2024 Pinnacle Awards
The APhA Foundation celebrated the 27th Annual Pinnacle Awards Program at APhA Headquarters. Learn more about the 2024 Pinnacle Award Recipients, view images from the awards presentation, and listen to a "fireside chat" with the recipients.
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Dr. Klepser has been in practice for more that 30 years. Upon graduation, he completed a residency and a post-graduate fellowship in Infectious Diseases. He has been a professor at the Ferris State University College of Pharmacy since 2001 and is an adjunct faculty at the University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy. Dr. Klepser is the founder and Director of The Collaboration of Advance Pharmacy Enterprises (CAPE). Under CAPE, Dr. Klepser works with numerous enterprises to improve quality of and patient access to care. The Collaboration to Harmonize Antimicrobial Registry Measures (CHARM) was established to improve outpatient antimicrobial use and the Collaboration to Optimize Medication Efficacy and Therapy (COMET) was established to help cultivate novel pharmacy-care models.
Category 1 Award:
Individual Award for Career Achievement
Michael E. Klepser, PharmD, FCCP, FIDP
"I have been blessed to work with so many tremendous people over my career. This award recognizes and honors them and their influence on my life. Without my family, friends, and colleagues it would be impossible for me to be where I am today."
Category 2 Award:
Group Practice–Health System–Health Care Corporation
Omitted for the 2024 awards cycle
Category 3 Award:
Nonprofit Organization–Association–Public/Private Partnerships
Dispensary of Hope
“I am deeply honored to accept the APhA Pinnacle Award on behalf of Dispensary of Hope,” said Hillary Blackburn, PharmD, MBA, Chief Pharmacy Officer. “This recognition highlights the work of our amazing team, network of dispensing sites, and generous donors; all focused on a shared mission to provide vital medication access to low-income and uninsured individuals across the United States. Our innovative and pragmatic access model delivers improved health outcomes, while serving the most vulnerable.”
Nashville-based nonprofit, Dispensary of Hope, has been actively operating and building a national model of medication access for the most vulnerable for over a decade. This innovative model unifies pharmaceutical manufacturing and safety net healthcare delivery with a common goal of saving and transforming lives. The model is unique in its ability to converge different areas of the healthcare industry to provide access to medication at no cost to the patient, while maintaining the highest quality standards in the medication distribution industry. The collaboration delivers pragmatic results which include improved health outcomes for patients, reduced cost and environmental impact from medication destruction and positive shifts in healthcare cost burden from acute care treatment to health condition management. To learn more, visit www.dispensaryofhope.org
Hear from Pinnacle recipients Michael Klepser and Hillary Blackburn about how their work is impacting their communities, and the profession! This "fireside chat" was moderated by APhA CEO Michael Hogue.