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BulletinMassachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Spring 2006 • Volume 31 • Number 1

The Ronald A. Matricaria Academic and Student Center

ALSO: ■ Vision 2008: Charting the Future of Health Professions Education ■ Alumni Lend a Hand in Storm-Ravaged States May 10, 17 & 24 September 12 December 2-8 Henrietta DeBenedictis Board of Pharmacy Meeting American Association of Pharmaceutical Women’s Health Series White Hall, MCPHS–Boston Scientists (Attend one, two or all three sessions) 9 a.m.-3 p.m. San Antonio, Texas MCPHS–Worcester, Auditorium II May 10: 5:30-8:30 p.m. (evening) September 15 December 3-7 May 17: 8:30-11:30 a.m. (morning) F1 Racing and CE (see form, page 46) American Society of Health-System May 24: 5:30-8:30 p.m. (evening) Major Trends in Drug Abuse Pharmacists F1 Racetrack, Braintree, Mass. Anaheim, Calif. May 10-11 5:30-7:30 p.m. Dinner & CE Certificate Program in Pharmaceutical 7:30-8:30 p.m. Briefing & Safety Waivers December 14 Compounding for Pharmacy Technicians 8:30-9:30 p.m. Racing Year-end Law Program MCPHS–Worcester MCPHS–Worcester, Auditorium II September 19, 26 & October 4, 12 5:30-8 p.m. May 19 HIV CE for Pharmacists Commencement: MCPHS–Boston (4 dates/locations to select from) December 19 Bayside Expo Center, Boston Sept 19: MCPHS–Boston Year-end Law Program 10 a.m. White Hall, 5:30-8:30 p.m. MCPHS–Boston, Room 117 calendar Sept 26: Berkshire Hills Country Club, 5:30-8 p.m. June is Alumni Appreciation Month! Pittsfield, Mass., 5:30-8:30 p.m. Oct 4: White’s of Westport For information about alumni events, May 3 June 1 Westport, Mass., 5:30-8:30 p.m. call the Alumni Office at 617.732.2902 or Alumni Association Board of Directors Alumni Reception Oct 12: Spinelli’s e-mail [email protected]. Or, visit MCPHS–Boston Colony Club, Springfield, Mass. Lynnfield, Mass., 5:30-8:30 p.m. www.mcphs.edu. NOTE: Information on President’s Conference Room, 4th floor this calendar is subject to change. Please 5:30 p.m. June 2-4 September 28 & 29 contact the Alumni Office to confirm Administration of Local Anesthesia for 2nd New England Pharmacist Convention events, dates and locations. May 4 Dental Hygienists Certificate Program Foxwoods Resort Casino, Conn. Full Reunion Committee Meeting MCPHS–Boston For more information about CE MCPHS–Boston Esther M. Wilkins Forsyth Dental Clinic October 11 & 12 programs, contact the CE department President’s Conference Room, 4th floor Friday: 1-6 p.m. Fall Interview Days (617.732.2081) or visit our website: 5:30 p.m Sat & Sun: 8 a.m.-6 p.m. MCPHS–Boston http://www.mcphs.edu/ce/index.html NOTE: Calendar subject to change. May 10 June 6, 14 & 20 October 18 Health Sciences Preceptor Appreciation New Drug Update & Law Program Board of Trustees Meeting Dinner and CE Program (3 dates/locations to choose from) College Corporation Meeting Westin Hotel, Waltham, Mass. June 6: White’s of Westport MCPHS–Boston 6-8:30 p.m. Westport, Mass., 5:30-8:30 p.m. Reunion Weekend June 14: Lombardo’s October 20 & 21 2006 Randolph, Mass., 5:30-8:30 p.m. N.H. Society of Physician Assistants June 20: Spinelli’s Fall Conference (See page 35 for more information.) Non-Traditional PharmD Lynnfield, Mass., 5:30-8:30 p.m. Allumni & Preceptor Appreciation Luncheon Friday, June 9 Pathway Sheraton Harborside, Portsmouth, N.H. Rolling Dinner Buffet June 9-11 Radisson Hotel Boston is now accepting applications Reunion Weekend 2006 October 21-22 for fall 2006. (See weekend event details, this page) Pharmacy Technician Review Course 200 Stuart Street MCPHS–Boston, Room 114 5:30-7:30 p.m. The Non-Traditional PharmD (NTPD) path- June 15 7 a.m.-4 p.m. After dinner choose from: way is an innovative program that allows Board of Trustees Meeting pharmacists to: Blue Man Group – 7:30 p.m. MCPHS–Worcester October 22 Comedy Connection – 8 p.m. ■ enhance their education with a Forsyth School of Dental Hygiene convenient distance learning format; June 16 90th Anniversary Celebration Commencement: MCPHS–Worcester MCPHS–Boston Saturday afternoon, ■ continue working while earning a Mechanics Hall, Worcester PharmD degree that can be completed June 10 10:00 a.m. November 2 in two years, part time; Choice of three activities: Fall Health Care Symposium ■ be part of a well-respected, accredited June 21-28 Sheraton Colonial, Wakefield, Mass. Tours of Fenway Park pharmacy program; American Dental Hygienists’ Association 7 a.m.-4 p.m. – meet at Fenway at 12 p.m. ■ develop the latest clinical skills Annual Session Duck Tours necessary to stay competitive in Alumni Breakfast – June 26 November 7 – depart Museum of Science 12 p.m. today’s health care environment; and Orlando, Fla. Radiological Sciences CE Afternoon of Beauty MCPHS–Boston, Room 101 ■ learn from experienced faculty and August 3 12:15-1:15 p.m. – Boston Radisson Hotel 1:30-3 p.m. share information with fellow Boston Red Sox vs. Cleveland Indians pharmacists. 5 p.m. - Dinner at MCPHS November 16 Saturday evening, June 10 The application priority filing date is July 1, 6:15 p.m. - Trolley to Fenway Pharmacy Preceptor CE Annual Alumni Dinner 7:05 p.m. - Game time Metro Boston (location and time TBA) 2006. For more information on the program, 5:30 p.m. – Receptions visit: www.mcphs.edu September 9 November 18-19 6:30 p.m. – Dinner Thanks to the many alumni who have Immunization Training Program for Pharmaceutical Care Days I & II Boston Park Plaza Hotel, 64 Arlington St. referred friends and colleagues to the NTPD Pharmacists MCPHS–Worcester, Auditorium II pathway program. The program continues MCPHS–Boston, Room 117 Two full days, 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday, June 11 to experience great success from alumni 8 a.m.-6 p.m. referrals! Keep them coming! December 2-3 Annual Alumni Brunch Pharmaceutical Care Days III & IV 9 a.m. – Forsyth Annual Meeting MCPHS alumni receive a 15% discount MCPHS–Boston, Room 216 on tuition! 10 a.m. – Brunch Buffet & Campus Tours Two full days, 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Spring 2006 the Volume 31 • Number 1 Bulletin Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

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departments ii • Calendar 3 • Letters 4 • In the News 8 11 22 5 • Student Profile Alejandro Pino-Figueroa, PhD Candidate, Pharmacology 8 • A Gift for the Next Generation Ronald A. Matricaria Donates $5 Million to the College 6 • In Brief 30 • MCPHS and Forsyth 11• Vision 2008 Alumni Associations Charting the Future of Health Professions Education 36 • Class Notes 19• Answering the Call 38 • Alumni Profiles Hurricane Victims Assisted by Alumni and the College Community Nantucket: An Irresistible Draw for a Community Pharmacist: John Bertolami BSP ’67 / 38 22• 25 Foster Street Worcester’s Living and Learning Center Dedicated A Passion for Promotion and Prevention: Christel (Koppel) Autuori DH ’71 Forsyth / 41 From Leis to Licensure: 25• Lt. Smith Goes to Washington (and to New Orleans) Fae Ganiron PharmD ’05 / 43 26• Ireland: Land of Heart’s Desire 44 • In Memoriam MCPHS CE Participants Mix Business and Pleasure Farewell: Mitchell J. Stoklosa —Teacher, Administrator, Trustee / 45 28• The Reed Conference CMS Administrator Discusses the Pharmacist’s Role in Medicare Part D Cover: Ronald A. Matricaria BSP ’66, ScD ’92 (Hon.) PHOTO BY TRACY POWELL

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 1 letter from the president

The Bulletin is published two times a year for alumni Dear Alumni and Friends of the College, and friends of the College. Editor: George E. Humphrey Managing Editor: Joyce E. Hempstead Senior Writer: Margaret Bucholt Let me begin on a sad note—the passing of Mitchell J. Stoklosa, teacher, trustee emeritus and Art Director: Joyce E. Hempstead dean of students emeritus, last November at the age of 92. “Mike” was one of the most beloved Design Assistant: Cathy Moylan Contributors: faculty members in the College’s history, and one of its greatest supporters. He always found a Michael Ratty way to “give back.” In keeping with Mike’s spirit, this issue of The Bulletin features several won- Katherine Keough Meg Buckingham derful examples of the many ways in which our alumni, faculty and students are giving back to Send changes of address and editorial correspondence to the College, the profession and the community. The Bulletin, MCPHS, 179 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. Tel: 617.732.2902. E-mail: [email protected]. The cover story on Ronald A. Matricaria BSP ’66 is a case in point. His recent gift of $5 mil- Printed in the U.S.A. MCPHS Alumni Association lion—the largest single donation to the College since George Robert White—is one of the many Board of Directors, 2005–2006 ways that he has supported his alma mater. In the past, he served on the Board of Trustees, and Delilah Barnes BSP ’94 Herbert E. Capron BSP ’88 just recently he volunteered his time to appear in a film about the exciting changes that are Robert A. Curtis BSP ’77 Steven M. Dolley BSP ’88 occuring at MCPHS. Anne E. Jensen DH ’67 Forsyth Karen M. Ryle BSP ’85, MSRA ’02 As I visit with alumni around New England, as well as with our “snowbirds” in Florida and Lindsey L. Laliberte BSHP ’00, BSP ’00 Iris Sheinhait PharmD ’03 Arizona, I have been showing the film, and it is getting rave reviews. I hope you will be able to Renu Vaish MSRA ’01 join me at a future event in your area—it is a great way to re-connect with the College and dis- Chantal M. Vuillaume-Kosmidis PharmD ’00 Stanley B. Walczyk BSP ’75 cover the latest news. Gail Weisberg DH ’74 Forsyth

This issue also has an article about several of our alumni who volunteered to assist victims of Forsyth Alumni Association Board of Directors, 2005–2006 hurricanes Katrina and Wilma. Their personal stories reflect another way in which our graduates Leah Anderson ’00 are using their MCPHS education to give back to the community. Lurleen Bailey ’65 Mary Cahoon Dole ’41 Meanwhile, our current student population continues to grow and prosper; we will have more Paula Hogan ’76 Anne Jensen ’67 than 3,000 students on our three campuses next year. Provost Janis P. Bellack and the faculty are Mary (Leet) Kellerman ’66 Julie (Urbanowicz) Lidano ’71, Clerk doing an outstanding job expanding our educational programs to meet the needs of the health Elaine (Maron) Roberts ’71 Anna (Fingerman) Shubashvili ’98, Treasurer professions. Be sure to read the article focusing on the ways in which the College’s Strategic Plan Maureen (Welby) Tobiassen ’98 is being implemented by our academic departments. Gail Weisberg ’74, President It is hard to believe that The Bulletin will be 95 years old this fall. In order to mark this his- Dennis G. Lyons, RPh Vice President for Institutional Advancement toric occasion, we are planning a few changes, including a new publication schedule. Beginning 617.732.2786 George E. Humphrey this summer, The Bulletin will be published in July and January (rather than in April and Executive Director of College Relations and Communications October) so that we can report major events, such as Commencements, Reunion and the 617.732.2909 President’s Gala, in a more timely manner. Dawn M. Ballou, Executive Director of Alumni Relations I hope you enjoy reading this issue, and I look forward to seeing you at the Reunion in June. 617.732.2902 Lawrence Townley, Director of Development 617.732.2230 Joyce E. Hempstead, Director of Publications 617.732.2998 Charles F. Monahan Jr. Michael Ratty, Director of Communications President 617.732.2130 Established in 1823, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is a private, independent college offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in health care disciplines.

2 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 Always Interesting News in The Bulletin What an excellent publication The Bulletin is! I hear from various Forsyth grads who appreciate the recognition and interesting news of “their” Forsyth! And the news is very interesting. Even the “Art of Healing,” with the awards, etc. was especially interesting in that the principal speaker (Dr. Johnson) mentioned the relationship of periodontal disease to other health problems—and that was quoted in the article. We need that Any thoughts on this kind of recognition! —Esther M. Wilkins DH ’39 Forsyth issue of The Bulletin? Boston, Mass. via e-mail I am also grateful to him for the invita- tion as a special guest of the class of 1975 Write or e-mail us. Is Radiologic Sciences CE Still Called at the Reunion dinner last year. By the the ‘Madame Curie Lecture Series’? way, my wife and I loved the picture taken We want to know The Bulletin gives me the opportunity to stay with my good friend Ray VanderWyk. abreast of the changes and developments at Again, thank you, and keep up the what you think. College, and to learn facts and news about good work. letters&e-mail the alumni and my former colleagues. —George Matelli, Professor Emeritus The following letter was sent to Patricia I was happy to see in the calendar of the Winchester, Mass. (Crane) Ramsay DH ’66 Forsyth, director of fall issue that radiologic sciences continues Forsyth Alumni Programs and Continuing to provide CE programs. When I was there, The Personal Side of Pharmacy Education: we called these events the “Madame Curie and Pharmacists Lecture Series.” Are they still called that? The fall 2005 issue of The Bulletin was Thanks for the Write-Up It was a real pleasure to read the article excellent. It presented the personal side of I just wanted to let you know that when about Stan Walczyk and his successful pharmacy and pharmacists. The Bulletin arrived and Marty, who always O’Laughlin’s Homecare Pharmacy in Dal- It was all the more personal to me not seems to read these publications first, saw ton, Mass. Dan and I were active in the Ski only to see the article about my former all that was in it for Forsyth, he quickly Club when he was a student, and I have store, Nichols Pharmacy, but also to read gave it to me with a beaming smile. followed his career with interest ever since. about O’Laughlin’s Pharmacy, where I cur- Thank you for the beautiful write-up on rently work part time, and about Flynn’s the [Philips Oral Healthcare and RDH Pharmacy where I first started my career Magazine] Mentor of the Year Award, my in pharmacy back in the 1950s. accomplishments, and what I mean to the I am sure that this issue sparked a lot of Forsyth Dental Hygiene National Board interest among other pharmacists and will Review. How nice of you. I’m still blushing. encourage them to participate in future —Jane (Robinson) Weiner DH ’64 issues. Tamarac, Fla., via e-mail Thank you for including Nichols Phar- macy in the issue, and I will look forward The following letters were sent to Dawn Bal- to reading future issues. lou, executive director of Alumni Relations: Professor Emeritus Raymond VanderWyk ’37 (center) —Arthur J. Nichols BSP ’53 with Professor Emeritus and Mrs. George Matelli, special Pittsfield, Mass. A Great Time in Baltimore guests of the class of 1975 at the 2005 Reunion. Kemi and I saw The Bulletin and love how you set-up our picture with the letter. Letters Welcome—E-mail, Too! WHOOPS! Several alums and co-workers made The Bulletin encourages its readers to respond Apologies to faculty member Marin comments about the pictures and the great by letter or e-mail. We reserve the right to edit for style, clarity and length, and give preference to Gillis, PhD, for incorrectly listing her time we had. those that address the content of the magazine. terminal degree, and to First Honor Thanks again for a wonderful time in All letters must be signed and include the writer’s Graduate Susan Farley Bodie PharmD Baltimore. name and address. Please direct your correspon- ’05, School of Pharmacy–Worcester for —Kemi and Rolf Alphonse BSP ’89 dence to: Letters to the Editor, The Bulletin, incorrectly spelling her name. Somerville, Mass., via e-mail MCPHS, 179 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115-5896; or e-mail: [email protected] The Bulletin regrets the errors.

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 3 at 25 Foster Street, and informa- “Medication Meltdown” regard- A letter to the editor by Mary B. tion on the accelerated, 16- ing the safety of mail-order pre- Sullivan, PharmD, program month Bachelor of Science in scriptions. The report stated director, MassMedLine, which Nursing program that debuted that more than 100 million detailed several prescription in January. medications are mailed in the drug resources for seniors, was United States every year and, published in the Boston Globe. The generous gift of Ronald A. when left in a car or delivery In the letter, Sullivan also dis- Matricaria BSP ’66, ScD ’92 truck, intense heat can change a cusses Medicare D and specifi- (Hon.), a record $5 million drug’s physical properties. cally how MassMedLine, the donation to the College, was College’s toll-free hotline, is pre- covered by several different Michael Montagne, PhD, pro- pared to help seniors through media outlets, including the fessor of pharmacy administra- the enrollment process. Boston Globe, Worcester Telegram tion, was quoted in a syndicated & Gazette, Boston Business Jour- Knight-Ridder newspaper arti- An op-ed commentary about nal, “New England Cable cle about the Food and Drug collaborative care, co-written MCPHS community News,” WCTR-TV (Worces- Administration hearings on by Dennis Lyons BSP ’75, vice members sought ter), the Patriot Ledger and the direct-to-consumer advertising. president for Institutional after by the local Minneapolis Star-Tribune. The article was published after Advancement, and Massachu- and national media the Pharmaceutical Research setts state Senator Richard T.

in the news for their expertise. Professor Emeritus David A. Manufacturers of America Moore, D-Uxbridge, appeared Williams BSP ’60, MS ’62 was (PhRMA) announced 15 new in the February 9 edition of the The Esther M. Wilkins Forsyth interviewed by WHDH-TV “guiding principles” for drug Worcester Telegram & Gazette. ■ Dental Hygiene Clinic at (Boston) for a feature called advertising. MCPHS–Boston was featured on WCVB Channel 5’s award- winning television magazine, “Chronicle.” The episode, “Found Money,” focused on unique ways people can save, and “Chronicle” producers vis- ited the College to shoot footage of the beautiful new facility and document how local residents can receive dental care for a nominal fee. The dedication of the clinic was also noted in both the December issue of Access, the national magazine of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA), and the winter edition of the Journal of the Massachusetts Dental Society.

President Charles F. Monahan Jr. BSP ’62 and Jeannine Mul- doon, PhD, RN, chair, Depart- ment of Nursing and professor Miagi the Turtle is Back in the Race of nursing, were featured on Michelle Ceresia, PharmD, assistant professor of pharmacy practice, School of Pharmacy–Boston, coordinated efforts “Region On The Move,” the with John R. Fanikos BSP ’84, assistant director of pharmacy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), to provide a Worcester Regional Chamber of parenteral fluconazole preparation suitable for administration to critically ill sea turtles. Miagi was one of 34 sea turtles Commerce’s bi-weekly television stranded this season on Cape Cod beaches due to a life-threatening fungal infection requiring subcutaneous flucona- show. Included in the half-hour zole treatment. The BWH pharmacists prepared and formulated a sterile fluconazole product from raw powder sup- show were a portion of a recently plied by Pfizer Laboratories. Today, Miagi is doing well and is expected to be released when water temperatures reach produced DVD about the past 70° F. In the photo above are BWH clinical pharmacy specialist Henry Hoang T. Lam BSP ’90, New England Aquar- and future of MCPHS–Worces- ium’s head veterinarian Scott Weber, BWH pharmacy supervisor David Seaver, and Michelle Ceresia. ter, a discussion of the College’s (PHOTO: JEFF THIEBAUTH) new Living and Learning Center

4 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 STUDENT PROFILE

learned quite a lot from him,” Alejandro Pino-Figueroa, PhD Candidate, Pharmacology says Pino-Figueroa. “He is a great teacher in both individual Mining the Medicinal Mysteries of the Maca Plant and group settings.” Maher, in turn, has the hree years ago, Alejandro utmost respect for his student. Pino-Figueroa was ready to “Alejandro came to MCPHS Tsettle down with his wife very well-prepared from his from and son in his native Peru. He his previous graduate and under- had completed his master’s graduate training in Europe and degree in pharmaceutical sci- Peru,” says Maher. “He is usually ences at the University of Liege in the lab at least six days a week, in Belgium and had begun and the experience and dedica- working as a professor at Cath- tion he brings to the project olic University of Santa Maria really benefits all of us.” (UCSM) in Arequipa. But a Pino-Figueroa currently visit from an MCPHS represen- resides in Watertown with his tative prompted him to move in wife Lita, and his sons Gabriel, an entirely different direction. 7, and Patricio, 2. His arrival at “I was prepared to begin the the College marked his first

next stage of my life in Peru,” he RATTY MICHAEL says. “That’s when a great oppor- Alejandro Pino-Figueroa in the pharmacology laboratory at MCPHS–Boston. tunity arose with MCPHS.” When George E. Humphrey, educate future health care pro- Administration (FDA) to treat PhD, executive director of Col- fessionals who can serve this this pathology. With stroke- lege Relations and Communica- important segment of our popu- induced brain damage the third tions, conferred with USCM lation.” cause of death and the first officials in Arequipa, he met As one of seven current PhD cause of disability in the United Pino-Figueroa. The two struck students in pharmacology at States, his important research up a conversation. After dis- MCPHS–Boston, Pino-Figueroa has the potential to help count- cussing the possibility of Pino- spends the majority of his time less people, both in the United Figueroa continuing his maca researching lepidium meyenii, States and worldwide. Alejandro explains a recent experiment to a group of students from Boston’s Health plant research at MCPHS– commonly known as the maca “In cases of preventing dis- Careers Academy. Boston, Pino-Figueroa accepted plant. Native to Peru, the plant ease, plants can be more than the offer, moved to the United is generally only found growing the alternative, they can be the time in the United States, and States and enrolled in the Col- on terrain in altitudes exceeding first election,” says Pino- he and his family are enjoying lege’s PhD program. At the 9,000 feet. It has been used for Figueroa. “In the next few the city and the Longwood behest of President Charles F. more than 2,000 years, and years, medicinal plants will Medical Area. Monahan Jr. BSP ’62, Pino- research has shown it to have stake their claim in therapy.” “The city of Boston and the Figueroa was granted a fellow- medicinal properties; it can help Longwood area in particular are, in a good way, very com- “The city of Boston and the Longwood area in particular are, petitive,” he says. “The people and the atmosphere are always in a good way, very competitive.” pushing you do better, and that air is very stimulating.” ship, and UCSM guaranteed his increase physical and mental Timothy J. Maher PhD ’80, Upon completing his PhD in salary. energy, balance hormones, and Sawyer Professor of Pharmaceu- 2008, Pino-Figueroa plans to “Spanish is the second most prevent chronic diseases. The tical Sciences, is Pino-Figueroa’s move back to Peru with his fam- important language in the plant was also used to treat instructor and adviser, and has ily and teach again at UCSM, to United States, and Latinos are menopause, mental disorders, worked closely with Pino- continue his research on the the fastest growing minority and fertility issues. Figueroa since his arrival at the maca plant, and hopefully to group in the country,” says Pres- Currently, Pino-Figueroa is College in 2004. Pino-Figueroa develop new medicines in col- ident Monahan. “Through our researching the plant’s potential says that Maher’s guidance has laboration with MCPHS. exchange programs with Cuba application to prevent brain been crucial to his research. “We are still at the very and Peru, as well as our outreach damage in patients who suffered “Dr. Maher, as an expert in beginning of the research,” he to Latino students in the United strokes; only one drug has been neuroscience, is very important says. “We have just scratched States, we are doing our best to approved by the Food and Drug to the process, and I have the surface.” ■

