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  • About Sandrine: In 2009, Sandrine began to question the impact of single-use packaging in pharmacies. In 2010, after several years of research in sustainable development, she founded EcoloPharm. Her ambitious vision then consisted in designing the most eco-friendly packaging for pharmacies on the market. Driven by a profound conviction of being able to revolutionize and enable pharmacies to become «greener», she is recognized as an influential leader and a figure of change in sustainability. Highly involved within her community, she regularly gives conferences, in addition to devoting time to mentoring and sitting on numerous associations and consultation tables. Thanks to Sandrine's will and determination, EcoloPharm is now the largest producer of medication vials in Canada and is the only manufacturer in the field to hold a B Corp certification in the world. Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ecolopharm/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EcoloPharm/ YouTube: @ecolopharm5870 Website: https://ecolopharm.com/en/ _______________________________________________ Aska Patel, is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a mission to seek answers to her questions about the future of pharmacy, healthcare, healthtech, and health systems. She founded Diverse Conversations Podcast in 2021 and has since covered topics ranging from advocacy, digital health, health systems, and healthcare provider perspectives. She is also the founder and CEO of Acuvise Consultancy Inc., where she provides product strategy and market research support to health technology companies. Connect with Aska: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/askapatel Website: www.acuvise.ca Follow Diverse Conversations Video Interviews: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/diverse-conversations-podcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@diverse.conversations Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diverse.conversations Website: www.diverseconversations.com

  • About Amy: Amy Oliver is an experienced healthcare executive and the founder and CEO of Amy Oliver + Co where she offers trusted advisory services and professional leadership and business coaching to practice owners, leaders, academics, and organizations in health and social sectors. Amy has coached and advised hundreds of health leaders and practice owners. She is passionate about bridging the gaps around strategy, management, and leadership through knowledge translation at the crossroads of health and business. She is the founder of the Healthy Business series, the Womentum series, and the online leadership platform, The Stack. She holds an MBA with a dual concentration in Organizational Leadership and Health Administration. She is a pharmacist, a Certified Leadership Coach, and a globally certified Project Management Professional. Amy holds certificates in Emotional Intelligence and Advanced Strategic Management and Leadership. She is a sought after keynote speaker and a member of the Speakers Bureau of Canada. Amy has won multiple health sector and leadership awards and is a recent alumna of the prestigious Governor General Canadian Leadership Conference.Social Media: Instagram: www.instagram.com/amyoliverco/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/amymarieoliver Website: www.amyoliver.ca/ -Aska Patel, is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a mission to seek answers to her questions about the future of pharmacy, healthcare, healthtech, and health systems. She founded Diverse Conversations Podcast in 2021 and has since covered topics ranging from advocacy, digital health, health systems, and healthcare provider perspectives. She is also the founder and CEO of Acuvise Consultancy Inc., where she provides product strategy and market research support to health technology companies. Connect with Aska: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/askapatel Website: www.acuvise.ca Follow Diverse Conversations Video Interviews: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/diverse-conversations-podcastYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@diverse.conversations Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diverse.conversations Website: www.diverseconversations.com

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  • About Sharmila: Sharmila Sriram is the Founder & CEO of Spectrum Medical Diagnostics based in Mississauga, Ontario. Spectrum MDX specializes in rapid point of care screening devices with over 25 years of industry experience. Her inspiration to begin this venture started with a passion to help drive positive changes to community healthcare. Her collaborations with health experts, physicians and clinicians over the years allowed her to create & enhance patient-centric treatment & diagnosis. She has been at the forefront of point of care technology for many years and she continues to leverage the latest technologies & innovations to provide accurate and accessible screening tools across the country. About Spectrum MDX: Spectrum Medical Diagnostics, a market leader in POC solutions, offers an innovative portfolio of products designed to optimize patient screening in any setting, including pharmacies. Some solutions include rapid HBA1c, Vitamin D, Strep, Influenza and more! The healthcare industry is shifting towards rapid POC testing for communities, and Spectrum MDX is at the forefront of this transition. Our objective is to assist healthcare providers in delivering informative, timely results for patient-centric care. With this model, patients can avoid lengthy laboratory wait times, and receive immediate results on the spot for peace of mind & better health outcomes. By adopting POC testing, Pharmacists can help address current backlogs within hospitals & clinics and minimize the strain on the Canadian healthcare system. Spectrum is passionate about driving positive changes for a better tomorrow! Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharmila-sriram-b74901b/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sharmilasriram/ Website: https://spectrummdx.com/ -Aska Patel, is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a mission to seek answers to her questions about the future of pharmacy, healthcare, healthtech, and health systems. She founded Diverse Conversations Podcast in 2021 and has since covered topics ranging from advocacy, digital health, health systems, and healthcare provider perspectives. She is also the founder and CEO of Acuvise Consultancy Inc., where she provides product strategy and market research support to health technology companies. Connect with Aska: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/askapatel Website: www.acuvise.ca Follow Diverse Conversations Video Interviews: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/diverse-conversations-podcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@diverse.conversations Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diverse.conversations Website: www.diverseconversations.com

