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Class of 2014 Alumni as Keynote Speakers Dr. Jeremiah Hicks and Dr. Zachary “Zack” Sherr gave inspirational keynote speeches at the recent Class of 2023 White Coat Ceremony (April 30, 2021) and at the Class of 2021 Hooding and Awards Ceremony (May 13, 2021), respectively. Dr. Jeremiah Hicks graduated from University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s School of Pharmacy, Class of 2014. After graduation, he entered the retail realm of CVS pharmacy in Washington D.C. where he received multiple awards such as “My Patient Care District Awards” & “My Store Health District Awards.” After CVS, he moved to Arizona to serve an isolated, rural, and underserved indigenous population where he felt he could make an impact. Dr. Hicks has excelled within the Indian Health Services and has held many titles within a short amount of time. While pioneering the COVID-19 Immunization Clinic Coordinator, he has generated over $2M within two months from the pharmacy department alone. With hard work, Dr. Hicks has been recently announced as the Deputy Chief of Pharmacy at Hopi Healthcare Center in Polacca, AZ. In his spare time, he is an avid traveler with his family and trains vigorously for triathlons as a passion. Dr. Zack Sherr is the Director of Store Operations/Chief Operations Officer for Apple Discount Drugs, a locally owned and operated pharmacy in Salisbury, MD. He is a licensed pharmacist, who graduated from University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s School of Pharmacy, Class of 2014. He served as a staff pharmacist at Apple Discount Drugs after graduation and maintained that role until 2019 when he transitioned to his current role in the company. Dr. Sherr’s role at Apple oversees a unique approach to healthcare availability. Apple goes beyond traditional community pharmacy means by providing full-scale durable medical equipment, custom compounding, an accredited diabetes education center, and a robust respiratory department that includes oxygen, c-pap, and bi-pap services. Dr. Sherr lives in Salisbury with his wife Lana and their two children, Thea and Ella.
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Alumnae wins the 2020 Clinical Excellence Pharmacist Award Dr. Tola Adebanjo was awarded the 2020 Clinical Excellence Pharmacist Award at The University of Kansas Health System. After graduating in 2018, Dr. Adebanjo went on to complete a Post-Graduate Year 1 Residency and HSAP Residency at the University of Kansas Health System.
Alumnae wins the 2020 Walmart Pharmacy Manager of the Year Dr. Elizabeth Eddy was recently awarded the Walmart Neighborhood Market’s Pharmacy Manager of the Year for 2020. She graduated from UMES School of Pharmacy in 2014. After graduating, she worked for CVS in Virginia Beach for 2 years, and then started working at Walmart, where she has worked for 4 years and counting. She became the pharmacy manager at a store in Chesapeake, Virginia in 2019. She did so well at that store that she was then transferred to a much higher volume store in Norfolk, Virginia and is currently working to improve that store as well. In her free time, her hobbies include traveling, cooking, and going to the beach. Future goals include working her way up to becoming a district manager with Walmart.
