Faculty & Facilitators
Scheduled to Present as of August 11

Lela Fung, PharmD – Small Patients, Big Differences -- Clinical considerations for pediatric patients

Taylor Gill, PharmD – To Bleed or Not to Bleed...A Case Based
Approach to Anticoagulation.

Harold Godwin, BS, MSHP– KU Pharmacy Leadership Seminar Series: “Creating Social Networks and
Leadership Roles”

David Henry, RPh, BCOP, FASHP; Jacob Kettle, PharmD; Casey Williams, PharmD – Two Newer Concepts in Cancer Treatment: Oral Chemotherapy Agents
and Cancer Survivorship

Lindsay Justin, PharmD Candidate & Veronica Nieto, PharmD Candidate – “What’s blood got to do with it?” - An introduction to anticoagulants and their use in a hospital or retail pharmacy settings

Kathy Pflaum, BBA – Pharmaceutical Hazardous Waste Management

Suzie Schrater, PharmD, MPH – Disease State Presentations

Gary Sherrer – Leadership in Advocacy

Herschal Stroud, BS, OD, DDS – Civil War Medicine: Cursed or Blessed

Donna Sweet, MD, MACP – HIV: The Third Decade

Gabe Trahan – The Report Card

Frank Whitchurch, RPh & Mike Coast, RPh – Continuous Quality Improvement

Jere Matchett Memorial Fund  History Project
To increase awareness of the pharmacists roles and contributions to Kansas communities, the Jere Matchett Memorial Fund, (2003 Topeka Community Foundation), is being used to preserve and make available at www.kansasmemory.org, pharmacy history in Kansas. We need your help!  Please bring photographs, advertisements, post cards, letters and other pharmacy items from your practice and your area of the state to the KPhA Annual Meeting & Trade Show in September. We encourage you to explore this web site.
Nancy Sherbert, curator from Kansas State Historical Society and Jack Crispin, Lincoln Drug Store Museum, will be available in the lobby all three days to identify materials and digitize photographs and other paper items that you are willing to share/loan/donate. Receipt forms will be available to transport larger items to KSHS in Topeka for metadata creation. Direct your suggestions, questions, comments to vicki@ksrx.org , nsherbert@kshs.org, drugstoremuseum@aol.com,  jeregayle@sunflower.com.

 Important Links:
Annual Meeting Registration
Golf Tournament Registration
Hotel Reservations
Registration brochure and full schedule-click here!
 

Other Highlights 

The Drive
 Kansas Pharmacy Foundation Golf Benefit at Willowbend will kick-off off the activites on Thursday, September 25. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. with shotgun start at 10:30 a.m.  Enjoy the 19th Hole Reception with beverages and hors d’oeuvres immediately following play, when final scores will be announced and awards distributed. Click here to register

PAC Luncheon
Support KPhA’s Political Action Committee and become one of the “Marshalls” for change.  This is definitely the year to get involved!  This year’s invited guest speaker is Pat Roberts. Join us at Noon on Friday, September 26 - - questions and comments welcome!  Tickets are $75. Not able to attend? Include a donation to the KPhA PAC.

OK Corral-Exhibitors
In Friday’s Exhibit Session, beginning at 4:30 p.m., you can mingle with vendors to get the latest information on products and services. In the OK Corral, you may collect “lucky horse shoes” from exhibitors and qualify for a chance to win great prizes! You can also vote for the “Best Dressed” booth and exhibitor. Return for Saturday’s session opening at 7 am with breakfast and check out the luncheon and another great chance to win more prizes!

Annual Business Session
Plan on attending our annual business session on Saturday, September 27 at 9:45 a.m. to learn about activities of Kansas Pharmacy organizations that impact your membership and your practice.  Your opinion is important - help guide the future of pharmacy in Kansas!   The business session will feature the installation of officers and voting on changes to our Constitution and By-Laws.