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 5 What’s happening in and around Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and

in brief Health Sciences. Dennis G. Lyons BSP ’75 with Senate The John F. Kennedy Library and Museum was the venue for the second annual Fall President Robert E. Travaglini at the Fall Health Care Symposium, attended by more than 170 pharmacists. Healthcare Symposium. Most Creative and Most Edible: The Gingerbread event’s keynote remarks. House Competition Travaglini noted the important Five teams were awarded prizes role pharmacists play in the in several categories, including every-day lives of their patients most creative and most edible, and also took time to acknowl- in the third annual Gingerbread edge the time and energy health House Contest on the Boston care professionals are devoting campus in December. It was the to the upcoming Medicare D largest contest to date: twenty- prescription drug benefit plan. three teams of two to three peo- Several informative seminars ple, including staff, faculty and followed with topics ranging students participated. from bone health to Medicare The event was judged by D, and pharmaceutical advertis- Jennie Duval, Meredith Wall MSPA ’06 and Nelle Killourie MSPA ’06, and last year’s George E. Humphrey, PhD, ing to the science of pain. award recipient, Thomas Stowell, MD. executive director, College Rela- During the lunch break, tions and Communications; attendees met in a separate Manchester, N.H. PA Students Honor Adjunct Faculty alumni Maureen Lawton BSP conference room where they Thomas Andrew, MD, chief medical examiner, and Jennie Duval, MD, associate ’75, PharmD ’77, and Rudy solved real scientific problems chief medical examiner, both with the State of New Hampshire, were honored in Dajie PharmD ’03; and students for continuing education cred- December by the 2006 physician assistant class of MCPHS–Manchester. The Mark Mandlsohn PharmD ’08, its. Posters on current research entire class, as well as faculty and staff, gathered on campus for a Thai buffet Shweta Garg MSPA ’08, Jenny topics were also presented by and a remarkable cake baked by classmate Ellen Bennett MSPA ’06 in appreci- Tran BSPM ’07. MCPHS faculty and students. ation for their two adjunct faculty members. The winners were awarded their choice of alumni mer- President Thanks chandise. Worcester Students The classes of 2007 and of 2008 Fall Healthcare Symposium at the School of Pharmacy– CE Program Draws Worcester/Manchester were Regional Pharmacists treated to separate luncheons, One hundred and seventy- hosted by President Charles F. seven pharmacists from across Monahan Jr. BSP ’62, in the the Northeast attended the sec- ninth floor Fuller Conference ond annual Fall Healthcare Hall of the new Living and Symposium at the John F. Learning Center in November. Kennedy Library and Museum President Monahan addressed in Dorchester, Mass. both groups of students regarding Dennis G. Lyons BSP ’75, the construction and progress of vice president, Institutional 25 Foster Street and thanked Advancement, kicked off the them for their patience during day by introducing Massachu- the year-long process. setts Senate President Robert E. MCPHS–Boston students rush to finish their delectible creations for the third annual Travaglini, who delivered the Gingerbread House Contest in December.

6 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 Sylvia Bartel, MHP, RPh, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and MCPHS adjunct profes- sor, presented this year’s Ordman lecture.

10th Annual Michael J. president, and Michelle Tailby PHOTO: WORCESTER TELEGRAM & GAZETTE WORCESTER PHOTO: Ordman Lecture Presented PharmD/BS Chemistry ’08, Thanksgiving or Bust The School of Pharmacy– chapter vice president also A group of MCPHS–Worcester students who didn’t travel home for the holiday Boston, Department of Contin- addressed the crowd. A month pooled their culinary efforts and celebrated the feast on the ninth floor of the uing Education, and Tufts-New after the February event, 30 Living and Learning Center. Stacy Gardner PharmD ’08 from Colorado Springs England Medical Center hosted MCPHS students traveled to prepared baked pears in ginger sauce for the communal Thanksgiving dinner, the 10th annual Michael J. Ord- Miami, Fla. over spring break to with a little help from a friend. (Photo: Worcester Telegram & Gazette) man Memorial Lecture on Feb- build new homes for recent hur- ruary 1 at the Boston campus. ricane victims. Sylvia Bartel, MHP, RPh, direc- tor of pharmacy at Dana-Farber Pizza and Politics in Cancer Institute, and adjunct Manchester professor of pharmacy practice It was standing room only dur- at the College, presented “Com- ing a recent Pizza and Politics puterized Chemotherapy Order event at the Manchester campus Entry (COE): Lessons Learned for pharmacy and physician from Development, Implemen- assistant students, sponsored by tation, and Maintenance.” Fac- the Office of Government ulty, staff, students, adjunct Affairs and Continuing Edu- preceptors and guests, including caiton. The guest speaker was members of the Ordman family, James Squires, MD, president attended this event held in of The Endowment for Health, memory of the late Michael J. a New Hampshire-based non- Ordman BSP ’63, an alumnus profit organization that sup- and adjunct faculty member. ports efforts to improve the MCPHS Participates in Mission Hill Clean-Up health of New Hampshire resi- More than a dozen members of the MCPHS community participated in the MCPHS Habitat for dents. Squires, who practiced annual Mission Hill Neighborhood Clean-Up event in Boston in October. Students, Humanity Sponsors medicine for many years and faculty and staff fanned out over the entire neighborhood on a Saturday morning Photograph Exhibit also served in the New Hamp- to help beautify the area. The MCPHS Chapter of Habi- shire Legislature, challenged the tat for Humanity held an open- students to remember the ing reception in the Ronald A. importance of the human con- Matricaria Academic and Stu- nection between health care dent Center for a photography professionals and their patients. display documenting both the Pizza and Politics, funded by a devastation and the rebuilding grant from Brooks Pharmacy, is MCPHS–Boston students following the tsunami in the offered periodically on all cam- Craig Baillie and Michelle Indian Ocean. President Charles puses as a way to expose stu- Tailby with President F. Monahan Jr. BSP ’62 gave the dents in all practice settings to Monahan, who welcomed guests to the reception opening remarks; Jean Joyce- the various public policy and launching the Habitat for Brady, PhD, dean of students, legislative matters affecting their Humanity exhibit. Craig Baillie PA ’09, chapter profession. ■

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 7 a Giftfor the Next Generation Ronald A. Matricaria Donates $5 Million to the College

Ronald A. Matricaria BSP ’66, ScD ’92 (Hon.), president and CEO of St. Jude Medical, Inc., made a $5 million gift to the College, the largest single donation to the College since the George Robert White bequest almost a century ago. The new Academic and Student Center on the Boston campus was named in his honor as a tribute to his lifetime commitment to the health care industry and to his alma mater. “With Mr. Matricaria’s gift, the College can improve its strong pharmacy programs Rand continue to expand its health sciences offerings,” said President Charles F. Monahan Jr. BSP ’62 “It is the heartfelt commitment of its alumni that allows MCPHS to produce well-prepared health care professionals.” The thrilling announcement of this unprecedented gift was made at the eighth annual President’s Leadership Gala in December, which was attended by more than 175 alumni and friends. That evening the new signage on the recently completed $30 million Acade- mic and Student Center was unveiled to the public. Alumni and friends at the event had received notice of a “surprise announcement” with their invitations. After the President welcomed attendees, and thanked them for their generosity that helped to complete Ronald A Matricaria and major enhancements in the learning environment on all three campuses, a dramatic his wife, Lucille, enjoy the video feed, accented by drum rolls, revealed curtains being removed from the signs on festivities at the President’s Gala in White Hall. the new building to be known henceforth as the Ronald A. Matricaria Academic and Student Center. Matricaria was then invited to the podium to address the crowd. “The College has expanded more in the last 10 years than it had in the previous 50 years, and my hope is that this gift will help continue that momentum,” said Matricaria in his remarks. “My experiences at MCPHS helped shape who I am today, and I feel fortunate to be in a position to return its generosity.”

“The College has expanded more in the last 10 years than it had in the previous 50 years, and my hope is that this gift will help continue that momentum. My experiences at MCPHS helped shape who I am today, and I feel fortu- Above: President Monahan presents a commemorative plaque to nate to be in a position to Ronald A. Matricaria at the President’s Gala in December. Right: Marguerite C. Johnson BS ’61 Hampden, MP ’79, special return its generosity.” assistant to the President for Major Gifts Development, receives a check from Matricaria.

8 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 significant increase in market capitalization. During that period, the number of employ- ees grew from 700 to 5,000. The company added cardiac rhythm–management prod- ucts and services to its heart-valve products that first established the company’s global reputation. Matricaria was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the med- ical device industry in 2002. “I think success is a team effort,” he said. “Whatever success I’ve had, it’s because I depended on the people I recruited to be part of the process. … Success is not just about yourself.” Currently, Matricaria serves as chair of the Haemonetics Corporation Board of Directors in Braintree, Mass. He also sits on several other boards, including Invitrogen, Inc., and Vistacare, Inc. His philanthropic interests include the Matricaria Family Foundation, which annually awards approx- imately 15 collegiate scholarships to the children of St. Jude Medical, Inc. employees. PHOTOGRAPHY SUZI CAMARATA Personal integrity is also part of the The enchanted evening was a fitting way move that he hoped would enable him to Matricaria equation for professional suc- to thank major donors and to celebrate the enroll “in a quality school like MCPHS,” cess. If MCPHS students desire to have a magnificent gift to the College, donated by despite his high school record. “It could positive impact on humankind, his advice an alumnus who attributes his successful have gone either way,” said Matricaria. is to know the difference between “reputa- career to the education received at his alma “But the school gave me a chance, and I’m tion” and “personal integrity.” mater. A 12-foot holiday tree sparkled with indebted to the College.” “If you are going to make an impact, you lights and ornaments on the stage in White That discipline came in handy when he have to lead,” he explained. “And you have Hall, the entire building was decorated with joined Eli Lilly & Company in 1970, after Continued on page 10 “I think success is a team effort . ... [It] is not just about yourself.” poinsettias, both red and white, and carol- working briefly as a pharmacy manager. He ers rang in the joyous season, all to comple- spent 23 years at Lilly, where he held 19 dif- ment the Victorian-era Christmas theme. ferent top-tier positions, the last one as exec- In a separate interview, Matricaria utive vice president of the Pharmaceutical expounded on the role that the College has Division and president of its North Ameri- played in his career. can operations. He also served as president of “The College taught me the meaning Eli Lilly International Corporation. of hard work and discipline,” he said. “I Desiring a change and the chance to was an average student, and the curricu- lead a company, Matricaria took early lum was tough. There was no getting by. I retirement from Lilly to become CEO of had to be disciplined and apply myself.” St. Paul, Minn.-based St. Jude Medical, Inc. A graduate of Seymour High School in In his six years at the helm, he substantially Seymour, Conn., Matricaria said his high increased revenues from $225 million to school grades were less than stellar. After more than $1.1 billion by diversifying the graduation he attended a prep-school pro- company’s product line from one to three A Proud Father Ron Matricaria shares a special moment with his three sons: Ron Jr., Lee and Andrew. gram to study the physical sciences, a technology platforms, which produced a

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 9 Matricaria, from page 9 to have strong personal integrity. I define them this way: reputation is based on what an individual does when everyone is watch- ing; personal integrity is how that person acts when there is no one watching. … If you build your leadership around personal integrity, people will follow you because they trust you and believe in you. … They know you’re trying to do the right thing.” Supporting the College to educate the next generation of leaders in health care is one way to help students make a difference in their chosen fields. He cited the Col- How to Contribute lege’s bright future, its three campuses and The gift of Ronald A. Matricaria brings the total programs in nursing, radiologic sciences, of the College’s Comprehensive Campaign for and dental hygiene, in addition to the core the three campuses to approximately two thirds pharmacy program, and the outstanding of the $30 million goal. leadership of President Monahan and the Alumni and friends who wish to contribute to entire administration. the Comprehensive Campaign, which runs “I’m more excited about the school than through June 30, 2008, may do so in any of the following categories. Here is a sample of the ever,” he said. “Alumni should be proud; the types of funds available within each campaign: status of the school enhances the degrees they received from the College. An analogy Unrestricted Annual Giving Campaign would be attending a Division I college, and • MCPHS Annual Fund the team wins the championship. That’s • Forsyth Annual Fund how alumni should think about their alma Restricted Annual Giving Campaign mater. … I want to help the school continue • Scholarships that momentum.” • Latino and Latin American Programs • MassMedLine The Endowment Campaign • Annuities • Endowed Scholarships Capital Campaigns • The Longwood Campaign • Forsyth Dental Hygiene Program Campaign • White Building Renovations Campaign • 25 Foster Street, Worcester Campaign • Manchester Campaign Clockwise from top left: Matricaria addresses and socializes with students, faculty and staff at a reception in his honor; For more information, contact Lawrence Town- poses with President Monahan in front of his portrait in the ley, Office of Development, at 617.732.2230. entrance to the Matricaria Academic and Student Center; visits Ronald A. Matricaria Academic and with fifth-year PharmD students in the new Professional Student Center Receives Award Pharmacy Practice Laboratory. The Ronald A. Matricaria Academic and Student Center at MCPHS–Boston received a New Eng- land Section 2006 International Illumination Design Award for the interior lighting of the Col- lege’s new building on Longwood Avenue. The award program is sponsored by the Illumination Engineering Society of North America, a society established 100 years ago in New York City to develop and promote the technical art of lighting design. “Our design team focused on producing a high-quality environment for the College, and we are very proud and excited by this lighting design award,” said Enrique Rojas, IALD, IESNA, senior associate, Steffian Bradley Architects.

10 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 Vision 2008 Charting the Future of Health Professions Education

What does the College envision for its future? And how can it achieve its goals?

In 2005, the College embarked on Vision 2008, a three-year strategic plan aimed at realizing the College’s goal for recognition as a premier health sciences university, nationally and internationally known for its excellence in education, scholarship and public service.

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The efforts of faculty, staff, students, and to implementing the plan’s strategies by tions within the context of the community alumni, trustees and friends have December 2008. it serves. In the next three years, the chal- “helped us outline a clear direction and “Assessment is about knowing if you’ve lenge is to foster a core institutional iden- exciting future for the College,” said Presi- accomplished what you set out to do,” said tity through cohesive, team-oriented dent Charles F. Monahan Jr. BSP ’62. Janis P. Bellack, PhD, provost and vice Members of the greater-College commu- president for Academic Affairs. “Our plan nity contributed to the year-long process, isn’t sitting on a shelf; it’s a dynamic guide “Assessment is about knowing which was adopted by the Board of Trustees to help the College strengthen its mission in June 2005. Six focus groups were organ- and quality.” ized on three campuses. Five Task Forces, The strategic plan dovetails with the if you’ve accomplished what comprised of MCPHS faculty and staff, College’s self-study report required by the were established, one for each of the five New England Association of Schools and initiatives (see accompanying article) and an Colleges (NEASC), Inc., as part of the re- you set out to do. Our plan all-College retreat was held, which included accreditation process. (The College is up presentations by national experts in health for re-accreditation in 2007.) These paral- care and higher education. lel planning processes have similar goals, isn’t sitting on a shelf; it’s a Vision 2008 focuses on three basic and the College plans to document the themes: outcomes of the strategic planning process ■ maintaining and improving quality of as part of the NEASC self-study, an honest dynamic guide to help the academic programs, student performance and candid reflection of the College’s per- and professional development of faculty formance as an educational institution and staff; with an eye toward continual effectiveness College strengthen its mission ■ managing and sustaining growth by fully and quality improvement. developing current programs and “We are moving toward the next level resources and selectively adding new of academic excellence,” said Michelle and quality.” ones; and Kalis, PhD, associate provost for Academic ■ meeting the needs of the health Affairs, chair of the NEASC Self-Study academic and administrative units to professions through education, research Steering Committee. ensure effective services. and service. “It’s an opportunity to discover how our These themes are reflected in the five One Vision, Three Campuses faculty, staff and students can work together strategic initiatives drafted by the Strategic With the establishment of the School of so the College becomes more fluid,” said Planning Committee co-chaired by George Pharmacy–Worcester (SOP–W) in 2000 Bellack. “We recognize that Manchester, Humphrey, PhD, executive director of and the acquisition of the Manchester, Worcester and Boston are all different, and College Relations and Communications, N.H. campus in 2002, the College has we honor and respect those differences. Yet and Mary Lilly, director of Human grown in geographically different direc- we are all part of one College, its history and Resources, along with external advisors and tions, as well as in the number of students heritage, as well as its future.” consultants. The College is committed to and programs it offers. Each campus has Groundwork is already being laid in continuous assessment as part of the process its own unique mix of programs and tradi- pharmacy education, the College’s most populous program, for a coordinated rela- tionship among the three campuses. Responding to the critical nationwide short- age of pharmacists, the College is now home to the largest pharmacy program in the United States, with a traditional and non- traditional Doctor of Pharmacy program offered in Boston, and an accelerated phar- macy program in the cities of Worcester and Manchester. Established in 2004, the Man- chester pharmacy program joined the cam- John Saner pus’ existing physician assistant studies Yulia Kubic master’s program; it is the only pharmacy Dominic program in northern New England. Lundeque Paul Coleman Survy Plans are being developed to centralize Rebecca Julianna Bortman Delano and coordinate the experiential education Wilkinson operations of both pharmacy schools on all Students in the the 16-month nursing program on the Worcester campus demonstrate the College’s three campuses by Douglas J. Pisano BSP commitment to meeting the needs of the health professions, a key theme of Vision 2008.

12 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 ’81, PhD, dean of the School of Phar- plans to add a satellite in Manchester in Worcester macy–Boston, who was appointed to a 2007); Enhancements ■ (From top) Mary Sullivan of newly created position of associate provost Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene, MassMedLine; Blais Family for Pharmacy Education. The centraliza- for recent high school graduates, 33 Library, students in the new tion is to include the extensive use of a months, in Boston; skills lab; computer lab; computer software program to coordinate ■ postbaccalaureate Certificate in Dental Honey Farms. students’ experiential education choices Hygiene, two-year program; and assignments based on site availability. ■ online Bachelor of Science in Dental A common evaluation form is planned Hygiene, part-time program for working that will be used for any student at any hygienists; and experiential site for either school. ■ on-campus Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene part-time completion program New Programs in Health for working hygienists, in Boston. Sciences and in Arts and Key leaders have been recruited to head Sciences the new programs: Jeannine Muldoon, PhD, In compliance with the strategic plan, the RN, was hired to chair the Department of College expanded its offerings in the health Nursing; W. Gail Barnes, PhD, RDH, as the sciences, part of the College’s mission since new chair and program director of the 1979, by revamping existing programs and Forsyth Dental Hygiene program; and Cy introducing new ones. It replaced the two- Whaley, EdD, chair, Department of Radio- year associate degrees with accelerated logic Sciences. (See article on page 14.) bachelor of science programs, which pro- The College’s School of Arts and Sci- vide expanded learning opportunities and ences, home to four degree programs, wel- more career options for graduates. The comed the largest entering class in its immediate goal is to increase the number history last fall. One key reason for the of health sciences’ students from 23 per- enrollment growth is the Bachelor of Sci- cent of total MCPHS enrollment to 30 ence in Premedical and Health Studies percent by the fall of 2008. The long-term program, which has established formal col- goal for health sciences is 40 percent across laborations with the New England College A. Matricaria Academic and Student Center all three campuses. of Optometry (NECO), in Boston, and in Boston, and extensive renovations in “Our mission is to offer quality pro- A.T. Still University of Health Sciences Manchester, N.H. and in the George Robert grams in a wide spectrum of the health and its Kirksville College of Osteopathic White Building at MCPHS–Boston, pro- sciences, not just pharmacy,” said Kalis, the Medicine, in Kirksville, Mo. The NECO vide the infrastructure needed to house associate provost. “We also want to provide affiliation creates a “straight-through” pro- expanded program offerings and the tech- a service to the communities where we are gram in which students earn baccalaureate nology to enhance learning and the quality located. There are serious shortages of radi- and Doctor of Optometry degrees in a of academic programs. ologic sciences and nursing professionals.” seven-year period. The A.T. Still agree- “Smart classrooms” on all three campuses According to Kalis, students from the dif- ment defines a professional pathway with state-of-the-art technology facilitate ferent professions learn to collaborate as through which MCPHS graduates can new teaching methods to engage students; members of an interdisciplinary team in the earn the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine they promote interaction, using Black- classroom, and the instructors’ different areas degree from the oldest college of osteopa- boardTM, an online courseware platform, and of expertise enhance academic vitality. thy in the country. “Additional efforts are the incorporation of distance learning edu- The new programs include: in progress to forge connections with pro- cation. At the School of Pharmacy– ■ Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Sciences grams in physical therapy, occupational Worcester/Manchester, distance education with majors in Nuclear Medicine Tech- therapy, audiology, public health and podi- technology permits simultaneous transmis- nology, Radiation Therapy and Radio- atry,” said David E. Tanner, PhD, dean of sion to Manchester students and vice versa. graphy, 33 months, in Boston; the College’s School of Arts and Sciences. Two of the five floors of the Living and ■ postbaccalaureate Bachelor of Science in “Development of these institutional affilia- Learning Center, the College’s second major Radiologic Sciences, for students with tions will greatly extend the range of expansion in Worcester, which opened in other undergraduate degrees, 24 months, health professions opportunities available 2005, adjacent to the Henrietta DeBenedic- in Boston; to students in the Premedical and Health tis Building, house new classrooms, labora- ■ Bachelor of Science in Nursing, for Studies program.” tories, faculty offices and conference rooms. recent high school graduates, 33 months, The size of classrooms in Manchester was in Boston; Infrastructure and Technology expanded to accommodate the new satellite ■ postbaccalaureate Bachelor of Science in The recently completed Living and Nursing, 16 months, in Worcester (with Learning Center in Worcester, the Ronald Continued on page 14

