ACA WEBINAR: Neurology and Opportunities for Compounding
Earn up to 1.5 hours of continuing education with the webinar Neurology and Opportunities for Compounding, originally presented at the ACA | ACVP | PPHI Annual Conference & Expo. This session is designed for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians looking to expand their knowledge in neurology and compounding.
By the end of the program, participants will be able to:
- Understand the role of the neurologist in treating neurological diseases.
- Provide neurologists with therapeutic compounding options not commercially available, helping to meet patient needs.
- Identify specific disease states, including Parkinson’s Disease, the use of low-dose Naltrexone, and effective pain management.
Speaker:
Paul W. Lofholm, PharmD, is a Clinical Professor of Pharmacy from his alma mater, University of California, San Francisco. He is an owner of Ross Valley Compounding Pharmacy in San Rafael, CA. He regularly teaches pharmacy students from the SF Bay Area Schools of pharmacy. His compounding experience includes teaching compounding at UCSF. He has been a member of the USP Compounding Committee and he is a member of the California Pharmacist’s Compounding Academy. He has been a surveyor for PCAB and now ACHC where he reviews compounding activities for those pharmacies seeking accreditation.
He is married to Rebecca Lofholm who is a pharmacist. He has two daughters and a son-in-law who practice together in Marin County. He is a past president of ACA, the California Pharmacists Association, and the Rotary Club of Central Marin. He was the 2011 Recipient of the Remington Honor Metal.
Martha M. Rumore, PharmD, Esq, MS, LLM, FAPhA is a pharmacist-attorney in Frier Levitt’s Life Sciences Department. She is also a registered patent attorney and leads the firm’s Intellectual property team. She has broad and in-depth healthcare and regulatory experience. Her practice focuses on intellectual property (patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets) and healthcare law, Food, Drug, Device & Cosmetic law (all facets-483s to clinical trials to registrations and product approval), pharmacy law and regulatory issues, 503A/503B compounding, Board of Pharmacy (licensing and disciplinary matters), PBM audits, and DSCSA supply chain compliance. Dr. Rumore has over 25 years of health-system, pharmaceutical industry, and law firm experience in the area of Food, Drug & Cosmetic Law, and pharmaceutical intellectual property Dr. Rumore is fluent in cGMPs, GCPs, writing and reviewing Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs), Investigator brochures, manuscripts, labeling & advertising review, NDAs, study reports, and documents for regulatory submissions. She often prepares legal memoranda on healthcare/FDA matters and conducts Mock State Board of Pharmacy and FDA inspections for compounding pharmacies. Dr. Rumore has practiced both pharmacy and law. She has actual experience as a compounding pharmacist. She regularly counsels on Section 503A and state-specific compounding requirements, assesses compounding practices for state and federal regulatory compliance, including USP 797/795/800, medical necessity documentation, advertising & promotion, reimbursement issues, infrastructure, and preparing compounding policies and procedures that provide clear guidelines, standards, and training for staff. Previously, she was at the Director level in Drug Regulatory Affairs/Compliance in the pharmaceutical industry and hospital pharmacy. She taught Pharmacy Law, Drug Regulatory Affairs, and Food Drug & Cosmetic Law at several New York Colleges of Pharmacy and currently teaches Food, Drug & Cosmetic Law at Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. She is a frequent lecturer and has over 200 publications and presentations.
Dr. Jay Phipps, PharmD, MBA, FACA, FACVP, the pharmacy gladiator, is a pharmacy doctor, entrepreneur, president, and CEO at Phipps Pharmacy. Phipps Pharmacy is an independent pharmacy who provides pharmacy doctor provided patient care including traditional dispensing, compounding services, long-term care pharmacy services, and tailor-made prescription compounding to patients in middle and west Tennessee. Dr. Jay is also the President and CEO of PhippsCare that focuses on Pharmacy Doctor provided healthcare and Health Insurance Solutions which specializes in medical and pharmacy insurance plans for seniors.
