8am – 9am
Registration Dr. Eillen Dankwah Programs Coordinator, VA Chapter Tea and Coffee service
9:00 – 9:05am
Opening Prayer Dr. Kwabena Boakye Immediate Past President, VA Chapter
9:05 – 9:10am
Welcome Address Dr. Vera Dannsa Asante Vice President GPhA, President , VA Chapter
9:10 – 9:15am
Opening Remarks Dr. Kofi Oteng Bawuah President GPhA
9:15 - 9:20am
Introduction of CE Lecturer Dr. Samson Ansong – Secretary GPhA
9:20 – 10:15am
Medication Safety – CE Dr. Christopher Keeys President of Clinical Pharmacy Associates, CEO MedNovations
10:15 -10:30am
COFFEE BREAK
10:30 – 11:15am
Advances in HIV Clinical Care – CE Dr. Christopher Keeys President of Clinical Pharmacy Associates, CEO MedNovations
11:15 – 11:45am
Clinical Update Antibiotic Stewardship Dr. Nana Akosua Boateng Clinical Pharmacist
Off Site Lunch/Networking
1:00 – 1:30pm
Entrepreneurial/Investment Opportunities Dr. Linda Sarpong CEO Medrx Compounding Specialty Pharmacy
1:30 – 1:45pm
Innovation and Technology to Advance Healthcare in Africa Mr. Ngu Nyimdem CEO Pether Solutions Inc USA
1:45 – 2:00pm
The Business of Pharmacy in Ghana Mr. Francis Aboagye-Nyame Project Director, Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
2:00 – 3:45pm
GPhA Congress (Active Members Only)
3:45 – 4:00pm
Closing Remarks/Prayer Dr. Theophilus Awuah – Founding Member
7:00pm – 1:00am
EVENING GALA
Guests of Honor:
GPhA has arranged for discount rooms at the BWI Airport Marriott, located at 1743 West Nursery Road, Linthicum, MD 21090. The rates are as follows:
Start Date
End Date
Room Type
Room Rate
8/24/2018
8/26/2018
Standard King
$99.00/Night
Standard Double
Please call Marriott Reservations directly at 1 (800) 228-9290 or (410) 859-8300 to make reservations. To obtain the agreed rates, please identify yourself as part of the Ghanaian Pharmacist Association Annual Conference.
All reservations must be guaranteed with a major credit card. The hotel will not hold any reservations unless secured by credit card.
Lecture Topics:
Venue: BWI Marriot, Lithincum, Maryland Date: Saturday August 25th 2018 Time: 10:00 am
Lecturer:
Dr. Christopher A. Keeys, Co-founder/President of Clinical Pharmacy Associates, Inc. and CEO of MedNovations, Inc., is a licensed clinical pharmacist, pharmacy executive, researcher and educator who received his B.S. in Pharmacy from Howard University College of Pharmacy and a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. He is board certified in Pharmacotherapy.
Dr. Keeys has served on the Boards of the Washington Metropolitan Society of Hospital Pharmacists (President), the Drug Use Review Board for Washington, D.C., and the Chesapeake Research Review, Inc. He has also been a member of the Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research Group on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Since 1996 he has served as a senior pharmacy consultant to the BCBSA Federal Employee Program.
Dr. Keeys is a clinical preceptor for the University of Maryland and holds an adjunct associate professor faculty appointment at Howard University College of Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied Health Science. He has served as a clinical consultant to the DC Department of Health Administration for HIV/AIDS Policy and Programs and the Medicaid Program. He serves as a research fellow at the Howard University Center for Minority Studies and Healthcare Services and is a member of the National Academy.
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