In this episode, our guest is Marialice Bennett, a former APhA Past President and the 2021 APhA Remington Medal recipient. Marialice is a Professor Emerita of Pharmacy Practice and Science and former Residency Director for The Ambulatory and Community Care Residency Programs at the Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. She served as a co-founder and pharmacy director of University Health Connection, an innovative interprofessional health care clinic for faculty and staff of the university, ...
May 16, 2021•25 min•Ep. 176
Launching Your Medical Writing Career Coupon Code: https://www.udemy.com/course/medical-writing-for-healthcare-professionals/?couponCode=TALKTOYOURRPH Our guest, Alex Evans is a pharmacist and medical writer currently living in Jacksonville, FL. He grew up in NC and went to pharmacy school at UNC. He’s addicted to the ocean, and during my time there he spent one month each over two summers in Roatan, an island off the coast of Honduras, as an intern at a dive shop, where he filled tanks, loaded ...
May 02, 2021•26 min•Ep. 177
In this episode, our guest is Dr. Derek Imars who is the Area Director, Pharmaceutical Supply Chain-Midwest with The Resource Group. In this role Derek assists The Resource Group Participants in achieving business transformation goals within the Pharmaceutical space. Over the past few years he has been integral in the strategic development of The Resource Group’s National Operations - Pharmaceutical Community and has led many initiatives including but not limited to deployment of inventory manag...
Apr 18, 2021•21 min•Ep. 174
In this episode, our guest is Professor Claire Thompson. Claire is an award-winning scientist, strategist, and storyteller with more than 15 years experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry spanning the large multi-nationals GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer, virtual and Contract Research Organisations. She is CEO of Agility Life Sciences, an award-winning CDMO, consulting, and communications firm which works with organizations across the healthcare space to advance their products and raise their profil...
Apr 04, 2021•32 min•Ep. 175
In this episode, our guest is Dr. Carlene Link, who is a clinical pharmacist who works in the inpatient setting for a Level 1 Trauma hospital. She completed her undergraduate at John Carroll University, received her Pharm.D. from The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, and completed her PGY-1 residency at Mt. Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital. In 2010, she became a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist (BCPS). She began her career as an Internal Medicine clinical specialist where she worked ...
Mar 21, 2021•28 min•Ep. 173
In this episode, our guest is Our guest Mark Karhoff is the founder and CEO of Ten Count Consulting, a healthcare supply chain consulting firm based in Chicago, IL Founded Ten Count Consulting in 2013 to help manufacturers to dispensers meet DSCSA and other track/trace compliance while building a foundation for transformations from scientist to pharmacist. Mark and his brother Mike have over 45 years of experience in manufacturing and supply chain and have successfully completed over 50 transfor...
Mar 07, 2021•30 min•Ep. 172
In this episode, our guest is Nate Hedrick, who is a 2013 graduate of Ohio Northern University. By day, he is a pharmacist and clinical program advisor for Medical Mutual. By night and weekend, he works with pharmacists to buy, sell, flip, or rent homes as a licensed real estate agent with Berkshire Hathaway in Cleveland, Ohio. He has helped dozens of pharmacists achieve their goal of owning a house and is the founder of www.RealEstateRPH.com, a real estate blog that covers everything from first...
Feb 21, 2021•36 min•Ep. 171
"Pharmacy Can Do More with More" and her goal is to help create 100 new pharmacy positions next year. In this episode, our guest is Dr. Kimber Boothe, PharmD, MHA. She is a pharmacist, healthcare leader, and entrepreneur with over 15 years’ experience in Health Systems and 10 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Kimber is the founder and CEO of the Kimber Boothe Group where she provides coaching, consulting, and courses on strategic pharmacy leadership and career development. She ca...
Feb 07, 2021•25 min•Ep. 170
In this episode, our guest is Rear Admiral (RADM) Pamela Schweitzer, who retired in September 2018 from a four year term as the Assistant Surgeon General and 10th Chief Pharmacist Officer of the United States Public Health Service (PHS). As Chief Pharmacist Officer (first female in this role), RADM Schweitzer was responsible for providing leadership and coordination of more than 1,300 PHS pharmacy officers in 13 agencies with the Office of the Surgeon General and the Department of Health & H...
Jan 24, 2021•35 min•Ep. 169
In this episode, a fellow podcaster and pharmacist joins us to share about how she helps women become "corepreneurs." Dr. Anne Arvizu is a business advisor, entrepreneur, author, podcaster, leadership expert, keynote and former fortune 500 global executive, and host of The Corepreneur Podcast. Anne is the CEO & Medical Affairs Advisor at RxER Communications, a top global management consulting firm serving the Pharmaceutical/Biotech Industry. The companies Anne builds and affiliations she kee...