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 13 Vision, from page 13 enhanced curriculum for all. The new labs to share their work with their colleagues. allow for more integration with coursework, For example, all health sciences faculty and Doctor of Pharmacy program. The School reinforcing what students learn in the class- the Esther M. Wilkins Forsyth Dental of Pharmacy–Worcester/Manchester contin- room in a more timely manner. Hygiene Clinic are now located on the ues to improve on the accelerated curricu- The chemistry lab has four, self-con- first floor, and the patient-assessment, lum, which was recently revised to fit a tained, 16-station “pods,” and the phar- skills-technology and radiologic sciences semester system; it also now offers a variety macy practice lab has three private labs are on the ground floor. of postgraduate opportunities in the form of counseling rooms, each with a Web cam- In Boston, the new patient assessment fellowships and residencies. era that records counseling sessions with suite has 10 exam bays and may also be used In addition to the on-campus residential mock patients; each pharmacy student as a classroom; it has data ports and two suites, the Matricaria Center in Boston has a uses a computer loaded with the latest retractable walls, creating one large space or building-wide wireless network, 72-station JAS-RX pharmacy/patient software. three smaller ones. Better equipped than a technology center, and high-tech library with Extensive interior renovation to the physician’s office, each bay has a multi- electronic journals and public computers. White Building allows each health sciences position examination table and a Welch- Four deluxe laboratories for chemistry, phar- program—radiologic sciences, physician Allyn integrated diagnostic system with a macy practice, pharmaceutics and institu- assistant studies, nursing, and dental blood pressure cuff, new panoptic ophthal- tional pharmacy provide flexibility in hygiene—to be clustered in one area of the moscope that produces five times the visual scheduling, since the labs are no longer building, making easy access for students area enabling the examiner to detect any shared by different disciplines, resulting in an to meet with professors and for professors existing eye pathology, wide-angle autoscope

n the office of Kermit “Cy” undergraduate degrees in differ- Women’s Hospital, Mt. Auburn IWhaley, EdD, the new chair ent disciplines. Non-radiography Hospital, Boston Medical Cen- of the Department of Radio- candidates need a baccalaureate ter and other leading medical logic Sciences, the phone is degree for admission. The pro- centers,” he said. constantly ringing. Many can- gram will be offered to help A second program under didates interested in the Col- address the shortage of MRI per- development is the Master of lege’s radiologic sciences sonnel by training individuals Science in Radiologic Assistant programs, which include a new with no prior registration or Studies for fall 2007 in Boston, a Magnetic Resonance Imaging experience in radiography and two-year, year-round program (MRI) postbaccalaureate pro- radiologic science, along with that will graduate mid-level radi- gram, are those who are re- certified radiologic technologists. ology practitioners. Graduates directing their careers from Qualified graduates will be eli- will assume duties under the Cy Whaley, EdD business and the high-tech gible for certification from the scope of a physician radiologist. Appointed Chair, industry. American Registry of Radiologic Across the country, there is a “In health care, the jobs Technologists and to sit for the potential shortage of radiolo- Radiologic Sciences aren’t being exported,” he state licensing examination. gists. Radiologic assistants will explained. “Health care posi- The College plans to enroll a perform expanded functions Department tions will remain in the United minimum of 20 students into beyond the traditional role of States, and the number of new the one-year program (two radiologic technologists. The jobs will continue to expand. semesters and a summer), which degree opens the doors to greater MRI graduates will be entry- will open on the Boston campus autonomy and scope of practice, level practitioners who provide in fall 2006; the College is and to a potentially rewarding MRI services.” involved in a nationwide search career helping patients. The MRI program, a colla- for a director. Luring profession- Whaley was a faculty mem- boration with Shields Health als away from the lucrative ber in the first graduate degree Care Group, which has a private sector to join the faculty program in radiologic sciences network of MRI and other is proving to be a challenge. taught at Mid-Western State imaging resources at sites in Adjunct faculty will be hired University in Texas in 1997, Massachusetts and Rhode locally. “We plan to capitalize and remains in close contact Island, is geared both toward on the resources of the commu- with colleagues there and at the candidates with radiography nity at Beth Israel Deaconess University of North Carolina at training and toward those with Medical Center, Brigham and Chapel Hill, where he is com-

14 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 for a wider and clearer view of the ear and a MCPHS–Boston is one of the few digital thermometer. The skills-technology colleges in the nation that provides radio- “The labs are amazing. It’s so lab emulates a hospital ward with six general logic sciences students with hands on, beds, pediatric crib and two-bed intensive in-school, digital imaging experiences. The care unit, all with medical-quality air, radiologic sciences suite has a Proteus x-ray much fun to work with the vacuum and oxygen. machine, a full-featured x-ray system A feature on each of the three campuses designed for modern radiographic imaging. is the Laerdal SimMan™, a life-size compu- The other equipment includes a Fuji Com- mannequin; it moans, and it terized mannequin with anatomically accu- puted Radiography (FCR) SmartCR™, a rate respiratory and cardiac functions, digital radiography system that utilizes including cough, vomiting, moaning and storage phosphor imaging plates (IP) as an has a pulse. It’s so lifelike.” vocal sounds, which can be programmed to x-ray detection device. The SmartCR reads simulate various pathologies. SimMan is and processes x-ray images from an IP that Dental hygiene students working in the shared by both nursing and PA students. has been exposed using a cassette-type x-ray Esther M. Wilkins Forsyth Dental Hygiene “The labs are amazing,” said Yulia Kubic stand. The SmartCR provides chest, Clinic, dedicated in August 2005, use tech- BSN ’07, a student in the accelerated abdomen, bone, spine, head and other x-ray nologically advanced equipment that is the nursing program at MCPHS–Worcester. “It’s imaging, along with spinal canal, bronchial envy of the dental community. The clinic so much fun to work with the mannequin; it tube, urinary tract and other contrast moans, and it has a pulse. It’s so lifelike.” medium x-ray imaging. Continued on page 16

pleting a master’s degree in an online program for clinical public health leadership. He “I want to create a department that managers to learn management earned his master’s and doctoral theory. “Many of them were degrees in education at North practicing in hospitals with Carolina State University. understands the need for strong linkages with forty beds and were well versed Both Mid-Western State in technical applications but University and UNC at Chapel not in management theory,” he Hill are involved in a pilot the community. We need to ask people in our noted. project funded by the Ameri- Whaley said he hopes to can Society of Radiologic create an RT-to-MS program for Technologists to create Master communities what they need and then practicing radiologic techno- of Science in Radiologic Assis- logists with a two-year associate’s tant Studies programs. “If they degree. The accelerated program run into obstacles, I can learn respond to those needs.” would allow them to complete about it ahead of time and plan the bachelor’s and master’s to avoid them with our pro- degrees simultaneously. In the gram,” he said. meantime, radiologic technolo- Once the College’s two pro- proceed we will gather as much position in July 2005, working gists with associate degrees are grams are launched, Whaley will input as possible to ensure the on budgeting, troubleshooting, often eligible to segue into the spend more time in the commu- program’s success.” as well as teaching courses, College’s Bachelor of Science in nities served by MCPHS, Another professional pro- including Special Topics and Health Sciences program. Boston, Worcester, and Man- gram being explored for Issues in the Radiologic Sci- “Everything is about partner- chester, N.H., meeting with 2007–2008 is for the radiation ences for seniors. One of his ships and collaborations,” he radiologic sciences professionals. dosimetrist, a professional who goals is to improve utilization said. “I want to create a depart- Whaley said there is a great like- prepares treatment plans once a of Blackboard online education ment that understands the lihood that radiologic assistant patient is diagnosed. It would to enhance learning and deliver importance of strong linkages graduates will migrate to those fall under the Radiation Ther- information to students. At with the community. We should and other under-served areas. apy program and will award East Carolina University in ask people in our communities “It’s important for the profes- a certificate. Greenville, N.C., he directed what they need and then sional communities to invest in Whaley hit the ground run- the Bachelor of Science in respond to those needs.” ■ the program,” he said. “As we ning after starting his new Health Services Management,

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 15 Vision, from page 15 A Successful Education for Students has 28 operatories, four of which are sepa- Given its urban campuses and specialized 1 Diverse Perspectives, rate rooms. Each operatory is equipped mission in the health sciences, the College One Vision with a modern dental chair, as well as a is seeking to provide an optimal learning 1. To encourage practices and behaviors within computer and highly specialized software and co-curricular experience for its stu- the College community that demonstrate a that facilitate chair-side periodontal chart- dents. The new technology is designed to strong commitment to the College’s mission facilitate learner-centered education, a focal and core values, and that reflect those val- point of the strategic plan. The College ues in all aspects of learning, work and serv- Other goals of the strategic plan plans to build a sustainable and vibrant cul- ice to the College, the community and the ture dedicated to learner-centered educa- health professions. tion, a method whereby students assume are to recruit the best-qualified more responsibility for their education by 2. To develop and implement a comprehensive becoming more engaged as partners with internal communications plan that improves faculty in the learning process. effective communication top-down, bottom- students and to enhance the Web-enhanced instruction, which is up, inter-campus, across all groups (students, already being implemented through the faculty and staff) and among all academic Blackboard™ online platform on all the cam- and administrative units. quality of learning for both stu- puses, helps facilitate this approach. Materi- 3. To develop and implement a comprehensive als are posted on the Web, and students take external communications plan that address an active role in preparing in advance for the needs of prospective students, alumni, dents residing on campus as class, either by reading a timely article, par- the health professions, prospective donors ticipating in a chat room or viewing a Power- and the general public, and to promote the Point™ slide presentation. Instead of taking College’s academic, continuing education well as students who commute. notes in a lecture-hall format, they are partic- and community outreach programs to these ipating in small groups and applying infor- constituencies. mation to patient-care situations followed by ing and intraoral camera capabilities. Eight a discussion and question-answer session 4. To promote activities that reflect the unique- operatories have conventional and digital about the patient cases. ness of each campus culture by nurturing the radiologic imaging technology; four of the Knowledge in the health sciences is con- respective strengths of faculty, staff, students operatories feature dedicated equipment stantly changing, and students need the and alumni and the communities they serve. within private imaging rooms; and a 12- tools to obtain information, evaluate the station dental materials laboratory has a information source and ask critical ques- computerized instructor’s station and six tions. Students traditionally demonstrated 2 Student Success networked video monitors. their knowledge through examinations. “It’s “We have phenomenal facilities,” said not just about what we teach, it’s about 1. To ensure that each academic program is Bellack. “If we want to be the leading-edge what students are actually learning,” said fully enrolled with the best qualified stu- institution, then we need to provide these Bellack. “We’re making a strong commit- dents. types of learning environments for our stu- ment to more active learning strategies.” 2. To enhance the quality of learning for dents.” The College holds white coat cere- enrolled students, both resident and non- A completely overhauled Web site—due monies for its various programs, in which resident, in order to increase satisfaction to debut in September 2006—will give pharmacy, physician assistant and nursing with their academic experiences. greater identity and presence to all the Col- students recite the ethical oath of their lege’s programs, including alumni and con- respective professions, pledging to adhere 3. To ensure effective and responsive pre- tinuing education (CE) activities. The to the virtues and responsibilities associ- enrollment, co-curricular and postgraduate College has already expanded CE offerings, ated with being a professional. The cere- services for students and alumni, and their such as a program in administering anes- mony, a “symbol of service, compassion families where appropriate, across all areas. thesia for dental hygienists, in addition to and humility,” seeks to instill a beginning the plethora of CE programs for pharma- sense of professionalism among students. 4. To build a sustainable and vibrant culture cists, including a Medicare Part D training Other goals of the strategic plan are to dedicated to learner-centered teaching. program. Additional programs are planned recruit the best-qualified students and to for physician assistants and professionals in enhance the quality of learning for both stu- the radiologic sciences. dents residing on campus as well as students who commute. This includes improving counseling, health services, housing and resi- dential life, student activities and multicul-

16 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 tural programs, recreational sport and well- ness activities, student organizations and dis- 3 Employer of Choice 5. To promote services to the community and ability services. professional organizations, encourage links 1. To nurture and develop the knowledge, to government and industry and enhance skills and talents of employees in order to Faculty Scholarship on public awareness of important health-care assure their continued growth within their the Rise issues. respective disciplines and roles, better The College has made great strides in enabling them to provide excellent educa- fostering faculty scholarship and research, tion and service to students and other con- one of the tenets of Vision 2008, according Aligning Quality and Growth stituencies. 5 to Bellack. In the 2004–2005 academic year, external grant funding rose 47 percent 1. To ensure that academic programs reflect 2. To achieve and maintain a high level of sat- to $1.32 million, which exceeded the Col- high standards of quality, as measured by isfaction among current employees and lege’s target. Thirty-two faculty members regional and specialized accreditation bod- develop a strong reputation in the market- received external grants to support their ies, student academic success and graduate place to attract talented new employees as scholarship. Across-the-board increases in outcomes (e.g. achievement of core curricu- the institution grows. peer recognition also increased significantly: lum and profession-specific competences, 31 faculty members were elected officers in 3. To assess the College’s performance man- performance on licensure examinations and regional and national professional associa- agement and compensation systems in successful employment). tions; 10 were appointed to editorial order to assure comparability with bench- 2. To ensure that existing programs continue to boards; 47 were selected as peer reviewers mark institutions and appropriate internal be of high quality as the College grows by for professional journals to evaluate manu- equity based on job classification and per- establishing criteria and benchmarks for scripts; and 57 published peer-reviewed formance. annual evaluation and assessment, and cre- articles in prestigious journals. ating mechanisms for utilizing assessment “Scholarship makes the faculty better results as a basis for improvement. teachers; they are more current and actively 4 Programs and Services engaged in their subject matter, and that 3. To ensure optimal and satisfying use of 1. To ensure that graduates of all programs translates to a more exciting learning existing instructional and non-instructional meet core competency standards related to environment for students and colleagues,” space on all campuses through continuous oral and written English communication said Bellack. review of infrastructure needs for new and proficiency, cross-cultural competency and The strategic plan calls for school deans continuing programs. professional behavior standards, and that to recruit new faculty who have research these are demonstrated consistently in 4. To establish a reputation as a “leading- funding, or strong potential for research learning, professional practice and commu- edge” institution making full use of techno- funding; the goal is to have 25 percent of nity settings. logical advances in both academic and graduate faculty with external funding for administrative areas. their research by 2008. The College is also 2. To ensure an appropriate mix and balance of seeking to increase the number of high-quality, cost-effective undergraduate 5. To continue strengthening the College’s endowed chairs and/or named professor- and first professional programs that are con- financial position through prudent budget- ships to support faculty research. sistent with the College’s mission and vision. ing processes and increased fund raising. A faculty development committee is working with senior faculty to offer 3. To revitalize the Division of Graduate Studies in-house development opportunities such to ensure that it can support strong graduate as seminars and workshops on grantsman- programs, enhance faculty research/scholar- ship, publishing and delivering effective ship and increase extramural funding of fac- presentations. ulty and graduate student research. An interdisciplinary venue for scholarship 4. To foster research/scholarship capable of Vision activities is being promoted and shared by securing at least $1 million per year (direct the Medical Humanities Interest Group costs) in extramural funding to support (MHIG), created by MCPHS–Boston graduate faculty and students; to provide faculty. Formerly the purview of faculty at ongoing incentives and development 2008 medical schools, medical humanities is opportunities to expand faculty capacity emerging as a discipline in all of the health and productivity in this area; and to ensure sciences, and the College is at the forefront an effective infrastructure to support faculty 5 Strategic of this movement. MHIG, a think-tank to research/scholarship. share ideas on ways to view the health Initiatives sciences from the perspectives of other disci- Continued on page 18

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 17 Vision, from page 17 central location. It is staffed by three full- care and early detection and prevention of time faculty, as well as pharmacy residents, oral disease. Forsyth students also offer plines such as literature and poetry, uses and serves as an experiential rotation for stu- reduced-fee oral health care to the elderly, Blackboard to list medical humanities dents. An integral part of its mission is to and Boston’s homeless receive free, preventa- conferences, calls for papers and grant and draw upon faculty expertise in the areas of tive dental-hygiene care through the Home- research information from the National less Treatment Fund. Endowment for the Humanities, National Institutes of Health Ethical, Legal, and Social Materials are posted on the Does the College Measure Up? Issues of Genome Research, U.S. Depart- Measuring effectiveness and outcomes is ment of Energy and the National Science Web, and students take an an important process that has begun to Foundation, among others. One member of take shape with Vision 2008. Each of the the group, Kenneth A. Richman, PhD, four schools—Arts and Sciences, Health associate professor of philosophy and health- active role in preparing in Sciences and the two Pharmacy schools— care ethics, authored a book, Ethics and the has an academic assessment committee to Metaphysics of Medicine: Reflections on ensure that the College’s mission and core Health and Beneficence, which won the Col- advance for class, either by values continue to be incorporated into lege’s faculty research award in 2005 for high-quality programs, in compliance with scholarship of discovery. reading a timely article, the upcoming NEASC review, as well as At the School of Pharmacy–Worcester/ for Vision 2008. Manchester, the only New England school “Our goal is to continue to enhance the of pharmacy to offer post-PharmD fellow- participating in a chat room quality of existing programs,” said Kalis, ships with industry, the number of fellow- who chairs the Institutional Effectiveness ships has increased since the school opened ™ Committee, which is developing a compre- in 2000. Fellowships expand opportunities or viewing a PowerPoint hensive, College-wide plan for assessing for scholarly activities and give the College effectiveness in collaboration with each of access to knowledgeable professionals who slide presentation. the school deans. can assist with teaching, research and other In pharmacy, the faculty surveyed College activities. Beginning in 2003 with students who took the Massachusetts one biotechnology fellowship from the natural products and alternative and com- licensure examination, examined strengths Genzyme Corporation, the school now has plementary medicine. The ultimate goal is and weaknesses of the curriculum at both four with Genzyme, which conducts a to align it more closely with MassMedLine, pharmacy schools and revised the curricu- nationwide search for the right candidates, the College’s toll-free hotline that dispenses lum. Experiential experiences occur earlier, one with University of Massachusetts advice on prescription purchases to elderly instead of solely in the final clinical year, so Memorial Medical Center, and a new and under-served Massachusetts residents. that students are challenged to apply their fellowship, sponsored by the Cubist Phar- In Worcester, MassMedLine was classroom learning to patient care. maceutical Company, beginning in July re-located to expanded offices in the recently In another instance, after monitoring 2006. SOP–Worcester/Manchester also completed Living and Learning Center at the new technology center in the Matricaria co-sponsors a pharmacy practice residency 25 Foster Street, adjacent to the Henrietta Academic and Student Center, the College with Walgreens. DeBenedictis Building. MassMedLine’s discovered that its resources were not being street-level offices offer improved walk-in used to capacity. Commuter students were Outreach and Service to service and allow the College to better serve the primary users, logging onto the 75 Communities the community. Established in 2001, computers mostly in the daytime; during Vision 2008 calls for establishing new and MassMedLine is a public-private partner- early evening and weekend hours the lab strengthening existing services to the com- ship between the Massachusetts Executive was under-utilized. Consequently, the Col- munity through the Center for Drug Infor- Office of Elder Affairs and the College. lege shifted resources: the staff at the help mation and Natural Products and the At the Esther M. Wilkins Forsyth Dental desk, along with a number of computers, Esther M. Wilkins Forsyth Dental Hygiene Hygiene Clinic at MCPHS–Boston, Forsyth were relocated to the library, which is Clinic, both on the Boston campus, and Dental Hygiene program students and fac- always filled to capacity and is open more MassMedLine™, in Worcester. ulty continue to promote oral health than 90 hours each week and around the The College’s new Center for Drug through the delivery of dental hygiene serv- clock during final exam periods. Information and Natural Products is a result ices to Boston school children, just as they “We are collecting and evaluating data, of merging the Drug Information Center, a have done for decades. A fully licensed facil- and making adjustments,” said Bellack. “We small research center with a teaching focus, ity, the new clinic is accessible through the will continue to ask ourselves, ‘Are we being with the Center for Alternative and Com- Palace Road entrance, where patients are effective?’ and ‘How can we make changes plementary Medicine, to combine essential welcomed into a modern reception area for ongoing improvement’?” ■ services to patients and practitioners in a with a multi-media display on oral health

18 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 Answering the Call Hurricane Victims Assisted by Alumni and the College Community

hen the call came, one week after Hurricane Katrina MD, an MGH surgeon. The MGH team was at Ground Zero after had devastated the Gulf Coast, Erasmo A. “Ray” September 11, and after hurricanes on the Florida coasts, a typhoon Mitrano BSP ’80, MS ‘85, a pharmacy supervisor at in Guam in 2002, and the earthquake in Bam, Iran in 2003. W Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), was ready. In short order, Mitrano was “federalized,” that is, activated as a An official volunteer of MGH’s International Medical and Sur- special government employee by FEMA for the two-week deploy- gical Response Team (IMSuRT) East, he had logged many hours ment, and on September 4, he flew to Houston, Texas, the first stop beforehand on training retreats in nearby Bedford, Mass., setting on his journey to West Jefferson Parish (parish is the equivalent of a up and breaking down tents, and familiarizing himself with venti- county) in Louisiana. Almost the entire parish of nearly 500,000 peo- lators, respirators and defibrillators, among other equipment. ple had no electricity, water, or sewerage facilities due to Hurricane “Typically we’re told to be ready on two hours notice, but we Katrina. Although flooding was not as severe as in other parishes, actually had 24 hours notice for Hurricane Katrina’s deploy- standing toxic water, gas leaks, and wind damage had taken its toll. ment,” he said. Hurricane Katrina, a Category 3 hurricane, which landed on IMSuRT East is one of three national Federal Emer- August 29 with 125-mile an hour winds, caused cata- gency Management Agency (FEMA) teams that are strophic damage along the coastlines of Louisiana, highly specialized, trained, and equipped to estab- Mississippi, and Alabama. Levees separating Lake lish a full, free-standing field surgical facility any- Pontchartrain from New Orleans were breached where in the world. The group of all-volunteer, by the storm surge, ultimately flooding 80 per- mostly Boston-area doctors (primary, sur- cent of the city. The north border of Jefferson geons, anesthesiologists), nurses, EMTs and Continued on page 20 pharmacists was established by Susan Briggs, Karen Ryle comforts a six-year old boy who came to the clinic after accidentally swallowing his grandmoth- er’s thyroid medication.

