Margaret Sgritta
 April 13 - "Senior Care Pharmacy"
Margaret earned her pharmacy degree with honors at Purdue University. While there, she took internships at a regional pharmacy chain, and was a member of the public health service, developing cancer protocols at Bethesda Naval Hospital. She began her career performing research for Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals in St. Louis, then in a hospital setting, first as a staff pharmacist then as director of pharmacy. Margaret went on to retail working with both independents then with what is now CVS. It this setting she entered long-term-care in the 1980s. Since 1990, Margaret has served as a consultant for Neil Medical and Kindred, and served as the geriatric pharmacy consultant for Presbyterian Hospital’s sub-acute facility in Charlotte.
Margaret is nationally recognized for her leadership in education. She has appeared on national call-in radio programs, lectured at Central Piedmont, serves on several speakers’ bureaus, published numerous articles on long-term care pharmacy and has helped lead the Carolinas Conference for Consultant Pharmacists for many years. Margaret is a long-term care preceptor for three university Pharm. D programs in the Carolinas - the only ASCP certified long-term care Pharm. D. rotation in the Southeast and one of the few in the country. She was one of the first winners of the prestigious Eli Lilly Leadership in Education Award. She serves on the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) national education committee and on the Academic Practice Partnership Initiative’s steering committee for the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. In addition to her education and long term care activities, Margaret as attended numerous seminars, earned a certificate in long-term pharmacy, became one of the first to be a Certified Geriatric Pharmacist and finished her Pharm. D degree in 2003.
In addition to the education awards, Margaret has served as President of the North Carolina Chapter of ASCP, was named Clinical Pharmacist of the Year by the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists.
Margaret retired from Holladay Healthcare in 2008 after 8 years, serving first as a consultant, then as director of clinical program development, and finally as director of clinical services. Margaret is now an independent consultant for Oast & Hook elder law firm in Virginia Beach, Virginia and serves as a voting member of the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee of a nationally known pharmacy benefit management company. When not working, Margaret spends time boating, traveling, cooking and playing the piano.
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