Jan 10, 2021•42 min•Ep. 167
In this episode, Hillary Blackburn (host of Talk to Your Pharmacist) joins Tony Guerra of the Pharmacy Residency Podcast, who asks about how applicants should fill in the "leadership" checkbox of the big five that programs look for: clinical, research, teaching, service, and leadership and how you did it on your way to residency. Then he asks what is the advice you would give to yourself as an applicant after you've talked to these leaders in the field, what are the RPDs and residents looking fo...
Dec 27, 2020•40 min•Ep. 168
In this episode, our guest is Dr. Karmen Stephens is the Vice President of Clinical at Consana. After graduating from Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy in 2010, she went right to work for that same busy chain, but ultimately ended up in Long Term Care, looking for a way to improve patient care. A chance meeting with two technology companies changed all of that (ask her about it, she loves to tell the story!) and lead to the creation of Consana. They started Consana because to ...
Dec 21, 2020•36 min•Ep. 166
In this episode, our guest is Dr. Danielle Perrodin, Personal Style & Identity Coach. Her mission is to help women create happier, healthier more beautiful lives. Through integrating the mind, body, and spirit, my clients expedite the time it takes to close the gap between their highest authentic self (who they truly are) and how they appear to the world. She combines her love for fashion and understanding of how the brain works to give her clients unique tools to style their mind and body i...
Nov 29, 2020•32 min•Ep. 164
In this episode, we have as a guest, Pinkey Patel, PharmD, who is a clinical pharmacist and personal trainer that specializes in pre/postnatal corrective exercise. As the CEO/founder of @thesnapback_, she is passionate about bridging the gap in women’s maternal healthcare globally by making pregnancy and postpartum resources accessible, easy-to-understand and helpful in teaching women to advocate for their health in the form of an app, consultancy, and blog! The SnapBack aims to provide women wi...
Nov 22, 2020•31 min•Ep. 165
Pregnancy to Baby Nutrition with Dr. Lily Naanos In this episode, we hear from Dr. Lily Naanos who specializes in nutrition for pregnancy, postpartum, and babies. Her passion lies in supporting mothers and babies through holistic nutrition and natural remedies. What sparked this interest was my own journey and challenges transitioning to motherhood and seeing that there was not a lot of support out there for women during this critical stage of life. The most commonly sought advice is from parent...
Nov 15, 2020•32 min•Ep. 163
Becoming Parents with RxRadio & Talk to Your Pharmacist Podcast Hosts In this episode, fellow pharmacist and podcaster Dr. Richard Waithe and I share about becoming first time parents during 2020. We both launched our podcasts during August of 2017 and then both had our first baby in the summer of 2020. Follow Dr. Richard Waithe, President of VUCA Health and Founder of RxRadio Social Media: @RxRadio
Nov 09, 2020•44 min•Ep. 162
Are you a female student pharmacist, new grad, or a female pharmacist who’s been practicing pharmacy for a while but interested in a leadership role? Check out this Women in Leadership Series by Hillary Blackburn, PharmD, MBA, seasoned host of the Talk to Your Pharmacist podcast and the author of How Pharmacists Lead: Answers from Women Who Are Leading, Succeeding, and Changing the Profession of Pharmacy available on Amazon. In this episode, we talk about the commonalities of female role models ...
Nov 01, 2020•16 min•Ep. 161
Are you a female student pharmacist, new grad, or a female pharmacist who’s been practicing pharmacy for a while but interested in a leadership role? Check out this Women in Leadership Series by Hillary Blackburn, PharmD, MBA, seasoned host of the Talk to Your Pharmacist podcast and the author of How Pharmacists Lead: Answers from Women Who Are Leading, Succeeding, and Changing the Profession of Pharmacy available on Amazon from: https://www.amazon.com/How-Pharmacists-Lead-Succeeding-Impacting/d...
Oct 25, 2020•15 min•Ep. 160
Today, we have two special guests on the Talk to Your Pharmacist podcast. Dr. Gabriela Falto was born in Puerto Rico. She completed a bachelor's degree in Biomedical Sciences with a Dual program in pharmacy. Dr. Falto obtained a doctor of Pharmacy degree (PharmD) from Nova Southeastern University, PR. Since then, she began working as a clinical pharmacist in a hospital pharmacy providing pharmaceutical care to the inpatient population. Later on, Dr. Falto was the clinical pharmacist assigned to ...
Oct 18, 2020•19 min•Ep. 159
Pharmacy Dads, Are You a FitPharmDad? In this episode, our guest is Brian Bisher. Dr. Bisher graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy in 2013 and received a certification in health coaching from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in 2017. Six years ago, a two week experiment with fasting opened the gateway for his own personal wellness journey. Having struggled with insecurities about his physical appearance and health issues nearly my entire life, Brian have made it ...
