Past Outstanding Pharmacy Buyer of the Year Awards

Results for 2023

3rd Place:

Lucia Tafoya
Pharmacy Buyer
St. Mary Medical Center (part of the
CommonSpirit/Dignity Health System)
Long Beach, California

Received $250 Award for Education/Travel

Nominees for 2023

Garret Kern, CPhT, Pharmacy Buyer, Stormont Vail Hospital & Health System, Topeka, Kansas

Kelly Kline, CPhT-Adv., Pharmacy Buyer, Atlantic General Hospital, Berlin, Maryland

Angela Nerusciac, CPhT, R.PhT, BSArg., Pharmacy Purchasing Agent & Inventory Management Coordinator, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida

Tabitha Sowers Alvarado, Oncology Infusion Compliance Coordinator, University of Kentucky Healthcare Markey Cancer Center, Lexington, Kentucky

Megan D. Williams, CPhT, Pharmacy Buyer, Acute Care Pharmacy Department, Mercy Hospital South, Saint Louis, Missouri

Results for 2022

3rd Place:

Ginger N. Forsyth, BS, CPhT III
Pharmacy Inventory Specialist/Buyer
Duke Regional Hospital
Durham, North Carolina

Received $250 Award for Education/Travel

Nominees for 2022

Irma Romo Flores, CPhT, Pharmacy Buyer, Moore County Hospital District (MCHD), Dumas, Texas

Sonya Stone, CPhT, Inpatient Pharmacy Buyer, Cook Children’s Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas

Results for 2019

3rd Place:

Roxanne Sias, CPhT
Resource Specialist Buyer
University of Hospital & Clinics/Lafayette
General Health System
Lafayette, Louisiana

Received $250 Award for Education/Travel

Nominees for 2019

Phala Flugaur, RPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, North Memorial Health Hospital, Robbinsville, MN

Shana Greenwald, CPhT, RPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

Kelly Knutson, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, Bay Area Hospital, Coos Bay, OR

Barbara Krupinski, RPhT – Division Procurement & Inventory Analyst, HCA Healthcare, Jacksonville, FL

Susan Remsen, CPhT, RPhT – Pharmacy Buyer/Coordinator, Riverview Hospital, Noblesville, IN

Taylor Reuter, CPhT, BS – 340B Program Manager, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA

Irma Romo Flores, CPhT – Pharmacy Purchasing Agent, Moore County Hospital District, Dumas, TX

Pam Shea, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, Scripps Green Hospital, La Jolla, CA

Gendron “Jenny” Webb, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, University of MN Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN

Jessica Wegner, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, St. Croix Regional Medical Center, St. Croix, WI

Results for 2018

3rd Place:

Christine Adkison, CPhT
Pharmacy Buyer
Island Hospital
Anacortes, Washington

Received $200 Award for Education/Travel

Nominees for 2018

Carla Carroll, CPhT – Supply Chain Tech/Buyer, St. Joseph Regional Health Center, Bryan, TX

Dannette Cole, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer/340B Specialist, Banner Churchill Community Hospital, Fallon, NV

Margon Dillard, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, CHI St. Luke’s Sugarland Hospital, Sugar Land, TX

Phala Flugaur, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, North Memorial Health Hospital, Robbinsdale, MN

Susan Hamilton – Purchasing Officer, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Charlene Hogan, CPhT – Pharmacy Purchasing Agent, St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital, Murfreesboro, TN

Angela Loftus, CPhT – Senior Pharmacy Purchasing Buyer/Analyst, Nebraska Medicine-Bellevue, Omaha, NE

Melissa Palmer, CPhT, RPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tampa, FL

Taylor Reuter, CPhT, CAN – Pharmacy Buyer/Tech, Sidney Regional Medical Center, Sidney, NE

Results for 2017

3rd Place:

April Friedlander, CPhT
Pharmacy Buyer
Redmond Regional Medical Center
Rome, Georgia

Received $200 Award for Education/Travel

Nominees for 2017

Christine Adkison, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer & Lead Technician, Island Hospital, Anacortes, Washington

David Allen, RPT, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, Halifax Health Medical Center, Daytona Beach, Florida

