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 WMSHP Board Nominees October 25, 2007

To vote, WMSHP members should fill out the ballot which has been mailed to them. Return the completed ballot via U.S. Mail (postmarked by Nov. 2nd), give it to any Board member, or take it to the November meeting.


President-Elect

Cherie Woodhams is a 1991 graduate of Ferris State University with a Bachelors of Pharmacy degree. She has experience as a staff and clinical pharmacist on Cardiology, Pediatrics, and the Neonatal ICU. In her current position as Pharmacy Educator, she is involved in training and orientation of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. She is also presently on the Advisory Board of Everest Career Training Institute.

Treasurer

Kim Melgarejo is currently a Pharmacy Manager at Borgess Medical Center and Borgess Pipp Hospital. She graduated from West Virginia University with her pharmacy degree and then pursued a pharmacy practice residency at Riverside Methodist Hospital. Soon after her residency she moved to Michigan and has worked at BMC as a clinical pharmacy specialist, clinical pharmacy manager, and now a pharmacy manager. She has been a board member of WMSHP since 2005.

Board

Michelle Brodin graduated in 2003 with a Doctorate in Pharmacy from South Dakota State University. She completed a pharmacy practice residency at Mercy General Health Partners in Muskegon in 2004. Dr. Brodin is currently serving as the Pharmacy Education Coordinator and Residency Program Director at MGHP. She has a passion for clinical pharmacy and has presented numerous at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meetings focusing on clinical advancement of the profession of pharmacy.

Melanie Crain graduated from Ferris State University College of Pharmacy in 2006. She completed her Pharmacy Practice Residency at Saint Mary's Health Care in August 2007, and currently works at Metro Health Hospital as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist.

Adam Drzewicki graduated with his Pharm.D. from the University of Michigan in 2000. After graduation, he completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He then accepted a clinical pharmacist position in cardiology at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. Today his position is as a clinical pharmacist in both cardiology and pharmacy system applications.

Andrea Goodrich is a clinical pharmacist at St. Mary's Health Care in Grand Rapids. Andrea received her B.S. in pharmacy from Ferris State University in 2001 and Pharm.D. from Midwestern University in 2006. Andrea currently works on the orthopedics/neurology unit at St. Mary's Hospital. Other professional areas of interests include internal medicine and infectious disease/HIV medication therapy. Andrea has been a member of WMSHP since 2001 and is serving as a committee member for MSHP in 2007. Andrea's professional affiliations also include ACCP, MSHP, and ASHP.

Renee Marana graduated from Ferris State University with her Pharm.D. in 2003. She went on to complete a PGY1 residency at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Upon completion of her residency, she accepted a decentralized pharmacist position on the General Medical and General Care Units at Bronson, where she continues to practice. In the fall of 2006, she became the residency program director for the Bronson residency program. She has also served on the educational committee and currently serves on the residency committee for the Michigan Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

Kym Moline works at St Mary's Health Care in Grand Rapids as a clinical pharmacist in the area of Drug Information and Medication Safety. Kym is an adjunct instructor for Ferris and precepts pharmacy externs and residents. She received her B.S and Pharm.D. degrees from Ferris and M.S.A. from Central Michigan University.

Jackie Morse recently completed a community pharmacy practice residency with Meijer, Pfizer and Ferris State University. She currently holds a shared position as Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice with Ferris State University and Disease Management Pharmacist with Meijer Pharmacy in Grandville. Jackie is an active member of ASHP, APhA and currently sits on the Michigan Pharmacists Association's New Practitioner Advisory Committee.

(Incumbent) Sarah Paulson attended Ferris State University and graduated with her Pharm.D. in 2005. She completed a general pharmacy practice residency at Saint Mary's Health Care in 2006. She is currently a clinical pharmacist at Saint Mary's Health Care assisting in coverage of the inpatient orthopedic unit, neurology unit, and inpatient pharmacy. Sarah has been a member of WMSHP since 2005 and has served as a board member since June 2007. She also has membership with ACCP, ASHP, MPA, MSHP, Phi Lambda Sigma, and Lambda Kappa Sigma.

Technician

(Incumbent) Bill Kriel worked at Spectrum Health Butterworth for 10 years prior to starting at Saint Mary's Health Care 7 years ago. Bill currently compounds chemotherapy medications and NICU TPNs.

Suzanne Rodgers has been a pharmcacy technician at Borgess Medical Center since February 2005. She graduated in January '05 from Olympia Career Institute with her technician degree. She became a member of WMHSP in '05 and has since attended many CE Dinners. Her outside involvement is with the jail ministry, ministry with community, retention, and nursing home ministry with her local church.

