SBLBSHP Winter 2020 Newsletter

SBLBSHP Newsletter

Winter 2020

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South Bay/Long Beach Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists Editor: Leslie Tanaka, PharmD, BCPS

Inside This Issue: President’s Message

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Festive Board Dinner

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Night with Industry/ Installation Banquet

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Educational Dinner

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Mentorship Program

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Long Beach Rescue Mission

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Student Liaison Updates

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Message From the President Hello SBLBSHP members,

Our chapter has been blessed with so many

Mailing Address SBLBSHP 11138 Del Amo Blvd, Ste # 127 Lakewood, CA 90715

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dedicated and talented board members. I want to thank the 2019 board members under the leadership of Rosalin Preechakul for a fabulous 2019. My goals for 2020 is to continue with momentum created.

This chapter has been part of my family for many years. My daughters grew up participating in chapter activities since they were toddlers. I hope that all SBLB members value each other as their professional family.

SBLB.SHP@gmail.com

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My goals for this year is for our chapter to continue to network and have fun at our social programs, mentor our chapter’s students and residents, bring relevant educational events, and continue to work with the collaboration of our technicians toward expanding our scope of practice for pharmacists to practice at the top of our licensure. I want to thank all people who stepped up to be on the board to work together for a great year!

Sincerely, Angela Jeong, PharmD, APh

2020 SBLBSHP Board Members

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Festive Board Dinner

By Rosalin Preechakul, PharmD, APh, BCPS Immediate Past President Every holiday season, the board gets together to celebrate our friendship and accomplishments by having a “festive” board meeting offsite instead of the traditional monthly board meeting. This year, SBLBSHP board members went for a change in scenery to Tantalum waterfront lounge in Long Beach. We had the pleasure of enjoying an exotic menu of California cuisine with an Asian soul along the Alamitos Bay. As the 2019 President, I was very fortunate to have such dedicated board members that led our chapter to another successful year. I’m thankful to continue to work with our board members and excited to have some new and energetic members joining our board for 2020.

Looking forward to another great year!

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By Angela Lee, PharmD, BCPS, Social Affairs Chair Our chapter's 40th Night with Industry (NWI)/Installation Banquet took place on Friday, January 24th, at Michael's Tuscany Room in San Pedro. As per our theme, "Fly with SBLBSHP," nearly 100 attendees including our members, guests, students, and industry representatives were transported to a European courtyard with rustic charm and romantic lights.

The evening began with a networking session with our sponsors: Alexion, Amgen, Bayer, Biogen, Fagron Sterile Services, Genentech, Gilead, Incyte, Nephron Pharmaceuticals, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Rare Disease Therapeutics Inc, and Tesaro. We would like to thank these companies for their generous contributions! A special shout out also goes to our industry relations committee for recruiting and coordinating sponsorship.

The networking session was energized by drinks, appetizers, and the crossword puzzle that attendees could complete for an extra chance to win raffle prizes.

The dinner and installation program soon followed. We feasted on prime rib, chicken involtini, pasta, various sides, and family-style mini desserts. The Kelly Hales Memorial Pharmacist of the Year Award was presented to our member, Shelly Fisher, whose nomination highlighted her dedication to recruiting and educating pharmacists to participate in the End of Life program. Two graduating students, Kara Onouye (USC) and Michael Palaroan (Western) were presented with the student of the year award and scholarship for their spirit of volunteerism with our chapter.

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Mentees who successfully completed this year's mentorship program were recognized as well. The banquet marked the official end of the term for the 2019 board and the

beginning for this year's board. The 2020 board was installed by the CSHP president and past SBLBSHP president, Lisa Lum. Keeping up with our tradition, last year's president, Rosalin Preechakul, passed down the crystal gavel to this year's fearless leader, Angela Jeong, who will be serving her second president term with SBLBSHP. Angela gave a heartfelt speech, sharing stories from her first presidency and her excitement for the year ahead. Many went home as winners (of raffle prizes), including the grand prize of a one-year complementary CSHP membership.

