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A page for all students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and prospective students of the St. John Fisher College Wegmans School of Pharmacy. Thank you!

We will highlight activities and accolades of the school and those involved with it Have any news or photos to share with us? Please send them to Ramil Sapinoro at rsapinoro@sjfc.edu for consideration.

04/30/2026

We found some old friends at the Central Chapter of meeting!! 🙌🎓🍊💊💉

WSoP alumni represent very well around our state, and the CNY/Syracuse area is no exception! Dr. Phillips ran into some of our esteemed alumni at the April meeting of the Central Chapter of NYSCHP meeting.

The New York State Council of Health-system Pharmacists (NYSCHP) is our state-level organization that helps advocate for and organize pharmacists in hospitals, ambulatory care sites, and other health-system areas. Syracuse is part of the "Central" chapter, while our school is covered by the "Rochester" chapter. NYSCHP is the state affiliate of ASHP.

Seen here (from left to right):

Dr. Phillips (we already know her!!)
Nicole Delello ('18)
Kaitlyn Agedal ('20)
Erin Simms ('17)
Steven Rush ('16)
Zachary Hayes ('16)

Kaitlyn, Erin, and Zach are serving as board members for the Central Chapter as well 🙌 It's so important to become active in whichever pharmacy organization you align with, as our profession has not made the strides it has over the past 20 years by itself. It takes a collection of organized voices at the local, state, and national levels to advocate for patients, our profession, science, and a more efficient healthcare system 🏥

We always love seeing our alumni and how successful they've become 😊 We're always so proud of our students and alumni alike; please never be afraid to send us pics or stories of you being awesome 🎉

04/16/2026

Spend-a-Day for high school students is Wed 4/22!!!

If you know a high school student who would benefit from coming to our campus, hearing about all the exciting opportunities a Pharm.D offers, and doing some hands-on clinical pharmacist activities, please consider directing them to our registration page found here: https://admissions.sjf.edu/register/pharmacy_day_042226

They will also get a tour of campus and complimentary lunch in our award winning dining hall. Parents are welcome 😊

03/19/2026

Today is I Heart Fisher Giving Day!
Your gift to the Wegmans School of Pharmacy ensures that we are not only educating future pharmacists—we’re transforming healthcare and expanding community impact.

Double Your Impact! Thanks to Dean Christine Birnie and George D. Jegadesh ’14 (MBA), gifts up to $3,000 will be matched, amplifying your support.

Link to give: https://www.givecampus.com/s/ps7e9s

11/20/2025

Just us being proud of our students and preceptors again! 💊🙌🎉🥰

Team OEE has been busy on Wednesdays going around and seeing all of our awesome students and preceptors on their IPPE-I rotations.

Thanks again to all our preceptors for investing all their time and energy into our students.......and thanks to our students for doing amazing jobs and representing the school so well 🙌

Slide 1: Jessica Witkowski with alumni Jeff Gasbarre ('17)
Slide 2: Trenton Weiss with Zach McAtee
Slide 3: Trent Orrange-Paton with Michelle DeGregory
Slide 4: Jekhi Roberts with alum Levi Snyder ('23) stepping in for Carrie Purdy
Slide 5: Spencer Gosson with Mindy Gialanella
Slide 6: Olivia Janicke with Andrew Julien
Slide 7: Felicia Karandy with Paul Mangione
Slide 8: Sally Buchheimer with Ryan Flygare and alumna Sara Roback ('19)
Slide 9: Joce Doan and Andrea Maggioli
Slide 10: Lexie Fassinger and alum Don Scigliano ('22)
Slide 11: Erik Herbert with alumna Kayleigh Juhasz ('17) and Linda Fore in spirit
Slide 12: Nate Ulrich with Jeff Owren
Slide 13: Madelyn Soto with alumna Nicole Foster ('16)

11/07/2025

Congratulations to P4s Laura Witt and Sam DeWitt for winning our local ASHP Clinical Skills Competition!!! 🙌🎈🏆💊🎉🍾

Earlier in October our school held our annual local Clinical Skills Competition. WSoP students in teams of 2 had to write a care plan for a patient case, then present their plan verbally to our esteemed panel of faculty judges.

This year's case dealt with a 57 year old male presenting to the ED with an acute episode of schizophrenia. He also had untreated gonorrhea, scabies, social anxiety disorder, and cardiovascular disease....among many other things. It was close, but once the scores were tallied up Laura and Sam took it home 🏆

They will now represent our school on Sat 12/6 at the national competition during the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting in Las Vegas 🎰

Thank you to all the teams that participated, as well as to our panel of faculty judges. Good luck in Las Vegas Laura and Sam....you've already made us proud ☺️

08/12/2025

"The Life of a Pharmacy Student" drops on September 2nd when we welcome everyone back to campus for the fall semester!!

We can't wait to see everyone and meet our brand new P1s!! The next Era of pharmacy school is almost here!! 🙌💫🪩🐱🧡

08/04/2025

What a great time we had at Bills camp last week!!! 🏈🙌🦬☀️🍩

It was awesome getting to see all of our alumni and community partners at Bills camp last week. Our school had its yearly event on Monday, while Dr. Birnie met with members of the Spire society on Wednesday. These events represent small, fun ways to thank everyone for their involvement in our pharmacy school as well as ; your support means more than we could ever express!!

