VICTORIA-BASED accredited pharmacist and geriatric therapeutics specialist, Robyn Saunders, has been awarded the 2022 Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy (AACP) MIMS Consultant Pharmacist of the Year (PotY) title.
MIMS CEO, Robert Best, and outgoing AACP Board Chair and former Pharmacy Guild of Australia National President, George Tambassis, presented Saunders with the award at ConPharm on the Gold Coast over the weekend.
Saunders has been an accredited pharmacist for 25 years, with the AACP noting that she "has provided a highly valuable and sustained contribution to consultant pharmacy, with a strong commitment to excellence in the practice of medication management reviews".
"Her early post-graduation years were spent establishing a clinical hospital pharmacy service at a large Melbourne University-associated teaching hospital," the AACP said.
"During this time, she gained essential experience in clinical decision making and followed this up with further study required to become accredited with the AACP.
"Robyn was one of the first pharmacists to specialise in geriatric therapeutics and one of the early practitioners working in GP practice.
"She is known by hundreds of accredited pharmacists for her close attention to detail and rigorous evidence-based approach to medication management.
"Her dedication and commitment to appropriate management of medicines in aged care led her to develop innovative tools to ensure QUM."
Pictured are, AACP Board Chair, George Tambassis, with Robyn Saunders and MIMS CEO Robert Best.
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