Pharmacy News and Events

Faculty, Alumna Named ATHENA Finalists Dr. Arlette Miller Smith and Dr. Mona Gandhi

11/05/2019 - Among the finalists for the 2020 ATHENA International Awards are Dr. Arlette Miller Smith, associate professor of English and director of the African American Studies program at St. John Fisher College, and Nancy Catarisano ’83, managing partner, Insero & Co. CPAS LLP. Dr. Mona Gandhi, associate professor of pharmacy practice and administration in the Wegmans School of Pharmacy, was among the finalists of the ATHENA Young Professionals Award, which recognizes emerging female leaders.

Wegmans School of Pharmacy Celebrates Profession Through Events, Activities Pharmacy students pose with the Cardinal during a National Pharmacy Week celebration.

10/30/2019 - In October, Wegmans School of Pharmacy joined a nationwide effort to shine the spotlight on the pharmacy profession during National Pharmacy Week. Designed by the American Society of Health-system Pharmacists, the celebration was an opportunity to educate the public about the role of pharmacists as members of the health care team and advance the profession. The week also coincided with the American Pharmacists’ Association’s designation of October as American Pharmacists’ Month.

Pharmacy Students Offer Flu Immunizations during Day of Services School of Pharmacy faculty and students, many of whom intern at Wegmans pharmacies, administered the immunizations during Project Homeless Connect's Day of Services.

10/29/2019 - The Wegmans School of Pharmacy at St. John Fisher College was among one of nearly 100 booths at the Project Homeless Connect “Day of Services” event held at the Blue Cross Arena earlier this month.

A Steward of Good Practice Dr. Lisa Avery was recently inducted as a 2019 Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP).

10/28/2019 - Lisa Avery Leads the Antibiotic Stewardship Team at St. Joseph’s Health While Teaching the Next Generation of Pharmacists to Improve Treatment of Infectious Diseases

Symposium: Focus on the Whole Patient When Delivering Care Dr. Henry Hess speaks at the Integrative and Complementary Medicine Symposium.

10/28/2019 - In fall 2018, the Wilmot Cancer Institute’s Pluta Cancer Center opened an Integrative Oncology & Wellness Center, using complementary therapies including yoga, meditation, and acupuncture to help ease the fatigue, pain, stress, and anxiety often felt by cancer patients.

Pharmacy Weeks Puts Profession in the Spotlight Members of the Wegmans School of Pharmacy have a little fun while taking a group photo.

10/18/2019 - The Wegmans School of Pharmacy will join a nationwide effort to shine the spotlight on the pharmacy profession during National Pharmacy Week, beginning Sunday, Oct. 20. Designed by the American Society of Health-system Pharmacists, the celebration is an opportunity to educate the public about the role of pharmacists as members of the health care team and advance the profession.

Meet the Wegmans School of Pharmacy Residents and Fellows Joy Snyder, Jessica Klingelsmith, Karlee Platts, and Curtis Blow

10/08/2019 - Over the course of the next year, four St. John Fisher College Wegmans School of Pharmacy residents will gain real world experience in a vast array of clinical settings as consulting members of health care teams.

Pharmacy Faculty from Egypt’s Future University Visit Fisher Future University faculty members Dr. Hayam Ateyya Abdelkawee Moussa, Dr. Naglaa Samir Ahmed Bazan, Dr. Ebtissam Abdelghaffar Metwally Darweesh, and Maha Magdy Mahmoud Ibrahim Sallam, with Fisher's Dr. Anna Ratka, Dr. Dave McAffrey, and Dean Christine Birnie.

10/04/2019 - In the small conference on the second floor of the Wegmans School of Pharmacy, four faculty members from Future University in Cairo, Egypt sat with Dean Christine Birnie to debrief their three-week visit to Fisher. The conversation was fast and the ideas were flying.

Fisher Hosts Integrative and Complementary Medicine Symposium Hearty-healthy food arranged in a heart-shaped dish.

10/04/2019 - Get educated, engaged, and inspired. National and local health experts will share knowledge, resources, and advice on how to improve a person’s physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual well-being during the annual Integrative and Complementary Medicine Symposium.

Students Call Service Trips Rewarding, Immersive Lauren Adamchick was among the School of Pharmacy students to travel to El Salvador on a medical mission.

10/01/2019 - Exhausting and busy. Rewarding and indescribable. That’s how Lauren Adamchick, a second-year student in the Wegmans School of Pharmacy, characterizes the medical mission she took to El Salvador.

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