11/21/2002

GRAND RAPIDS RESIDENT RECEIVES AWARD

Mary Reed of Grand Rapids was recognized as the Michigan Society of Health-System Pharmacists (MSHP) 2002 Joe Oddis Leadership Award recipient at the MSHP Annual Meeting Nov. 8 in Lansing, Mich.

Recipients of this award must be active in association work, be a member of MSHP and display leadership qualities. The award consists of $100 and a plaque.

Reed retired from her position as Director of Pharmacy at Spectrum Health earlier this year. Her professional distinctions include Pharmacist of the Year awards from both the Western Michigan Society of Health-System Pharmacists and MSHP.

In addition to the Michigan Pharmacists Association (MPA) and MSHP, Reed is also a member of such organizations as the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), the American Pharmacists Association, the Western Michigan Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the Kent County Pharmacists Association.
Reed is a graduate of the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, and received her master's degree from Aquinas College.

This award is named in honor of Joe Oddis, the former longtime executive vice president of ASHP. Oddis is regarded to be a model in leadership for other health-system pharmacists to follow.

MSHP is a practice section of that consists of over of 500 of MPA's 3,600 members. Since its founding in 1883, MPA has been a leader in the professional and scientific advancement of pharmacy and in safeguarding the well-being of the individual patient in Michigan.

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