Health- System Pharmacist of the Year
Established in 1998, this award is given annually to an individual of high moral character, good citizenship, and elevated professional ideals. The recipient has made significant contributions to health-system pharmacy, including sustained exemplary service, an outstanding single achievement, or a combination of accomplishments benefiting the profession and public health. These may include achievements or outstanding performance that relates to health-system pharmacy: Practice, education, or administration; Research or development; Organizational activities; Scientific or professional writing; Journalism; Public and/or inter-professional relations activities; or Law, legislation, regulation, or standards of professional conduct.
1998 Cynthia Naughton - Fargo
1999 Dorothy Sander - Bismarck
2000 Karen Finck - Jamestown
2001 Jeffrey Zak – Grand Forks
2002 John Savageau - Bismarck
2003 Robert Nelson - Fargo
2004 Carrie Sorenson - Bismarck
2005 Jill McRitchie - Lisbon
2006 Joan Johnson - Mandan
2007 Susan Wolf Nelson – Fargo 2014 Dave Sandberg – Williston
2015 Lisa Richter – Fargo 2016 Dawn Mayer –Bismarck
2017 Erik Christenson – Rugby
2018 Mark Plencner - Fargo
2019 Maari Loy - Casselton
2020 Greg Fritz - Bismarck
2021 Katie Galbreath - West Fargo
2022 Anne Meyer - West Fargo
2023 Brody Maack - Kindred
Award of Excellence in Medication Use Safety
May be conferred annually to an individual or group of individuals in recognition of a specific recent contribution or achievement that has advanced the ability of hospital and health-system pharmacists in North Dakota to serve the needs of patients through improved medication safety processes. Pharmacists and non-pharmacists are eligible. The award is intended to recognize an individual or group of individuals for a recent singular, significant achievement or contribution rather than for career-long contributions. Include the following information when submitting your nomination: Professional position of the nominee (or individuals in a group) at the time of the contribution or achievement; Current professional position of the nominee or individuals in a group; Summary of the contribution or achievement; Brief statement about how the contribution or achievement advanced the ability of hospital and health-system pharmacists to serve the needs of patients, and Brief statement about why the contribution or achievement is of significance.
2014 Sanford Medical Center Bismarck – Discharge Medication Reconciliation Program; Bismarck
Tom Simmer, John Savageu, Alison Black and Andrea Honeyman
2015 Trinity Health – SmartPump Infusion Implementation; Minot
Laura Olson-Sinn, Rachel Schaan, Lisa Loken
2016 CHI Mercy Medical – Medication Safety Officer; Williston
Wendy Baisch
2017 Heart of America Medical Center- Technician Led Medication Reconciliation Program; Rugby
Danielle McDermott
2018 Sanford Medical Center Fargo 2017 Residency Class - Elizabeth Olafson, Sydney Johnk, Megan Hansen, Todd Chapin, Jeremy Grindeland
2019 Jamestown Regional Medical Center - Brian Ament
2020 Essentia Health - Chronic Opioid Analgesic Therapy (COAT) program; Allison Hursman
2021 Miranda Baumgartner, North Dakota Department of Health - COVID-19 Vaccine and Monoclonal Antibody Distribution
2022 Essentia Health Fargo - Automation in Sterile Compounding; Jordann Hoernemann, Lori Crandall, Brittany Carrisalez
2023 Essentia Health Fargo - Transitions of Care Acute Care Service; Nicole Diveley, Sydney Armbrust, Kelli Pavlicek, Maari Loy
2024 Sanford Health Fargo - Specialty Pharmacy; Jill Ostby, Ashlee Anderson
Best Practice Award
This award has recognized outstanding practitioners in health-system pharmacy who have successfully implemented innovative systems that demonstrate best practices in health-system pharmacy. Eligibility: Applicants must be practicing in a health-system setting, such as an ambulatory care clinic, chronic care, home health care, inpatient care, or outpatient pharmacy. More than one successful program from a health system may be submitted for consideration. Applicants will be judged based on the following criteria: Originality and innovative nature of the program, Significance of the program to the health system, Demonstration of improvements, Significance of the program to pharmacy practice advancement, and Quality of the descriptive report.
2014 Sanford Medical Center Fargo – Antimicrobial Stewardship Program; Fargo
Jesse Breidenbach, Emily Perry, Jeana Mork-Youness, Katie Hanson and David Leedahl
2015 Altru Pharmacy – Telepharmacy Program; Grand Forks
Jenny Metz
2016 Sanford Medical Center Fargo – Ambulatory Care Practice; Fargo
Monte Roemmich
2017 Family HealthCare Pharmacy, NDSU; Fargo
Sue Nelson, Jennifer Iverson, Betty Lee, Nicole Wald, Miguel Buisan Catevilla,Tonya Soper and Brody Maack
2018 Sanford Mayville Medical Center
Sara Vaagene, Hatton
2019 Trinity Health; Minot
Meds4U Program, Carolyn Seehafer
2020 Trinity Health; Minot
Terry Altringer, Carolyn Seehafer, Ramona Sorenson
2021 Essentia Health Fargo, Pharmacy Technician Tier Structure; Fargo
Lori Crandall
2022 Essentia Health Fargo - Hospital Care at Home Pharmacy Program
McKenzie Hill, Maari Loy
2023 Essentia Health Fargo - Controlled Substances Best Practices
Brittany Carrisalez, Maari Loy, Lori Crandall, Amanda Meyer
Pharmacy Practice Literature Award
The Pharmacy Practice Literature Award recognizes an outstanding original contribution to the peer-reviewed biomedical literature related to pharmacy practice in hospitals and health-systems. The award is given annually to the author(s) of an important contribution of original research relevant to health-system pharmacy practice published during the calendar year preceding the state convention. Eligibility: The article submitted for the Pharmacy Practice Literature Award must have been published in a PubMed-indexed, peer-reviewed biomedical journal in the last calendar year. This article will be included in the nomination. For this award, the applicant must be a pharmacist. The applicant must be either the first or second author listed on the nominated article. To be eligible for this award, the applicant must have participated in each of the following: Substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and Final approval of the version to be published.
2014 David Leedahl – West Fargo
2015 Wendy Brown – Fargo
2016 Carlina Grindeland – Fargo
2017 Nathan Leedahl – Fargo
2018 Justin Jones - Fargo
2019 Jodi Atterberg - Fargo
2020 Natasha Petry - Fargo
2021 Max Enzmann - Fargo
2022 Natasha Petry - Fargo
2023 Diane Halvorson - Fargo
2024 Saidee Oberlander - Fargo
