Interviews

Pharmacy Times spoke with Robert Schumm, MBA, president of Ascensia Diabetes Care, about the challenges that patients with diabetes are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rich Tremonte, the executive vice president and president of Community & Specialty Pharmacy at AmerisourceBergen, discusses the critical role community pharmacies are playing in helping to expand testing and reduce infections amid re-openings in the country.

An interview with Yashar Rafi, PharmD, 2019-2020 Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Medication Safety Management Fellow.

Rich Tremonte, the Executive Vice President and President of Community & Specialty Pharmacy at AmerisourceBergen, discusses the importance of the pharmacist in local communities, such as his own in Philadelphia.

Kimberly Erlich, MSN, RN, MPH, CPNP, PMHS, Nurse Practitioner, Pacific Coast Psychiatric Associates & the Healthy Teen Project, discusses pharmacogenomics and behavioral health in treatment of children and teens.

Pharmacy Times spoke with Robbie Schwenker, PharmD, about the Mask of Wellness campaign co-created by Schwenker and David Krupp, MD.

Dawn Lee Garzon Maaks, PhD, CPNP-PC, PMHS, FAANP, FAAN, the Immediate Past President of NAPNAP and the Associate Professor at the University of Portland in the School of Nursing, discusses caring and prescribing for children with ADHD who have other comorbidities.

Pharmacy Times® interviewed Benjamin McNabb, PharmD, the owner of Love Oak Pharmacy, about how pharmacies can protect the communities they serve during the COVID-19 pandemic when reopening or staying open across the country.

Allison Hanson, PharmD, BCPS, the 2019-2020 Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) International Medication Safety Management Fellow, discusses medication safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Allison Hanson, PharmD, BCPS, 2019-2020 ISMP International Medication Safety Management Fellow, discusses the value of a pharmacist in supporting and implementing medication safety strategies.

Benjamin McNabb, PharmD, owner and pharmacist at Love Oak Pharmacy in rural Texas, discusses the value of the pharmacist in communities across the country.

Pharmacy Times® interviewed James Krellenstein, co-Founder, PrEP4All Collaboration and Organizer, The COVID-19 Working Group, to discuss the development of PrEP for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pharmacy Times spoke with Ron Lanton III, Esq, a regulatory and government affairs professional, about how COVID-19 could lead to more expanded practice laws for pharmacists across the country.

John Beckner, RPh, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives at NCPA, discusses the role of the community pharmacy in the age of COVID-19 in supporting current health care efforts, such as continuing immunizations and managing the effects of the pandemic on patients.

John Beckner, RPh, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives at NCPA, discusses the value of a pharmacist today.

Gregory Leighton, RPh, vice president of clinical solutions and patient access for Asembia, discusses considerations for reaching the end goal of a patient’s journey with specialty pharmacy.

Autumn Zuckerman, director of specialty pharmacy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and JoAnn Stubbings, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy, discuss the role of specialty pharmacists in guiding patients throughout their journey.

Jonathan Ogurchak, PharmD, CSP, discusses the improtance of combining technology with the personal touch in specialty pharmacy.

Sandra Leal, PharmD, MPH, FAPhA, CDE, executive vice president, Health Plans and Payers Division of Tabula Rasa Healthcare and president-elect of American Pharmacist Association, discusses value-based care and changing payment models.

Sandra Leal, PharmD, MPH, FAPhA, CDE, executive vice president of SinfoniaRx and president-elect of American Pharmacist Association, discusses the value of a pharmacist.

Learn how Mayank Amin, PharmD, RPh, MBA, owner of Skippack Pharmacy, has used a superhero costume to build a strong community around the pharmacy.

Steve D'Amato, BScPharm, CEO of New England Cancer Specialists, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected cancer care.

Christian G. Downs, JD, MHA, executive director of the Association of Community Cancer Centers, discusses cancer politics and policy today.

Thom Cohn, chief strategy officer, Asembia, discusses the impact of emerging digital tools and other therapies on patients and prescribers.

Shivani Patel, RPh, SVP, Clinical Operations and Technology, Asembia, discusses how technology is being used to help measure patient outcomes.

Suzanne Soliman, PharmD, BCMAS, founder of Pharmacist Moms Group, discusses the power of social media to advance the field of pharmacy.

Edward Foote, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, dean of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at the University of the Sciences, discusses how they've handled the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gregory Leighton, RPh, vice president of clinical solutions and patient access for Asembia, discusses how health care technology can be leveraged for the benefit of individual patients.