad P. Dorn Jr., PhD

Leonard Jarkowski Jr., BSP

Class of 1959

John F. Fader II, BSP

Edward G. Kern, BSP

Judith L. Kistler, MS

Robert W. Henderson, BSP

Robert L. Kestler, BSP

Stephen B. Kistler, MS

Ronald M. Hopkins, BSP

Julie E. Limric, BSP

Harry E. Macks, BSP

Aaron C. Kadish, BSP

Hsi-Chiang Lin, MS

Arnold Neuburger, BSP

Thomas H. Keller Jr., BSP

Richard S. Lipov, BSP

Larry H. Pozanek, BSP

Henry M. Levi, BSP

John M. Motsko Jr., BSP

Sorell L. Schwartz, BSP

Joseph Pariser, BSP

Donald W. Taylor, BSP

Charles H. Tregoe, BSP

Budne C. Reinke, BSP James R. Ritchie, BSP

Class of 1970

Class of 1960

Daniel S. Shaner, BSP

Dennis M. Ackerman, BSP

Martin D. Grebow, BSP

Allen Spak, BSP

David H. Jones, BSP

Marta Hoffman, BSP

Reid A. Zimmer, BSP

Nancy N. Kang, BSP

Samuel Lichter, BSP

Mark A. Levi, BSP

Joseph H. Morton, BSP

Class of 1965

Michael Luzuriaga, BSP

Theodore L. Raschka, BSP

Robert Brundelre, BSP

Alan R. Stoff, BSP

Larry A. Snyder, BSP

Harris L. Miller, BSP

George W. Swope Jr., BSP

Elliot S. Tokar, BSP

Martin B. Mintz, BSP

Fred M. Weiss, BSP

Class of 1961

Class of 1966

Conrad P. Dorn Jr., MS

Barry L. Bloom, BSP

Class of 1971

Elliott Greenblatt, BSP

Michael J. Cohen, BSP

Marsha E. Alvarez, BSP

Irvin Yospa, BSP

Frederick Eng, BSP

James E. Dipaula, BSP

Warren G. Zerwitz, BSP

Charles A. Fleischer, BSP

Herbert Gendason, BSP

Joan P. Williams, BSP

Melvin Lessing, BSP

Stephen L. Hilbert, BSP

Class of 1962

Donald E. McDonald, MS

Philip B. Miller, BSP

Edward P. Becker, BSP

Francis J. Tinney, PhD

Martin T. Paul, BSP

Arnold L. Blaustein, BSP Lawrence H. Block, BSP

Class of 1967

Mark J. Schocken, BSP

Jerold A. Kempler, BSP

Alvin M. Blitz, BSP

Ronald J. Smith, BSP

Robert J. Kokoski, PhD

Lawrence H. Block, MS

Ronald J. Spector, BSP

Stephen L. Lauer, BSP

Richard K. Fong, MS

Angelo C. Voxakis, BSP

Kelvin R. Levitt, BSP

Patrick E. Trost, BSP

J. Ken Walters Jr., BSP

Walter P. Mackay, BSP Leon Rosen, BSP

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Class of 1972

Stewart W. Carter, BSP

Stephen B. Bierer, BSP

Pete W. Chan, BSP

Thomas S. Brenner, BSP

Lily Chua Eng, BSP

Class of 1979

James M. Hill, BSP

Simon S. Eng, BSP

Vahram Bedrossian, BSP

Michael E. Jones, BSP

Carla A. Gill, BSP

Ruth S. Blatt, BSP

Linda Craig Klein, BSP

George E. Groleau, BSP

Lisa L. Booze, BSP

John Vakoutis, BSP

Margaret V. McDougall, BSP

Barry M. Bress, BSP

Lane P. Zangwill, BSP

Christopher L. Shawyer, BSP

David D. Christ, BSP

Class of 1973

Rose M. Smith, BSP

Vikas B. Dane, BSP

David M. Arrington, MS

Marc R. Summerfield, MS

Mary DeLuca, BSP

Barry A. Bookoff, BSP

Kenneth P. Whittemore Jr., BSP

Evelyn R. Farinas, BSP Ira L. Fedder, BSP

Stephen P. Boykin, BSP Hedy J. Cylus-Gleiman, BSP

Class of 1977

Dennis E. Ferguson, BSP

Charles R. Downs, BSP

Donna M. Barrett, BSP

