ACPHS In The News

Imagine, for a moment, that you are a pharmacist or a physician assistant, and you’re just starting your career.   You are part of a team treating a 64-year-old patient who has come to your hospital following an apparent stroke, with slurred speech and weakness on one side

The call from the ambulance dispatcher came around 1 p.m. A patient in her 50s was on the way in. She’d been in cardiac arrest for 40 minutes.  Code blue.  Dr. Kevin Frevele ’21 (pictured above, far left), an emergency department pharmacist at Samaritan Hospital, turned to Rafael Diaz Melendez (third from left), a P4 pharmacy student on rotation: did he want to help resuscitate the patient? Diaz Melendez had earlier told Dr

In 2019, when Caroline Ras heard the goal of the professional fraternity Lambda Kappa Sigma was to elevate women in pharmacy, “something just clicked,” she said. She knew she wanted to start a chapter at ACPHS. Actually, what she did, along with five other students, was bring the professional organization back to campus

Panthers are ready to get involved and be engaged in 2024-25. More than 300 students, from every undergraduate and graduate degree program, came out Thursday night to learn about the 54 clubs and organizations they could join. The Fall 2024 Involvement Fair was held in the gym and packed all the energy of a great game

Carter Huntley and Julia Sexton, left, go over their plans for Narcan Training Day with Sam Halajian, right. In the background, Glenn Dorman, a substance abuse counselor, stocks the table with naloxone kits at Saratoga Community Health Center.    Warm sunshine and a cool breeze brought smiles to strollers’ faces on Tuesday, Aug

A new class of students arrived on the ACPHS campus recently, greeted by resident advisors, volunteer orientation leaders, and members of the ACPHS community with high energy and enthusiasm as they moved into their new homes-away-from-home. Yesterday, the fall semester commenced as students attended class, met faculty and learned about what was on the docket for the fall

As a way to enhance the start of their semester experiences, pharmacy students in their professional years had more orientation opportunities in Fall 2024. Those entering their first year of professional training (P1), whether they had been at ACPHS before or not, had extended opportunities for orientation activities during the week before classes started

Michael Pasquarella, Dr. Meenakshi Malik, Dr. Sibdas Ghosh, Dr. Courtney Tackes The 2024-25 academic year begins with new leaders at the helm, as well as some familiar leaders in new roles. Working with President Toyin Tofade and the rest of Cabinet, these six leaders share a belief that ACPHS can achieve the aspirations set out in the strategic plan by building on its well-established foundation, growing with an eye toward workforce needs and attracting students of all ages

New Panthers moved on to campus on Thursday, Aug. 22. They got a warm welcome and got to know each other with some icebreakers on the campus green. The weather contributed to a perfect welcome party.   

ACPHS’ annual faculty/staff retreat on Aug. 14 focused on adapting to change, with a keynote presentation by Dr. Barbara Trautlein of Change Catalysts. Following a pre-retreat assessment, faculty and staff explored change styles rooted in head, hands or heart – and what their own style meant for their contributions to changes occurring on campus