Meet the Air Force: Dr. Joanne Bollhofer-White...
November 1, 2014 - Featured , Professional Advice / Opinions By: Melissa Roy Co-Copy Editor [Graphics focused] — Many people do not realize the opportunities that are available to pharmacists. Joanne Bollhofer-White has taken the path less traveled by entering into the Air Force. Her position in the military has allowed her to travel all over the country while serving her country. The Air Force… |
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An Interview with an FDA Preceptor: Pharmacist’s Role...
October 1, 2014 - Featured , Professional Advice / Opinions By: Melissa Roy Co-Copy Editor [Graphics focused] – Our dedicated preceptor Kimberly Defronzo, RPh, MS, MBA is currently a Consumer Safety Officer at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). She attended the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy for her Bachelors of Pharmacy. She then went to St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health… |
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Celiac Disease: Seeking Proper Treatment...
September 1, 2014 - Featured , In the News / Politics By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor – The Mayo Clinic reported in the American Journal of Gastroenterology that 1.8 million people in the United States suffer from celiac disease.1 More notably, of this population, over 75% of people are unaware that they even have this condition. While other studies have been conducted to determine the… |
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Pediatric Hypertension...
August 1, 2014 - Clinical , Featured By: Anthony Botte and Tyler Valente, PharmD Candidates c/o 2016 – Diseases which are prevalent within the pediatric population require distinct protocols for treatment accompanied by the utmost care and precision. Pediatric hypertension (HTN) is one disease state in particular that has come to the forefront of medical practice in the United States over the… |
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The Role of Pharmacists Expanding into the Emergency Ro...
August 1, 2014 - Featured , In the News / Politics By: Sherin Pathickal, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016 – In 2006, the Institute of Medicine reported that over 1.5 million people in the US suffered from a medication error, errors that not only cost the economy billions of dollars, but endangered countless lives.1 Each year, approximately 7,000 deaths occur to due to preventable medication related errors.2… |
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Tailored Tablets...
August 1, 2014 - Featured , In the News / Politics By: Azia Tariq, Staff Editor – Truly personalized medication is the goal of researchers in the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries. For example, when a patient requires a precise dose that is not manufactured as a tablet, the tablet will be broken up in order to deliver the dose as close as possible. Not only is… |
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DIA: 50th Annual Meeting 2014...
August 1, 2014 - Events By: Melissa Roy, Co-Copy Editor [Graphics Focused] – DIA stands for Drug Information Association. It is an organization that strives to provide both educational and professional development opportunities for individuals working in pharmaceutical and medical product development-related fields, as well as a global, unbiased forum for the exchange of information across multiple disciplines of programming… |
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Quantifying the Benefits of Pharmacist Prescribing Powe...
July 1, 2014 - Featured , Professional Advice / Opinions By Davidta Brown, Senior Staff Editor – The idea of granting pharmacists the right to prescribe, as well as to counsel and dispense, has long been a source of controversy among healthcare professionals. A study out of the University of Alberta in Canada, published online in mid-April, provided some much needed concrete data for an… |
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Pharmacy Lobby Day...
June 1, 2014 - In the News / Politics By: Melissa Roy, Co-Copy Editor [Graphics Focused] – During Pharmacy Lobby Day, pharmacists and students from all over New York gather at the capitol in Albany to meet with various members of Congress to discuss the state of pharmacy. This year, similar to previous years, a group of students and faculty from St. John’s University… |
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Rho Chi Society’s 90th Annual Meeting: Keynote Addres...
May 1, 2014 - Events , Featured By: Fawad Piracha, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016 – Rho Chi Society held its 90th annual meeting on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Orlando, paralleling the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) 2014 Annual Meeting and Exposition that took place the same weekend. In attendance were delegates and advisors of Rho Chi chapters from pharmacy… |
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Prior Experience and the Growth of the Biosimilars Mark...
March 1, 2014 - Featured , In the News / Politics By: Davidta Brown, Senior Staff Editor – In 21st century medicine, pharmaceuticals have come to include compounds derived through novel and complex methods. Some of the most recent innovations have been in the form of biologics, therapeutic compounds produced through biological processes.1 Biologics are derived from living cell lines which may be bacterial, yeast, animal,… |
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The Status of Surveillance of Japanese Encephalitis in ...
March 1, 2014 - Featured , In the News / Politics By: Sabrina Ahmed, PharmD Candidate c/o 2017 – One recent stride towards combating worldwide infectious disease has been in the improved surveillance of Japanese encephalitis in Asia, predominantly in South and South-East Asia. This potentially deadly virus is transmitted to humans via mosquito bites. The Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus is the leading cause of encephalitis… |
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Methadone Associated Arrhythmias on the Rise...
