|Articles|August 28, 2013

2013 Specialty Pharmacist of the Year Award

This award honors a pharmacist who excels in providing specialty pharmacy services in a variety of settings.

This video features the winner and honorees for the 2013 Next-Generation Pharmacist^TM Specialty Pharmacist of the Year award, presented by Pharmacy Times and Parata Systems:

Winner: Samuel Grossman, BSPharm, PharmD, Diabetes Care On-The-Go Inc., New York, NY
Honoree: Kendra Curry, PharmD, Walgreens Infusion Services, Seattle, WA
Honoree: Sterling Koonce, BSPharm, Medicine Mart Health LTC, Tabor City, NC

To read about the 3 finalists for the award, click here. To read about the winner, Samuel Grossman, BSPharm, PharmD, click here. To see photos from the gala awards dinner, held at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on August 11, 2013, click here.

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