  • About Karen: Karen Agro is a pharmaceutical industry consultant, community pharmacist, keynote speaker and corporate workshop facilitator. With her advanced training in pharmacy and epidemiology, Karen has been a sought-after consultant to some of Canada’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturers and has spoken on stages across North America. Alongside her Agro Health Associates consulting business, she blends her extensive background in healthcare, with her lifelong passion for music, to fulfill her mission to help individuals and corporate teams - who feel stressed and burned out - shift their mood in under 10-minutes. Karen is a classical guitarist as well as a pharmacist. To this day, Karen leads corporate workshops and delivers keynote performances about the power of music on mood to build resilient teams. Website: https://karenagro.com/ Get Karen’s “Music and Mood Tools and Tips” at: https://karenagro.com/musicandmood to learn tips on music & emotions, create a music & mood catalogue and gain ideas for purposeful playlists. Listen to Karen play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaOMhP9fhbc Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/karenagroguitar https://www.facebook.com/karenagroguitar https://twitter.com/karenagroguitar https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-agro-3147893/ https://www.tiktok.com/@karenagroguitar-Aska Patel, is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a mission to seek answers to her questions about the future of pharmacy, healthcare, healthtech, and health systems. She founded Diverse Conversations Podcast in 2021 and has since covered topics ranging from advocacy, digital health, health systems, and healthcare provider perspectives. She is also the founder and CEO of Acuvise Consultancy Inc., where she provides product strategy and market research support to health technology companies. Connect with Aska: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/askapatel Website: www.acuvise.ca Follow Diverse Conversations Video Interviews: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/diverse-conversations-podcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@diverse.conversations Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diverse.conversations Website: www.diverseconversations.com

  • About Stacey: Stacey is Pharmacist and Founder of Your Simple Health, where she helps people optimize, streamline, and reduce medication use. Her current work specializes in deprescribing, which she has been doing in various practice settings – like long-term care and specialty compounding pharmacy – since she became a pharmacist over a decade ago. She brings together her knowledge of medication, entrepreneurial spirit, and a passion for holistic care to this innovative practice. About Your Simple Health: At Your Simple Health, we help people who are feeling overwhelmed or “stuck” on their medications optimize, streamline, and reduce medication use. We specialize in Deprescribing – safely and effectively tapering people off drugs that can cause withdrawal or rebound symptoms – working alongside their doctors and care team. Learn more at www.simplehealthpharmacist.com/ Social Media: Instagram: @yoursimplehealth Facebook: @Your Simple Health-Aska Patel, is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a mission to seek answers to her questions about the future of pharmacy, healthcare, healthtech, and health systems. She founded Diverse Conversations Podcast in 2021 and has since covered topics ranging from advocacy, digital health, health systems, and healthcare provider perspectives. She is also the founder and CEO of Acuvise Consultancy Inc., where she provides product strategy and market research support to health technology companies. Connect with Aska:LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/askapatelWebsite: www.acuvise.caFollow Diverse Conversations Video Interviews:LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/diverse-conversations-podcastYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@diverse.conversationsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/diverse.conversationsWebsite:www.diverseconversations.com

