UNIVERSITY of MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE News from the UMES School of Pharmacy Volume 1 – Issue 1 FALL 2013
Special Points of Interest: • Message from the Dean • UMES School of Pharmacy Inaugural Hooding Ceremony • Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Bill Harbester
From the Dean's Desk Dean Nicholas R. Blanchard On behalf of the faculty, staff and students of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the Inaugural issue of UMES Rx Times. The purpose of this newsletter, which will be produced biannually, is to keep you informed of happenings, news and events here at the UMES SOP. As you are probably now aware, the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) announced in June that the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Doctor of Pharmacy program had been awarded Full Accreditation. The hard work and dedication of our faculty, staff and students, along with the support from the university and the community, enabled us to reach this important milestone, and although the road to where we are now has been long, this is just one of many important milestones identified by our Strategic Plan. It is such a pleasure to be working with such a highly qualified Executive Council, as well as a dedicated and student focused faculty and staff. We are doing everything we can to continue to grow and improve and to become one of the top 25 schools of pharmacy in the nation. As you read through this newsletter, please realize how it demonstrates our Faculty’s commitment to the mission of the School and the University and how it reflects their dedication to our goal of achieving Eminence in all of our academic, clinical, and community service programs. On May 16, 2013, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore held the Inaugural Hooding and Awards Ceremony for the School of Pharmacy Class of 2013. Many proud friends and family members gathered at The Fountains Wedding and Conference Center in Salisbury, Maryland and watched their graduates, dressed in academic regalia highlighting pharmacy and UMES colors, olive green and maroon, respectively, receiving their Doctor of Pharmacy hoods from the Dean. After three years of hard work, each graduate received recognition for their dedication and their achievement for completing this extremely rigorous program. In addition to many state and national awards, the most prestigious recognitions were valedictorian, awarded to Kyle Odenwelder and salutatorian, awarded to both Michael Geesaman and DeAngelo Price. The Dean, Nicholas Blanchard created new awards that will
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Inaugural Hooding and Awards Ceremony To start and encourage the legacy of giving back, the inaugural class of 2013, as newly minted graduates and alumni, donated $600 as a started up fund for scholarship for the School's "next generation" of students. To join their initiative and make a gift to the Pharmacy Program, please visit www.umes.edu and click on online giving!
• Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Victor Hsia • Faculty and Student Achievements • Our Newest Faculty Members • Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society Charter and Induction • Professional Development Seminar Speakers at UMES Inside this issue: Experiential Education Service Day 5 K Walk/Run for Epilepsy Phi Lambda Sigma Charter Achievements New Faculty Awards & Recognitions Emergency Drill Professional Fraternities Professional Organizations Mission and Vision Leadership Team
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be given to new graduates each year. These two awards are the “Laughter is Medicine” award and the Peggy Naleppa Outstanding Leadership award, given to Nancy Duong and Padraic Keen, respectively. The keynote speaker, Dr. Peggy Naleppa, President and CEO of Peninsula Regional Medical Center, provided encouragement and inspiration to the new graduates. Dr. Nalepa addressed the students with respect, assuring them that theywould go on to do wonderful things with their new degree. Dr. Patrice Jackson-Ayotunde, Associate Professor and class advisor, gave a passionate speech outlining the drive and courage required of each student to be the “FIRST” class to successfully complete the new pharmacy program. Family members, friends, new graduates, faculty and guests left with a sense of pride and a feeling of accomplishment to have been a part of this historic and momentous occasion.
Experiential Education
We did it! The Experiential Education Team wants to thank all the preceptors who made it possible with our Experiential Education Experiences to graduate our inaugural class this past May. We cannot thank you enough for all the hard work and guidance you have provided to our students throughout our experiential curriculum. We are also excited about some of the changes we have made to improve our mission and help our Preceptors. We have added two external preceptors to our Committee, one from community practice and one from institutional practice, to ensure we have current practice-related input to our group. We greatly appreciate Bill Cooper from Peninsula Regional Medical Center and Jeff Farace from Community Pharmacy for volunteering to help us in this capacity. We are in the process of changing and condensing our evaluation process to
make it easier and more convenient for our preceptors and students. We plan to have these changes in place for the fall semester evaluations. As a committee, we are dynamic in that we are continually striving to improve our product and in this regard look forward to receiving suggestions for improvement and constructive feedback from our Preceptors, students and the professional community. Please continue to look for communication from this office to keep you aware of changes and updates from our program. Again, THANK YOU for all you do for our students! Best Regards, Mark Freebery,PharmD. Assistant Dean for Experiential Education
G. Lawrence Hogue, PD Director of Experiential Education
Service Day Community Service Hours As of October 1, 2013 the students at the School of Pharmacy have completed nearly 6,000 hours of community service to many areas on the Delmarva Peninsula as well as other places outside of the Peninsula.
