NABP Elects Cathryn J. Lew, RPh, to Serve as Member of Executive Committee at Association’s 103rd Annual Meeting

May 23, 2007 12:00 AM

Cathryn J. Lew, RPh, was elected to serve a two-year member term, representing District 7, on the Executive Committee of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy^® (NABP^®) during the Association’s 103^rd Annual Meeting, May 19-22, 2007, in Portland, OR.

A member of the Oregon State Board of Pharmacy, Ms Lew was first appointed to the Board in 2001 and was reappointed in 2004. During this time, she was elected by the Board to serve as president for one year and two years as vice president.

Currently, Ms Lew is a clinical staff pharmacist at Sacred Heart Hospital, Home Infusion/ Hospice, a position she has held since 1983. In addition, she serves as a pharmacy consultant at the Oregon Endoscopy Center and Oregon SurgiCenter. Previous positions she has held include serving as a pharmacist at the University of Oregon Student Health Center as well as staff pharmacist at the Salem Hospital – SHAPES, where she was involved in urgent care, pharmacokinetics, and drug therapy monitoring.

An active member of NABP, Ms Lew has served on the Committee on Law Enforcement/ Legislation. Among her other activities, Ms Lew is an active member of the Lane County Pharmaceutical Association, served as a member of the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board Stakeholder Policy Council in 2005 and 2006, and has served on the Oregon Society of Health Care Pharmacists. In addition, she was the Oregon delegate for the Northwest Pharmaceutical Care Conference in 1994. Ms Lew is a recipient of the Oregon Society of Health-System Professionals Outstanding Sponsored Activity Award and was a part of the Rho Chi Honor Society. 

A graduate of Oregon State University, Ms Lew earned a bachelor of science degree in pharmacy.

Larissa Doucette