the Colville Reservation. In his Broward County where elec- was developed; each van had After Hurricane own words: tricity was knocked out for the same medications. Most of Wilma, Jerry Zee BSPM, “I thought I was in a third- days and weeks, as well as the meds were inhalers, PharmD ’04, a pharmacist and world country because I had clinics and health care facili- insulin for diabetes, antibi- lieutenant with the U.S. Public never been in a natural disas- ties that were destroyed or otics and blood pressure med- Health Service Commissioned ter area before. It was an eye- damaged. As soon as I went ication. Corps, was deployed in Novem- opener. There were trees on back across the county line to “I work in an ambulatory ber by the U. S. Department of top of cars and houses, and Miami-Dade County everything setting so I don’t see trauma- Health and Human Services, to storefronts were smashed. We was normal. tized patients. It’s not the Broward County in south went to different disaster- “The team had eight or 10 same when you’re on the front Florida to assist the health stricken neighborhoods within providers: physicians, physi- line…. People felt encouraged care sector. He is stationed in cian assistants, nurse practi- and supported by us being Washington state, tioners, physical therapists, there. where he provides pharmacists and social work- “By the end of the day I ambulatory care ers. There were 12 or 13 just wanted to go to sleep. I to Native Ameri- teams. The Broward County was exhausted. It was defi- cans on Department of Health provided nitely emotionally draining. medical vans and drivers, and But being able to help was a there were volunteers from wonderful experience. My other counties. Every morning heart goes out to them. I felt a report would come in about lucky to be there to help. They different locations needing were very grateful.” ■ help. We had a formulary that

Jerry Zee (left)

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 19 Hurricane, from page 19 Residents, who had lost everything, enormous quantities of bottled water Parish is Lake Pontchartrain; it is bordered including access to pharmacies that had being consumed. on the east by Plaquemines Parish. filled their prescriptions, could not In 12- to 18-hour days they treated Approximately 35 members of IMSuRT remember the names of their drugs. Some adults and children with skin rashes from East left Logan Airport in Boston the contaminated water, some and were assigned to different with flesh-eating bacteria, and areas, some with Disaster Medical Letter from Pompano Beach, Fla.: upper respiratory infections Assistance Teams (DMAT), from mold and other contami- Surviving on Canned Chicken and Cookies another group of medical person- nants. The triage’s pharmacy nel activated by FEMA that is had a limited array of antibi- “We thank God our building did not suffer any designed to provide medical care otics, but Mitrano said when he damage [from Hurricane Wilma]. However, we during a disaster. didn’t have what he needed, he were without electricity for the five days we From Houston the convoy could request medication from were there. We had stored plenty of gallons drove to Baton Rouge and then to the medical center’s pharmacy. of purified water. However, after two days, the Louis Armstrong Airport in “As the week progressed, we we had to discard all the contents of the New Orleans. At the airport, started to see more and more refrigerator. Mitrano and the rest of the team depression as people were camped out at baggage claim no. allowed to return to see what “I had purchased cans of chicken, and we 7 waiting for assignment and was left of their homes,” he survived on the chicken and cookies. I had assisting the existing DMAT said. “The people had lost gasoline but no place to purchase food. teams at the airport with patient everything but they were so Finally, my son and his wife arrived in Boston care. A pharmacy had been estab- appreciative about us being from an ophthalmic conference in Beijing, China lished in one of the airport’s bars. there. It was one of the most but had to wait until the Miami airport, which Bottled water was in use, and con- rewarding things I’ve ever had shut down, reopened. As soon as they did tainers of hand sanitizers were experienced.” land in Miami…they drove to Pompano Beach, and commonplace to protect against At the end of the two-week we returned with them to Miami until we could germs. From the airport, Mitrano deployment, Mitrano was obtain a flight to Boston. All types of trees and several members of the team debriefed and received medical were destroyed except the hardy palm trees.” were escorted by U.S. Army clearance by FEMA before trucks to the team’s final destina- heading home. “I was tired, — Charles J. Fini BSP ‘44 tion: the West Jefferson Medical very tired,” he said. “It took me Center in Marrero, La., on the two to three days to start feeling west bank of Jefferson Parish. like myself again.” In the 100-plus degree heat outside of luckier residents had saved their empty Three months after Hurricane Katrina, the medical center, which was inundated prescription bottles. the situation on the Gulf Coast was still with residents seeking medical care, the Mitrano said the health care professionals dire: officials estimated that more than 1.5 team set up tents for triage and treatment. in the triage tents saw 300 to 400 patients a million people were displaced—a humani- The volunteers slept on cots in a physician’s day, not including those needing vaccina- tarian crisis on a scale unseen in the U.S. office building that had closed, and thank- tions. With the air-conditioning running at since the Great Depression, and more than fully there was running water. The hospital, full tilt, it was still 92 degrees inside the tent 1,400 died. assisted by four DMAT teams including New York 4 and Minnesota 1, served as backup for the triage tent. The team ate in the hospital cafeteria, but on two occasions local fire department employees brought Health care professionals in the triage tents vats of gumbo and jambalaya and on another night boxes of pizza. patients a day, not including those needing “We all got along great, and we helped each other whenever we could,” said days, they administered 8,000 vaccinations. Mitrano, who carried stretchers, changed bedding, and assisted in minor surgery, in (the outside temperature was 105 degrees), In November 2005, Karen Ryle BSP addition to his pharmacy duties. “I did and health care workers attempted to stay ’85, MSRA ‘02, a director of the Outpa- whatever had to be done.” cool with special vests filled with ice. In five tient Pharmacy at MGH and an MCPHS Aside from patient care and treatment, days, they administered 8,000 vaccinations. Alumni Association board member, was the daily challenge for Mitrano was deter- “It was important that everyone stay “federalized” as part of the National Phar- mining the medications people were tak- well hydrated,” he said, referring to the macists Response Team (NPRT), and ing so he could refill prescriptions. deployed to Belle Chasse, La., not far from

20 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 n late August 2005, clinical said. “I was so worried about my phone lines did the semester break, rotations had just begun for family. But everyone was very sup- not work,” she Tran was relieved to see My Linh Tran PharmD ’07, a portive.” said. “I had to her parents and siblings I student at the School of Phone lines were down so she communicate but heartsick at the dev- Pharmacy–Worcester who grew up sent a mass e-mail to all her family with my folks via astation in her hometown in Thibodaux, La., about an hour members, intermediate and text message until of Thibodaux and the sur- from New Orleans, when she heard extended, and finally her cousins the lines were restored rounding areas. With the help the news about Hurricane Katrina. responded saying that her parents and I could speak with them.” of the drug and pharmaceutical “Every year there is a hurri- and siblings had survived. Her sis- The Worcester-Manchester companies, her uncle in Biloxi is cane,” said the Tulane University graduate. Worcester Classmates Step Up for a Friend “We just went on with our lives. I ter was in Houston, Student Government Association restocking his pharmacy. The thought Katrina Texas, and her brother (SGA) and the Worcester Chapter Federal Emergency Management was just another in Baton Rouge; her of the Asian Student Association Agency (FEMA) supplied her aunt storm. Until it parents were able to rallied around their classmate. The with a trailer and meals ready to really hit, I didn’t move their boat to safe two groups requested support from eat (MREs). Her siblings are back expect it to cause so waters. Other family mem- the College community to benefit at college, although the number of much destruction.” bers, including a couple with a Tran’s family. Tran supplied a list of classes is limited. Her four-year-old For two whole weeks, Tran didn’t new baby, were in Dallas and in sizes for men’s, women’s, and chil- nephew is confused about why the know whether her parents, shrimp California. Her uncle’s pharmacy, a dren’s clothing, and donations family cannot return to their home fishermen who stayed aboard their block from the beach on the Biloxi, were made on campus. The SGA and upset about the loss of boat, had survived. She didn’t know Miss. coastline, was destroyed by paid to send the items to Baton his toys. “Anything he the whereabouts of her brother and flood waters and looted. One aunt, Rouge and to Dallas. receives now, he’s sister, both students at the her father’s sister, had ten people “It was an overwhelming, very protective of University of New Orleans, or the living in her condo. Although every- response,” she said. “There were it,” she said. ■ rest of her extended family— one was safe, they had lost their so many people who wanted to cousins, aunts, uncles, nephews, homes, their clothes, and all their help. Everyone was very generous.” nieces—about 100 people in all. other possessions. Back home in Louisiana during “I felt really helpless. I couldn’t “Sprint allowed us to text mes- The “Eyewall” of Hurricane Katrina. Photo courtesy of NOAA; Inset left: The Tran fami- do anything from up here,” she sage for a month for free since our ly’s pharmacy before and after Katrina. At right, her family celebrates a wedding.

Jefferson Parish where her MGH colleague courses and participating in scores of addi- “I set up my own pharmacy in the Ray Mitrano had served. Belle Chasse is tional hours of hands-on training, includ- church,” said Ryle. “A heavily armed secu- on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines ing administering vaccinations. “After rity guard was outside my door because I Parish. The city of Belle Chasse, where 9-11, I wanted to use my skills to help slept in the pharmacy on an army cot. I Ryle was deployed, is located at the north- people in any way that I could,” said Ryle felt very safe with the guard there.” about her decision to join NPRT. Although the church had running water, Ryle, who was awarded the College Ryle and the rest of the DMAT strike medal in 2005, was sent with a DMAT to team—one physician, two nurses, and two organize an emergency clinic in Belle paramedics—had a five-minute drive to a saw 300 to 400 Chasse Community Church. West Jefferson tent city where showers were available. For Medical Center, the nearest hospital, was 20 security purposes, health care personnel were vaccinations. … In five miles away, and there people needing care never to leave the church alone; they used had a 17-hour wait to be seen by medical the buddy system. Two left together in the personnel. According to Ryle, houses were daytime, and at night no fewer than three crumbled like cardboard shacks and tons of left the area together for tent city. Food was ern end of the parish; the southern half of debris littered what used to be an orderly provided by the local sheriff’s department the parish juts into the Gulf of Mexico. grid of streets. After the world-televised cafeteria style at the rear of the church. NPRTs—there are 10 regionally based looting in New Orleans, FEMA had hired Up at 6 a.m., Ryle kept the pharmacy NPRT teams around the country—are security guards from Blackwater USA, a pri- open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., but emergen- part of the National Disaster Medical Sys- vate firm, to assist with the delivery of serv- cies arose after hours, and one night Ryle, in tem, FEMA, and Ryle was required to ices, including health care services. A her pajamas, treated a middle-age woman undergo intensive training, taking online dusk-to-dawn curfew was in effect. Continued on page 24

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 21 WORCESTER CAMPUS

25 Foster Street: Living and Learning Center Dedicated

The College formally dedicated its new enliven the city by bringing more than 400 The facility’s first-floor retail space, $20 million Living and Learning Center in young people downtown to live and learn.” leased by a Honey Farms convenience downtown Worcester during a ceremony After a ceremonial ribbon cutting at the store, opened in January 2006, and offers on a sunny October morning. More than building’s entrance, students and staff gave 24-hour service to students and the com- 250 guests attended the event. guided tours to guests and the media. Atten- munity at large. The new building also Under a tent that flanked the new build- dees boarded the building’s two elevators for enables MCPHS, the largest pharmacy ing, President Charles F. Monahan Jr. BSP the ninth-floor, where they were given addi- college in the United States, to expand its ’62, a Worcester native, was joined on stage tional information about the project. current academic offerings in Worcester, by keynote speaker Sumner B. Tilton Jr. The College purchased the 25 Foster and for the first time offer on-campus, ScD ’03 (Hon.), Mayor Timothy Murray, Street property, known as the Graphic Arts apartment-style housing to many of its Michael O’Brien, city manager; David L. Building, in 2000 at the same time that it students. The College’s accelerated 16- Maher, chair MCPHS Board of Trustees; opened the campus at 19 Foster Street, later month Bachelor of Science in Nursing Craig Pike, president, Student Government named the Henrietta DeBenedictis Build- program debuted in January 2006. ■ Association; and Monsignor Francis Scollen. ing. The buildings are now connected on The Seven Hills Show Choir opened the fes- two levels, allowing students easy access to tivities with “The Star Spangled Banner” classrooms, the Blais Family Library, and a Living and Learning Center – and “Worcester, The Heart Beat.” student lounge that incorporates quiet study Floor to Ceiling Maher welcomed guests and thanked space. The College anticipates the new stu- Floors One and Two the College’s Board of Trustees and staff dent housing will further stimulate the area’s • Honey Farms for their hard work, noting how strong economy and move Worcester closer to its • Admission and Registrar’s Offices cooperation brought the project to goal of a more vibrant downtown. • MassMedLine fruition. “Today is a very, very special day The nine-floor, 90,000-square-foot Liv- • Patient Assessment Lab for both the College and the City of ing and Learning Center features five floors • Skills Technology Lab Worcester,” he said. of apartment-style residences for up to 175 • Classrooms and Faculty Offices President Monahan also expressed his students; two floors of faculty offices, con- gratitude to the trustees for their contin- ference rooms and academic space; the Floors Three through Eight: ued work in furthering the College’s mis- ninth-floor Fuller Conference Hall with Student Apartments sion and recognized the President’s floor-to-ceiling windows, an outdoor patio Amenities Advisory Council in Worcester, as well as and sweeping views of the city and sur- • Free basic cable TV, telephone and wireless local officials, for their invaluable contri- rounding area; and first-floor retail space. Internet service in individual bedrooms and butions to the project. Also located on the first floor is a new, living rooms “The mayor, city manager, city council expanded street-level office for MassMed- • All apartments are furnished in a and various departments have all pulled Line, the College’s toll-free prescription contemporary decor together with the College to create a model information hotline. The expanded space • Full kitchens with full-sized refrigerators, stove public-private partnership that really gets will allow MassMedLine to improve assis- and oven things done,” Monahan said. “The Worces- tance to walk-in patients and the College • On-site laundry facilities ter city government offers a friendly envi- to better serve the Worcester community. • 24-hour security ronment for responsible development.” Preliminary projections indicate that • Live-in professional staff member Tilton, the Worcester campus’ Com- the Living and Learning Center at opera- • Thermostat control in individual bedrooms mencement speaker and an honorary degree tional capacity could ultimately bring and in living areas recipient, thanked the many private donors more than 500 additional students, fac- • Study lounges on floors four through six whose $3 million in grants made the build- ulty, staff and visitors to the downtown ing project possible. He praised President area on a daily basis and generate millions Floor Nine: Fuller Conference Hall Monahan’s “can-do attitude” and commit- of dollars in new economic activity. To • Conference space with sweeping views of ment to his hometown. “MCPHS has date, the College has invested more than downtown Worcester shown us how to do historic preservation,” $45 million in the future of Worcester and • Outdoor terrace Tilton said. “And they’ve shown us how to its role as a center for health care delivery.

22 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 Clockwise from far left: The Seven Hills Show Choir; MCPHS–Worcester campus; Ribbon cutting: President’s Advisory Council member Tony Tilton; Mayor Tim Murray; President Monahan, City Manager Michael O’Brien; Student Government President Craig Pike PharmD ’07; Monsignor Francis Scollen, St. Peter’s Church; and Trustee Chairman David Maher; and President Monahan addressing the crowd; trustees, faculty, administration, students, and guests in the tent set up for the event.

MassMedLine hosts Medicare Part D Roundtable to Celebrate its New Quarters MassMedLine, the College’s toll-free hot- Office of Elder Affairs, discussed how the Keough. line that dispenses advice on prescription new federal regulations are impacting sen- Following the summit, the panel was purchases to elderly and under-served iors. Katherine Keough, executive director invited to the Open House along with Massachusetts residents, celebrated its new of Government Affairs and Continuing numerous public officials, state and local dig- home at 25 Foster Street on the Worcester Education, moderated the discussion. nitaries, corporate partners, faculty, and staff campus, with a Medicare Part D Summit Established in 2001, MassMedLine is a for the recently relocated call center; Meeting in January. public-private partnership between the Mass- MassMedLine’s headquarters are now on the President Charles F. Monahan Jr. BSP achusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs first floor of the Living and Learning Center ’62 welcomed key policy makers and lead- and the College. The call center is partially at 25 Foster Street, where it has 10 times ers of the pharmacy profession who funded by the state. The balance of the oper- more space than in its previous office suite in attended the Medicare Part D roundtable to ational costs are subsidized by the College the Henrietta DeBenedictis Building at the hear an overview by Brian Cresta, New with support from two federal grants, private School of Pharmacy–Worcester. The call England regional director, Center for foundations, and corporations. center’s easy access also allows patients to Medicare and Medicaid Services, along with The Medicare Part D Prescription drug drop in for face-to-face consultations. other key officials, discuss outreach efforts, coverage began on January 1, 2006; The new office suite includes a recep- enrollment initiatives, and the challenges Medicare beneficiaries are now able to tion and waiting area, a conference/con- posed by the new benefits for consumers obtain assistance in paying for Continued on page 24 and health care providers. The MassMed- their prescription drugs Line pharmacy outreach program is an inte- through the program. Previ- gral part of the Medicare drug benefit in ously, prescription drug assis- Massachusetts and provides information to tance was offered through health care providers, seniors, and advocates private insurance plans but was throughout the state. MassMedLine also not part of the traditional offers vital services for consumers who are Medicare program. The new not Medicare eligible but who need assis- program brought numerous tance affording their prescription drugs. changes and consequently Dennis G. Lyons BSP ’75, vice president many questions from Medicare of Institutional Advancement, talked about recipients. MassMedLine’s role in Medicare Part D; “MassMedLine has always Paul Jeffrey BSP ’76, PharmD, director of provided a valuable service, but pharmacy programs, Office of Medicaid, it has played an especially reviewed Medicaid’s role in the Medicare important role during this time CMS Regional Director Brian Cresta, President Monahan and State Part D process; and Secretary Jennifer of transition in Medicare pre- Senator Richard Moore pose before the Medicare Part D bus in front of Davis-Carey, Massachusetts Executive scription drug benefits,” said the MCPHS–Worcester campus.

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 23 MassMedLine, from page 23 Sullivan addressed the crowd, present- sulting room, a private office for Mary B. ing an overview of the MassMedLine pro- Sullivan PharmD, program director, and a gram, and state Senator Richard T. Moore, large open area with cubicles for the staff D-Uxbridge, recounted the call center’s of eight. Space was also provided for phar- history and its benefits for Massachusetts macy and nursing students who volunteer residents. Visitors also heard from Maurice for experiential rotations at the call center. Lubin, a senior citizen who was helped by MassMedLine’s licensed pharmacists pro- the MassMedLine staff. Later, they toured vide medication counseling, drug profile the new facility and enjoyed refreshments. review, and advice on compliance issues and For more information about MassMed- options for lower-cost medications. They Line, call 1.866.633.1617 or log onto also help callers understand the new http://www.massmedline.com. Medicare drug program and how it relates to President Monahan, Senator RIchard Moore, Senator their current coverage and the medications Harriette Chandler and MassMedline Director Mary they are taking. More than 10,000 patients Sulllivan cut the cake commemorating the fifth anniver- are helped annually by MassMedLine. sary of MassMedLine.

Worcester Mayor Declares MassMedLine Day PROCLAMATION WHEREAS: On Monday, January 23, 2006, MassMedLine will celebrate its move into a new office suite on the campus of Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at 25 Foster Street in downtown Worcester; and WHEREAS: MassMedLine was developed by the College, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, to assist seniors and other needy citizens in obtaining free or low-cost medications; and WHEREAS: MassMedLine helps 10,000 Massachusetts residents each year through its toll-free hotline, website and community outreach programs; and WHEREAS: Since its inception in 2001, MassMedLine has made a significant contribution to improving the health and well-being of thousands of citizens in Central Massachusetts and has saved the Commonwealth millions of dollars in medication costs and related expenses; NOW THEREFORE, I, Timothy P. Murray, Mayor of the City of Worcester, do hereby proclaim Monday, January 23, 2006* to be: MASSMEDLINE DAY in Worcester, and urge all citizens of our community to utilize this important public service.