The students, faculty and staff of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, School of Pharmacy (UMES-SOP) rolled up their sleeves and reached out to the community for the 3rd Annual Service Day on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Service Day is the vision of Dr. Nicholas Blanchard, Dean of the School of Pharmacy & Health Professions. It is a day-long volunteer program in which all members of the UMES-SOP work side-byside to serve local organizations and schools throughout the Delmarva Peninsula. This year’s 2 UMES
Service Day activities included class room support at schools in Worcester and Somerset Counties. One participant stated: “I loved the interaction with the kids. I felt like they needed to see someone different than their typical leaders doing something important in the way of school and careers.” Members of the UMES-SOP also completed landscaping at the M.A.C Center in Salisbury and Somerset County Parks & Rec. The community service activities enable the UMES-SOP family to realize that we are part of a greater community. Collectively, we have provided almost 6000 hours of community service since the matriculation of the first class in August 2010.
Faculty Spotlight Department of Pharmacy Practice & Administration
“There are a lot of great future pharmacists in this program, and I’m thrilled to be involved in helping them develop these skills.” Bill Harbester
Dr. Bill Harbester is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Pharmacy with a practice site at the Walgreens in Laurel, Delaware. He became a pharmacy preceptor shortly after his graduation from Wilkes University in 2006 and currently precepts two UMES Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE) students each rotation block. Dr. Harbester’s rotation focuses on ambulatory disease state management, patient consultation, and point of care testing. The site is an Immunization Center of Excellence, offering almost all available vaccines. As an advocate for improving immunization rates he has been working with the Delaware Board of Pharmacy to allow pharmacy students the ability to immunize in the state. Dr. Harbester and his students conduct a variety of health screenings at the site, including blood pressure, blood glucose, hemoglobin A1C, and cholesterol. In March of this year, Dr. Harbester and fellow colleague Dr. Dana Fasanella were awarded a grant from the Million Hearts Campaign to help support these point of care testing projects. The site offers a variety of Medication Therapy Management (MTM) programs and patient consultation plays a primary role in the student’s daily activities. Dr. Harbester remains active in a number of pharmacy organizations. Along with being a member of AACP, he is an advisor of the UMES NCPA student chapter. He is also the co-advisor of the APhA-ASP student chapter and returned from the APhA annual convention after
5k Walk/Run for Epilepsy April 28, 2013 MAC Center, Salisbury, MD The 5K walk/run for Epilepsy was just Wonderful, to say the least. There was a great crowd of supporters and participants from UMES and the surrounding community. Before the start of the race, Ms. Natasha Feathers encouraged us with her story of her daughter Nevaeh who passed away last year from an epileptic condition. She also donated $100 towards research efforts. The day was beautiful, Jeremy Peterson and his team, our students, did a fabulous job organizing the event. Kudos to them! For more information on the Pharmacy Student Government Association, visit: www.umessop.com
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serving as a Delaware Delegate at the House of Representatives. Dr. Harbester has been heavily involved with the Delaware Pharmacists Society, serving on their Board of Directors as a Sussex County Representative and as the president-elect. He is the 2010 recipient of the Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award, and began his term as DPS president in June 2013 at the DPS annual convention. Involvement in these organizations has allowed him to not only continuously improve himself as a preceptor but also stress to our student pharmacists the importance of staying active in the pharmacy community. Since the beginning of APPE rotations Dr. Harbester has been a strong supporter of taking multiple students each rotation block. He has noticed many benefits with the two student system, including improved topic discussions, a higher level of patient quality of care and increased learning opportunities for the students, patients, and staff on site. He believes the diversity of our APPE students has been the biggest benefit that has brought to his site, as students have been able to overcome language barriers the staff otherwise would have had issues with. “The UMES Class of 2013 impressed me on a daily basis with their skills and talents. One of my fondest memories was when one of our student pharmacists correctly identified a language barrier and spoke Creole to counsel a patient on his hypertension. There are many great future pharmacists in this program and I’m thrilled to be involved in helping them develop these skills.”
