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The Ohio Pharmacy Advocacy Symposium

This symposium was established on September 26th, 2014. Since its construct three successful conferences have taken place. The 2020 conference hosts and planners are the Ohio College of Clinical Pharmacy and Ohio Northern University- Raabe College of Pharmacy, in conjunction with the Ohio Pharmacists Association, the Ohio Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and the Council of Ohio Colleges of Pharmacy. This event has received generous financial support from the Council of Ohio Colleges of Pharmacy. 

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Antonio Ciaccia

Director of Government and Public Affairs,
Ohio Pharmacists Association

Steve Schierholt, Esq.

Executive Director, 
State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy

Stuart Beatty, PharmD, BCACP, FAPhA

Director of Strategy and Practice Transformation,
Ohio Pharmacists Association 

Mary Ann Dzurec, PharmD, BCACP

Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Specialist,
The MetroHealth System

Legislators

Senator David Burke, RPh

Ohio’s 26th Senate District

Senator Nathan H. Manning 

Ohio Senate District 13

Max Siwik

Legislative Assistant to Ohio Representative Anthony Gonzalez

Directors Panel

Moderator:
Scott Knoer, MS, PharmD, FASHP

Executive Vice President/ Chief Executive Officer,American Pharmacists Association

Timothy M. Heimann,
PharmD, MBA

Assistant Director, Community Outpatient Service and Pharmacy Service,
VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System

Katie McKinney, PharmD, MS, BCPS, FACHE, FASHP

Director,
UC Health, UCMC

Allison Riffle,
PharmD, MSHSPA

Assistant Director, Pharmacy,
Cleveland Clinic

Mike Gutridge, PharmD, MPH

Associate Director of Inpatient Services,
MetroHealth

Support from the following organizations