Professional Memberships:

• NYS Council of Health System Pharmacists (2012)
• American Pharmacists Association; Chapter Co-Advisor (2010)
• Pharmacists Association of Western New York (2008)
• NYS Chapter, American College of Clinical Pharmacy (2007)
• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (2005–present)
• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (2005)
• American College of Clinical Pharmacists (2005)
• American Society of Health System Pharmacists (2004)

Presentations:

• "Influence of Part-Time Work on Academic Outcomes of Doctor of Pharmacy Students in the Era of Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE)." 2011 AACP Meeting, AACP (2011)
• "MTM Pearls for Practice: Efficient and Effective Communication with Prescribers" APhA Annual Meeting, APhA (2011)
• "Writing and Grading Examinations" UB SoPPS Resident Teaching and Learning Certificate Course, UB SoPPS (2010)
• "Best Practices in Residency Training: Implementing a Precepting Learning Experience" Maximizing Your Effectiveness as a Residency Preceptor, UB SoPPS/Kaleida Health (2010)
• "Real World Pharmaceutical Care Scenarios (Educational Best Practices Roundtable)" APhA Self-Care Institute 2010, APhA (2010)
• "Initiating Insulin in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes" Adult Medicine Meeting, Lifetime Health Medical Group (2010)
• "LPN Inservice: Chronic Ambulatory Medications" , Lifetime Health Medical Group (2010)
• "Impact of Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes" ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, ASHP (2009)
• "Pharmacist Educators in Ambulatory Antihypertensive Therapy Management:Techniques for Effective Interprofessional Communication" Pharmacist Educators in Ambulatory Antihypertensive Therapy Management, UB SoPPS/SUNY/NYS DOH (2009)
• "Diabetes and Cardiovascular Medication Review" Intensive Diabetes Program, Propel Health (2009)
• "Optimizing the Use of Resitrak in the Evaluation Process" Maximizing Effectiveness as a Residency Program Preceptor, UB SoPPS/Kaleida Health (2009)
• "Updates in Diabetes Pharmacotherapy" Primary Care Inservice, Lifetime Health Medical Group (2009)
• "APhA Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery" , SUNY at Buffalo, SoPPS (2009)
• "APhA Pharmacy Based Immunization Delivery." , University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2009)
• "APhA Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery" , SUNY at Buffalo, SoPPS (2009)
• "Comparison of Pharmacist-Physician Collaborative and Physician Only Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the Primary Care Setting" ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, ASHP (2008)
• "NYS Part III Pharmacy Board Exam Review" Professional Practice Review Series, UB SoPPS (2008)
• "Diabetes and Cardiovascular Medication Review" Intensive Diabetes Program, Propel Health (2008)
• "Diabetes and Cardiovascular Medication Review" Intensive Diabetes Program, Propel Health (2008)
• "NYS Part III Pharmacy Board Exam Review" Professional Practice Review Series, UB SoPPS (2008)
• "Increase Your Knowledge, Decrease Your Blood Glucose" Diabetes Seminar, Propel Health (2008)
• "Evaluation of atorvastatin to simvastatin conversion in a primary care physician group and the impact on quality of care" ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, ASHP (2007)
• "Cost of Treating Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Outpatients" 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, ICAAC (2007)
• "A Practice-Based Learning Experience to Develop Residents as Clinical Faculty Members" AACP Annual Meeting, AACP (2007)
• "A Practice-Based Learning Experience to Develop Residents as Clinical Faculty Members" AACP Annual Meeting, AACP (2007)
• "Four separate Measures for Assessing Written and Oral Communication Skills in First Year Pharmacy Students" AACP Annual Meeting, AACP (2007)
• "MedSense, an Academic Medication Management Program in a Primary Care Group Practice" AACP Annual Meeting, AACP (2007)
• "Medication Therapy Management in the Primary Care Setting" Introducing Medication Management into Your Clinical Practice, UB SoPPS Office of Postgraduate Education (2007)
• "Cost of Outpatient Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in an Adult Primary Care Population" ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, ASHP (2006)
• "Analysis of Montelukast Plus Short-acting Beta-2-agonist Versus Short-acting Beta-2-agonist Alone in a Pediatric Asthma Population" ASHP Midyear Conference, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (2005)
• "Evaluation of Patient-Centered Pharmacotherapy Management in a Managed Care Organization" ACCP Annual Meeting, ACCP (2005)

Service Activities:

