NYCSHP 2021 Installation

NYCSHP celebrated the 2020-2021 academic year with an in person installation highlighting accomplishments of collaboration, innovation, and well-being. Congratulations to the award winners, scholarship winners, outgoing and continuing board members and committee chairs and newly installed board members!

September BOD Meeting

We enter September with our first Board of Directors meeting of our new year. This meeting was held on September 5th at Mount Sinai Hospital with a budget meeting immediately following our monthly meeting. Each Director-At-Large and committee leader gave a synopsis of their progress with upcoming events. As always, some non-board members were present [...]

August 29th CE Program

What an eventful month. We're closing out with a CE program held at Mount Sinai on August 29th. The topic of discussion from our sponsor was "Reducing Complications of Influenza: Update on the Use of Antiviral Agents in Vulnerable Patients" presented by James S. Lewis II, Pharm.D, FIDSA. We also had a Clinical Pearl presented [...]

Game Night and Medication Safety CE Program

And the programs keep coming! This CE program which took place on August 21st was a great way to have fun and get your CE credits at the same time. It was held at, my Alma mater, Long Island University! Go Blackbirds! This program was special because we collabed with the Royal Counties chapter to [...]

New Practitioner’s Happy Hour

Hello again! Not even a week after the BOD meeting we had another event for our members to attend. The New Practitioner's Happy Hour was held on August 6th at a cool spot called Latitude Rooftop in Hell's Kitchen. This event was hosted by members of our New Practitioner's committee Sefa Kploanyi and Sybil Goday-Pena. [...]

Grassroots Advocacy Law CE

Our first CE for August was held on August 15th at Bobby Van's Steakhouse in the Theater District. The program was presented by Dr. Karen Berger, NYSCHP Grassroots Advocacy Chair and Dr. Andrew Kaplan, NYSCHP Vice President of Public Policy. The program was titled "The Grass(roots) is always Greener: NY State Advocacy Workshop". This program was [...]

August Networking Program

August is going strong with another event. This networking program was held at Old Homestead Steakhouse in the Meatpacking District on August 8th sponsored by Teva. The sponsored portion of the program was conducted by Cardinale Smith, MD, Assistant Professor at Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai and the topic of discussion was "Palliative Care: [...]

Podcast

NYCSHP had conducted an interdisciplinary Well-Being & Resilience podcast discussing strategies to prevent burnout and build resilience.

Practitioner Spotlight

This month's spotlight is our very own Treasurer, Dr. Amber Johnson, PharmD, MBA, BCPS! As Treasurer, Amber oversees and maintains all of NYCSHP's funds, prepares the budget plan, and ensures we have the necessary funds to hold events for our members. We appreciate all of Amber's hard work and dedication to our organization!