  • About Ashwin: Ashwin completed his BScPhm in 2007 and his PharmD in 2021 (both from the University of Toronto), and his MBA through Queen's University in 2015. He has spent his career pushing for deeper pharmacist involvement in patient care, including over 11 years as a pharmacy manager. He has most recently been working to help champion innovative approaches within pharmacy through various panels, presentations and published writing engagements on innovative approaches and technologies, including pharmacogenetics. He is currently the Clinical Affairs Lead at Inagene Diagnostics Inc. Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashwinjuneja/ Website: https://inagene.com/-Aska Patel, is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a mission to seek answers to her questions about the future of pharmacy, healthcare, healthtech, and health systems. She founded Diverse Conversations Podcast in 2021 and has since covered topics ranging from advocacy, digital health, health systems, and healthcare provider perspectives. She is also the founder and CEO of Acuvise Consultancy Inc., where she provides product strategy and market research support to health technology companies. Connect with Aska:LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/askapatelWebsite: www.acuvise.caFollow Diverse Conversations Video Interviews:LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/diverse-conversations-podcastYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@diverse.conversationsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/diverse.conversationsWebsite:www.diverseconversations.com

  • About Morẹ́nikẹ́:Morẹ́nikẹ́ Ẹniọlá Ọláòṣebìkan is the CEO and Founder, Kemet Group. She builds innovative health solutions to achieve Black equity and dignity globally. She does it with love and deep compassion and through strong, responsible partnerships. Driven to make a difference since she was 7, when she first learned about entire villages of children losing their parents to HIV as they consumed counterfeit drugs, her most recent start-up is developing modular medication manufacturing to address critical drug shortages.Her innovation in modular medication manufacturing has received validation as recipient of the 2021 MIT Solve Global Challenges - Community Award; First place amongst 28 of 2020 chemical engineering capstone projects at the University of Calgary, Second place at the Zeton/CSChE Plant Design Competition at the Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference 2021. Her work also resolved shorted children’s medications for pain, fever, infection and vomiting for an estimated 3000 families in 4 months.Social Media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kemetpharm/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/morenike/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/kemet-group/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PharmMorenike Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morenike.arewa YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kemetglobal-Aska Patel, is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a mission to seek answers to her questions about the future of pharmacy, healthcare, healthtech, and health systems. She founded Diverse Conversations Podcast in 2021 and has since covered topics ranging from advocacy, digital health, health systems, and healthcare provider perspectives. She is also the founder and CEO of Acuvise Consultancy Inc., where she provides product strategy and market research support to health technology companies.Connect with Aska:LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/askapatelWebsite: www.acuvise.caFollow Diverse Conversations Video Interviews:LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/diverse-conversations-podcastYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@diverse.conversationsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/diverse.conversationsWebsite:www.diverseconversations.com

  • About Lindsay: Lindsay Dixon is a registered Pharmacist from Victoria, British Columbia, where she currently works with Heart Pharmacy Group. Lindsay has over 10 years of Community Pharmacy experience, the majority of which has been in the area of Community Pharmacy Management.

    In March of 2020, Lindsay founded Friendly Pharmacy 5 - a multimedia platform where Lindsay harnesses the power of video to communicate science to the public and provide viewers with credible, evidence based information.

    This work led to countless media engagements, and collaborations with scientists and healthcare professionals both nationally and internationally.

    In 2021, Lindsay was awarded the Ben Gant Innovative practice award from the BC Pharmacy Association for her work on the channel throughout the pandemic.

    Lindsay is also a volunteer science communicator with COVID-19 Resources Canada where she works with scientists and healthcare professionals from across the country to help to educate the public about the COVID-19 vaccines.

    Lindsay is passionate about advocating for the essential role of Pharmacists in all healthcare settings and equipping the public to make informed choices about their own health by providing them with credible, science-based resources and education.

    Socials:

    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lindsay-dixon-a37b9838

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FriendlyPharmacy5

    Instagram:

    @friendlypharmacy5

    @createrx_

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    Aska Patel, is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a mission to seek answers to her questions about the future of pharmacy, healthcare, healthtech, and health systems. She founded Diverse Conversations Podcast in 2021 and has since covered topics ranging from advocacy, digital health, health systems, and healthcare provider perspectives. She is also the founder and CEO of Acuvise Consultancy Inc., where she provides product strategy and market research support to health technology companies.

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  • About Amy: Amy Lamb, BSP has been a front-line pharmacist for 10 years, working primarily in independently owned community and compounding pharmacies, serving roles as a Pharmacy Manager, Compounding Department Head, Privacy Officer and Clinical Consultant. Currently, she is the Director of Northern Health for Heritage Health Group Inc. which operates a growing network of Saskatchewan pharmacies. Amy provides frontline pharmacy services with one of these pharmacies, WillowGrove Pharmacy Prince Albert, as well as providing clinical care to remote Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan.