March 1, 2014 - In the News / Politics By: Jenny Park, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 – Methadone maintenance therapy is prescribed for opioid dependency. Many HIV patients who were former injection drug abusers rely on methadone maintenance. Although there is limited data, research suggests lamivudine, ritonavir, and zidovudine to be the most common concomitant drugs in methadone associated torsades and prolonged QT interval.1… |
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The Importance of Organ Donation: Perspectives and the ...
March 1, 2014 - Featured , Professional Advice / Opinions By: James Schurr, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 and Jennifer Miao, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 With very special thanks to Jessica Melore and Jennifer McDermott, PharmD, BCPS of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital – Jessica Melore was 16 years old, a senior in high school, and co-captain of the tennis team when her life took a drastic turn. While… |
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Going International...
March 1, 2014 - Events By: Hayeon Na, Co-Copy Editor (Content-focused) – On Tuesday, February 4th, the New Jersey Pharmacist Association (NJPhA) and Dr. Maria Leibfried hosted a seminar for international pharmacy students at St. John’s University. The seminar was held to provide information to international students, especially for those who are here as F-1 students, about their options when… |
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Long Term PPI Use Heightens Concern of Associated Healt...
February 1, 2014 - Clinical , Featured By: Tamara Yunusova, Senior Staff Editor – Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) are acid-reducing agents that have multiple uses in the treatment and prophylaxis of conditions such as peptic ulcer diseases, H. Pylori infection, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, GERD, and NSAID gastroduodenal ulcers. Their versatility in treating a wide range of conditions, unparalleled efficacy over their Histamine-2-receptor antagonist… |
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Low Literacy and Medication Management?...
February 1, 2014 - Professional Advice / Opinions By: Jenny Park, Pharm. D. Candidate c/o 2015 – As the Affordable Care Act brings health care to many people who are currently uninsured, healthcare providers should expect an increase in the number of patients who don’t understand their plan, disease states, and medications. Health literacy is defined as “the degree to which individuals have… |
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Pharmacy Across the Border: An Interview with Sherif Gu...
February 1, 2014 - Featured , Professional Advice / Opinions By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor – For the brand new year, we present an interview with Sherif Guorgui, the current Vice-President of Pharmacy at the Ontario Pharmacists Association and the former 2011-2012 President of the Ontario College of Pharmacists in Canada. Mr. Guorgui graduated in 1998 from the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University… |
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Dr. Robert Mangione – From Student to Provost of ...
January 1, 2014 - Featured , Professional Advice / Opinions By: Katharine Cimmino, Editor-in-Chief and Melissa Roy, Co-Copy Editor [Graphics-Focused] – Dr. Mangione has been a prominent member here at St. John’s University both as a student and as a leader. Before becoming our dedicated Provost, Dr. Mangione was the Dean of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences since 1999. He joined the St.… |
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Do You Know Your Organizations?: APhA-ASP...
January 1, 2014 - Events The mission of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) is to be the collective voice of student pharmacists, to provide opportunities for professional growth, to improve patient care, and to envision and advance the future of pharmacy. Our main purpose as a student chapter is to provide means for student pharmacists to… |
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Expanding a Technician’s Role...
December 1, 2013 - Professional Advice / Opinions By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor – Pharmacy, like much of medicine, is constantly changing, and the new changes in pharmacy practice are even happening to technicians. While there were originally no national standards for pharmacy-technician education and training, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) have… |
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Provider Status for Pharmacists: Call to Action or Dist...
December 1, 2013 - Featured , In the News / Politics By: Samantha Schmidt, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014, Palm Beach Atlantic University – The role of pharmacists in healthcare has grown exponentially over the years. Pharmacists now provide advanced patient-centered care services including coordination of medications during transitions of care, comprehensive medication reviews with medication monitoring, chronic disease management, disease education, prevention and wellness services, and… |
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Moving Towards Provider Status: An Interview with Sandr...
November 1, 2013 - Professional Advice / Opinions By: Hayeon Na, Co-Copy Editor and Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor – In Volume 1 Issue1 of the Rho Chi Post, we were honored to have an interview with Sandra Leal, PharmD, MPH, FAPhA, CDE, and Director of Clinical Pharmacy at El Rio Health Center in Tucson, Arizona. She had started a petition to support… |
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The Third Wheel or the Steering Wheel? Pharmacists on t...
November 1, 2013 - Professional Advice / Opinions By: Joshua Bliss, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016 – Doctor – a word often utilized by both professionals and the general public alike to describe a physician. “Doctor” finds its origins in the Latin word for “teacher.” The word “physician,” however, carries a more complicated origin. It is derived from Latin’s “physicum,” meaning remedy.1 In Luke… |
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What You Should Know About Selecting APPE Rotations...
October 1, 2013 - Professional Advice / Opinions By: Aleena Cherian, Co-Copy Editor, Graphics Focused – Selecting APPE Rotations You’ve made it past the progression interviews at the end of 2nd year, the White Coat Ceremony, and the mind-boggling compounding and kinetics equations. You’re almost done with those labs and late night D&D study sessions. Now, halfway through the first semester of your… |
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Take a Chance!...
