From the Office of Advancement and Alumni Relations along with the Centre for Practice Excellence, join us for a live virtual event on Independent Ownership in Pharmacy: Myths, Realities and Opportunities.
This live event will dispel some prevailing myths about independent pharmacy ownership while discussing competing with chain stores, defining success, as well as the challenges and benefits of being your own boss.
Join us for an inspiring but realistic look at Independent Ownership.
Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Time: 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
YouTube link to be provided by email ahead of event.
Speakers:
Chris Wong PharmD, RPh, BCGP
1T5 PharmD
Owner, Victoria Park Pharmacy and Surrey Victoria Park Pharmacy
Kristen Watt BScPhm, RPh
1T0 BScPhm
Pharmacist and Owner, Kristen's Pharmacy
Nav Thiara
Senior National Manager Healthcare Professionals (Pharmacy Group), Commercial Banking, National Bank
Nav has been a banking professional for over 9 years, with the last 4 years in commercial/health professional banking. Nav helps health professionals with their financing needs, cash flows whether it’s a start up, acquisition or equity take out. With a team of professionals, he makes sure to achieve and exceed clients expectations.
Scott Coulter BScPhm
9T3 BScPhm
Pharmacist/Owner, Coulter's Pharmacy & Home Health Care, Dura Med Mobility Products
Shannon Fry BScPhm
0T5 BScPhm
Pharmacist and Owner, Thornbury Pharmasave
Emily Musing (Moderator)
8T3 BScPhm
Leader-in-Residence, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
Former Vice President, Quality and Safety and Chief Patient Safety Officer, University Health Network (UHN)
Emily Musing is an Associate Professor with the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and with the Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, and an affiliate member of the Centre for Patient Safety, University of Toronto. She is the the former Vice President, Quality and Safety and Chief Patient Safety Officer at the University Health Network in Toronto, Canada, where she led both inpatient and outpatient pharmacy services across UHN’s many sites. She was also responsible for providing leadership related to Infection Prevention and Control, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and the Patient Safety Team.
Emily received her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto and her Masters of Health Science in Health Administration from the Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto.
Zubin Austin (Moderator)
8T8 BScPhm
Academic Director, Centre for Practice Excellence
Professor and Koffler Chair, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
Professor Austin is the only U of T Faculty member to ever have received both the President’s Research Impact Award (for societal significance of his work) and the President’s Teaching Excellence Award (for sustained contributions as a teacher). In 2017, he was installed as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences for his contributions in support of the health workforce. He is an international leader in the area of bridging education for internationally educated professionals, and is regularly commissioned by health professions’ regulatory bodies in Canada, the US, the UK and Australia to study competency-related issues.
He has delivered over 150 keynote presentations at international conferences. In 2019 he was selected to deliver the Herbert Platter Lecture at the Federation of State Medical Boards (US) meeting. In addition, he has been named undergraduate Professor of the Year by students on 16 separate occasions.
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