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BulletinMassachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Spring 2005 • Volume 30 • Number 1

BLOCKBUSTER! New Academic and Student Center Gets High Marks

ALSO: ■ Introducing New Dean of Health Sciences ■ Innovative Nursing Program ■ Worcester Students Raise Diabetes Awareness ■ Smoking Cessation Established in 1823, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is a private, independent college offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in health care disciplines. The Bulletin is published two times a year for calendar alumni and friends of the College. Editor: Margaret Bucholt Design: Joyce E. Hempstead May 6 MCPHS Alumni Association Boston Red Sox vs. Seattle Mariners The MCPHS–Boston Chapter of the American Pharmaceutical Association’s Board of Directors, 2004–2005 5 p.m. – “Yawkee Way” buffet Delilah Barnes BSP ’94 MCPHS Student Lounge Academy of Students of Pharmacy (APhA-ASP) was recognized with a plaque and Herbert E. Capron BSP ’88 6:15 p.m. – Trolley to Fenway Park monetary award for its hard work on Operation Diabetes and Heartburn Awareness, Robert A. Curtis BSP ’77 two disease-prevention and health-promotion projects sponsored by ASP. Pictured is Steven M. Dolley BSP ’88 Alumni & Preceptor Recognition ASP President Vivian Zhao accepting her award with students from other colleges of Anne E. Jensen DH Forsyth ’67 Reception, PA Program pharmacy at the APhA 2005 annual meeting held in Orlando, Fla. in April. Karen M. Ryle BSP ’85, MSRA ’02 Lindsey L. Laliberte BSHP ’00, BSP ’00 May 14 Iris Sheinhait PharmD ’03 Henrietta DeBenedictis Women’s Renu Vaish MSRA ’01 Health Day June 17 September 27 Chantal M. Vuillaume-Kosmidis PharmD ’00 MCPHS–Worcester MCPHS–Worcester Commencement Alumni Reception for Stanley B. Walczyk BSP ’75 Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Mass. Jeannine Muldoon, PhD, RN Gail Weisberg DH Forsyth ’74 Alumni Tea Pawtucket Red Sox vs. Columbus Chair, Department of Nursing, 3 p.m., MCPHS-Worcester Clippers MCPHS–Boston Forsyth Alumni Association McCoy Stadium, Pawtucket, R.I. 5 p.m. – White Hall Board of Directors, 2004–2005 May 19 5 p.m. – Pre-game barbeque Leah Anderson ’00 Hooding & Awards Convocation, October 4-14, 2005 Lurleen Bailey ’65 MCPHS–Boston June 22-29 CE and Sightseeing in Ireland Mary Cahoon Dole ’41 1 p.m. – School of Health Sciences 82nd Annual American Dental (See p. 20 for more information.) Sheree Rothman Hill ’79 Conference Center at Harvard Hygienists’ Association Paula Hogan ’76 The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nev. October 15-16 Medical School Pharmacy Technician Review Course* Anne Jensen ’67 Nicole Johnson ’05 4 p.m. – School of Pharmacy July 15 MCPHS–Boston John Hancock Hall, Boston, Mass. Mary (Leet) Kellerman ’66 Portland Sea Dogs vs. Akron Arrows Christina (Steinkrauss) Kwash ’98 Hadlock Field, Portland, Maine November 3 May 20 Second Annual Fall Health Care Julie (Urbanowicz) Lidano ’71 MCPHS–Boston Commencement 6 p.m. – Pre-game barbeque Elaine (Maron) Roberts ’71 7 p.m. – Game time Symposium* Bayside Expo Center, Boston JFK Library and Museum, Boston Anna (Fingerman) Shubashvili ’98 10 a.m. August 1 Melanie Sturrup ’01 Maureen (Welby) Tobiassen ’98 Continuing Education Program* November 9-12 June 10-12, 2005 Gail Weisberg ’74 TBA American Society of Consultant Reunion Weekend!** Pharmacists Send changes of address and editorial corre- Friday, June 10 August 5 36th Annual Meeting & Exhibition Lowell Spinners vs. Williamsport Boston spondence to The Bulletin, MCPHS, 179 5-8 p.m. – Lobster Bake Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. Tel: Crosscutters Saturday, June 11 November 12 617.732.2902. E-mail: [email protected]. 12 p.m. – Boston Duck Tours LaLacheur Park, Lowell, Mass. Printed in the U.S.A. 5:30 p.m. – Pre-game barbeque Alumni Sponsored Breakfast Alumni Reunion Dinner & Receptions: MCPHS–Boston 5 p.m. – Cocktail receptions 7 p.m. – Game time Dennis G. Lyons, RPh 8:30 a.m. Vice President for Institutional Advancement 6:30 p.m. – Dinner and dancing September 15-16 617.732.2786 Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston First Annual New England Pharmacists *For more information about MCPHS and Sunday, June 12 Convention Forsyth CE programs, call 617.732.2081 George E. Humphrey Annual Alumni Brunch and Tours Executive Director of College Relations and Foxwoods Resort and Casino or visit www.mcphs.edu/ac/ce.shtml. Communications 9 a.m. – Forsyth Alumni Association Ledyard, Conn. For information about alumni events, call Annual Meeting the Alumni Office at 617.732.2902 or Lawrence Townley 10 a.m. – Brunch and campus tours September 16 email [email protected] Director of Development MCPHS–Boston Alumni Sponsored Cocktail Reception 617.732.2230 Foxwoods Resort and Casino June 11-15 6:30 p.m. Dawn M. Ballou ASHP Summer Meeting Director of Alumni Relations 617.732.2902 Boston Boston Red Sox vs. Oakland Athletics ATTENTION Dental Hygienists! June 12 5 p.m. – “Yawkee Way” buffet Joyce E. Hempstead Alumni Brunch at MCPHS–Boston MCPHS Student Lounge For information about the Administration Director of Publications 617.732.2998 10 a.m. 6:15 p.m. – Trolley to Fenway Park of Local Anesthesia continuing educa- September 21 tion course for dental hygienists, call Pat Christopher Sampson Law Program* Ramsay at 617.732.1105 or visit the Director of Public Relations MCPHS–Worcester College’s Continuing Education Web site 617.732.2130 at www.mcphs.edu/ac/ce.shtml. 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departments ii • Calendar 3 • Letters 4 • In the News

6 • In Brief 8 15 21 7 • Student Profile Paul Larochelle PharmD ’07 8 • Blockbuster! Academic and Student Center Getting Rave Reviews by Students and Faculty 28 • MCPHS and Forsyth Alumni Associations 12• Promoting Their Profession 30 • Class Notes Face of Pharmacy Event Enlivens and Enlightens 31 • Alumni Profiles 14• Manchester Hooding Awards and Honors for PA Students in a Poignant Ceremony Talking Points: Bob and Ruth Angorn Still Enjoying Their Careers / 31 15• Worcester Community Collaboration Alumni in Government: Louis E. Dell’Olio BSP ’70 / 32 Students Raise Diabetes Awareness Through Service Keeping Up the MCPHS Tradition / 34 16 • What Students Need Access and Delivery of Student Services Tops New Dean’s Agenda 35 • In Memoriam 37 • College Shop 17• Special Pull-Out Section for Alumni & Guests Reunion Weekend, Summer Baseball Events, and C.E. in Ireland! 21• Up to the Challenge Dean of School of Health Sciences to Oversee Program Growth 22• Prepping for the Future Innovative Nursing Program Has Clinical Participation from Boston’s Best 24• Where There’s Smoke… PAs, Dental Hygienists, and Pharmacists Help with Smoking Cessation

Cover: MCPHS–Boston’s new face on Longwood 26• The Reed 2005 Avenue. Photo by Chris Johnson 700 Pharmacists Converge on Gillette Stadium

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 / 1 letter from the president

Dear Alumni and Friends of the College,

Reading through the spring issue of The Bulletin, I hope you will be reminded of the real reason all of us work so hard on behalf of the College—the students. Through them, our institution and our profession are continually renewed. They need our collective wisdom and support, and we need their energy and idealism. And so the focus of this issue is on students. Our cover story details the exciting new Academic and Student Center that has given the College a new face on Longwood Avenue. The purpose of this building is to better serve our students through additional on-campus housing, improved laboratory facilities, and a new library and technology center. This issue also introduces Jean Joyce-Brady, our new dean of students, who brings to us a wealth of experience in student services. Just as we are committed to our students, our students are committed to their studies, to the community, and to their professions. One such student is Paul LaRochelle, a fourth- year PharmD student helping to research treatments for neurological disorders; he is featured in this issue’s student profile. Pharmacy students in Worcester have been promoting good health in the community, participating in a Diabetes Health Fair for that city’s Latino population, and students on both the Boston and Worcester campuses turned out by the hundreds at the Massachusetts State House to promote the profession of pharmacy at the annual Face of Pharmacy event. As you know, the College has expanded well beyond our traditional pharmacy program and is making great strides toward increasing student numbers and diversifying our health science offerings. Student recruitment and the development of new programs are the prime responsibilities of our new dean of the School of Health Sciences, James Blagg, profiled on page 21. His top priority in the coming months will be the new nursing program announced to alumni in this issue, an accelerated BSN that will eventually be offered on both the Boston and Worcester campuses. Preparing students for a variety of health professions will allow us to take an interdis- ciplinary approach to important health issues such as smoking cessation, which is discussed on page 24, from the perspective of pharmacists, dental hygienists and physician assistants. As you turn these pages, I hope that you will share our pride in the College’s students and our commitment to 2005 Commencement Speakers their future. Also be sure to save the pull-out calendar at MCPHS–Boston Commencement the center of the magazine as a handy reference guide to Friday, May 20, Bayside Expo Center Michel Coutu, President and CEO upcoming alumni events—especially this year’s alumni The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) USA, Reunion. I hope to see you there! dba Brooks Pharmacy MCPHS–Worcester Commencement Friday, June 17, Mechanics Hall Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD Charles F. Monahan Jr. Dean, School of Pharmacy President University of California, San Francisco

2 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 To all who contributed to this issue, Dental Hygiene Alums: thanks for giving me an inside view of two Send in Your News of our students and a recent alumnus. I think The Bulletin is a very outstanding Keep up the good work. publication with interesting pertinent sto- —Gail (Phillips) Bucher BSP ’63 (Trustee) ries and reports representing the various Belmont, Mass. departments and activities of the whole College. All are involved—it was a pleasure Too Many Prescription Errors to see a dental hygiene student in the group I graduated in 1951 and 1953 with a bache- that went to Guatemala, for example. lor’s and a master’s in pharmacy, respectively. There are featured highlights from many Aside from my work in retail pharmacy, I departments. The photography and layout Any thoughts was employed by G.F. Harvey, Wyeth Labo- are outstanding. Thank you for the fine ratories, Norwich-Eaton Laboratories, and write-up for Helena becoming ADHA pres- on this issue of Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals. ident—dental hygiene’s highest office. And Because of problems from a stroke, I was that beautiful picture of Jan Selwitz-Segal The Bulletin? retired by Procter and Gamble, and I moved with Mary and Warren Dole at the big to the Kansas City environs in 1987. Commencement event was very special. Write or e-mail us. I have always been proud of my educa- I have already heard from two of my tion and pharmacy in general based upon out-of-state classmates who enjoy seeing We want to know my work at MCPHS. The Bulletin. I hope the alums will send in Today, our local paper, the Kansas City their news! It means a lot to dental hygiene! what you think. Star, had an editorial, “Too Many Errors —Esther M. Wilkins DH ’39 Forsyth letters&e-mail in Medications.” Good God! This editorial Boston, Mass. Students’ Stories Inspiring claims about 20 percent errors in pharma- I always look forward to receiving The Bul- cists’ compounding prescriptions. The ‘An Honor’ to Speak… letin to read the featured articles and also executive director of the Missouri Board of I enjoyed the article on Commencement, learn about what is going on with classmates Registration in Pharmacy says it is not a “Leaving the Comfort Zone (...and letting and other colleagues. In my opinion, the fall catastrophic number. The editorial goes on miracles happen).” It was such an honor issue of The Bulletin was one of the best. and on. for me to speak. The Commencement was As a trustee, perhaps I am more up to I certainly hope and pray our pharma- truly one of the highlights of my life. date on many of the plans and activities at cists are better than these numbers indicate. —Sheila C. Cavanaugh the College than many alumni, but I still —George F. Hoysradt BSP ’51, MS ’53 Worcester, Mass. enjoy seeing the photos and reading the Gower, Missouri articles. I am also proud of our faculty The Bulletin: A Credit to the College when I read about their many accomplish- Editor’s Note: The following letters were I just received my copy of The Bulletin, fall ments at the College and beyond. sent to Dawn Ballou, director of Alumni 2004. It is of exceptional quality, interest- The feature article in the fall issue Relations: ing, informative, and a credit to the Col- regarding the three international students lege. I did have a couple of suggestions: was particularly interesting. I was very Keeping College Camaraderie Alive Would it be possible to list, by class, the touched by the degree of perseverance that I find the format, illustrations, and photo- attendees at the annual Reunion? I imag- the students showed in choosing the Col- graphs well organized and well presented ine that the names are available from the lege and their degree of difficulty in com- in The Bulletin. The content provides an reservations. Also, could you identify the ing here to study. Most students in the opportunity for those of us who are no attendees whose photos are published in United States apply to a college and do longer at the College full time to keep up The Bulletin? In my case, I haven’t seen my not face the hardships that these three out- with the changes and events that are trans- classmates for more than 50 years and standing young people did in reaching forming the College into a state-of-the-art, have no ideas how they look. Life’s paths their goal of attending the College. 21st century institution. and trials alter one’s features, no matter I appreciate the publication of the pic- how hard one may try to preserve them. Letters Welcome—E-mail, Too! tures taken on the occasion of my retirement Thank you for a wonderful publication! The Bulletin encourages its readers to respond and of the presentation by President Mona- —Monte Miller BSP ’54 by letter or e-mail. We reserve the right to edit for han of the plaque naming me professor Clarksville, Tenn. style, clarity and length, and give preference to those that address the content of the magazine. emeritus. All letters must be signed and include the writer’s Receiving The Bulletin during my retire- Editor’s Note: Dawn Ballou, director of name and address. Please direct your correspon- ment years will help keep alive the feeling Alumni Relations, responds, “These are dence to: Letters to the Editor, The Bulletin, of being part of the College community. great suggestions! Please see the fall 2005 MCPHS, 179 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA —George Matelli, Professor Emeritus edition of The Bulletin.” ■ 02115-5896; or e-mail: [email protected] Winchester, Mass.

