RxPerts

Today we have with us Michael Mezzano, Assistant Director for the Center for Convening Transformative Care at UF Health Jacksonville.   Welcome Michael!     To learn more about the CCTC, click the link below https://med.jax.ufl.edu/center-for-convening-transformative-care/   We appreciate your support of the show, so please don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and YouTube channel.   https://ww...

Today we have back with us Dr. Madeline Camejo, Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer with Baptist Health in Miami Lakes.   She is also the current FSHP president and we are excited to have her on with us today. Welcome Dr. Camejo!   You can also watch the podcast on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RxPertspodcast

Today we have back with us Dr. Eric Larson, independent pharmacy owner, FPA President, and a true pharmacy champion. Welcome Dr. Larson!   You can also watch the podcast on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RxPertspodcast

Today we have with us Dr. Joe Spillane, who is a clinical toxicologist working at a very busy Emergency Department.   He has taught courses on substance use disorders for many years, as well as provided dozens if not hundreds of presentations on the topic to groups ranging from pharmacists and physicians to community organizations.   He has seen first hand what various drugs can do to a person thr...

Today we have with us a man who needs no introduction, the one and only Michael Jackson.   As our listeners likely know, Michael was the CEO of the Florida Pharmacy Association for many years and recently retired.   I have heard about his many exciting vacations he has taken since retiring, especially the cruises, and thought it would be fun to bring him on to discuss retirement in general as I kn...

We have with us Stacy Hall, the CEO and Executive Vice President of the Florida Pharmacy Association. We haven't had an opportunity to bring Stacy on, so I am very excited to chat with her today.   You can also watch the podcast on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RxPertspodcast

Today we have with us Philip Rogero (Ro-hair-oh), financial advisor with Rogero Wealth Planning.   I thought it would be great to bring on someone to give us some information regarding our wealth health which Philip has long been doing for our pharmacy students.   This is an area that I feel is so important for pharmacy students and pharmacists as they move through their career, yet we don't talk...

Today we have back with us Dr. Kathy Baldwin, critical care pharmacist and FSHP past president. Welcome Dr. Baldwin!   You can also watch the podcast on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RxPertspodcast

Today we have back with us Dr. Bill Terneus, Director of Pharmacy at the Cleveland Clinic in Port St. Lucie and FSHP past President.   You can also watch the podcast on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RxPertspodcast

Today we have some surprise guests, a pair of pharmacists from Thailand. Welcome Kasamapron Noomphun and Jarukamol Khanthawong to RXperts! You can also watch the podcast on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RxPertspodcast

Today we have back with us Kendrick Panoch, a fourth year pharmacy student with the University of Florida who is currently on an academic rotation with us.   Thank you to our listeners.   We appreciate your support of the show, so please don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and YouTube channel.   Take care! You can also watch the podcast on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RxPerts...

Today we have back with us Dr. Kevin Duane, independent pharmacy owner, FPA President, and a true pharmacy champion. We appreciate your support of the show, so please don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and YouTube channel.   Take care! https://floridapharmacy.org/   You can also watch the podcast on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RxPertspodcast  

Today I want to talk about Pharmacy and Entrepreneurial ship.   If you look at the history of pharmacy and how the profession began, being an entrepreneur was really a large part of the profession as pharmacists opened their own drugstores and needed to maintain a business.   This has been very tough for many small independent pharmacies today as PBMs have been wreaking havoc on the ability for ma...

Today's podcast delves into a topic we just can't avoid and that is AI or Artificial Intelligence. Today I want to discuss AI as it relates to pharmacy education and the future of pharmacy with a special guest who has really become an expert on this topic, Dr. Kaitlin Alexander.   Dr. Alexander has been at the forefront of AI in pharmacy education and has trained many faculty, staff, and students...

I am excited to be back for this new season of RxPerts and interested to hear from all you listeners.   If you have a topic or guest you would like to hear about or from, drop me a line and I will try to incorporate them in our lineup.   I wanted to start the year off with a guest who has done so much since recently graduating from the University of Florida.   Please welcome Shivani Mehta.   She i...

Today we have with us a very exciting guest and someone many of you know, Michael Hogue!   Michael is CEO of the American Pharmacists Association, which represents 800,000 pharmacists, student pharmacists, technicians, and pharmaceutical scientists in the US.   He also served as President for APhA immediately before his current position as CEO.   Needless to say, Michael is very knowledgeable abou...

I am very excited today to bring you our guest, Samantha Alexander, CEO and Co-Founder of bitewell which is, and I quote "an intelligence company on a mission to improve the world's health through food".   In the pharmacy world, we understand medications and their impact on a patient's health, so I thought it would be fascinating to bring Samantha on to discuss how food can help our patients achie...

Today we are fortunate to have with us, Dr. Robin Moorman‐Li, an expert in pain management, to speak to us today about the recent history of how we have treated pain and perspectives on the pain management into the future. Dr. Moorman‐Li brings over 20 years experience in the treatment of pain so without further ado, please welcome Dr. Moorman‐Li! Understanding the Opioid Overdose Epidemic https:/...

Today is the final episode of season 2 of our podcast and we are very fortunate to have with us Dr. Bernadette Belgado, Director of Pharmacy at UF Health in Jacksonville.

Today we have with us Dr. Joe Spillane.  Dr. Spillane is a Clinical Toxicologist who works as an Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Practitioner at UF Health in Jacksonville.  He has an extensive background working in the emergency department and has a finger on the pulse regarding trends with various substances and will be providing us with that information today.

Today we have with us Dr. Sven Normann. Sven is the former Director of the Poison Center in Tampa, Florida as well as previously directing the Working Professional Pharm. D. program for the University of Florida for 21 years before the program and he retired. Currently, he is a Clinical Pharmacist at the Orlando Regional Medical Center and Lead Pharmacist on the Florida-6 Disaster Medical Assistan...

Today we have with us Dr. Joy Wright. Joy is currently the Region 1 Director on Florida Pharmacy Association Board of Directors, as well as the chair of the Public Affairs Council for FPA.  She is also very involved with other pharmacy associations including being the current President of her local Pharmacy Association, ACAP.  She works full-time as a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy specialist in...

Today we have with us Jerry Moe, who retired last year as the National Director of the Children's Programs at Hazelden Betty Ford. Jerry is an advisory board member of the National Association for Children of Addiction (NACoA), and he is an author, speaker and consultant on issues for children and families hurt by addiction. Among his books are Through a Child's Eyes: Understanding Addiction and R...

Today we have with us Dr. Anita Jacobson. Dr. Jacobson is a clinical professor at the University of Rhode Island and the Program Director of the Community First Responder Program. Her clinical practice site is Eleanor Slater Hospital and her work experience as a pharmacist includes community and long-term acute care, as well as clinical practice in a variety of ambulatory and acute care settings D...

Today we are truly lucky to have with us today, Dr. Peter Swaan!   Peter is the Dean for the University of Florida College of Pharmacy with extensive experience in academia and research.   Dr. Swaan has worked at the University of Michigan, the University of California San Francisco, the Ohio State University, and the University of Michigan.   His research has been extensive in the realm of drug d...