California Pharmacist Spring 2025 - Flipbook - Page 4
departments
4 GATEWAY
CPhA & UNAC/UHCP Advocacy Day 2025: A Day of Impact and Action
7 ACROSS CALIFORNIA
OCPhA • PSSF • SJPhA • SVPhA • SGVPhA
12 HALLS OF LEARNING
SoCal Mixer
38 ETHICALLY SPEAKING
The LA Fires: Triage and Ethics in Action
Amy Reese Hohmann
41 ENTREPRENEURIAL PHARM TECH
Expanding Pharmacy Services With Community Health Workers
Amantha Bagdon
44 NEW DRUGS
FDA Novel Drug Approvals: October 2024-February 2025
Daisy Rodriguez, Dillon Pham, Nhi Tran, Joey Nguyen, Ti昀昀any Phung, and David G. Mitchell
50 LAWS & REGULATIONS
Wild昀椀res, High-Winds, and Earthquakes! What Pharmacists May Do in Natural
Disasters
Tony J. Park
Executive Editor
Susan A. Bonilla
Managing Editor
Andrea LaMattina
Editor-in-Chief
L. Michael Posey
Associate Editor
Cynthia Jackevicius
Editorial Review Committee
Laressa Bethishou, PharmD, APh, BCPS
Jennifer Courtney, PharmD, BCACP, FCPhA
Bin Deng, PharmD, BCACP, BC-ADM, CDCES
CPhA Board of Trustees
Melissa Kimura, PharmD – President
Kevin Komoto, PharmD, MBA – President-Elect
Michael Conner, PharmD, MBA – Past President
Noelle Lee, PharmD – Speaker
Laressa Bethishou, PharmD, APh, BCPS – Speaker-Elect
David Mitchell, PharmD – Treasurer
David Truong, PharmD – Trustee-at-Large
CPhA Staff
Susan A. Bonilla, MEd – Chief Executive O昀케cer & Secretary of
the Board of Trustees
Shawna Fitzgerald – Chief Financial O昀케cer
Janis Green – Executive Assistant to the CEO & VPs
Sean Kim, PharmD – Director of Practice & Professional
Development
Daryl Visitacion – Director of Digital Marketing & Analytics
Amy Reese Hohmann, PharmD, MBe
Victor Phan, PharmD, CDCES, BCACP, APh
Joycelyn Yamzon, PharmD, BCACP
Edith Mirzaian, PharmD, BCACP, FCPhA – Trustee-at-Large
Ethan Huynh, PharmD, APh, BCGP, CPBS, IgCP – Trustee-at-Large
IR Patel, RPh – Trustee-at-Large
Jennifer Courtney, PharmD, BCACP, FCPhA – Trustee-at-Large
Rohit Sheta, RPh – Trustee-at-Large
Marianne Albarracin – Student Trustee
Cathy Pham, PharmD, MBA – Vice President of Operational
Strategies & Member Development
Jackie Williams – Accounting Specialist II
Andrea LaMattina – Education Manager
Michelle Rivas – Executive Vice President Government Relations &
Corporate A昀昀airs
Ronnie Visitacion – Corporate Partnerships Development Manager
Juliana Bokisch – Director of Communications
California Pharmacist is an association journal devoted to showcasing the exemplary practice of pharmacy in California by publishing news and information about current
trends and events in pharmacy; updates on CPhA’s local associations, student chapters, House of Delegates, and Special Interest Groups; and advances in pharmacy
practice as presented in peer-reviewed research, review, and opinion articles. Articles express the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily re昀氀ect the views or policies
of the California Pharmacists Association. Nothing in this publication may be reproduced in any manner, either in whole or in part, without speci昀椀c written permission of the
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