Honoring Excellence
geriatric and pediatric service. He also provides pharmaceutical
role with Jewel-Osco as a clinical programs district point person, in
services to an assisted living facility of 350 senior residents in
which she provides education, training, and support to as many as
Austin.
70 pharmacy teams engaged in the delivery of clinical services— both those that occur as part of the pharmacy’s workflow and
Khakhkhar was previously a board member at the Austin Cook
those that are appointment based. She has also worked on several
County Health Center and currently serves as a board member
additional projects, including implementing a residency preceptor
for the Association of Indian Pharmacists in America-Illinois.
development series, developing proposals for transitions of care programs involving community pharmacists, conducting a pilot
Khakhkhar and his wife, Sejal, currently reside in Orland Park.
weight-management program for corporate office associates, and
Their son, Rish (20), is a second-year premed student at
authoring a white paper on the pharmacist’s role in the patient-
Northwestern University, and their daughter, Shivani (16), is a
centered medical home that was distributed to key Senate and
junior at Sandburg High School.
congressional leaders, among others. Wagner serves on several professional pharmacy workgroups,
2011 Rising Star Award Megan E. Wagner, pharmd ’05
including the NCPDP MTM Workgroup and the PQA MTM and Care
The Rising Star Award recognizes alumni who have graduated
abstract reviewer of resident research projects submitted for
Transitions Workgroup, and is a member of the Illinois Pharmacists
within the last 10 years and have distinguished themselves in their career while showing great promise for the future. Megan Drinnan Wagner receives this year’s Rising Star honor for her exceptional work that has already gained her notable recognition. Wagner received her bachelor’s degree in biology from UIUC in 2001. She then received her PharmD from UIC in 2005 and completed a community pharmacy practice residency in 2006
Association’s Editorial Advisory Committee. She serves as an presentation at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting and is a member of the IPhA, APhA, and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. Wagner enjoys returning to campus each year as a guest lecturer in several courses. She currently lives in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago with her very supportive husband of four years, Matt Wagner, who earned his PharmD at UIC in 2003.
with UIC and SUPERVALU (Jewel-Osco). In 2006, Wagner began as a staff pharmacist with SUPERVALU and took on an additional role as a clinical specialist pharmacist with dedicated time for providing comprehensive and targeted medication
therapy
management
and
chronic
condition
management services to patients in the community pharmacy setting. In 2008, SUPERVALU added a fourth community pharmacy residency site in Lombard, Illinois, affiliated with Midwestern University, and Wagner became the primary preceptor for the new site. Later that year, she also temporarily served as primary preceptor for the community practice residency affiliated with UIC in Chicago and then transitioned into the primary preceptor for this site the following residency year. Wagner has been in her current position with SUPERVALU for about two and a half years. She serves as primary preceptor for the PGY1 Community Practice Residency Program affiliated with UIC. Her practice site is located at Roosevelt Road and Ashland Avenue in Chicago. She also continues in her role as a clinical specialist pharmacist. Furthermore, Wagner holds a leadership UIC Pharmacist | Winter 2012 | pharmalumni.uic.edu | 37