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W. Stuart Smith,
left, vice president for
clinical operations and medical
center executive director, gets
the last cut on the ribbon
opening of the newest outpatient
pharmacy at Hollings Cancer
Center Aug. 15. Helping with the
ribbon cutting were Dr. Heather
Kokko, from left, director of
pharmacy services; Dr. Andrew
Kraft, director of Hollings
Cancer Center; James Brook,
oncology service line
administrator; and Kelly
Crowley, Pharmacy Services. The
pharmacy is open from 8:30 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday and located on the first
floor of Hollings Cancer Center.
For information on the pharmacy,
call 792-6440.
Joseph T. DiPiro,
PharmD, executive dean of the
South Carolina College of
Pharmacy, was elected chair of the
Council of Deans of the American
Association of Colleges of
Pharmacy (AACP). He was installed
in July at the meeting of the AACP
board of directors during its
annual meeting in Kissimmee, Fla.
The Council of Deans identifies
and addresses major issues related
to the conduct of professional,
post-professional and graduate
education, research and service in
pharmacy and the pharmaceutical
sciences. 
College of
Medicine student, Mia Taylor, was
granted membership to the Clinton
Global Initiative University
organization and attended its
annual meeting at the George
Washington University. The
organization is a student-based
institution launched by former
President Bill Clinton to engage
the next generation of young
leaders in humanitarian efforts
locally and around the world. As a
requirement of attendance, a
student must have developed a
specific plan of action and
officially called the Commitment
to Action in order to address a
challenge within one of five focus
areas on his or her campus, or the
local or global community.
Taylor's Commitment to Action
addressed the challenge of
increasing health literacy and the
quality of life for the local
population of people diagnosed
with systemic lupus erythematosus,
a very unpredictable, incurable
autoimmune disease that can affect
any organ system. "As a result of
the shared words, tight spaces,
meals, motivation and excitement
with such an amazing group of
diverse individuals, I left the
meeting with a solid conviction
for my Commitment to Action and to
continue on the path of filling in
the need-gaps wherever, however
and with whomever I am able,"
Taylor said. She was the first
student from MUSC to be selected
to attend. For information MUSC's
involvement in global projects and
opportunities to participate,
visit globalhealth.musc.edu.
The American
Association of Physicists in
Medicine presented the Edith H.
Quimby Lifetime Achievement Award
to Kenneth Vanek, Ph.D., a
professor in the Department of
Radiation Oncology, on July 30 at
its 54th Annual meeting in
Charlotte, N.C. The award
recognizes members who have
notable careers based on their
achievements in education,
professional activities,
leadership in national or
international organizations or
significant scientific
achievement. The association
presents no more than three
lifetime achievement awards in any
one year. Vanek also serves as the
director of medical physics and
new technology and holds a dual
appointment in the Department of
Neurosciences. Vanek is a Fellow
in The American College of
Radiology, the American
Association of Physicists in
Medicine and the American College
of Medical Physics.|
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