CPNP 2016 Annual Meeting

Colorado Springs, Colorado served as host city for the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacist’s 19th Annual Meeting held April 17-20. A record-breaking 700 healthcare professionals registered to attend this four-day conference which featured nearly 30 hours of cutting-edge scientific presentations, two product theaters and a display of 216 scientific posters. Lisa Goldstone, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCPP, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, Tucson, AZ, served as Program Chair of the CPNP Annual Meeting. Sarah Melton, PharmD, BCPP, BCACP, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Gatton College of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, served as chair of Recertification continuing education. CPNP’s 20th Annual Meeting will be held April 23-26, 2017 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

Kicking off the meeting was a four-hour hands on pre-meeting workshop on The How-Tos of Developing Collaborations to Improve Care, Access, and Reimbursement delivered by Drs. Steven Chen and Carla Cobb. Monday’s keynote address was delivered by Dr. Claire Fraser on The Role of Microbiota in Health and Disease: The Emerging Gut-Brain Connection. The final keynote address of the meeting on Vitamin Supplementation in Schizophrenia, delivered by Dr. Joshua Hoffman, rounded out the meeting along with additional concurrent programming provided throughout the meeting on topics such as chronic pain and sleep impairment, self-management and patient care, pharmacogenomics, Parkinson’s Disease, and much more. This year’s Annual Meeting also offered specific programming for over 100 residents and 100 students.

The CPNP Foundation hosted the traditional NAMI Walk during the Annual Meeting raising over $3800 for the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Additionally, the Foundation presented the Career Achievement Award to Glen Stimmel, PharmD, Interim Dean, John Stauffer Decanal Chair, and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy and Keck School of Medicine.

In addition to providing high quality education, the following CPNP business and recognition was conducted at the CPNP Annual Meeting.

OFFICER AND COMMITTEE CHAIR INSTALLATION

Officer transitions were announced with CPNP President Raymond Love, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP, Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, passing the gavel to President-Elect Christopher Thomas, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Pharmacist in Psychiatry, Chillicothe Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chillicothe, OH. Also recognized as new President-Elect was Deanna Kelly, PharmD, BCPP, Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD. All will assume their duties beginning in July of 2016.

In addition to the three officers above, the following individuals will serve on the CPNP Board during 2016-2017:

  • Marshall Cates, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP, Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Birmingham, AL
  • Sara Dugan, PharmD, BCPP, Associate Professor, Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Pharmacy and Medicine, Rootstown, OH
  • Robert Haight, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-Psychiatry, University of MN Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
  • Leigh Anne Nelson, PharmD, BCPP, Associate Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
  • Ann Richards, PharmD, BCPP, Pharmacy Director, San Antonio State Hospital & Texas Department of State Health Services, San Antonio, TX

Departing from the Board as of June 30, 2016 are:

  • Steven Burghart, DPh, MBA, BCPP, Director of Pharmacy, Rolling Hills Hospital, Franklin, TN
  • Jonathan Lacro, PharmD, BCPP, BCPS, FASHP, Director Pharmacy Education & Training, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA
  • Jennifer Zacher, PharmD, BCPP, Assistant Chief Consultant, VA Pharmacy Benefits Management Service, Hines, IL
     

Also installed at the Annual Meeting were 2016-2017 Committee Chairs for CPNP as follows:

  • Abstracts and Awards Committee: Jonathan Leung, PharmD, BCPP, BCPS, Psychiatric Clinical Pharmacist, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
  • Business Development Council: Steve Stoner, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Professor and Chair, University of Missouri at Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
  • Consumer Relations Committee: Julie Kissack, PharmD, BCPP, FCCP, Professor and Chair/Pharmacy Practice, Harding University College of Pharmacy, Searcy, AR
  • Curriculum Paper Task Force: Julie Dopheide, PharmD, BCPP, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • Government Affairs Council: Carla Cobb, PharmD, BCPP, Psychiatric Pharmacist, RiverStone Health Clinic, Billings, MT
  • Mental Health Clinician Editorial Board: Amy VandenBerg, PharmD, BCPP, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, and Amy Werremeyer, PharmD, BCPP, Vice Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry Practice; Clinical Specialist in Psychiatry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
  • Past President’s Council: Ray Love, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP, Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
  • Program Committee: Jolene Bostwick, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP, Associate Chair & Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Recertification Editorial Board: Sarah Melton, PharmD, BCPP, BCACP, Associate Professor, Gatton College of Pharmacy, Johnson City, TN
  • Resident and New Practitioner Committee: Amber Riesselman, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Mental Health, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Murfreesboro, TN
  • Review Course Editorial Board: Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
  • Student Committee: Heidi J. Wehring, PharmD, BCPP, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
  • Substance Abuse Task Force: Bethany DiPaula, PharmD, BCPP, Associate Professor/Director of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Sykesville, MD

ABOUT CPNP

As the voice of the neuropsychiatric pharmacy specialty, CPNP’s mission is to advance the reach and practice of neuropsychiatric pharmacists. If you are interested in membership or the Annual Meeting or CPNP in general, please contact CPNP at:

College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists, 8055 O St., Ste. S113, Lincoln, NE 68510
402-476-1677 (phone); 888-551-7617 (fax); info@cpnp.org; cpnp.org