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 / 3 and doctors. “Patients do not engage in phone service for Massachusetts residents. consumer behaviors,” he says. In another Pharmaceutical companies launched Business Week article, in November 2004, Together Rx, an effort to provide signifi- “Viagra: A Drug Ad Too Far?” Montagne cant price discounts for 275 brand-name says that the FDA’s division of drug-mar- drugs to 36 million Americans who lack keting advertising and communication prescription drug coverage. “This program lacks staff. “It’s not a case of an ad not will help us help those callers who might making it through to the media. It’s always have had limited options,” she said. someone catching it after the fact,” he said. Mary B. Sullivan, PharmD, director of MassMedLine, was quoted in articles Marie Normand PharmD ’02, assistant about the drug-card plan in several professor of pharmacy practice, regional newspapers. “This [program] is contributed an article, “Tips for Treating going to make a significant impact here in Cold and Flu with Over-the-Counter Massachusetts,” she said in the Boston Medications,” which was published in the Herald. “This is going to be a really, really Hyde Park/Mattapan Tribune, South Boston good option for people under 65.” In the Tribune, Wakefield Daily Item, and Quincy Patriot Ledger, she said, “People we’re talk- MCPHS community members Sun among others, in December 2004. She ing to heard about the Medicare discount sought after by the local and national media for their expertise. in the news

Dennis Lyons BSP ’75, vice president for Institutional Advancement, was a panelist on the CN8-TV program “Nitebeat” regarding the Canadian drug war. He said the argument was about buying drugs from the Internet, on sites that claimed to be based in Canada, not about American citizens buying drugs over the Canadian border. He noted that Canada purchased drugs in bulk for their citizens. “We’re try- ing to import that system to the United States without actually buying the drugs,” he said. The two other panelists were Brian Cresta, New England regional director, Mass. Department of Health and Human Services, and state Representative Michael Festa, D-32nd District, who serves on the On November 18, 2004, the College coordinated a MassMedLine live call-in program on CBS Channel 4 state Government Regulations Committee. WBZ-TV to answer viewers’ questions about Medicare-approved discount cards. Well-known HealthWatch reporter Dr. Mallika Marshall hosted the program that included information about MassMedLine during Michael Montagne, PhD, professor of the 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts. The 20 volunteers answered an estimated 700 calls over the two and pharmacy administration, was interviewed a half hour program, and MassMedLine mailed follow-up information to 270 callers. on a WCVB-TV news’ segment on “Cele- brex Concerns,” and noted that Pfizer’s aggressive marketing campaign after its said, “Symptoms of the more dangerous cards but don’t realize the impact it could rival drug Vioxx was removed from the influenza virus are likely to include fever, have on their prescriptions.” market could have waited. He also said headache, sore throat, a more severe cough, Carol L. Malone, outreach coordinator that it was “only a period of time until extreme fatigue, and muscle aches.” for MassMedLine, commented on the Celebrex was pulled off the market Medicare year-end drug benefits in an arti- because of liability issues.” In the Boston Globe Business section, cle, “Seniors are reminded of the year-end Montagne commented for a Business Katherine Keough, director of Govern- deadline for prescription benefits,” in the Week magazine article, “Drug Sites: Good ment and Regulatory Affairs, was quoted Worcester Telegram & Gazette, and Christo- Info Isn’t Enough,” in December 2004 in in an article, “Industry launches US drug- pher Sampson, the College’s spokesperson, which he discusses the repositories of drug discount Initiative,” that asks readers to commented on drug discounts and information that aren’t used by patients call MassMedLine, the College’s free tele- MassMedLine in the Boston Globe article,

4 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 “Seniors missing out on drug In November 2004, a poll of ran- discount.” domly selected sample of chain, Peter L. Steere BSP ’86, independent, and hospital pharmacy from the Drug Topics magazine circu- MBA, assistant professor of lation list filled out a two-page ques- health care management, is tionnaire and selected MCPHS as quoted in articles in the Boston their favorite pharmacy school. The Globe and the Times of Trenton, University of North Carolina at N.J. in October 2004 on Chapel Hill and the University of Texas at Austin tied for second place. prepackaged pills in color- Tied for third place were Stanford, coded trays that make it easier Rutgers, and Ferris State. for elderly patients to keep track of their medications. “It’s really now becoming more of a focus ter for a new Living and Learn- of some of these independent ing Center garnered articles in business practices,” he said. the Telegram & Gazette, Worces- “Fifteen years ago, patients ter Business Journal, Mass High weren’t taking eight medications Tech, and New England Real at one time.” Estate Journal. An editorial in Dennis Lyons BSP ’75, vice president for institutional advancement, appeared Steere was also quoted in an the Telegram & Gazette praised live in the Fox 25 studio in Boston to talk about drug errors and comment on article “Pharmacy tech jobs the College’s plans, saying, the case of a drug error at Brigham and Women’s Hospital resulting in an infant just what doctor ordered” in “The expansion will breathe receiving 10 times the prescribed dose of Tylenol. “Whenever a medication like the Patriot Ledger on January new life into a venerable build- that is given to an infant, especially a level of medication so high, people have to 11, 2005. “Technicians are in ing and enhance Worcester’s look at the system and the root cause of why this happens,” said Lyons, who is pretty high demand (in Massa- growing medical and on the board of directors of the Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of chusetts),” he said. “this is an biosciences sector.” Medical Errors. important service department for pharmacists.” Student Marie-Josée Mugabo PharmD ’06, who was featured the Hutus and the minority 22]. At every level, “nurses The new Academic and Student in the cover article, “Reaching Tutsis erupted in Rwanda. really think about the broad Center on Longwood Avenue for Their Dreams: Three Stu- Janis P. Bellack, PhD, provost context of health care—about was the topic of an article, dents’ Tales of Survival from and vice president for Acade- things such as family and com- “College’s Project Uses Modern War-torn Countries,” in the mic Affairs, was interviewed munity,” and that background Design but Respects the Past,” fall 2004 edition of The Bul- for a Boston Herald article provides the registered nurse in Banker and Tradesman on letin, was interviewed for “Nurses Prepped for Opportu- with opportunities in hospital November 8, 2004. Worcester Magazine about her nity,” in the June 10, 2004 administration, education, The College’s $15 million experiences when the issue, about the 33-month public policy and a variety of renovation of a nine-story intertribal violence between nursing program to begin in other fields, such as consulting building in downtown Worces- Boston in fall 2005 [See page and medical sales. ■

Kenneth A. Richman, PhD, associate professor of Philosophy and Health Care Ethics, discussed the Terri Schiavo case and end- of-life issues on the CN8-TV program “Nitebeat.” Richman pointed out that a major element in the Schiavo controversy is a disagreement between medical experts and Ms. Schiavo’s parents over the nature of her condition. “It’s not just a matter of values and who gets to decide, but they’re talking about medical and psychological facts of what’s going on with the patient,” he said. Richman, who has a chapter on living wills in his most recent book Ethics and the Metaphysics of Medicine, also explained that family members, and even relatives, do not always make the best health care proxy. He suggested instead that people designate “someone who is likely to have a similar perspective. For example, a woman may want to choose another woman of similar age.”

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 / 5 family also accepted her degree, awarded posthumously. See the Commencement article on page 14.

Students Judged on Counseling Skills What’s happening Scott Bergeron PharmD ’06, in and around first-place winner the patient- Massachusetts counseling competition semi- College of finals, held in the College’s Pharmacy and new Community Practice Lab Health Sciences. in brief in November 2004, was awarded a free trip to the Keough Named to American Pharmaceutical Nursing Board Association’s national meeting Peter J. Shungu, MCPHS–Worcester, Receives Award Katherine Keough, MS, direc- in Orlando, Fla., to represent Peter J. Shungu, community outreach coordinator at MCPHS–Worcester, tor of Government and Regu- the College in the National received the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award at the latory Affairs, was recently Patient Counseling Competi- 11th annual Youth Breakfast honoring the civil rights leader in Worcester. “My appointed by Governor Mitt tion. Monica Golik PharmD goal is to inspire youth, because youth inspire me,” he told the audience, as Romney as the consumer ’06, won second place, and reported in the Telegram & Gazette. “I’m truly honored and humbled to receive member of the Massachusetts Ingrid Dunkelberg PharmD this award.” A recent graduate of Tufts University, he dedicates his time to sev- Board of Registration in Nurs- ’05 came in third. eral community service organizations, including Service for Peace, the Youth ing. She is a graduate of Suf- The competition consisted First Coalition, and the Big Brother Association. The award recognizes the folk University and received a of 15-minute time slots with tremendous number of community service activities Shungu has performed master’s degree in public policy five minutes for reference since he started at MCPHS–Worcester more than a year and a half ago. from the McCormick Institute review and five minutes for the at the University of Massachu- counseling session. Fifteen stu- setts–Boston. She has extensive dents participated and received vices Administration (HRSA). College Personnel Association experience in health care pol- valuable feedback on how to The funds will be used to (ACPA) in Nashville, TN in icy, and before coming to improve their counseling skills. install new heating, cooling and April. This is the most presti- MCPHS, worked for the Mass- ventilation systems, and to ren- gious honor awarded to a state achusetts Department of Pub- College Hosts Lipinski ovate additional space at the division by ACPA, a major lic Health and as a drug Dr. Chris Lipinski, author of Manchester campus. professional association for the regulatory affairs and public the “rule of five” for oral “The College is grateful to field of Student Affairs. ■ policy consultant. bioavailability, was the guest New Hampshire’s congressional speaker at the inaugural Semi- delegation for helping us nar for Emerging Technologies achieve our vision of a health in Drug Discovery and Devel- sciences center for northern opment, sponsored by the New England,” said President Division of Graduate Studies, Charles F. Monahan Jr. BSP in January. He spoke on “Post- ’62. “These federal funds will Genomic Challenges: Screen- allow us to put in place the ings, Chemistry and People infrastructure necessary for Issues,” in Stepanian Audito- future expansion.” rium, at MCPHS–Boston. Manchester Classmate Award-winning Leadership Remembered MCPHS–Manchester, Reflects Well on College The physician assistant class of N.H. Receives Grant Matthew Robison, director of 2005 at MCPHS–Manchester, Thanks to the support of U.S. Student Activities, serves as N.H. honored their classmate Senators Judd Gregg, R-N.H., president of the Massachusetts Linda Jane Weiss MSPA ’05, and John Sununu, R-N.H., College Personnel Association Douglas J. Pisano BSP ’81, dean, who died in a kayak accident and U.S. Representatives Jeb (MCPA) which under his lead- MCPHS–Worcester received the Excellence in Pharmacy Award from on April 10, 2004, with a Bradley, R-N.H., and Charles ership was awarded the Out- Bradley Whitney of Nashua, N.H., in plaque and a paddle (one of F. Bass R-N.H., MCPHS has standing State/International March, for his ongoing efforts to promote Ms. Weiss’ own) display in the received a $350,000 grant from Division award at the national pharmacy education in New England. student lounge. Ms. Weiss’s the Health Resources and Ser- conference of the American

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istry, a pursuit he considers a valuable part of his education. Research, he says, gives you a greater appreciation for what you learn in your courses. A member of the American Pharmacists Association Acad- emy of Students of Pharmacy, Larochelle is working with Gracz on phosphorylation of dopamine transporters, which have been linked to neurological disorders, drug abuse and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Larochelle, who spends eight to ten hours a week in the lab, says he and Dr. Gracz have applied to the PHOTO BY GUS FREEDMAN BY PHOTO American Foundation for Paul Larochelle PharmD ’07 Pharmaceutical Education for a grant that would allow him to pursue in-depth research. A Journey of Discovery “If we can better understand how the dopamine transporter is regulated, we can help lead aul Larochelle PharmD ’07 train from Pawtucket to the lucky to have some really great the way to new treatments and Penrolled at the College with College every day, returning students. They’re starting to improve patients’ lives,” he says. one goal in mind: to learn and home in the evening. But he answer each other’s questions,” During his undergraduate experience every aspect of the still finds the time to do what he says proudly. “It feels good days at Providence College, pharmacy profession before he enjoys. One of his biggest to pass down study techniques where he graduated with a bach- focusing on a particular phar- thrills is learning new things that work. It’s a great feeling to elor’s in biology, Larochelle was macy career path. “It’s difficult and then sharing his knowledge be able to help people.” a DJ and mainstream/local to limit your sights on one facet music director for the college’s of the profession,” says the radio station WDOM. He also Pawtucket, R.I. resident. “You “If we can understand how the played the drums in a rock have to explore everything to dopamine transporter is regulated, we band; up until last year he was find out where you belong.” learning the guitar, a pastime he You could say that’s his phi- can help lead the way to new treatments postponed to concentrate on his losophy of life: to learn every- and improve patients’ lives.” coursework. He was also active thing about the topics that in lighting design and most interest him, since he has recently returned to Providence’s broad interests outside phar- with others about the subjects Choosing a career in phar- Theatre Department to help macy, especially in music and and hobbies he has mastered. macy was based on his desire to current students master the in the theatre—plus an affinity One example is his work for help patients. “Pharmacy is a intricacies of lighting the stage. for teaching. Academic Support Services. great profession; you can work At his current rotation at A high-energy student who For the second consecutive with patients and help them feel Medical Pharmacy and Supply excels academically, Paul semester, he is tutoring eight better,” he says. “I’m very happy in Stoughton, Mass., he is received a scholarship from students in biochemistry, four with the profession I’ve chosen.” learning about compounding Pharmacists Mutual Insurance hours per week. Paul helped In addition to working in the first-hand in a retail pharmacy Company during his third year. develop the department’s Web pharmacy department at Miriam setting, as well as observing the In April, he is being inducted site content for biochemistry Hospital in Providence, Laro- flu immunization of patients. into Rho Chi, the Pharmacy so that the students tutored chelle is conducting research But most of all he is enjoying Academic Honor Society. He could download information with Lawrence M. Gracz, PhD, it. “It’s great to discover new takes the 6 a.m. commuter rail and take online quizzes. “I’m assistant professor of biochem- things,” he says. ■

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PHOTOBLOCKBUSTER! BY CHRIS JOHNSON

PHOTO BY CHRIS JOHNSON here’s one word that “They’ve done a really, really great job,” “We’ve been teaching students how to sums up what said Julianna Kula PharmD ’08, a gradu- become clinical pharmacists so they can ate of the University of Iowa. “It’s a pretty use their skills to improve patient care,” TMCPHS–Boston stu- building.” says Joseph M. Calomo BSP ’95, PharmD dents have to say about the On-campus residential suites, building- ’97, MBA, assistant dean, School of Phar- new Academic and Student wide wireless network, and a high-tech macy–Boston, and assistant professor of library, are just some of the amenities that pharmacy practice. “But they can’t do that Center with its stainless steel are creating a buzz and generating excite- until they master the technology and the pillars and dramatic atrium ment among students and faculty on the management of people.” that preserves the facade of urban campus. But the contemporary The flexibility in scheduling has building in the heart of the world-class resulted in an enhanced curriculum for all the historic George Robert Longwood Medical and Academic Area is students; labs are more integrated with White Building: awesome. more than just a pretty face. coursework, reinforcing what students learn in the classroom in a more timely Academic and Student Center Getting Rave Reviews by Students and Faculty

