Visiting Professors -01 to 04 Feb. 2016
From L-R: Dr. Sheldon Holstad, Director of Research, American College of Clinical Pharmacy; Dr. Abdulmalik Alkatheri, Assistant Vice President, Development and Quality Management, KSAU-HS; Dr. Michael Maddux, Executive Director, American College of Clinical Pharmacy; Prof. John Murphy, Interim Dean, University of Arizona, College of Pharmacy; Dr. Abdulkareem Al Bekairy, Dean, College of Pharmacy, KSAU-HS; Dr. Curtis Haas, Director of Pharmacy, University of Rochester Medical Center; Dr. Andrew Donnelly, Director of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Hospital; Dr. Saleh Al Dekhail, Director, Pharmaceutical Care Services, KAMC; Dr. Shmeylan Al Harbi, Associate Dean, Academic and Student Affairs, College of Pharmacy, KSAU-HS
The College of Pharmacy, KSAU-HS and the Pharmaceutical Care Services, KAMC recently hosted a delegation of four (4) representatives of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) for a consultative visit:
- Dr. Michael Maddux, Executive Director, American College of Clinical Pharmacy
- Dr. Sheldon Holstad, Director of Research, American College of Clinical Pharmacy
- Dr. Andrew Donnelly, Director of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Hospital
- Dr. Curtis Haas, Director of Pharmacy, University of Rochester Medical Center
The visit was in line with the Memorandum of Agreement between the Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs (MNG-HA) and American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP).
From February 1-4, 2016, the consultation team visited various sites of KAMC and KSAU-HS and met with their respective administrators to:
- Assess and make recommendations for achieving state-of-the-art comprehensive clinical pharmacy services
- Explore opportunities for establishing a core of research and scholarly expertise
- Determine the current progress of the operational recommendations provided during the ACCP consultative visit last 2012
- Assure that planned clinical and operational improvements are consistent and in alignment with current MNG-HA transformational efforts towards excellence in patient care, education and research
- Establish research collaboration between COP and KAIMRC