August 1, 2013 - Professional Advice / Opinions By: Praneeta Nagraj, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 – Summer is a great time to recover from the school year through reflection and relaxation, but it’s also the perfect opportunity to develop your career and discover where you belong within the pharmacy profession, which can be realized through work or an internship. What if I told… |
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Drugs and Diseases: The Survival Manual...
August 1, 2013 - Professional Advice / Opinions By: Beatrisa Popovitz, Staff Editor – You may have heard the countless horror stories passed on by upperclassman of how D&Ds seep into the crevices of our brains and take over our psyches to inevitably make us breathe, sleep, and speak pharmacy. Stressing out over exams and investing what may seem like all of your… |
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Two New Agents for the Treatment of Obesity...
August 1, 2013 - Clinical , Featured By: Nathan Trustman, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013, AMSCOP at LIU – Obesity is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or greater. It is thought to be the result of an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure, possibly due to a number of genetic and environmental factors.1 It is estimated… |
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DIA 2013 Annual Meeting: Boston, Massachusetts...
August 1, 2013 - Events By: Kristin M. Cheng, PharmD candidate c/o 2014 – The Drug Information Association (DIA) 2013 Annual Meeting took place from June 23rd to June 27th at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Twenty-one students from the St. John’s University DIA student chapter attended this year. The purpose of the meeting was… |
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The HIMSS Conference...
July 1, 2013 - Events By: Tina Chang & Helen Dong PharmD Candidates c/o 2014 Ever been to a conference where all you do is tweet all day? That’s exactly what we did at the New York State Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference, where this year’s focus was on the role of health information technology in… |
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Journey to a PharmD...
July 1, 2013 - Professional Advice / Opinions By: Jacqueline Chirico; Pharm D Candidate c/o 2016 – The reasons behind the choice to study pharmacy here at St. John’s University vary from student to student. Some are interested in helping patients, while others are interested in the science behind how drugs affect the body. For me, it was the experience that I had… |
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PSSNY Convention...
July 1, 2013 - Events By Taryn Mondiello, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 – From June 7th to June 9th, pharmacists from all over New York State gathered at the LaGuardia Marriott in East Elmhurst for the 135th annual PSSNY summer convention. The Pharmacists Society of the State of New York, better known as PSSNY, was founded in 1879 and is… |
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Coffeehouse Chats...
June 1, 2013 - Events By: Ada Seldin and Moisey Rafailov, PharmD Candidates Class of 2015 – The “Coffeehouse Chats” is an annual Rho Chi Society Event that serves as a steppingstone to fostering professional relationships between students and faculty. The event provides a platform for students and professors to exchange experiences and ideas. This year, the event took place… |
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Interview with Dr. Omudhome Ogbru, Founder of RxEconsul...
June 1, 2013 - Featured , Professional Advice / Opinions By: Steve Soman, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 – Q: I see that you got your PharmD at the University of the Pacific. Looking back, what made you choose pharmacy and how has this changed over the years of your practice (if it has)? A: I became a pharmacist because I like to care for others… |
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Noninvasive Cancer Screening—Will We Ever Get It Righ...
June 1, 2013 - Clinical , Featured By: Frances Sousonis, Candidate c/o 2017 – Unfortunately, cancer is a disease about which many are able to share stories. All too often, beloved persons are diagnosed with cancer, or, more regrettably, loses their battle with the beast. Colon cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States and around 150,000 people each… |
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Event Review: Pharmacy Day...
May 1, 2013 - Events By: Helen Dong, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 – Pharmacy Day, or Legislative Day, is a whole day affair for pharmacy students to meet and speak to members of the federal and state legislature in order to discuss issues that affect pharmacists and to lobby for our profession. This year’s talking points were expanding immunization rights… |
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Can a Pharmacist Prevent the Next Pileup?...
May 1, 2013 - Clinical By: Moisey Rafailov, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 – It was early in the morning on New York’s Route 684 when a car hit a tractor-trailer and continued driving without regard. Imagine that, when later stopped by a police officer, the driver said that the accident was her pharmacist’s fault. What if I were to tell… |
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Pilltalk: Innovation to Simplify Patient Counseling...
May 1, 2013 - Featured , In the News / Politics By: Mitesh Patel, PharmD Candidate 2014 – $1.2 trillion- This is what the United States spends on healthcare. At 17% of GDP, this sector accounts for more spending in the U.S. than education, defense, welfare, and pension.1 By 2016, our expenditure on healthcare will rise to $1.6 trillion.1 As our health care spending increases, Americans… |
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AUVI-Q™: The Newest Epinephrine Device to Hit the Mar...