J. Philip Fink, BSP

Michael J. Evanko Jr., BSP

Franklin W. Blatt, BSP

Jefferson J. Gregory, BSP

Barry D. Hecht, BSP

Mary A. Card, BSP

Doreen M. Heppert, MS

Richard D. Parker Jr., BSP

Marian L. Cascio, BSP

Eunice Y. Lee, BSP

Joseph M. Ras, BSP

Terri F. Clayman, BSP

Frederick J. Mack, BSP

James P. Tristani, BSP

Patrick L. Cunningham, BSP

David M. Russo, BSP

Ellen H. Yankellow, BSP

Ruth E. Farrell, BSP

Ernest D. Testerman, BSP

Timothy C. Funk, BSP

Gary J. Wirth, BSP

Class of 1974

Wendy Klein-Schwartz, PharmD

Sherry N. Berlin, BSP

Raymond C. Love, PharmD

Class of 1980

Louisa L. Chen, BSP

Denise Lupo Lutz, BSP

Mary Anne Bainbridge, BSP

Paul J. Crist, BSP

Joseph T. Rackson, BSP

G. Richard Battersby III, BSP

W. Thomas Dolan, BSP

James W. Rhodes, BSP

Richard A. Batz, BSP

Florence F. K. Gee, BSP

Mark S. Wienecke, BSP

Karen R. Bradley, BSP Kathleen T. Burke, BSP

Russel A. Gobeille, BSP Walter J. Hryszko, BSP

Class of 1978

Charlene Celano, BSP

Leonard N. Patras, BSP

Howard K. Besner, BSP

David R. Cowden, BSP

Philip M. Perry, BSP

Laurajean C. Brice, BSP

Dennis L. Eaton, BSP

Thomas S. Petr, BSP

Elaine L. Brogan, BSP

Shirley B. Geize, BSP

Thomas S. Shelor, BSP

Debra G. Bryan, BSP

William F. Grier, BSP

J. Ken Walters Jr., PharmD

A. Kevin Callahan, PharmD

Stuart M. Hankin, BSP

Hal J. Weinstock, BSP

Susan Cohen-Pessah, BSP

Douglas L. Keene, BSP

William V. Zappa, BSP

Mark G. Fletcher, BSP

Lisa T. Kloch, BSP

William J. Grimm Jr., BSP

Ann G. Mantelmacher, BSP

Class of 1975

Timothy T. Kefauver, BSP

Kevin F. McCarthy, BSP

James P. Caro, BSP

Ronald E. Lay, BSP

Michael F. McMahon, BSP

Brian J. Gilligan, BSP

Colleen C. Lehmann, BSP

Jeffrey L. Moyer, BSP

Stephen L. Hilbert, MS

Bonnie Levin, BSP

Jo Ann Neufer, BSP

Ronald J. Logan, BSP

William T. Popomaronis, BSP

Karen H. Nishi, BSP

Carol R. Shap, BSP

John G. Roth, BSP

David A. Perrott, BSP

Jeffrey B. Sherr, BSP

Vivian E. Rexroad, BSP

Class of 1976

Joanne H. Sherr, BSP

David C. Strickland, BSP

Stephen P. Boykin, MS

Charles H. Steg Jr., BSP

Tackson Tam, BSP

A. Kevin Callahan, BSP

Cecelia H. Tillman, BSP

Robert J. Weinberg, BSP

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Class of 1981

Karen Marsh Swartz, BSP

Howard I. Simon, BSP

Caroline T. Bader, BSP

Annette L. Tester, BSP

Frances Spaven, PhD

David L. Booze, BSP

Hawyee T. Yan, BSP

Loreen Afua Wutoh, BSP

Francis J. Bublavek, BSP

Ilene H. Zuckerman, PharmD

Class of 1987

Mark G. Fletcher, MS David R. Fulton Jr., BSP

Class of 1984

Sue E. Cherry-Myers, BSP

Robert P. Giannini Jr., PhD

Nicolette P. Ballas, BSP

Forest S. Howell, BSP

Mary-Therese Hewins, BSP

Robin L. Becker, BSP

Vicki M. Joshua, BSP

Kathleen S. Kastama, BSP

Brett M. Behounek, BSP

Kathrin C. Kucharski, PharmD

Gary H. Magnus, BSP

Karim A. Calis, BSP

Thomas P. LaMartina, BSP

