Agenda 2025 | Pharmacy U Toronto

Saturday, April 5, 2025
6:30 AM - 7:00 AM	Registration & Breakfast
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	Pharmacist-Led Care Opening Keynote \| Prescription to Thrive: Building a Practice That’s Good for Patients, Teams and Owners Pam Kennedy - Bridgewater Guardian Pharmacy Glenn Rodrigues - Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia
8:10 AM - 9:05 AM	Obesity Beyond the Scale : Managing Obesity Using Innovative and Holistic Approaches Lara Kassem - GMF du Chemin de la station Saint-Henri CLOSED		OTC No Pain, All Gain: Managing Common Pain Conditions Across the Lifespan Michael Boivin - CommPharm Consulting Inc CLOSED		Point of Care Testing Point-of-Care, Point-of-Impact: Transforming Diabetes Outcomes in Pharmacy Dr. John Papastergiou CLOSED		Travel Travel Bugs: Turning Patient Questions into Opportunities for Exceptional Care and Business Success Carlene Oleksyn CLOSED		Vaccines Flu Vaccine: Which One, Why and Who to Target? Dr. Vivien Brown		Vaccines An "Invasive" overview of vaccine options to prevent Meningococcal Disease! Ajit Johal CLOSED
9:10 AM - 10:05 AM	Allergies Unpacking Seasonal Allergies: Leveraging Marketing Strategies to Educate and Empower Patients Dr Stephanie Liu CLOSED		Allergies From Sniffles to Solutions in Allergic Rhinitis Care Nardine Nakhla - University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy CLOSED		Derm Decoding the Skin’s Microbiome to Hyper Personalize Your Recommendations Aaron Sihota CLOSED		Diabetes Not a daily, not a monthly, it’s a weekly insulin: Going beyond dispensing insulin at your pharmacy Brian Lam CLOSED		Travel Building a Successful Travel Health Service: A Pharmacy Playbook Molly Yang CLOSED		Vaccines Respiratory Vaccines Masterclass: An Interactive Workshop for Pharmacists Michael Boivin - CommPharm Consulting Inc Ajit Johal
10:10 AM - 11:50 AM	Vendor Hall Networking
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:35 PM	Pharmacist-Led Care Plenary Session \| Unsung Heroes - A Fireside Chat to Inspire and Empower Pharmacists Shelita Dattani Ramon Goomber - GSK
1:45 PM - 2:40 PM	Anemia Ironing Out the Facts: A Pharmacist’s Guide to Managing Iron Deficiency Anemia in Practice Pavithra Ravinatarajan - Pavithra Consulting Inc. CLOSED	Derm What’s New in Acne therapy, and What You Need to Know for Successful Patient Interactions CLOSED		Diabetes Next-Generation Diabetes Care: The Cardiovascular-Kidney Connection Michael Boivin - CommPharm Consulting Inc CLOSED		Point of Care Testing Disrupting the Status Quo: How to leverage point-of-care testing (A1c, lipid, strep) to inspire your team and revolutionize your practice starting tomorrow Mohamed Elsabakhawi - Shoppers Drug Mart CLOSED		Shingles Age is just a number: looking beyond age to identify patients at risk of shingles Carolyn Whiskin - Whiskin Consulting Inc		Vaccines Influenza vaccination for older adults: What’s the evidence behind NACI recommendations and how can they be implemented in community pharmacy? Sherilyn Houle - School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo		Wound Care Wound Care: Simplified Susie Jin CLOSED
2:45 PM - 3:40 PM	Derm From prescription to improved quality of life: A collaborative approach to severe atopic dermatitis management William Yee Sui Chun - L'Oreal Dermatological Beauty Canada CLOSED		Derm Beyond the Prescription: The Power of Skincare in Pharmacy Practice Across Diverse Skin Types Dr Marissa Joseph CLOSED		Diabetes WORKSHOP! Easy Wins with Sensor-Based Glucose Monitoring Systems: Increasing Effectiveness in Diabetes Care, Increasing Efficiencies in Pharmacy Practice Susie Jin		Legal Protect your Practice: Navigating OCP Complaints and Discipline Hearings Aly Haji - RxLaw CLOSED		Pharmacist-Led Care More Ailments, More Access, More Growth: Optimizing Pharmacist-Led Care Nardine Nakhla - University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy CLOSED		Women's Health Not a Hormone? Tell me more! New Horizons in Treating Menopause Symptoms Dragana Skokovic-Sunjic CLOSED
3:45 PM - 4:40 PM	Derm The root of the matter: hair and scalp health in the pharmacy William Yee Sui Chun - L'Oreal Dermatological Beauty Canada CLOSED		Obesity What You Need to Know About Weight Loss Sebastian Denison - pcca		Pharmacist-Led Care Beyond Paycheques: Inspiring and Retaining Talent in Community Pharmacies Amy Oliver - Amy Oliver + Co CLOSED		Pharmacist-Led Care Unlocking the Power of Medication Synchronization and Pharmacist-Led Primary Care to Improve Medication Adherence Pam Kennedy - Bridgewater Guardian Pharmacy CLOSED		Pharmacist-Led Care Opioids and Opioid Use Disorder: Keeping Your Patients Safe Ron Pohar - Nolan Drugs CLOSED		Vaccines Breaking it Down: How to simplify adding RSV Vaccines to your complete Adult Immunization Schedule Dr. John Papastergiou CLOSED
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM	Vendor Hall Networking

NOVEMBER 24, 2023–

As the Ontario College of Pharmacists does not require pharmacists to submit any accredited learning activities, sessions at Pharmacy U Toronto will not be accredited. Instead, the sessions you attend can contribute to your continuing education requirements as non-accredited learning activities.

All sessions will continue to be vetted to ensure they meet the standards of quality that you have come to expect at Pharmacy U events. You will also receive a certificate of attendance two weeks after the event that can be used in your learning portfolio for continuing education requirements.

To learn more about the Ontario College of Pharmacists learning activity requirements for pharmacists, please visit https://www.ocpinfo.com/practice-education/continuing-education.

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