Author: LISHP

LISHP ventured into new territory, as we took our Monthly Meeting to Carlyle on the Green in Farmingdale. With October 16th through 22nd being Pharmacy Week, LISHP made sure to make it a special celebration and recognition of Pharmacists' contributions to Health Systems. We had a raffle and gave out some great prizes including an … Continue reading October 2016 – Antimicrobial Selection

The LISHP September meeting was held on September 13th at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury.  The meeting kicked off with some important announcements from President Kaplan, including the 2016 Logo Redesign Contest. One of the goals of NYSCHP is to help promote the image and brand of the Pharmacist.

Left to Right: Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano, Long Island Jewish Medical Center PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Caitlyn Cummings, Pharm.D., Plainview Hospital PGY1 Pharmacy Resident Kimberly Pough, Pharm.D., LISHP President Andrew Kaplan, Pharm.D., BCPS, CGP, Nassau County Commissioner of Health Lawrence Eisenstein, MD, FACP

On Wednesday, August 24th, LISHP Pharmacists and their families gathered for a fun evening of bowling at Syosset Lanes! We had a great time.  We are looking forward to making this an annual event.  Be on the lookout for emails about future networking events!

Our June CE event and Installation Dinner were held at the Chateau Briand in Carle Place. For a special meeting, we had a special topic - not gram negative bacteremia or hepatitis - but, Empathy. Dr. Robert Berger, Director of Pharmacy and Residency Program Director at Huntington Hospital, and LISHP Treasurer, walked us through what … Continue reading June 2016 – Installation Dinner and CE on Empathy

Our May Monthly CE event was held on May 17th at the Crest Hollow Country Club.  The topic "Entering a New Era of Anticoagulant Reversal Agents" drew a large crowd of attendees.

The Annual Anthony Buatti Pharmacy Resident Research Symposium was held on March 29th.  Anthony Buatti was a professor at St. John's University, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences for over forty years, as well as an active member of LISHP until the time of his passing.  Professor Buatti's daughter, Adele McHugh, attended our meeting to … Continue reading The 2016 Anthony Buatti Pharmacy Resident Research Symposium

Dr. Matt Perciavalle, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist of Stony Brook University Hospital's Leukemia, Lymphoma, Transplant (LLT) Service, is one of the fresh new faces of Clinical Pharmacy on Long Island. He has forged a new Pharmacy service in this highly specialized patient population.

We kicked off the new year with a meeting that focused on two very important public health topics: Prevention of Fatal Opioid Overdoses and Hepatitis C infection.  We were very pleased to have Dr. Michael Delman, Senior Vice-President Academic Affairs, Southside Hospital as a guest speaker.  Dr. Delman trained our members on how to prevent … Continue reading January 2016 Monthly Meeting – Hepatitis C/Opioid Overdose Prevention Program

Medication Safety is a critically-important topic in today's Healthcare environment. Patients are exposed to more complex systems, and with the aging of our population, are more likely to be taking a complex medication regimen. Educated Health-Systems Pharmacists can serve an integral role in improving Medication Safety.