Five ACCP members have been selected to serve on the inaugural Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Emergency Medicine (EM) Pharmacy Specialty Council. BPS announced their appointment in its December 17 press release.

Because the inaugural EM Pharmacy Specialty Council members will not initially be board certified, the council will replace the original appointees with newly board-certified EM pharmacists over a 3-year period after the first examination, planned for fall 2022. The Emergency Medicine Pharmacy petition was submitted jointly by ACCP and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and approved by BPS in February 2020.

ACCP would like to recognize the following members appointed to the EM Pharmacy Specialty Council:

Christopher Edwards, Pharm.D., BCPS
University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, Marana, AZ

Nicole Harger, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCCP
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cold Spring, KY

Brian Potoski, Pharm.D., BCPS-AQ ID
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Michael Thomas, Pharm.D., BCPS
Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Hoover, AL

Ryan Waybright, Pharm.D., BCCCP
Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center, Sioux Falls, SD

Three ACCP members were appointed to the BPS Pain Management Pharmacy Role Delineation Study Panel, including ACCP Past President Suzanne Nesbit. BPS announced their appointment in its February 1 press release. The purpose of the role delineation study is to evaluate the existing body of knowledge for pain management in pharmacy practice, including the specialized pharmacotherapy knowledge and essential functions of pharmacists providing direct patient care.

ACCP would like to recognize the following members appointed to the Pain Management Pharmacy Role Delineation Study Panel:

Suzanne Nesbit, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, CPE
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pain Management
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Thomas Gregory, Pharm.D., BCPS, DASPE, CPE
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Pain Management and Emergency Medicine
CoxHealth, Springfield, MO

Keith Warshany, Pharm.D.
Pharmacist Practitioner, Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Residency Program Director
Indian Health Service/U.S. Public Health Service, Crownpoint, NM