Preceptor Lee Named Community Care Pharmacist of the Year

Jessica Lee, PharmD, a preceptor for the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, was named the 2012 Community Care Pharmacist of the Year by the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists during the organization’s Community Care Practice Forum Meeting in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on August 3-4.

“I am very honored to receive this award from such an important organization and group of people in our profession,” says Lee, a 2003 graduate of the School and currently the manager of patient care services at Kerr Drug in Chapel Hill, where she precepts UNC PharmD students and PGY1 residents.

“I feel that this honor further compels me to continue to explore avenues that will continue to advance the profession and opportunities within community pharmacy.”

This was the fifth consecutive year that the award has gone to a pharmacist who is a current or former preceptor in the School’s PGY1 Community Pharmacy Residency Program. The program’s director, Stefanie Ferreri, PharmD, also received the award in 2005.