Hurricane, from page 21 with a severe mouth infection. In addition meds but the emergency lasted so long that to local residents, Ryle said they treated a we needed medications for diabetes and roofer and rescue personnel, mostly for blood pressure. I had to write prescrip- upper respiratory infections from the mold, tions off the patients’ medicine bottles.” and boils from contaminated water. Pre- There were no open pharmacies with scriptions were also filled for antibiotics, dia- patients’ records, no open doctors’ betes, and hypertension medication. She offices. Patients lined up outside the treated an eight-week old baby for mosquito church for tetanus and flu vaccinations. bites; the family—a young mother, the baby, Thankfully, the blistering heat was gone, and a toddler—had no shelter; they had and the weather had turned cooler. Per- been forced to sleep outdoors. The woman haps the worst incident of the two-week was given baby clothes, formula and diapers. deployment was seeing a severely burned Ryle ordered prescription drugs on a firefighter, who suffered second-degree daily basis, and FEMA employees delivered burns. Ryle started an IV morphine drip, the medications to the church. She wrote the clinic stabilized the worker on site and prescriptions, which were signed by one of an ambulance took him to West Jefferson Pictured are Karen Ryle and two paramedics outside the the physicians, being sure to include the Medical Center. temporary clinic housed in a local church. indication to avoid any errors. Ryle, along It took two weeks for Ryle to recover after with other DMAT members, also adminis- she returned; and despite the debriefing, there about the experience with other people,” she tered 600 flu vaccines in two days. were nights she dreamed she was back in said. “I’m glad I was able to participate. “People in the area knew about our Louisiana. She is still in touch with one of the Would I do it again? Yes, I would. People clinic,” she said. “We had repeat patients. paramedics from her team, Karen Colony, were so grateful. They said, ‘God bless you.’ We were prepared with antibiotics and pain who lives in Oxford, Iowa. “It’s good to talk We felt very needed and welcomed.” ■

24 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 ALUMNI IN PUBLIC POLICY

respond to the emergency.” cialist with the Special Forces Pararescue; LT. SMITH Today Smith’s job takes him to after a brief career as a civilian, he later Louisiana every couple of weeks; he is field- joined the Vermont Army National Guard. testing computerized, hand-held devices “I have had the opportunity to have that are water resistant to be used by health unique life experiences, and I wanted to be goes to care professionals with the DMAT and continually challenged,” said Smith about IMSuRT teams to enter patient data during his decision to join USPHS. “I strongly disaster deployments. The goal is to comply believe that I can add something produc- with presidential directive No. 13335 and tive to society.” WASHINGTON to increase functional interpretability within He served at Federal Medical Center the federal government’s health care entities. Devens in Ayer, Mass., with the Health It is also designed to lessen the paperwork Resources and Services Administration’s produced by responding to the hurricanes; Bureau of Prisons, and for three years was (and to New Orleans) FEMA currently has a room filled with a preceptor for senior PA students from

wo weeks after Lt. Stephen C. Smith MSPA ’00 of the U.S. Public Health TService started his new position in Washington as a training program manager for the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. Instead of coordinating training for the 8,000 volunteer members of the Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT) and the International Medical and Surgical Response Teams (IMSuRT) around the country (see related story on page 19), Smith joined NDMS’ deployment team Clockwise from above: Lt. Stephen C. Smith MSPA ’00 outside the Capitol building; Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) contains a mini surgery suite, a pharmacy and beds; standard set up of a Base of Operations (BOO) for NDMS. and began assisting with emergency sup- port functions, which is standard operat- ing procedure during a national disaster “It’s very, very rewarding being part of the the magnitude of Hurricane Katrina. He National Disaster Medical System.” found himself at the heavily guarded [ ] National Response Coordination Center at FEMA headquarters, surrounded by televi- boxes of patient records stacked floor to MCPHS–Manchester, which he enjoyed. sion monitors and working 12-hour shifts, ceiling, which were written by health care “I believe in hands-on learning,” he said. day and night, for 48 days in a row. professionals during Hurricane Katrina. “The students were excited about treating “It was so exciting to be in the middle “We will soon be training all of our mem- patients who had four or five pathophysi- of it,” said the Burlington, Vt. native. “You bers on how to use these devices that we are ologies and comorbidities.” have all this information right at your fin- currently testing,” he said. In 2005, he was named Preceptor of the gertips.” Smith is also responsible for reviewing Year by his alma mater. He also received the Communication with the medical and recommending training proposals for Sikorski Helicopter Rescue Award in 1987 teams who came from as far away as the DMAT and IMSuRT teams and con- for a life-saving mission off the coast of Ice- Hawaii and Oregon was the most chal- ducts monthly telephone conference calls land and is the recipient of the Bureau of lenging; the teams’ cell phones were not with each team’s training officer. He moni- Prisons Public Health Service Employee of transmitting in the affected areas of Missis- tors the appropriateness of team training, the Year Award in 2003 for his contribu- sippi, Alabama, and Louisiana due to ensuring that the training enables DMATs tions at FMC Devens as a physician assis- downed satellite towers and power lines. to respond quickly to a disaster. tant. Since his commission to the U.S. “The medical teams found a way to Smith joined the U.S. Public Health Public Health Service, he has received sev- contact us… by driving to areas where Service in 2001, shortly after graduation eral Corps Service Awards, including a PHS reception was available, and then using bat- from the Manchester N.H. PA program, Achievement Medal in 2004. tery-run GPS equipment to get to where which was under the auspices of Notre “In my new position, my ability to they were going,” he said. “We all rose to Dame College at the time. He has spent assist the nation has increased,” he said. the occasion; it wasn’t just me. It was won- nearly his entire career in the public-service “It’s very, very rewarding being part of the derful to see the nation come together to arena, first with the U.S. Air Force as a spe- National Disaster Medical System.” ■

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 25 Land of Heart’s Desire

IRELAND(CE PARTICIPANTS MIX BUSINESS AND PLEASURE)

he ancient and magical landscape of Ireland Land of Heart’s Desire, Opposite, clockwise from upper left: At Trinity College, has welcomed many a visitor in its long and Trustee Chester E. Babineau BSP ’56, wife Carole, and Where beauty has no ebb, decay no flood, Elizabeth Jordan, executive assistant to the President; storied history, but none so charmed as the Trustee Board Chairman David L. Maher and wife Marilyn at 30 alumni, faculty, staff and friends of But joy is wisdom, Time an endless song. the Maher family burial plot in County Mayo; Robert M. MCPHS who toured the Emerald Isle last O’Connell BSP ’81 and wife Cheryl at Dingle Peninsula; at —William Butler Yeats Adare Manor are Janice Flynn BSP ’84 and husband October. Sponsored by the Office of Institu- Michael, Dean Michael Malloy, Jason Cross, assistant profes- tional Advancement, the 10-day excursion sor of pharmacy practice, SOP–W/M, Sheila Seed BSP ’85 through the green countryside of southern • Killarney in County Kerry, home to the and husband Paul; Sheila Seed and Marilyn Maher at the t fort at Kinsale; and Marjory Backman DH ’53 Forsyth with Ireland culminated in a visit to Ireland’s cap- most beautiful lake in Ireland; her arms around St. Patrick’s Cross. Legend has it that if ital city, where the College co-sponsored a • Dingle Bay, where Ryan’s Daughter was you can touch your fingers you will live to be 100 years old. symposium with the School of Pharmacy filmed; Below: The green and gentle hills of County Kerry. and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Trinity Col- • Kinsale in County Cork, featuring many lege Dublin (see story on facing page). of Ireland’s best gourmet restaurants; sent out the announcement, my wife Sheila Leading the tour were Dennis G. Lyons • Blarney Castle, where visitors may kiss and I signed up right away.” BSP ’75, vice president for Institutional the fabled stone and receive the gift of Many of the MCPHS travelers have Advancement, and George E. Humphrey, eloquence; strong family ties to the old sod. David L. executive director of College Relations and • Rock of Cashel, where Brian Ború, the Maher, chairman of the College’s Board of Communications. Continuing Education first High King of Ireland, was Trustees, and his wife Marilyn discovered programs were offered during breakfast crowned; and the Maher family burial plot on the throughout the trip by Lyons and by • Book of Kells, the breathtaking illumi- grounds of the Rock of Cashel. Worcester MCPHS faculty Michael Malloy, PharmD, nated manuscript housed at Trinity faculty member Sheila Seed BSP ’85, and dean of the School of Pharmacy–Worces- College Dublin. her husband Paul were thrilled to stop in ter/Manchester; and Joy Evans, assistant Trip participants gathered in Ireland from Sheila’s birthplace—the quaint village of professor of Pharmacy Practice, School of the four corners of the earth—including Macroom, which she had not seen since the Pharmacy–Boston. Nadia Dalloul BSP ’85, who traveled with age of 6. And Dennis Lyons, whose family Among the highlights of the fall adven- her sister Ibtissam all the way from the fam- traces its roots to County Donegal, was able ture were visits to the following sights: ily pharmacy in Beirut, Lebanon; Danielle to visit his daughter Mary, a Stonehill Col- • Cliffs of Mohar in County Clare, with DeChabert BSP ’90, a hospital pharmacist lege student who is spending her junior year dramatic views of the Aran Islands and from St. Croix, Virgin Islands, who came at University College Cork studying Irish Galway Bay; with fellow pharmacist and islander Winifred culture and history. • Bunratty Castle and Folk Park, an Hardy; and Marjorie Backman DH ’53 But you do not have to be Irish in order authentic village from the 1800s; Forsyth, who hails from Falmouth, Maine. to enjoy the Land of Heart’s Desire. When • Adare Manor in County Limerick, a “We’d been thinking about an Ireland trip asked about the trip, Stephen Karoghlanian 19th-century manor house with a for some time,” said Edward Zuba BSP ’77, BSP ’56, expressed the sentiment of the world-class golf course; of Cumberland, R.I. “…so when the College group: “I had a wonderful time!”

26 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 MCPHS ESTABLISHES LINK WITH IRISH UNIVERSITY

Representatives of Massachusetts College of “The purpose of our symposium is to start a Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) and dialogue on how MCPHS and TCD can the Trinity College Dublin (TCD) School of develop joint projects that capitalize on our Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences met mutual strengths and interests.” in Dublin on October 12-13 to explore joint Commenting on behalf of Trinity, Michael projects in pharmacy education, biotechnol- Gleeson, secretary to the college, expressed ogy and international drug policy and regula- his hope “that the MCPHS visit to TCD and tion. Sixty administrators, faculty, alumni and Ireland proves fruitful in a number of fields— practitioners from both institutions gathered in building lasting academic links with a view in Trinity’s historic 18th-century dining hall to to facilitating faculty and student exchanges hear remarks by Micheál Martin, the Irish and fostering industrial partnerships, which minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employ- will establish strong relationships with phar- ment; Tim O’Malley, minister of state at the maceutical and biotech companies in Ireland Department of Health and Children, who is a and the United States.” pharmacist; and Thomas Finneran, president Trinity College, also known as The Univer- of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council sity of Dublin, was founded in 1592 and is the and former speaker of the Massachusetts oldest university in Ireland. At present there House of Representatives. are more than 12,000 students and 1,200 “We are pleased to be a leading partner faculty and research staff working on the col- in this unique opportunity to provide an inter- lege campus, which is home to The Book of national platform for health professionals to Kells, a ninth-century manuscript of the explore the future of pharmaceutical care gospels renowned world-wide for its rich and and biotechnology,” said Board Chairman varied illustrations. The School of Pharmacy David L. Maher, as he greeted the Irish and was established in 1977 as the first centre for American participants on behalf of President pharmaceutical education in Ireland. Monahan and the MCPHS trustees. The visit, which included a day-long sym- Martin Henman, coordinator, Centre for Pharmaceutical Care, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, TCD; David Maher, chairman, MCPHS Board of Trustees; Ingrid Hood, head, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical posium, was the brainchild of Dennis G. Lyons Sciences,TCD; Tim O’Malley, Irish minister of state for Health and Children; Tom Finneran, president, Massachusetts BSP ’75, vice president for Institutional Biotechnology Council; Dennis Lyons BSP ’75, vice president for Institutional Advancement; George Humphrey, execu- tive director of College Relations and Communications; and Michael Gleason, TCD secretary of the college. Advancement. “There is a natural fit between Ireland and Massachusetts, which are both John Hegarty, provost, TCD, with David L. Maher and Thomas Finneran. world-class centers of pharmaceutical Dennis G. Lyons BSP ’75 addresses guests at a formal dinner at TCD in honor of Micheál Martin, Irish minister research and biotechnology,” Lyons stated. for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 27 THE REED CONFERENCE CMS Administrator Discusses the Pharmacist’s Role in Medicare Part D

he popular Reed Conference, held at Gillette Stadium, drew Tmore than 700 pharmacists from throughout the region for an exciting edu- cational program on timely topics of the day, including the implementation to date of the new Medicare Part D program. Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD, adminis- trator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in Washington, served as one of the keynote speakers, and discussed the pharmacist’s role. “Medicare Part D is the number one issue pharmacists are facing on a daily basis,” said Katherine Keough, executive director, Office of Government Affairs and Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD, administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, D.C. Continuing Education. “Given the bumps “Medicare Part D is the number one issue pharmacists are facing on a daily basis. Given the bumps in the road, the state-of-the-state talk gave pharmacists firsthand information that affects them and their patients.” [ —Katherine Keough, Executive Director, Office of Government Affairs and Continuing Education

in the road, the discussion of the program’s the director of the Hallowell Center for Frederick Frankhauser, Edward M. Hallowell, MD, implementation gave pharmacists firsthand Cognitive and Emotional Health in Sud- RPh, JD, adjunct faculty at director, Hallowell Center information that affects them and their bury, Mass., and a former faculty member at the School of Pharmacy– for Cognitive and patients.” Harvard Medical School, on “ADD Across Boston. Emotional Health. Under McClellan’s leadership, CMS is the Lifespan: A Strength-Based Model of implementing Medicare’s new prescription Diagnosis and Treatment.” He is the author Modernization Act, and provided real- drug program, which delivers a key aspect of the best-sellers, Connect: 12 Vital Ties world examples of ways pharmacists can of modern medicine to America’s seniors That Open Your Heart, Lengthen Your Life, become more proactive in developing a and people with disabilities. McClellan is and Deepen Your Soul and co-author of Dri- future strategic plan for pharmacy. also leading the effort to bring a commu- ven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping • Jake Nichols PharmD ’00, BCPS, nity care focus to Medicaid, so those who with Attention-Deficit Disorder from Child- CDE, AE-C, on “Pharmacotherapy in need help can get it closer to home. hood Through Adulthood. Patients with COPD: The Role of the McClellan has served as commissioner Other speakers and topics included: Pharmacist”; he identified the differences of the Food and Drug Administration and • Laura Cranston, RPh, president of between COPD and other related pul- in the White House as a member of the Cranston & Associates LLC on “The monary disorders, and the treatments President’s Council of Economic Advisors, Future of Community Pharmacy”; she based on current guidelines and recom- where he advised the administration on described the major changes in the health mendations for pharmacologic therapy. domestic economic issues and was a senior care environment that impacted both the • Ricardo M. Munarriz, MD, assistant policy director for health care and related short- and long-term future of community professor of urology, Center for Sexual economic issues. pharmacy, explained the opportunities and Medicine, Boston University School of Attendees heard from nationally recog- challenges presented by the inclusion of Medicine on “Understanding Symptoms, nized speaker Edward M. Hallowell, MD, MTM services as defined in the Medicare Health Risks and Treatment Options for

28 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 Gold Sponsors Boehringer Ingelheim Eli Lilly and Company Solvay Pharmaceuticals

Silver Sponsors Brooks Pharmacy CVS Pharmacy Pfizer, Inc. Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Research Association Price Chopper Stat-Care Pharmacy

Clockwise from top left: More than 700 attendees filled the function room at Gillette Stadium. Enjoying the post-conference alumni reception are trustees Chet Babineau BSP ’56 and Eileen Dumouchel BSP ’54, with friend; Trustee Maryesther Fournier BSP ’75, Steve Grossman BSP ’81, and Director of Development Lonny Townley; President Monahan with faculty members Mary Ann Cooper, Kathy Zaiken, Trish Ford, Ron J. DeBellis, and Caroline Zeind; Bob Manning BSP ’79, Bob McDowell BSP ’79, and Donna Horn BSP ’83.

Hypogonadism”; he discussed clinical the attendees; Charles F. Monahan Jr. BSP The annual Howard L. Reed Confer- symptoms, described associated health ’62, President, brought College greetings; ence honors the late professor and risks in men with low testosterone levels, Eric Schultz, CEO, Fallon Community administrator for a lifetime of dedi- and identified treatment options. Health Plan, presented opening remarks; cation and service to the College; he helped establish the program in • Frederick Frankhauser, RPh, JD, and Jonathan A. Kraft, president and CEO 1941 as an opportunity for pharma- adjunct assistant professor of pharmaceuti- of The Kraft Group, owners of the New cists to keep abreast of changes in cal sciences, School of Pharmacy–Boston, England Patriots, winners of three Super the profession and for MCPHS alumni to visit with their on “Pharmacy Law Update 2006: Regula- Bowl championships in four years, and of former teachers. tions, Policies and Counterfeit Medica- Gillette Stadium, gave one of the keynote For more information about The Reed and other CE programs, visit the College’s Web site, tions”; he gave an overview of recent addresses, “The Importance of Team Work.” http://www.mcphs.edu/ce or call 617.732.2081. changes to Massachusetts Pharmacy Regu- Posters were presented by the MCPHS lations and Board of Registration policies, departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences identified proposed regulatory solutions to and Pharmacy Practice; attendees were able “Attendees had a great deal of fun,” said deal with prescription drug counterfeiting, to earn additional CE credits above the six Keough. “They enjoy the extremely con- and described its prevalence. contact hours. In addition, VIP tours were venient location.” ■ Dennis G. Lyons BSP ’75, vice president given of the stadium, and an alumni recep- for Institutional Advancement, welcomed tion was held after the day’s events.

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 29 Temps, New England Geri- atrics, and Target, among others. Alumni Directory 2007 Students in the radiologic Have you completed your alumni information card and returned it to sciences, physician assistant the publisher, Universal Publishing Company? Your participation is studies, dental hygiene, regula- as simple as that. You will receive your eight-inch by eleven-inch tory affairs and pharmacy pro- directory in early 2007. You are asked for a voluntary contribution grams participated. Fall 2006 Interview Days specifically to support the directory program. However, you will are scheduled for October 11 receive a directory with or without the contribution simply and 12. For more information, by returning the completed information card. Your enthusias- log on to the alumni page at tic response is crucial to the success of the directory program. (This www.mcphs.edu. is not your Annual Fund contribution.) The Alumni Association Salutes the Class of 2006 Graduation celebrations, spon- sored by the Alumni Associa- tion, were held for the MCPHS alumni associations class of 2006 on all three cam- Interview Days Draw 30 puses. The Manchester, N.H., Companies to Campus graduates enjoyed their celebra- Thirty nonprofits and compa- tion in November at the Puri- nies, including Boston Medical tan Backroom in Manchester; Center, Genzyme, and Sulli- Boston graduates celebrated in van’s Pharmacy, participated in February at the Inn at Long- Interview Days, a way to con- wood and Worcester graduates nect graduates with potential in March at the Fuller Confer- employers. The event, which ence Hall on the ninth floor of occurs once a semester, was the Worcester campus’ Living held in White Hall in March at and Learning Center. President MCPHS–Boston. Charles F. Monahan Jr. BSP Company displays were ’62, trustees, Alumni Associa- organized, and representatives tion President Stanley Walczyk Graduate salute at MCPHS–Boston: (seated) Anya Rapoport, Robyn Parsons, President were available to answer ques- BSP ’75, Alumni Association Monahan, Asta Balandyte, Loretta Lakacauskaite; (standing) Anastasiya Satter, tions and interview students for board members, alumni, faculty Wen-Dee Miranda, Ida Lubonja. employment opportunities. The and staff were on hand to cele- representatives were from Brig- brate with and congratulate the Cestone Honored at President Monahan ham and Women’s Hospital, soon-to-be members of the NJPhA Greets Alumni in Florida CVS, Eaton Apothecary, RDH alumni community. Donna M. Cestone BSP ’87, Phillip M. Resnick BSP ’60, outgoing president of the New MSP ’80 was honored for his Jersey Pharmacists Association contributions and the naming (NJPhA), received an MCPHS of the dean of pharmacy’s suite Certificate of Appreciation for in Boston at an MCPHS her contribution to the phar- alumni and friends reception at macy profession at the associa- the Hyatt Regency Pier 66 in tion’s annual meeting. Cestone Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in Febru- was elected president in 2004, ary. President Charles F. Mona- the sixth and youngest woman han Jr. BSP ’62, Marguerite president in the NJPhA’s 134- “Peg” Johnson BS ’61 Hamp- year history. Dennis G. Lyons den, and a few Institutional BSP ’75, vice president for Advancement staff members Institutional Advancement, rep- attended the event. President resenting the College, presented Monahan updated attendees on Cestone with the certificate. the Ronald A. Matricaria Acad- emic and Student Center, the Donna M. Cestone, president of the New Jersey Pharmacists Association, and friend, new Living and Learning Cen- join MCPHS grads William G. Wilkins BSP ’62, and Dennis G. Lyons BSP ’75. ter at the Worcester campus,

30 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 Enjoying the Florida receptions (photos left to right): Stephen Yoblonsky BSP ’97 (right) with friend; Gloria D. Alvino BSP ’55, Benjamin R. Hershenson BSP ’62, Barbara A. Fitzpatrick BSP ’55, and President Monahan BSP ’62; Theodore A Jamrog BS ’62 (Hampden), Marguerite C. Johnson BS ’61 (Hampden), Daniel G. Bolduc BS ’50 (Hampden), and Milton J. Swiatlowski BS ’50 (Hampden). and distance-education pro- Contact Peg Johnson of Health-System Pharmacists “We are pleased that alumni grams between the Worcester ([email protected]) if midyear clinical meeting and and students are taking the and Manchester campuses. you are interested in attending exposition. Trustee Judith opportunity to meet and net- Other alumni in attendance a future reception. (Patrick) Ronshagen BSP ’70; work,” said Dawn Ballou, included Stephen B. Yoblonsky Stephen M. Dolley BSP ’88, executive director, Alumni BSP ’97, Fred H. Nathanson Caesars Palace Reception Alumni Association director; Relations. “It’s become a Col- BSP ’67, Carl L. Zeytoonian A Hit in Las Vegas Michael Malloy, PharmD, dean, lege tradition to host events at BSP ’56, Anthony M. Ciampa More than 180 alumni and stu- School of Pharmacy–Worcester; professional meetings.” BSP ’54, Norbert H. Graber dents attended the College’s and Caroline Zeind, PharmD, Log onto the College’s Web BSP ’84, and Roman F. Panek reception at Caesars Palace in chair, Department of Pharmacy site at www.mcphs.edu for a BSP ’49. Las Vegas, Nev., as part of the Practice, School of Pharmacy– list of future receptions. 40th annual American Society Boston, welcomed the crowd. Continued on page 32

Come back to MCPHS and get involved!

Career Connections Wanted: Boston and Worcester Alumni Career Tools Get Together! If you are interested in men- Manchester Alumni Speakers Needed Seminar Looking for something to do toring and/or in offering Can you spare a few hours for Can you spare an hour at Help prepare students to on a Friday night? Trying to career advice to current stu- the Boston and Manchester lunch time for the Worcester enter the workforce by dis- find a way to get all of your dents, we want you! Come campuses Career Connec- campus Career Connections cussing topics such as College buddies together? and speak with students tions programs? These pro- program? This program is résumé writing, interviewing Look no further! The Alumni about your experiences in grams are offered at lunch offered at lunch time, noon techniques, business eti- Office will help you make it your profession. We are seek- time, lasting about one and a to 1 p.m. Each presenter quette, networking, the role happen. We just hosted the ing graduates in all the health half hours with box lunches talks for 10-15 minutes, fol- of professional organizations classes of 2005 and 2006 care disciplines: pharmacy, served. We typically have two lowed by a question-and- and the changing horizon in at the Felt Nightclub and physician assistant, dental speakers who present for answer period. the health care professions. Lounge. Contact the Alumni hygiene, radiologic sciences, about 10-15 minutes, each Contact the Alumni Office Office with your suggests for nuclear medicine, nursing, followed by a question-and- for more details. upcoming events. pharmaceutical sciences, reg- answer period. ulatory affairs, pharmaceuti- cal marketing, premedical, health science, health com- munication, health psychol- For more information or to volunteer ogy, and chemistry. for any of the above mentioned programs, contact the Alumni Office at 617.732.2902 or email Calling all [email protected].