    Amy is the owner and lead consultant for Lamb and Sage Personalized Health Solutions, a pharmacy practice consulting company that specializes in Compounding, SOP development, and training for clinical pharmacists in the areas of hormones, traditional medicines, and functional medicine. Amy is a long-standing pharmacy and patient advocate, serving on the several pharmacy advocacy boards. As a Métis woman, Amy has been serving as the Co-Chair of the newly founded Indigenous Pharmacy Professionals of Canada, and will become the organization's interim CEO in 2023. Amy also volunteers locally and is the Chair of the YWCA Prince Albert board of directors.

    Socials:

    LinkedIn: @Amy Lamb

    LinkedIn (IPPC): @Indigenous Pharmacy Professionals of Canada

    Twitter: @Amy_HealCanada

    Twitter (IPPC): @IndigenousPharm

    Instagram (IPPC): @indegenouspharmacycanada

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    Aska Patel, is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a mission to seek answers to her questions about the future of pharmacy, healthcare, healthtech, and health systems. She founded Diverse Conversations Podcast in 2021 and has since covered topics ranging from advocacy, digital health, health systems, and healthcare provider perspectives. She is also the founder and CEO of Acuvise Consultancy Inc., where she provides product strategy and market research support to health technology companies.

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    About Shelley:

    Dr. Shelley Morgan graduated with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo School of Pharmacy (2002). Previously, she obtained a BSc. in Biology & Environmental Sciences from the University of Western Ontario. Upon graduating, she worked in a community pharmacy in the U.S. and as a Clinical Pharmacist at Chedoke-McMaster in their renowned ABI and Stroke Programs.

    Fiercely solution focused, Shelley is the Co-founder and CEO of Rx Billing Genie, an app that assists pharmacy staff save valuable time when processing prescriptions. It was so well received that we my partner and I were featured on the cover of Pharmacy Practice + Business for Jan/Feb 2022. She has also added author and co-author of timely literary creations to her list of accomplishments. As a part-time staff pharmacist at a community pharmacy in her hometown of Oakville, Ontario, Shelley remains true to her calling in helping others.

    Website: https://www.rxbillinggenie.com/

    Social:

    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/shelley-morgan-bair-pharmd

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rxbil...

    Twitter: @rxbillinggenie

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    Aska Patel, is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a mission to seek answers to her questions about the future of pharmacy, healthcare, healthtech, and health systems. She founded Diverse Conversations Podcast in 2021 and has since covered topics ranging from advocacy, digital health, health systems, and healthcare provider perspectives. She is also the founder and CEO of Acuvise Consultancy Inc., where she provides product strategy and market research support to health technology companies.

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  • Meet Nardine Nakhla:

    Dr. Nakhla is an academic and clinical pharmacist specialized in minor ailments, non-prescription therapeutics and patient self-care with over ten years of commitment to teaching, research, advocacy and practice innovation on these topics. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and is licensed to practice pharmacy in Ontario and New York. As a faculty member at the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy, Dr. Nakhla was recognized with the Excellence in Pharmacy Teaching Award in 2019 and received the Excellence in Science Teaching Award in 2020. In addition to her extensive academic work, Dr. Nakhla is an owner of an independent pharmacy and practices as a community pharmacist with a focus on the provision of expanded scope and minor ailment services.

    Social Media:

    Twitter: @nardinen3

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nardine-n...

    Facebook: facebook.com/selfcarenews

    What is MAPflow?

    MAPflow is a powerful new digital health tool made by pharmacists for pharmacists to support their upcoming scope expansion. MAPflow successfully prepares pharmacists to make confident, evidence-based decisions while assessing patients for minor ailments and supports integration of this new service into practice while optimizing patient outcomes. This exciting tool captures unique analytics, promotes shared clinical decision-making, and aligns with provincial legislation. Most importantly, it enables pharmacists to provide patients with customized care.

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    Aska Patel, is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a mission to seek answers to her questions about the future of pharmacy, healthcare, healthtech, and health systems. She founded Diverse Conversations Podcast in 2021 and has since covered topics ranging from advocacy, digital health, health systems, and healthcare provider perspectives. She is also the founder and CEO of Acuvise Consultancy Inc., where she provides product strategy and market research support to health technology companies.