Faculty Spotlight Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
“As principal investigator, I was awarded $748,759 to investigate roles of thyroid hormone and its nuclear hormone receptor in the regulation of HSV-I latency reactivation.” Victor Hsia
Delta Nu Chapter Officers 2013-2014
The Graduate School’s 2013 Distinguished Scholar is Dr. S. Victor Hsia, Associate Professor of Pharmacology/Immunology in the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions. He received the award for securing the competitive R01 research grant from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) at NIH for conducting biomedical research at UMES. He is the first and only faculty member at UMES to receive this grant. As principal investigator, he was awarded $748,759 to investigate roles of thyroid hormone and its nuclear hormone receptor in the regulation of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)-I latency reactivation. HSV-I is the virus responsible for cold sores. Dr. Hsia received his Ph.D. in 2009 from Wayne state University School of Medicine with specialization in Immunology/Microbiology. Thereafter, he served as a post-doctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for five years. He was Assistant Professor, then Associate Professor at University of Louisiana Monroe before joining the UMES faculty in 2010. Dr. Hsia has 18 peer-reviewed journal articles, six of which were published after he joined the faculty of UMES where he has secured approximately $1.2 million in grant funds from NIH including R15 and the R01. He is the first faculty member from the UMES Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences to become a member of the UMES Graduate Faculty. His research advisees include two graduate students in Toxicology. The Distinguished Scholar Award is given to a faculty member who is nationally recognized in his or her field and provides evidence of outstanding scholarly activity including grants that have led to the enhancement of graduate education at UMES.
Phi Lambda Sigma: Delta Nu Chapter Induction
President: Marsha Raye Muhic Vice President: Brittany Galiano Secretary: Lawren Bryce Slate Treasurer: Ziad K. Haddad Historian: Miraj Yogesh Patel Alumni Liaison: Matthew D. Balish Faculty Advisor: Dr. Hoai-An Truong
On May 5, 2013, the UMES School of Pharmacy inducted the charter members into the newly established Delta Nu chapter of the Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society. To be honored with a membership in this prestigious society, each student had to go through a two-step selection process. The new members were first nominated by peers and sent an application to submit for selection by existing PLS faculty members, Dr. Rebecca Bickley, Dr. Cynthia Boyle, Dr. Patrick Dougherty and Dr. Hoai-An Truong, who is also the advisor. In addition to the 20 new student members, the Delta Nu chapter inducted five UMES faculty members including Dr. Nicholas Blanchard, Dr. Mark Freebery, Dr. Larry Hogue, Dr. James Junker and Dr. Miriam Purnell. These student and faculty members demonstrate great leadership qualities to further the mission of the school.
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The newly inducted members and honored guests enjoyed a lovely meal at Fratelli’s Italian Restaurant as the Keynote Speaker, CAPT James Bresette, spoke about planning for the future as leaders. He encouraged the student members to think toward the future and financially prepare in order to enjoy life while practicing as a pharmacist. After the inspiring speech, honored guest Dr. Mary Euler, the National Executive Director, led the ceremony to charter the chapter and induct the new members. The Delta Nu chapter of Phi Lambda Sigma induction ceremony was a small and intimate event but overall a tremendous success, one that will not soon be forgotten. Written by Lawren Bryce Slate, PharmD candidate
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Dean Blanchard served as an Administrative Delegate at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Annual Meeting.
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Dr. Boyle finished her term as Speaker of the House at the AACP Annual Meeting.
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Celia Brown, class of 2014, received a travel award for the Conference on the History of African Americans in the Medical Professions (CHAAMP) along with Dr. JacksonAyotunde. She was also asked to be an advisor board member for pharmacy.
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Drs. Dougherty, Freebery, Hogue and Truong presented on various topics at the Maryland Pharmacists Association (MPhA) Annual Convention in Ocean City.
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Dr. Freebery served as a Faculty Delegate at the AACP Annual Meeting.
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Dr. Freebery and Chelsea McSwain were recognized as an AACP WalMart Scholar faculty-student pair.
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Drs. Freebery and Harbester presented at Delaware Pharmacists Society Annual Convention. Dr. Harbester was installed as President of the Delaware Pharmacists Society (DPS) and received the UMES Faculty Preceptor of the Year Award.
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Drs. Hogue and Freebery presented a school poster on video-recording of students’ presentations at the AACP Annual Meeting. Dr. JacksonAyotunde completed her term as Secretary of the Chemistry Section at the AACP Annual Meeting.
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Drs. Jordan and Heeter, as director and coordinator, along with the Peninsula Regional Medical Center Residency Program, received accreditation from the American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists. Dr. Junker was appointed as the new Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Assessment.
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Dr. Miguel MartinCaraballo was promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure as the first faculty member with this achievement in the history of the School.
