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December Faces of Pharmacy:
Frank Breve, PharmD, MBA, CCP
I am heavily involved in many areas of pharmacy. I teach a required course for PY1 students at Temple University School of Pharmacy called 'The Social and Economic Aspects of Healthcare.' I enjoy mentoring students and provide them with numerous opportunities they can consider upon graduation. Many of these are in non-traditional modes of pharmacy practice that are not readily apparent. I am President and CEO of a for-profit company, Mid Atlantic PharmaTech Consultants, LLC and a non-profit company, Opioid Consulting Educational Solutions. I provide consulting services for many clients, including hospitals, retail pharmacies, the pharmaceutical industry, law firms, narcotic treatment programs, dialysis centers, long-term care facilities, surgical centers, veterinary clinical, and many others. I am also involved with collaborative practice and clinical research. I have lectured in Europe and South America. There is so much opportunity for pharmacists out there! There are numerous opportunities for pharmacists to practice in non-traditional areas. The following are bullet points that I share in the final slide of the last presentation in my healthcare class that sums up my feeling about what pharmacists can aspire to: While the current healthcare climate has reduced jobs in the community and hospital sectors, there is ample opportunity in other areas for those who have the drive and initiative to explore new areas of practice. Advanced training as a ”drug expert” makes those well-positions to see out consultant opportunities. What you can accomplish is only limited by what you can’t imagine.
Casey Fitzpatrick, PharmD, BCPS
Dr. Casey Fitzpatrick is a clinical pharmacy specialist practicing with the family medicine service at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, WV and serves as an assistant professor at Marshall University School of Pharmacy (MUSOP). He earned his Bachelor of Science at Marshall University and Doctor of Pharmacy degree at MUSOP. Also, Casey completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington, WV.
Dr. Fitzpatrick is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist, and his practice interests include substance use disorder (SUD), cardiology, and infectious diseases. Casey was instrumental in creating a statewide SUD certificate program for healthcare professionals in West Virginia.
Outside of pharmacy and teaching, Casey enjoys spending time with his family and watching sports.
Meroz Qureshy, PharmD, RPh
Dr. Meroz Qureshy is a pharmacist with a specialization in toxicology. He works as a poison information specialist with the New York City Dept of Health. Poison control centers provide free, 24-hour professional medical advice for poison-related situations. Meroz has also been at the forefront of Covid-19 vaccine initiatives conducted by State dept and Somos community care in underserved communities of Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens. He is passionate about an affordable and effective patient-centric healthcare system. Meroz enjoys photography, traveling, and spending time with his family.
Wayne G. Myers, PharmD
Wayne Myers attended Shippensburg University where he earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry, with a minor in psychology. Wayne earned his Pharm. D. at the University of Maryland Baltimore.
Norland Avenue Pharmacy LLC opened it's doors in the Summit Health Center in February of 2001 with four employees. From the beginning, Wayne and Wendy aimed to glorify God through the business.
Internally, as the pharmacy settled into the prescription business, Wayne started focusing on compounding and supplements. Pharmacy staff completed training with the Professional Compounding Centers of America and began offering customized medications that weren’t available anywhere else in area.
In 2008 the pharmacy began offering free monthly seminars to educate and inform the public about specific health issues including Hormone Replacement Therapy, Cholesterol, Adrenal Fatigue, and Digestion. The Norland Rewards program was introduced in February of 2009 and by April of 2011 more than 7,000 members had joined.
In 2011, the pharmacy automated their dispensing process with a ScriptPro Robotic Prescription Dispensing System. This allows the pharmacy team to spend more time focusing on the customers, while the robot fills many of the most popular prescriptions.
In 2016, Wayne decided to go the extra mile to ensure practitioners and patients that the custom medications being made in our compounding lab were the best possible quality. After months of work, the pharmacy earned Accreditation from the Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board (PCAB). Norland is the only local compounding pharmacy to have achieved this Accreditation.
Always striving to care for the customers, Wayne has tried different offerings throughout the years; but the focus continues to be on glorifying God and getting and keeping people healthy through a blend of traditional and non-traditional treatment methods.