This Week@WesternU 
Jan. 10-14, 2022
WesternU provost joins Team USA

WesternU Senior Vice President and Provost David Baron, DO, MSEd, will join Team USA at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing (Feb. 4-20) as a Team USA sports medicine/psychiatrist providing support and care for athletes.

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From the College of Pharmacy:
Congratulations to Dr. Janice Hoffman for her recertification as a Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP). Her board certification is an external recognition of her expertise in the area of geriatric pharmacotherapy.
Dr. Hyma Gogineni published the following study that was conducted as an Advanced Elective Project with WesternU alum Hajer Ibrahim, PharmD '19, who serves as an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Administration at WesternU, and with former WesternU Assistant Professor, Dr. Benjamin Malcolm.
"Assessing Outcomes Between Risperidone Microspheres and Paliperidone Palmitate Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics Among Veterans." Fed Pract. 2021 December;38(12):586-591 | 10.12788/fp.0195.
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Dr. Patrick Chan published an article conducted with colleagues at his practice site Olive View UCLA with a WesternU CO2021 graduate Dr. Keana Mendoza, who is now a resident at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, that found having clinical pharmacists integrated in a heart failure clinic improved the optimization of heart failure medication therapy and was also associated with reduced mortality.
Shah SP, Dixit NM, Mendoza K, Entabi R, Meymandi S, Balady-Bouziane N, Chan P. Integration of clinical pharmacists into a heart failure clinic within a safety-net hospital. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2021 Nov 14:S1544-3191(21)00473-8. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2021.11.012. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34896014.
Diabetes and Eye Health: A Guide for Primary Care
6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022
This free one-hour webinar will highlight the importance of annual eye exams for patients living with and at risk for diabetes, as well as the need for fostering multidisciplinary collaborative care. First 100 registrants will receive a gift. Giveaway opportunities during the webinar. For more information about this event, please contact alumni@westernu.edu.
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