Chair, Healthcare Information & Technology Expert Committee
Career Highlights:
- Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Pharmacy Benefits Services: Program Manager
- LECOM School of Pharmacy: Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
- Bayer Institute: Certified faculty in Patient-Clinician Communication
- The Joint Commission Pharmaceutical Services Advisory Council for Home Care
Education:
- The George Washington University School of Business, Masters certificate in project management
- University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, B.S. Pharm.
Awards, Recognition, Admissions:
- Pharmacist license, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Level II Project Management Certification, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Social Security Administration Public Service Award
- Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Network 4 Quality Award
- Member: USP Expert Panel, Prescription Container Labeling
- Member: USP Expert Committee, Nomenclature, Safety and Labeling
- Outstanding Contribution to the USP Standards-Setting Process Award
- Member: USP Expert Committee, Healthcare Quality and Safety
A Few Favorite Professional Achievements:
- Developed and implemented a free, nationwide program for veterans to safely dispose of unused/unneeded medication
- Served as the VHA representative to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) workgroup on development of the regulations to implement the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act o Authored VA national policy
- Responded to Congressional and White House inquiries and conducted executive briefings
- “Providing Veterans Safe and Responsible Options for Medication Disposal” selected for inclusion in the VA Under Secretary for Health's book "Best Care Everywhere"
- Co-author and presenter of “Creating Healthy Communities through Strategic Partnerships in Primary Care”, a Canada-U.S. dialogue on best practices in public health
- Served on a business process re-engineering team at the VA in Erie, PA resulting in the formation of primary care interdisciplinary clinic teams to include pharmacists, social workers and dieticians
- Lead for VA Drug Diversion Prevention program, providing education, site visits and implementation of national policy
- “Effects of Including Medication Indications on Prescription Labels” Journal of the American Pharmacists Association 2007;47:756-758