Dean Evans Receives Prestigious Award
ean R. Lee Evans, Pharm.D., BCPP, FASHP has been awarded the seventh annual Saklad Memorial Lecture Award by the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists. The award was presented to Dr. Evans during the CPNP's annual four-day international meeting in Chicago in late April attended by more than 300 pharmacists and physicians from 47 states. During the conference Dr. Evans presented a lecture entitled "Psychiatric Pharmacy in Context: Perspectives of a Clinical Paper Pusher."
The Saklad Memorial Lecture Award celebrates the life and work of the late Judith J. Saklad who was nationally recognized as an innovator of pharmaceutical care to children and adults with serious mental disorders, developmental disabilities and mental retardation.
The award is presented annually to a senior psychiatric pharmacy practitioner who has achieved a level of professional distinction and demonstrates a continuing dedication to the practice of psychiatric pharmacy. Dr. Evans' clinical practice, teaching and research focus has been on the pharmacotherapy of psychiatric patients. He is a board certified psychiatric pharmacist and has worked with psychiatric patients for more than 21 years. A CPNP spokesman said Dr. Evans "represents the qualities and ideals of professional enthusiasm, in addition to possessing a passion for optimizing patient care."
Dean Evans' stance on patient care is made clear in the summary paragraph of an article in the May 24th, 2004 issue of AU Report: "At Auburn University’s Harrison School of Pharmacy, we have introduced the concept of intensive therapy into the full range of our education program. Pharmacy schools are not alone in adopting this new concept for health care education, but we are at the forefront of the movement. However, for the concept to benefit a large segment of the population, we will have to see major changes in the medical community’s iconoclastic attitudes toward patient care. The continuing rise in the cost of medical care and the response of the insurance industry could prompt those changes."
