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BETHESDA, Md. — Christy Norman, PharmD, MS, BCPS, CPEL, FASHP, vice president of pharmacy services, Emory Healthcare, was one of 20 pharmacy leaders who recently received the inaugural Certified Pharmacy Executive Leader (CPEL^SM) credential from the ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists). The CPEL^SM recognizes commitment to achieving and maintaining excellence in professionalism, leading people, leading the pharmacy enterprise, and leading within and across complex healthcare systems.

Launched in 2021 and the first of its kind in pharmacy leadership, the CPEL^SM acknowledges the unique expertise of pharmacy executive leaders. To be recognized, pharmacists must have a minimum of five years of progressive and sustained leadership experience, including significant managerial oversight in a healthcare organization resulting in advancing pharmacy practice and positive patient outcomes.

About ASHP

ASHP is the collective voice of pharmacists who serve as patient care providers in hospitals, health systems, ambulatory clinics, and other healthcare settings spanning the full spectrum of medication use. The organization’s more than 60,000 members include pharmacists, student pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians. For more than 80 years, ASHP has been at the forefront of efforts to improve medication use and enhance patient safety. For more information about the wide array of ASHP activities and the many ways in which pharmacists advance healthcare, visit ASHP’s website, ashp.org, or its consumer website, SafeMedication.com.

For more information, contact the ASHP Communications Division at 301-664-8799 or press@ashp.org.

For more information go to: https://apps.dar.uga.edu/html-emails/-/gail-email/you-re-invited-2077

Read more:  Strategic Plan

GSHP held committee day on Saturday January 7, 2023 at the Holiday Inn and Suites in Stockbridge.  Committees worked on their plans for 2023.

GSHP Past-President Frank Landrum passed away on December 29, 2022.

Frank was actively involved in GSHP for a number of years including serving as President in 1989-1990 and Secretary for a number of years.  He received the GSHP Pharmacist of the Year award in 1984 and the Service to Society award in 2005.

Read more about Frank:  https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/frank-landrum-obituary?id=38510863

Attention ASHP Pharmacists members in Georgia:

The ballot for election of Georgia delegates to the ASHP House were emailed on 12/22. If you did not receive yours, please email sglass@gshp.org

GSHP signs-on to the ASHP letter regarding pharmacist reimbursement for American Rescue Plan mandatory benefits that was sent to Deputy Administrator and Director Daniel Tsai at the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services.

The GSHP Education Committee will be evaluating ALL abstracts submitted for recognition and designation as "Outstanding GSHP Poster". All accepted submissions will present in person at the 2023 GSHP Spring Meeting on Saturday, March 25, 2023. The top 5 student, resident, and practitioner abstracts will be selected for live poster judging at the GSHP Spring Meeting on Saturday, March 25, 2023. There will be three categories recognized: 1) Best Pharmacy Student Poster; 2) Best Pharmacy Resident Poster; 3) Best Pharmacy Practitioner Poster; based on the credentials of the primary (first) author. One student, one resident, and one practitioner poster will each win an award based on the highest combined abstract and poster scores. Winners will each receive a plaque and a cash prize.  

The deadline for submission of abstracts is at 5pm on Friday, February 17, 2023. Submit your poster abstract using the following link: https://forms.gle/ZVKVLk5XaqU3BHhk9. For questions, contact Meredith Lopez, GSHP Poster Session Coordinator, at merlopez@augusta.edu.  

Each abstract submission must be submitted using the above link and contain the following:  

• Author information (include full name, professional credentials, institutional affiliation (i.e., health care organization or college name), and email address for corresponding author/presenter) 

• Brief descriptive title (use sentence case) 
• Abstract body 
• • Purpose (max 100 words) 
  • Methods (max 225 words) 
  • Results (max 200 words) 

• • Conclusions (max 100 words) 
• Do not include tables, graphs, or illustrations in abstract.  Spell out all pharmaceutical acronyms.  
• Specify a submission type (student vs resident vs practitioner), which should be based on primary author’s credentials  
• Specify a primary submission category 
• Primary author must be an active GSHP member  

Georgia Board of Pharmacy publishes December newsletter

GBOP Newsletter Volume 4.pdf