Leslie Kenney, BS Pharm, BCPS is the Director of Adult Clinical Pharmacy Services at Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Kentucky. She is a 1986 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. Since 1994, Leslie has served as a student preceptor in a variety of learning experiences and currently holds faculty appointments within the colleges of pharmacy at the University of Kentucky, Sullivan University, Butler University, and Purdue University. She developed the ASHP-accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency training program at Norton Healthcare and serves as Director and preceptor for various learning experiences. Currently, Leslie is an active member of ASHP, SCCM, ACCP and KSHP where she serves as the Programming Committee Chair. She actively participates in the Kentucky Pharmacy Residency Network and serves the Great Lakes Pharmacy Resident Conference on the executive planning committee. Leslie has published articles and provided presentations on topics related to nutrition support, treatment of alcohol withdrawal, pharmacy education and pharmacy residency training. Recently, she was elected to serve on the Advisory Board for the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Practice.
Tom Woller, MS, Senior Vice President, Pharmacy Services, Aurora Health Care
Thomas W. Woller, M.S., FASHP
Senior Vice President, Pharmacy Services
Aurora Health Care
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Tom Woller is Senior Vice President, Pharmacy Services for Aurora Health Care, an integrated health care system serving eastern Wisconsin. His current responsibilities include oversight of services provided by 15 acute care hospital pharmacies, 7 retail pharmacies and the 150 clinics of Aurora Health Care. Mr. Woller is a past Chair and member of the Premier National Pharmacy committee. He is Fellow of ASHP and a past member of the ASHP Commission on Credentialing serving 6 years, including one year as Vice-Chair and one year as Chair. He has served for three years on the ASHP Council on Organizational Affairs, including one year as vice-chair and one year as chair. Tom is an active member in ASHP and PSW and has served in a variety of capacities for state pharmacy organizations in Minnesota and Wisconsin, having received the 2007 PSW Wisconsin Pharmacist of the Year Award and the 2010 Winston J. Durant Lecture Award. He has lectured and published in the areas of productivity measurement, drug distribution systems, achieving integration within pharmacy and personnel management. His current interests are in optimizing integration of pharmacy services in health systems.
PROGRAM CHAIR:
Naomi Schultheis
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
Describe approaches taken by organizations that successfully expanded their residency programs.
Describe benefits of expanding your existing residency program.
Develop a preliminary plan to prepare your organization to expand its residency program.
Develop strategies for meeting challenges of expanding your residency program.
Identify challenges to expanding your residency program.