Joseph Adams, RPh, Elected to Serve as Member of NABP Executive Committee at Association's 105th Annual Meeting

May 20, 2009 12:00 AM

Joseph L. Adams, RPh, was elected to serve a three-year member term, representing District 6, on the Executive Committee of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy^® (NABP^®) during the Association’s 105th Annual Meeting, May 16-19, 2009, in Miami, FL.

Mr Adams has been a member of the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy since 2000. In addition, he is a pharmacy manager for Walgreen Co, where he is responsible for the entire operation of the pharmacy. Mr Adams has been a Walgreen Co employee since 1977, when he began as a clerk. After completing an internship at a Walgreens pharmacy and receiving his pharmacy license, Mr Adams moved up the ranks from staff pharmacist to his current position.

An active member of NABP and the Louisiana Board, Mr Adams has served on the NABP Committee on Law Enforcement/Legislation and the NABP Task Force on Continuous Quality Improvement, Peer Review, and Inspecting for Patient Safety. As a member of the Louisiana Board, Mr Adams serves on several committees including chairman of the Reinstatement Committee and as a member of the Regulations Revision Committee and the Violations Committee.

Among his other activities, Mr Adams currently serves as a member of the Louisiana Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, the Louisiana Pharmacists Association, the Louisiana Pharmacy Congress, and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. He also is a member of the Health Care Reform Region 9 Consortia, and he was a delegate of Governor Kathleen Blanco’s Health Care Summit held in 2004. Mr Adams was named 2004 Chain Pharmacist of the Year by the Louisiana Pharmacist Association.

Mr Adams earned his bachelor of science degree in pharmacy from Xavier University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy.

Larissa Doucette