• Residency Advisory Committee; Planning and coordination of UB SoPPS/affilliated residency programs.; Other (2013)
• Search Committee/Pharm Care Faculty; Member (2013)
• Electronic OTC Drug Information; OTC Answers OTC Answers is a web-based computer program designed to give drug information on OTC products. There is a pharmacist, patient, and student interface. I contributed 5 articles to the patient interface and am on the steering committee for the; Other (2012)
• VPUE Adjudication Committee Pool; Each year the Office of the VPUE needs to develop a pool of students and faculty who could be called upon in the event that an Adjudication Committee is required for an Academic Integrity case or a Grievance.; Member (2011)
• Wellness Clinic/Canterbury Woods; SSHSP; Other (2011)
• Free Clinic; Good Neighbors Clinic/Harvest House Pharmacist volunteer for free primary care clinic, approximately once (3 hours) per month.; Volunteer (2011)
• Osteoporosis Screening Clinic; UB SoPPS LKS/Weinberg Campus Osteoporosis-related wellness clinic during open house at the Weinberg Campus. Included osteoporosis screenings.; Coordinator (2011)
• Student Advisement Committee; Member (2010)
• Pharmacy Professional Fraternity; Lambda Kappa Sigma (LKS); Other (2010)
• Student Pharmacy Professional Organization; APhA-ASP (Academy of Student Pharmacists); Other (2010)
• UB SoPPS Residency Research Day; UB SoPPS; Other (2010)
• Pharmaceutical Care Committee; Coordination among all courses in the pharmaceutical care sequence.; Other (2010)
• DOH Prescriber Education Program: Diabetes; PEP DM: White paper co-author; Member (2010)
• H1N1 Immunization Clinic; UB SoPPS Intramuscular and intranasal H1N1 vaccine administration to faculty and students of the UB SoPPS.; Volunteer (2009)
• Influenza Immunization Clinic; UB SoPPS Pharmacist immunization delivery of intramuscular influenza vaccines to faculty and students of UB SoPPS.; Volunteer (2009)
• Curriculum Committee; Member (2009)
• Diabetes Education Classes; Lifetime Health Medical Group Classes offered several times per year (quarterly) for patients newly diagnosed with diabetes or those wishing to enhance their knowledge of diabetes. Topics covered: Pathophysiology, risk factors, complications, medication; Coordinator (2009)
• DOH Prescriber Education Program: Hypertension; PEP HTN Detailer Training: Presenter PEP HTN Web Module: Content development; Member (2009)
• Reviewer, Faculty Annual Reports; Volunteer (2009)
• Tobacco Sales in Pharmacies; The goal of this committee is to take a position against the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies. The first step is to survey pharmacies and pharmacists to gauge sentiment for or against the practice.; Member (2009)
• DOH MTM Pilot Program; MTM Bronx Pilot run-through/evaluator; Member (2009)
• Eastern States Residency Conference; Eastern States Moderated a session (consisting of 5) of residency platform presentations.; Other (2009)
• Hayes Insights Program; Gave pharmacy-related presentation to donors who plan to donate portions of their estates to the University.; Other (2009)
• Osteoporosis Screening Clinic; UB SoPPS/Weinberg Campus Osteoporosis-related wellness clinic during open house at the Weinberg Campus. Included osteoporosis screenings.; Coordinator (2009)
• UB SoPPS Residency Research Day; UB SoPPS; Other (2009)
• Simulation Center Committee; Planning for interprofessional patient simulation center, creating simulation cases.; Member (2009)
• Commencement Awards Committee; Review of graduating P4 students and available awards.; Member (2009)
• American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education; AACP Ad-hoc peer reviewer Review #1 - September 2008; Reviewer (2008)
• UBreathe Free Committee; Committee charge: develop and implement policy for a campus-wide smoking ban. Planned implementation date: August 1, 2009; Member (2008)
• Search Committee: Internal Medicine/Women's Health; Member (2008)
• Student Preparation for Midyear Clinical Meeting Residency Showcase; Panel discussion with P3 and P4 students attending AHSP MCM in preparation for residency application and match.; Other (2007)
• Student Background Checks; Charge: Develop a policy regarding mandatory student background checks.; Member (2007)
• Pharmacy Day; UB SoPPS On Pharmacy Day, pharmacists from around the state travel to the state capital and lobby for pharmacy-related laws and regulations. Attendance, 2007 Attendance, 2008; Other (2007)
• Tech Savvy Workshop; AAUW Gave pharmacy-related presentation to young women (middle-high school-aged).; Volunteer (2007)
• Search Committee: Director of Experiential Education; Interviewed 5 candidates and successfully recommended the hiring of one of the candidates.; Member (2007)
• APhA Counseling Competition; Review of counseling skills (videotaped) of students.; Reviewer (2006)
• Pharm.D. Admissions Interviews; Other (2006)
• Pharm.D. Program E-Reviews; Review online pharm.d. candidate applications and recommend for interviews.; Reviewer (2006)
• ASHP Clinical Skills Competition; Evaluation of case-based clinical assessment and plan of student teams.; Reviewer (2006)
• Conference on Health Aging; Amherst Senior Services Supervised pharmacy students at wellness clinic, services included drug information, health promotion, and blood pressure screenings; Volunteer (2006)
• Jim Hayes Health Fair; Jim Hayes, Assemblyman Supervised pharmacy students at wellness clinic, services included drug information, health promotion, and blood pressure screenings; Volunteer (2006)
• UB Wellness Awareness Day; University at Buffalo Day for university staff to learn about health & wellness. I help to set up and staff the pharmacy booth, offering drug information answers and blood pressure screenings. Attendance - 2006 Attendance - 2007 Attendance - 2009; Other (2006)
• Diabetes Group Visits; Lifetime Health Medical Group Discussed pharmacy-related issues to patients with diabetes in a ""group health visit"" format.; Other (2005)
• Pharmaceutical Care Committee; Coordination among all courses in the pharmaceutical care sequence.; Member (2005)
• Residency Advisory Committee; Planning and coordination of UB SoPPS/affilliated residency programs.; Member (2005)
• Diabetes Education Advisory Board; Univera Health Care Planning for provision of and accreditation of diabetes education programs within Univera Healthcare.; Other (2005)
• UB Business Partners Day; Volunteer