Exploration Place and KU School of Pharmacy Celebration Reception
Join us as we celebrate the KU School of Pharmacy’s expansion and take a tour of the “Our Body” exhibit at Exploration Place. Thanks to KU School of Pharmacy for providing the reception at Exploration Place and Wichita Academy of Pharmacists www.wichita-academy-of-pharmacists.org/ for providing tickets to the “Our Body” exhibit for all full-conference registrants.Buses will be available transport attendees to the reception. You may return to the hotel or taking the party to Old Town after the reception. Buses will depart from the hotel to transport attendees to the reception. After the event, you will have the option of returning to the hotel or taking the party to Old Town. (Last bus returning to the hotel from Old Town at midnight)

KPSC Stockholder & EOG Reception
(By Invitation)
K.U. School of Pharmacy students who attend the KPhA Annual Meeting are invited to a special reception along with KPSC stockholders on Saturday afternoon, 3 – 4:30 p.m. Students will have an excellent opportunity to meet and visit with independent pharmacists who are eager to share information on their pharmacy practice and on the advantages of an independent pharmacy career.
KPSC’s Entrepreneurial Opportunities Group (EOG) is an initiative that promotes independent pharmacy to K.U. pharmacy students. KPSC’s many efforts via the EOG have included the EOG Scholarship Program (99 scholarship awards since its inception in 1998), independent pharmacy roundtables to meet KPSC independents, information at the School of Pharmacy Career Day on independent pharmacy employment or ownership opportunities, and support of the NCPA Student Chapter at K.U.
We look forward to seeing KPSC stockholders and students at the reception!

Awards Banquet, Live/Silent Auction Finale & Dessert Reception
Join us Saturday evening, September 27, when we congratulate this year’s award winners at the annual Awards Banquet honoring these outstanding pharmacists. The bidding for the grand finale of KPF’s fundraising auction will take place as well as the final call for the silent auction.  Enjoy dinner and stay for a Dessert Reception honoring all award winners, courtesy of KPSC and PACE Alliance.  Proceeds from the auctions will benefit KPF and its efforts to further educate the public and you!

Kodak Moments
Fritchman Photography is this year’s official convention photographer.  Have your picture captured outside the “OK Corral”  Exhibit Session with a wild west background.  Fritchman Photography will also be offering photo ops before the Awards Banquet if you would like to show off your elegant attire, fit for the shindig!

Guest Tours
While your favorite pharmacy professional is gaining valuable knowledge in seminars and networking in the OK Corral there are two diversions for the sidekicks at the conference.

The Retro Tour-Friday, September 26
We’ll board vans at 9:30 a.m. for Cero’s Candies, a small chocolate kitchen that’s been in business since 1886.  We’ll sample different kinds of chocolate and learn about what makes them different.  We’ll have an opportunity to visit the candy shop itself and leave with a sample pack of Cero’s finest.  Then its on to Old Town to enjoy lunch at the Old Mill Tasty Shop, a Wichita tradition for over 72 years.  This wonderfully quaint restaurant is home to an old fashioned soda fountain and delicious “blue plate” specials.  After our meal, we’ll board for Old Cow Town, a living history museum where we’ll experience life in the 1870s as we immerse ourselves in the sounds and activities common to a western cattle town.  We’ll return to the hotel at approximately 3:00 p.m., with time to freshen up for the Exhibitor’s Reception.

Earth, Wind & Fire Tour-Saturday, September 27
We’ll board vans at 8:30 a.m. for breakfast at Piccadilly Grill and Market, a wonderful restaurant offering international cuisine and homemade breads and pastries.  We’ll then head north for a short ride to Kechi, Kansas, where we’ll visit world renowned Karg Art Glass.  We’ll watch glass artists including Rollin Karg ply their craft of creating gorgeous hand-blown glass.  We’ll visit the gift gallery where we’ll have a chance to see hundreds of beautiful pieces of glass and pottery on display.  We’ll board the vans and head back to Downtown Wichita where we’ll experience the Wichita Wagonmaster’s Chili Cook-off.  With our big breakfasts wearing off and armed with our official tasting kits, we’ll sample some of the best barbeque the midwest has to offer.  The event features live bands and contests galore. We’ll return to the hotel at approximately 4:00 p.m.--with just enough time to get ready for the KPF Wine Tasting Event.