Jill Molofsky, BSP

Mary-Therese Hewins, MS

Ann M. MacLaren, BSP

Brian L. Schumer, BSP

Edmond J. Kucharski, BSP

Steven J. Miller, MS

Kathleen A. Sussman, BSP

Timothy P. Lewis, BSP

Mary Elizabeth Ortiz, BSP

Craig K. Svensson, BSP

Lisa McDaniel, BSP

Timir J. Patel, BSP

Ilene H. Zuckerman, BSP

Melvin B. Pachino, BSP

Laura E. Sampson, BSP

David V. Scallio, BSP

Jean O. Schwartz, BSP

Class of 1982

Matthew G. Shimoda, PharmD

Mona L. Tsoukleris, PharmD

James M. Crable, BSP

Suzanne K. Simala, BSP

Hope S. DeCederfelt, BSP

Mark E. Sporre, BSP

Theresa K. F. Justice, BSP

Class of 1985

Kathy S. Baruch, BSP

Jane M. LeGoff-Mitchell, BSP

Anand R. Baichwal, PhD

Phyllis A. Bernard, BSP

Lori Ann Mears, BSP

Sally A. Felton, BSP

Catherine L. Cioffi, PhD

Charlene S. Sampson, BSP

Kathryn L. Hatch, BSP

Rosemary Coombs, BSP

Mark J. Schocken, PhD

Jay E. Krosnick, BSP

Fran Favin-Weiskopf, PharmD

Gary H. Magnus, MS

Susan A. Katz, BSP

Class of 1983

Antonia Mattia, PhD

David D. MacLaren, PhD

Lisa L. Akman, BSP

Mihi Ja Park, BSP

Lisa M. Matson, BSP

George Y. Chang, BSP

Thomas J. Pfaff, BSP

Antonia Mattia, BSP

Ronald E. Clawson, PhD

Michele S. Sawicki, BSP

Kimberly M. Palasik, BSP

Terry L. Davis, BSP

Tackson Tam, MS

Raymond A. Palasik, BSP Nina H. Spiller, PharmD

Theodore J. Evans, BSP

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Gerard A. Herpel, BSP

Thomas P. Evans, BSP

Class of 1986

Ronald E. Sweeney, BSP

Mark G. Fletcher, PhD

Kimberly L. Barnett, BSP

Charles H. Twilley, BSP

Donald J. Glenn, BSP

William P. Beierschmitt, PhD

Mary Therese Gyi, BSP

Karim A. Calis, PharmD

Class of 1989

Jane S. Hulko, BSP

Francine D. Danon, BSP

Laurine A. Barrow-Wilson, BSP

Karen M. Kabat, MS

Charles V. Hoppes, BSP

Kenneth S. Bauer Jr., BSP

Charise S. Kasser, BSP

Lauretta A. Kerr, BSP

Jeffrey D. Beck, BSP

Felix A. Khin-Maung-Gyi, BSP

Kenneth J. Krauss, BSP

Carol O. Chun, PharmD

Arun Dattatreya Koparkar, PhD

Bryan Lim, BSP

Natalie D. Eddington, PhD

David D. MacLaren, BSP

Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD

Laurie W. Farmer, BSP

Madeline McCarren, PhD

Maurice M. Miller, BSP

Walter L. Fava, BSP

Cristina Valencia Platon, BSP

Dominique N. Phelps, BSP

Sharon A. Hartman, BSP

Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner, PharmD

Keith S. Pozanek, BSP

Loretta Holmes, BSP

Molrat Sripinyo, BSP

Eric R. Schuetz, BSP

Gertrude M. Riedl, BSP

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Class of 1993

George C. Voxakis, PharmD

James R. Salmons, BSP

Lilian T. Alade, PharmD

Ellen H. Yankellow, PharmD

Andrea B. Weiss, BSP

Michael R. Becker, BSP Patrice M. Carmichael-Derry, PharmD

Class of 1997

Class of 1990

Jean M. Dinwiddie, PharmD

Stephen R. Anderson, PhD

Michelle C. Andoll, BSP

Karla D. Evans, BSP

Charles R. Bonapace, PharmD

Albert W. Brzeczko, PhD