Antonette Armijo, CPhT – Pharmacy Purchasing Tech, University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Rodney Elliott, CPhT – Pharmacy Purchasing Agent/Technology Coord., Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Tara Hughes, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer/Technician, Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital, Dansville, New York

Kelli Pardee, CPhT – Pharmacy Purchasing Specialist, Memorial Health Care, Owosso, Michigan

Karenina Russell – Pharmacy Buyer, Sharp Coronado Hospital, Coronado, California

Jim Thomas, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, Faith Regional Health Services, Norfolk, Nebraska

Kerry Young – Pharmacy Buyer, Specialists Hospital Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana

Results for 2016

3rd Place:

Bell Hoy, CPhT
Pharmacy Purchasing Manager
The Ohio State University Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio

Received $200 Award for Education/Travel

Nominees for 2016

Christine Adkison, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer & Lead Technician, Island Hospital, Anacortes, Washington

Patrick Gallagher, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer/Technician, Marian Regional Medical Center (MRMC), Santa Monica, California

Regena Millis – Pharmacy Purchaser, Cullman Regional Medical Center (CRMC), Cullman, Alabama

Results for 2015

3rd Place:

Brett Carpenter, CMRP, CPhT
Senior Pharmacy Buyer
York Hospital- Wellspan Health
York, Pennsylvania

Awarded $200 for Education/Travel

Nominees for 2015

Mark Anaya, CPhT – Pharmacy Systems Analyst, San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center, Alamosa, CO

Sandra Avery, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer/Supply Coordinator, Carolina East Medical Center, New Bern, NC

Megan Faust, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, Saint Francis Hospital, Wilmington, DE

April Friedlander Floyd, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, Redmond Regional Medical Center, Rome, GA

Whitney Grover, RPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco, CA

Rakesh Khandelwel – Senior Pharmacy Procurement Coordinator, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.

Jody Meling, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, Walla Walla General Hospital, Walla Walla, WA

Jim Thomas, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, Faith Regional Health Services, Norfolk, NE

Results for 2014

3rd Place:

Kathleen St. Clair, CPhT
Pharmacy Buyer
Columbus Regional Hospital
Columbus, Indiana

Awarded  $200 for Education/Travel

Nominees for 2014

Rebecca Brewer, CPhT – Pharmacy Purchaser, Naval Health Clinic, Charleston, Goose Creek, SC

Diana Dorgan, CPhT – Inventory Control Coordinator, Bethesda North Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

Zinaida Kapustin, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, St. Luke’s Hospital, Chesterfield, MO

Nancy Pearson, CPhT – Pharmacy Purchasing Agent, Mercy Medical Center, Redding, CA

Dana Ryan, CPhT, Pharmacy Buyer, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA

Ambrea Sandlin, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, Mercy Hospital, Ada, OK

Regina Smith, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer/Technician, WellStar Windy Hill Hospital , Marietta, GA

Jim Thomas, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, Faith Regional Health Services, Norfolk, NE

Kimberly Whiteleather, CPhT  – Pharmacy Buyer, Adventist GlenOaks Hospital, Glendale Heights, IL

Kerry Young  – Pharmacy Buyer/Inventory Manager, Specialists Hospital, Shreveport, LA

Results for 2013

3rd Place:

Rakesh Khandelwal
Senior Procurement Coordinator
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, D.C.

Awarded $200 for Education/Travel

Nominees for 2013

Edward “Mooler” Mookie, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, San Joaquin Community Hospital, Bakersfield, California

Krista Reyes, LPN – Drug Room Supervisor, Memorial Hospital & Physician Group, Frederick, Oklahoma

Brooke Richards, CPhT – Pharmacy Buyer, Goodall Hospital, Sanford, Maine

Diana Webster – Pharmacy Buyer, Centegra Hospital, Woodstock, Illinois

Kerry Young – Pharmacy Buyer/Manager, Specialists Hospital Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana

Penny Davis, CPhT, CPA – Pharmacy Coordinator, Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas

Peggy Harville, CPhT – Inventory Specialist/340-B Specialist, Saint Joseph-London Hospital, London, Kentucky

Deidre Jones, CPhT – Pharmacy Purchasing Tech, Bozeman Deaconess Hospital, Bozeman, Montana

Lori Welsh – Pharmacy Buyer Liaison, Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), Englewood, Colorado