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  • Meet Mary:

    Mary is a dual licensed British trained Pharmacist currently based in Ontario, Canada. Mary started her Pharmacy career in 2013 after graduating from the University of Sunderland with a First Class honors Masters degree in Pharmacy. She embarked on her journey into Clinical Pharmacy by working in diverse clinical areas within NHS hospitals in the UK. Alongside her hospital experience, she continued to build on her retail pharmacy skills by taking on weekend relief shifts and making the most out of all the opportunities that came her way. She worked as a Pharmacist in the Social Enterprise field and gained some experience in the Mental Health field before leaving the UK. She relocated to Canada and completed her licensing journey in 2019, where she now works as a Mental Health Pharmacist.

    In her own words, Mary, shares that: I am passionate about stepping outside my comfort zone and encouraging others to do the same. I really believe that real growth happens when we challenge ourselves to do the very things that scare us. This is one of the reasons why I started my YouTube channel a few years ago and also why I share many career and health related content on my social media pages - so if you are looking for that extra motivation or nudge to step outside your comfort zone, you might want to start following me on my social media platforms. I offer a mentorship programme for Pharmacists and Pharmacy students who really want to challenge themselves to do better at going after their goals.' 'I am also currently working on a really exciting campaign for Pharmacists across Canada. I see there are huge gaps in the pharmacy systems here and I want to be able to be part of the change that is happening across Canada. I believe this campaign will spark some more great ideas for grater things for Pharmacists in Canada.

    Social Media:

    YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@oresupasta1363

    Instagram: @OreSupasta

    LinkedIn: Mary Adegboyega.

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    Aska Patel, is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a mission to seek answers to her questions about the future of pharmacy, healthcare, healthtech, and health systems. She founded Diverse Conversations Podcast in 2021 and has since covered topics ranging from advocacy, digital health, health systems, and healthcare provider perspectives. She is also the founder and CEO of Acuvise Consultancy Inc., where she provides product strategy and market research support to health technology companies.

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  • Howard Rosen is a Chief Executive Officer with more than 30 years of experience as a founder and leader of diverse, successful companies in the healthcare and entertainment industries. Howard has created, organized and directed the development of innovative businesses that produce technology and communications solutions for clients and partners that include Fortune 500 companies, US public sector, military and civilian. A strategic, visionary leader with an eclectic professional history of developing and delivering high-value products and services that enhance customer experiences while producing business opportunities and revenue channels. Recent accomplishments include: named Fellow of Columbia University Business School HITLAB; written 9 articles for Forbes; completion of Level 2 innovation board governance; Awarded 7 th utility patent. Additional professional achievements include:

    - Founded LifeWIRE Corporation and invented the LifeWIRE platform technology that provided innovative communications automation solutions throughout healthcare business in the United States.

    - Led the innovation, design, release and award of seven patents on which the LifeWIRE technology products are based, with an additional patent currently pending approval.

    - Developed articles and delivered presentations as a leading expert as a Forbes Business Council member, communicating expertise in many areas of company leadership at the C-suite level; wrote articles covering executive leadership strategies, communications, and best practices.

    - Invented the WhisperText communications technology product that enabled secure encrypted communication without the need for an application or software installation.

    - Chosen to represent Canada by the Canadian Embassy (DC) and Philadelphia on multiple occasions to mentor other businesses in the development and delivery of innovative healthcare IT solutions.

    - Delivered presentations before the United States Capitol Hill Steering Committee on Telehealth

    - Chosen as one of the 100 Next Century Innovators (Rockefeller Foundation)

    Social Media and Contact Info:

    LinkedIn: Howard Rosen | LinkedIn

    Twitter: @RosenInsights

    Email: [email protected]

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    Aska Patel, is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a mission to seek answers to her questions about the future of pharmacy, healthcare, healthtech, and health systems. She founded Diverse Conversations Podcast in 2021 and has since covered topics ranging from advocacy, digital health, health systems, and healthcare provider perspectives. She is also the founder and CEO of Acuvise Consultancy Inc., where she provides product strategy and market research support to health technology companies.

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  • Meet Michael Do:

    Michael is a pharmacist & software engineer who’s managed an independent community pharmacy for close to 10 years before founding pharmacy technology company, MedEssist. As the CTO & co-founder of MedEssist, Michael combines his pharmacy experience with his programming skills to lead the clinical and engineering teams.

    What is MedEssist?

