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Taking Up Residents The demand for residency training is on the rise. But are there enough positions to go around? INSIDE > St. Louis medication disposal | Track and field All-American | Anatomy of Commencement garb | Top 3 employers Commencement 2010 ST. LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY SCRIPTVOLUME 21, NUMBER 2 On May 14, 188 new doctors of pharmacy received their degrees from St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Summer 2011 Editor Sheila Haar Siegel FEATURES Designer Colleen Krutewicz All or Nothing Contributing Writers Bryan Daniels Track and field star David Baker is STLCOP’s first-ever NAIA Maureen Harmon All-American athlete. He’s also a farmer and community pharmacist Katie Kelly 6 Connie Mitchell hopeful. He gives everything to his sport, his family, and pharmacy Proofreader school. Yet, for Baker, it’s not about winning. He just does it. Nancy Busch katie kelly Class Notes Kristine Bryant President, Alumni Association Green Disposal and Drug Abuse Chad Graue ’00/’01 Sixth-year student Joel Henneberry was one of the key players in creating Chair, Board of Trustees Nancy Konieczny ’77 12 the St. Louis Medication Disposal Initiative, the first of its kind in the nation. He shares how it started, what happened during one week in President John A. Pieper, Pharm.D. April, and what Willy Wonka and a grand piano have to do with it all. Vice President for Marketing and Communications joel henneberry Marc Long Vice President for Advancement Brett T. Schott Taking Up Residents Ready to take their place Director of Alumni Relations As more and more pharmacy schools educate student pharmacists to in the world of health Necole Powell R care, the class of 2011 16 provide patient-centered care and the expectation of practice continues to will go on to care for patients in a expand, the interest and demand for residency training is at an all-time Script magazine is a joint effort wide variety of settings including of the College and the Alumni high. But are there enough positions to go around? hospitals, long-term care centers, Association, published three times a year for alumni, students, and friends maureen harmon neighborhood clinics, and com- of the College. Questions or comments munity pharmacies. may be addressed to Sheila Haar Siegel at [email protected]. Dr. Kenneth Roberts, the Slone Raising a Business and Building a Family professor of community pharma- ADDRESS CHANGES OR cy leadership and dean emeritus TO UNSUBSCRIBE The two are intensely entwined for Kellie Tilley ’99. She is a community at the University of Kentucky Office of Advancement, 314.446.8394 or [email protected] 22 pharmacist and pharmacy owner, mother, and wife of the Speaker of the College of Pharmacy, delivered the Missouri House. Yet her plan is quite simple—to be her own boss, to give keynote Commencement address. ST. LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY her kids opportunities she didn’t have, and retire in four short years. Class speaker Kelli Fitterling ’10 CONTACTS praised her fellow classmates for College Receptionist 314.367.8700 connie mitchell their accomplishment. “I am proud Script Magazine 314.446.8397 President’s Office 314.446.8307 to be a part of this class who has Deans’ Office 314.446.8342 shown excellence in academics, Admissions 314.446.8312 DEPARTMENTS athletics, and service,” she said. Financial Aid 314.446.8320 President John A. Pieper urged Alumni Office 314.446.8398 graduates to give back. “You are Development Office 314.446.8394 2 News Briefs educated citizens, and it’s up to Public Relations 314.446.8393 you to make our country and our Continuing Education 314.446.8523 8 On Campus: Draped in Tradition society even better...I have every 10 Faculty Profile: Amie Brooks ’99/’00 confidence that you will take up WWW.STLCOP.EDU/SCRIPT this challenge and succeed beyond 26 Alumni News your wildest dreams,” he said. 30 Class Notes PHOTOGRAPHS BY COLLEEN KRUTEWICZ News Briefs Concrete On Board STLCOP students, faculty, and staff Faculty line up early in the morning before The St. Louis College the Go! St. Louis race: (from left) Abstract Stephanie Hand, Heather Pautler, of Pharmacy Board of Sheila Haar Siegel, Marc Long, Necole Dr. Jasna Marjanovic, Powell, Dr. Chaya Gopalan, Dr. Keelara Gopalan, Brett Schott, Bret Kimes, Trustees has elected four assistant professor and Ami Patel. new members who began of pharmacology, presented an abstract their terms this summer. at the Arteriosclerosis, CULBERT GOETZ Thrombosis, and Vascular Arthur Culbert is former president and CEO of Health Literacy Missouri. Culbert FACE-OFF Biology 2011 Scientific previously served as senior advisor to the Sessions of the American We asked the more Missouri Foundation for Health. He Heart Association, held was also associate dean for admissions at than 1,601 people April 28-30 in Chicago. The Boston University School of Public Health who “like” the College sessions attract scientists and associate dean for student affairs and on Facebook to