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Drs. Miller and Vasaitis were recognized as Teachers of the Year at the AACP Annual Meeting.
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Morgan Dykes and Lawren Bryce Slate received an award grant to attend the University of Utah School on Alcoholism and Chemical Dependencies.
Kyle Odenwelder, class of 2013 graduate, along with Mrs. Lang, Drs. Parmar, Junker, and Blanchard, presented a poster on Effect of Changing Grading Scale on Pharmacy Student’s GPA at the AACP Meeting. Miraj Patel, Jinxiang Xu, and Gillian Ndi, class of 2015 students, along with Drs. Freeman and Parmar, presented and won second place award for their poster during the Maryland Public Health Association (MdPHA) Annual Meeting. Dr. Parmar presented two posters on Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Epilepsy Patients and Changes in Health Care Utilizations and Provider Specialty in Medicaid Population at the International Society of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Annual Meeting.
SP3 Students at the annual Kappa Psi Formal
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Drs. Parmar, Tejada, and Purnell, Mrs. Lang, along with class of 2013 graduates Lisa Acedera and Ferdinand Ngonga, presented a poster on Assessment of TOEFL and PCAT as Admissions Criteria in a 3year Program at the AACP Meeting.
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Drs. Truong and Boyle along with class of 2013 graduates Deanna Dunn and Chelsea McSwain presented a poster on the School’s Professional Development for students at the AACP Annual Meeting. Dr. Truong also presented a poster on Medication Management and Patient Safety at the International Pharmaceuticals Federation (FIP) World Pharmacy Congress in Dublin, Ireland.
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Dr. Truong was installed as Chair of the Public Health SIG at the AACP Meeting.
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come to reach your goals!” Booker T. Washington
Pharmacy Recognizes Students and Faculty UMES School of Pharmacy held its Annual Spring Awards Ceremony to recognize top students and faculty for the 2012-2013 academic year. Highest GPA Awards • Class of 2014: Marina Byrd and Avraham Failaev • Class of 2015: Racquel Reese and Ross Jones American Pharmacists Association – Academy of Student Pharmacists Outstanding Members: • Camille King (2014) • Ziad Haddad (2015) APhA-ASP 2012-13 Patient Counseling Competition Winner: Marsha Muhic (2015) APhA-ASP University of Utah Program: Lawren Bryce Slate (2014) Morgan Dykes (2014)
American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists Member of the Year: Kristen Hoang (2014) National Community Pharmacists Association Award: Jarjeet Singh (2015) Student Leadership Award: Jeremy Peterson (2014) Class of 2014 Teacher of the Year: Dr. Michael Miller Class of 2015 Teacher of the Year: Dr. Sean Vasaitis Staff Person of the Year Award: Mrs. Lynn Lang Outstanding Service Award: Dr. James Junker
“If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.” Thomas Edison
Thomas A. Menighan, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Pharmacists Association (center-front), is joined by student-pharmacists and faculty members following the UMES School of Pharmacy’s Annual Spring Awards Ceremony where Dr. Menighan was the keynote speaker.
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Practicing to Save Lives “There is no substitute for the real thing, but practicing the work flow could be the difference between someone getting the right and wrong medication, if an emergency were to ever happen.” Second year student pharmacist Jarjeet Singh reflecting on his experience during the recent emergency preparedness and response drill.
