|Articles|August 28, 2013

2013 Technician of the Year Award

This award honors a certified pharmacy technician who demonstrates the highest professional standards of patient care.

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

Winner: HM1 Angela Calalo, US Naval Hospital Guam Pharmacy, Guam
Honoree: HM1 Edwin Dumpit, Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, Camp Pendleton, CA
Honoree: Tricia Rampersad, CPhT, Naval Health Clinic Quantico, Quantico, VA

To read about the 3 finalists for the award, click here. To read about the winner, HM1 Angela Calalo, 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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