Colorado Springs, Colorado served as host city for the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacist’s 16th Annual Meeting held April 21-24. This four-day conference hosted 492 attendees and featured over 20 hours of cutting-edge scientific presentations, three industry supported symposium, two product theaters and a display of 137 scientific posters. Jodie Malhotra, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-Behavioral Health, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, served as Program Chair of the CPNP Annual Meeting. Sarah Melton, PharmD, BCPP, CGP, FASCP, 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 17th Annual Meeting will be held April 27-30, 2014 at the Arizona Grand in Phoenix, Arizona.
Kicking off the meeting was a keynote address by Dr. Shawn Shea on medication adherence and motivational interviewing techniques. Dr. Omar Manejwala provided the second keynote addressing the growing trend in synthetic drugs of abuse. Rounding out the meeting was a keynote address by Dr. Atul Butte who focused on the use of publicly-available molecular measurements to find new uses for drugs. Along with challenging, thought-provoking keynote addresses, the meeting provided over 20 hours of varied programming on topics such as PTSD, the DSM-5, Neurology, Academic Detailing and much more.
CPNP presented the 16th Saklad Memorial Lecture Award to Paul Perry, BSPharm, MSPharm, PhD, BCPP, FCCP, Professor at Touro University College of Pharmacy. CPNP was also successful in raising over $2100 for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) through the sixth annual CPNP Walks for NAMI event. Attendee donations were matched dollar for dollar by CPNP.
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
- Installation of 2013-2014 officers was conducted at the Annual Meeting. Rex Lott, PharmD, BCPP, Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Idaho State University, Boise, Idaho, passed the gavel to, Julie Dopheide, PharmD, BCPP, Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. Also recognized as new President-Elect was Steven Burghart, DPh, MBA, BCPP, Director of Pharmacy, Rolling Hills Hospital, Franklin, Tennessee. Drs. Dopheide and Burghart will assume their duties beginning in July of 2013.
Remaining on the board for 2013-2014 are:
- Ellie Elliott, PharmD, BCPP, Secretary, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-Mental Health, Center for Behavioral Medicine, Kansas City, MO
- Troy Moore, PharmD, MS, BCPP, Member-at-Large, Assistant Professor, University of Texas HSC San Antonio and Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-Psychiatry, Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital, San Antonio, TX
Joining the Board of Directors in July of 2013 are:
- Christopher Thomas, PharmD, BCPP, BCPS, CGP, Treasurer, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Psychiatry, Chillicothe Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), Chillicothe, OH
- Raymond Love, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP, Member-at-Large, Professor and Director, Mental Health Program, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- Stan Weber, Pharm.D., BCPP, FASHP, Advisory Appointee, Associate Dean for Professional Pharmacy Education. Associate Professor of Pharmacy, University of Washington School of Pharmacy, Seattle, Washington
Departing from the Board are:
- Megan Ehret, PharmD, BCPP, Member-at-Large, Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT
- Gary Levin, PharmD, BCPP, FCCP, Advisory Appointee, Associate Dean for Clinical Programs, Roseman University of Health Sciences-College of Pharmacy, Henderson, NV
Also installed at the Annual Meeting were 2013-2014 Committee Chairs for CPNP as follows:
- Business Development Council: Steve Stoner, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Professor and Chair, University of Missouri at Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
- Consumer Relations Committee: Karen Moeller, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
- Government Affairs Council: Jerry McKee, PharmD, MS, BCPP, Associate Director, Community Care of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC
- Mental Health Clinician Editorial Board: Joshua Caballero, PharmD, BCPP, Associate Professor, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Past President’s Council: Rex Lott, PharmD, BCPP, Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Idaho State University, Boise, ID
- Program Committee: Deanna Kelly, PharmD, BCPP, Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
- Publications and Online Products Committee: Daina Wells, PharmD, BCPP, BCPS, Academic Detailer, Menlo Park, CA
- Recertification Editorial Board: Sarah Melton, PharmD, BCPP, BCACP, CGP, FASCP, Associate Professor, Gatton College of Pharmacy, Johnson City, TN
- Research Committee: Ryan Carnahan, PharmD, MS, BCPP, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Iowa City, IA
- Resident and New Practitioner Committee: Robert Haight, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
- Review Course Editorial Board: Eric Kutscher, PharmD, BCPP, Associate Professor, South Dakota State University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Student Committee: Jolene Bostwick, PharmD, BCPP, BCPS, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
ABOUT CPNP
CPNP’s 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.
If you are interested in membership or the Annual Meeting, 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
