Event Schedule
All Times Listed Are Central Time (CT). Subject to change.
International Seminar 2023 is eligible for a maximum of 11 hours of ACPE credit, which includes 1 hour of live law CE as required by many State Boards and PTCB. See final CPE activity announcement for specific details.
WEDNESDAY
25
5:00 pm
Registration, Opening Reception and Expo
THURSDAY
26
7:30 am
Registration, Breakfast and Expo
8:30 am
Welcome and Seminar Kickoff
Jim Smith
PCCA President
Lizzie Harbin
8:45 am
Motivational Keynote: How Dancing Benefits Brain Function and Health
Peter Lovatt, PhD
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Dr. Lovatt, a psychologist with a special interest in movement, shares his more than 25 years of research on the social, cognitive, emotional and physical consequences of human movement in people experiencing neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease, poor mental health and cancer.
9:45 am
Opening Announcements
A.J. Day, PharmD
PCCA Vice President of Clinical Services
Erin Michael, MBA, MS, CPhT, FAPC
PCCA Director of Member Engagement
10:00 am
PCCA Innovation
Gus Bassani, PharmD
PCCA Chief Scientific Officer
Daniel Banov, MS, RPh
PCCA Director of Research & Development
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10:30 am
Break and Expo
11:15 am
Member Pearls Panel — This Works for Me: Innovation, Problem Solving, Patient Care (CE)
Jennifer Palazzolo, RPh
Robyn Crow, RPh
Eddie DeCaria, RPh, FAPC
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Join our innovative PCCA member pharmacists as they share the compounding pearls that have helped them thrive as independent pharmacy owners. Jennifer will discuss the use of point-of-care testing and functional medicine consultation in the pharmacy as an additional revenue stream. Robyn will share how her favorite dermatology formulas have helped her grow her business. Eddie will discuss how he has decreased staff turnover and created a healthy working environment for his employees.
12:15 pm
Presentation by CMPD Licensing, LLC
12:30 pm
Rx Runway Lunch
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Join us for lunch, learning and fashion as PCCA brings back the Rx Runway. Twelve of your colleagues will be showing off the JMcLaughlin® clothing line while we share their top clinical, compounding and business tips. Come support your friends and get some take-home pearls along the way!
2:00 pm
Regulatory Panel (CE)
Ronna Hauser, PharmD
NCPA Senior Vice President of Policy and Pharmacy Affairs
Savannah Cunningham, PharmD
APC Director of Public Policy
Ilisa Bernstein, PharmD, JD, FAPhA
APhA Senior Vice President of Pharmacy Practice and Government Affairs
Amy Shank
PCCA Director of Government Affairs
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3:00 pm
Break and Expo
3:45 pm
Infertility Triad (CE)
Sarah Zielsdorf, MD, MS
Margie Lamberth
Sara Hover, RPh, FAARM
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5:30 pm
Adjourn
5:30 pm
Advocacy Award Reception
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6:30 pm
Dinner On Your Own
JMcLaughlin® Sip-n-Shop
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A private event exclusively for International Seminar attendees, the JMcLaughlin store in The Woodlands, within walking distance from the hotel, will be open for shopping while guests enjoy networking, drinks and appetizers.
Friday
27
Workshop Tracks
Clinical & Formulations
Marketing & Sales
Business & Leadership
Quality, Advocacy & Regulatory
7:15 am
Registration, Breakfast and Expo
7:15 am
PCCA PAC-Sponsored Congressional Breakfast
8:30 am
Opening Remarks with Congressional Representative
Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA)
8:30 am
Canadian Member Update Session Held Concurrently
8:40 am
Opening Announcements
8:55 am
NABP Update (CE)
Al Carter, MS, PharmD, RPh
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Executive Director/CEO
9:40 am
Presentation by Anda, and Brown & Fortunato
10:00 am
Break and Expo
10:45 am
Workshop Session 1
Workshop Available for Virtual Attendees.
* This activity is eligible for ACPE credit; exact hours to be announced.
