NCPA President Holly Henry Key Speaker at Hoy Seminar

NCPA President Holly Henry

Holly Whitcomb Henry, president of the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), will be the keynote speaker for the annual Otis L. Hoy Memorial Seminar during Pharmacy Weekend at the University of Wyoming September 25-26.

A passionate and dedicated advocate for pharmacy and the role of pharmacists in the health care system, Henry is President and CEO of Rxtra Care, Inc., which operates three pharmacies in the Seattle area. The pharmacies include a pharmacy that specializes primarily in compounding and providing services to residents of adult family homes, one that is located inside a skilled nursing home, and one that specializes in home medical equipment and community long-term care services.

Henry is a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist, and holds a specialty certificate in geriatric pharmacy practice from the University of Washington (UW) School of Pharmacy. She earned her degree in pharmacy from Washington State University (WSU), and holds clinical affiliate faculty appointments at both the UW and WSU schools of pharmacy. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the WSU Foundation.

Her free presentation, "Pacing the Cage to Setting the Pace: Changing the Paradigm for Community Pharmacists" will incorporate implications she sees for new community pharmacist roles in a reformed health care system. The seminar will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday, September 25, in Room 129 of the Classroom Building. A reception honoring Henry will follow outside Room 427 of the Health Sciences Center.

The seminar, which qualifies for Continuing Pharmacy Education (C.P.E.) credits with registration, launches six additional continuing education programs presented by the UW School of Pharmacy and the Wyoming Tripartite Committee on Continuing Education.

Continuing education programs continue Friday evening and Saturday. For information and a schedule of events, visit the UW School of Pharmacy Web site at www.uwyo.edu/pharmacy and scroll down to the "Events" section or click on the link for "Continuing Education."

The National Community Pharmacists Association, founded in 1898 as the National Association of Retail Druggists (NARD), represents the pharmacist owners, managers, and employees in more than 23,000 independent community pharmacies across the United States. The nation's independent pharmacies, independent pharmacy franchises, and independent chains dispense nearly half of the nation's retail prescription medicines.

Posted on Monday, August 31, 2009