PP&P would like to thank our outstanding authors of 2009 for leadership in their respective fields and for the expertise and insight they have shared on the pages of our publication this year. If there are areas of pharmacy practice you would like to see covered in coming issues of PP&P, please contact Associate Editor David McCormick at davidm@ridgewoodmedia.com or 201.670.0077 x335.
 Ernest Anderson, Jr, RPh, MS Director of Pharmacy Lahey Clinic |
Janice Dunsavage, RPh, MAS Director of Pharmacy PinnacleHealth |
 Jonathan Bagby, RN, MSN, MBA-HCMNurse Consultant The Veterans Health Administration Bar Code Resource Office |
 Cynthia M. Dusik, RPh, PharmD Clinical Pharmacist Specialist Toledo Children’s Hospital |
 Brian D. Benson, RPh, PharmDPharmacy Operations Manager Iowa Methodist and Blank Children’s Hospital |
Charles Dyer, RPh Director of Pharmacy Henry Country Medical Center |
 Bob Blanchard, RPh, MBA Director of Pharmacy Evergreen Healthcare |
 Stephen F. Eckel, PharmD, MHA, BCPS Assistant Director of Pharmacy and Residency Program Director University of North Carolina Hospitals |
 Carol S. Blecher, RN, MS, AOCN, APNCAdvanced Practice Nurse and Clinical Educator Trinitas Comprehensive Cancer Center |
 John Garofalo, PharmDClinical Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Clinical Pharmacy Services, Medical Center University of Illinois at Chicago |
| David D. Bowling, CPhT, BS Clinical Research Pharmacy Technician Children’s Hospital Boston |
 Martin J. Goldberg, RPh, MBA Manager of Inpatient Operations Lahey Clinic |
 Burnis D. Breland, MS, PharmD, FASHP Director of Pharmacy Columbus Regional Healthcare System |
 David Gray, BS Pharm, RPh Director of Pharmacy Douglas County Hospital |
 Gail Bunker, PharmD Pharmacy Manager MultiCare Health System |
 Chad Hardy, PharmD Pharmacy Informatics Manager Harris County Hospital |
 David Bystrom, PharmD, MBADirector of Pharmacy Mt. Carmel East Hospital |
Tom Van Hassel, RPh, MPA Director of Pharmacy Yuma Regional Medical Center |
 Russ Carlson, RN, BSN, MHA Deputy Chief Health Informatics Officer, Veterans Health Administration’s Office of Health Information |
Darrell Haymore, PharmD Pharmacy Manager Moses Cone Outpatient Pharmacy |
 Joanie Chesnutt Director of Pharmacy Alliance Health Center, The Crossings and the Diamond Grove Center |
 Noel C. Hodges, RPh, MBA Director of Pharmacy Services HCA Central Atlantic Supply Chain |
 William W. Churchill, RPh, MS Executive Director of Pharmacy Services Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
Donald Hsu, PharmD Infectious Diseases Pharmacist St. Joseph Hospital |
 John S. Clark, PharmD, MS, BCPS Associate Director of Pharmacy and Residency Program Director University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers |
 Marshall Hughey, PharmD Director of Pharmacy Florida Hospital Ormond and Oceanside |
 Marc Cochran, CSP Mid-Atlantic Market Manager Hire Dynamics Rx |
 Rita K. Jew, PharmD, FASHPExecutive Director of Pharmacy Services Children’s Hospital of Orange County |
| Michael C. Cotugno, RPh Assistant Director of Pharmacy Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
 Vivian B. Johnson, PharmD, MBA, FASHP Director of Pharmacy Services Parkland Health & Hospital System |
 Joseph W. Coyne, RPh Director of Pharmacy Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Eastern Regional Medical Center |
 Ron Jue, PharmD Administrative Director of Clinical Services Community Hospital of Long Beach |
 Dana Darger, RPh Director of Pharmacy Rapid City Regional Hospital |
 Eric S. Kastango, MBA, RPh, FASHP President, CEO & Owner Clinical IQ, LLC |
 Lorna C. Diaz, CPhT OR Pharmacy Technician St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center |
 Patricia C. Kienle, RPh, MPA, FASHPDirector of Accreditation and Medication Safety Cardinal Health |
 Lou Diorio, RPh Principal LDT Health Solutions, Inc |
Jimmy Kim, PharmD Director of Pharmacy Roxborough Memorial Hospital |
 Andrew J. Donnelly, PharmD, MBA, FASHP Clinical Professor and Director of Hospital and Ambulatory Pharmacy Services University of Illinois at Chicago |
 John Kleiss, PharmD Director of Pharmacy, Performance Consulting with Resource Optimization & Innovation, a subsidiary of Sisters of Mercy Health System |
