Sault Tribe member honored as IHS Pharmacist of the Year

Lt. Cmdr. Nicholas Cushman PharmD MS BCACP was selected as the Indian Health Service (IHS) Junior Pharmacist of the Year for outstanding performance, contributions, and dedication to IHS and Indian country. All pharmacists with less than nine years of civil service or at a rank of Lt. or Lt. Cmdr. with the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps were eligible.

Cushman serves as an

Area Senior Clinical Program Coordinator for the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, Indian Country ECHO Program. Prior to his current position, Cushman completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency Program and served as Staff Pharmacist at the Albuquerque Service Unit in Albuquerque, N.M., and served as Deputy Chief Pharmacist at the Ute Mountain Ute Health Center in Towaoc, Colo.