“We have created the ultimate learning manner. In particular, the availability of environment for students and faculty,” the pharmaceutics lab is prompting the says President Charles F. Monahan Jr. BSP exploration of offering additional ’62. “We are now well equipped to train programs and courses. Take compound- the health care professionals of today and ing, for example; there are many areas that tomorrow.” may merit expanded learning opportuni- For starters, state-of-the-art technology in ties, including quality control testing, four modern deluxe laboratories—chemistry, research, and handling date for the prod-

“We have created the ultimate learning environment for students and faculty....” —President Charles F. Monahan Jr. BSP ’62

pharmacy practice, pharmaceutics, and insti- ucts compounded, according to Michelle tutional pharmacy—provide premier learn- M. Kalis, PhD, associate dean, School of ing opportunities. Chemistry students no Pharmacy–Boston. “Ultimately we may longer have to clear the decks of the multi- offer a certificate in compounding; it’s the- purpose lab for the pharmaceutics students; oretically possible,” she says. “The new they have a separate laboratory of their own. labs are opening up educational possibili- And simulated settings in the clinical and ties we’re still discovering.” retail pharmacy laboratories enable students Students like Sarah Sanborn PharmD to work on real-world challenges. ’08, a transfer student from the University (continued on page 10)

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 / 9 New Center (continued from page 9) their communication skills. Every preceptor has a wireless headset, enabling the pre- of New Hampshire, are enjoying a three- ceptor to move seamlessly from group to hour lab in pharmaceutics every other group, and every student has a computer— week. “I’m interested in compounding,” no more sharing—loaded with the latest she says. “All the equipment is new, and JAS-RX pharmacy/patient software. you have your own station. I like working “It’s nice to have the counseling rooms independently.” away from the pharmacy stations,” says stu- Chemistry students, too, are excited dent Julianna Kula. “The lab is preparing us about dedicated laboratory space that for what we’ll be doing in the real world.” replaces the 25-year old antiquated lab The spacious configuration of the phar- they shared with pharmacy students. The macy practice lab, with four stations on one chemistry lab, with floor to ceiling win- side of the counter, gives fifth-year phar- dows overlooking Longwood Avenue, has macy students easier access for monitoring four self-contained pod areas, each with third-year students, who act as interns.

PHOTO BY GUS FREEDMAN BY PHOTO Fifth-year students complete performance reviews of the third-year students and learn other administrative tasks, including how to “The new labs are opening up educational possibilities manage their time and how to become we’re still discovering.” more efficient. All students are becoming —Michelle M. Kalis, PhD, Associate Dean more adept at delivering and mastering continual quality improvement (CQI). room for 16 students. The pod design The pharmacy practice lab, also facing Regarding simulated management allows for more than one class to be con- Longwood Avenue, has three private coun- experience, Kalis says, “It’s what you hear ducted, and small groups to be working on seling rooms, each with a Web camera that from graduates and employers; you can different experiments, all at the same time. records counseling sessions with mock never have too much management experi- “This dedicated space helps tremendously patients, so pharmacy students can study ence. The technology allows us to do it in by providing greater course flexibility, their performance and learn how to hone a more efficient way.” improved safety, and the ability to do more experiments, all in a totally modern space built specifically for chemistry,” says Alfred “It’s nice to have the counseling rooms away from the R. Garafalo, PhD, professor of chemistry, pharmacy stations. The lab is preparing us for what School of Arts and Sciences. we’ll be doing in the real world.” —Julianna Kula PharmD ’08

Lab time in the institutional pharmacy laboratory has tripled, from three hours to nine hours, thanks to the separate modern facilities. The IV room has sinks with no handles and four double-person hoods— the previous institutional lab was combined with the pharmacy practice lab and had only two hoods. Students practice preparing a variety of sterile intravenous products. According to Kalis, the new building and its facilities are an indication of the investment the College is making in students’ education, and it has a huge impact on the caliber of students the College is interested in attracting. The student apartments in the six-story contemporary building also play a role in the process. In addition to the 179 beds in the Fennel- Iorio Residence Hall for first-year students, the new building has 226 beds in residential suites for other students. The PHOTO BY GUS FREEDMAN

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affordable, two- to five-person apartments on the top four floors have kitchenettes and private bathrooms, and students are reveling in the practicality of the location. “You can just get out of bed, put on clothes and be right in class,” says Jocelyn Charest BSNMT ’06. The Sheppard Library, relocated from the White Building to the second floor of the Academic and Student Center, has become the focal point of the new building. It has access to more than 2,000 electronic journals, 24 public computers, and students with laptops can access library resources, Internet, and e-mail capabilities through the new building’s wireless network. There are five sound-proof study rooms for students to work on group projects, and the library also houses the Drug Information Center, a free hotline service for pharmacists, doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals. Natural light from tall win- dows add to its popularity. “I study in the library a lot,” says student Sarah Sanborn. “It’s really a nice space. It gets filled up quickly, so you have to get there early.” The new Academic and Student Center reinforces the College’s mission to educate the health care leaders of tomorrow by providing state-of-the-art facilities in which to grown and learn. “Before, both space and technology limited us,” says Calomo. “Now we are preparing students ■ for what they’ll see in the future.” JOHNSON CHRIS BY PHOTO Promoting their ProfessionFace Face of Pharmacy Event Enlivens and Enlightens

here else can a phar- guidance on how best to talk to Management (CDTM) bill Representative Peter Koutou- Wmacist, or a student of legislators about these bills. that would allow pharmacists jian, D-10th Middlesex District, pharmacy, talk with legislators In a briefing, several legisla- greater freedom to help Massa- chair of the Joint Committee on and get down to brass tacks? tors welcomed the participants chusetts citizens best utilize Public Health, spoke of the trust On March 29 more than 250 and spoke to key issues of the drug therapy in managing their people tender toward their phar- pharmacy students and profes- pharmacy profession. diseases. Pharmacists are the macists. He described his won- sionals converged on the Mass- Senator Susan Fargo, chair health care professionals best derful working relationship with achusetts State House in the of the Committee on Public educated in the use of prescrip- his own pharmacist, Stephen P. second annual Face of Phar- Health, expressed her gratitude tion drugs, their interactions, Bernardi BSP ’77, in Waltham. macy Event to do just that. to those present for their role and their management. Moore Koutoujian echoed Moore’s sen- Beginning with an overview in informing legislators of also praised MassMedLine, a timent regarding MassMedLine, on current legislation of interest important issues in health care. state-funded program he explaining that it was a great to the pharmacy profession, Senator Richard Moore, D- helped establish operated by benefit to his office to be able to Carmen Cinqueonce, executive Uxbridge, chair of the Joint MCPHS at the Worcester cam- refer constituents to this valu- director of the Massachusetts Committee on Health Care pus. It assists the elderly and able service. Pharmacists Association, offered Finance, voiced his support for uninsured in accessing their Following the legislative a Collaborative Drug Therapy prescription medicines. briefing, an exhibit in the Great

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Hall provided information on upon drug therapy protocol, the confidentiality protections using fake identification. Apart the lesser-known functions of pharmacist activities might that are available not only to from being time consuming, pharmacists. Administering include the authorization to other health professionals, such the regulation would increase immunizations; testing blood modify or discontinue drug as doctors, dentists, nurses, chi- the liability of pharmacists and sugar, bone density and blood therapy, order associated lab ropractors, and social workers, pharmacies by a significant pressure; providing complemen- tests, and administer drugs but also hospitals, nursing margin, as 20 to 40 percent of tary alternative medicine; aiding based upon a written protocol. homes, and clinics. Without all cold medicines contain pseu- in emergency and bioterrorism Similar legislation is already in similar protection, as provided doephedrine. preparedness; and administering effect in 40 other states. Legis- for in 1302, pharmacists would The Face of Pharmacy event the Vial of Life program were lators got the clear message be left especially vulnerable, and is the result of a collaboration among the displays. from pharmacists that CDTM would be less likely to engage in among major statewide phar- Pharmacists visited their would have a great effect on professional discussions about macy associations working on legislators to discuss relevant improving public health and medical errors, thereby hinder- behalf of the profession. This legislation, with CDTM top- patient education. ing the prevention of errors in year’s event was sponsored by ping the agenda. A CDTM bill Pharmacists also expressed the pharmacy setting. Massachusetts College of Phar- currently before the legislature their support of Senate Bill In the case of Senate Bill macy and Health Sciences, would recognize pharmacists as 1302, which would include 1140, the profession stands in Long-Term Care Pharmacy

Students conduct a blood-pressure test. Joseph M. Calomo BSP ’95, PharmD ’97, MBA, assistant dean, meets Anthony J. Verga.

expert health care providers, pharmacists along with other opposition to what on the sur- Alliance, Massachusetts Chain who by engaging in patient health care providers in certain face appears to be a laudable Pharmacy Council, Massachu- education and monitoring protections under peer-review legislative effort. The bill would setts Independent Pharmacists medication response could statutes. The Massachusetts require pharmacists to track Association, Massachusetts help achieve better health out- Board of Registration in Phar- sales of products containing Pharmacists Association, Mass- comes. The bill would allow a macy recently adopted regula- pseudoephedrine, an ingredient achusetts Society of Health patient’s pharmacist and physi- tions that will require used in making methampheta- System Pharmacists, National cian, or group of physicians, to pharmacists and pharmacies to mine, a dangerous and increas- Association of Chain Drug enter into a voluntary agree- participate in mandatory peer- ingly popular drug of abuse. Stores, Northeastern University ment enabling the pharmacist review committees formed to Pharmacists pointed out that School of Pharmacy, and the to contribute their specialized review events that may cause these log books would be inef- Retailers Association of Massa- expertise to a patient’s drug medical errors. These regula- fective and easily skirted by vis- chusetts. ■ therapy. Within an agreed- tions, however, do not provide iting multiple pharmacies or

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 / 13 Manchester PA Students Honored in a Poignant Ceremony

Twenty-three Physician Assis- kayaking accident during a Physician Assistant Professional officially receive their diplomas tant students received their break from her clinical rota- Oath. Members of the Man- at the Boston Commencement master’s hoods during a touch- tions last year. Following a chester PA Class of 2005 will on May 20, 2005. ■ ing ceremony in December memorial reflection by Dean of that included a remembrance Students Jean Joyce-Brady, “[The faculty] are not only our teachers of their classmate, Linda Jane PhD, President Monahan pre- Weiss, who lost her life in a sented Linda’s posthumous and our advisors but mentors and Master in Physician Assistant friends as well.” Studies degree to her grateful Awards presented: parents. —Jody A. Dugrenier MSPA ’05 Michelle Ouelette MSPA ’05, The Hooding and Awards Linda J. Weiss Clinical Excellence Ceremony, held at the Manches- Award. ter Country Club, continued Jody A. Dugrenier MSPA ’05, with remarks by Dean of Health Achievement Award for Outstanding Sciences James Blagg, PhD, Academic and Clinical Performance President Monahan and Provost Emily Easterly MSPA ’05, Janis P. Bellack, PhD. Jody Ann Academic Excellence in Physician Dugrenier gave the student Assistant Studies address, followed by keynote speaker Susan Finerty, PA-C, Sue McKenna, Staff Special past president of the New Recognition Award for Outstanding Hampshire Society of Physician Service Assistants. Special achievement Nancy Pariser, MD, Physician awards were presented by mem- Preceptor of the Year bers of the faculty to Jody Ann Wendy Pavnick, PA-C, Physician Dugrenier, Emily Easterly, and Assistant Preceptor of the Year Michelle Ouelette. At the con- clusion of the ceremony, faculty Alex Asch, DO, New Preceptor of member Steven Steiner led the The parents of Linda Jane Weiss receive her posthumous degree from President the Year soon-to-be graduates in the Monahan.

14 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 Worcester Community Collaboration

Raising Diabetes Awareness Through Service PHOTOS: MCCARDINAL PHOTO MCCARDINAL PHOTOS: MCPHS–Worcester students screened individuals for diabetes at the Family Diabetes Fair.

ore than 221 people Collins and nurses from the The screenings and educa- were screened at the Family Health Center of tional sessions are important to MDiabetes Education for Worcester. While they distrib- detect undiagnosed cases of Latino Families Initiative’s uted diabetes information, stu- diabetes in order to help (DELFIN) Family Diabetes Fair, dents presented educational patients monitor, treat, and held at the Greendale Mall in posters in English and Spanish, control the disease to avoid the Worcester, on February 12. explaining how to lower blood risk of complications. MCPHS–Worcester collabo- sugar, the risks of diabetes, and The other event sponsors rated with the Barton Center for where to obtain more informa- were Banknorth, Central Mass- Diabetes, the Latino Education tion. Diabetes has an earlier achusetts Area Health Educa- Institute, and the Family Health onset in Hispanics than in tion Center, Great Brook Center in Worcester to reach out other populations; they are Valley Health Center, Univer- to a diverse public audience and almost twice as likely to have sity of Massachusetts Medical raise awareness about type 1 and diabetes as non-Hispanic School and Graduate School of type 2 diabetes. The event, whites of similar age. Nursing, and the Worcester which provided free tests to Public Schools. ■ identify high- or low-blood sugar, also incorporated counseling, referral services, and informative poster presentations. MCPHS–Worcester faculty represented 70 of the nearly 100 participants, including Matthew A. Silva, PharmD, assistant professor of pharmacy practice; Monina R. Lahoz, PhD, associate professor of pharmacy administration; George Humphrey, PhD, executive director, College Rela- tions and Communications; and Ann M. Lynch, BSP, instructor of pharmacy practice, along with Dr. Matthew