On Monday, September 16th, students from the School of Pharmacy and the Physician Assistant School participated in an emergency preparedness drill, held in Carver Hall. This was the first time students from these two programs had the opportunity to use their skills in an inter-professional public health environment. Students were taught that in the event of a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or other public health emergency, medications and other assets from the Centers for Disease Control’s Strategic National Stockpile would be distributed to states who request aid. Each state would then distribute these assets to county Health Departments, which would then distribute these supplies to local Points of Distribution (PODs). UMES has been designated as a “closed POD”, with its primary purpose being to serve the nearly 4,000 University students, faculty and staff in the event of an actual public health emergency. In this simulation exercise, coordinated by Dr. G. Lawrence Hogue from the School of Pharmacy, students were notified that anthrax had been spread across the east coast, that the Governor had declared a state of emergency, and that the University of Maryland Eastern Shore would distribute prophylactic medications to everyone on campus. Every student was given the opportunity to role play as both a patient and provider. As providers, students checked registration forms, determined which medication their patients needed, counseled patients, and dispensed medications. This drill helped prepare students with the healthcare skills needed to respond in a real emergency situation – a time when the University would rely on their knowledge and training the most. In addition to the faculty and staff from the two schools, representatives from the Maryland Board of Pharmacy Emergency Preparedness Taskforce, Somerset County Health Department, and the University Police Department also assisted with the drill. Written by Rachel Bound, PharmD candidate
Professional Development Seminar Speakers at UMES CAPT James L. Bresette, PharmD, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services – Innovation Center Gilbert Burckart, PharmD, Associate Director for Regulatory Policy, Office of Clinical Pharmacology, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Professional Pharmacy Organizations and Fraternities •
American Pharmacists Association - Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP)
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National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA)
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American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP)
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American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA)
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Pharmacy Student Government Association (PSGA)
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Phi Delta Chi – Gamma Omicron Chapter
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Phi Lambda Sigma – Delta Nu Chapter
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Christian Pharmacists Fellowship International (CPFI) Kappa Psi – Epsilon Nu Chapter
Arnie Clayman, PD, FASCP, Senior Director of Professional, Clinical & Government Affairs for the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) Robert Freeman, PhD, Professor of Pharmacy Administration CAPT Mary Kremzner, PharmD, Division Director, Drug Information, Foods and Drug Administration Thomas E. Menighan, BSPharm, MBA, ScD, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American Pharmacists Association Frank Nice, RPh, DPA, CPHP, Project Manager Office of Generic Drugs Food and Drug Administration Mike Rouse, BPharm (Hons), MPS Assistant Executive Director, Professional Affairs, and Director, International Services Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences S. Victor Hsia, PhD Patrice L. Jackson-Ayotunde, PhD James L. Junker, PhD Adel H. Karara, PhD Madan Kharel, PhD
Dennis Killian, PharmD, PhD Miguel Martin-Caraballo, PhD Mark Simmons, PhD Fred R. Tejada, PhD T. Sean Vasaitis, PhD
Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration Nicholas R. Blanchard, PharmD, MEd Cynthia J. Boyle, PharmD Kimberly A. Couch, PharmD Yen Dang, PharmD Patrick Dougherty, PharmD Dana R. Fasanella, PharmD Mark Freebery, PharmD Robert Freeman, PhD William J. Harbester, PharmD Zachary S. Heeter, PharmD G. Lawrence Hogue, PD
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John Jordan, PharmD Allison Lardieri, PharmD Su Lee, PharmD Michael Miller, PharmD Jayesh Parmar, PhD Miriam C. Purnell, PharmD Gretchen I. Riker, PharmD Lana Saad, PharmD Tom S. Sisca, PharmD Hoai-An Truong, PharmD, MPH Raymond Weber, PharmD
Today’s Mission and Vision Tomorrow’s Competent and Caring Pharmacists
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The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) School of Pharmacy is dedicated to developing exemplary pharmacy professionals and scholars who are committed to patient-centered care, lifelong learning, discovery, and service for diverse communities of the Delmarva Peninsula, the State of Maryland, and around the world.
We are leaders in the health care community devoted to delivering patient-centered care, fostering pharmacy research, and enhancing the quality of life for all people through the development of accomplished, collegial, and caring pharmacy professionals.
We will meet our mission and vision by cultivating collaboration, compassion, cultural proficiency, ethical behavior, and innovation with integrity and respect.
If you would like to make a gift to the Pharmacy Program, please visit www.umes.edu and click on online giving! Thank you!
About Our School of Pharmacy
Our Leadership Team
The School of Pharmacy at UMES is a student-centered academic community committed to excellence in pharmacy education. To maintain a faculty-student ratio of nearly one-to-six and to ensure that enriching educational opportunities are available for every student, the School of Pharmacy admits a limited number of students (60) each year.
Dr. Nicholas R. Blanchard Dean
Dr. James L. Junker Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Dr. Cynthia J. Boyle Chair, Pharmacy Practice and Administration
Dr. S. Victor Hsia Interim Chair, Pharmaceutical Sciences
For these students, we are dedicated to ensuring an intellectually challenging and enriching educational experience.
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Ms. Duyen My Mach Ms. Lawren Bryce Slate Dr. Jared D. Steward Mrs. Annette Rogers Dr. Hoai-An Truong
Dr. Mark Freebery Assistant Dean for Experiential Education
Dr. Miriam C. Purnell Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Dr. Hoai-An Truong Assistant Dean for Professional Affairs
“UMES RxTimes” name suggestion: Ms. Marina G. Byrd NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE: Dr. Mark Freebery Dr. G. Lawrence Hogue Dr. Miriam C. Purnell Dr. Hoai-An Truong
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