CPNP 2010 Annual Meeting Recap

San Antonio, Texas served as host city for the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacist’s 13th Annual Meeting held April 18-21 This four-day conference hosted 450 attendees and featured over 20 hours of cutting-edge scientific presentations, 4.5 hours of industry supported symposia and a record number 142 scientific poster presentations.

Kicking off the meeting was a moving keynote address delivered by nationally recognized author Terry Wise, presenting Inside the Suicidal Mind:  Life-Saving Insights and Critical Therapeutic Strategies. The meeting accelerated its momentum with a mid-conference keynote debate between Drs. Peter Buckley and Henry Nasrallah on the topic of Efficacy vs. Tolerability: Which Trumps? Closing the stellar line-up of content was a final keynote by CPNP Past-President Larry Ereshefsky of California Clinical Trials offering an update on Strategies to Develop Disease Modifying Drugs:  Focus on Alzheimer’s and Surrogate Endpoints. Joshana Goga, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Pharmacist, Sheppard Pratt Health System, Townson, MD, served as chair of the CPNP Annual Meeting Rex Lott, PharmD, BCPP, Idaho State University College of Pharmacy, served as chair of the Recertification continuing education.

CPNP presented the 13th Saklad Memorial Lecture Award to Raymond C. Love, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP, Professor and Associate Dean, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland. CPNP was also successful in raising $4960 for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) through the third annual CPNP Walks for NAMI event, a 5K run/walk on the final day of the meeting. Attendee donations were matched dollar for dollar by CPNP.

CPNP’s 14th Annual Meeting will be held May 1-4 at The Arizona Grand Resort in Phoenix.

OFFICER AND COMMITTEE CHAIR INSTALLATION

Installation of 2010-2011 officers was also conducted at the Annual Meeting. Ann Richards, PharmD, BCPP passed the gavel to, Steven Stoner, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Professor and Chair, University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Pharmacy, Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Stoner will assume his duties as President beginning in July of 2010. Also recognized as new President Elect was Jerry McKee, PharmD, BCPP, whose term will also begin in July of 2010. Remaining on the board for 2010-2011 are Member-At-Large, Jerry Overman, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland and Treasurer, Mary Borovicka, PharmD, BCPP, BCPS, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Toledo, Brecksville, Ohio.

Joining the Board of Directors in July of 2010 are:

  • Carol Ott, PharmD, BCPP,Secretary, Clinical Assistant Professor, Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Rex S. Lott, Pharm.D., BCPP, Member at Large, Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Idaho State University; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine; Mental Health Clinical Pharmacist, Boise VA Medical Center, Boise, Idaho

Departing from the Board are:

  • Vicki Ellingrod, PharmD, BCPP, FCCP, Secretary, Associate Professor, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Carla Cobb, PharmD, BCPP, Past President, Psychiatric Pharmacist, RiverStone Health, Billings Montana

Also installed at the Annual Meeting were 2010-2011 Committee Chairs for CPNP as follows:

  • Business Development Committee: Roger Sommi, PharmD, BCPP, Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Communications Committee: Clinton Wright, PharmD, BCPP, Associate Medical Director, Research Pharmaceutical Services, San Antonio, Texas
  • Consumer Relations Committee: Julie Kissack, PharmD, BCPP, Professor and Chair, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas
  • Foundation Board: Sheila Botts, PharmD, BCPP, Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
  • Legislative Committee: Carla Cobb, PharmD, BCPP, Psychiatric Pharmacist, RiverStone Health, Billings Montana
  • Past President’s Council:Ann Richards, PharmD, BCPP, Pharmacy Director, Texas Department of State Health Services, San Antonio, Texas
  • Program Committee: Jennifer Zacher, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, North Chicago VA Medical Center, North Chicago, Illinois
  • Publications and Online Products Committee: Leigh Anne Nelson, PharmD, BCPP, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Recertification Committee: Sarah Melton, PharmD, BCPP, CGP, Associate Professor, Director of Addiction Outreach, Appalachian College of Pharmacy, Oakwood, Virginia
  • Review Course Editorial Board: Eric Kutscher, PharmD, BCPP, Associate Professor, South Dakota State University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
  • Research and Career Development Committee:  Shannon N. Saldaña, PharmD, MS, BCPP, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Clinical Specialist, Psychiatry, Divisions of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
  • Resident and New Practitioner Committee: Julie Dopheide, PharmD, BCPP, Associate Professor, University of Southern California Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, Los Angeles, California
  • Student Committee: Troy Moore, PharmD, BCPP, Assistant Professor, University of Texas HSC San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas

ABOUT CPNP

The College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacist’s (CPNP) mission is to promote excellence in pharmacy practice, education and research to optimize the treatment outcomes of individuals affected by psychiatric and neurologic disorders by:

  • Facilitating the dissemination of information regarding psychiatric and neurologic pharmacotherapy, patient care and community support
  • Facilitating programs in the areas of psychiatric and neurologic pharmacy at national meetings with organizations which support similar interests
  • Improving care for patients with psychiatric and neurologic disorders
  • Advancing the quality of research in the pharmacotherapy of psychiatric and neurologic disorders
  • Supporting the Psychiatric Pharmacy Certification Exam process and programs preparing exam candidates.

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