and clinicians in the educational programs at Boston University share some words fields of arteriosclerosis, School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. of wisdom for thrombosis, vascular in sociology from Boston University. the STLCOP 2011 Cathy (Sampel) Goetz ’85 is the HOLMES LIEKWEG biology, peripheral vascular graduates. Here are a medication safety officer at St. Luke’s disease, and vascular Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo. Goetz has few highlights: surgery to explore areas of been active at STLCOP as a class agent to 2005. He earned an MBA from cross-disciplinary interests. and has also served as president of the Webster University and a bachelor’s “It’s stressful to begin being Marjanovic presented Alumni Association. In 1999, she received degree from Washington University. a pharmacist. But by the end of year one you will hit your the abstract, “The Role of Staff member Levada Brown the Alumni Association’s Outstanding Richard Liekweg is group president of nearing the finish line. stride and things will begin Inositol Polyphosphate Achievement Award. She is also the BJC HealthCare with responsibilities for to get easier. Hang in there 4 Phosphatase Type I in parent of a current STLCOP student. Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital. Liekweg previously and congratulations to all Thrombosis” as part of Michael Holmes is president of Rx Outreach, a nonprofit organization worked as CEO and associate vice the new graduates!” the Kenneth M. Brinkhous that provides prescription assistance for chancellor at the University of California Melissa Beavers Johnson ’92 Young Investigator Prize in low-income individuals. Holmes served San Diego Medical Center. He also Thrombosis Competition, as executive vice president of Strategy, served as administrative director, assistant “Get a job in a Japanese nuclear power plant. It will which recognizes STLCOP students were great Human Capital, and Emerging Markets COO, and senior associate COO at Duke outstanding endeavors sports despite the unseasonably University Health Systems and was CEO be much less stressful.” hot and humid weather. at Express Scripts before taking on his Dennis James ’77 by new investigators in current role. Before that, Holmes was a of Durham Regional Hospital. He has an fundamental and applied partner with Edward Jones from 1996 MBA from the University of Michigan. “Always trust your instincts. research in thrombosis. Go! STLCOP and opportunities for group runs and If something seems wrong, it “We have identified walks. STLCOP’s involvement was made may just be.” a novel regulator of Among the more than 11,500 participants possible by a donation from Edward Top 3 Employers the company. Are STLCOP accepted a residency Carson Bording ’88 platelet activation: at the Go! St. Louis Marathon fitness Jones, where Kimes is a principal. graduates sticking with position, which may be events on Sunday, April 10, approximately “The best part of Walgreens is once again inositol polyphosphate 4 community pharmacy getting a boost from the “Do not be full of yourself, WEB EXTRA the top employer among 70 purple Eutectic shirts dotted a sea of the challenge was the as their favorite health increasing expectation yeah you graduate with the phosphatase type I,” says To see more runners and walkers. Despite an unusually mesh of people that recent STLCOP graduates, care setting? Definitely, of more clinical patient photos of doctor title, but you are still Marjanovic of her research based on the annual though 17 percent care (read more about warm, humid day, St. Louis College of STLCOP participated,” said a pharmacist. Remember we collaboration with survey conducted by the of the class of 2011 residencies on page 16). Pharmacy participants proved that they runners and fourth-year student USED to be the most trusted Washington University walkers in Alumni Association and were up for the Chairman’s Challenge. Karen Obermann. profession...not anymore... action, go the Office of Marketing School of Medicine. “Using Chairman of the STLCOP Board to www. “Faculty, staff, and ever wonder why that is?” and Communications. Here’s the short list of the top employers of this year’s STLCOP graduates a mouse experimental of Trustees Bret Kimes initiated the stlcop.edu/ students suddenly This year, 17 percent of Tony Jones ’87 Chairman’s Challenge months before the photos. had refreshing new model, we can now show respondents took a job Schnucks Pharmacy 5 % event, encouraging students, faculty, staff, topics of conversation. that this enzyme plays with the nation’s largest “Find the right job, versus the and alumni to participate in the Go! St. I love how everyone congratulated each an important role in community pharmacy CVS/pharmacy 9% right salary.” Louis half marathon or marathon relay, other on the days following the race. regulating thrombosis.” chain. Last year, 27 Michelle Goodrich and providing weekly training e-mails It was such a great stress relief!” percent went to work for Walgreens 17 % Kibodeaux ’03 said Marjanovic.