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 31 Forsyth News the program through their efforts as teachers, mentors, Yankee Congress Reception visionaries, and friends. Kicks Off Forsyth’s 90th Patricia (Crane) Ramsay DH Anniversary Year ’66, director of Forsyth Alumni One hundred and twenty-five Programs and Continuing Edu- Forsyth alumni attended the cation, introduced the event’s MCPHS Forsyth Alumni Recep- sponsors: Seigal, RDH Temps; tion at the Yankee Dental Con- Alex Friedman, president, Sanax gress in January to kick off the Protective Products; Kenneth 90th anniversary of the Forsyth Baker and James Cochrane, Pat- Dental Hygiene program. terson Dental Supply; and Janis P. Bellack, PhD, provost Tonya Ray, Oral B Laboratories. and vice president for Academic Other sponsors of the event Affairs, brought greetings from not in attendance, were Bicon President Charles F. Monahan Jr. Dental Implants, Crown Uni- BSP ’62, and alumni watched a forms and Linen Services, Esther Wilkins presented Diane (Zack) Seigal DH ’75 with the Esther M. Wilkins video, “The Dawn of a New Schick Technologies, and Sun- Distinguished Alumni Award at this year’s Yankee Dental Congress reception. Era,” about the Forsyth capital star Butler. campaign and the recently com- pleted Esther M. Wilkins Yankee Dental Congress’ Forsyth Dental Hygiene Clinic 2006 Hygienist of the Year at the College’s Boston campus. Mary (Leet) Kellerman DH W. Gail Barnes, PhD, RDH, ’66 was named the Hygienist program director and depart- of the Year at the Yankee Den- ment chair of the Forsyth Den- tal Congress brunch. tal Hygiene program, updated A member of the Forsyth alumni on the new clinic and Alumni Association Board of the online degree program that Directors and a past president is designed for hygienists work- of the Massachusetts Dental ing in the field, either with a Hygienists’ Association, she certificate or an associate’s was honored for her efforts in degree, to complete their bache- running a fluoride-rinse and lor’s degree through the Web- sealant grant program in the based Blackboard platform. Billerica schools, which culmi- Jean Connor (left), vice president of American Dental Hygienists’ Association, received Two awards were presented at nated in a successful fluoride the Judy S. Harvey Award from Gail Weisberg DH ’74, president of the Forsyth Alumni the reception. Esther M. Wilkins campaign in her town. She is Association. DH ’39, DMD, presented the currently employed by the 2005 Esther M. Wilkins Distin- Cambridge Alliance as a clini- guished Alumni Award to Diane cal dental hygienist and also (Zack) Seigal DH ’75 for her conducts school screenings. efforts as a clinical practitioner, a leader in her professional organi- Receptions Coming Soon zation, and her success as presi- to Massachusetts, dent of RDH Temps, the largest Connecticut and Florida! temporary placement agency in To celebrate the 90th anniver- New England. sary of the Forsyth program, Gail Weisberg DH ’74, receptions are planned for sev- president of the Forsyth eral locations in Massachusetts, Alumni Association, presented Connecticut and Florida. Infor- the Judy S. Harvey Award to mation on “The Dawn of a Jean Connor, RDH, vice presi- New Era,” the capital campaign dent, American Dental Hygien- for the Forsyth Dental Hygiene ists’ Association. The Alumni program will be presented. Association presents this award For more information on Susan Jenkins, FDHP faculty, Christel (Koppel) Autuori DH ’71, Minoru Horiuchi, DMD, to individuals who are not Florida receptions, alumni may and Barbara McCormack DH ’71, all former participants in Forsyth’s Project Rotundra. alumni but who have enhanced contact Jan Selwitz-Segal DH

32 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 ’65 at 941.355.4410 or jsel- tistry at age 15 while working for [email protected]. her grandfather, Edward Peaslee, For information on Massa- DMD, an orthodontist. He chusetts and Connecticut recep- practiced until age 92 and also tions, please contact Pat Ramsay served in the state legislature. at 617.735.1105 or pat.ram- Wacholtz is an active water- [email protected]. color painter and Reiki master. She lives with her husband, Ted, Alumna Named Maine’s in Boothbay, Maine; they have Hygienist of the Year two children. She can be reached Linda (Morrison) Wacholtz at [email protected]. Yankee Dental Congress Sponsors DH ’70 received the 2005- (Clockwise from above) With Gail 2006 Hygienist of the Year Call for Forsyth Barnes, John Cochrane and Kenny Nominations Baker, representatives of Patterson Award given by the Maine Dental Company; Alex Freedman of Dental Hygienists’ Association 2006 ESTHER M. SANAX Protective Products; Tonya (MDHA). WILKINS Ray, RDH, of Oral B Laboratories. A graduate of Northeastern DISTINGUISHED University and the New Eng- ALUMNI AWARD land School of Acupuncture, she All alumni and friends are has worked in both private prac- invited to nominate graduates tice and public health in Maine, of the Forsyth Dental Hygiene Vermont, Massachusetts, New program for the 2006 Esther York, and Switzerland. She is a M. Wilkins Distinguished past president of the MDHA, a Alumni Award. member of the American Dental Nominees are considered Hygienists’ Association, and the based on achievement in the Maine Dental Access Coalition. following areas: As proprietor of Dental Phases, • leadership a dental staffing service, she is • community service active in placing dental person- • personal education nel and in helping to satisfy an • professional contributions unfilled need around the state. • impact on the dental In 2002, Wacholtz, along hygiene profession with other past MDHA presi- • participation in profession In Orlando, Fla: (seated) Vincent Beebe, Esther M. Wilkins DH ’39, Jan Selwitz-Segal DH dents, formed Prevention Part- organizations ’65. (Standing) Andrea Gancarz, Forsyth faculty member; W. Gail Barnes, program direc- ners, Inc., a nonprofit public • dedication to the profes- tor; Pat Hartling Beebe DH ’47; Lea Schultz Goring DH ’58; Richard Goring. charity of which she is now the sion and to Forsyth executive director. Prevention Partners provides preventive 2006 OUTSTANDING oral-hygiene care to those who FORSYTH ALUMNI do not have routine access to AWARD dental care. This low-cost service Graduates of the Forsyth Dental is covered by Maine Care for Hygiene program are considered recipients 1 to 20 years of age for the award based on achieve- and is available in Women, ment in the following areas: Infants and Children centers, • distinguished in his/her Head Start locations, schools, career as a dental hygienist nursing homes, and physicians • respected by peers and offices all around the state, community where there is an expressed • a mentor to other hygienists need. In 2005, Prevention Part- • the epitome of one or more ners’ fully insured dental hygien- roles of a dental hygienist ists treated nearly 2,000 children • loyal to the Forsyth Dental in public school settings; 65 per- Hygiene program cent had never seen a dentist. • passionate toward the Home of Jackie Boucher Morelisse, Naples, Fla.: (seated) W. Gail Barnes; Esther M. A native of Augusta, Wach- profession Wilkins DH ’39. (Standing) Jeffrey Mudgett, Cynthia Deragon DH ’86, Jackie Morelisse DH ’85, Nancy (Peters) Costello DH ’57, Robert Segal, Fred Costello. oltz became interested in den- Continued on page 34

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 33 Nominations for each award must be made in writing to the director of the Forsyth Alumni Programs and Contin- uing Education by September 1, 2006. For more informa- tion, contact Pat Ramsay at 617.735.1105.

President Monahan Greets Forsyth Alumni in Florida As part of the year-long 90th anniversary of the Forsyth Dental Hygiene program, receptions were held in various Florida cities for Forsyth alumni. President Charles F. Monahan Jr. BSP ’62 1 attended the first Forsyth alumni reception in Delray Beach, Fla., in February. He updated alumni on the Ronald A. Matricaria Aca- demic and Student Center, the accelerated Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene program, and the Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene online degree-comple- tion program. A February recep- tion brunch was also held in Fort Lauderdale. Additional Florida events were scheduled in Naples and Sarasota, and in Orlando prior to the annual meeting of 2 the American Dental Educators Association. W. Gail Barnes, PhD, RDH, program director and department chair, Forsyth 3 Dental Hygiene program, and Esther M. Wilkins DH ’39, DMD, were in attendance.

SAVE THE DATE! 90th Anniversary Brunch Sunday, October 22, 2006 4 MCPHS–Boston White Hall 1. Forsyth alumni enjoy the American Orchid Society at Delray Beach. 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. 2. Alumni gather in Delray for President Monahan’s update on the College. 3. Batya (Kovler) Bayes DH ’73 and Jo-Ann Rauch DH ’73 at the Orchid Come and join Forsyth alumni, stu- Society at Delray Beach. dents, faculty and friends and cele- brate this milestone of the Forsyth 4. At the Alumni Brunch at Bimini Boatyard Restaurant in Fort Dental Hygiene program. Enjoy Lauderdale, Bob Worsley, Georgia (Yulke) Worsley DH ’66, Janet (Penney) brunch, renew old acquaintances, and Cronin DH ’69, Amy Woiszwillo DH’00, and Pat Ramsay DH ’66. tour the Esther M. Wilkins Forsyth 5. At the Tropical Breeze Resort Siesta Key, Sarasota, Fla.: Debbie (Harlow) Dental Hygiene Clinic. Balas DH ’72, Roberta (Parker) Berson DH ’62, Cynthia Welch DH ’79. 5

34 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 Friday, June 9 Can-Can Have Kick-off Reunion Weekend You Fu Buffet Dinner Radisson Boston Hotel n 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. - Your Choice!—Come as you are and join us for a rolling buffet dinner. Later, w enjoy a choice of performances with fellow alumni, it or simply enjoy Boston by foot! $45/person h y Blue Man Group Rewired Charles Playhouse o 7:00 p.m. - performance—Blue Man Group has been u rewired & re-tooled for the 21st Century. If you’ve seen r them before, come check out the new material. If not…now’s the time! Revel with three enigmatic bald & C l blue characters who’ll take you through a multi- a sensory experience combining theatre, percussion, s s music, art, science, and vaudeville unlike any- - thing else. Bring the family! $56/person m a Comedy Club at the Tribe Theatre 67 Stuart Street te 8:00 p.m. - performance—Voted Boston’s Best s Comedy Club for the last three years & critically in reviewed to be the Saturday Night Live sketch com- Boston! edy of the city, the Tribe Theatre’s improv group continues to excite and keep the city laughing. 18+ years old $10/person Alumni Saturday, June 10 Tour Fenway Park! Home of the Boston Red Sox, Yawkey Way 1:30 p.m. Drive or hop the T to Fenway and enjoy a behind- Reunion the-scenes look at America's most beloved ballpark, including park improvements for 2006. $10/adult, $8/children between the Weekend 2006 ages of 2 & 14 Pamper Yourself! An Afternoon of Sweet Treats & Beauty The Radisson Boston Hotel 200 Stuart Street 1:00 – 3:30 p.m. Join us for tea & desserts while some of the areas up and com- ing stylists ready you for Reunion Dinner! Get your makeup & nails done, while receiving the latest in fashion & hairstyling tips – all in the comfort of the hotel. $55/person Duck Tours of Boston Boarding at the Museum of Science–Science Park 12:30 – 3:00 p.m. Drive or catch the T to the museum and tour Boston by land and by sea on the famous World War II amphibious vehicles! Join your conDUCKtor as he shows you all the sights of the city. $22/person To order tickets: Fill out both sides of the Reunion Dinner The Boston Park Plaza Hotel, 64 Arlington Street form on page 47 and mail it with check or 5:30 p.m. Cocktail Receptions 6:30 p.m. Dinner & Dancing—It’s that time of year again! The annual Reunion Dinner Dance will be held in the majestic Grand Ballroom. payment information to Alumni Events, Join your classmates for cocktail receptions and an exquisite dinner! Then dance all Office of Alumni Relations, MCPHS, 179 night long to the sounds of the World Premier Band who recently toured in Las Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. Or, Vegas! Who needs the Moulin Rouge? $75/person fax it to 617.732.2062, Att: Alumni events. Once payment is received, your tickets Sunday, June 11 and/or information will be mailed to you. Au-revoir! Reunion Weekend Wind-down Events For additional information, contact the Forsyth Alumni Association Annual Meeting MCPHS–Boston Campus, 179 Longwood Office of Alumni Relations at 617.732.2902, Avenue – Reed Hall 9:00 a.m. or [email protected]. Or, register Annual Alumni Brunch MCPHS Boston Campus, 179 Longwood Avenue online at WWW.mcphs.edu. 10:00 am -12:30 p.m. Buffet Brunch & Tours—Visit with your classmates one more time before heading back home! Join us for a champagne buffet brunch with all the fixings and tour the campus. Parking for Sunday events is available at the college. $10/person Accommodations Options For hotel reservations, contact the Boston Park Plaza at 800.225.2008, $239/night by May 10, 2006, or the Radisson Boston Hotel at 800.333.3333, $189/per night, by May 22, 2006. Be sure to refer to Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science Alumni Weekend Block.

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 35 Lambert have three children (Stephen— deceased, Paula, and Phil), six grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. In retirement, he and Dorothy will continue to travel and enjoy their family. Son Phil plans to carry on in the pharmacy profession as the supervisor of phar- macy at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls, Mont. Rita (Domont) McPherson DH Forsyth lives with her husband William in Nashua, N.H. They have five grown children. She and William are both retired and are enjoying trav- Give your classmates something eling and became great-grandparents in 2005. to read about! Write, fax, or e-mail June (Forsberg) Peterson DH Forsyth of us with your news: The Bulletin, North Olmstead, Ohio, was vice president of Alex Fini proudly displays his MCPHS attire for his her graduating class at Forsyth, is a member of MCPHS, 179 Longwood Ave., grandpa, Charlie Fini BSP ’44, who submitted this the Women’s Board of the Lake Erie Nature and Boston, MA 02115. photo to The Bulletin along with a letter describing his Science Center, and commends her three sons Fax: 617.732.2062; encounter with Hurricane Wilma. (To read the letter, for keeping her in the educational business. e-mail: [email protected] see page 20.)

class notes or visit www.mcphs.edu 1953 Charlotte (Kelley) Campbell DH Forsyth of Tulsa, Okla. retired after 52 years as a dental hygienist, the longest in Oklahoma history. In th June 9 - 11, 2006 1936 60 ! June 2003 she received the Outstanding Beatrice (Lapidus) Miller DH Forsyth resides Alumni Award at the 50th anniversary of her at Larell Villages in Auburndale, Mass. She has 1946 Forsyth class. She was also the first recipient of two grown children, Carol and Geoffrey, and Sheila (Feingold) Sawyer DH Forsyth of the Outstanding Member Award presented the continues her education with accredited courses Chestnut Hill, Mass. has three grown chil- same year by the Tulsa County Dental Hygien- throughout the year. dren—two sons and one daughter—and seven ists’ Society. With her husband, Tom, she has grandchildren. three daughters and eleven grandchildren. Dorothy (Bestwick) Trehy DH Forsyth lives 1943 in East Greenwich, R.I. with husband Joseph Joel I. Loher BSP lives in South Pasadena, Fla. Trehy Jr., a retired lieutenant colonel with the He served time in the Marine Corps and Navy, U.S. Army. After marrying in 1952, Dorothy 50th!June 9 - 11, 2006 and is retired as chief of pharmacy for the VA and Joseph traveled extensively, living in Medical centers in Louisville, Ky. and Mem- Arkansas, Washington, North Carolina, Mary- 1956 phis, Tenn. Currently he serves on the South land, and Germany. They have two grown Pasadena Planning Zoning Committee. Chester (Chet) E. Babineau BSP of Pepperell, daughters, Jane and Beth. Dorothy is the past Mass., proprietor of Babineau Pharmacy, is president of the East Greenwich Civic Club, now retired and serves on the MCPHS Board 1944 founder and past president of the local Animal of Trustees. He has served as president for Ellen (Crahan) Daly DH Forsyth writes, “A new Protection League (1980) and currently serves MSPA, BARD, BDA and the MCP Century dental hygiene program began last September at as the league’s corresponding secretary. Club. Chet is involved with various committees Mount Wachusett Community College in Gard- and organizations in Pepperell. He and wife ner, Mass. The clinical portion of the program is 1947 taking place at Burbank Hospital in Fitchburg. I Burton Black BSP lives with his wife Eleanor ADH/Associate of Science in Dental Hygiene was honored this fall when the Ellen Daly Clini- in Boynton Beach, Fla. They have three grown cal Classroom was opened. Beginning in 1987, ART/Associate of Science in Radiation Therapy sons and four grandchildren. Burton sold ANMT/Associate of Science in Nuclear Medicine as a member of the board of trustees at Mount Smith’s Drugstore in Wakefield, Mass. to Wachusett, serving as chair of the board for five Technology Maryesther Fournier BSP ’75. He and Eleanor BS/Bachelor of Science years, I advocated for a dental hygiene program love to travel and are enjoying retirement. in the area served by the college. Budget con- BS Hampden/Hampden College of Pharmacy straints postponed the creation of the program BSHS/Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences for many years. This area of the Commonwealth BSP/Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy needs improved dental care, particularly for chil- 55th!June 9 - 11, 2006 BSPS/Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences dren. Twelve students were welcomed into the BSRS/Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Science first class, and I am confident that these students BSDH/Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene will bring pride and professionalism to their 1951 BSHP/Bachelor of Science in Health Psychology careers in the coming years. Mount Wachusett Rhea (Golden) Comen lives in Stamford, DH Forsyth/Forsyth School of Dental Hygiene has had outstanding nursing programs for many Conn. with her husband Alan. They have three MSP/Master of Science in Pharmacy years, and the bar will be held high for the den- daughters and three son-in-laws, three grand- MS/Master of Science tal hygiene program as well.” sons and three granddaughters. Rhea volunteers MSRA/Master of Science in Drug Regulatory Affairs Charles J. Fini BSP writes that he survived at a senior citizens home, is a youth tutor at an and Health Policy Hurricane Wilma in Florida this fall with some elementary school, and reads to children at a MSN/Master of Science in Nursing inconveniences but no damage. (For details, see local pediatric clinic. She has also worked for MSPA/Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies page 20.) the library, at several book stores and non- PharmD/Doctor of Pharmacy profit organizations. PhD/Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacy R. Stanley Grandone BSP of Millbury, PhC/Pharmaceutical Chemist (graduate degree) Mass. will retire on December 31, 2006 after PhG/Graduate in Pharmacy 55 years in pharmacy. He and his wife Dorothy

36 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 The Bulletin is grateful to Burt Black of the class of 1947 for sending us these photos from MCPHS’ past: (clockwise, from top left) Rho Pi Phi Fraternity, 1947; 1945 class trip to Abbott Lab, posing with Rosalie Shapero, Paul Hondak, Phyllis Matsur, Jack Puritz, Elizabeth Mahoney and Mike Goldman; Dr. Archibald, Dr. Bauer and the Lilly salesman at the Lilly plant; Dr. Bauer with Mike Goldman (president of the class of ’47); Dr. Archibald.

Carole have three children, and their daughter papers on maritime issues, and is a retired com- Brith. Irving and Judith will celebrate 50 years Linda graduated from MCPHS in 1981. mander in the U.S. Navy. of marriage on November 24, 2006. Richard Bitner BSP of Lansdale, Pa. has Sol Cohen BSP, is enjoying retirement in Lenore (Michelman) Monsein BSP is the been keeping busy with the Lansdale Historical Boynton Beach, Fla. with his wife, Beverly, and chairperson for the Women’s Health Forum Society and with the Lansdale park and recre- spending time with sons Robert and Richard. and a friend of the Melrose Symphony. She ation department, giving fun, informative lec- George Fox BSP works as a staff pharmacist lives in Melrose, Mass. with her husband San- tures on the history and comedy of early for Walgreens Pharmacy in Burlington, Mass. ford Monsein, OD. pharmacy practice. Richard followed in the George spends his winters in Del Ray Beach, John Moynihan BSP received his MS from foot steps of his father, who was a pharmacist Fla. with his wife Naomi (Weintraub) BSP. the University of Massachusetts. He and wife in the early 1900s. Naomi volunteers for the elderly in her Del Katherine live in West Springfield, Mass. and Robert “Mike” Blouin BSP of Vienna, Va. Ray Beach community. She and George have have two grown daughters and a son-in-law. and wife Georgianna have two daughters and a two children, Marc Alan and Toby. Marshall Sade BSP lives in Del Ray Beach, son. He spent two years in France teaching Irving Kalish BSP of Hull, Mass., is enjoy- Fla. with his wife, Ellen. Marshall is a former English and American civilization and five ing life with his wife Judith and their children, councilman, vice mayor, and mayor of Lake years at the U.S. Naval War College in New- Sheryl, Neal, and Cindy, and their five grand- Clarke Shores, Fla. He and Ellen have three port, R.I. as a professor of naval operations and children, ages 2-16. Irving is a past president of grown children. merchant marine affairs. He authored several Temple Beth Sholom and Hull Lodge B’nai

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 37 John Bertolami BSP ’67

Nantucket: An Irresistible Draw for a Community Pharmacist John Bertolami BSP ’67 has a special place in his heart for the pre–civil war pharmacy he owns on picture-perfect Nantucket Island—and for the College who first steered him to a summer job there in 1976. “Congdon’s Pharmacy is a very pretty store loaded with antiques; it still looks like an 1860s pharmacy,” said Bertolami. Located right on Main Street, Congdon’s Pharmacy has a 50s-style soda fountain, which serves milkshakes and gourmet sandwiches, a busy phar- macy, and the original woodwork dating back to the 1860s; customers often photograph the interior while their prescriptions are being filled. Bertolami explained that he worked in retail pharmacy in and around Massa- chusetts and in Washington, D.C., before taking a position teaching English at “I love everything about MCPHS ever since Charlie Monahan took over. The College gave me a great education and the background I needed to succeed in Congdon’s Pharmacy on Main Street, Nantucket. my profession.” After being back in the Boston area for several years, Bertolami estab- lished the Boston Pharmacy Management Company (BPMC), which employs an all-girls school in Barcelona, Spain. Upon his return to the United States, he 86 people, not including the 12 employees at Congdon’s. BPMC manages the contacted the College for leads on temporary pharmacy positions; the College two pharmacies at Boston Medical Center. In 1999, the lease expired on Con- referred him to a summer job at Congdon’s Pharmacy. An avid sailor, he gdon’s Pharmacy, and Bertolami, remembering his years as a community jumped at the chance to spend the summer on lovely Nantucket with its 800- pharmacist, repurchased the pharmacy and hired a pharmacist and manager plus, pre-civil war homes, an irresistible draw to summertime tourists. Two to operate Congdon’s. years later, Congdon’s owners Harry Rex and Walter Fairbanks PhG ’23, an “I consider the pharmacies at Boston Medical Center as my main busi- alumnus, both in their mid-70s, called him to ask if he was interested in pur- nesses, but I still have a soft spot in my heart for Nantucket,” he said. chasing the pharmacy. That was in 1977. And for the College. “I was a community pharmacist, and I just loved it,” said Bertolami, who “I love everything about MCPHS ever since Charlie Monahan took over,” lived and worked on the island for more than 10 years; he was also the con- said Bertolami, who had his ups and downs as an MCPHS student. (In the sultant to Nantucket Cottage Hospital. 1960s, Bertolami had long hair and rode his motorcycle to MCPHS; he was Seven years later Bertolami opened a second drugstore outside of town, told by one professor that “some students are not cut out to be pharmacists.”) the Island Value Pharmacy, which turned out to be “a great success.” Eventu- “The College gave me a great education and the background I needed to ally, Bertolami and his wife and children moved off-island; he sold Island succeed in my profession,” he continued. “The recent growth of the school is Value Pharmacy and Congdon’s. wonderful; President Monahan brought it into the 21st century.”