May 1, 2013 - In the News / Politics By: Diana Gritsenko, Pharm D. Candidate c/o 2015 – Most of us who work in a community pharmacy setting will usually get a few scripts a month for an Epi-pen™. An Epi-pen™ is a device that autoinjects epinephrine (also known as adrenaline) into a patient who is experiencing anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis is a severe, whole-body allergic… |
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Breaking the Mold...
April 1, 2013 - Professional Advice / Opinions By Beatrisa Popovitz, Staff Editor, Why does that pharmacist have to be two and a half feet higher than everybody else? Who the hell is this guy? “Clear out everybody I’m workin’ with pills up here. I’m taking pills from this big bottle and then I’m gonna put them in a little bottle! That’s my… |
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Flu Season 2012-2013: Rising Opportunities for Pharmaci...
April 1, 2013 - Clinical By: Fawad Piracha, Pharm. D Candidate c/o 2016 – The 2012-2013 influenza season has developed into one of the greatest nationwide flu outbreaksof the decade.1 Amid this crisis, many flocked to healthcare providers with flu-like symptoms, while others scoured doctors’ offices, clinics, and pharmacies for the vaccine. With the flu claiming many lives throughout the… |
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Pharmaceutical Industry: More than One Way In...
April 1, 2013 - Events By: David Ong, Pharm.D. Candidate c/o 2014 – There are many research opportunities available for pharmacists after graduation. However, most pharmacy students do not know enough about these opportunities as they progress through pharmacy school. Jason Lee, a guest speaker at the monthly Drug Information Association meeting, explained the different aspects of industry and industry… |
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Increased Costs of Treatment due to the DSM-V: Implicat...
April 1, 2013 - Featured , In the News / Politics By: James W. Schurr and David Gao, PharmD Candidates 2014 – A recent Op-ed in Newsday by Allen Frances, MD (of Duke University School of Medicine and chairman of the task force that produced the DSM-IV, the current guidelines for psychiatric disease diagnosis) criticizes the American Psychiatric Association for being “extravagantly indifferent to all matters… |
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Documentation of Drug Allergies in Hospitalized Older A...
April 1, 2013 - Clinical , Featured By: Nandini Puranprashad, PharmD Candidate; Sibyl Cherian, PharmD Candidate; Tracey Cannova, PharmD Candidate; and Olga HilasPharmD, MPH, BCPS, CGP – Adverse drug reactions are estimated to occur in 10-20% of hospitalized patients and in 7% of the general population.1 One-third of these reactions are of an allergic or pseudo-allergic nature. The consequences of these hypersensitivity… |
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U.S. v Caronia: Misdemeanor or Constitutional Right?...
March 1, 2013 - Featured , In the News / Politics By: Tamara Yunusova, Staff Editor – On December 3, 2012, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals became the first court in the nation to authorize off-label drug promotion under the First Amendment. The heavily-disputed ruling, which is headed for further appeal, will have far-reaching implications for pharmaceutical companies and drug regulation policy. In a… |
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Extending the Standing Order for Tdap...
February 1, 2013 - Featured , In the News / Politics By: Christina Tarantola, PharmD, PGY-1 Resident at Kings Pharmacy – The New York State Department of Health issued a health advisory on November 8, 2012 in response to Hurricane Sandy. The document outlined guidelines on recommended immunizations and disaster relief efforts for volunteers and the general public. Due to an increased risk of exposure to… |
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Calcium Intake and Risk of Myocardial Infarction...
February 1, 2013 - Clinical , Featured By: Lila Ahmed, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 – In the past, numerous research efforts have attempted to prove the benefits and risks of calcium and multivitamin supplements with little success. Most of the studies performed were inconclusive and did not provide us with significant data; while some studies have found that calcium is beneficial for… |
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Make A Resolution to Get Involved in 2013!...
February 1, 2013 - Professional Advice / Opinions By: Jena Marion, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 – It was a few weeks into the spring semester of my freshman year at St. John’s University when I earned my wings. I was on a plane trip, flying cross-country to San Diego with friends that I had only known for a few months, on my way… |
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New Healthcare Law Concerning Birth Control Causes Deba...
January 1, 2013 - Featured , In the News / Politics By: Katie Cimmino, Pharm D. Candidate c/o 2015 – With the start of the New Year the French government is enacting a new law concerning contraceptives. Now girls between the ages of 15 to 18 will be able to obtain free birth control. Not only will they have access to it, but the French government… |
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White House Petition Seeks to Recognize Pharmacists as ...
January 1, 2013 - Featured , In the News / Politics By: Mohamed Dungersi, Associate Student Editor – A recent We the People petition on the White House official website has reached the 25,000 signature threshold needed to trigger an official response. The petition tilted “Recognize pharmacists as health care providers”, was initiated by the current editor in chief of the Rho Chi Post, Steve Soman.1 … |