APhA names former Walgreens pharmacist as sole candidate for honorary president

WASHINGTON — The American Pharmacists Association last month identified Philip Burgess, a former Walgreens pharmacist who has been consulting on behalf of the industry since 2009, as its sole candidate for honorary president. 

 

In addition to Burgess, the APhA announced the slate of candidates for its board of trustees and president-elect. The elections for these positions will be held March 4-May 2, 2016. Association members will have the opportunity to meet the candidates at the APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Baltimore, March 4-7, 2016.

 

Burgess currently holds numerous leadership positions within the pharmacy community. He has been the president of the Community Pharmacy Foundation since its inception in 2002, on the Executive Committee of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy and is serving his 14th year on the Illinois State Board of Pharmacy (5 terms as Chairman). 

 

After 40 years at Walgreens holding numerous corporate management positions including national director of pharmacy operations and national director of pharmacy affairs, he founded Philip Burgess Consulting in 2009. His company is primarily focused on assisting in regulatory changes that maximize the use of technology to improve patient care. Past activities include serving as APhA’s representative on the HIT Advisory Board, the Pharmacy e-Health Information Technology Collaborative, the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS during the Clinton and Bush Administrations, and on the National Board of Directors of the Human Rights Campaign. His various honors include the NACDS Harold Pratt Lifetime Achievement Award and the Operation PUSH Unity Partner Award. His pharmacy degree is from the University of Tennessee and he received his MBA from the University of Chicago.

 

The two candidates for president-elect for 2017-2018 are Nicki Hilliard of Little Rock, Ark., and Brad Tice of Thompsons Station, Tenn. The two pairs nominated for election to serve 2017-2020 terms on the APhA Board of Trustees are: Gregory Fox of Carmel, Ind., vs. Sandra Leal of Tucson, Ariz.; and Randy McDonough of Iowa City, Iowa, vs. Joe Moose of Concord, N.C. 

 

Hilliard is a professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy. Hilliard has pharmacy practice experience in community (independent and chain) pharmacy and free medical clinics, but has focused most of her career to be an educator of nuclear pharmacy practice and management. She has expertise in interprofessional education, online learning and educational technology. Hilliard is a former APhA-APPM president and APhA Trustee, serving on the APhA Governmental Affairs, Strategic Planning and Policy Standing Committees. She served on the Board of Pharmacy Specialties and is the current chair of the Pharmacy Provider Status Task Force and the Government Affairs Committee for the Arkansas Pharmacists Association. She received her BSPharm and PharmD from UAMS College of Pharmacy and a Masters in Health Services Administration from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She has been recognized with the APhA William H. Briner Distinguished Achievement in Nuclear Pharmacy Practice, APhA Fellow, APhA Award of Merit and the Bowl of Hygeia.

 

Tice is the director/product leader for medication therapy management for Cardinal Health. Tice received his bachelor of science from the University of Kansas in 1994 and PharmD in 1996. He also received an MBA from Vanderbilt University Owen School of Management in 2012. His career has spanned pharmacy wholesaler, entrepreneurial start-up, chain pharmacy, academia and managed care. He has focused his entire career on developing, implementing and advocating for pharmacists’ services to enhance the ability to improve patient care and for pharmacists to be recognized and compensated for that value. He has served the profession in numerous capacities including the Pharmacy Quality Alliance, serving as initial consultant to help get quality measurement on pharmacy started and on technical expert panels on quality measure development and improving MTM within Medicare Part D. He has also served the American Pharmacists Association as speaker of the APhA House of Delegates and currently serves on the board of trustees as member-at-large. He has served in numerous elected positions within the Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management and was a national member-at-large as a student pharmacist. His professional recognitions include being named Product Leader of the Year in 2015 for Cardinal Health, Distinguished Achievement Award in Clinical/Pharmacotherapeutic Practice, 2010, American Pharmacists Association – Fellow, 2008, Albert B. Prescott/GlaxoSmithKline Leadership Award 2005, and Iowa Pharmacy Association, Young Pharmacist of the Year in 2002.

 

Fox is a current APhA Trustee and pharmacy merchandiser for Kroger’s Central Marketing Area, encompassing Indiana, Illinois and parts of Missouri, Michigan and Ohio. Fox’s experience includes community, managed care, long term care and consultant pharmacy. He served on numerous health insurance plan boards as a board member or P&T committee member. He received his pharmacy degree from the University of Cincinnati and is a graduate of the University of Mississippi APhA Community Pharmacy Business Management Program. A very active APhA member, Fox is a Trustee and a contributing member of the Finance Committee, Government Affairs Committee, Political Action Committee and the Strategic Directions Committee. He is a member of the APhA APPM section and is a House Delegate and a contributing author. Included on his resume is the President of the Ohio Pharmacists Association when legislation passed allowing pharmacists to immunize and provide collaborative services. He initiated and testified for similar laws in Indiana. Fox serves on the Indiana BOP Technology Committee, IPA, OPA, Indiana and Illinois Retail Committees, and the Medication Safety Partnership of Indiana. Fox is responsible for the development of the Kroger/Purdue Community Pharmacy Residency. He is an Adjunct Professor of Pharmacy Practice for several Colleges of Pharmacy and sits on three Pharmacy Dean’s Councils. Fox was awarded the BCPA Pharmacist of the Year, Ohio’s Young Pharmacist of the Year and Kroger Chairman’s Award. Purdue recognized Fox with the 2010 “Friend of Pharmacy Award” for dedication to the profession and the College.

 

Leal is VP innovation at SinfoniaRx, a provider of medication therapy management services nationally. Leal is working to establish integrated clinical pharmacy services in a variety of programs including a hospital discharge program, integrated behavioral health clinics, accountable care organizations and patient-centered medical homes. She is utilizing telehealth and other strategies to scale resources to communities, clinicians and patients. Leal received her PharmD from the University of Colorado and her MPH in Public Health Practice from the University of Massachusetts. Leal completed her residency at the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System and a Primary Health Care Policy Fellowship with the Department of Health and Human Services. Her work has been published in Diabetes Care, Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease, American Journal for Health-System Pharmacy and a discussion paper published by the Institute of Medicine entitled, “Patients and Health Care Teams Forging Effective Partnerships”. Leal currently serves as vice chair for the National Center for Farmworker Health a