    Website: www.MedEssist.ca

    MedEssist is an all-in-one solution to modernizing community pharmacies of any size. With MedEssist, pharmacies can simplify their practice and grow their reach through a seamlessly integrated suite of marketing, workflow, and support tools designed by experienced pharmacists.

    Social:

    Instagram: @MedEssist

    LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/company/medes...

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MedEssistApp/

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    Aska Patel, is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a mission to seek answers to her questions about the future of pharmacy, healthcare, healthtech, and health systems. She founded Diverse Conversations Podcast in 2021 and has since covered topics ranging from advocacy, digital health, health systems, and healthcare provider perspectives. She is also the founder and CEO of Acuvise Consultancy Inc., where she provides product strategy and market research support to health technology companies.

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  • Meet Rui Su:

    Rui Su is a pharmacist-turned-entrepreneur and an alum of the University of Waterloo's PharmD program. After repeatedly experiencing first-hand the systems-level barriers for pharmacists to deliver quality and proactive care in the community, she co-founded MedMe Health in 2019 with the goal to transform the delivery of pharmacy clinical services. Since then, she has worn multiple hats across product, business development, and engineering, scaling the MedMe experience to support over 20 million patient services and almost 4000 pharmacies across Canada. Rui has also co-authored nationally-accredited pharmacy programs and serves as a preceptor for PharmD students at University of Waterloo and University of Toronto. She is especially interested in improving pharmacists involvement in patient care through innovative models of virtual and interdisciplinary care, and is currently authoring a series on Digital Health in Pharmacy (www.innovaterph.com).

    Social Media handles:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/surui/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/medm...

    Instagram: @medmehealth

    What is MedMe Health?

    MedMe Health is a web-based platform supporting pharmacy scheduling, documentation and management of clinical services at scale. Real-time patient engagement, streamlined workflows and automated documentation empower pharmacists to optimize pharmacy operations, build patient relationships and diversify revenue through clinical services.

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    Aska Patel, is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a mission to seek answers to her questions about the future of pharmacy, healthcare, healthtech, and health systems. She founded Diverse Conversations Podcast in 2021 and has since covered topics ranging from advocacy, digital health, health systems, and healthcare provider perspectives. She is also the founder and CEO of Acuvise Consultancy Inc., where she provides product strategy and market research support to health technology companies.

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  • Thomas holds Doctor of Pharmacy and is a licensed pharmacist (PharmD, RPh). He is passionate in driving pharmacy practice toward its expanding scope. He serves as Director of a pharmacy tech startup, PharmAssess Diagnostics Corp, and Thomas’ vision is to evolve & empower the pharmacy profession. PharmAssess promotes transformative practice change by equipping pharmacies with powerful clinical software solutions that enable pharmacists to practice to their fullest clinical potential. In addition to managing PharmAssess, Thomas works as a clinical pharmacist and uses the PharmAssess platform to conduct professional services with his patients (remote medication reviews).

    Thomas was the former vice-president of UofT's Pharmaceutical Technology & Entrepreneurship Club, and is a current member of various business accelerator networks. PharmAssess was nominated and later won the 2022 Global Health & Pharma biotechnology award in digital health, for the best pharmacy minor ailment software.

    Thomas’ innovative and entrepreneurial spirit first emerged during his employment at UHN's Krembil Research Institute, where he worked as a drug design research appointee. He modelled blood-brain-barrier penetration of small molecule drugs using machine- learning algorithms, and engineered a blood-brain-barrier calculator (app available for desktop computers).

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    Aska Patel, is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a mission to seek answers to her questions about the future of pharmacy, healthcare, healthtech, and health systems. She founded Diverse Conversations Podcast in 2021 and has since covered topics ranging from advocacy, digital health, health systems, and healthcare provider perspectives. She is also the founder and CEO of Acuvise Consultancy Inc., where she provides product strategy and market research support to health technology companies.

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  • Jason is a Pharmacist and Owner of Noelville and Alban pharmacies and the founder of a platform that empowers pharmacists' wellness and leadership transformations.

    He graduated from the university of Toronto in 2008, is also a certified diabetes educator and certified geriatric pharmacist. He lives in Sudbury, Ontario with his wife and 2 children, coaches his kids' hockey teams in the winter and races triathlons in the summer.