Much thanks to the 2019 board for the wonderful year of great accomplishments and memories. Thank you, our members, for choosing SBLBSHP as your chapter and coming out to celebrate with us. The 2020 board looks forward to seeing everyone at our future events as we continue our work to support the pharmacy profession and South Bay/Long Beach community, all while having fun!

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Educational Dinner: Migraine Myth Busters

By Leslie Wu, PharmD, Industrial Relations Co-Chair On Tuesday, January 7, 2020, our chapter partnered with Amgen (represented by Paul Reinbach) to host a promotional dinner on “Migraine Myth Busters: Exploring the Role of Aimovig” at L’Opera Italian Restaurant in Long Beach. Dr. C. Philip O’Carroll from Hoag Memorial Hospital gave an informative lecture regarding the role of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) inhibitors, a novel class of therapeutic agents, in the management of chronic or episodic migraines. Dr. O’Carroll shared many clinical pearls from his specialty practice in neurology and migraine treatment. As we enter the new year, we will be having many more promotional dinners coming soon and would love to have you join us in supporting our industry partners who have been instrumental to the success of our chapter endeavors.

Promoting the Pharmacist - Pharmacy Student Relationship

By Lauren Alfano, PharmD, BCPS, Mentorship Co-Chair SBLB continues to promote its pharmacist members to mentor local pharmacy students.

January 2020 marks the end of the 2019 program and beginning of the 2020 program.

This program relies on our pharmacy student liaisons to reach out to their student body to identify students who are interested in communicating with a pharmacist via monthly topic discussions, and those students are then paired with an SBLB pharmacist. After completing the one-year long mentorship program, mentors are then invited to attend the SBLB Installation Banquet where they are presented with a certificate of completion.

The hope is that the mentor-mentee relationship continues beyond the scope of the program. Congratulations to the mentees completing the 2019 program! We look forward to another successful year in 2020!

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Self-Care at Long Beach Rescue Mission

By Judy Aoyagi, PharmD, Public Relations Co-Chair On January 17th, SBLBSHP conducted its first self-care presentation (out of six) at the Long Beach Rescue Mission (LBRM) for the year of 2020. LBRM is a faith-based facility serving as a home for men and women providing food, clothing, shelter and spiritual guidance to the homeless and less fortunate people of the community helping them to overcome substance abuse, addictions and life’s deeper challenges.

Second-year students from the USC School of Pharmacy Margaret Buchinskaya and Tiffanie Lin presented on the topic of Mental Health Awareness. The presentation covered some of the most common mental illnesses such as anxiety, depression, and substance abuse/ addiction. They had approximately 30 members from LBRM attend the event who were all very engaged throughout the presentation. Several questions were asked and students did an excellent job answering them and connecting with them with empathy. The staff and participants were really appreciative of the educational information, which was very important and relevant for the LBRM community.

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USC School of Pharmacy Chapter Updates

By Christina Lee and Kaydee Soo, USC School of Pharmacy Student Liaisons

USC-SSHP celebrates the end of the Fall Semester with their annual Board Appreciation Dinner

USC-SSHP hosts their annual Meet the Directors event

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USC School of Pharmacy Chapter Updates continued On November 14th, 2019, we hosted our annual Meet the Directors event at Quiet Cannon in Montebello, CA. The goal of this event was to introduce student pharmacists to the numerous opportunities available in the pharmacy profession. This year, we hosted professionals from hospital, community, industry, managed care, ambulatory care, and academia backgrounds and students were able to network with our distinguished guests during this roundtable event.