Diana P. Henzel, BSP

James L. Bresette, PharmD

Randy S. Chiat, BSP

Alice H. Hill, PharmD

Barbara S. Chong, PharmD

Pankaj B. Gala, PhD

Nigel R. Isaacs, PharmD

Anthony A. Guerra, PharmD

April L. Hudson, BSP

Jung E. Lee, BSP

Kathryn Kibler Johnson, PharmD

Debra S. Israel, PharmD

Thomas L. Morgan, BSP

Kristin A. Lynch, PharmD

Paul J. Na, BSP

Kathleen M. Phelan, BSP

Gisele M. Sidbury, PharmD

Elizabeth K. Proctor, BSP

Shelby D. Reed, BSP

Liza N. Takiya, PharmD

Thomas C. Shern, BSP

Todd H. Stephens, BSP

Dorcas A. Taylor, PharmD

Young A. Song, BSP

Paul Voitek, BSP

Rodney H. Taylor, PharmD

Donald R. Steele Jr., BSP

Su K. Yi, BSP

Richard E. Townsend, PharmD

Class of 1991

Class of 1994

Banafsheh Badiee, MS

James G. Beckham Jr., BSP

Class of 1998

G. Delane Buff, BSP

Eileen Bloom-Prinkey, BSP

Jeffrey M. Brewer, PharmD

David F. Chen, BSP

Brian J. Goetz, PharmD

Michelle M. Ceng, PharmD

William G. Davies, MS

Julie S. Johnson, BSP

Harold Chappelear, DSC

Gayle C. Howell, BSP

Sung K. Kim, BSP

Regina W. Clark, PharmD

Trang H. Huynh, BSP

Mahzad Mehrinfar, BSP

Terri F. Clayman, PharmD

Anna H. Jung, BSP

Norbert L. Robinson, BSP

Deborah E. Cruz, PharmD

Stephen M. Wienner, BSP

Thuyanh T. Vu, BSP

Terry L. Davis, PharmD

Berhane H. Wold, BSP

Donna M. Zarzuela, PharmD

Dawn A. Johnson, PharmD

Gila Unguru, PharmD

Ann S. Kim, PharmD

Class of 1992

Class of 1995

Jonathan N. Latham, PharmD

Lynette R. Bradley-Baker, BSP

Elizabeth Abraham, BSP

Gary H. Matthews Jr., PharmD

Keith E. Broome, BSP

Julie K. Jackovic, BSP

Robin L. Paluskievicz, PharmD

Nicholas Cornias, BSP

Angela M. Parker, BSP

Lisa N. Pitt, PharmD

Faith A. Fisk, BSP

Vivian E. Rexroad, PharmD

Yue S. Lam, BSP

Class of 1996

Andrea L. Seitzman-Siegel, PharmD

Lisa C. LeGette, BSP

Ayotunde F. Adekoya, PharmD

Nadine R. Taylor, PharmD

DeAnna D. Leikach, BSP

Enitan Adesegun, PharmD

Denise P. Toyer-McKan, PharmD

Neil B. Leikach, BSP

Marsha E. Alvarez, PharmD

Arvy J. Wong, PharmD

Anna Palka, BSP

David M. Arrington, PharmD

Jae Hyung Wu, PharmD

Christine L. Riddle, BSP

Cynthia J. Boyle, PharmD

Carolyn M. Rivers, BSP

Nipun Davar, PhD

Class of 1999

Kelly L. Shaner, BSP

Nancy A. Edgeworth, PharmD

Abimbola O. Adebowale, PhD

Susan S. Shern, BSP

Sally A. Felton, PharmD

Lynette R. Bradley-Baker, PhD

Joanne P. Stakias, BSP

Jerome L. Fine, PharmD

Alvin H. Burwell, PharmD

Jia Bei Wang, PhD

Timothy D. Gladwell, PharmD

Catherine Yu Chew, PharmD

Brenda K. Weller, BSP

Laura A. Keefer, PharmD

Barbara B. Doegen, PharmD

Anne M. Wiland, PharmD

Christina L. Mahoney, PharmD

Susan C. dosReis, PhD

Ngwanke E. Yakum, BSP

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Brian S. Dupree, PharmD

Sanjay V. Merchant, PhD

Manisa Tanprayoon, PharmD

Michelle L. Eby, PharmD

Paul E. Rodgers, PharmD

Junling Wang, MS

Andrew S. Farmer, PharmD