    Follow Jason on the following social media:

    Instagram: @layeredleadership

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    Email: [email protected]

    Also, if you are interested in learning more about Jason or joining any of his courses or coaching programs please feel free to check out his website at www.layeredleadership.ca

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    Aska Patel, is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a mission to seek answers to her questions about the future of pharmacy, healthcare, healthtech, and health systems. She founded Diverse Conversations Podcast in 2021 and has since covered topics ranging from advocacy, digital health, health systems, and healthcare provider perspectives. She is also the founder and CEO of Acuvise Consultancy Inc., where she provides product strategy and market research support to health technology companies.

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  • Presenting Paul Day (Executive Director The Pharmacists'​ Defence Association (UK)). It was a true pleasure to host Paul and learn so much from our dialogue and discussion, while sharing a few laughs along the way.

    Please note that we aim to provide these conversations for educational purposes and any views and opinions expressed are those of the individuals. We hope that you will take these conversations to learn more about professional unions and not seek this as a platform for advice. Please consult legal counsel for any advice or verification of information presented.

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    Aska Patel, is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a mission to seek answers to her questions about the future of pharmacy, healthcare, healthtech, and health systems. She founded Diverse Conversations Podcast in 2021 and has since covered topics ranging from advocacy, digital health, health systems, and healthcare provider perspectives. She is also the founder and CEO of Acuvise Consultancy Inc., where she provides product strategy and market research support to health technology companies.

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  • Link to FIP Congress Seville: https://seville2022.fip.org/

    Dr. Catherine Duggan is the Chief Executive Officer of the International Pharmaceutical Federation and is responsible for visionary leadership, support, development, advocacy and growth across the 150 member organizations and the four million pharmacists and scientists FIP represents. In 2019, Catherine chaired the World Professions Health Alliance (represents 35 million health professionals across medicine, nursing, dentistry, physiotherapy and pharmacy) and signed the FIP MOU with WHO in May 2019 at the World Health Assembly meeting. The MoU builds on the formal established relationship WHO and FIP have held since 1948 and secures how pharmacy contributes globally to Primary Health Care to deliver Universal Health Coverage. By signing the profession up to the Astana declaration in 2018, pharmacy will present evidence of impact to health ministers of pharmacy’s impact (science, practice, workforce) to a ministers’ summit in 2023. This involves data through the FIP observatory, support through the FIP platform for provision and our FIP wide programme to deliver the 21 FIP development goals.

    Until April 2018, Dr Catherine Duggan was the Director of Professional Development at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, where she was responsible for the delivery of professional advice and support to all members across all sectors; the development of strategies to share and showcase good practice across the profession and development and implementation of professional standards for pharmacy. From 2012, Catherine led the development, implementation and strategic embedding of RPS Faculty and Foundation programme into continuing professional development.

    Dr. Duggan has published widely and presented at national and international meetings and has a wealth of people and programme management experience. She is a recognized leader across the profession working with many networks within and across the profession and, more widely, health and business. Catherine has worked in community, primary care, hospital and academia. Between 2007 and 2009, Catherine was the Chair of the United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association and then an elected member of the Council of the RPSGB.

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    Aska Patel, is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a mission to seek answers to her questions about the future of pharmacy, healthcare, healthtech, and health systems. She founded Diverse Conversations Podcast in 2021 and has since covered topics ranging from advocacy, digital health, health systems, and healthcare provider perspectives. She is also the founder and CEO of Acuvise Consultancy Inc., where she provides product strategy and market research support to health technology companies.

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  • Amit is a proven award-winning, customer-centric leader with extensive experience in enterprise and consumer space at Somatix, Dell, Riverbed, NetApp, and TCS with a strong track record of delivering ground-breaking products in the areas of data analytics, AI/ML, data management, SaaS, and security. He has an exceptional ability to translate concepts into reality through thought leadership, collaboration, and negotiation skills. He also serves as an adjunct faculty, consultant, startup advisor, leadership mentor, and career coach. He holds an M.B.A. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. and M.S. in computer science from North Carolina State University.

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    Aska Patel, is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and podcast host with a mission to seek answers to her questions about the future of pharmacy, healthcare, healthtech, and health systems. She founded Diverse Conversations Podcast in 2021 and has since covered topics ranging from advocacy, digital health, health systems, and healthcare provider perspectives. She is also the founder and CEO of Acuvise Consultancy Inc., where she provides product strategy and market research support to health technology companies.

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