Top 10 Compounding Tips from the Lab
Melissa Merrell Rhoads, PharmD
Stacey Lemus, BS
Marketing Networking Roundtable
Erin Michael, MBA, MS, CPhT, FAPC
Pharmacy Talent Management: Nurturing the Best, Releasing the Rest
Micheal Jones, SHRM-CP
USP 800: Is It Enforceable? (CE*)
Matt Martin, PharmD, BCSCP
Sponsored Workshop:
Trimming the Legal Fat: A Lean Look at Laws You Should Know
Brad Howard
Alfonso Zambrano
11:45 am
Awards Banquet Luncheon
1:15 pm
Workshop Session 2
Workshop Available for Virtual Attendees.
* This activity is eligible for ACPE credit; exact hours to be announced.
Shaping the Future: Our Latest Innovation Base Breakthrough
Daniel Banov, RPh, MS
Mark Gonzalez, PharmD
Nat Jones, RPh, FAPC
Do This, Not That: Making Claims and Images on Social Media
Matt Martin, PharmD, BCSCP
Erin Michael, MBA, MS, CPhT, FAPC
Navigating 2023 Tax Changes Affecting Compounding Pharmacies (CE*)
Scotty Sykes, CPA, CFP®
Part 1: A Practical Approach to Implementing USP Revisions Presentation (CE*)
Jacqueline Esqueda, PharmD, BCSCP, RPh
SPONSORED WORKSHOP:
Compounding Sublingual Semaglutide
Richie Ray
2:15 pm
Rotate
2:30 pm
Workshop Session 3
Workshop Available for Virtual Attendees.
* This activity is eligible for ACPE credit; exact hours to be announced.
How to Raise Testosterone in Men Under 40 (CE*)
Pamela W. Smith, MD, MPH, MS
Member Marketer Panel
Marci Bencomo
Katie Lewis
Strategic Principles for Growth
Jeff Roberts
Part 2: A Practical Approach to Implementing USP Revisions Panel Discussion
Jacqueline Esqueda, PharmD, BCSCP, RPh
Jay Patel, PhD
Jeffrey Gloyer, MS
Andrew Eng, BA
SPONSORED WORKSHOP:
Get to Know Anda: Our Products, Programs & Solutions
Ann Benyo
Joseph Costanza
3:30 pm
Break and Expo
4:15 pm
Workshop Session 4
Workshop Available for Virtual Attendees.
* This activity is eligible for ACPE credit; exact hours to be announced.
Top 10 Questions in Clinical Services (CE*)
Tricia Heitman, PharmD
Deborah Clark, RPh, FACVP
Using AI in Your Pharmacy’s Marketing Efforts
Tim Hines
Compounding Pharmacy Benchmark Report Comparisons
Bryan Prescott, PharmD, MBA
Your Colleagues Serving on State Boards of Pharmacy (CE*)
Jenny Yoakum, RPh
Cheri Garvin, RPh
Bobby Harshbarger, PharmD
5:15 pm
Adjourn
5:30 pm
Concierge Groups Happy Hour at Kirby Icehouse
(Invitation Only)
6:30 – 9:30 pm
Dave Sparks’ 80th Birthday Party Celebration
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Grab your blue suede shoes — it’s time to shake, rattle and roll! The PCCA Member Steering Committee cordially invites you to enjoy ’50s diner decor, food and drinks, a sock hop, bowling, bingo and more as we celebrate compounding and PCCA CEO Dave Sparks’ 80th birthday.
Saturday
28
7:30 am
Breakfast and Expo
8:30 am
Opening Announcements
8:45 am
Emerging Therapies: Protocols for Low-Dose Naltrexone (LDN), Methylene Blue and Ivermectin (CE)
Mary Caire, MD
Sebastian Denison, RPh, FAARM (candidate)
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10:15 am
Break and Expo
11:00 am
Pharmacy Student Contest Winner Presentation:
How Will You Be the Pharmacist That Changes Our Profession for the Better?
Holly Seyler, PharmD (cand.)
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Our nationwide Pharmacy Student Scholarship Contest winner shares how they plan to change our profession for the better, along with why they want to pursue a career in compounding and the areas of compounding where changes are most needed and why.
