SHPA pharmacy honours
September 25, 2013
The Society of Hospital
Pharmacists recognised leaders
in the profession at its Medicines
Management 2013 conference
in Cairns last weekend, including
the presentation of the
GlaxoSmithKline Medal of Merit.
Dr David Kong received the
Medal for 2013, after a 23 career
in hospital pharmacy which has
spanned academia, research,
pharmacy practice, leadership and
advocacy.
Kong is currently a lecturer
at Monash University’s centre
for Medicine Use and Safety at
the Faculty of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Science.
His research, which includes
studies of the threat of antibiotic
resistance, has attracted over
$6.5m in grants and resulted in
more than 90 publications.
SHPA President Sue Kirsa said
that “while David’s career has
been dedicated to improving the
pharmacy profession and hospital
pharmacy practice, his recent
outstanding work on infectious
diseases and antimicrobial
stewardship makes him more than
worthy of such an honour.
“David is clearly a leader in this
important field, an area of practice
that is crucial if we are to combat
the peril of antibiotic resistance”.
The GSK Medal is awarded
annually to an SHPA member
who has made an outstanding
contribution to the practice
of hospital pharmacy or the
development of the pharmacy
profession in the previous 3 years.
MEANWHILE also at the SHPA
Conference, the Australian Clinical
Pharmacy Award was presented to
Dr Alexandra (Sasha) Bennett.
Bennett is currently the Cardiac
Rehabilitation Pharmacist at
Sydney’s St Vincents Hospital, and
co-Executive Officer of the NSW
Therapeutic Advisory Group.
The award was made on
the closing day of Medicines
Management 2013, with Kirsa
saying that her role in cardiac
rehabilitation had been “greatly
appreciated by medical and nursing
staff, and the patients”.
Along with her clinical pharmacy
skills and achievements, Bennett
has made a great contribution to
SHPA as a long-time member and
officeholder in the organisation.
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