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Special
Features, Awards Presentations, and Meeting Highlights
Table
of Contents
Keynote
Speaker
 Sorrel
King founded the Josie King Foundation in 2001 with her husband
Tony after their daughter Josie died as a result of medical errors.
The Josie King Foundation supports innovative patient safety programs
that influence the way safety is incorporated into medical care.
The Josie King Pediatric Patient Safety Program and the Johns Hopkins
Hospital's Children's Center, the Condition H - Josie King Patient
Safety Call Line at UPMC - Shadyside Hospital, and Dr. Albert Wu's
work on disclosure training all received initial funding from the
Josie King Foundation and currently serve as models for patient
safety programs across the country.
 Sorrel
is a leading advocate for improving patient safety. As a public
speaker, she brings Josie's powerful story and the successes of
Foundation-sponsored safety initiatives to wide audiences to ensure
that what happened to Josie will never happen to another patient.
The Josie King Foundation’s mission is to prevent others from
dying or being harmed by medical errors. By uniting healthcare providers
and consumers, and funding innovative safety programs, we hope to
create a culture of patient safety, together.
Super
Sessions
Pro-Con
Debate I: Vaccines
October 3, 2008 3:45-4:45 pm
Pro-Con
Debate II: Donor Breast Milk
October 5, 2008 10:40-11:40 am
Sumner
J. Yaffe Award
 Gregory
Kearns, PharmD, PhD, has been selected as the recipient of the 2008
Sumner J. Yaffe Lifetime Achievement Award in Pediatric Pharmacology
and Therapeutics. The Yaffe Award Lecture will be presented at the
17th Annual Pediatric Pharmacy Conference and PPAG Annual Meeting
in Balimore, Maryland on Friday, October 3, 2008.
Dr. Kearns is Chairman of Pediatric Medical Research at the Children's
Mercy Hospital and the Marion Merrell Dow/Missouri Chair in Pediatric
Medical Research at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School
of Medicine.
He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the St. Louis College
of Pharmacy (1977) and his PharmD from the University of Cincinnati
(1977). He completed his Residency at Cincinatti Children's Medical
Center in 1979 and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Louisiana State
University in 1983. Dr. Kearns continued his education, earning
a PhD in Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology from Erasmus University
in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Dr. Kearns' research interests include metabolite-mediated cytotoxicity
as relates to the production of adverse drug reactions, developmental
pharmacogenetics and pharmacokinetics, functional pharmacogenomics,
and pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic modeling
Dr. Kearns
is a member of the Society for Pediatric Research, American Association
of Pharmaceutical Scientists (charter member), Pacific Rim Society
for Pharmacogenetics (charter member), American College of Clinical
Pharmacology, and American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and
Therapeutics
Dr. Kearns
has received many significant award, including the Distinguished
Investigator Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacology
and is a recipient of the Roy Patterson Distinguished Lectureship
from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology.
He is widely published and is a past president of ASCPT.
Previous Yaffe Award Recipients are:
2002: Sumner Yaffe, MD
2003: Miles Weiberger, MD
2004: William Evans, PharmD
2005: George McCracken, MD
2006: Cheston Berlin, MD
2007: Leslie Hendeles, PharmD
Richard
A. Helms Award
 Peter
Gal, PharmD, has been selected as the recipient of the 2008 Richard
A. Helms Award for Excellence in Pediatric Pharmacy Practice. The
Helms Award will be given at the 17th Annual Pediatric Pharmacy
Conference and PPAG Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday,
October 4, 2008.
Peter Gal is currently Director, Graduate Pharmacy Education Division,
Greensboro Area Health Education Center. He received his BS in Pharmacy
from St. John’s University in New York (1975), and his Pharm.D.
from the State University of New York at Buffalo (1977).
He served as Assistant Professor on the faculty at Mercer University
in Atlanta, Georgia from 1977-1979. In 1979, he became AHEC Pharmacist
in Greensboro, North Carolina, and Clinical Assistant Professor
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was subsequently
appointed Clinical Associate Professor (1983), and Clinical Professor
(1989) at UNC School of Pharmacy. He began practicing in Neonatal
Pharmacotherapy in 1977, and continued this practice at Moses Cone
Health System in 1979. He also created the Neonatal Pharmacology
Research Laboratory at Moses Cone Hospital in 1983, and created
and directs the Neonatology Pharmacotherapy Fellowship at Women’s
Hospital (Moses Cone Health System) since 1992.