Katherine C. Shin, PharmD

Wendy I. Wilson, PhD

Sonia S. Kim, PharmD

David C. Stimler, PharmD

Maura P. Murphy, PhD

Charles H. Twilley, PharmD

Class of 2005

Shelby D. Reed, PhD

Bay-Mao B. Wu, PharmD

Kelli J. Bankard, PharmD

Mary B. Todd, PharmD

Stewart W. Carter, PharmD

Steven Yang, PharmD

Class of 2002

Surabhi Y. Dangi-Garimella, PhD

Alex L. Zhan, PharmD

Howard K. Besner, PharmD

Bertha B. Ekiko, PharmD

Pamela S. Ford, PharmD

Devon M. Flynn, PharmD

Class of 2000

Fortin S. Georges, PharmD

Tushar S. Garimella, PhD

Franklin W. Blatt, PharmD

Yvonne K. Molotsi, PharmD

Grace Hong, PharmD

Lisa L. Booze, PharmD

Sangeeta V. Raje, PhD

Young-Joo Jun, PharmD

Jason F. Chancey, PharmD

Constanta E. Samborschi, PharmD

Angela A. McMichael, PharmD

Melanie D. Chapple, PharmD

Lawrence P. Siegel, PharmD

Kristine R. Parbuoni, PharmD

Catherine G. Dormarunno, PharmD

Maninderjeet Singh, PharmD

Honesty M. Peltier, PharmD

Deborah J. Ehart, PharmD

Carol E. Stevenson, PharmD

Diane C. Smith, PharmD

Jennifer L. Evans, PharmD

Julie D. Suman, PhD

Hoai-An Truong, PharmD

Kaysha R. Lancaster, PharmD

Simu K. Thomas, PhD

Junling Wang, PhD

Qingdi Q. Li, PhD

Vera Zejmis, PharmD

Class of 2006

Kristen K. Mack, PharmD David A. McLucas, PharmD

Class of 2003

Teresa M. Anekwe, PharmD

Renee J. Mendell, PhD

David P. Cline, PhD

Alan W. Chung, PharmD

Monica L. Pogue, PharmD

Frances G. Fahnbulleh, PharmD

Mary Therese Gyi, PharmD

Howard L. Robinson Jr., PharmD

Kidanewold T. Geda, PharmD

Brian M. Hose, PharmD

James R. Salmons, PharmD

Brian J. Gilligan, PharmD

Helen Hsiao, PharmD

Shailaja Somaraju, PhD

Loretta Holmes, PharmD

Ping Jin, PhD

Charles H. Steg Jr., PharmD

Monika A. Houstoun, PharmD

Daniel Z. Mansour, PharmD

Michael J. Steinberg, PharmD

Xiao Jian Jiang, PhD

Ajeh A. Mbonu, PharmD

Stephen E. Sussman, PharmD

Shin W. Kim, PharmD

Aruna Pokharel, PharmD

Terry F. Wills, PharmD

Lana Konigsberg, PharmD

Carolyn M. Rivers, PharmD

William Yeboah, PharmD

Lawrence J. Kotey, PharmD

Steven L. Silverman, PharmD

Carolyn Petralia, PharmD

Robin G. Trulli, PharmD

Class of 2001

Emil N. Sidawy, PharmD

Thomas G. Williams Jr., PharmD

Laci L. Brown, PharmD

Vanja V. Sikirica, PharmD

Michael A. Buchanan, PharmD

Siengtha E. Tep, PharmD

Class of 2007

Leroy K. Dunkley, PharmD

Hamet M. Toure, PharmD

Lisa R. Clayville, PharmD

Daniel A. Farney, PharmD

Juliette C. Toure, PharmD

Daniel C. Lyons, PharmD

Margarita A. Gambetta, PharmD

Samuel Obeng, PharmD

Susan Hu, PhD

Class of 2004

Xingyue Huang, PhD

Ubong D. Edet, PharmD

Douglas L. Keene, PharmD

Rozina Khanna Fisher, PharmD

Class of 2008

Yelee Y. Kim, PharmD

Yoo-Jin Lee, PharmD

Ohita Asein, PharmD

Kan Chan Ku, PharmD

Regina M. Morris, PharmD

Nnenna C. Ezeocha, PharmD

Theresa M. Langeheine, PharmD

Chetachi N. Nwokorie, PharmD

Mathilda K. Fienkeng, PharmD

