CPNP was honored to present the Saklad Memorial Award at the 2013 CPNP Annual Meeting for the sixteenth time. This award celebrates the life and work of the late Judith J. Saklad. Dr. Saklad was a founding member of CPNP and nationally recognized as an innovator of pharmaceutical care to children and adults with serious mental disorders, developmental disabilities and mental retardation. The 2013 recipient is Dr. Paul Perry.
Paul Perry, BSPharm, MSPharm, PhD, BCPP, FCCP
Professor
Touro University College of Pharmacy
Vallejo, CA
Dr Perry graduated from pharmacy school at the University of the Pacific in 1969. He received his PhD in Clinical Pharmacy from Pacific in 1973. He went to the University of Iowa in 1973 as an assistant professor in the College of Pharmacy. He was a founding faculty member of the Clinical Pharmacy program at Iowa. He remained at Iowa for 32 years. During this time, he developed a national and international reputation for his research in clinical psychopharmacology. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications. His clinical reference book the Psychotropic Drug Handbook is in its 8th edition. He is currently an emeritus professor of pharmacy and psychiatry in the Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine respectively at the University of Iowa.
He returned to California in 2005 to become a founding faculty member of the Touro University-California College of Pharmacy. He is currently a professor and the chairman of the Pharmacy Practice Department at Touro. He served as a member of the Medi-Cal Drug Use Board from 2007 to 2012. He also served on the Iowa Medicaid Drug Utilization Commission from 1988 to 2002. He co-teaches and precepts an Advance Pharmacy Practice Experience in forensic toxicology. He has served as an expert witness for civil, criminal, patent, workman’s compensation and class action forensic cases since 1975.
Abstracts and Awards Council Chair Benjamin Chavez, PharmD, BCPP, BCACP, is pleased to recognize the Research and Practice Award winners and finalists selected at the recently completed 16th Annual Meeting. These awards recognize excellence in investigators presenting abstracts at the CPNP Annual Meeting. Award Finalists presented platform presentations during the meeting and displayed their posters during the meeting.
Innovative Practice Award Winner:
Kelly Williams, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Outpatient Psychiatry, Wishard Health Services/Midtown Community Mental Health Center, Indianapolis, IN. Pharmacist-Managed Olanzapine Long-Acting Injection Clinic in A Community Mental Health Center
Innovative Practice Award Finalist:
Bethany DiPaula, PharmD, BCPP, Associate Professor, Director of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Sykesville, MD. Pharmacist-Physician Collaborative Care Model for Suboxone-Maintained Patients at a Health Department
Original Research Award Winner:
Lisa Goldstone, PharmD, MS, BCPS, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, Tucson, AZ. Economic Impact of Public Benefit Changes on Seriously Mentally Ill Patients in Southern Arizona
Original Research Award Finalist:
Jack Chen, PharmD, BCPS, CGP, FASCP, FCCP, Associate Professor, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA. ANCHOR-CD: The Abobotulinumtoxin-A Neurotoxin Clinical & Health Economics Outcomes Registry in Cervical Dystonia
Research Trainee Award Winner:
James Stevenson, PharmD, PGY Pharmacy Practice Resident, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. Serotonin Transporter 5HTTLPR Polymorphism and Neurocognitive Outcomes in Lithium-Treated Pediatric and Adolescent Bipolar Disorder
Research Trainee Award Finalist:
Katy Zeier, PharmD, PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Resident, Chillicothe Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chillicothe, OH. A Retrospective Chart Review of a Symptom-Triggered Alcohol Withdrawal Protocol Versus Previous Standard of Care at a Veteran's Hospital
Therapeutic Case Report Award Winner:
Clinton Ross, PharmD, Psychiatric Clinical Pharmacist, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic/University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA. High Dose Haloperidol Decanoate Augmentation with Paliperidone Palmitate
Therapeutic Case Report Award Finalist:
Jessica Brennan, PharmD, Psychiatric Clinical Pharmacist, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic/University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA. Reversal of Korsakoff's Syndrome Following High Dose Intramuscular Thiamine
New Investigator Award Winner:
Michael Kemp, PharmD, BCPP, Psychiatric Pharmacist, Vitality Health Authority, Moncton, NB. Impact of a Theophylline Loading Dose on Seizure Quality Indices During Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Retrospective Study