Melvin Shear BSP of Boynton Beach, Fla., two grown sons and six grandchildren. Marjorie Enfield, Conn. He is vice president of the West- originally from Worcester, Mass., lives with his is vice chair of the Weare District School Board. ern Massachusetts Pharmacists Association. wife, Joan. Melvin served on the Men’s Club James Lukes BSP of Worcester, Mass. has George A. Demeritt BSP lives with his Board of Directors and is a past president for joined Preventative Medicine Associates of wife, Alice, in Middleton, Mass. George retired the Kiwanis Club. Greater Boston in Brookline, Mass. as a clinical briefly in 2000, but returned to work in Janu- Harold H Wolf BSP of Salt Lake City, psycho-pharmacologist. ary 2004 and was appointed Long Term Care Utah, serves as a consultant to the Anticonvul- Ombudsman Director at the North Shore sant Drug Development Program at the Uni- Elder Services overseeing 43 nursing homes. versity of Utah, where he is professor emeritus Martha L. (Greenshade) Elliot DH Forsyth of pharmacology and toxicology. 45th!June 9 - 11, 2006 lives with her husband, Leon, in Maynard, Carl L. Zeytoonian BSP is chair of The Mass. They have five grown children. Wheelchair Foundation for Armenia and also 1961 Joseph M. Epstein BSP lives in Stamford, chair of the planning and zoning board in Bernard Berkowitz BSP lives in Riverside, Conn. with his wife, Bette. Joseph recently sold Pompano Beach, Fla., where he lives with wife Calif. and is involved in the Assistance League the store he owned for 39 years, and now works Naomi. of Riverside and the American Red Cross. He is for CVS/Pharmacy. a retired pharmacy technician instructor at Ronald A. Gomes BSP of Lexington, Mass. 1957 Chaffey College. is a priest of the Roman Catholic Church and Marjorie (Mogan) Burke BSP lives with her Eugene D. Cantor BSP of Long Meadow, serves a number of parishes in the Archdiocese husband, Donald, in Weare, N.H. They have Mass. lives with his wife, Janice, and works in of Boston.

38 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 Robert A. Lerner BSP lives with his wife, River Health Services of Hope Valley, R.I. She The Great Yearbook Give Away Phyllis, in Winthrop, Mass. Robert and Phyllis and husband Albert make their home in West- have three grown children—two daughters and erly, R.I. The Alumni Office has come into possession of one son. Everett F. Penney BSP is the health director surplus yearbooks for the years listed below. We Robert L. Raymond BSP of Englewood, at the Andover Health Department in Andover, will give away free copies as long as the supplies Fla. is retired as vice president of Global Busi- Mass. He and wife Claire live in Dracut, Mass. last. E-mail us at [email protected] ness Development at Firmenich, Inc. He and Carol (Sady) Rosa DH Forsyth of Austin, with your name, mailing address and phone his wife Maureen have three grown children. Texas is an avid volunteer for, among other Doris A. (Noel) Twardosky BSP works for organizations, Habitat for Humanity, and Mobile numbers, and the year you are requesting. Patient Care Pharmacy in Englewood, Fla., Loaves and Fishes—a program for indigent chil- where she lives with her husband, William. dren in South Austin. Carol lives with her hus- 1983 1992 1997 2002 band, Richard, and has two grown daughters. 1987 1995 1999 2003 1963 Martin N. Segal BSP of Ocoee, Fla. retired 1996 2001 Donald “Don” McBride BSP has retired and from Walgreens Pharmacy. He and wife Susan sold Hall’s Pharmacy, a business his family have three children and two grandchildren. enjoyed. Don plans on remaining very active and pursuing his favorite hobbies and sports 1970 1974 such as skiing, hunting, kayaking, driving his Paula J. (Dion) Daeppen DH Forsyth lives in Barry T. Lyons BSP was recently promoted to tractor, tending his property, and spending Switzerland with her husband Hans. Paula is a sergeant in the Dracut, Mass. Police Depart- time with his 12 grandchildren. past president of the American Women’s Club of ment. He lives in Dracut with his wife, Suzanne, Clayton T. Shaw BSP was a guest speaker Zurich, and acts as a representative to the United and has two grown children. Barry was previ- at the Albuquerque Balloon Festival osteopathic Nations for a nongovernmental organization. ously director of pharmacy at Saints Memorial meeting in October 2005. He was also elected Arthur J. Lawrence BSP was recently hon- Medical Center and St. Joseph’s Hospital in chief of staff at Mesquite Community Hospital ored at the ASHP midyear clinical meeting Lowell, Mass. in Mesquite, Texas. with the Board of Directors Award of Honor for his advocacy on pharmacists’ behalf as one 1975 1965 of the top health policy-makers in the nation. Dennis G. Lyons BSP is vice president for Insti- Ronald “Ron” Promer BSP retired from Novo Joseph G. Yered BSP recently retired from tutional Advancement at MCPHS, and serves Nordisk after 35 years. He was senior director Eli Lilly and Co. after 27 years of service. Joseph on the board of directors for the Massachusetts of sales, Bio-Pharmaceutical Division, and was is currently a staff pharmacist for Von’s Food and Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors. instrumental in the launch of NovoSeven and Drug in Ventura, Calif., and is enrolled in the Norditropin. He lives with his wife, Nancy, in non-traditional PharmD program at MCPHS. Bucks Country, Pa. They have two children and two grandchildren. Reunion for class years ending in th June 9 - 11, 2006 40 ! “1” and “6”! 1966 Richard K. Bourne BSP lives in White House MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Station, N.J. with his wife, Charlotte. They Friday, Saturday & Sunday, June 9-11, 2006 have two grown children. Donald G. Floriddia BSP of Stockton, Calif. is associate dean at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif. Donald serves on the Robert J. Moura BSP of Arlington, Mass. Board of Trustees and is the treasurer for the June 9 - 11, 2006 was named director of pharmacy services at 35th! Emerson Hospital. Pharmacy Foundation of California. Mario Forcione BSP of Osterville, Mass. is Ralph Oliver BSP, owner of Oliver Drug in a clinical pharmacist at Falmouth Hospital. He 1971 Plymouth, N.H., is enjoying being a pharmacist, and his wife, Teresa, have three grown children Dennis E. Checkoway BSP lives with his wife, as well as the owner of an independent pharmacy. and three grandchildren. Laurie, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Dennis works for Oliver Drug is a member of the recently formed Peter A. Grasso BSP is chief compliance Safeway Pharmacy as a staff pharmacist. N.H. Independent Pharmacy Association. investigator for the State of New Hampshire Gerald A. Enos BSP works for CVS/Phar- Board of Pharmacy. He and wife Tracy live in macy in Leominster, Mass. Dennis lives with his wife, Rita, in Hubbardston, Mass. Laconia, N.H. and have three children. June 9 - 11, 2006 Ronald A. Matricaria BSP is retired and Harvey Kaplan BSP lives in Wellington, 30th! lives with his wife, Lucille, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Fla. with his wife, Joan. Janice (Gould) Maxham DH Forsyth works John T. Kenney BSP of Bridgewater, Mass. 1976 for Servu, Inc. in Farmington, Maine. Janice is attending the Massachusetts General Hospi- Domenico Carbone BSP lives in Worcester, lives with her husband, Daniel, and has two tal Institute of Health Professions post-bac- Mass. with wife Debbie and is director of phar- grown children. calaureate program in medical imagery and macy at McKesson Medication Management. Alita M. (Fishlin) Millen DH Forsyth is radiography. He lives with his wife, Kathryn, Arthur Chaput BSP lives in Worcester, owner of Jerusalem Products Co. in Pikesville, and has a son and a daughter. Mass. with wife Dawn and teenage children, Md. She and her husband, Ron, have four chil- William H. Rouine BSP lives with his wife, Colby and Gregory. He is currently working at dren and four grandchildren. Mary, in Billerica, Mass. William is a staff phar- Solunet LLC in New Jersey. Grace R. (McCarthy) Ouimet DH macist at Walgreens Pharmacy. Claudia (Lis) Conway BSP lives in Center Forsyth works as a dental hygienist for Wood Barnstead, N.H. with husband David. She has

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 39 a teenage son, Robert, and is working at Elliot Hospital as a staff pharmacist. Gerald (Jay) Fichera BSP lives in Methuen, Alumni Night at Fenway! Mass. and is pharmacist-in-charge at CVS in Boston Red Sox vs. Cleveland Indians Methuen. He has two teenage children, Kathryn and Peter. His family includes his father Altio Thursday, August 3, 2006 Fichera BSP ’43 and older brother Horace 5 p.m. – Dinner at MCPHS (Bud) Fichera BSP ’72. 6:15 p.m. – First trolley trip departs MCPHS for Fenway Park. Annette (Basler) Reichenbaugh BSP lives in Fairfax, Va. with husband Scott. She is phar- Parking will be available in the College’s underground macy director for Reston Hospital Center in garage. Reston, Va. 7:05 – Play Ball! Susan (Meehan) Sullivan BSP lives in Phoenix, Ariz. with husband John. She is NOTE: Return trip to MCPHS is 15 minutes after the end of employed at Caremark in Scottsdale and has a the 9th inning. (In the event of overtime, those wishing to stay will have to provide their own trans- 21-year old son, Brian. portation back to MCPHS). Steven Valliere BSP lives in Mattapoisett, Mass. with his wife, Margaret. He works at $45 per person – limit of four tickets per order! This is the only game we were able to get Cephalon as the associate director of CNS this year, so sign up today – tickets will not last!! Sign up at www.mcphs.edu. Medical Science Liaisons. He has two grown daughters, Kristin and Elizabeth.

1977 Clearwater. He is active in the Boy Scouts of Dana Mullen BSP was married to Nancy Jim Burke BSP ran for re-election in the Dud- America and the Palm Harbor United Methodist Peloquin in a double ring ceremony at their ley-Charlton Regional School District in May Church. home in Dunbarton, N.H. in December 2005. 2005. He and his wife Elaine have two daugh- Maureen Farrell BSP lives in Hollis, N.H. Catherine (O’Reilly) Taglieri BSP discussed ters in college, Mary and Caitlin. He works as a with her husband, Donald, and works for blood pressure medication and its effect on the pharmacist and was a teacher in the Worcester Health Dialog Analytic Solutions as director of human body at the Jenks Center in Winchester, public school system. pharmacy services. Her son, Christopher, was Mass. in May 2005. Catherine works in retail married to Lauren Hall of Lancaster, Pa. in pharmacy at the Winchester CVS. 1980 October 2005. Her mother and father, John David Kashnow BSP is chairman of the Syna- and Irene McGreevy are both BSP ’53. 1983 gogue Committee for the Beis Menachem Martin Galasyn BSP lives in Dalton, N.H. Lynne (Chernoff) Vezina BSP owns Vermont Mendel Chabad synagogue in Brighton, Mass. with wife Bonnie and children Martin Jr., Family Pharmacy in the New North End in He also sits on the board of directors of the Matthew, Mitchell, Molly, and Emily. He is Burlington, Vt. Since she bought the pharmacy, Shloh House Day School in Brighton. (As a employed as a pharmacist at Littleton Regional she has added an extensive line of durable correction to the previous Bulletin class news Hospital. goods and expanded the compounding depart- listing, he no longer sits on the board of New Joel Greene BSP is pharmacy manager for ment. She and husband John Vezina live with England Hebrew Academy.) In addition to his Florida Atlantic University, at the student their great dane, Odie. four children, he also has two grandchildren health services in Boca Raton. He is also a con- Donna (Bucher) Horn BSP assumed the who are living with their parents in Jerusalem, sultant pharmacist. His son, Shane, just turned chairpersonship for the executive committee of Israel. 13 and is preparing for his bar mitzvah in June the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Obidon Onujiogu BSP was featured in the 2006. for 2005-2006 in May 2005. She also received Somerset Spectator in May 2005 with a feature Gary Kerr BSP has been director of phar- the President’s Award for expanding and creating article “Gas Station owner living the American macy at Baystate Health since December 2004. new initiatives during her previous presidency. dream in Somerset.” The article discussed Onu- He currently resides in Somers, Conn. with his Jodie (Moskow) Ploshnick DH Forsyth jiogu’s success since arriving in the United wife, Debra, and children Aram, Ani, and John. wrote that she and husband Ira just celebrated States in 1993. He currently lives in Fall River, His family includes brother Jeff Kerr BSP ’86. their 20th wedding anniversary. The couple has Mass. and has five children between the ages of Grace Portelli BSP lives in Bloomingdale, two teenage children, Aaron and Randi. She is 10 and 21. N.J. and is employed as clinical liaison at still practicing dental hygiene part time in New John Reynolds BSP ran for Northboro- Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals. She has Jersey, and Jodie was recently certified as a Southboro Regional School Committee in May three children, Jake, Matt, and Luke. Jazzercise instructor. 2005. He resides in Northboro with his wife, Mary (Allen) Scott BSP currently resides in Anne (O’Dwyer) Rentz BSP lives in San Lynne, and daughter Mary Kate. Sparta, Mich. with husband Wesley and children Diego, Calif. Eric and Emilie. She is a consultant pharmacist for Heartland Healthcare in Toledo, Ohio. 1984 Lynne (Alexander) Wholley DH Forsyth Catherine (Niven) Awwad BSP was recently 25th!June 9 - 11, 2006 lives in Danvers, Mass. with husband Paul and featured in an article in the Republican-Ameri- children Taylor and Ross. She is the residential can of Waterbury, Conn. She currently serves 1981 dental hygienist in the office of John K. Arg- on the board of Northwest Regional Workforce Carol (Larivee/Lohman) Brann BSP lives in eros, DMD, in Peabody. Investment, which does nonprofit job training. Franklin, Mass. with her husband, John, and is Arthur Margolis BSP received the Most employed by CVS Pharmacy as a staff pharma- 1982 Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award for 2005 at cist. She has two teenage children, Theresa and Brian Hanley BSP spoke on the topic of med- the Massachusetts Pharmacists Association meet- Kehan. ication and heart disease at the Heartline meet- ing at Foxwoods Resort in September. In 2003 Mark Dodge BSP lives in Palm Harbor, Fla. ing in Milford, Mass. in May 2005. He works Arthur opened America’s Compounding Center with wife Lynne and his children, Matthew and at Stop and Shop Pharmacy in Milford. in West Newton, Mass. with the help of his Melissa, and is chief pharmacist for CVS in father, Jon Margolis BSP ’58, and recently hired

40 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 Christel (Koppel) Autuori DH ’71

A Passion for Promotion and Prevention The year was 1972. Christel (Koppel) Autuori DH ’71 Forsyth volunteered for the Forsyth Pro- ject Rotunda at the Forsyth Institute, an innovative program aimed at training dental hygienists to administer anesthesia, to remove tooth decay, and to fill, pack, and finish the restoration. Under the direction of Ralph Lobene, DMD, now deceased, the program’s goal was to address the crisis in oral health care so that dental hygienists could provide much-needed dental care at lower cost and in a more timely manner to those without access to oral health care. “It was so exciting,” recalls Autuori, one of 10 dental hygienists selected for the program. “We were taught what no other dental hygienist in the world had learned. The procedures were not difficult, and we learned the proce- dures sequentially and logically.” Alas, after completing two years of full-time training, including performing the procedures on clinic patients and receiving excellent doctor-evaluated reports, the hygienists were never allowed to practice their skills. Phase three of Christel with a young friend in Honduras. the project, in which the newly trained hygienists were to be dispatched to area ning workshops and courses for dental professionals as well as high school “Forsyth Project Rotunda provides a his- athletics and the general public. But her other passion for the last six years is participating with Cape torical perspective. And it can be used a CARES (Central American Relief Efforts), a life-changing experience, both pro- model for the curriculum now being fessionally and personally. “You can get complacent about your profession,” she says. “Then it hit me: this is why I went into this field, to help people.” developed for the ADHP position. … In the tiny village of San Marcos in Western Honduras, she has made dra- We proved that it worked.” matic gains in providing oral prophylaxis, which jumped from zero to 25 per- cent of the procedures performed. A second dental hygienist is now part of the team so Autuori can keep up with the demand—mostly from children—for pre- dental offices, was scrapped after questions were raised by the Massachusetts ventive care. Every year before the trip, Autuori spearheads a toothbrush drive Dental Society about the legality of dental hygienists performing the procedures. in the Ridgefield, Conn. public schools and collects more than 4,000 for distri- Thirty-one years later in 2004, the American Dental Hygienists’ Associa- bution in the Honduras school, where she converses in her high-school Span- tion (ADHA) proposed establishing the advanced dental hygiene practitioner ish with teachers and students about the importance of good dental health. (ADHP) to provide diagnostic, preventive, restorative and therapeutic services “Most of the children we see in Honduras have never had their own tooth- directly to the public. ADHA’s objective was to answer the unmet oral health brushes,” explains Autuori. “By the time they are 12, they are losing perma- needs for the under-served population due to a declining number of dentists. nent teeth.” Sound familiar? Upon her return from Honduras, she presents slide and video programs to “Forsyth Project Rotunda provides a historical perspective,” says Autuori, Ridgefield school children about the need for dental care in Honduras. Word who gave the keynote address about her experiences at the 2005 Connecticut has spread in the area about the project, and school children in neighboring Dental Hygienists’ Association Nutmeg Conference. “And it can be used as a communities contributed educational materials and English/Spanish diction- model for the curriculum now being developed for the ADHP position.… We aries, as well as toothbrushes. proved that it worked.” Attending the Forsyth program has allowed her to have a wonderful career When she is not advocating for dental hygienists and working with state and family—she and her husband have two children—and her younger sister legislators to effect changes in the Connecticut State Dental Practice Act, Karen (Koppel) Cawley DH ’74 Forsyth followed in her educational footsteps. “I which does not currently allow dental hygienists to place restorations, she is a received the best education at Forsyth,” says Autuori, who had Barbara practicing dental hygienist and recently became certified to administer local Schulze DH ’50 as one of her clinical instructors. “That’s why I chose the anesthesia. She is also a certified AcuYoga teacher and Reiki practitioner, run- Forsyth program. The clinical experience was far superior to other programs.”

Rosalie Abbot BSP ’87. Arthur’s grandfather was that he is “determined to bring natural medi- Claire (Sheehy) Akerman BSP lives in Nor- Abraham Margolis, of the class of 1928. cine and alternatives to the residents.” ton, Mass. with her husband, Stephen, and Robert Witt BSP married Nicole Neal in their two children, Kyle and Jillian. She is October at the Jay Baptist Church in Jay, Maine. working as a floater pharmacist for CVS. He is co-owner of Howard’s Rexall in Farming- Ahmad Alhaddad BSP lives in Fort Myers, ton. The couple resides in Industry, Maine. 20th!June 9 - 11, 2006 Fla. with his wife, Sonia, and their two chil- dren, Andy and Sam. Ahmad is the owner of 1985 1986 Weaver’s Corner Pharmacy in Fort Myers. Robert Play BSP was recently featured in an Ash Desai BSP lives in London, England with John Bednarz BSP lives in Raleigh, N.C. article “New Pharmacist Offers Natural Reme- his family and works for Cedar Care Homes with wife Terri and their daughter, Natalie. He dies” in the Wiscasset, a newspaper in Boothbay, Ltd. in Bristol. is director of pharmacy for Food Lion, LLC in Maine. He makes his home in Bath and says Salisbury, N.C.

