MO Pharmacist November 2022

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PHARMACIST MAKING A DIFFERENCE AWARD MERRY LYNN SCHMITTGENS

ThePharmacistMaking aDifferenceAwardwas presented toMerryLynnSchmittgens, RPh. To be eligible for nomination of this award, the pharmacist must have shown a desire to go above and beyond the call of duty to provide quality pharmacy care and make a difference in patients' quality of life. Merry Schmittgens graduated in 1977 from Webster College with a BA in Psych andManagement and thenwent on to graduate fromSt. Louis College of Pharmacy in 1987. After having worked at Walgreens for several years, she bought Medicine Shoppe in Affton in 1998. Twenty years later, Merry became partners with Jerry Callahan and Bill Jehlingwho has since sold to Jason Wang. These last few years with COVID, she had worked harder thanwhen she was a student at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Merry has two children and grandchildren and has since sold her interest inMedicine Shoppe. STLCOP FACULTY MEMBER OF THE YEAR AWARD SARA LIN The 2022 UHSP Faculty Member of the Year Award was presented to Sara Lingow, PharmD, BCACP. This award is presented annually to one faculty member at the UniversityofMissouri –KansasCity, School of Pharmacy, and toone facultymember at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy at University of Health Sciences &Pharmacy in St. Louis for their contributions to pharmacy practice. Dr. Sara Lingowgraduated fromSt. Louis College of Pharmacywith her PharmD in 2016. She completedher PGY1Residency atMercyHospital St. Louis/St. LouisCollege of Pharmacy and aPGY2Residency inAmbulatoryCare at the St. LouisCountyDe partment of PublicHealth/St. LouisCollege of Pharmacy. She is currently anAssistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at St. Louis College of Pharmacy at UHSP, and her practice site is at the St. Louis County Department of Public Health. Sara is board certified inAmbulatoryCare andworks underMedicationTherapy Service protocols at her practice site for primary care disease states. She is passionate about working at the topof her license andpharmacists achievingprovider status.Her clinical interests include diabetes, hypertension, andpreventativemedicine. She enjoys educating both students and patients, which makes Ambulatory

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Care the perfect fit. In the classroom, she coordinates the Self Care & Dermatology Integrated Pharmacotherapy course and the Advanced Diabetes Management Elective.

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