RESPECTED pharmacist Dr Danny Tsai has received the SA/NT Pharmacist of the Year Award at the Annual Celebration of Excellence in Pharmacy hosted by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA).
Minister for Industry and Skills David Pisoni presented the award to Tsai (pictured) at Veale Gardens in Adelaide on Fri night.
Veronika Seda won the SA/NT Early Career Pharmacist Development Award, while Karissa Searle was presented with the 2017 PSA Gold Medal and Wala Hamid Haj Ali with the 2018 Gold Medal.
PSA SA/NT President Robyn Johns congratulated Tsai and commended his significant contribution to the safe and effective use of medicines in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and for improving clinical pharmacy services in Central Australia.
Tsai is the inaugural Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist at the Alice Springs Hospital with current research interests including investigating the demographics and bacteriology of severe community acquired pneumonia in Central Australia.
"Not only is Danny a terrific mentor for early career pharmacists, he also supports student placements in Alice Springs and contributes to ongoing education for health professionals working in remote areas," said Johns.
Seda is the Chair of the SA/NT Early Career Working Group and a project pharmacist with the Adelaide Respiratory Health Project through Asthma Australia and the Lung Foundation.
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