PGX Pharmacists Series line-up 1/28/22, Dan Krinsky, BS, MS, RPh, FAPhA 2/11/22, Sue Paul, RPh 2/25/22, Mariam S. Yasin, student (PharmD and MS PGX Candidate) 3/11/22, Jamie Wilkey, PharmD Read the full show notes at https://www.thepharmacistsvoice.com/podcast Daniel Krinsky is an entrepreneur and pharmacist who is passionate about advancing patient care and the pharmacy profession. He recently started two businesses whose respective missions and visions are focused on each of these areas. The first business, PGx101, is directed towards educating healthcare providers in the area of pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine. The second, EduCare4U, is focused on patient, student and healthcare provider education and enhancing patient care. Mr. Krinsky is currently an Adjunct Professor at the LECOM School of Pharmacy, serving as a course director, lecturer, and student advisor. Mr. Krinsky’s areas of expertise include community pharmacy practice, drug information, patient counseling and education, OTCs, natural products, and developing and implementing medication therapy and disease state management programs. Mentioned in this episode Dan Krinsky, BS, MS, RPh, FAPhA | LinkedIn EduCare4U website PGX101 website EduCare4U, LLC: Overview | LinkedIn PGx101: Overview | LinkedIn PGX101 Facebook Page Medipreneurs The Pharmacist’s Voice Podcast Episode 3 with guest Tom Titkemeier, RPh St. Vincent (St. V’s) Medical Center Toledo, OH The University of Toledo (UT) College of Pharmacy (Toledo, OH) AJHP American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy Kaiser Permanente Lexicomp Ohio Northern University College of Pharmacy Natural Therapeutics Pocket Guide Drug Nutrient Depletion Handbook NACDS NEOMED College of Pharmacy Sue Paul, RPh Switch by Chip and Dan Heath Pharmacy Today Palm Beach Atlantic University Gregory School of Pharmacy PGX101 Training February 26 and 27, 2022 Thank you for listening to episode 133 of The Pharmacist’s Voice ® Podcast! Subscribe to or Follow The Pharmacist’s Voice Podcast! Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Amazon/Audible Highlights from the interview Dan and I met at Medipreneurs in Asheville, NC. We have a mutual acquaintance: my Uncle Tom Titkemeier (see The Pharmacist’s Voice Podcast Episode 3). Dan was one of Uncle Tom and Aunt Janet’s interns at St. V’s in Toledo while attending pharmacy school at The University of Toledo College of Pharmacy. We discussed the chronological progression of Dan’s career. Why did Dan pick pharmacy school? His Dad’s best friend was a community pharmacist. Dan wanted to go into healthcare and own his own business, so he decided to go to pharmacy school. Dan went to grad school at UT. He got a MS Degree in Hospital Pharmacy. The focus was on teaching and research. After graduating from UT with his MS Degree, Dan left Toledo for a job developing clinical services in NC. It didn’t work out. He moved on to another job, which he discovered by searching the “Help Wanted” ads in AJHP (American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy). A position for a clinical coordinator for the pharmacokinetics service at the University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham was advertised. Although Dan felt unqualified, he ended up joining the Drug Resource Team at the University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham as the coordinator for the pharmacokinetics service. He expanded the volume of consults the role formerly served. Dan also taught Auburn Pharmacy Students. It was a good experience, but he was on-call all the time. The stress and time commitment weren’t right for him and his family, so he and his family moved back to Ohio. Dan then worked for Kaiser Permanente and made his first connection to Lexicomp while there. Lexicomp has been part of Dan’s life ever since. In the mid 1990’s, Dan became the 1st pharmacist in the US to hold a shared position with a college of pharmacy and a community pharmacy: Ohio Northern University College (ONU) of Pharmacy and Ritzman Pharmacy. Dan provided MTM services at Ritzman’s before MTM had a name! Since his time at ONU, Dan has helped NACDS replicate the shared position he had at ONU. Today, there are hundreds of shared positions in the US. Dan co-authored 2 books on natural products for Lexicomp. They are Natural Therapeutics Pocket Guide Drug-Induced Nutrient Depletion Handbook Dan left Ritzman’s Pharmacy and went to work at Lexicomp. Lexicomp felt like a family. It had a great company culture with company outings to Cedar Point and more. Dan developed a RX Wiki resource. Dan held a shared faculty position with NEOMED and Giant Eagle. When Dan left that position, he could have retired, but he didn’t! Instead, he co-founded PGX101 and founded EduCare4U. How did Dan get into PGX? He took the Test2Learn™️ Train the Trainer PGX Course so he could develop a PGX elective course at...