Posted: Thursday, October 25, 2007



 Amendment to the WMSHP By-Laws November 1, 2005

The by-laws indicate the duration of terms for each executive board member. However, there is no term duration indicated for the Pharmacy Technician position. The executive board would like to add the following amendment to the by-laws:

Article III – Nominations, Elections and Terms of Office
Section 4. – Terms of Office
Part F. – The Pharmacy Technician shall serve for two years.

The vote for this amendment will take place at the January 2006 meeting in Grand Rapids. A simple majority vote of the active members present at this meeting shall carry the amendment to the by-laws.

Posted: Tuesday, November 1, 2005



 Spring Seminar 2005 April 15, 2005

The 36th Annual WMSHP Spring Seminar will be held on May 5th at the Grand Rapids Airport Hilton. Participants may earn up to 5.5 pharmacy CE credits for attending. Topics include the ASHP Health System Pharmacy 2015 Initiative, USP-797, JCAHO, and pharmacy law. Clinical topics include therapy of asthma & COPD, vascular disease, and diabetes.

Cost is $40 for WMSHP/KCPA pharmacist members, $50 for pharmacist non-members, and $30 for technicians. Pharmacy students and residents may attend at no charge.

Registration deadline is April 28th (on-site registration will be available for an additional $10).

Posted: Friday, April 15, 2005



 Annual Asthma Education Conference March 23, 2005

The Fifth Annual Asthma Education Conference will be held on Wednesday, April 13 at the Gilmore Center for Health Education in Kalamazoo. This program runs from 3:00-8:30pm, and is presented through the joint sponsorship of MSU/KCMS and the Kalamazoo Area Asthma Coalition.

Topics include Michigan Asthma Resource Kit (MARK) training, asthma devices and their use, asthma in schools, asthma in sports and exercise, and vocal cord dysfunction.

Registration fees are $25 per person ($10 with student ID), and attendees may receive up to 5 hours of pharmacy continuing education. Dinner is included with the program. You may direct any questions to Jeannie Byrne at (269) 373-5025 or jkbyrn@kalcounty.com.

Click here (595kb PDF) to download the registration brochure.

Posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2005



 WMSHP $1,000 Scholarship January 23, 2005

Students may now apply online for the annual $1,000 WMSHP Scholarship. To be eligible, students must be a P3 in the college of pharmacy at Ferris State University, University of Michigan, or Wayne State University. More details and the application can be found here.

Posted: Sunday, January 23, 2005



 Call For Nominations August 27, 2004

We are now accepting nominations for the following positions:

• Board Members – 2005 through 2006
• President-Elect – 2005

Please email the names of potential candidates to us at nominations@wmshp.net. Our membership will have the opportunity to vote on candidates when the October newsletter is distributed.

Posted: Friday, August 27, 2004



 35th Annual WMSHP Spring Seminar March 16, 2004

The 35th Annual WMSHP Spring Seminar will take place on Thursday, May 6th at the Hilton Grand Rapids Airport. Programs will be offered in Ambulatory Care & Critical Care, and there will also be programs geared toward pharmacy technicians. This seminar will provide an opportunity for pharmacists and technicians to learn about contemporary issues in the track of their choice while earning continuing education credits.

Click here to download the program brochure in MS Word format.

Posted: Tuesday, March 16, 2004



 2nd Annual Contemporary Topics Symposium September 17, 2003

Borgess Medical Center and Ferris State University are co-sponsoring the Second Annual Contemporary Topics for Pharmacy Practitioners symposium on October 25th at the Lawrence Education Center in Kalamazoo. It has been approved by ACPE for 0.4 CEU. The topics will include: "New Treatments for Schizophrenia: A Critical Overview", "Alzheimer's Disease: Fact or Fiction?", "New Developments in Heart Failure Management", and "Vaccines: Debunking Old Myths and Starting Some New Ones". The presentations will be from 8 AM until 12 PM, with lunch following from noon to 1 PM. The presenters are Dean VanLoo & Vicki Sternhagen of Ferris State and Stephanie Barbour & Jennifer Hagerman of Borgess. We are planning on sending flyers out to WMSHP members once they are printed. The flyer can also be downloaded by clicking here.

Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2003



 WMSHP Supports National Pharmacy Week September 10, 2003

The Western Michigan Society of Health-System Pharmacists is offering $50 to all West Michigan hospitals to help celebrate National Pharmacy Week. The American Pharmacists Association has numerous ideas of how to celebrate NPW at http://aphanet.org/lead/pweek.html.

Anyone interested in using this donation can submit a receipt to Ted Riley, WMSHP Treasurer. He can be contacted by email at tkriley@iserv.net, or by phone at (616) 364-0451. You will also need to submit a paragraph description of how the money was used, so that we can publish a note in our monthly newsletter.

Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2003




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