Other clinical practice experiences include: Clinical Pharmacist
for Family Practice Teaching Service 1979-1995; Polypharmacy Clinic
in Family Practice Teaching Service 1993-1995; Guilford County Department
of Public Health asthma and seizure clinics 1982-1988; and Asthma
Clinic at Rockingham County Health Department 1996-present.
Honors received include the Clinical Practice Award from ACCP in
1990, Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and American
Society of Health System Pharmacy, and Member of the Pharmacotherapy
Specialty Council, Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties, American
Pharmaceutical Association 1989-1993. Primary research activities
include: neonatal pharmacotherapy, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics.
Previous Helms Award Recipients are:
2006: Dr. Richard Helms, Chair of Clinical Pharmacy, The University
of Tennessee
2007: Dr. Robert Poole, Director of Pharmacy, Lucille Packard Children's
Hospital
Clinical
Pearls
There
will be two Clinical Pearl Session at the Annual meeting this year.
The clinical pearls will address the Top 5 published articles in
the areas of Infectious Diseases and Neontalogy.
New
Practitioners Luncheon
Continuing
a new tradition at PPAG, a lunch seminar will be provided for interested
residents, fellows, and new practitioners (out of residency 2-3
years). This year a panel will discuss leadership and how to seek
a mentor for your career. This lunch is free to attend, but you
MUST sign-up in advance to attend. You will be able to sign-up during
the registration process. Seating is limited.
Poster
Presentation Information
There
will be two concurrent poster sessions: Scientific-based Poster
Session and Practice-based Poster Session.
Scientific
Poster Session
Research
abstracts presented at PPAG report the results of a scientific investigation
or a clinical observation (case report) involving some aspect of
pharmacotherapy. Scientific investigations can be either clinical,
basic, or translational and are either hypothesis-driven or descriptive
in nature. To be accepted for presentation, research abstracts must
have either preliminary or final results. The abstract may be submitted
in any of the following categories: Scientific, Case Report, and
Encore Presentations (a poster that has been presented and published
elsewhere. The original citation must accompany encore presentations).
From
these posters, the Research Committee will choose two awards; the
Best Original Paper, and the Young Investigator Award.
Practice
Poster Session
Best
and Innovative Pediatric Pharmacy Practice Abstracts typically describe
programs, systems, or projects that are innovative, creative, cost-effective,
and improve practice in pediatric pharmacy. BPA/IPPP Posters will
be selected based on achievement of excellence in each of the four
areas.
From
these abstracts, the Advocacy Committee will reward two Best Practice
Awards. The Awardees will present their work at the Annual Meeting.
Silent
Auction Challenge
 PPAG
would like to challenge it members to pull together and donate to
the silent auction a themed basket or box. Get together with others
in your institution or region to put together a basket of items
that are unique to your city/state/region to share a "taste"
of your home. If you would prefer, choose another theme such as
a coffee basket, chocolate basket or children's book basket. It
does not have to be big or tall or even in a basket. There will
be awards given for the most creative as well as the basket which
goes for the highest bid! Start thinking and get creative! If you
would like to submit a basket for the silent auction, please e-mail
Julie Clyce at Julie.clyce@ppag.org
and notify her of your theme.
General
donations
The
PPAG Fundraising Committee is calling on PPAG members past and present
to donate items to the 2008 Annual Silent Auction! This year's auction
promises to be the BEST EVER. We have already received 2 iPod minis,
a portable DVD player, a TiVo, CD's... and more! But we still need
your help!
Here
are just a few examples of the many wonderful items donated for
last year's auction by talented and generous PPAG members:
- artwork
and photography: landscape and underwater photographs created
by our very own PPAG members.
- sports
items: autographed sports memorabilia, gear
- electronics:
camera accessories, headphones, digital camera, satellite radio,
TiVO
- food
and drink items: many varieties of imported and domestic wine
- travel
and recreation: timeshare weeks, hotel stays.
- educational:
textbooks, CD-roms
To
donate, please bring your item to the Annual Meeting, and drop it
off at the PPAG Office at the Hotel. You can donate anything! Please
email Julie
Clyce in advance and let him know what you are donating
and the retail value of the item.
Don't
have an item to donate, that's okay. If you prefer to donate cash
so that the Fundraising Committee can purchase an item, please
direct your browser to our donations website. Please
designate "Silent Auction" in the comments field. Or,
you can always send a check to the PPAG office.
Act
Now! Help us raise funds for PPAG!
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