11:15 am
Clinical Services Corner (CE)
Ranel Larsen, PharmD
Matt Lester, RPh, MBA
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12:15 pm
Closing Keynote: Libido Is Your Life Drive
Mary Caire, MD
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12:30 pm
Closing Announcements
12:45 pm
Adjourn
Friday
5 Workshop Tracks
New this year: Friday is workshop day! With 15+ total presentations to choose from, there will be one each session that resonates with you and your role in the pharmacy. Want to attend all four Business and Leadership Tracks sponsored by CPMS? No problem — grab your seat and stay all day. Want to workshop hop and hit up a different topic each time? Feel free — the choice is yours. Whether you are an owner, a pharmacist, a technician, a marketer or fulfill multiple roles in the pharmacy, we have workshops just for you.
Clinical and Formulations Track
- Top 10 Compounding Tips from the Lab with Melissa Merrell Rhoads, PharmD, & Stacey Lemus, BS
- Shaping the Future: Our Latest Innovation Base Breakthrough with Daniel Banov, RPh, MS & Mark Gonzalez, PharmD
- How to Raise Testosterone in Men Under 40 with Pam Smith, MD, MPH, MS
- Top 10 Questions in Clinical Services with Tricia Heitman, PharmD & Deborah Clark, RPh, FACVP
Marketing and Sales Track
- Marketing Networking Roundtable with Erin Michael, MBA, MS, CPhT, FAPC
- Do This, Not That: Making Claims and Images on Social Media with Matt Martin, PharmD, BCSCP, & Erin Michael, MBA, MS, CPhT, FAPC
- Member Marketer Panel with PCCA members sharing successful strategies and tactics with Marci Bencomo and Katie Lewis
- Using AI in Your Pharmacy’s Marketing Efforts with Tim Hines
Business and Leadership Track
Sponsored by CPMS
- Pharmacy Talent Management: Nurturing the Best, Releasing the Rest with Micheal Jones, SHRM-CP
- Navigating 2023 Tax Changes Affecting Compounding Pharmacies with Scotty Sykes
- Strategic Principles for Growth with Jeff Roberts
- Compounding Pharmacy Benchmark Report Comparisons with Bryan Prescott, PharmD, MBA
Quality, Advocacy and Regulatory
Sponsored by Eagle
- USP 800: Is It Enforceable? with Matt Martin, PharmD, BCSCP
- Part 1: A Practical Approach to Implementing USP Revisions Presentation – Jacqueline Esqueda, PharmD, BCSCP, RPh
- Part 2: A Practical Approach to Implementing USP Revisions Panel Discussion – Jacqueline Esqueda, PharmD, BCSCP, RPh; Jay Patel, PhD; Jeffrey Gloyer, MS; Andrew Eng, BA
- State Board of Pharmacy Panel: Jenny Yoakum, RPh; Cheri Garvin, RPh; Bobby Harshbarger, PharmD
Special Presentations Track
Sessions to be announced from:
Compounding Sublingual Semaglutide
Come learn all the nuances to www.subsema.com and how to do this effectively at your pharmacy. This is the nuts and bolts associated with providing this type of compounded medication in your pharmacy, how to present it to prescribers and patients in an effective manner, and how it can positively impact the health of patients AND your business. This is real-world applicability — not some hypothetical.
Trimming the Legal Fat: A Lean Look at Laws You Should Know
Brad and Alfonso of Brown & Fortunato are set to trim the legal fat, offering a lean and mean look at laws every pharmacy should know. In this session, they’ll carve through the legal jargon and get straight to the meat of new laws (including the real skinny on semaglutide) with an in-depth legal analysis from the perspectives of healthcare regulatory/investigations, M&A and employment law, unraveling the complexities of recent legal changes and their profound impacts on the pharmacy industry, equipping pharmacies with essential insights.
Using AI in Your Pharmacy’s Marketing Efforts
Are you interested in how artificial intelligence can help your pharmacy grow? If so, don’t miss this presentation by Tim Hines, The Marketing Starter, who is back by popular demand with a hot, new topic! Tim demonstrates how to use AI to help market your pharmacy.
Workshop Available for Virtual Attendees.
Pharmacy Talent Management: Nurturing the Best, Releasing the Rest
PCCA Senior Human Relations Specialist Micheal Jones covers the critical aspects of hiring and firing employees, and provides valuable insights on effective recruitment strategies, talent evaluation and fostering a respectful and fair termination process. Gain a comprehensive understanding of best practices in talent management to help you ensure a cohesive and successful workforce.
