An Agenda to
Spark Ingenuity

Explore our ThinkNext: PCCA International Seminar agenda and register by September 12, 2025 to save $200 on the event exclusively for compounders looking to energize and elevate their practice and career.

In-person attendee registration at our host hotel begins 4:30-6:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 8, and resumes the morning of Thursday, October 9, beginning at 7:30 a.m. The ThinkNext opening reception will close out Day 1 of the Seminar. Explore the agenda below to learn more.

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JUST ANNOUNCED!

New this year — our 16 classroom-style ThinkNext 2025 workshops will be recorded and broadcast for our virtual audience! Now, your entire team can learn and earn CE from anywhere, on nearly our entire slate of workshop topics, from clinical & formulations, to quality & regulatory, to marketing and business leadership (excludes roundtables). Check out our Friday, October 10, ThinkNext agenda for the details.

Virtual attendees can access all ThinkNext content for up to 60 days post-event. Just one virtual registration allows for access and CE for up to 4 of your pharmacy staff.

Day 1 – October 9
Thursday
Day 2 – October 10
Friday
Day 3 – October 11
Saturday

Thursday

9

*Available for Virtual Audience

7:30 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Welcome and Seminar Kickoff*

8:35 a.m.

Keynote Presentation: Genius Foods for Better Brain Health: The New Era of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Prevention (CE)* – Max Lugavere

9:35 a.m.

Opening Announcements* – Erin Michael, MBA, MS, CPhT, FAPC

9:45 a.m.

Bringing Compounding Innovation to Life* – Gus Bassani, PharmD; Daniel Banov, MS, RPh; Gopesh Patel, RPh

10:15 a.m.

Break and Expo*

10:45 a.m.

The Neuroscience of Pain (CE)* – Adriaan Louw, PT, PhD

11:45 a.m.

Compounding Options for Pain Management (CE)* – Sebastian Denison, RPh

12:15 p.m.

Sponsored Presentation – Richie Ray, RPh with KIH-LLC

12:30 p.m.

Awards Luncheon

2:00 p.m.

Industry Partner CEO Panel (Regulatory – CE)* – Gus Bassani, PharmD; Doug Hoey, RPh, MBA; Scott Brunner, CAE

3:00 p.m.

Member Pearls Panel — This Works for Me: Innovation, Problem Solving, Patient Care (CE)* – Shelbi Witt, PharmD; Joseph P. Navarra, RPh, FACA, FAPC; Bryan Ziegler, PharmD, MBA

4:00 p.m.

Opening Reception, Expo and Happy Hour

5:30 p.m.

Adjourn

6-8 p.m.

Networking Night by KIH-LLC
Morton's Grille, 25 Waterway Ave, The Woodlands, TX

FRIDAY

10

*Workshop audio recordings available to all attendees for 60 days after the event.

FEATURED WORKSHOPS will be video and audio recorded and available to virtual attendees live and all attendees for 60 days after the event.

7:30 a.m.

Registration, Breakfast and Expo

8:30 a.m.

Welcome

8:35 a.m.

Opening Announcements — Introducing PCCA Science+*

8:45 a.m.

Keynote Presentation: Empowered Resilience* – Jay Hewitt

9:20 a.m.

Education Update
R.I.S.E. Institute for Compounding

9:40 a.m.

Break and Expo

10:15 a.m.

Workshop 1

FEATURED WORKSHOP: Root Cause Investigations and CAPA Plan (Patient Safety – CE)* – Matt Lester, RPh, MBA, BCSCP; Celeste Zizzamia, PharmD, BCSCP; Patti Kujas, RPh, BCSCP

From Discovery to Delivery: Innovation from R&D to Patient Care – Daniel Banov, MS, RPh; Fabiana Banov, MS, RPh; Mark Gonzalez, PharmD

This Works for Me: Technician Panel (CE) – Stacy Hightower, CPhT, FAPC; Jennifer Tuck, CPhT; Erin Michael, MBA, MS, CPhT, FAPC

Compounding Pharmacy Benchmarks & Valuations – Bryan Prescott, PharmD, MBA; Laura Pfaffenberger, PharmD

11:15 a.m.

Rotate

11:30 a.m.

Workshop 2

FEATURED WORKSHOP: How to Prevent Breast Cancer: Before and After (CE)* – Pamela W. Smith, MD, MS, MPH; Sara Hover, RPh FAARM

What is Your Environmental Monitoring Telling You? (CE) – Celeste Zizzamia, PharmD, BCSCP; Catherine Henderson, PharmD, BCSCP

Succession Planning & Junior Partnerships  – Jim Hrncir, RPh, FAPC; Jonathan Head, PharmD; Bryan Prescott, PharmD, MBA

Marketing Roundtable – Facilitated by Erin Michael, MBA, MS, CPhT, FAPC

12:30 p.m.

Lunch & Expo

RISE and SHINE Luncheon

1:45 p.m.

Workshop 3

FEATURED WORKSHOP: All Things SubMagna* – Richie Ray, RPh

Tried and True Compounded Formulas – Beau Harger, PharmD; Tricia Heitman, PharmD; Sara Hover, RPh, FAARM

What You Must Know About Serving on Your State Board (CE) – Jenny Yoakum, RPh; Cheri Kraemer, RPh; Tony Buchta, RPh

This Works for Me: Marketing Panel – Ashley Bertholot, CPhT; Adriana Rodriguez, CPhT; Erin Michael, MBA, MS, CPhT, FAPC

Compounding Pharmacy Accounting Playbook (CE) – Bryan Prescott, PharmD, MBA; Scotty Sykes, CPA, CFP®

2:45 p.m.

Break & Expo

3:30 p.m.

Workshop 4

FEATURED WORKSHOP: From Transactional to Transformational: Building a Brand Patients Trust* (CE) – Mandy Mahoney, CDMP

503A & 503B Collaboration: Maximizing Compliance and Efficiency (CE) – Jacqueline Esqueda, PharmD, BCSCP

TPE and Toxin Removal: The Role of the Pharmacist (CE) – Pamela W. Smith, MD, MS, MPH

Strategy, Growth, People and Operations (CE) – Laura Pfaffenberger, PharmD

Clinical Roundtable (CE) – Facilitated by Sara Hover, RPh, FAARM

4:30 p.m.

Adjourn

6:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Dinner & Dueling Pianos Party

SATURDAY

11

*Available for Virtual Audience

7:30 a.m.

Registration, Breakfast and Expo

8:30 a.m.

Opening Announcements*

8:40 a.m.

Regulatory Rundown: What Compounders Need to Know* (CE) – Rachael Pontikes, JD

9:30 a.m.

Thyroid Health in the Age of Personalized Medicine* (CE) – Richard Harris, PharmD, MD, MBA

10:20 a.m.

Break and Expo

11:00 a.m.

Clinical Services Calls Speed Round* – Ranel Larsen, PharmD; Mark Gonzalez, PharmD; Nat Jones, RPh, FAPC; Katy Hecker, PharmD

12:15 p.m.

Closing Announcements/Students Dismissed*

12:30 p.m.

Adjourn

12:30-6 p.m.

Student Day

Only available to College of Pharmacy students.