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September 2023

It’s sure to be a busy few days of networking, learning, and cheering on our colleagues because…we’re hosting **nearly 20** educational and poster sessions this year!

Here's the lineup:

Monday, Sept. 18, 2023: Educational Sessions

Approaches to Improving Health Equity & Patient Affordability: Hear from Shanece Green, PharmD, RPh, MSPH, MBA, our inaugural Health Equity & Systems Thinking Fellow. She’ll discuss how her research and work is helping to advance health equity in pharmacy—for our colleagues and our patients.
10:30 a.m. - Noon CST | Texas Ballroom C

Keys to Maintaining Specialty Accreditation: Jill Honhera, PharmD, vice president and specialty pharmacy accreditation expert, will offer strategies for gaining and maintaining specialty pharmacy accreditation.
11 a.m. - Noon CST | Dallas 3

Deeper Dive into Accreditation Standards: Dr. Honhera follows up her morning session with an advanced review of specialty pharmacy accreditation standards.
1 - 2:30 p.m. CST | Dallas 3

Careers in Specialty Pharmacy: Hear about the specialty pharmacy career path from our residency program director, Megan Rees, PharmD, BCACP, CSP and resident, Alexis El-Khouri, PharmD.
2 - 3 p.m. CST / San Antonio 1

CSP - Operations: Kevn McNamara, PharmD, RPH, CSP, PRS, CNSC, BCSCP and Jayna Patel, PharmD, CSP, AAHIVP, dive deep into best practices for operating a health system specialty pharmacy.
2:30 - 3:30 CST / Dallas 7

In Your Shoes - Transition from Student to Professional: Resident, Alexis El-Khouri, PharmD, gives students the scoop on making the transition from the classroom to the clinic.
4:15 - 5 p.m. / San Antonio 1

Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023: Educational Sessions

Specialty Medication Pipeline 2023: Specialty pharmacy strategist and expert, Susan Trieu, talks about what’s ahead in the pipeline across disease states.
9:50 - 10:50 a.m. / Texas Ballroom C

Impacting Rare Disease Patient Outcomes through Innovation: Specialty pharmacist, Amber Skrtic, PharmD, CSP, AAHIVP, joins forces with a manufacturer to show how pharmacy teams advance outcomes for patients living with rare conditions.
9:50 - 10:50 a.m. / Texas Ballroom 4

Poster Presentations

"Impact of a Health System Specialty Pharmacy on Patient Engagement and Clinical Outcomes Post-Transition of Management"
Presenter: Jessica Mourani, PharmD
Poster #2

"Biosimilar Perceptions Among Autoimmune Prescribers and Pharmacists in Health System Specialty Pharmacy"
Presenter: Ana Lopez Medina, PharmD
Poster #4

"Abemaciclib Linkage to Care: A Health System Specialty Pharmacy Initiative"
Presenter: Amber Skrtic, PharmD, CSP, AAHIVP
Poster #9

"The Role of Pharmacists and Liaisons in Addressing Social Determinants in a Health System Specialty Pharmacy Setting"
Presenter: Shanece Green, PharmD, RPh, MSPH, MBA
Poster #18

"Impact of a Clinical Pharmacist-Led Care Program on Patients with Hemophilia A, Utilizing TherigySTM"
Presenter: Lily Duong, PharmD
Poster #24

"Evaluation of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Treatment Discontinuation Rates in Patients within Health System Specialty Pharmacy"
Presenter: Alexis El-Khouri, PharmD
Poster #32

"Impact of Health System Specialty Pharmacy Management on Clinical Outcome Measures in Patients with Asthma"
Presenter: Casey Fitzpatrick, PharmD, BCPS
Poster #36

"Maximizing Cost Savings: The Impact of Specialty Pharmacist Interventions at a Community Oncology Center"
Presenter: Megan Rees, PharmD, BCACP, CSP
Poster #49

"A Health System Specialty Pharmacy-Led Check-in Protocol in Patients on Oral Oncolytics"
Presenter: Amanda Cooper, PharmD
Poster #60

"Impact of PROMIS-10 on Health-Related Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Specialty Pharmacy Settings"
Presenter: Abbas Dewji, PharmD, CSP
Poster #63

"Impact of Clinical Dashboards for Data Capture and Reporting across Health System Specialty Pharmacies"
Presenter: Brandon Hardin, PharmD, MBA, CSP
Poster #69

There are many more opportunities to learn together.

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