Thank you to all the SBLBSHP members who helped make our Fall Semester events successful — from Legislative Day to Networking events, we could not have done it without you! We are looking forward to the upcoming event this Spring Semester. Here is a glimpse of what’s coming up: • On February 4th and 11th, we will be hosting our 2-part Residency Workshop Series • On February 8th, we will be hosting our annual Food Bank Volunteer Event • On February 20th, we will hold our new board elections for the 2020-2021 school year • On March 13th, we will celebrate our 2019-2020 accomplishments at our End of the Year Banquet

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Western University Chapter Updates

By Bruno Martinez, Shogo Kono, and Michelle Tran, WesternU Student Liaisons On September 27th, 2019, CSHP

On Saturday, October 26th, CSHP

hosted the inaugural Southern

participated in the National Drug Take

California Residency Showcase at

Back Day at Kaiser Permanente

Western University of Health Sciences,

Ontario Medical Center. Student

College of Pharmacy. Sixty residency

volunteers helped the community

programs, including Kaiser

collect expired and unused

Permanente, Veterans Affairs, City of

medications. This event was part of a

Hope, Children's Hospital of Orange,

national effort to reduce medication

and many more provided

misuse and provide patients with a safe

approximately three hundred students

alternative for disposing of their

with the opportunity to network and

medications. Student pharmacists also

learn more about their programs. This

provided health education on

event was open to all of the schools of

cardiovascular disease, hypertension,

pharmacy in California.

and diabetes to those in the community. Thank you to all the

volunteers and to Kaiser Permanente Ontario for hosting this event!

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On Saturday, December 7th, ASHP/ CSHP and APhA-ASP/CPhA held a collaborative health fair serving the community of Pomona in partnership with Empire Healthcare, Independent Physicians Association. Student pharmacists provided blood glucose, blood pressure, and BMI screenings to over 80 people.

WesternU Executive Board! We look forward to watching the new board grow and continue the mission of ASHP/CSHP: to promote wellness, patient safety, and the optimal use of medication.

Tim Sandoval, the mayor of Pomona, awarded Western University of Health Sciences with a Certification of Recognition for our services to the community! Thank you to all the student volunteers, Dr. Mario Jimenez, and Dr. Mark Nguyen for taking their time to give back to the community. We look forward to providing more health fairs in the new

year.

On December 13th, 2019 we held our annual installation banquet welcoming our incoming board for the 2020 year.

A total of 12 executive board members were inaugurated by our advisors Dr. Mark Nguyen and Dr. Patrick Chan. Please join us in congratulating the 2020 ASHP/CSHP

On January 16, 2020, WesternU’s CSHP hosted its 10th Annual Mr. Pharmacy Pageant with this year’s theme being Stranger Things. For this pageant, there were 2 titles awarded: Mr. and Ms. Pharmacy. Three male representatives and three female representatives from the P1 and P2 classes showcased their unique talents such as singing, dancing, and comedy.

The grand prize winners were decided by a panel of judges and voting by the audience. We would like to thank all our participants for making this a successful fundraising event.

As we enter the second half of our academic year, we are looking forward to continuing our work with SBLBSHP. We are thankful for the continuous support we have received from SBLBSHP and we are excited for what the future holds for WesternU CSHP and SBLBSHP.

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Chapman University Chapter Updates

By Danny H. Pham and Nadine Saab, Chapman University Student Liaisons

2019 CSHP Quiz Bowl Champions: Chapman!

The CSHP Quiz Bowl is an annual event at Seminar where students from California pharmacy schools apply their knowledge on various therapeutics and pharmacy topics. This year was an amazing accomplishment for the Chapman team, taking 1st place amongst 12 teams! Our school has progressed from ranking 3rd (2017), 2nd (2018), and are now the 2019 Quiz Bowl Champions. We are so proud of the team! Congratulations to the CUSP team: Kellie Amano, David Estahphnous, Sarah Kantari, Dustin Le, Chris Liu, Hellen Ly (Team Captain), Brittany Nguyen, Danny H. Pham, Nadine Saab, Jordan Stokes, Alexa-Rina Tuico, and J.J. Way. These students have dedicated many hours studying and preparing for this highly competitive event.

Special thanks to the faculty advisors and mentors: Drs. Jerika Lam, Amy Kang, Kimberly Won, Moom Roosan, Jelena Lewis, Laura Tsu, and Gary Fong.