 Kate Douglass, MS, RN, APNC, CRNI President Performance Strategies, LLC |
 Michael E. Klepser, PharmD, FCCPProfessor of Pharmacy Practice Ferris State University |
 Kimberly M. Landini, PharmD Pharmacy Manager of the Medication Use Systems University of Michigan Medical Center |
 Kurt A. Patton, MS, RPh Owner Patton Healthcare Consulting, LLC |
 Bruce Latimer, RPh, MBA Director of Pharmacy Kingman Regional Medical Center |
Rosalin Preechakul, PharmD candidate of 2010 Kaiser Permanente |
 Russ Lazzaro, RPh Director of Pharmacy Holy Name Hospital |
 Sarah Rall, PharmD Director of Pharmacy Purchasing & Supply Marshfield Clinic |
| Art Lederman, RPh, MBA Pharmacy Supervisor Cooper Cancer Institute |
 Darryl S. Rich, PharmD, MBA, FASHP Surveyor, Accreditation and Certification Operations The Joint Commission |
| Anthony Lesser Pharmacy Inventory Manager Harris County Hospital |
 Kevin Robertson, PharmD, BCPS Clinical Coordinator for Pharmacy Baptist Health Medical Center |
 Jason Lovero, PharmD Health-System Pharmacy Administration Specialty Practice Resident The Ohio State University Medical Center |
Susan Rogers, RPh Director, IDS Emory University Hospital |
 Chad Lowry, PharmD CPOE Pharmacy Consultant The Health Alliance |
 Michael Roshko, PharmDOperations Manager Thomas Jefferson University Hospital |
 Carlo Lupano, RPh, MBAPharmacy Manager, Ambulatory Services Valley Hospital |
 Meagan Rushe, PharmD Manager, Shock Trauma and OR Pharmacy Satellites University of Maryland Medical Center |
 Kathy Lytal, MBA Director of Revenue Integrity Parkview Health |
 Ron Schneider, RPh, MHA Pharmacist Consultant The Veterans Health Administration Bar Code Resource Office |
 Firouzan “Fred” Massoomi, PharmD, FASHPPharmacy Operations Coordinator Nebraska Methodist Hospital |
Scott Shinske Certified Pharmacy Technician Saint Barnabas Health Care System |
 Fran McAteer Vice President of Quality Microbiology Research Associates, Inc |
Diane Shoemaker, CPhT Pharmacy Technician Coordinator University of Michigan Medical Center |
 Kelly A. Michienzi, PharmD Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo |
 Jerry Siegel, PharmD, FASHP Senior Director for Pharmaceutical Services The Ohio State University Medical Center |
 Elizabeth Mims, RN Nurse Consultant, The Veterans Health Administration Bar Code Resource Office |
 Margie Sipe, RN, MS Nursing Performance Improvement Innovator Lahey Clinic |
 Caron Misita, PharmD, BCPS, CPPClinical Pharmacist UNC Highgate Specialties Diabetes Care & Endocrinology |
 Nancy Smestad, RPh, MS Pharmacist Consultant VHA Office of Information Patient Safety/ Information Technology |
| Melissa A. Mook, RPh Director WellSpan Pharmacy, Inc |
 Nancy K. Snyder, RPh, MBA, PMPAssistant Manager, Inpatient Pharmacy University Hospital, Louisville |
| Bert Moore Director IDAT Consulting & Education |
 Mitch G. Sobel, RPh, MAS Corporate Director of Pharmacy Services St. Joseph’s Healthcare System |
 Ahmed Murtuza, BS Clinical Pharmacist University of Maryland Medical Center |
 Marc Summerfield, RPh, MS Director of Pharmacy University of Maryland Medical Center |
| Rick Myers, RPh Director of Pharmacy Baylor All Saints Medical Center |
 Christine M. Teslik, CPhT Pharmacy Technician Baylor All Saints Medical Center |
 Olga L. Navarro, CPhTPharmacy Pyxis Coordinator St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center |
 David Thomas, RPh, MBAPrincipal LDT Health Solutions, Inc |
 Megan Nguyen, PharmD Infectious Diseases Pharmacist St. Mary Medical Center |
 Chris L. Tucker, RPh Director Veterans Health Administration’s Office of Information |
 Brian O’Neal, MS, PharmD Assistant Pharmacy Director University of Kansas Hospital |
 James T. WagnerPrincipal Controlled Environment Consulting |
 Jeff Patchett, RPh, MBA Pharmacy Manager Presbyterian Hospital Matthews |
Susan Wagner, RPh, MPA Pharmacy Supervisor PinnacleHealth |
 Jody Jacobson Wedret, RPh, FASHP, FCSHP Senior Pharmacist and Associate Clinical Professor UCI College of Medicine Division of Family Medicine and UCSF College of Pharmacy Clinical Practice |
 Ruth Petrich, RN-MSN Nurse Consultant Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Trenia Yielding, PharmD Director of AHS Corporate Prescription Plan Rx Plus Pharmacy |