July 1 marks the start of College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists’ (CPNP) fiscal year and the transition of officers on the Board of Directors. CPNP Board leaders for 2015-2016 include:
- CPNP President: Raymond C. Love, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP, Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
- CPNP President-Elect: Christopher Thomas, Pharm.D., BCPP, BCPS, CGP, Residency Program Director for PGY-1 and PGY-2 Psychiatry Specialty, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Psychiatry, Chillicothe Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)
- CPNP Past-President: Steven Burghart, DPh, MBA, BCPP, Director of Pharmacy, Rolling Hills Hospital, Franklin, TN
Other Board members include:
- CPNP Secretary: Jennifer Zacher, PharmD, BCPP, Assistant Chief Consultant, VA Pharmacy Benefits Management Service, Hines, IL
- CPNP Treasurer: Robert Haight, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
- CPNP Member-at-Large: Sara Dugan, PharmD, BCPP, Associate Professor, Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Pharmacy and Medicine, Rootstown, OH
- CPNP Member-at-Large: Jonathan Lacro, PharmD, BCPP, BCPS, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA
- CPNP Past President Advisory Appointee (Joining the Board January 1, 2016): Ann Richards, PharmD, BCPP, Pharmacy Director, San Antonio State Hospital & Texas Department of State Health Services, San Antonio, TX
- CPNP Ex-Officio Appointment: Brenda Schimenti, MS, Executive Director, College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists, Lincoln, NE
Contact information for all CPNP Board members is available on the CPNP website.
CPNP extends its thanks and gratitude to board members who conclude their board term as of June 30, 2015.
- Julie Dopheide, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP, Past President, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- Megan Ehret, PharmD, BCPP, MS, Member-at-Large, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
- Cherry Jackson, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP, Past President Advisory Appointee, Professor of Pharmacy, Auburn University; Professor of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy, University of Alabama, Birmingham, School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
Information on all CPNP Board members is available on the CPNP website.
About CPNP
The College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) envisions a world where every individual with a psychiatric or neurologic disorder has a care team that includes a neuropsychiatric pharmacist accountable for optimal medication therapy. As the voice of the specialty, our mission is to advance the reach and practice of neuropsychiatric pharmacists.
CPNP is a professional association of over 1700 pharmacists who are trained to work directly with patients and caregivers to apply specialized clinical knowledge and skills, educate and train healthcare professionals, and develop new knowledge in order to improve health outcomes for those individuals with psychiatric and neurologic disorders. Members apply evidence-based, cost-efficient best practices as a member of a treatment team to achieve patient recovery and improved quality of life.
Recognizing the comorbid nature of substance abuse and psychiatric disorders, CPNP has made a commitment to define and establish the role of neuropsychiatric pharmacists in substance abuse with initial emphasis on defining the role of the pharmacist in buprenorphine treatment and providing naloxone rescue education. CPNP is seeking partners for this effort, entering into new alliances, and establishing educational programs to support these efforts.