USP 800: Is It Enforceable (CE*)
USP 800 becomes “compendially applicable” on November 1, 2023. Should you be compliant and, if so, what should you be doing? Beyond the board of pharmacy how are other agencies addressing hazardous drugs? Join PCCA Director of Clinical Services Matt Martin as he shares the implications of USP 800 and the impact on your compounding pharmacy.
Workshop Available for Virtual Attendees.
Marketing Networking Roundtable
Join this networking roundtable workshop designed to bring together compounding pharmacists, technicians and marketers. Share your own experiences from your compounding pharmacy and listen to others, so everyone walks away with innovative marketing strategies and new avenues for growth, while fostering a spirit of collaboration.
Top 10 Compounding Tips from the Lab
Join PCCA’s Formulations team as they discuss tips and tricks to help you work more efficiently in the lab, including how to work with tricky chemicals such as hydroquinone and minoxidil, how to choose the appropriate gelling agent, preservative or solvent, and working with anhydrous bases.
Member Marketer Panel
As marketers for PCCA members, Marci and Katie share how they quickly build and strengthen relationships with prescribers, how they create content for their blogs and social media posts, how they have increased supplement sales in the pharmacy and much more!
Strategic Principles for Growth
Gain vital knowledge, tools and a growth-oriented mindset to transcend your day-to-day and focus on your pharmacy’s holistic development. Learn how to prioritize long-term strategic decisions, empower your team and leverage data-driven metrics for informed choices. Walk away with actionable insights and a clear roadmap to position your pharmacy for sustainable growth.
Your Colleagues Serving on State Boards of Pharmacy
Learn from PCCA members currently serving on their state boards. What does it take to be considered? What are the expectations and time commitments? What are the benefits? Plus, tips on how to become more engaged.
How to Raise Testosterone in Men Under 40 (CE*)
Low testosterone in younger men has become more and more prevalent. Dr. Smith reviews the functions of testosterone in the body, the impact of testosterone on fertility and contraindications to the use of testosterone. She also discusses both prescription and natural therapies to elevate testosterone in younger men.
Workshop Available for Virtual Attendees.
Compounding Pharmacy Benchmark Report Comparisons
How do your numbers measure up? Join PCCA Director of Business Coaching Services Bryan Prescott as he shares the average profit margin, payroll and operating expenses that pharmacies saw last year. Bryan shares comparisons that will provide valuable insights as you forecast and plan for 2024 and beyond.
Top 10 Questions in Clinical Services (CE*)
Join PCCA’s Clinical Services team as they share some of the most popular calls they receive from compounding pharmacies. A few of the top 10 will include LDN dosing variations, determining if an active is a drug product or not, semaglutide compliance, weight loss options and many more.
Navigating 2023 Tax Changes Affecting Compounding Pharmacies (CE*)
Many compounding pharmacies engage in varying degrees of research and development activities related to prescriptions. Since 2022, substantial tax changes have affected deductions for research and development expenditures. Scotty delves into how these changes impact deducting such costs and how it all impacts you and your pharmacy. He also breaks down the research and development tax credit and covers alternative tax planning tactics to equip you to proactively manage your tax strategies.
Workshop Available for Virtual Attendees.
A Practical Approach to Implementing USP Revisions Presentation
This two-part presentation provides a brief overview of the USP revisions, highlighting the key changes used to establish beyond-use dates of compounded preparations and how to implement these changes to satisfy the new standards.
Shaping the Future: Our Latest Innovation Base Breakthrough
Be among the first to hear about PCCA’s latest innovative base breakthrough! Join PCCA Director of Research & Development Daniel Banov and PCCA Clinical Compounding Pharmacists Mark Gonzalez and Nat Jones as they share the science, formulations and marketing ideas surrounding this new product.
Do This, Not That: Making Claims and Images on Social Media
Don’t miss this eye-opening presentation to discover the types of images and statements you SHOULD include on your social media pages, as well as posts that you definitely SHOULD NOT. Led by PCCA Director of Clinical Services Matt Martin and PCCA Director of Member Engagement Erin Michael, the session also covers how to avoid making claims on your website and social media channels.