PHARMACY Guild national president George Tambassis was last night honoured with a Monash University Distinguished Alumni Award.
Tambassis graduated from the Victorian College of Pharmacy in 1986 and has had a long-time involvement in Australian community pharmacy.
He is a partner in five Victorian pharmacies and has served on the state's Pharmacy Guild Branch Committee since 2005.
Dean of the Monash Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Professor Bill Charman, said "George exemplifies the leadership and innovation traits we value in our alumni.
"He thinks deeply about the future of the profession, and has made an outsized contribution to ensuring that it continues to be able to serve communities here and abroad," Charman said.
As well as his service to the profession through the Guild, Tambassis has been a community pharmacy innovator, owning one of the first 24-hour pharmacies in metropolitan Melbourne.
His pharmacy was also one of the first to offer enhanced services including contemporary wound care management, weight loss, mental health and harm minimisation programs.
"George takes a national and international view to all he does, and has worked hard to link the Australian pharmacy profession with its international counterparts," the Professor added.
The annual Monash awards celebrate the outstanding achievements and exceptional qualities of the university's former students worldwide, and are bestowed on a single alumnus of each faculty each year.
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