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 / 15 What Students Need Access and Delivery of Student Services Tops New Dean’s Agenda

ith a diverse student body located on three campuses, WJean M. Joyce-Brady, PhD, the new dean of students, is exploring new ways to improve access and delivery of student services. “We’re all here because of the students,” she says. “They should feel the system is here to respond to their questions and their educational needs.” Joyce-Brady, the former senior associate dean and director of student life at Brown University in Providence, R.I., oversees Student Activities, Academic Support Ser- vices, Multicultural Services, Sports, Recreation and Wellness, Counseling Ser- vices and Residence Life. The number of students living on campus has grown dramatically, and additional Jean Joyce-Brady, Dean of Students Students in the new library of the Student and Academic Center student housing is planned for the Worces- ter campus. Boston now has 226 beds in the Academic and Student Center, plus 179 beds in the Fennell-Iorio Building; “I want all students to feel that their voices are heard another 170 beds in apartment-style suites similar to Boston’s are being constructed in and their ideas will be considered.... The goal is to have Worcester’s Living and Learning Center. the students be able to access all the services easily. “It’s a very exciting time,” she says. “There is a lot of change happening within The models will be tailored to specific campus needs.” the institution, and this is a unique oppor- —Jean Joyce-Brady, PhD, Dean of Students tunity to review services.” She said her immediate focus was on three areas: access to student services, lead- ple, evening may not be the best window in community service and ultimately their ership development, and the appropriate of time for services such as stress-reduction careers. “Leadership skills are so essential to administrative structure for service and courses and counseling services. To address a professional, and I’m focusing on that in a delivery for the Boston, Worcester, and this issue, Margaret O’Day, director of strategic way,” she says. Manchester, N.H. campuses. Specifically, Student Counseling, now has regular A third area of interest is how to engage the challenge is how to best meet the needs office hours on the three campuses, the College community in a discussion about for the adult learners, who are enrolled at including drop-in hours. Down the road, the education of culturally competent health all three campuses but have the highest Joyce-Brady envisions a database structure care providers. “I’m thrilled that the College populations in Manchester and Worcester. that will track the use of student services, is doing strategic planning to engage all the “I want all students to feel that their student satisfaction, and outcomes. constituents in that conversation,” she says. voices are heard and their ideas will be “We’re thinking about how to develop Joyce-Brady received her Doctor of considered....” she says. “The goal is to and design those pieces,” she says. Philosophy from the University of Mary- have the students be able to access all the One area that all students can benefit land, a master’s in education and under- services easily. The models will be tailored from is professional leadership development, graduate psychology degree from the to specific campus needs.” although a leadership course may need to University of Delaware. A licensed psy- Students attending college for the first begin at a different point for adult learners. chologist and trained mediator, she was time have different educational needs than Joyce-Brady supervises Matthew Robison, director of counseling services at Bradford adult learners. Adult learners often have director of Student Activities, in his work College prior to her years at Brown Uni- family obligations that must be taken into with an Emerging Leaders series that teaches versity. She has published in peer-review account, and services may need to be theory and skill building, and positions stu- journals and has presented extensively on offered in a different timeframe. For exam- dents to provide leadership on the campus, student affairs’ topics. ■

16 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 your classmates this year Join for some unbeatable Boston fun! Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, June 10-12, 2005 is Alumni Reunion Weekend!

Lobster and Tales ✔Harbor History Cruise and Lobster Bake Friday, June 10, 2005 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. 4:30 p.m. – Board at Rowes Wharf, Gate C Aboard the Mass. Bay Lines M/V New Boston you will feast on New England clam chowder, boiled live lobster or boneless sirloin strips with all the fixings, while you enjoy a fun, fascinating, one-of-a-kind cruise that tells in story and song how Boston Harbor helped shape the history of the city and the nation. $45/person By Land and Sea–Duck Tours ✔ Saturday, June 11, 2005 12 noon (boarding at 11:30 a.m.) Tours depart from Huntington Avenue side of the Prudential Center By land you’ll see Copley Square, Boston Public Gardens, Boston Common, Old Granary Burial Ground, Park St. Church, Kings Chapel, Old State House, and Faneuil Marketplace, and then it’s a cruise down the Charles River Tours lasts about 80 minutes $20/person

Annual Reunion Dinner & Receptions ✔Saturday, June 11, 2005 5:30 p.m. – Receptions 6:30 p.m. – Dinner & Dancing Fairmont Copley Plaza, 138 St. James Avenue, Boston, Mass. $75/person

Annual Alumni Brunch ✔ & Tours of the College Sunday, June 12, 2005 9 a.m. – Forsyth Alumni Association Annual Meeting 10 a.m. – Brunch & Tours MCPHS, 179 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Mass. Tours include new Academic & Student Center and Forsyth Dental Hygiene Clinic $10/person

To order tickets: Fill out both sides of the form on page 3 and mail it with check or payment information to Alumni Events, Office of Alumni Relations, MCPHS, 179 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. Or, fax it to 617.732.2062, Attn: Alumni Events. Once payment is received, your tickets and/or information will be mailed to you. For additional information, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 617.732.2902, or alum- [email protected]. Or, register online at www.mcphs.edu. MCPHS

The Boston Red Sox: World Champions!

✔ Boston Red Sox vs. Seattle Mariners Friday, May 6, 2005 5 p.m. – Enjoy the tastes of “Yawkey Way” in the MCPHS Student Lounge 6:15 p.m. – Trolley departs for Fenway Park 7:05 p.m. – Game time

Boston Red Sox vs. Oakland Athletics ✔ Friday, September 16, 2005 5 p.m. – Enjoy the tastes of “Yawkey Way” in the MCPHS Student Lounge 6:15 p.m. – Trolley departs for Fenway Park 7:05 p.m. – Game time

Dinner, trolley ride and game ticket: $45/person/game

Take it easy – Park at MCPHS, dine with fellow alums and enjoy a trolley ride to Fenway Park!

To order tickets: Fill out both sides of the form on facing page and mail it with check or payment information to Alumni Events, Office of Alumni Relations, MCPHS, 179 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. Or, fax it to 617.732.2062, Attn: Alumni Events. Once payment is received, your tickets and/or information will be mailed to you. For additional information, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 617.732.2902, or [email protected]. Or, register online at www.mcphs.edu! …and the Minor Leagues, with pre-game BBQ! ✔ Pawtucket Red Sox vs. Columbus Clippers Friday, June 17, 2005 McCoy Stadium, Ben Mondor Way, Pawtucket, R.I. 5 p.m. – Pre-game BBQ in the Party Tent 7:05 p.m. – Game time

Portland Sea Dogs vs. Akron Arrows ✔ Friday, July 15, 2005 Hadlock Field, Park Ave., Portland, Maine 6 p.m. – Pre-game BBQ in the Picnic Grove 7 p.m. – Game time

✔ Lowell Spinners vs. Williamsport Crosscutters Friday, August 5, 2005 LeLacheur Park, Aiken Street, Lowell, Mass. 5:30 p.m. – Pre-game BBQ in the Gator Pit 7 p.m. – Game time

Cookout and game ticket: $25/person/game Parking at McCoy Stadium is free. Parking at Hadlock Field and LeLacheur Park: $5

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Summer of Baseball Annual Alumni Weekend

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(Over) * Information regarding the cookout and directions to the field will be sent to you along with your tickets. IrelandIreland October 4-14, 2005 October 5-6, 2005: Symposium on Biotechnology, Drug Policy, and Pharmaceutical Care 6-10 hours ACPE-approved CE credit October 7-14, 2005: 8 days of escorted sightseeing in Cork, Kerry and Dublin

MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE of PHARMACY and HEALTH SCIENCES Trinity College Dublin – Centre for the Practice of Pharmacy Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – School of Pharmacy University College Cork – School of Pharmacy oin President Monahan, and Thomas Finneran, president of the Massachusetts Highlights: JBiotechnology Council, for an extraordinary educational travel opportunity… Symposium at historic Dromoland Castle with officials Ireland is an ancient isle of enchanting landscapes, quaint villages and a rich cultural his- of Irish government and industry tory. It is also a major center for Europe’s pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Escorted sightseeing in Ireland’s legendary southern counties: Clare, Limerick, Kerry, Cork and Kilkenny Designed for MCPHS Alumni, their spouses, and friends The Cliffs of Mohar, Dingle Bay, Blarney Castle, and the Rock of Cashel Space is limited. To receive an advance copy of the brochure, please contact Lauren Hill The treasures of Dublin including Trinity College and ([email protected]) or call 617.732.2206, or go to www.mcphs.edu. The Book of Kells Round-trip airfare from Boston on Aer Lingus, admis- Experience the magic of Ireland and accomplish your sions, transfers, hotels and most meals included professional goals at the same time. Optional golf packages available

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(Over) Up to the Challenge Dean of School of Health Sciences to Oversee Program Growth

ames D. Blagg Jr., PhD, the new program will also be offered in dean of the School of Health Worcester through online courses. JSciences who has extensive expe- The College received a grant from rience developing and implement- the company Shields MRI to ing new health sciences programs, fund start-up costs for the pro- already feels right at home. He will gram. Students will receive hands- be overseeing the development of on training at 16 Shields MRI several new academic programs, clinical sites around the state. some of which will have distance- Blagg will be hiring staff and learning capabilities. faculty, developing curricula, and “Our goal is to increase the planning laboratories in collabo- number of health sciences’ students ration with Janis P. Bellack, PhD, from 23 percent of total MCPHS provost and vice president for enrollment to 30 percent by the fall Academic Affairs. He is currently of 2007,” he says. “The long-term assisting with the construction of goal for health sciences is 40 percent the dental hygiene clinic for the across all three campuses.” Forsyth Dental Hygiene Program Most recently Blagg was dean of and the relocation of health sci- the College of Health Professions at ences faculty and staff offices to Northern Arizona University in the first floor of the White Build- Flagstaff, where he created the col- ing in Boston; he will also be lege’s first doctoral program in phys- involved in designing new radio- ical therapy and new baccalaureate logic science, patient assessment, programs, including an accelerated and skills/technology laboratories PHOTO BY TRACY POWELL TRACY BY PHOTO program in nursing. He also introduced curricula revisions and developed nationally delivered online programs and other interactive programs. Prior to his position at Northern Arizona University, “Our goal is to increase the number of health sciences’ he was the founding dean at the College of students from 23 percent of total MCPHS enrollment to Health Professions at Florida Gulf Coast 30 percent by the fall of 2007. The long-term goal for University in Fort Myers, which served 25 health sciences is 40 percent across all three campuses.” percent of its students through distance —Dean James D. Blagg Jr., PhD, School of Health Sciences learning. “The hallmark of my career has been twofold: building new or growing existing programs, and increasing access to diverse A previously approved 16-month post- in Boston, and offices and laboratories in student populations,” says Blagg, who is baccalaureate Bachelor of Science in Nurs- Worcester to house the new Worcester- excited about the programs and future ing program for individuals holding a based programs. goals at MCPHS. degree in a non-nursing field will be imple- With regard to new programs, Blagg’s In January 2005, the College’s trustees mented in Worcester in January 2006. other task is to explore the possibility of a approved the addition of the following For MCPHS–Boston, the board radiologist assistant (RA) program based in programs for MCPHS–Worcester, with approved an accelerated three-year Bachelor Boston but with extension capabilities to actual start-up dates to be determined: of Science in Nursing (BSN) program last Worcester, and perhaps Manchester, N.H. A • Certificate in Diagnostic Medical year, which will begin in fall 2005, to help radiologist assistant is a radiologic technolo- Sonography alleviate the acute shortage of nurses. In Jan- gist working in an advanced clinical role to • Bachelor of Science in Respiratory uary 2005, the board approved a magnetic extend the capacity of physician radiologists. Therapy resonance imaging (MRI) postbaccalaureate Such a program would complement the • Bachelor of Science in Health program for students with a bachelor’s existing Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Information Management degree in a non-radiologic science field. This (continued on page 23)

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 / 21 Prepping for the Future Innovative Nursing Program Has Clinical Participation from Boston’s Best

he College is collaborating with nurs- senior consultant to an executive nurse lead- workforce aging faster than the general ing department leaders from the ership development program at the Univer- population. Many of today’s nurses are Tworld-renown Harvard-affiliated hos- sity of California, San Francisco Center for women from the baby boom generation. pitals and Boston-area medical centers on the Health Professions (UCSF-CHP). Many chose nursing, along with teaching the clinical design and delivery of the According to Bellack, recent studies and social work, acceptable professions for innovative Bachelor of Science in Nursing show that by 2020 a nursing shortage of women at the time. Then women started program for high school graduates. The staggering proportions—800,000 nurses— broadening their professional choices, nursing program will welcome its first class is expected to create major problems for attending pharmacy, dental, law and med- of up to 54 freshmen in September 2005 health care. The shortage is due to a con- ical schools, and the number of nurses on the Longwood Avenue campus. fluence of events, starting with the nursing dwindled. With the advent of managed “With this partnership we’re creating a new way of educating nurses,” said Janis P. Bellack, PhD, RN, FAAN, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. “The “With this partnership we’re creating a new way of curriculum will be clearly linked to the educating nurses. The curriculum will be clearly reality and relevance of the workplace. linked to the reality and relevance of the workplace. And what better place than Boston’s med- And what better place than Boston’s medical mecca ical mecca to start such a program?” to start such a program?” The immersion model for clinical learn- —Janis P. Bellack, PhD, RN, FAAN ing experiences throughout the professional Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs phase aims to produce better-prepared graduates to help alleviate the shortage of nurses, to reduce orientation time and costs for employers, and to enhance new nurse job satisfaction and retention. The two-year, nine-month accelerated program—six semesters and two full- length summer sessions—will graduate students one year sooner than typical entry-level BSN programs. The fast-track program joins the accelerated Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Science and Bache- lor of Science in Dental Hygiene. Bellack, who has an extensive background in nursing and nursing education, secured commitments from her nursing colleagues with master’s and doctoral degrees for clinical participation as well as to fill adjunct faculty positions. (In addition to a national shortage of nurses, there is also a shortage of nursing faculty.) Bellack has more than 30 years of experience in nursing and higher education. She holds undergraduate and master’s degrees in nursing, in addition to a doctorate in higher education policy. She is a fellow of

the American Academy of Nursing, and a GENERAL HOSPITAL OF MASSACHUSETTS COURTESY PHOTO

22 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 care, changes in health care added to the The College has hired Jeannine Mul- career opportunity, one with many options: problem. Today’s hospitals are fuller than doon, PhD, RN, who has 36 years of acute care, hospital, community health, anticipated with sicker patients, who need experience in nursing, higher education, ambulatory sites, education, research, and skilled nursing care. People with chronic and public health, as the new department occupational health, to name a few.” diseases are living longer, and the baby chair. Muldoon has a undergraduate Blagg and Muldoon are exploring the boom generation is aging and is expected degree in nursing from Boston College, a possibility of a clinical collaboration with to add unprecedented demands on already master’s in community health nursing, and Worcester-area nursing leaders similar to burdened health care facilities. a doctorate in public health policy and the one established for Boston. In January “We’ve already had more than 600 management, both from the University of 2006, Worcester will begin to offer a 16- inquiries about the program,” says James D. Massachusetts–Amherst. Muldoon also month accelerated nursing program for Blagg Jr., PhD, dean of the School of Health holds a Certificate in Management and individuals who already have a baccalaure- Sciences. “Programs across the nation had Leadership in Higher Education from ate degree in another field. had to turn away 16,000 individuals for lack Harvard University. Blagg and Muldoon are working to of room in existing programs.” secure final approval from the Massachu- setts Board of Registration in Nursing, and the Commission of Collegiate Education in Nursing. The state nursing board for- Recent studies show that by 2020 a nursing shortage of mally approved the application to proceed staggering proportions—800,000 nurses—is expected to with planning for the program. create major problems for health care. The renovations already planned for the White Building include the former site of Sheppard Library, which will have six new “We’ve been fortunate to attract some- classrooms to be used for all College pro- one of Dr. Muldoon’s caliber to chair the grams, including nursing. Sheppard department and lead the hiring of faculty Library and the first-floor chemistry and and development of the curriculum,” says pharmacy laboratories were relocated to the Bellack. new Academic and Student Center. New Muldoon is in the process of interview- patient assessment laboratories on the first ing candidates for the six full-time faculty floor will be constructed and used for both positions needed for Boston; the remain- nursing and physician assistant studies. ing positions will be filled through the col- Muldoon said she is excited about the laboration between the College and possibilities of the new nursing program. Boston’s nursing leaders. “The commitment by the nursing leader- “It’s a critical time for nursing,” says ship in Boston is what attracted me to the Muldoon. “We needed to explore other College,” she said. “You don’t get an creative ways of attracting students to nurs- opportunity like that too often.” ■

