NABP Re-Elects Cathryn J. Lew, RPh, to Serve as Member of Executive Committee at Association's 105th Annual Meeting

May 20, 2009 12:00 am

Cathryn J. Lew, RPh, was re-elected to serve a three-year member term, representing District 7, on the Executive Committee of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy^® (NABP^®) during the Association’s 105th Annual Meeting in Miami, FL.

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 two terms and three terms as vice president.

Currently, Ms Lew is a clinical staff pharmacist at Sacred Heart Home Infusion/Hospice, a position she has held since 1995. Previous positions she has held include serving as a pharmacist at the University of Oregon Student Health Center as well as staff pharmacist at Sacred Heart Medical Center, Salem Hospital – SHAPES, where she was involved in urgent care, pharmacokinetics, and drug therapy monitoring.

An active member of NABP, Ms Lew was first elected to serve a two-year term on the Executive Committee in 2007. She has also served on the Committee on Law Enforcement/Legislation. Among her other activities, Ms Lew is a member of the Oregon State Pharmacy Association, Oregon Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 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 Board. In addition, she was the Oregon delegate for the Northwest Pharmaceutical Care Conference in 1994. Ms Lew was a recipient of the Oregon Society of Health-System Pharmacists Outstanding Sponsored Activity Award.  

A graduate of Oregon State University, Ms Lew earned a bachelor of science degree in pharmacy and was a member of the Rho Chi Honor Society.

Larissa Doucette