Oakland County Pharmacists Association

12/14/2025

We have some spots left for tomorrow's legislative event at Maggiano's in Troy. Please email Hanadi Thomas at [email protected] if you can attend. It will be a great event!

12/05/2025

OCPA would like to thank everyone that attended our Membership Drive and Educational Dinner Meeting tonight. We hope that our presentation on "Aldosterone as an Underlying Driver of Hypertension and Adverse Cardiovascular & Kidney Outcomes" was insightful. Much appreciation to Claudia Hanni and Erica Sheridan for presenting and introducing our pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to AstraZeneca's new drug application for Braxdrostat, a selective ASI that inhibits the CYP11B2 enzyme, responsible for aldosterone synthesis without affecting cortisol production.

10/26/2025

The Oakland County Pharmacists Association is proud to announce this year's winner of our Student Pharmacist Scholarship. Congratulations to Remoun Kattoula of Wayne State University for your achievements in student leadership and pharmacy organization involvement!

Remoun is currently in his 3rd year of pharmacy school and is part of WSU's Applebaum Leadership Development Program. Remoun was a standout among this year's applicants, holding several leadership positions at his college. He is the Vice-President of his class, President of WSU's chapter of the Industry Pharmacists Organization (IPhO), and member of Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society. He is also a brother of the Mu Omicron Pi chapter of Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity where he serves as Treasurer, House Manager, and Corresponding Secretary. He was recently honored as the most Outstanding Collegiate Brother of Kappa Psi's Great Lakes Province.

Remoun is an active member of the Michigan Pharmacists Association (MPA) and has participated in the MPA Annual Convention & Exposition's House of Delegates every year since starting his pharmacy school education. As a delegate, Remoun helped co-write resolutions that were passed that advocate for increased PEP/PrEP access to stop the spread of HIV as well as Statutory Pathways for Pharmacists to be eligible for reimbursement.

He is currently a pharmacy intern at Henry Ford Health Hospital Main Campus and also worked as a pharmacy technician at CVS Pharmacy Clawson. Upon finishing his PharmD at the WSU Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Remoun looks forward to a career in industry pharmacy or ambulatory care.

Great job, Remoun Kattoula, on your many achievements and on receiving OCPA's 2025 Student Pharmacist Scholarship!

10/21/2025

Happy National Pharmacy Technician Day!

10/20/2025

Happy National Pharmacy Week!

After more than a decade in community pharmacy, Hanadi Thomas brought her experience from chain practice into independent ownership at Merriman Drugs, where she has served patients for more than five years. She welcomes students to her practice for many learning experiences and is a frequent guest at the college to share her expertise in the classroom.

10/20/2025

The Oakland County Pharmacists Association wishes our members and colleagues a Happy National Pharmacy Week!

This year's National Pharmacy Week theme is "We are PHARMACY" and this annual observance that acknowledges the invaluable contributions that pharmacists and pharmacy technicians make to patient care and medication safety in hospitals, ambulatory care clinics, and other healthcare settings.

10/13/2025

Women Pharmacist Day is celebrated annually on Oct. 12 in honor of Elizabeth Gooking Greenleaf, the first female pharmacist in the United States. Thank you to all the amazing women in our profession!

10/10/2025

Congratulations to OCPA's President-Elect, Lisa Asmus, for being recognized as 'Pharmacy Technician of the Year' by the Michigan Society of Pharmacy Technicians (MSPT). Lisa was also recognized by Michigan's Senator Gary Peters on top being honored earlier this year by the Michigan Pharmacists Association as their Pharmacy Technician of the Year. Lisa, OCPA salutes you for your exceptional work and achievements!

10/05/2025

Where's Mark?

Thank you Michigan Pharmacists Association for visiting Merriman Drugs and NCA Pharmacy!

09/28/2025

What a wonderful evening with the Oakland County Pharmacists Association. We had such a successful membership recruitment dinner for the Michigan Pharmacists Association, thanks to the support of AstraZeneca

A special thank you to MSLs Sean McConachie and Alison Lobkovich, PharmD, BCACP for sharing the latest updates on asthma and COPD.

I especially loved being able to invite my students Fattema Alhemuzi (U-M) and Briana Brikho (WSU)—it’s always so rewarding to watch the next generation of pharmacists engage and advocate for advancements in pharmacy!

09/23/2025

Michigan Pharmacists Association Day at the Capitol was an awesome success!

We were all proud to represent the Oakland County Pharmacists Association while speaking to legislators about PBM reform and other key issues!