In this episode, our guest is Anthony Pudlo, PharmD, MBA, who graduated from Drake University in 2007 and completed the University of North Carolina (UNC) community pharmacy residency in Chapel Hill, NC. He has served as a clinical coordinator and regional clinical manager with Kerr Health in Asheville, NC, where he worked directly with patients and physicians to prevent and treat chronic diseases. Prior to his current role, Dr. Pudlo had served as vice president of professional affairs at the Iowa Pharmacy Association for almost ten years. In this role, he provided clinical resources to pharmacists across Iowa and served as liaison to state agencies and healthcare organizations to promote safe and effective medication use. In August 2021, Dr. Pudlo started in his current role as Executive Director of the Tennessee Pharmacists Association. In this role, he leads an organization that advances, protects, and promotes high-quality pharmacist-provided patient care in the state of Tennessee.

Some of the topics covered:

-New executive director: spotlight current issues, trends, goals of the association in my first 1-3 years

-Importance for advocacy, engagement in the profession – no better time for pharmacy’s voice to be heard than now as we come out of the pandemic

-Personal/professional lessons learned of the pandemic – the mind is a powerful thing.

-Career changes – value of the PharmD, moving to a new city, pursuit a Masters in Health Informatics, importance of family

-Networking tips? Value of finding and building mentors/guides in your life.

-Mental Health First Aid

Guest: Anthony Pudlo, PharmD, MBA

TPA Executive Director

Host - Hillary Blackburn, PharmD, MBA

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