Please join us on February 11th in Kalamazoo when we discuss "Current Treatment Options for Bipolar Disorder. Kevin Furmaga, Pharm.D., BCPP will be our speaker for the evening. This year’s Annual Convention and Expo (ACE) meeting will be held the weekend of Feb. 26-28, 2010 and MSHP will be offering three sessions. Be sure to look for these sessions when deciding what programs to attend at the convention! If you register for the Annual Convention prior to Feb. 4 at 4:30 p.m. to receive member discounts. Visit the MPA Website to register and to obtain the most up to date information! Mark your calendars for Friday, April 9th in which we will have having our monthly meeting with the Grand Rapids Griffins. Our Continuing education will be held at 5:30PM with the game to follow. There will be an opportunity to invite your friends and family, too!

Welcome 2010! The election results for 2010 have been completed and I would like to welcome the following new as well as returning board members to the WMSHP Board:

In the next couple days, you will receive your "official" WMSHP ballot in the mail! The ballot may be mailed back to Brad Miller, WMSHP Secretary; handed in to an Executive Board member; or turned in at the November WMSHP meeting in Kalamazoo. There won't be extra ballots available at the monthly meeting, so keep that in mind. Also, note that we cannot accept votes that are faxed or emailed.

Try to make it to the MSHP Annual Meeting being held November 6^th at Rock Financial Showplace in Novi. There are a variety of topics including and adult, child, and infant CPR course for both Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacists. You can register on-line at http://www.michiganpharmacists.org.

Join us at our next monthly meeting where Sandra Chase will be discussing "Recent Developments in the Treatment and Management of Atrial Fibrillation” at the Food Dance Café in Kalamazoo.  

See you then!

Submit Your Newsletter Articles!
We are always looking for original newsletter articles for the WMSHP Newsletter. This is a great opportunity if you or one of your students or residents have an article that you’d like to see published in this newsletter and online at WMSHP.net.

Please send all submissions to me. The email address is webmaster@wmshp.net.

Holiday Break:
Please note that there will be no general meeting or newsletter for the month of December. Have a happy holiday season, and we’ll see you again in 2010!

Soon we will be electing new officers for the 2010 year.  Each active WMSHP member will be mailed an official ballot. The ballot may be mailed back to Brad Miller, WMSHP Secretary, handed in to an Executive Board member, or turned in at the October WMSHP meeting in Grand Rapids or the November WMSHP meeting in Kalamazoo. To eliminate the possibility of voting multiple times, there will not be extra ballots available at the monthly meetings. Please do not attempt to fax the ballots. To verify that WMSHP has your current address, log in to our website at wmshp.net and select "Update Address". 

In October, please join us at the Lacks Grand Room at Saint Mary’s Health for a talk on Dyslipidemia.  Kristin Smith and Matt Moran will be presenting an overview of lipid physiology, guidelines and pharmacotherapy.