Leesa K. Mc Ilwain, PharmD

Michael P. Peloquin, PharmD

Vandana R. Gupta, PharmD

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Jaikishan Kakar, PharmD

Springer Science & Business Media

SuperValu

Chandra M. Khantwal, PhD

LLC-N.J.

University Learning Systems InPharmx Inc.

Darrieck A. Mount, PharmD

University of Maryland Medical System

Associates $25,000-$49,999

Walgreens Co.

Mavis K. Prempeh, PharmD Henry Tang, PharmD

American Cancer Society

Contributors Up To $999

American Foundation for Pharmaceutical

Ahold Financial Services

Class of 2009

Education

American Institute of Wine and Food

Vivek S. Dave, PhD

ASHP Foundation

Bayer Construction Co., Inc.

Dongyi Du, PhD

CARE Pharmacies, Inc.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation

Mark S. Epstein, PharmD

Catalyst Rx

CNA Foundation

Naissan Hussainzada, PhD

Thermo Fisher Scientific

DAB Consulting LLC

Kajal H. Patel, PharmD

Roman Kaplan, PharmD

Dallastown Family Medicine

Rosevelyn Nsiah-Ababio, PharmD

Affiliates $10,000-$24,999

Kinjal A. Patel, PharmD

American Association of Colleges of

Prashant Patel, PharmD

Pharmacy

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Seema Patel, PharmD

Chesapeake Research Review, Inc.

Finksburg Pharmacy, Inc.

Syed K. Shirazie, PharmD

Fisher Scientific

Franrem Pharmaceuticals LLC

Monica J. Kwak, PharmD

Satish C. Valluri, PhD

Deep Creek Pharmacy Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation

Exxon Mobil Foundation

George’s Creek Pharmacy, Inc. Harris Teeter, Inc.

Class of 2010

Sponsors $1,000-$9,999

Boghoko B. Kaspa, PharmD

Anonymous

Johnson Family Pharmacy

Adeola S. Oke, PharmD

Anonymous

KCI Technologies Inc.

Sunny K. Pyon, PharmD

Biotage LLC

Klein’s Supermarkets, Inc. of Maryland

Sharonjit K. Sagoo, PharmD

Boonsboro Pharmacy, Inc.

Maryland Charity Campaign 2010

Priya Shah, PharmD

Cardinal Health

Merck Partnership for Giving

Chi Tran, PharmD

Class of 2010

Millsboro Pharmacy, Inc.

Matthew E. Way, PharmD

Columbia Hickory Pharmacy

Mount Carmel Medical, Inc.

Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies

Correct Rx Pharmacy Services, Inc.

Northern Pharmacy & Medical Equipment

CVS Caremark

Perry Hall Children’s Center, Inc.

CVS Caremark Charitable Trust, Inc.

Pharmacia & Upjohn Foundation

Ellenzweig Associates, Inc.

Preston Pharmacy, Inc.

Patrons $100,000+

EPIC Pharmacies, Inc.

Professional Pharmacy

Mahogany, Inc.

Robert Brundelre, DDS, PA

Anonymous

Maryland Charity Campaign 2009

Romadka Family Ltd. Partnership

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

Maryland Pharmacists Association

Rx Tour, LLC

DrugLogic, Inc.

MBR Construction Services, Inc.

Senior Pharmacists Association of Maryland

IMS Government Solutions

MedStar Health

Sharpsburg Pharmacy

Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.