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Pharmaceutical Industry Night CSHP/ASHP-SSHP hosted their 2nd annual Pharmaceutical Industry Speakers’ Event. The event welcomed 9 speakers from 8 highly respected pharmaceutical companies including Allergan, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Genentech, Gilead, Neurocrine Biosciences, Tesaro, and ViiV Healthcare. The panelists were asked questions about their training, career paths, challenges, and successes within the field of industry. It was a very successful night with 95 students listening to the panel’s wise advice and enjoying a delicious Mediterranean dinner. Afterwards, the students rotated between tables and learned more about the speakers, their day-to-day responsibilities, and the opportunities available in the pharmaceutical industry. At the end of the night, the Chapman students had the chance to get to know the speakers they hadn’t talked to yet during the round tables. They enjoyed the “social hour” towards the end and were able to ask specific speakers about post-graduate opportunities. The students found the event very helpful since it showcased a career path in pharmacy that many didn’t know about. Many were inspired and are hoping to pursue a career in the pharmaceutical industry. In addition, the speakers were honored to be invited and are looking forward to attending next year! Thank you to everyone who attended and made this event a great success!

Residency Preparedness & Community Outreach

Student chapter members at The Anaheim Health Fair, offering blood glucose and lipid testing in addition to poster education

Student chapter members receiving information about residency followed by a Q&A session

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Marshall B. Ketchum Chapter Updates

The student chapters CSHP-MBKU & MBKU-CPhA-ASP collaborated with Chapman University School of Pharmacy – Vietnamese American Pharmacy Student Association (CUSP-VAPSA) at the Tet Festival on Sunday January 25 at OC Fair & Center. Student pharmacists provided fair attendees free health screenings including blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol. Turnout and engagement was great at this busy annual health fair.

By Dorth Anda, Marshall B. Ketchum Student Liaison The student chapters CSHP-MBKU & MBKU-CPhA-ASP collaborated with Chapman University School of Pharmacy – Vietnamese American Pharmacy Student Association (CUSP-VAPSA) at the Tet Festival on Sunday January 25 at OC Fair & Center. Student pharmacists provided fair attendees free health screenings including blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol. Turnout and engagement was great at this busy annual health fair.

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We welcome YOU to our monthly board meetings!

Our next face-to-face meeting will be April DATE: Second Wednesday of every month (alternates between phone conference and in-person meetings) Please RSVP for meetings via sblb.shp@gmail.com TIME: Dinner and networking at 6:30pm, meeting at 7pm LOCATION: Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center North Hospital 1st floor Conference Rooms 5-6

Come Join Us!

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SBLBSHP 2020 Board Members ANGELA JEONG President JOHN MCGADY President-Elect ROSALIN PREECHAKUL Immediate-Past President TIM CHOU Secretary JENNIFER FONG Treasurer

DAN BAUMAN & JOHN SIE Directors STEVE THOMPSON CSHP Liaison ROSALIN PREECHAKUL, ANGELA JEONG, ANGELA LEE, JENNIFER FONG & JOHN MCGADY, ERWIN JEONG CSHP Delegates LESLIE TANAKA Communications Chair

MAY MAK, MICHELLE DING, HAI TRAN, YEN LUU, & LUCY DUONG Educational Affairs TIM CHOU, YEN DOAN Membership Chairs JOHN MCGADY Legal Affairs Chair LAUREN ALFANO, ROSALIN PREECHAKUL Mentorship Program Chairs

JUDY AOYAGI, MARVIN ORTIZ, STEPHANIE LEE Public Relations Chairs MATT KAMADA, ELAINE NGUYEN, LESLIE WU, DANIEL KEROLES Industrial Relations ANGELA LEE, STEPHANIE FUKUNAGA Social Affairs Chairs CYNTHIA BENNETT Technician Liaison

Student Liaisons USC CHRISTINA LEE & RUBY YANG WESTERN BRUNO MARTINEZ, SHOGO KONO, & MICHELLE TRAN UOP RYAN LEE & ANNA MAYOR

KGI KELLY VO, RODELLE SACMAN & MITCHELL TIMBOL UCSF SANAM RASHIDI & DARYL LARRY-SAR CHAPMAN DANNY PHAM & NADINE SAAB

MARSHALL B. KETCHUM DORITH ANDA

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