Oct 11, 2020•22 min•Ep. 158
In this episode, Dr. Jangus Whitner is a primary care clinical pharmacist and the 340B Program Manager for PrimaryOne Health in Columbus, Ohio. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the National Center for Farmworker Health and locally on the Clinician Advisory Board for La Clínica Latina Free Medical Clinic in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Whitner received his PharmD degree from The University of Toledo and completed two years of postgraduate residency training: PGY1 in pharmacy practice and PGY2 ...
Oct 07, 2020•38 min•Ep. 157
In this episode, our guest is Dr. Anna Garrett who has been a clinical pharmacist for over 20 years and has worked in a variety of practice settings. While traveling her career path, she discovered that working with women in midlife is her true passion. She offers a variety of services including hormone balancing, weight loss and health coaching designed to help women in perimenopause and menopause escape from hormone hell and feel amazing in their bodies so they can rock their mojo through midl...
Sep 27, 2020•27 min•Ep. 156
In this episode, we talk with CEO of Enlighten Wellness, a company that brings cutting edge retail technology to the cannabis industry. The CEO, Jeremy Jacobs, covers the following: - cannabis history - CBD - what is CBD, how to provide guidance to customers, what are most common things customers are using it for - why education is needed about medical cannabis Interview with Guest - Jeremy Jacobs, EnlightenWellness Website: https://getenlightened.io/ Host - Hillary Blackburn, PharmD, MBA www.hi...
Sep 20, 2020•33 min•Ep. 153
In this episode, learn the highlights of medical cannabis as Hillary Blackburn sits down with former student pharmacist, Kari Frantzis, (now PharmD) to share what she's learned by researching the topic. CBD oil has hit the shelves in many retail pharmacies and she and others are getting asked questions frequently by patients. Host - Hillary Blackburn, PharmD, MBA www.hillaryblackburn.com
Sep 13, 2020•36 min•Ep. 154
Retail Pharmacy - Balancing COVID and Mom Life with Dr. Linda Dumas About our guest: Linda Dumas, PharmD Education: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Class of 2010 -Pharmacy Manager, Publix -Assistant Pharmacy Professor at University of Florida (newly hired and starting in the Fall 2020, teaching via Zoom) -10 years as a pharmacist -Founder of Apothea (founded in June 2020) -New small business owner Linda Dumas, PharmD -Instagram: apothea.co -Website: apothea.co Host - Hillar...
Sep 06, 2020•28 min•Ep. 151
In this episode, Our guest, Dr. Foster is nationally recognized in the field of Immunization. He has been the liaison representative on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention for the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) since 2001. Additionally, he is on the Immunization Advisory Panel and a national faculty with APhA’s Pharmacy-based Immunization Delivery Certificate Program. Main Points: - what is the CDC's ACIP? - what is th...
Aug 30, 2020•28 min•Ep. 152
In this episode, Our guest, Lucy Adkins, PharmD, is the Director of Pharmacy Practice Initiatives at the Tennessee Pharmacists Association (TPA). Dr. Adkins earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy at East Tennessee State University. Dr. Adkins began her pharmacist career as TPA’s Executive Resident in Association Management and Health Policy. After her residency, she joined the staff at TPA in her current role. In her role, Dr. Adkins has built relationships...
Aug 23, 2020•29 min•Ep. 155
For the past 8 years, Tara has been a compounding pharmacist at Innovation Compounding in Georgia and focuses on women's and men's sexual health. Tara collaborates with providers and patients across the US who are interested or presently using compounded medications to treat women’s health. Last year, Tara developed her website www.thesexualhealthpharmacist.com to advocate and educate the public on sexual health issues. She frequently provides lectures and webinars on Women’s and Men’s Health an...
Aug 16, 2020•26 min•Ep. 150
In this episode, our guest is Dr. April Jones who was once a young mother who battled her two-year-old son's cancer while getting her doctorate. Her struggle to make the heart-wrenching decisions with her family led to a discovery of God, courage, and a happiness within that helped her transform scary misfortune into a joy-filled life. Now after years in various pharmacy leadership roles, she is a medical director for Pfizer oncology, author of “No Mess, No Message”, actively involved in nonprof...
Aug 10, 2020•28 min•Ep. 149
In this episode, we have guest Shelly Spiro, Executive Director of the Pharmacy HIT Collaborative (PHIT), share about the following topics: - Pharmacy HIT Collaborative http://www.pharmacyhit.org/ - Pharmacist's role in health information technology and technology standards development, standard terminology, and patient care process - Pharmacist eCare Plan https://www.ecareplaninitiative.com/ Guest: Rachelle “Shelly” Spiro, RPh, FASCP Executive Director, Pharmacy Health Information Technology Co...
Aug 02, 2020•33 min•Ep. 148