Molecular Devices Corp.

St. Joseph Medical Center

Nutramax Laboratories, Inc.

The Annapolitan Shop, Inc.

Benefactors $50,000-$99,999

Pharmacare of Cumberland

The Pfizer Foundation, Inc.

PharmCon, Inc.

Tri-Towns Pharmacy

Abbott Laboratories

Ralph and Shirley Klein Foundation

Wedgwood Club

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

Richter Cornbrooks Gribble, Inc.

Weis Markets, Inc.

Epilepsy Foundation of America

Rite Aid Corp.

Wells Fargo Foundation

Novartis AG

Russo’s Rx

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IN MEMORY Kristine W. Ellinger, BSP ’77 Donald O. Fedder, BSP ’50 Jerome N. Gaber, BSP ’44 Ralph Quarles Sr. Frank J. Tamberino, BSP ’61 IN HONOR Larry Augsburger Jr., BSP ’62, MS ’65, PhD ’67 Robert S. Beardsley David S. Roffman, BSP ’70, PharmD ’73

This is a listing of gifts received from July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011. We have made every effort to provide a complete and accurate listing of donors and gifts.

If we have made an error or omission, please accept our sincere apology and contact Alexandria Sutton, development officer for stewardship and donor relations, at 410-706-4415 or at asutton@ rx.umaryland.edu so that we may correct our records.

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MESSAGE FROM DEVELOPMENT

Sound Investment As part of the School of Pharmacy’s five-year strategic plan, entrepreneurship is identified as one of our top five initiatives, emphasizing its importance. Programs and other initiatives capable of being self-sustaining as well as revenue generating are being heralded across the University. Given today’s tough economic climate, such entrepreneurial programs are literally worth their weight in gold.

Our School is fortunate to boast a number of talented alumni and faculty who are successful entrepreneurs, many of whom are highlighted in this issue of Capsule.

Common characteristics shared by these individuals include discipline, risk-taking Janice Batzold behavior, intelligence, commitment, leadership, and good business sense. But it takes more than the combination of these qualities and attributes to be a successful entrepreneur—it takes an investment of capital.

It is through the generosity of our alumni and friends that the ideas of our faculty and students are translated into reality. Your financial support provides the necessary fuel to take their ideas to the next level. Gifts to the Dean’s Unrestricted Fund assure that financial resources are available to seize opportunities as they arise. Student scholarships increase the likelihood that students have more time to spend on innovative projects with less time spent working extra jobs. And each of our three departments benefits from your gifts to their general funds, which often provide support for talented students who want to attend professional meetings to present research and network with their future colleagues.

Funding opportunities are as varied as the special interests of our alumni and friends. So, please feel free to contact me to talk about funding priorities that match your passion. By making a gift to the School of Pharmacy, you support our future. An overview of the vast cross-section of colleagues you can join in supporting our School appears in the Honor Roll of Donors included in this publication. If your name is already there, thank you for your generosity. If it is not, I hope you will join us with a donation this year.

For information about how to make a gift to the School of Pharmacy, you may contact me at 410-706-1711 or at jbatzold@rx.umaryland.edu. I always enjoy hearing from our alumni.

Warmly,

Janice T. Batzold, MS Acting Executive Director Office of Development and Alumni Affairs

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Coming to the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Fall 2013

An Online Master of Regulatory Science Program

Applications accepted in February 2013.

Deadline for applying is July 15, 2013.

Interested in gaining the skills and knowledge needed to contribute to drug regulation and pharmaceutical product life cycles?

This non-thesis, part-time program for professionals with bachelor’s degrees requires 30 credits of coursework and is taught online. Courses include: • Drug, Biologic, and Device Regulation • Drug Discovery • Clinical Research • Drug Development • Regulated Products in the Marketplace

Graduates will be prepared for: • Positions in pharmaceutical companies, as well as device and biotechnology companies • Positions in health care with knowledge of chemistry/ manufacturing/controls (CMC), clinical research, pharmacovigilance, or Phase IV research • Positions in government agencies such as the FDA, the NIH, DOD, BARDA, and the CDC • Admission into PhD programs

For more information on the program, visit www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu/regulatoryscience

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