Blagg (continued from page 21)

Sciences, advanced imaging certificate and that RAs increased the productivity of • increase the diversity of student postbaccalaureate certificate programs. radiologists by 50 to 100 percent. populations enrolled in the health Although advanced-level radiologic tech- The dean’s other responsibilities are to: sciences programs. nologists have been working in England for • explore other program options for Blagg has lectured extensively on health more than 30 years, the profession is rela- Boston and Worcester, and the sciences education at colleges and universi- tively new in the United States. There are Manchester, N.H. campus; ties around the United States and at profes- approximately six RA programs nationwide. • solidify the current programs in the sional organizations such as the Association With the shortage of radiologists and School of Health Sciences and raise of Schools of Allied Health Professions; he radiologic technologists, assistants can help the bar for excellence; also wrote and co-wrote on the topic in improve patient care. They take responsi- • improve recruitment to ensure full health sciences journals, including the bility for patient assessment, patient man- program subscription; Journal of Allied Health, Radiologic Technol- agement, and patient education; perform • encourage faculty to be more active in ogy, and has been listed in Who’s Who in selected radiology procedures; and evaluate regional and national associations and American Education since 1992. ■ image quality. Blagg noted that studies at to present scholarly papers to bring the University of Michigan hospitals, show visibility to MCPHS programs; and

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 / 23 Where There’s Smoke… PAs, Dental Hygienists, and Pharmacists Help with Smoking Cessation

f you’ve ever smoked cigarettes, you Iknow how hard it is to quit. Students in the health professions are learning how to counsel patients about methods of quitting as well as the dangers of using tobacco products: increased risk of heart disease, emphysema, cancers of the lungs and esophagus, and bladder and kid- neys, among other illnesses. Tobacco con- tains more than 4,000 chemical compounds, and many of these are toxic; at least 43 can cause cancer. And second-hand smoke— inhaled by children, spouses, and others— can be just as detrimental to the nonsmoker as to the smoker. In high-income countries like the United States, smoking-related diseases account for between 6 percent and 15 percent of all annual health care costs. How can health care professionals help their patients address the psychological,

chemical, and behavioral dependencies JOHN GILLOOLY BY PHOTO associated with tobacco use? “Physician assistants are on the front- ceed. The PA’s goal for the patient is “self- tured, it is easier to educate the patient on lines because physicians don’t have the determination”; the patient takes over own- all of the effects that they cannot see. time to talk to their patients about smok- ership of the problem and recognizes that the The mouth can be the cancer gateway ing cessation,” says Marie L. Dacey, EdD, benefits of not smoking outweigh the costs. for patients who smoke. Patients who use assistant professor of psychology. Janice Arruda, MPH, assistant professor tobacco are prone to oral, larynx, and oro- Physician assistant (PA) students learn a of dental hygiene, says dental hygienists larynx cancers, as well as being predisposed “bio-psycho-social” approach in the course have an advantage in that they spend more to gingival recession, dental caries and Health Behavioral Counseling, which is a client-centered way of talking to patients because advice often doesn’t work, says Studies have shown that brief interventions and refer- Dacey. The course helps PAs understand rals are very effective in changing behaviors; therefore how to broach all behavioral problems with patients: smoking, diet, exercise, and pharmacists can take a proactive role in helping alcohol. In the course they talk about gen- patients stop smoking. eral substance abuse, stress management, general-screening practices, and healthy aging. In short, what people can do to self- time with patients than the physician or periodontitis. The neck region is filled manage their lives. dentist does, and they can actually show with lymph nodes, and oral cancers can “We let the patient begin to explore the patients the visible effects of tobacco: a quickly spread to the lymphatic system issue of not smoking and assess the stage thickly coated tongue stained brown, bad and throughout the body. of change, that is, how ready is the patient breath (halitosis), brown-stained teeth, and “I advise my student hygienists to to make a change,” says Dacey. increased calculus that is also brown. Seeing screen everyone, especially children, and to If a patient is in the early stages of change, tissue recession and bone loss on their radi- inform them of the adverse effects of a PA can talk about the pros and cons of ographs and white patches on the parched tobacco and smokeless tobacco,” she says. smoking and in the process discover how mucosa in their mouths can have an impact. “It is much easier to prevent a behavior motivated the patient is to stop smoking and Once the patient’s attention has been cap- than to try to change a behavior once a how confident they are that they will suc- person is addicted.”

24 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 The facts, she says, are astonishing; 90 “Pharmacists can personalize messages to Before advising on treatment options, a percent of adults who smoke began when gain compliance, such as mentioning chil- pharmacist can begin by asking a range of they were under 18. Approximately 5,000 dren or pets whose health may also be questions to determine the patient’s will- children a day smoke for the first time and adversely affected by smoking.” ingness to quit: What causes you to smoke? 3,000 of these children will continue the According to Evans, pharmacists can How have you tried quitting in the past? habit and become addicted. She follows discover whether a patient smokes by the What medications worked or didn’t work? the American Dental Hygienist Associa- products he or she is buying, such as “Pharmacists are able to troubleshoot dif- tion’s nationwide campaign, “Ask, Advise, patches or nicotine gum, or by questions ferent quitting methods to find solutions,” and Refer,” to encourage dental hygienists regarding certain prescription drugs that she says. to promote smoking cessation. “As health interact with tobacco. For a woman who is In addition to nicotine replacement care professionals, it is our responsibility to older than 35 and using birth control pills, therapies such as gums and patches, psy- inform our patients with any knowledge mentioning that smoking increases the chotropic medications, such as the antide- that will improve their oral and physical chance of blood clots in the leg might open pressant Wellbutrin, are now FDA health,” she says. the door to a discussion about the dangers approved for smoking cessation and avail- Studies have shown that brief interven- of smoking and present a means to stop. able to the public. Patients can then bring tions and referrals are very effective in Evans, who presents smoking cessation the information to their physician or other changing behaviors; therefore pharmacists information in classes and continuing edu- health care professional. Other options can take a proactive role in helping cation models, attended a two-day inten- include herbal products, acupuncture, and patients stop smoking. sive program for pharmacy professionals hypnosis, methods outside the realm of “It is appropriate for pharmacists to ask on smoking cessation at the University of Western medicine that do not have scien- questions, counsel patients, and suggest California, San Francisco, and is working tific evidence of effectiveness but may also therapies,” says Joy N. Evans, PharmD, to increase students’ knowledge. help a patient quit. ■ assistant professor of pharmacy practice.

Pizza and Politics Forum: Dental Hygienists Say ‘No’ to Laser Whitening Procedure

re dental hygienists allowed to Keough, director of the MCPHS of the public,” she said. “Forsyth perform laser whitening and Office of Government and Regulatory already teaches how to administer Asoft-tissue laser procedures? Affairs, who hosted the session and anesthesia, so you’re one step ahead This was one of the questions introduced Miller, talked about the of the game.” addressed to guest speaker Marcia J. bill and the College’s role in its pas- The law helps ensure more effec- Miller, the executive director of the sage. Her office presented testimony tive and accessible service to patients Massachusetts Board of Registration in favor of the bill, as did several by giving dentists the option of dele- in Dentistry, at the College’s Pizza and Forsyth instructors. gating the duty of anesthetizing Politics forum, held for faculty and Students and faculty also heard patients to dental hygienists. Appropri- students in the MCPHS Forsyth Dental from Keough on the infrastructure of ate use of pain control measures Hygiene Program. She also discussed state government and how bills are encourages patients to seek neces- the new law enabling dental hygienists passed into law. She noted that the sary preventive and therapeutic care to administer anesthesia, how the Forsyth Alumni Programs at the Col- former Joint Committee on Health that might otherwise be avoided. For dental board operates, and approved lege and former executive director for Care is now two separate committees: patients with periodontal disease, procedures for dental hygienists. the board, stressed that it was every the Committee on Health Care certain procedures performed by “It’s difficult for the dental board student’s responsibility to know what Finance and the Committee on Public dental hygienists such as root plan- to keep up with all the new proce- was included in the scope of practice. Health. She urged students to find out ning, scaling, and debridement, often dures,” said Miller. “Procedures and “It was interesting to hear about who their legislators were, to call the require pain relief to be done properly. the capabilities to administer the pro- the Zoom procedure,” said Jill office about a particular bill under “It was very helpful to hear about cedures are changing all the time.” DeCosta ASDH ’06, after the consideration, and to always remem- the new law regarding local anesthe- In particular, her comments that lunchtime meeting. “You could be ber to thank legislators by phone when sia,” said Eileen Stanton, DH, clinical the laser whitening and the soft- doing something you’re not supposed they vote for a bill the students favor. instructor, after the session. tissue laser were only to be to be doing because you were misin- “It’s incredibly important for all The board’s executive director also performed by licensed dentists gen- formed by a sales representative.” of you to get involved,” Keough said. briefed the group on licensure renewal erated a discussion among clinical Another topic that generated “Laws are enacted all the time that and the importance of hygienists doc- instructors and students. “Don’t discussion was House Bill 698/699, determine what you can and cannot umenting their work. “Document, listen to the representatives of the which was signed into law in Decem- do in your profession, so it’s critical document, document,” she said. “I product,” she warned. “The proce- ber 2004 giving dental hygienists the to be involved.” can’t say that enough because many dures are not included in the dental right to administer anesthesia with According to Miller, statutes like dentists don’t. And sign it. If it comes hygienists’ scope of practice.” supervision by a licensed dentist. the anesthesia law empower the before the board and it is not signed, it Both Miller and Patricia Crane Thirty-one states around the country board to promulgate regulations. doesn’t exist.” ■ Ramsay DH ’66 Forsyth, director of the already have this law. Katherine “Our main objective is the protection

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 / 25 2005 REED CONFERENCE

he College’s signature continuing education event drew almost 700 pharma- Tcists to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough on March 10, 2005 for an engaging program of nationally recognized speakers as well as faculty and administrators from the College. Mail-order pharmacy and rising prescription drug costs were the topics of the keynote address by Charles Baker Jr., president and CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. The program featured Susan Winckler, vice president for Policy and Communica- tions at the American Pharmacists Associa- tion, who explained the opportunities for pharmacists under the new Medicare Part 700 Pharmacists Converge on Gillette Stadium

D prescription drug coverage. Jim Beaty of Pisano BSP ’81, PhD, dean of the School of A&D Associates offered advice to pharma- Pharmacy–Worcester, who offered a regula- presentations cist entrepreneurs with respect to recent tory update, and by Dennis G. Lyons BSP Susan Winckler, RPh, Esq, vice president for trends in the retail environment. Alan Alt- ’75, vice president for Institutional Advance- Policy and Communications at the American man, MD, assistant clinical professor of ment, who provided an overview of this Pharmacists Association, presented the oppor- Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive year’s legislative issues facing pharmacists . tunities for pharmacists under the new Medicare Biology at Harvard Medical School, Lana Dvorkin, assistant professor of Clinical Part D prescription drug coverage. Winckler offered an overview of female sexual func- Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy–Boston, explained that in today’s pharmacy environment tion and dysfunction after menopause. spoke on common herb-drug interactions. where automation and technology can replace Vickie Seeger, chief liaison for the U.S. In addition to great speakers, this year’s pharmacists with “better, faster, cheaper” meth- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), conference also featured 31 poster presenta- ods of order fulfillment, it is essential that pharma- spoke about a national trend of increasing tions by College faculty and 23 exhibitors, cists focus on using their drug-therapy knowledge non-medical use of prescription drugs. including retail pharmacies, drug manufac- to assure optimal medication use. “Helping President Charles F. Monahan Jr. brought turers and distributors, and representatives patients get the most benefit with the fewest prob- greetings from the College and shared a from the Massachusetts Department of lems from their medication must be our reason for video that showcased the new Academic and Public Health and the Center for Medicare being,” said Winckler. In addition to state and fed- Student Center. The afternoon program and Medicaid Services. eral practice laws, Winckler sees Medication Ther- began with presentations by Douglas J. Many of the College’s alumni attended apy Management (MTM) under Medicare Part D this year’s Reed—some having traveled as the paramount regulatory change that will fos- from as far as Pennsylvania, New Jersey, ter this shift in the profession. Although fee struc- Gold Sponsors and Maine, and one woman who flew in tures and specific requirements have yet to be Cardinal | Procter & Gamble from Lebanon to attend. According to one outlined, there will clearly be a place for pharma- Silver Sponsors participant, “between the speakers and the cists to receive reimbursement for patient counsel- Berlex Pharmaceuticals | Brooks | CVS | Pfizer | exhibit hall, this has really become a ing and medication services. PhRMA | Statcare | TAP national professional development confer- Jim Beaty of A&D Associates offered advice Bronze Sponsors ence.” Following the academic program, to pharmacist entrepreneurs considering future Bayer | Genentech | Gilead Pharmaceuticals | 140 alumni, faculty and friends enjoyed business opportunities with regard to recent GlaxoSmithKline | Lilly | Managed Healthcare trends in the retail environment. Despite shrinking Associates | MedImmune | Northeast Services VIP tours of Gillette Stadium and Corp. | PharMerica | Santaurus, Inc. | Schering attended the alumni reception. Through margins and powerful competition, things are turn- Plough | Solvay Pharmaceuticals | Stop & Shop the generosity of attendees, $850 was ing around for independent pharmacists. “The | Walgreens | Watson Pharmaceuticals raised in a raffle to benefit the Howard L. attrition has ended and new stores are opening for Reed Scholarship program. ■ the first time in 20 years,” said Beaty. He also

26 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 Charles Baker Jr., president and CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Classmates enjoyed time to socialize over lunch at Gillette Stadium.

