SHARKS RX Spring 2016 Magazine

NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY 28 Alumni News Christopher G. Lynch , Pharm.D., M.Ed., recently accept- ed the position of director of experiential education at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Bradenton, Florida. He previously served as a commander in the U.S. Navy’s Medical Service Corps. Antonia Zapantis , Pharm.D., M.S., is the new pharmacy clinical coordinator at Delray Medical Center in Delray Beach, Florida. She previously held the position of director of experiential education at NSU’s College of Pharmacy. Nicholas Mordwinkin , Pharm.D., recently accepted the position of senior manager of corporate strategy at Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc., in the San Francisco Bay area of California. He is the cofounder of Curium. Christian Buettner , Pharm.D., BCPS, earned his M.B.A. degree from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business in 2015. Danielle (Talleri) Land , Pharm.D., accepted the position of clinical pharmacist practitioner at UNC Health Care in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in December 2015. She previously served as the clinical pharmacy coordinator at South Bay Hospital in Sun City Center, Florida. Puneet Kulhari , Pharm.D., and his wife, Vibha, welcomed a baby girl last December. Carlos González Mercado , Pharm.D., has joined the counterterrorism and emergency coordination staff as the program manager/emergency coordinator for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Antonio DeLeon , Pharm.D., was promoted to pharmacy manager at a CVS Health location in South Florida last October. Sheila Montalvo , Pharm.D., presented a coauthored abstract, “Expanding Primary Care Treatment of Hepatitis C Through Telemedicine,” at the Infectious Disease Society of America’s IDWeek 2015 held last October in San Diego, California. Montalvo served as the project’s primary author, which re- flects a collaboration between the NSU College of Pharmacy, the University of Miami, and the University of South Florida. Elizabeth Sherman , Pharm.D. (’07), assistant professor of pharmacy practice, served as one of the abstract’s authors. 1997 2001 2004 2005 2009 2010 2014 2015 Kalumi Ayala Rivera , Pharm.D., has been selected by the Colegio de Farmacéuticos de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Pharmacist Association) as the recipient of the 2015 Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award. This award acknowledges young pharmacists for their individual excellence and outstanding contributions to the pharmacy association and the community. 2007 Elizabeth (Gelber) Sherman , Pharm.D., and her husband, Benjamin, welcomed their first child, Lily Celeste, in February. Scott L. Kjelson , Pharm.D., presented at the Johns Hopkins Healthcare Business Association in Baltimore, Maryland, in March and was awarded Best Speaker of the Day. The conference highlighted different perspectives within the health care industry, and Kjelson’s topic, “What is the ideal state of health care? What role does industrialization play?” discussed the pharmacists’ role as health care innovators.