ACCP Dean's Hour Oct. 30th

(l to r) Vice President Yuliana Toderika '10, President Teona Surguladze '10, Faculty Adviser Dr. Roda Plakogiannis and Chapter Founder and Past President Kristina Lam '09.

The College's Chapter of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) sponsored a Dean's Hour Program on Thursday, October 30. Guest Speaker and Faculty Adviser Roda Plakogiannis, Pharm.D. spoke on the topic "Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Clinical Pharmacy but Were Afraid To Ask." Dr. Plakogiannis answered perennial questions of pharmacy students such as How do you become a clinical pharmacist? What is the role of clinical pharmacist in the hospital setting? What does board certified mean and how do you get it?

ASHP Dean's Hour: "Why Consider Doing a Pharmacy Practice Residency?"

On Monday, Oct. 27th ASHP held a successful Dean's Hour Program titled, "Why Consider Doing a Pharmacy Practice Residency?" with speaker Dr. Henry Cohen and his current PGY-2 resident Nina. The forum was well attended with over a hundred students attending. Students learned about residency programs and what steps they should take if they are interested in participating in one after graduation. A Q&A session followed the presentation with the resident, a recent College of Pharmacy graduate. To see more pictures, see the slide show or go to http://picasaweb.google.com/dosesnotices/ASHPDeanSHourWhyConsiderDoingAPharmacyPracticeResidency#5262039285561993090

Scholarship Application Deadline Fri., Oct. 31!

The deadline for scholarship applications is Friday, Oct. 31st! If you haven't done so already, pick up an application in Office of Student and Professional Affairs, L-130. Completed applications must be returned by Friday, Oct. 31st. You can view the list of scholarships available at http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/pharmacy/scholarships.htm or in the application booklet.

Welcome to Online Doses!

Dear Pharmacy Students,

Welcome to the College of Pharmacy’s unofficial newsletter Online Doses! On behalf of the Pharmacy Student Leadership Council, I want to wish you all a great semester. With the inauguration of this blog, we plan to keep you all up to date on all activities and events that will take place during the semester. We welcome your photos, articles and suggestions. You can write us at dosesnotices@yahoo.com .

Wishing you all a successful school year!

Erin Harbison, 2010
President
Pharmacy Student Leadership Council

Dean's Hour: Why Consider a Pharmacy Practice Residency?

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

invites you to a

Dean's Hour Program

"Why Consider A Pharmacy Practice Residency?"

Guest Speaker

Dr. Henry Cohen

& a current pharmacy practice resident

Q&A session will follow their remarks

MONDAY 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. in HS 121

FOOD & DRINK WILL BE SERVED

The Chapter of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy sponsored a Dean’s Hour Program on Monday, Oct. 13 with Susmita Chavala, Pharm.D., Strategic Consultant, Market Support, for Humana to discuss career opportunities in managed care. (From l. to r. Vice President Ginni Mathew’10, President Ephigene Banzuelo’10, Dr. Chavala and faculty adviser Dr. Hongjun Yin.

Residency, Fellowship & Graduate Programs Showcase 11/12

On Wednesday, Nov. 12, we will hold our annual Residency, Fellowship & Graduate Programs Showcase in the Metcalfe Gym from 10 - 2 p.m. To date, we have 26 program participants and we are expecting several more positive responses, making it the largest showcase ever.

Please encourage students to attend. This is the next best thing to attending the ASHP Midyear Meeting. If they are considering one of these post-graduate programs, this is the ideal time to speak with residency directors, residents, and fellows about their programs.

Please see a list of the participants below:

CLINICAL PHARMACY PROGRAMS
Atlantic Health (Morristown Memorial & Overlook Hospitals)
Beth Israel Medical Center
Brookdale Hospital and Medical Center
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital
The Brooklyn Hospital Center
James J Peter VA Medical Center
Kings Pharmacy
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
Maimonides Medical Center
Montefiore Medical Center
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York Harbor Healthcare System
New York Methodist Hospital
New York Presbyterian Hospital
PerformRx
St. John’s University/Forest Research Institute
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
VA Hudson Valley Health Care System
Yale-New Haven Hospital

INDUSTRY RESIDENCY & FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS
Eisai Inc
PharmaWrite/ DesignWrite
Rutgers University Institute
for Pharmaceutical Industry Fellowships
Forest Research Institute/St. John’s University

GRADUATE PROGRAM
M.S. in Drug Regulatory Affairs

Congratulations to Dean David R. Taft!

After a nationwide search, Dr. David Taft was selected as the new dean of the Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. We are very excited to have Dr. Taft become our new dean. Congratulations, Dean Taft!

ABC's Good Morning America

Know your medication, know your pharmacist!

October is American Pharmacists Month. APhA members went on ABC's Good Morning America to encourage patients to ask questions about their medications and get to know their pharmacist. Medication errors are substantially decreased when patients know their medicines, their pharmacist, and interacting with their pharmacist on both of the prescription and over-the-counter medications.

Thanks to Montefiore’s Director of Pharmacy Operations (l) Ellen Rudnick for treating the P-6 students to a pizza luncheon following Grand Rounds Wednesday! Also helping out was ® PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Lendita Prlesi, PharmD and P-6 Intern Lily Huang.