Amina Abubakar, PharmD, AAHIVP, has been selected to deliver the keynote address during the welcome reception of our 3rd annual Client Forum to be hosted May 11-13 in Glens Falls, NY.
Amina is the owner of Rx Clinic Pharmacy in Charlotte, NC. She graduated from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy University of Sciences in 2005. She is also both the founder and President of the Avant Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, where her passion for furthering the impact and success of clinical pharmacy services is realized through online learning, webinars, and consultations with pharmacies across the United States.
She is a clinical pharmacist, Certified HIV Specialty Pharmacist, and a preceptor to UNC Chapel Hill residents and students from several schools of pharmacy. She has fostered an environment that showcases the significance and impact of patient care of community pharmacists by collaborating with medical providers and expanding pharmacist led clinical services in her community.
She serves as a board member for Pharmacogenetics Center of Excellence, a non-profit dedicated to advocacy for the profession of pharmacy in pharmacogenetics.
She also serves as a Luminary for CPESN USA, where she helps other community pharmacists to facilitate the advancement of CPESN networks. Currently, she shares her experience and passion for pharmacy advancements
through the Avant Institute. The institute offers online trainings as well as Advanced Learning Immersion Experience (ALIE) a simulation lab for those seeking to experience first hand pharmacist led clinical services.
Amina also advocates for pharmacists by engaging with policy makers all over the country on Pharmacogenomics. She was invited to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and to the FDA to discuss the role of pharmacists in pharmacogenomics.
The keynote address will take place on the evening of Monday, May 11th and is to be followed by two days of educational sessions and an Open House. Registration remains open for the three day event, and is free to attend for all clients of Hudson Headwaters 340B. Other interested parties should contact Stephanie at swillis@hhhn.org for more information. Register Today!