August 15, 2013
Ashley Branham, PharmD, an alumna of the community pharmacy residency program at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has been named the 2013 Community Care Pharmacist of the Year by the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists.
Branham is the director of clinical services at Moose Pharmacy in Concord, North Carolina. She is also a clinical pharmacist at Cabarrus Family Medicine. She serves as the chair of NCAP’s Community Care Practice Forum, as well as the organization’s Immunization Task Force. She also serves as a preceptor for the School and an adjunct instructor in the Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education.
“Ashley has transformed the role of a pharmacist into that of a friend, provider, confidant, and advocate,” says Robert Levy, MD, one of Branham’s colleagues at Cabarrus Family Medicine. “She is an incredible source of answers to difficult clinical questions for our physicians and a tireless resource for our patients’ challenging psychosocial and insurance dilemmas. You just don’t meet people like her every day, but when you are lucky enough to have her running on your team, you are deeply grateful each and every day.”
As chair of the Immunization Task Force, Branham played a key role in a four-year push to expand the number of immunizations that pharmacists in North Carolina can give. That effort paid off in July when a law change allowed pharmacists who meet the qualifications and requirements to administer any CDC-required vaccine by prescription. It also allowed them to administer five key vaccines in addition to influenza by protocol to patients 18 years and older: pneumococcal and zoster, which had been allowed by prescription only; Hepatitis B; meningococcal; and Tdap.
Branham received her BS in biology from the University of Kentucky in 2004 and her doctor of pharmacy from Campbell University in 2008. She then completed a PGY1 and a PGY2 community pharmacy residency at the School and Moose Pharmacy in 2009 and 2010.
The award from NCAP is the latest in a string of honors for Branham. In October 2010, she was a finalist in the Parata/Pharmacy Times Next Generation Pharmacist Rising Star of the Year Category. In March 2011, she was recognized as the American Pharmacists Association Immunization Champion Honorable Mention in the Individual Practice Category. In October 2012, she was recognized as the NCPA Outstanding Adherence Educator.
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