Vickie Seeger, chief liason for the U.S. Mark your calendars for the Fall Healthcare Drug Enforcement SAVE THE DATE: Administration Symposium scheduled for November 3, 2005 at the JFK Library, Boston, MA.

advised pharmacy school graduates that while the non-pharmaceutical options for treating a variety of College administrators and faculty played a key quick money is in the chain and corporate worlds, female sexual dysfunctions. role in the afternoon program. Douglas J. Pisano there is great satisfaction and long-term profit in A national trend toward non-medical use of BSP ’81, PhD, dean of the School of owning your own pharmacy business. prescription drugs was the message delivered by Pharmacy–Worcester, offered a regulatory update Alan Altman, MD, assistant clinical profes- Vickie Seeger, chief liaison for the U.S. Drug that included the elements of a Continuous Quality sor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduc- Enforcement Administration (DEA). According Improvement (CQI) program, the need for private tive Biology at Harvard Medical School, offered to Seeger “6.3 million Americans used one or consultation areas, what qualifies as appropriate an overview of female sexual function and dysfunc- more prescription drugs for non-medical purposes pharmacy compendia, and how to handle phar- tion after menopause. “The menopausal popula- in 2003.” Among the most problematic drugs macy interns and technicians. Pisano’s talk was tion in the United States is growing and will mentioned were oxycodone, especially in its time- complemented by that of Dennis G. Lyons BSP continue to grow with the aging population,” said release Oxycontin formulation; hydrocodones such ’75, vice president for Institutional Advance- Altman. After mapping the psychological, physio- as Vicodin; benzodiazepenes such as Xanax; and ment at MCPHS, who provided an overview of logical, interpersonal, and socio-cultural factors at even Robitussin cough syrup. legislative issues affecting the profession of phar- play, he explained the various pharmaceutical and Her data suggests that the diversion of con- macy in this year’s legislative session. Among the trolled substances happens primarily through topics Lyons covered were Collaborative Drug Ther- theft, practitioners who engaged in illegal distribu- apy Management (CDTM), the sale of hypodermic tion, employee pilferage, and patients faking ill- needles, the inclusion of pharmacists in Medical ness or forging prescriptions. Several of these Malpractice Tribunals, pharmacists as immunizers, problems are addressed by a new DEA-sponsored and the latest on drug importation from Canada. pharmacy theft-prevention program based on edu- Given the rise in herbal and alternative thera- cation and cooperation between law enforcement pies, Lana Dvorkin, assistant professor of Clini- agencies and the pharmacy community. Seeger cal Pharmacy (MCPHS), shared a timely also pointed to the Internet as an exploding prob- presentation on herb-drug interactions. Through lem. While there is no way to size this market, the several case studies, she demonstrated common DEA believes that the Internet is the most popular problematic combinations that affect pharmacody- source of diverted Schedule III to V drugs. namics, absorption, and toxicity. She pointed out how even common foods such as grapefruit and chili pepper may interact with drugs. Dvorkin also President Monahan enjoys a moment of levity at this recommended reliable sources of information, year’s Reed event. including Web sites such as herbmed.org. ■

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 / 27 Forsyth News

Clinic Table Night Winners Nicole Johnson CDH ’05, Stephanie Martin BSHS ’06, and Jacqueline Furnari BSDH ’06 won first place for their presentation, Jaw in Man’s Back, at Student Table Clinic Night on December 1, 2004. Second place was awarded to Kelly Wommack BSDH ’05, Sneha Patel CDH ’05, and Jan Selwitz-Segal DH ’65 Honored Umaima Arsiwala CDH ’05 for Gail Weisberg DH ’74, vice-president of the Forsyth Alumni Association, their table clinic, Malocclusion presented Jan Selwitz-Segal DH’ 65 (left) with a specially engraved Forsyth and Crack Tooth Syndrome. lamp in recognition of all her efforts on behalf of Forsyth students and alumni during her tenure as director of the Forsyth Alumni Programs. Jan Third place was awarded to moved to Florida but is working with the College in the development area. Jian Shi ASDH ’05, Lurene

alumni associations Ball ASDH ’05, and Theresa Chow ASDH ’05 for Treating Forsyth Dental Hygiene Pro- Judges for the Forsyth pro- Periodontal Disease. gram participated and presented gram included nationally and Forty-eight students in their research on 16 dental and den- locally recognized dental pro- Congrats to second clinical year of the tal hygiene–related topics. fessionals, according to W. Gail Barnes RDH, PhD, direc- Alumni on the tor, Forsyth Dental Hygiene Pharmacy Board! The 2005 Outstanding Call for Forsyth Program. Forsyth Alumni Award The project, Saliva: Your At the December 2004 meet- Nominations Spitting Image, presented by ing of the Massachusetts Board Graduates of the Forsyth Brandi Dowling BSDH ’06, of Registration in Pharmacy, Dental Hygiene Program 2005 Esther M. Wilkins, Robyn Parsons BSDH ’06, and Karen M. Ryle BSP ’85, will be considered for the DMD Alumni Award Lindsay Paradis BSDH ’06 won MSRA ’02 was elected presi- award based on achievement All alumni and friends are the Student’s Choice Award. dent, George A. Cayer BSP in the following areas: invited to nominate graduates This recognition by students is ’78, president-elect, and • Distinguished in his/her of the Forsyth Dental Hygiene given for the table clinic that Sophia Pasedis BSP ’87, secre- career as a dental hygienist Program for the 2005 Esther best represents the work of the tary. They are joined on the • Respected by peers and M. Wilkins Distinguished students as a whole. board by other MCPHS community Alumni Award. Procter & Gamble and the alumni: James T. DeVita BSP • A mentor to other Nominees are considered Kilgore Company sponsored ’85, BSC ’85, a past president, hygienists based on achievement in the the awards. and members Joel R. Berman • The epitome of one or following areas: BSP ’74 and Harold B. Sparr more roles of a dental hygienist • Leadership BSP ’55. • Loyal to the Forsyth • Community service Dental Hygiene Program • Personal education • Passionate toward the • Professional contribu- profession tions • Impact on the profes- Nominations for each sion of dental hygiene award must be made in writ- • Participation in profes- ing to the director of Forsyth sional organizations Alumni Programs by May 1, • Dedication to the 2005. For more information, profession and to Forsyth call 617.735.1105.

28 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 Suzanne (Sparks) Box DH ’56 (right) received the 2004 Esther M. Wilkins Some Forsyth corporate sponsors at the Yankee Dental Congress Alumni Distinguished Alumni Award at the Yankee Dental Congress reception. Reception: John Cochrane, Paterson Dental Supply; Alex Freedman, presi- Suzanne was honored for her efforts as a dental hygiene educator, clinical dent, Sanax Protective Products; Diane Zack Seigal DH ’75, president, RDH practitioner, and leader in her professional organization. Pat Ramsay DH ’66, Temps, Inc.; Kenny Baker, Patterson Dental Supply. new director of Forsyth Alumni Programs at MCPHS, presented the award.

man, president, Sanax Protec- for Academic Affairs, and Gail tive Products; Diane Zack Sei- Barnes, PhD, director, Forsyth gal DH ’75, president, RDH Dental Hygiene Program. Temps; and Kenny Baker and Jim Cochrane, Patterson Dental Supply. She also thanked all the Welcome Back, sponsors, including those not present: Bicon Dental Implants, Pat! Oral B Laboratories, Ora Patricia Crane Ramsay DH ’66 Pharma, Waterpik Technolo- Forsyth has returned to the gies, and Uniforms of America. Forsyth Dental Hygiene Pro- gram as the director of Forsyth Alumni Programs. During the Massachusetts 1980s at the Forsyth Institute, Also at the Yankee Dental Congress: Dennis G. Lyons BSP ’75, vice presi- she served as the program’s dent of Institutional Advancement, MCPHS; Dr. Kathleen O’Loughlin, presi- Dental Society director of alumni affairs and dent, Delta Dental Plan of Mass.; President Monahan; W. Gail Barnes, continuing education, and she RDH, PhD, program director, Forsyth Dental Hygiene Program. Awards Grant was instrumental in recruiting Alan DerKazarian, president, and training many of the Delta Foundation She made the announcement and Robert Boose, executive alumni volunteers who are still at the Yankee Dental Congress director, of the Massachusetts active in today’s alumni pro- to Match alumni reception in January. Dental Society awarded the grams. Most recently, she President Charles F. Mona- Forsyth Dental Hygiene Pro- worked as the executive direc- Funding for DH han BSP ’62 and James D. gram a $50,000 grant to expand tor of the Massachusetts Board Blagg, PhD, dean, School of the MCPHS baccalaureate den- of Registration in Dentistry. Programs Health Sciences, who intro- tal hygiene program. The “I’m very pleased to be back The Delta Foundation plans to duced the new director of the money is earmarked for the working with the Forsyth pro- match funds provided by the Forsyth Dental Hygiene Pro- development of an online degree gram at its new location at Massachusetts Dental Society gram, W. Gail Barnes, RDH, completion program. Among MCPHS,” she said. ■ Foundation to expand the PhD, were all in attendance. those in attendance at the MCPHS baccalaureate dental Patricia Crane Ramsay DH December 2004 presentation hygiene program, according to ’66, director of Forsyth alumni were President Charles F. Mona- Dr. Kathleen O’Laughlin, pres- programs, introduced several of han Jr. BSP ’62, Janis P. Bellack, ident of Delta Dental Plans. the event sponsors: Alex Fried- PhD, provost and vice president

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 / 29 ADH/Associate of Science in Dental Hygiene liberation in September 2004. Luneville is ART/Associate of Science in Radiation Therapy located in the province of Lorraine. He returned ANMT/Associate of Science in Nuclear Medicine to France with wife Harriet, along with other Technology veterans and their families, sponsored by the BS/Bachelor of Science Lorraine Battlefield Memorial Association. BS Hampden/Hampden College of Pharmacy Henry was an honored guest and attended BSHS/Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences numerous ceremonies and wreath-layings in BSP/Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy villages throughout Alsace/Lorraine, Belgium BSPS/Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Luxembourg. Henry and Harriet visited BSRS/Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Science two beautifully maintained American military BSDH/Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene cemeteries in Epinal, France and Luxembourg. Give your classmates something BSHP/Bachelor of Science in Health Psychology to read about! Write, fax, or e-mail DH Forsyth/Forsyth School of Dental Hygiene MSP/Master of Science in Pharmacy us with your news: The Bulletin, th June 10 - 12, 2005 MS/Master of Science 50 ! MCPHS, 179 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115. MSRA/Master of Science in Drug Regulatory Affairs and Health Policy 1955 Fax: 617.732.2062; MSN/Master of Science in Nursing Norman A. Beals BSP and wife Sandra (Hunt) e-mail: [email protected] MSPA/Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies BSP ’62 live in West Springfield, Mass., and PharmD/Doctor of Pharmacy (includes Non-tradi- have two grown children. He worked as a phar- class notes or visit www.mcphs.edu tional PharmD Program) macy manager for Stop and Shop after retiring PhD/Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacy from West Springfield High School in 1989. He PhC/Pharmaceutical Chemist (graduate degree) retired from Stop and Shop in 1999; he received PhG/Graduate in Pharmacy the College’s Joseph Gagne Award the same year. Robert Mathew Hehir BSP is retired. Robert and wife Claire have four grown chil- 1931 dren and live in Hudson, Ohio. He is a trustee Elizabeth Watt DH Forsyth wrote a story emeritus of Akron General Health System, and about Norwegian embroidery that was pub- he is a member of the Ethics Committee at lished in the Embroidery Teachers Newsletter. Akron General Medical Center. Alexander Walter MacEachern BSP, and wife Mary live in Swampscott, Mass., and in 1939 Jupiter, Fla. They have six grown children. He Nathan A. Sloane BSP, president of the Anti- has an MBA from Boston College and a teach- Tumor Research Corporation, of Germantown, ing certificate from Boston University. Active Tenn., writes that he “discovered that the pres- in civic affairs in Randolph, he served as a town ence of anti-neoplastic urinary protein (ANUP) meeting member and on the government study in a fraction of human leukocytes and in serum committee. He was managing director of and urine, coupled with its ability to internalize Arron, Walrus, Inc., and president and CEO of only in human tumor cell lines and kill these Happy 90th Birthday! Medical Parameters, Inc. cells via the caspace pathway, suggests that this Laura W. (Peck) Fitch DH ’34 Forsyth celebrated Frederick James Murphy BSP and wife cytokine may act as a human tumor surveil- Anne live in Weeki Wachee, Fla. They have five her 90th birthday on July 11 surrounded by more lance factor. ANUP, with its anti-tumor and grown children. He received his EdM from than 100 relatives and friends at her Waterford, anti-angiogenesis activities, may be of value as a Boston University and worked as a guidance Conn. home. potential therapeutic anti-tumor agent.” In counselor in the Boston public schools from She is a past president of the Connecticut other words, ANUP can kill human tumor cells 1963 to 1993. He also served in the U.S. Dental Hygienists’ Association (CDHA) from without causing inflammation. Marine Corps from 1946 to 1952. Esther M. Wilkins, DH, a dental hygienist, 1942–1943 and the American Dental Hygienists’ Donald A. Neckers BSP is a pharmacist at dentist, and educator for more than 66 years, was Association (ADHA), from 1953–1954. The CDHA Rite Aid. Donald and wife Barbara live in Pas- awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree awarded her the Mabel C. McCarthy Award for saic, N.J., and have two grown children. A mem- by the College. The honor was written up in the Distinguished Service. She is also the recipient of ber of the Passaic Pharmaceutical Association, he Journal of the Massachusetts Dental Society. Forsyth’s Esther Wilkins Distinguished Alumni is a past trustee of Beth Sholom Temple and the Award. The widow of Dr. Avery W. Fitch, she YM-YWHA of Passaic, a member of the Clifton joined her husband’s practice in 1943 and Board of Trustees, vice president of the Passaic remained there until his death in 1979. 60th!June 10 - 12, 2005 School Board, and president of the Tabord Drug Prior to her health problems, Laura was Cooperative. He was also a co-owner of Wilbern Pharmacy from 1956 to 1998. active in the Waterford Historical Society and Richard Francis Raczkowski BSP is retired. currently serves as immediate past president. 1945 Richard and wife Alice (Goolkasian) BSP ’54 Although she is no longer active in the organiza- live in Lexington, Mass., and have three grown Eleanor L. (Baker) Soule DH Forsyth is tion, the society conducts meetings at her spa- children. He stays active as a volunteer, record- retired. Eleanor and husband Earle have three cious home, so she can remain involved. ing books for the blind and dyslexic, studying grown children and live in Brockton, Mass. Beverly P. Whitford DH ’59 Forsyth (photo, left) presented Laura a congratulatory plaque from ADHA and greetings from the CDHA and 1950 Whoops! Henry F. Epstein BSP of Vienna, Va., writes Eastern Connecticut chapter. Laura was Bev’s first In the fall 2004 edition, we incorrectly reported the that he was a soldier with the 79th (Cross of town where Sol Cohen BSP ’56 resides. Sol lives in dental hygienist in the 1940s. Lorraine) Division during World War II and Boynton Beach, Fla. The Bulletin regrets the error. celebrated the 60th anniversary of Luneville’s

