Five Years in the Field | School of Pharmacy

2016 marks five years since the School of Pharmacy graduated its first cohort!

To celebrate, the School has launched 'Five Years in the Field' - a series of alumni profiles that showcases the accomplishments of our vanguard class.

Each month of 2016, a member of the vanguard class is profiled.

January: Denise Kreutzwiser

Denise has travelled widely in her career as a pharmacist and over time she's developed an interest in HIV prevention and management.

Read about her experiences combatting HIV around the world.

March: Heather Foley

Heather's worked in many areas of practice, and at the Chatham Kent Family Health Team she's breaking ground as a pharmacist case manager.

Learn about Heather's passion for transitions of care and her work with frequently hospitalised patients.

May: Bridget Braceland

As part of a Kitchener-based family health team, Bridget works largely with geriatric patients.

Read about her work in chronic disease management.

July: Angela Puim

Angela Puim co-owns her own pharmacy with her sister, Waterloo alumni Gina Hummel. Together, they serve patients in Cambridge as clinical pharmacists at the Preston Medical Pharmacy.

Read about her experiences as a community pharmacy owner and operator.

September: Matthew Demarco

Matthew Demarco is a pharmacist at Health Sciences North, a hospital and research center in Sudbury, and works in cardiology and HIV.

Read about his experiences as a mentor to students and an interdisciplinary practitioner.

November: Marc-André Gravel

Marc-André Gravel is the Executive Director of the Centre de santé communautaire de Kapuskasing et région, a Community Health Centre located in northern Ontario.

Read about how he develops interdisciplinary health programming for his community.

February: Jeffrey Wong

Jeff practices out of the Hamilton Family Health Team (FHT).

He shared his journey from residency to FHT and also explains how he became a School of Pharmacy instructor in a diversity course.

April: Michael Collins

Mike's pharmacy journey has taken him to hospitals all over Ontario.

Read about his experiences as an oncology pharmacist and co-op student coordinator at Grand River Hospital, just up the street from the School of Pharmacy.

June: Anthony Amadio

Anthony Amadio is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Kelowna General Hospital in Kelowna, British Columbia.

Read about his work with Critical Care patients and his research and education experiences.

August: Lindsay Bennett

Lindsay Bennett is a clinical pharmacist at Royal Ottawa Mental Health Center where she supports those with substance use disorders and other psychiatric issues.

Read about the roles she plays supporting patients experiencing different mental health issues.

October: Cindy Durant

Cindy Durant is a clinical pharmacist at Haliburton PharmaChoice in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

Read about her diverse experiences with her community patients, nursing home residents and those with diabetes.

December: Greg Becotte

Greg Becotte is a pharmacist at Pier Health Resource Center in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

Read about his pharmacy journey from the BC interior to working with people with addictions in downtown Vancouver.