The nominating committees for the ASHP Pharmacy Practice Sections recently approved candidates for Chairs and Directors-at-large. Voting will begin in July. ASHP members who are primary members of a Section may vote for their Section's Chair-elect and Director-at-large-elect by either online or mail ballot.
Section of Clinical Specialists and Scientists
Chair
Nicole A. Weimert-Pilch, Pharm.D., MSCR, BCPS, Transplant Clinical Specialist, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Paul M. Szumita, Pharm.D., BCPS, Clinical Pharmacy Practice Manager, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Pharmacy, Boston, MA
Director-at-large
Teresa Seo, Pharm.D., FASHP, Assistant Director, Clinical Services & Senior Clinical Manager, Hospital of Saint Raphael, Cardinal Health Pharmacy Solutions, New Haven, CT
Daniel P. Hays, Pharm.D., BCPS, FASHP, Clinical Pharmacist, University of Arizona Health Network, Tucson, AZ
Section of Ambulatory Care Practitioners
Chair
Barbara J. Petroff, M.S., R.Ph., FASHP, Pharmacy Manager/Business Unit Analyst, Critical Care Systems, Wixom, MI
Seena Haines, Pharm.D., FASHP, FAPhA, BCACP, BC-ADM, CDE, Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty, Residency Director, Clinical Pharmacist, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL
Director-at-large
Jennifer A Buxton, BS, Pharm.D., CPP, Deputy Director, Pharmacy Services, Cape Fear Clinic, Inc., Wilmington, NC
Sandra Leal, Pharm.D., FAPhA, CDE, Director of Clinical Pharmacy, El Rio Health Center, Tucson, AZ
Section of Inpatient Care Practitioners
Chair
Noelle RM Chapman, Pharm.D., BCPS, Pharmacy Manager, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Richard J. Pacitti, Pharm.D., M.B.A., Clinical Manager Department of Pharmacy, Crozer Chester Medical Center, Upland, PA.
Director-at-large
Molly Leber, Pharm.D., BCPS, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist. Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
Lois F. Parker, B.S.Pharm., Pediatric Pharmacy Team Lead, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Section of Pharmacy Practice Managers
Chair
Todd Karpinski, Pharm.D., M.S., Executive Director – Pharmacy, Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
Thomas E Kirschling, PharmD, M.S., MSL, Director, Inpatient Pharmacy, Denver Medical Center, Denver, CO
Director-at-large
Rick Couldry, M.S., Director of Pharmacy, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, KS
Lindsey R. Kelley, Pharm.D., M.S., Coordinator, Ambulatory Pharmacy Initiatives and Transitions of Care, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology
Chair
Michael D. Schlesselman, Pharm.D., Director IT Program Management, Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, New London, CT
Nancy R. Smestad, B.S.Pharmacy, M.S., Informatics Pharmacist, Veterans Health Administration, Fargo, ND
Director-at-large
Barbara Giacomelli, Pharm.D., M.B.A., FASHP, Executive Pharmacist Consultant, McKesson Provider Technologies, Vineland, NJ
Trinh Le, B.S., M.S., FASHP, Clinical Pharmacy Manager, Informatics, UNC Healthcare, Chapel Hill, NC