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This Page Last Updated: 03/29/12 Click Here to find out more about the University of Utah School Scholarship Fund Click here to connect to the membership link to join the APhA Pain, Palliative Care and Addiction SIG Memorials and Tributes Ronald L. Williams Memorial Fund

As part of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APhA-APPM), in January 2000 the Addiction Practitioner Interest Group (PInG) was formed. It was developed to provide a membership “home” to those pharmacists interested in the treatment of patients and/or colleagues who suffer from the disease of chemical dependency. The mission of the interest group is to provide mechanisms for pharmacists to share information and ideas and update their skills and knowledge about addiction-related programs and treatments.

In 2012 APhA-APPM, Practitioner Interest Groups (PInGs) were changed to Special Interest Groups (SIGs). The new interest group will be: The Pain, Palliative Care and Addiction SIG which supports pharmacists, student pharmacist interns who care for individuals with all types of acute and chronic pain, and those patients with life limiting illnesses who have pain and other symptoms. The SIG also focuses on associated issues such as addiction, medication abuse and diversion.

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The SIG will continue to seek funding for the Ron Williams Memorial Fund. We are aware that many PInG
members, as well as friends of Ron, would like to donate to this worthy fund, which will allow
pharmacy students to attend the University of Utah School on a scholarship.

We will attempt to make the process of donation a quick and simple one. If you are unfamiliar
with this fund, or would like to make a donation, please do so now by clicking on the link below:

Click Here to find out more about the University of Utah School Scholarship Fund

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the people who have donated to date,
and to encourage all of those who wish to donate to please do so at your earliest convenience.
We will include a list of all donating members on a future communication.

If you need to contact us for any reason, email would be the best way to do so.

Here are our email addresses:

The Pain, Palliative Care and Addiction SIG, Coordinators are:
Phyllis Grauer, PharmD, CGP, CPE phyllis.grauer@yahoo.com
Charlie Broussard, BSPharm, MEd, FAPhA broussardc@aol.com

Our APhA staff liaisons are:
Margaret Tomecki PharmD, FAPhA mtomecki@aphanet.org

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Please donate to the Ron Williams Memorial Fund!

If you have pledged continued support,
please re-new your contribution for this year!

Original Mission Statement: "This Practitioner Interest Group consists of pharmacists interested in the treatment of patients and/or colleagues who suffer from the disease of chemical dependency. The group was formed to provide a mechanism for practitioners with an interest in this area to share information, ideas, and update their skills and knowledge about addiction related programs and treatments."

This site was last updated 03/29/12

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