Kerr Drug Health Care Center/KDI Health Solutions, LLC

Zebulon, North Carolina (map)

1016 North Arendell Avenue
Zebulon, NC  27597
919-646-7367

Preceptor: Abby Caplan, PharmD (acaplan@kdihealthsolutions.com)

Regional chain pharmacy with a unique, stand-alone health-care center.

Katie Bayliss (left)
2009-2010 resident

• Medication therapy management programs
• Practice management, marketing, reimbursement strategies, community outreach and education, and teaching experiences
• Consulting and medication management services to long-term care facilities
• Teaching experience in classroom and clinical practice settings

• Diabetes Self-Management Education Program recognized by the American Diabetes Association
• Extensive disease prevention, detection, and monitoring services (blood pressure, bone density, blood glucose, cholesterol, obesity, PSA, TSH, LFTs, immunizations)

About the Preceptor

Abby Caplan, PharmD

Residency preceptor since 2009

Abby Caplan, PharmD, is the clinical coordinator at the Kerr Health Care Center in Zebulon, North Carolina. Caplan received her doctor of pharmacy from West Virginia University in May 2007. Upon graduation, she completed a community pharmacy residency with UNC and Kerr Drug in Zebulon. Caplan enjoys providing daily patient-care services and was part of the team of providers recognized as Medication Therapy Management Provider of the Year in 2007 and 2008 by Outcomes Pharmaceutical Health Care, an MTM services provider.

Caplan actively provides disease-state management and clinical services such as MTM, immunizations, point-of-care testing, and education to patients in the Zebulon community. She also teaches diabetes education and was a provider when the Zebulon site was recognized as one of the American Diabetes Association Providers of the Year in 2008. Caplan is a clinical instructor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, where she serves as a preceptor during pharmacy students’ introductory and advanced community experiential rotations. She has presented her research findings nationally and was published in the April 2008 edition of JAPhA.

At the state level, Caplan serves on the Membership Committee and is a member of the Community Care Forum of the North Carolina Association of Pharmacy. She is involved nationally in the American Pharmacists Association.