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1950 s
William Lloyd Hitt, PharmD ’59, has been retired since 1996 after 37 years of operating an independent pharmacy in Sunland, California.
1960 s
Pierre Del Prato, PharmD ’65, received two honors from the California Pharmacists Association (CPhA) in 2017: He was awarded the Bowl of Hygeia for outstanding contributions to the community outside the pharmacy profession, and was inducted into the California Pharmacy Hall of Fame for serving as an inspiration to the practice of pharmacy in California. In 2011, Del Prato retired from his role as a pharmacist at Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento. He continues to work for Mercy General on a freelance basis and serves on CPhA’s board.
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Jack Raber, PharmD ’75, owns Clinipharm Services, a Long Beach, California-based consultancy.
1980 s
Brian Kawahara, PharmD ’82, is director of pharmacy at Hemet Valley Medical Center. Lisa Lum, PharmD ’86, is medication safety officer at Glendale Adventist Medical Center. John R. Yuen, PharmD ’88, is a nuclear pharmacist in radiopharmacy at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center.
1990 s
Benjamin B. Ly, PharmD ’90, is pharmacy coordinator at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles Ashley Vo, PharmD ’92, is administrative director, transplant immunotherapy program, at Cedars-Sinai’s Comprehensive Transplant Center.
Ricky Ma, PharmD ’95, owns Community Medical Pharmacy in Covina, California. Bernard Elhaj, PharmD ’99, is head pharmacist at Ralphs Pharmacy in Pasadena, California. Desiree Wallace, PharmD ’99, is investigational drug pharmacist at Loma Linda University Medical Center.
2000 s
Anna Purdum, MS ’00, is senior director, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, at Kite Pharmaceuticals Inc., in Santa Monica, California. Nishan Sengupta, PhD ’00, is global market access leader– oncology with Johnson & Johnson, headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Alexander Cao, PharmD ’01, is area pharmacy director at Kaiser Permanente. David Huynh, PharmD ’01, is pharmacist in charge at California Medical Pharmacy. Hooman Milani, PharmD ’02, is manager, pharmacy clinical operations, at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center.