30 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 Robert Angorn BSP ’58, DMD and Ruth (Goldstein) Angorn DH ’59 Forsyth Talking Points: Bob and Ruth Angorn Still Enjoying Their Careers Robert Angorn BSP ’58, DMD likes to joke that his marriage to Ruth Goldstein DH ’58 Forsyth in 1959 was the first successful union between MCPHS and Forsyth. “We predated the College’s merger with the Forsyth program by about 46 years,” he chuckles. The Angorns, who met on a blind date after graduation, the same week Ruth was studying for her board examinations, have been happily married for 46 years and have four children and seven grandchildren. “We saw each other every night that week,” says Ruth. “It’s amazing I passed the exam. He was aggressive, smart and handsome. And we came from the same type of background.” A year later, the couple was married. Both the Angorns are still enjoying their careers; Ruth worked as a dental Robert and Ruth Angorn today, and hygienist for many years before moving into another sphere of her husband’s just before they met (left). practice. Today she uses tomography technology to record patients’ dental histories, although she fondly recalls her work as a dental hygienist. “I really enjoy my work, and I’m happy that Bob is a dentist because we share common interests and a lot of good conversation,” she says. “I love orthodontics,” says Bob. “You know how sometimes people find a home? I found mine.” “My years at MCPHS made life in Bob followed his uncle, the late Morris Kleiman BSP ’33, and older dental school a lot easier.” brother Richard Angorn BSP ’51 to MCPHS and enjoyed classes taught by Mitchell J. Stoklosa PhG ’32, PhC ’34, ScD ’69, and William O. Foye, PhD, —Bob Angorn BSP ’58 both now professors emeriti. “My years at MCPHS made life in dental school “…I’m thrilled that Bob is a dentist… a lot easier,” says Bob, a member of Rho Pi Phi fraternity. “I had an excellent working knowledge of both pharmacology and biochemistry, and I did well, we share a lot of good conversation.” graduating in the top section of my class.” —Ruth (Goldstein) Angorn DH ’58 Forsyth After graduating from the College, Bob worked as a pharmacist for three years before deciding on dentistry. He was inspired by Ruth’s boss, a dentist Bob specializes in orthodontics, following the work of his mentor the late who spoke glowingly of his work. Bob attended Boston University for a year Dr. Ronald Roth, one of leaders in the field who changed the way orthodontics before being accepted at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, graduat- is practiced. Dr. Roth was the first to advocate the need for overall treatment ing in 1966, and enrolling in Tufts two-year special orthodontics program, that encompasses a patient’s bite, jaw, and muscles to ensure that the whole from which he graduated in 1968. system of the lower jaw, including the muscles that move the jaw, was prop- “Pharmacy was good to me,” he says. “It helped me get through dental erly seated in the socket. school. I’m still working hard and enjoying myself.”

grandsons. John practices dentistry in Methuen, Mass., and is also a medical attorney Reunion for class years ending in for Harvey and Kleger Law Offices. Lois (Silverman) Sobel DH Forsyth lives in “0” and “5”! West Boylston, Mass., with husband Richard. They have two children. She was active with MARK YOUR CALENDAR: the Massachusetts Dental Hygienists’ Associa- Friday, Saturday & Sunday, June 10 – 12, 2005 tion and in the Worcester chapter. She also sat on the board at Congregation Beth Israel and the piano, and teaching English as a second served as an officer or director for 17 years, and was honored by the sisterhood there. language to immigrants. for 40-plus years as a director or officer for the Carmin J. Spiro BSP is retired. Carmin and Western Massachusetts Pharmacists Association. 1961 wife Jacqueline live in Sudbury, Mass., and have George is also a recipient of the College Medal. Joseph L. Rossetti BSP was named pharmacist four grown children and nine grandchildren. of the month by Professional Compounding Centers of America (PCCA). Joseph owns Boulevard Pharmaceutical Compounding Cen- 1959 June 10 - 12, 2005 George J. Couchiaftis BS Hampden writes that 45th! ter in Worcester, Mass. He was selected from a he received the Nathan Goldberg Award and field of more than 3,000 independent pharma- was named a director emeritus at the 123rd 1960 cists in the United States and Canada. Massachusetts Pharmacists Association (MPhA) John A. Beal BSP, MS ’62 writes that he and convention. He was the first past-president to wife Dolores had a fourth grandchild, Lincoln 1962 be re-elected to the board of directors. A charter Thomas Beal, born on September 22, 2004. David Cote BSP e-mails, “I don’t know how, member of the MPhA Foundation, he has They now have one granddaughter and three but in September 2004 I turned 70 years old

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 / 31 Louis E. Dell’Olio BSP ’70

Alumni in Government: Louis E. Dell’Olio BSP ’70 “The pharmacy services at that time were limited to a bulk-distribution Louis E. Dell’Olio BSP ’70 can thank his parents for his 30 years of success system without computer software support,” he explains. in the pharmacy profession. “My parents thought pharmacy school was a In 1988, Dell’Olio received his MBA from Anna Maria College in Paxton, Mass. good idea,” says Dell’Olio, executive director of pharmacy services at the Five years after completing the program, he left the state hospital and moved to Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH). the DPH, while also functioning as a part-time pharmacy supervisor at Fallon And they were right. Clinic and part-time staff pharmacist at CVS Pharmacy, where he still works. After graduating from MCPHS, Dell’Olio worked at the Vernon Drug Com- As DPH’s executive director of pharmacy services, Dell’Olio is responsible for pany in Worcester for 13 years before taking a position in the Department of all aspects of pharmaceutical services for departments governed by the Executive Mental Health at Worcester State Hospital in 1983, where he served in vari- Office of Health and Human Services and the Executive Office of Public Safety. ous positions, including director of pharmacy. Dell’Olio’s responsibilities His department provides services for 18,000 clients (“beds”) throughout Massa- ranged from budgetary and financial concerns to overseeing staff and chusetts who are inpatients at public health hospitals, mental health hospitals, patients, to sustaining adequate inventory to effectively meet patient needs. mental retardation hospitals, Department of Corrections’ prisons and houses of Under his direction, a computerized system was implemented to maintain corrections. Due to high demand, the program is working to add approximately and track records, both medical and administrative, for individual patients. 10,000 more beds in the houses of corrections currently being served. In addition, Dell’Olio developed a seven-day, unit-dose exchange system Dell’Olio is excited to be a part of the Return and Reuse project that his that served approximately 300-plus inpatients, which ultimately helped lower office first introduced two years ago, which is being used in long-term care drug costs and track drug issues and administration. nursing home settings The program allows for the return and redistribution of any unused, unopened drugs. There are strict return criterion that must be

“I like that the College is focusing on other areas, not just pharmacy... You have to have change, and it shows that MCPHS is moving ahead in a direction that most colleges aren’t.”

met, one of which is the way the drugs are packaged. Modified blister-card packages are used to confirm that the drugs have not been opened and are safe for future circulation. His office is supported by 15 clinical pharmacists who are all board-certified and hold advanced degrees. The department also offers rotations for both undergraduate and graduate students; it is in the process of developing a residency graduate program in psychiatry. Dell’Olio credits MCPHS for sup- porting several of the clinical positions, including one at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Jamaica Plain and another at Westborough State Hospital. Dell’Olio emphasizes that it is important for pharmacy students to remem- ber that they are not limited to careers in retail or hospital pharmacies; there are a number of available opportunities outside of the traditional career paths. “I have worked as a dispensing pharmacist, and I’m more operational now,” says Dell’Olio. “Students like the idea of not being limited to pharmacy. The goal is to put students in roles other than just dispensing, so that they can interact with other disciplines, whether operational or clinical. There is a much greater world out there in pharmacy—take your time to research it.” Dell’Olio believes that his time spent at MCPHS, along with his parents, were instrumental to his success. He says the curriculum allowed him to explore different avenues and achieve his goals. “There was a lot of participation, and the professors were great,” Dell’Olio reminisces. “It was really a fun time to be there.” Citing Dr. Wilson (pharmacy lab), Dr. Skinner (English), and Dr. Bauer (organic chemistry) as his favorite professors, Dell’Olio maintains close ties with the College and sees his fellow classmates on a regular basis. He was recently appointed to the College’s Legislative Committee. “The new building in Boston is great,” he says. “And I like that the College is focusing on other areas, not just pharmacy. In order to set a mark, you have to have change, and it shows that MCPHS is moving ahead in a direction that most colleges aren’t. It was great when I was a student there, but it wasn’t as dynamic as it is now.”

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32 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 and retired. With forty-three years married to of the Massachusetts Pharmacists Association, and aged Care Pharmacy Practice Residency Pro- Mary Lou, four children, six grandchildren and a member of the Dalton Rotary and fourth- gram at Kaiser Permanente. a wonderful, rewarding careeer, it’s been a great degree Knights of Columbus. The recipient of the Adam A. Levitt BSP is president and CEO ride. My best to all of the Class of 1962.” Bowl of Hygeia, the Nathan Goldberg Award, of Clay Park Labs/Agis Group in the Bronx, David lives in Tucson, Ariz. and the College’s Joseph Gagne Award, Stan N.Y. Adam and wife Diane and their son Addi- served on the Massachusetts Formulary Commis- son live in Doylestown, Pa. sion and was a trustee of Berkshire Community Jacqueline (Burke) McGoff BSP is a clinical College. Stan is the vice president of the MCPHS pharmacist at the Veterans Administration 40th!June 10 - 12, 2005 Alumni Association Board of Directors. Medical Center in Bay Pines, Fla. She is board- certified in psychiatry and lives in Largo with 1965 1976 son Michael. Eudgere T. Barcomb BSP is a pharmacist at Jan Durrell DH Forsyth e-mails, “I’ve been liv- Frank D. Pignataro BSP is a pharmacy Kinney Drugs in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Eudgere ing in the Pacific Northwest since 1986. My manager at Accredo Health Group in Marlbor- and wife Noreen have four grown children and sons are 25 and 22 and on their own. I remar- ough, Mass. Frank and wife Patricia have two live in Chazy. ried two years ago, and my new career as a high sons and live in Shrewsbury. school registrar is great! Would love to hear from Nancy Beth (Rodman) Sarnowitz DH 1967 former classmates.” Jan lives in Kirkland, Wash. Forsyth is a registered dental hygienist with Anthony Joseph Evangelista BSP was honored by Canton Dental in Canton, Mass. Nancy and the Winthrop Rotary. He was a co-owner of Mil- 1979 husband Bruce have two sons. She is secretary ton’s Drug Store in Melrose, Mass., before work- John R. Reynolds BSP of Northboro, Mass., is of the Canton High Gridiron Club. ing for CVS pharmacy. He opened two stores for a professor and chairman of the Department of CVS, one in Winthrop and the second in Pharmacy Practice at Northeastern University’s 1987 Boston’s North End. He retired after 25 years of Bouve College of Health Sciences. He has a Evan M. Banks BSP writes that he is a certified service but still maintains his pharmacy license. PharmD from Duquesne University. financial planner and financial advisor with Mike Warmington BSP lives in Gilford, The Bulfinch Group, an insurance and invest- 1971 N.H. Mike and wife Cinde have two children, ment firm in Needham, Mass., which he joined John Harney BSP of Woburn, Mass., is a and he has worked as a pharmacist for 25 years. in 2002. He has a certificate in financial plan- research assistant in the Thyroid Division at He is a member of the Gilford Rotary. ning from Boston University and an MBA Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. from Northeastern University. He lives in Sharon with wife Stacy and their three children. 1974 25th!June 10 - 12, 2005 1992 Thomas Ryan BSP of Tewksbury, Mass., was honored by the Tewksbury Fire Department and Armando Torres BSP writes that he and his the town after serving 16 years as fire chief. He is 1980 wife Rina “welcomed our first daughter Isabella credited with starting the public campaign to buy Argeris (Jerry) N. Karabelas PhD is the new Sofia Torrez on May 11, 2004. We are very defibrillators; today the town has eight devices. chairman of the Human Genome Sciences grateful and doing well.” The family lives in One of the first in the Greater Lowell area to own Board in Rockville, Md. Jerry, a former partner San Germán, Puerto Rico. the life-saving equipment, the town is dedicating of Care Capital LLC, became a director in the community room at the South Fire Station to 2002. Prior to that time, he was the head of him and the five previous fire chiefs. health care and chief executive officer of June 10 - 12, 2005 Worldwide Pharmaceuticals for Novartis AG 10th! from 1998 to July 2000. A founder and chairman of the Novartis BioVenture Fund, Jerry 1995 30th!June 10 - 12, 2005 spent most of his career at SmithKline Gretchen Elliott Sionkiewicz BSP joined the Beecham where he was vice president for U.S. staff as a pharmacy manager at Eaton Apothe- 1975 marketing, president of North American Phar- cary’s Marblehead location. She has 10 years of Elise Ruth (Hyde) Edwards BSP is a staff pharmaceutical, and executive vice president of professional retail pharmacy experience. macist at N.S. Pharmacy Services in Peabody, SmithKline Beecham Pharmeuticals. He is a Mass. Elise and husband Michael have three former assistant professor of industrial phar- 1996 grown children and three grandchildren. Her macy and pharmacokinetics at the College, Peter I. Demestihas married Eleftheria Angela father John F. Hyde BSP ’54 was an alumnus trustee of the University of the Sciences in Hronis on September 5, 2004. Peter is the of the College. Philadelphia, and member of the Mass. General pharmacy manager at Walgreens Pharmacy in Andrew Olem BSP is a regional pharmacy Hospital’s Scientific Advisory Committee. Brockton, Mass. The couple lives in Stoughton. manager at Stop & Shop in Quincy, Mass. Mark Steven Elfman BSP is a chiropractor Tara (Zonghetti) DeRoma BSP and hus- Andrew and wife Beverly have two children at Foxboro Chiropractic. Mark and wife Linda band Greg DeRoma BSP ’95 write that they and live in Stoughton. have two children. He graduated from the are “happy to announce the birth of their Stephen J. Strasnick BSP is a pharmacy Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1987 with a daughter Gina Sarah. Big brother Kyle is manager for Target Corp. He lives in Sharon doctor of chiropractic degree. He served as thrilled to have a baby sister.” The family lives with wife Amy. They have two grown children. president of the Mass. Chiropractic Society in Dracut, Mass. Alan P. Vicari BSP of Bridgewater, N.J., is from 2001–2003 and was named Mass. Chiro- Jennifer L. (Paolini) Warrington BSP the owner of Strategic H.I. Staffing. practor of the Year in 2002. writes that she has a new address in Gainesville, Stanley Bernard Walczyk BSP, a member of Katrin S. (Schulz) Fulginiti BSP is the Fla., and a new arrival in the family: Joshua the 2005 Reunion Committee, owns O’Laughlin pharmacy staff development coordinator for Howard Warrington, born August 28, 2004. Home Care Pharmacy in Dalton, Mass. Stanley Kaiser Permanente in Silver Spring, Md. Katrin He joins big sister Olivia Mae, 2 years old. and wife Paula have two children. Relatives who and husband John live in Gambrills with their graduated from the College are Dan Walczyk BSP two daughters. She is a pharmacy technician 1997 ’72, Mary Beth (Walczyk) Driscoll BSP ’81, and certificate program educator at Anne Arundel Cheryle Amato BSP writes “I am now working David Driscoll BSP ’80. Stan is a past president Community College and director of the Man- as a pharmacist for Omni Medical. I have also

THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 / 33 Jennifer (Kulick) BSP ’92 and Gerard M. “Gerry” Meglio BSP ’93 Keeping Up the MCPHS Tradition Attending the Howard L. Reed Continuing Education program is a family tradition for Jennifer (Kulick) BSP ’92 and Gerard M. “Gerry” Meglio BSP ’93, a couple who are committed to giving back to their alma mater. “It’s fun to go to the Reed and see who’s there,” says Jennifer. Gerry was especially fond of the late Howard L. Reed PhG ’26, PhC ’28, PharmD ’54 (Hon.), ScD ’71 (Hon.), former professor, dean and president of the College, who established the continuing education program more than 60 years ago. Gerry and Dr. Reed were members of Eta Chapter, Phi Delta Chi fraternity, and Gerry, who served as the alumni chapter vice president, helped President Patrick T. Zeller BSP ’90 to plan the fraternity’s successful 100th anniversary celebration in 2002. The event was dedicated to Dr. Reed for his “leadership and inspiration” to the Phi Delta Chi brothers. “I feel strongly about my fraternity,” says Gerry, who also served as secretary and president of the alumni chapter. “It’s part of the college experience. You form relationships with people you may not have gotten to know other-

Jennifer and Gerry with their two children, Emma and Ava “I look at how successful we’ve been, and I don’t know what my career would have been like without the degree I received from the College…,” —Gerard M. “Gerry” Meglio BSP ’93

Michael Pill BSP ’93, wise. …I am proud that Eta Alumni Chapter continues to award five under- PharmD ’95 and Gerry graduate scholarships each year.” Meglio BSP ’93: “Best The informal quarterly “reunions” with their former classmates and their friends since freshman families is another tradition they enjoy. Members of the close-knit group take year!” turns hosting the event in alternating homes, where their young children, including the Meglios two daughters, Emma and Ava, can play, and the adults have met at MCPHS and continue to share a happy life together.” catch up with each other. As undergraduates, both were members of the Phi Lambda Sigma Lead- “The reunions keep getting bigger,” laughs Gerry. “A bunch of us all have ership Society and were involved in the College in many ways. Jennifer served children. We have a good time.” as her class president and held offices in Kappa Epsilon fraternity. For six Members of the group are Michael Pill BSP ’93, PharmD ’95, Andrew F. years she served as a national officer on Kappa Epsilon’s Grand Council. Doyle BSP ’93, Michael J. Godek BSP ’93, Gregory A. Vestal BSP ’91, and Gerry was a College class officer, held positions in Phi Delta Chi, and played Colleen (Ferjanec) BSP ’94 and Stephen Grocer BSP ’92, and their families. on the College’s basketball and baseball teams. They credit their involvement “That’s the nice part of living in New England: being active in the College and in undergraduate activities as one of the reasons they have been successful seeing all our friends,” says Gerry. in their careers and feel it is “important to give back” to the College. The Meglios, who are members of the President’s Circle, live in Tolland, “I look at how successful we’ve been, and I don’t know what my career Conn., where Jennifer is a per diem pharmacist in the home-care industry, would have been like without the degree I received from the College…,” says and Gerry, who spent the first nine years of his career as a pharmacy man- Gerry. “It’s good to see that the College is continuing to grow and offer new ager at Walgreens, is a sales representative for Eli Lilly and Company. Both programs. That’s another reason alumni need to support the College: to Jennifer and Gerry are originally from New Jersey. “We had to go to Boston to make sure that continues.” meet each other,” says Jennifer. “And we are among the many alumni who been a preceptor for the University of Connecti- June 6, 2004. Andrew worked for several years at “Just returned from my honeymoon in Fiji,” she cut and the University of Arkansas schools of the North Reading, Mass., CVS pharmacy; he is says. The couple lives in Norwood, Mass. pharmacy.” Cheryle lives in Woodbridge, Conn. now a pharmacist assigned to the 212th Mobile Amy Lenweaver BSP e-mails that she is Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), the last MASH living in Jamesville, N.Y. unit in the U.S. Army. Both Andrew and his wife, a U.S. Army nurse, are stationed at the Landsthul 5th!June 10 - 12, 2005 1998 Medical Center in Germany. Andrew Pike BSP, a captain in the U.S. Army, 2000 and his wife Jennifer, visited the grave of his great 1999 Melanie Kathryn Bourgeois BSP married uncle Lt. Thomas Ashworth Jr., at the U.S. Kristen L. (Viall) Lodge DH Forsyth writes that Robert Lavern Potter. Melanie is a pharmacist Cemetery in Normandy, France to commemorate she married Mike Lodge on October 16, 2004. at Walgreens, in Holiday, Fla. the 60th anniversay of the D-Day invasion on

34 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 Nicole M. DiMeo PharmD married Erik J. Stoothoff on May 8, 2004. Nicole is a pharma- Dr. James cist at Boston University Medical Center. The Richardson couple lives in Quincy, Mass. Dr. James Gary Doody PharmD accepted the position of director of pharmacy at Cary Medical Center Richardson, a in Caribou, Maine. He lives in Fort Fairfield. former associate Stacey L. Frasca MSPA married Mark J. professor in the Coyle on September 11, 2004. She is a physi- Department of cian assistant at St. Vincent Hospital in Liberal Arts and Worcester. The couple lives in Auburn, Mass. Jill Russell-Morey PharmD and her hus- later the Division of band, Ben, welcomed their first child, a daugh- Arts and Sciences, ter, Carly Jean, on October 7, 2004. Jill works died on February 23, 2005. as a pharmacist for CVS; the family lives in Dr. Richardson joined the College faculty in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 1973 and taught ethics, philosophy, and literature Lindsey Seastedt BSHP married Steve Lal- iberte. She is a pharmacist with Brooks in Lon- through 1995. He instituted courses in ethics for donderry, N.H., and serves on the MCPHS the pharmacy and nursing programs and intro- Alumni Association Board of Directors. duced students to the humanities through such 2001 courses as Science in Literature. Renee (Paquette) Collins BSP and husband Grif- fin welcomed a baby boy, Bradley, on September Abraham J. Haddad 10, 2004. Renee is a staff pharmacist for CVS in Veronica (Hogan) Ford DH ’36 Forsyth, BSP ’56, MS ’58, PhD ’69 Hanson, and resides in East Bridgewater, Mass.” July 5, 2004 The College mourns the passing of Dr. Abraham Daniel G. Lowney Sr. BSP ’37, August 7, 2004 J. Haddad, professor and vice president emeritus, 2003 Domenick J. Rosetti BSP ’37, June 17, 2004 on March 1, 2005 at the age of 73. Timothy Bartlett PharmD was a co-author on Doris I. (Metzler) Sanders DH ’37 Forsyth, Dr. Haddad was associated with MCPHS for “Superselective Transcatheter Arterial August 21, 2004 Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carci- R. Allan Noroian BSP ’38, November 11, 2002 more than 50 years as a student, faculty mem- noma: Experience with a New Emulsion,” in Helen Bulman DH ’40 Forsyth, September 2004 ber, and administrator. A 1952 graduate of Hospital Pharmacy, the September 2004 edition. L. William “Bill” Noyes BSP ’43, Boston College, he was a distinguished student at Kristi Marie Pulkkinen PharmD married December 19, 2004 MCPHS, achieving the honor of class valedictorian Michael Patrick Holland on June 26, 2004. She Jacqueline (Desprez) O’Reilly BSP ’45, in 1956. He was appointed to the faculty by Dean is a pharmacist at Hannaford Brothers. The November 21, 2004 couple lives in Scarborough, Maine. Francis A. Fiekers BSP ’46, August 29, 2004 Howard C. Newton in 1958 and promoted to Belle (Desjardins) Pelletier BSP ’48, associate professor of pharmaceutics after earn- 2004 September 17, 2004 ing his PhD. He gradually assumed additional Laura Salomone PharmD married Benjamin David J. Cohen BSP ’49, July 10, 2004 duties as coordinator of graduate admissions and James Girard Pease BSP ’50, September 21, 2004 Carr on May 21, 2004. Laura is a resident at counselor of students. When MCPHS acquired the Mass. General Hospital. John Savina BSP ’50, November 15, 2004 Hampden College of Pharmacy in 1976, he was Michael D. Cournoyer BSNMT works at Paul E. Smith BSP ’50, September 21, 2004 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Leo A. McKenna Jr. BSP ’51, December 2004 appointed its first director of Academic Affairs, Aja (Tufts) Godbout PharmD and husband Arthur Sparr BSP ’51, January 31, 2005 and later became its dean, a position that he held Chris live in San Diego, Calif. William T. Burns BSP ’54, September 12, 2004 until 1983. He practiced community pharmacy for Henry J. Lawrenson BSP ’54, Nick Yerkes PharmD of Lebanon, N.H., is eight years before returning to the College in a student at St. Georges University School of December 11, 2004 1991 as vice president for Administration and pro- Medicine in Grenada. Jean L. Ottaviano BSP ’55, August 8, 2004 Thomas Labun Jr. BSP ’58 Hampden, fessor of pharmaceutics and industrial pharmacy. October 13, 2004 Upon his retirement in 1996, the Trustees award- In Memoriam Lawrence Carlisle BSP ’59, November 12, 2004 Nathan Newman PhG ’22, October 13, 2004 ed him the titles of professor emeritus and vice Arthur R. Feldman BSP ’59, June 7, 2004 Hazel R. Perusse DH ’23 Forsyth, November Franklin “Frank” Silverman BSP ’63, president emeritus, the first administrator at the 10, 2004 December 20, 2004 vice presidential level to be so honored. Dr. Margaret J. (Beaton) Craven DH ’27 Forsyth, Richard E. Lowd BSP ’67, November 3, 2004 Haddad is survived by his mother, Mary K. July 13, 2004 Ernest A. Fragopulos BSP ’68, September 2, 2004 John J. Abounader PhG ’29, October 15, 2004 Haddad, and his brother, the Rev. James J. M. Jane (St. Louis) Miskinis BSP ’71, Harry Jaffe PhG ’29, September 30, 2004 Haddad. Burial was in Mount Benedict Cemetery, November 14, 2004 Ruth (Hansen) Bauernfeind DH ’30 Forsyth, Dennis O. Coito BSP ’72, November 5, 2004 West Roxbury. December 29, 2004 Norman Caplette BSP ’74, August 1, 2004 Caryl Lee Demarest DH ’30 Forsyth, Wayne W. Wanat BSP ’79, October 12, 2004 August 5, 2004 Diedre A. Flaherty DH ’83 Forsyth, David Hazman PhG ’30, December 31, 2004 August 12, 2004 Peter Aharon Goolkasian PhG ’32, December Charlene A. “Cheri” (Hancock) Wood BSP ’87, 21, 2004 January 6, 2005 Chester W. “Chet” Ashley Jr. PhG ’34, December 7, 2004

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36 / THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 Nichols & Stone Denim Shirt Light blue denim long University Swivel Desk Chair #888 $395 sleeve, button-down Black paint with gold trim, cherry finish arms and collar, left chest button crown, laser engraved pocket with the College College Arm Chair $275 seal imprinted in maroon. Black laminate with gold-filigree trim. Please specify: Sizes M, L, & XL. E $25 A-1a Laser-engraved College seal A-1b Gold, silk-screened College seal Hooded Sweat Shirts Gray, hooded, zippered Boston Rocker $275 sweatshirt with College A-2a Black laminate with cherry wood crown and arms seal imprinted in maroon. with laser-engraved College seal Sizes M, L, XL. F $25 A-2b All black laminate with gold, silk-screened Child’s T-shirt Children’s “Future College seal Black, hooded, zippered Graduate of MCPHS” sweatshirt with embroi- t-shirts in gray with (To request a brochure, e-mail dered full name of the maroon printing. Child [email protected].) College on left breast. sizes S, M, L, & XL. L Sizes S, M, L, & XL. $10 Eglomisé G $30 Traveler Convertible Mirror Crew Neck Sweat Bag/Blanket The illustration of the Shirt Versatile fleece-lined blan- College is applied in the Grey Crew Neck Sweatshirt ket with water-resistant

College Shop “reverse-glass” tradition with the College seal backing, two zippered known as eglomisé. The imprinted in maroon. Sizes pockets and an adjustable 11.5” x 24” frame is hand- L, XL and 2XL. H $20 shoulder carrying strap. leafed and gilt-finished. Shown in burgundy with B $120 (includes shipping) MCPHS Baseball Caps the College seal in white. Blue/green khaki six-panel M $35 cap, twill tuck-away strap, Office Lamp back has snap closure. Distinguished laser carved Specify MCPHS or base with the College seal. MCPHS–Worcester on front Beautifully finished in black panel in blue lettering. One paint and cherry stain, with size fits all. J $10 black and gold shade. D $195 Red pigment-dyed six-panel cap, tuck away leather strap Desk Clock back with antique brass How to Order: Fill out the form below, and send it with a check, An intricate pen-and-ink buckle and the College seal payable to Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, to: drawing of the College distin- on the front panel. One size Dawn Ballou, Office of Alumni Relations, MCPHS, 179 Longwood Avenue, guishes this hand-finished, fits all. K $10 Boston, MA 02115. To place an order by telephone, call 617.732.2902. poplar wood, desk clock. C $150 (includes shipping)

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THE BULLETIN • Spring 2005 / 37 Perfect Timing Trustee Chairman David Maher and President Charles F. Mona- han Jr. are surrounded by well- wishers at the ribbon cutting of the new Academic and Student Center at MCPHS–Boston.

PHOTO BY SUZI CAMARATA REUNION! What you’ve been waiting for! (details inside) June 10 – 12, 2005.

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy NON PROFIT ORG. and Health Sciences U.S. POSTAGE 179 Longwood Avenue PAID Boston, MA 02115-5896 BURLINGTON, VT Return Service requested PERMIT NO. 21