Two faculty members at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (UMSOP) have been recognized by the Maryland Society of Health-System Pharmacy (MSHP) for their outstanding achievements in pharmacy in the last year.
Kimberly Claeys, PharmD, an associate professor in the Department of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research (P-SHOR), has been selected as the MSHP Health-System Pharmacist of the Year, and Zachary Noel, PharmD, BCCP, assistant professor of P-SHOR, has been selected to receive the MSHP Medication Safety Award.
“I am happy to see Drs. Claeys and Noel recognized for their outstanding work,” said Jill Morgan, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS, FNAP, professor and chair of P-SHOR. “Dr. Claeys has worked hard to improve the care of patients with bloodstream infections admitted to a University of Maryland Medical System hospital. Dr. Noel has demonstrated his strengths of teaching and the practice of cardiology while striving to improve the use and safety of high alert medications.”