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Joseph T. DiPiro Receives 2001 Paul Parker Award |
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LEXINGTON, KY (Jan. 4, 2002) -- The 2001 Paul F. Parker Award was presented to Joseph T. DiPiro, Pharm.D., Dec. 4, 2001, during the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting in New Orleans.
The award is annually given to a past resident of the University of Kentucky Pharmacy Residency Program or to an individual intimately associated with the success of the program.
Dr. DiPiro is Panoz Professor of Pharmacy at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy and clinical professor of surgery at the Medical College of Georgia.
He also is assistant dean for the College of Pharmacy and the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine and head of the Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy.
He received his B.S. in Pharmacy in 1978 from the University of Connecticut (Honors College), his Pharm.D from the University of Kentucky in 1981, and served a three-year residency in hospital pharmacy at UK under the preceptorship of Paul Parker.
After completing his residency program, Dr. DiPiro joined the faculties of the University of Georgia and the Medical College of Georgia. |
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He served as a clinical pharmacist on the surgical services from 1981 to 1990 and as director of surgical research from 1990 to 2000.
The award recognizes an individual who has displayed sustained contribution to the profession in practice, teaching or research and honors Paul F. Parker, the force behind establishing and developing one of the finest pharmacy residency programs in the country at UK. Even after retirement, Parker continued to serve as an accreditation surveyor for residency programs throughout the United States.
Dr. Parker was recruited to UK in 1960 and was instrumental in the establishment of UK Hospital serving as its first Director of Pharmacy and Central Supply, a position he held until his retirement in 1984.
During his tenure with the University and the College of Pharmacy, he received international recognition for helping establish the nation's first hospital-wide unit dose system and drug information center.
He also was instrumental in the development of clinical pharmacy practice and teaching programs at the UK College of Pharmacy.
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UK College of Pharmacy - Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536-0082 - Phone (859) 323-5761 - Fax (859) 257-2128 |
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W. Lopez, Last Modified:
May 08, 2002
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