For Immediate Release

Contact: John M. Martino
Phone Number:  (215) 895-1186
Date: 09/20/00

Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association names University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Professor "Pharmacist of the Year"

The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association recently named Dr. Daniel Hussar as Pharmacist of the Year. Dr. Hussar is the Remington professor of pharmacy at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP). He received the honor during the Association’s annual meeting during the summer.

Dr. Hussar is involved in teaching the pharmacotherapeutics courses at USP and has participated in numerous continuing education programs for practicing pharmacists and other health professionals. For a number of years, he has published articles in several professional journals on the new therapeutic agents that have been marketed in the United States. He also serves as chief pharmacy editor of Pharmacy Today.

He is a member of a number of professional organizations, including the American Pharmaceutical Association, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Drug Information Association, Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association and the Pennsylvania Society of Health-System Pharmacists. He has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Pharmaceutical Association and is a Past President of the Drug Information Association and the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association.

He received a Ph.D, M.S. and B.S. in pharmacy at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, now USP.

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