Now that we are into August, our sights are set firmly on the Fall '25 semester! We start back up in just over 4 weeks and cant wait to see our returning students, as well as welcome the class of 2029 to our school!!

We hope you all are having a great summer!! 🏝️🌞

05/01/2025

Our school has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the NACDS Foundation!!!!! 🙌💰🏫🎈🎆

Earlier this week at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation Annual Meeting in Palm Beach, FL the awardees of their annual grants were announced. Every year NACDS awards over $200,000 in grants and scholarships to those who are innovating pharmacy practice or inspire interest and opportunities in pharmacy education.

Our school was honored to have been chosen as one of the recipients for our proposal entitled "Native American Youth Pharmacy Discovery Camp at the Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI)." Dr. Birnie was on hand to receive a really big check commemorating the moment!

Drs. Zak, Parkhill, Sapinoro, and Bremer collaborated with graduating P4 Taylor Steeprock and the Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI) in Irving, NY to create an exciting educational experience for students grades 6-12 to be administered on the reservation. We will then bring those students to our campus and give them a hands-on pharmacy experience within our school 💊

It's a goal of ours to educate about the profession we love to all high school students, especially those who might not have as many opportunities to be exposed to it. Thank you to Taylor Steeprock for connecting us to leadership within the nation to help develop this program. It will all go down this summer during the week of August 11.

Congratulations to all involved!! 🙌

04/23/2025

Our P1s survived our Hunger Games Hypertension Escape Room!!!! 🙌💊🐦🏹🩺♥️

This morning all of our P1s found themselves selected as tributes as they entered our Hunger Games Escape room in our sim lab! They teamed up in Districts as they had various puzzles to solve, including "The BP Battle," the "The Silent Killers," "The Risk Factor Reaping," and more! Only after each District provided the final code were they able to leave our Arena! (Don't worry, they all made it 😊)

Our faculty/staff facilitators found themselves getting into character to add to the realism! Old favorites Effie Trinket, Primrose Everdeen, and Seneca Crane were joined by new citizens of the Capital Vriagra Frupple, Tiger Snow, and Ticklebot Hornsby. Our Game Makers guided our students as they demonstrated their knowledge about the pathophysiology of hypertension and medications to treat it.

Though lectures are important, having fun while learning is important too 😀 Thanks to all involved for making it such a successful event!!

04/15/2025

Congratulations to our IPPE-I Preceptor of the Year Dr. Elizabeth Chatelle ('23)!!! 🙌💊🎈🎇🧁🏆

Last Thursday the OEE team traveled to Ridgemont Wegmans to surprise Class of 2023 alumna Dr. Elizabeth Chatelle with our IPPE-I Preceptor of the Year award! They were joined by members from the Wegmans Corporate team Colleen Gleason, Diane Lawatsch, Stacy Cairns ('14), and Deanna Cartenuto. Also joining us from the Ridgemont Wegmans team was WSoP alumna Danielle Pommerville ('13)!

Every year we ask our P2 students completing IPPE-I to nominate their preceptor if they feel they had a great rotation. There were no shortage of nominations this time around; Elizabeth's student spoke to her ability to serve as a mentor, as well as her ability to "explain complex concepts and offer constructive feedback that promoted growth." Her student concluded by saying how Elizabeth helped her "build confidence and competence as a future pharmacist."

Congratulations to Elizabeth on winning this award...especially since this was her first student she ever precepted! We're so proud of you and can't wait to see all the amazing things you're able to accomplish in your career 🙌

04/08/2025

We raised over $10,000 for 13Thirty Cancer Connect!!!!! 🙌💵🪮✂️🎈

We're still buzzing after last week's Bald for Bucks event! Neither thunder hail ⚡ nor downpouring rain 🌧️ were able to dampen the mood as the entire showed up and showed out at on Wed 4/2 to support 13thirty Cancer Connect , which enables adolescents and young adults with cancer to live their best lives TODAY.

According to the Bald for Bucks homepage, our WSoP/NCODA team ranks 7th of all groups in fundraising!! All the other groups are large schools pulling from hundreds of students...our group was 12!! 💪

Between the absolute legends who cut their hair and raised money, and the day of donations/raffles, we were ecstatic to have raised over $10,000 for 13Thirty. Lauren Striker, the executive director of 13Thirty and the mom of Melissa Sengbusch (for whom 13Thirty was created) even came out to thank us for our efforts....which was a very powerful moment for us all.

From WSoP NCODA chapter president Angelina Smith: "The sense of being part of something so impactful in our community is beyond words. Throughout the entire night, I couldn't help but feel an overwhelming sense of pride and gratitude; not just for our school, but for the opportunity to be part of something bigger."

From Dr. Zak: "The support and resources we've received in Emily's name from students, faculty, staff, alumni, and preceptors has been positively overwhelming. I'm always proud to be a professor here at and the WSoP, but that night took it to another level and once again showed what makes our WSoP community truly special. Being able to spend time and share some words with Lauren was humbling and just the icing on the cake for the whole experience. I'll never forget it."

Congratulations to our NCODA group on organizing such an amazing event....and thank you to EVERYONE who contributed in ways large and small to make this year's Bald for Bucks one for the record books!!!

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