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 41 Mystery from the Archives Elizabeth (DeMarco) Carrick BSP lives in Pelham, N.H. with husband Ron and their daughters, Alyssa and Lauren. Elizabeth works as a pharmacist for the VA Consolidated Mail Out- patient Pharmacy–Northeast in Bedford, Mass. Marilou (Marchetto) Gibson BSP lives in Englewood, Fla. and currently works at Venice Regional Medical Center as a staff pharmacist. She and husband Michael have one child, Cord Gibson. Christine (Sullivan) Gorman DH Forsyth is employed as a dental hygienist for South Shore Dental Prosthetics in Quincy, Mass. She lives in South Weymouth with her husband, Thomas. Anthony Register BSP lives in Ocoee, Fla. with his wife, Monica, and their two children, Anthony and Porsha. He works as a clinical pharmacist for Florida Hospital in Kissimmee. 1987 Judy Barrett BSN was recently named director of quality management for Milton Hospital, Milton Mass. She oversees, develops, and implements hospital-wide quality improve- ment, performance improvement, risk manage- Another chance to win... ment, and infection control programs. Ismael Zaragoza BSP was promoted to the The first MCPHS alumna/nus to name every per- rank of major in the U.S. Army Reserve. He son in the photo above will win his/her choice of occupies the position of chief of pharmacy in two (2) tickets to Blue Man Group (the alumni the 369 Combat Support Hospital. He is cur- outing during Reunion Weekend 2006) OR $100 rently residing in Ponce, Puerto Rico. worth of MCPHS merchandise (visit the alumni merchandise page at www.mcphs.edu). E-mail your 1988 entry to [email protected], or call Audrey (Hicks) Will BSP recently welcomed 617.732.2076 by June 1, 2006 …and get lucky! her third child, Brady, with husband Mark and their two older children, Brogan and Bridget. They reside in Myrtle Beach, S.C. She writes, two children, Rebekkah and Wyatt. She works “Andrea, where are you? Contact the alumni as a registered dental hygienist for Dentistry for And the WINNER is… office to get in touch!” Children in Weymouth, Mass. Dana Royal BSP ’96 correctly identified all the peo- Gregg Chorbajian BSP is currently involved ple in the above photo of the 1997 MCPHS baseball in the Olympic Club of San Francisco, Sigma 1989 team, which ran in the fall 2005 issue of The Alpha Epsilon, and the Oakland TREX Frater- Larry Maida Jr. BSP was recently featured in Bulletin. They are (seated) Dave Demicco, Steve nity. He lives in Danville, Calif. with his wife, the Arlington Advocate of Concord, Mass. for Townsend, Sal Mellace, Brian Marden, Nick Correia; Lisa, their two children, Nikolai and Christian, his role in customizing patient care. He is a (standing) Helen Dakin (trainer), John Piazza (coach), and their dog Yosemite. He works as a consult- third-generation pharmacist and works with his Jaimie Charron, Ethan Adams, Todd Brothers, Matt ant pharmacist for Omnicare in Modesto, Calif. father at the only locally owned pharmacy left Newman, Rich Basso, and James Gagnon. Brian Maria (Garcia) Etti BSP was recently fea- in Arlington. Marden PharmD ’01 gets an honorable mention, tured in the Suffield Observer of Suffield, Conn. and extra points for effort! as a “Person you should know.” She is chief 1990 pharmacist at CVS in Suffield and mother of Brenda Fortin-Caraco BSP was featured in the four children between the ages of 2 and 7. burgh Medical Center. She lives in Pittsburgh Burlington Union of Concord, Mass. as a “Face Donna (Fox) Goodhart BSP is currently with husband James and daughter Shay. in the Crowd” for “her role in bringing western living in Chicago, Ill. with her husband, Matt, Jessica Neumann BSP lives in Strafford, medicine and all natural products to the area.” and their child, Hayden. She is expecting the N.H. and works as the admissions pharmacist She is the district trainer for pharmacy man- couple’s second child in June 2006. for Coram Healthcare in Hopkinton, Mass. agers, pharmacists, and technicians for Wal- Bonnie (Lawlor) Judd BSP is a per diem Judy (Crane) Tanzella DH Forsyth works greens. She and her husband, Domenic, have pharmacist at Cornell Veterinary College in for Richard Gilbride, DMD, in Beverly, Mass. two sons, Nicholas and Christopher. Ithaca, N.Y. She lives in Lansing, N.Y. with and volunteers for the local school department husband Michael and their children, Megan fluoride program and dental education in ele- and Patrick. mentary schools. She lives in Beverly with her 15th!June 9 - 11, 2006 Christine (Piotrowski) Lombardo DH husband, David, and three little girls—Erica, Forsyth lives in North Reading, Mass. with Rachel, and Emily. husband Paul and children Benjamin and You Song BSP is the grand president of Phi 1991 Matthew. She works for Paul G. Lombardo, Delta Chi fraternity and lives in Upper Darby, Pa. Deborah (Cooper) Campbell DH Forsyth was DMD, in Burlington, Mass. elected president of the Hanover Newcomer’s Lee Ann (Campanelli) McDowell BSP is 1992 Club for 2005–2006. Deborah resides in director of pharmacy for the University of Pitts- Edward Sheehan BSP is currently living in Hanover, Mass. with her husband, Paul, and Peabody, Mass.

42 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 Fae Ganiron PharmD ’05

From Leis to Licensure Remember the gorgeous violet-and-white Hawaiian leis that adorned all graduates, faculty, trustees, and guest speakers at the MCPHS–Worcester Commencement? Thank Fae Ganiron PharmD ’05. Or better yet, thank her mother, Juliana, who shipped the leis in time for Commencement. Ganiron’s mom is also responsible for guiding her daughter’s choice of a pharmacy career. Health care careers run in the Ganiron family: Juliana is a retired midwife, Fae’s sis- ter, Joy, is a pharmacist and another sister, Fern, is a dietician. A graduate of Kauai High School and Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Ganiron was drawn to MCPHS–Worces- ter because of both its innovative accelerated PharmD program and the Col- lege’s close proximity to several respected medical centers. “The faculty is really committed to ensuring student success and prepar- ing students to become competent, caring pharmacists,” says Ganiron. Twelve months after earning a PharmD from MCPHS-Worcester, the Hawaii native is well on her way. In July 2005, she accepted a position as a specialty Fae visits her alma mater’s new Living and Learning Center and enjoys its ninth floor view. pharmacy resident in primary care at the Providence (R.I.) Veterans Adminis- tration Medical Center. In addition to providing cost-effective pharmaceutical “Veterans deserve to receive the best possible care, and what I enjoy most services at the hospital, she is also a secondary preceptor for students from about my job is the ability to make a direct impact on improving the quality of both MCPHS–Worcester and University of Rhode Island School of Pharmacy. life for many veterans,” she says.

“The faculty is really committed to ensuring student success and preparing students to become competent, caring pharmacists.”

Ngoctrang Le-Alfonso BSP lives in Sud- Sothy Lun Pheng BSP has joined Heartsafe, 1994 bury, Mass. and works as a pharmacist at CVS a cardiac medical group in North Andover, Frank Romanelli BSP was promoted to associate in Framingham, Mass. She is married to Mass. and is specializing in internal medicine. professor of pharmacy and physician assistant Richard and has two children, Christopher and Eloise (Thibault) Woodruff BSP and her studies and granted tenure by the University of Nicholas. husband, Chris, live in Suffolk, Va. with their Kentucky this year. He lives in Lexington, Ky. Paul Lefebvre BSP is currently living in dog, Kobi. Eloise is a clinical pediatric pharma- East Amherst, N.Y. cist in the neonatal intensive care unit at Chil- 1995 Cheryl (Bernard) LiCausi BSP is a staff dren’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters. The Megan (Edmund) Ketterman BSP is currently pharmacist at Brooks Pharmacy in London- couple recently enjoyed a trip to the Mayan living in York, Pa. with husband Jeff and their derry, N.H. and lives in Pelham, N.H. with Riviera this summer where they explored the three children, Elisabeth, Carline, and Samuel. husband Vincenzo and their two children, Mayan ruins, underground caves and rivers, She works part time at The Medicine Shoppe Isabella and Sofia. and even tried zip lining. She is on the educa- as a compounding pharmacist and began pur- Nancy (Colella) Oquendo BSP lives in tion programming committee for the Virginia suing her PharmD in January 2006. Tampa, Fla. with husband Juan and their chil- Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Jennifer (Wilson) Maffie BSP and husband dren, Andrew and Alyssa. She works as a phar- Ralph announce the arrival of their first child, macist at CVS in Tampa. 1998 Nathaniel Alexander, born on December 7, Heather Wunschel BSP volunteers at the Helene (Bednarek) O’Mara BSP is a part-time 2005. She is currently the pharmacy manager local nursing home in Sutton, Mass. with a pharmacist in Lansdale, Pa. On August 6, 2005 at Rite Aid in Brounis Mills, N.J. and lives in monthly community health clinic. She is also a she and husband Tom welcomed their fourth Hainesport, N.J. with her new family. board member of the local rehabilitation center son, Mark. The couple has three other boys— for the mentally disabled. She lives in Sutton Tommy, Joseph, and John. She writes, “I with husband John and their children, Frankie haven’t been able to get together with my class- 10th!June 9 - 11, 2006 and Marissa. mates, but I hope they are all doing well and 1997 enjoying life and their careers as I am.” 1996 Farah (Jiwa) Bhanji BSP and husband Imtiez 1999 Jari (Becker) D’Alessandro BSP resides in recently welcomed the birth of their daughter, Denis Cunniffe BSP was recently featured in Wayne, N.J. with husband Michael and their Inaam. the Boston Globe in an article “Pharmacists take two children, Hayley and Jarrett. May Ghali BSP is living in Reston, Va. on more active role in patient care.” He is cur- Karen (Maureen) Ferguson BSP is currently Patricia (McGeough) Paskiewicz BSP lives rently a pharmacist at CVS in Amherst, Mass. pursuing her PharmD from the University of in Billerica, Mass. and says that he enjoys building relationships Florida. She lives in Brandon, Fla. and is a clini- with his customers. cal pharmacist at Tampa General Hospital.

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 43 Richard Hurd PharmD married Bridget the first female practitioner at Taunton Urology 2000 Solla in Southbury, Conn. He recently com- and resides in Abington, Mass. Lucy (Calabrese) Burke BSP married Jeffrey pleted a pharmaceutical industry fellowship Colleen (Slysz) Majewski MSPA married William Burke in September 2003. The couple through Rutgers University. Jeremy Majewski in Hatfield, Mass. last fall. welcomed their first child, Emma, on April 18, Steven Valliere PharmD joined Cephalon Lt. Jerry Zee BSP was deployed in Novem- 2005. Lucy is a pharmacist at Stop and Shop Pharmaceuticals as associate director of CNS ber for two weeks by the Department of Health pharmacy in Halifax, Mass. Medical Science Liaisons and Scientific Com- and Human Services to South Florida to assist Katherine (Haynes) Cunningham PharmD munications. He is responsible for the eastern in the health recovery effort of Hurricane is involved with the Boston Pharmacy Grand half of the United States. Steven lives in Mat- Wilma. (See story on page 19.) Rounds Steering Committee and the Premier- tapoisett, Mass. National Pharmacy Committee. She works at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center as the 2005 director of clinical programs and lives in Milford, 2003 Kelley Bizzotto MSPA joined the staff of the Mass. with her husband, Donald. She has four Jessica (Smith) Boucher PharmD married Gardner Community Health Center in Gard- children, two stepchildren and a granddaughter. Daniel Boucher at Walt Disney World in ner, Mass. She is looking forward to beginning Orlando, Fla. She works as a pharmacist at Tar- her career as a physician assistant and having get in Williamsburg, Va. the opportunity to provide quality health care Kelly (Bruno) DiLoffo MSPA recently mar- services to the residents in the greater Gardner 5th!June 9 - 11, 2006 ried Anthony DiLoffo in Newton, Mass. Kelly community. is employed as a physician assistant in the Minh Do PharmD was featured in the Orthopedic Surgery Department at Brigham Boston Sunday Globe in the Health and Medi- 2001 and Women’s Hospital in Boston. cine section, speaking about his pharmacy Nicole (DiRito) Burlew BSP lives in Hazlet, Michelle (Wemple) Lachance PharmD career. As a pharmacist with CVS, he said, “My N.J. with husband Dennis and is expecting the married Brendon Lachance in Marco Island, favorite thing about my job is the patient inter- couple’s first child in June 2006. She is a staff Fla. last May. She is the pharmacy manager at action.” pharmacist for Jersey Shore University Medical East Boston Neighborhood Health Center. Susan (Bodie) Dowgert PharmD married Center in Neptune, N.J. Kenneth Nguyen PharmD was promoted to Matthew Dowgert in Adare, County Limerick, Bradley Lamberton BSP is pharmacy man- the position of pharmacy manager for the Los Ireland in December 2005. She is employed at ager at Shaw’s/Osco in Shrewsbury, Mass. and Angles Tyco Healthcare/Mallinckrodt Phar- Cubist Pharmaceuticals in Lexington, Mass. resides in Millbury, Mass. His family includes macy. brother Derrick Lamberton PharmD 2004. Shelagh (O’Hagan) Macropoulos MSPA Summer (Mancuso) Peregrin PharmD lives recently married John Macropoulos in Weston, in Chandler, Ariz. with husband J.D. and their In Memoriam Mass. and is employed as a physician assistant daughter, Sage. She is a clinical pharmacist at Delia (Soldani) Naumann BSP ’27, September at New England Sinai Hospital in Stoughton, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in 12, 2005 Mass. Phoenix. Harry Korey PhG ’31, November 15, 2005 Eleni (Pitsillides) Christakos BSP was Mildred (Penn) Moscov BSP ’32, July 26, 2005 recently married to Gregory Christakos in Mitchell Stoklosa BSP ’32, November 11, 2005 Nashua, N.H. Julia (Callahan) Gannon DH ’33 Forsyth, April Jessica Riley BSP is a pharmacist for Brooks 17, 2005 Pharmacy in New York. She is living in Elizabeth “Betty” (Wismer) Goodness BSP ’34, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. October 19, 2005 Aleah (Harral) Robbins DH Forsyth resides M. Helen (O’Leary) McCarthy BSP ’40, Sep- in Menifee, Calif. with husband Adam and tember 21, 2005 their daughter, Ainslee. She is expecting the Carl MacDonald BSP ’40, September 2, 2005 couple’s second child in June 2006. Frank C. Wheeler BSP ’40, August 2005 Jill Roncarati MSPA is a physician’s assistant Rachel (Burns) Skauen BSP ’41, October 28, for Boston Health Care for the Homeless in 2005 Boston, Mass. She is also a part-time student at Fay Prowse DH ’42 Forsyth, June 28, 2005 Harvard School of Public Health working toward Frank Rossetti BSP ’42, November 13, 2005 a masters’ degree in public health. Jill recently Rose (Tricomi) Colella BSP ’43, June 2005 published an article in Care Management Journal George Bouchard BSP ’50, June 19, 2005 “Old and sleeping rough: elderly persons on the Lt. Jerry Zee BSP ’04. Russell McCann BSP ’50, July 15, 2005 streets of Boston.” George Price BSP ’51, June 9, 2005 Joseph Stahl BSP ’51, July 18, 2005 Abel Rebello BSP ’53, September 21, 2005 2002 2004 Alfred Brewer BSP ’55, August 2005 Michael Diviak BSP was recently promoted to Kathy (Barton) Peterson PharmD married Eric Joyce (Boyle) Hubbard DH ’55 Forsyth, regional support pharmacist at CVS in Worces- Peterson in October in Attleboro Falls, Mass. December 11, 2005 ter, Mass. He lives in Boston. She is employed by Brooks Pharmacy in Ash- Kenneth Woitkowski BSP ’55, October 8, 2005 Jody (Hindle) Feingold MSPA is recovering land and resides in North Attleboro. Michael Dubin BSP ’60, June 9, 2005 from a stroke that occurred while she was Nicole (Rocha) Clark PharmD married Edmund Sylvia BSP ’72, August 24, 2005 attending her high school reunion last fall. An John P. Clark PharmD in August. The couple Michael Berube BSP ’76, June 28, 2005 article about her recovery was recently pub- lives in Andover, Mass. Nicole is a clinical phar- Charles Fasulo BSP ’77, November 27, 2005 lished in the Providence Journal. macist at Saints Memorial Medical Center in Vincenzio Cardi BSP ’79, December 27, 2005 Karen Ferrazzani DH Forsyth is working as Lowell, Mass. and John is a pharmacist at Han- Traneda Lyons BSP ’81, December 28, 2005 an adjunct faculty member at Middlesex Com- naford Pharmacy in West Peabody, Mass. Rich Murray BSP ’87, September 11, 2005 munity College. She lives in North Reading, Cheryl Murphy BSHS recently joined the Lisa Bortolussi BSP ’93, June 2, 2005 Mass. and is completing her thesis for an staff at Morton Hospital and Medical Center as Daniel Sandman BSP ’96, November 29, 2005 MSDH from the University of Maryland. a physician assistant at Taunton Urology. She is

44 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 { Farewell } Mitchell J. Stoklosa – Teacher, Administrator, Trustee

It was with great sadness that the College learned of the (PhG) degree in 1932 and the pharmaceutical chemist passing of Mitchell J. Stoklosa, trustee emeritus and degree (PhC) in 1934. While at MCPHS, he met Evelyn M. dean of students emeritus, on November 11, 2005 at Helmsdorff in a class. The couple married in 1940 and the age of 92. Dr. Stoklosa received three academic spent the next 56 years together until her death in 1996. degrees from the College, including an honorary Doctor Dr. Stoklosa was a pharmacist at New England Dea- of Science in 1969. Stoklosa Hall, on the second floor coness Hospital in Boston for two years before joining of the George Robert White Building on the Boston cam- the MCPHS faculty in 1936. While teaching, he earned pus, is named in his honor. a bachelor’s degree in physics and education in 1942 “Mike” Stoklosa was a highly respected teacher, and a master’s degree in education in 1947 from administrator and trustee at MCPHS for more than 50 Boston University. Both in and out of the classroom, He years. Generations of pharmacy stu- was known for his fairness and thoughtfulness. He also dents across the country remember had a phenomenal memory for names—including the him as the co-author of Pharmaceuti- middle initial of every student he encountered. cal Calculations, the standard textbook Dr. Stoklosa is survived by his four children, John M. of in the field that was originally pub- Marine on St. Croix, Minn., David F. of Winston-Salem, lished by Professors Bradley and N.C., Jean M. Bullard of San Francisco and Elizabeth A. Gustafson in 1945. Mike took over the Parker of Loomis, Calif.; two brothers, the Rev. J. Walter book in 1952 and continued to revise and Stanley J., both of Lowell; a sister, Josephine M. of it though the 12th edition, which was Lowell; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. published a month after his death. The Mitchell J. Stoklosa Student Assistance Fund Born in Lowell, Mass., Mike was established in his honor and serves as a fitting attended St. Stanislaus School and memorial to his unwavering support of students over graduated from Lowell High School in the years. If you are interested in celebrating his legacy 1931. At Massachusetts College of at the College by contributing to the Stoklosa Fund, He had a Pharmacy and Health Sciences, he please use the enclosed remittance envelope, or con- received the graduate of pharmacy tact the Development Office at 617.732.2279. ■ phenomenal memory for names—including the middle initial of every student he encountered.

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 45 Alumni…Start your engines!

Friday, September 15, 2006

5:30–7:30 p.m. Dinner and CE Program 7:30–8:30 p.m. Safety Briefing 8:30–9:30 p.m. Race with your classmates and friends!

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$75/person includes CE, waivers, racing license, equipment, safety briefing, one hour of racing & din- ner. [You must be 18 or older & possess a valid license to attend]

Visit www.mcphs.edu or call 617.732.2076 to order tickets. MCPHSMCPHS CECE && AlumniAlumni NightNight atat F1F1 RacingRacing inin Braintree!Braintree!

Major Trends in Prescription Drug Abuse Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education What a Pharmacist Needs to Know (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. In Speaker Lt. Detective Randy Dwight, Diversion Investigative Unit, order to receive credit for this educational activity, all partici- Massachusetts State Police pants must complete a signature sheet and evaluation form. Learning Objectives ACPE # 026-000-06-020-L03 For more information regarding CE programs, contact Lindsey D’Elia at > Recognize the prescription drug abuse problem in Massachusetts 617.732.2081. For more information about Alumni events and services, contact > Identify common scams by drug seekers that pharmacists may encounter the Alumni Office at 617.732.2902. > Discuss methods for improving cooperation and communication among OR visit our website at www.mcphs.edu. regulatory and law enforcement agencies, health practitioners and $75 per person includes CE, license to race, racing equipment, safety professional associations. briefing and waivers, buffet dinner and one full hour of racing! This program has been accredited for one (1) contact hour (0.1 CEU) of pharmacy law. Statements of credit will be mailed to participants within four to six weeks.

YES! I would like______tickets to CE and Alumni Night at F1 Racing at $75 per ticket.

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46 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 vez Vous S’il Reser Vo us pl Please say You Can-Can! a i t ! Name Class Year

R . S Address . V . P City State Zip Phone/Email . b y Guest’s Name Ju ne 3, Please Reserve the Following Places: 2006 Friday, June 9 Buffet Dinner ______@ $45/person = $ ______Blue Man Group ______@$56/person = $ ______Comedy Club at the Tribe Theatre ______@$10/person ______Saturday, June 10 Tour Fenway Park ______@ $10/adult = $ ______@ $8/child = $ ______Pamper Yourself______@$55/person = $ ______Duck Tour______@$22/person = $ ______Reunion Dinner ______@ $75/person = $ ______Sunday, June 11 Forsyth Alumni Assoc. Annual Meeting______@ No charge ______Annual Alumni Brunch______@$10/person ______Total = $ ______Once payment is received, information on all events will be mailed to you. I wish to pay… by check payable to MCPHS in the amount of $ ______

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THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 47 Please update us on retirement, a recent trip, new baby, career change, marriage, change of address…you name it! We’ll pass it on to be listed in the Class Notes of The Bulletin…You may use this form to send us your news. Mail it to The Bulletin, MCPHS. 179 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, or fax it to 617.732.2062. we welcome email, too! Our address is:

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48 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 Infant Romper $10 100% cotton in blue and pink. Reads “A Graduate of MCPHS Loves Me” in kid print. Available in sizes 3 – 24 months.

Show your school spirit! Wear MCPHS gear!

Forsyth Polo $20 Forsyth short-sleeved polo shirt in deep purple with the Forsyth logo in Check out our white on the left chest and the word “Alumni” featured items printed below. Available in sizes S, M, L and XL. for SPRING: The alumni office at MCPHS brings you brand-new merchandise for the 2006–2007 school year! To view and order more than 20 new items as well as brand-new Forsyth items, visit www.mcphs.edu and go to the alumni merchandise page, or call 617.732.2902 to have a catalog sent to you. All orders placed online can now Windbreaker $35 be purchased using a credit card! High quality, cotton-lined windbreaker, zips into a small carrying pouch. College name imprinted in white on Don’t forget to visit the left panel. Burgundy. www.mcphs.edu Available in sizes S, M, L and XL. to see all the new merchandise we have to offer—or call 617.732.2902!

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2006 / 49 View from the top MCPHS–Worcester’s new Living and Learning Center features a “top floor” vista of the city. (See story on page 22.)

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