2022 Revisions
Joni R. Cover, JD
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, NASPA
Savannah Cunningham, PharmD
Intern, NASPA
Donald G. Klepser, PhD, MBA
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Pharmacy
Michael E. Klepser, PharmD, FCCP, FIDP
Professor, Ferris State University, College of Pharmacy
Brandy Seignemartin, Pharm.D.
Executive Director, Alaska Pharmacists Association
Allie Jo Shipman, PharmD, MBA
Director, State Policy, National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations
Rebecca Snead, RPh, CAE
Executive Vice President & CEO, NASPA
Project Manager: Kim Hsieh
Manager of Education and Special Projects, NASPA
This program is based on a Michigan Pharmacists Association (MPA) educational program entitled Community Pharmacy-based Point-of-Care Testing, originally managed by NACDS and developed by:
Ally Dering Anderson, PharmD, RP, FAAIM, FAPhA
Ally Dering Anderson, PharmD, RP, FAAIM, FAPhA, is a Clinical Associate Professor and the community pharmacy specialist on faculty at the University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy. She coordinates the Pharmacy Law & Ethics series for the College. She also lectures in Pharmacotherapy, Pharmacy & Health Care, and Pharmaceutical Care. Additionally, she coordinates the Immunization Class, the Self-Care Class, and the Point of Care Testing Class for the University of Nebraska. She manages the student-run immunization clinic that provides influenza vaccine and tuberculosis screening to all of the students, faculty and staff on the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus in Omaha. Dr. Ally served as the 2019 President of the Nebraska Pharmacists Association. She has coauthored manuscripts on Point-of-Care Testing in the Community Pharmacy and has taught the NASPA sponsored Point of Care Testing Certificate Program in over 20 states.
Paul Dobesh, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, BCCP
Paul Dobesh, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, BCCP earned his Bachelor of Science and Pharm.D. degrees from South Dakota State University and Internal Medicine Specialty Residency with the University of Texas at Austin at Brackenridge Hospital. Currently Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Science with the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Currently maintains clinical practice with cardiology services at Nebraska Medicine. Responsible for teaching pharmacy and medical students and residents and lectures in the area of ischemic heart disease, antithrombotic therapy, and other cardiology and critical care topics. He has also published book chapters and several manuscripts in this area. Dr. Dobesh was awarded the “Distinguished Educator or the Year” award at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy in 2020, an award he has received 6 times since 2007. In 2013 he was also awarded the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus wide Outstanding Educator Award.
Donald G. Klepser, PhD, MBA
Donald G. Klepser, PhD, MBA, is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy. He has PhD in Pharmaceutical Socioeconomics from the University of Iowa, an MBA from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, and a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from the University of Michigan. He has studied the use of POC testing in community pharmacies for the past 12 years and is currently the primary investigator on grants to develop community pharmacy practice models for managing diseases such as HIV, HCV, RSV, influenza, and group A Streptococcus. Dr. Klepser serves as a consultant to both diagnostic test manufacturers and pharmacies seeking to implement POC testing in pharmacies.
Michael E. Klepser, PharmD, FCCP, FIDP
Michael E. Klepser, PharmD, FCCP, FIDP, is Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Ferris State University College of Pharmacy. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy in 1992. He has also completed a pharmacy practice residency at Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health Center and a fellowship in infectious diseases at Hartford Hospital in Hartford Connecticut. Dr. Klepser has held academic appointments at the University of Iowa and most recently at Ferris State University where he has held the rank of professor since 2001. Dr. Klepser has studied numerous pharmacy-based CLIA-waived POC screening programs for influenza, group A Streptococcus, HIV, and HCV over the past 15 years. He has also been instrumental in expanding educational opportunities for pharmacists in the area of CLIA-waived POC tests and collaborative disease management programs.
Stephanie Klepser, PharmD
Stephanie Klepser, PharmD, is a contract research coordinator and clinical consultant for OptiMed Specialty Pharmacy. Previously she served as VP of Clinical Development at OptiMed Specialty Pharmacy, responsible for developing and implementing innovative, pharmacist-run clinical programs, including home and ambulatory infusion services, a comprehensive pharmacy-based travel health clinic, child and adult immunization services, pharmacogenetic testing services and disease management programs for specialty conditions. Previously a pharmacist staff educator at Borgess Medical Center, Dr. Klepser earned her Pharm.D. with highest distinction from Ferris State University (FSU) and completed her PGY1 pharmacy practice residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. She received her Certificate in Travel Health (CTH) from the International Society of Travel Medicine and serves as advanced practice pharmacy preceptor for Ferris State, North Dakota State, and Oregon State Universities and is currently a member of the Pharmacy Advocacy Response Team (PART). She served on the Michigan Pharmacists Association (MPA) Executive Board, Michigan Society of Community Pharmacists (MSCP) Board of Directors, the MSCP Member Education and Communication Committee, MPA New Practitioner Committee, and Michigan Society of Health-System Pharmacists Public Affairs Committee House of Delegates.
Dianne Malburg, RPh, CPIA
Dianne Malburg, RPh, CPIA, is the Chief Operations Officer with the Michigan Pharmacists Association (MPA) and Pharmacy Services Inc. based in Lansing, Michigan. She earned her bachelors in pharmacy and applied biology from Ferris State University in 1987. Malburg has worked nine years in hospital practice and 10 years owning an independent pharmacy in addition to working for the Association since 1995. She has led MPA initiatives related to immunizations, point of care testing and medication therapy management in an effort to advance the profession, as well as establishing collaborative practice agreements with medical providers. She also represents the pharmacy profession on the Governor-appointed Michigan Public Health Advisory Commission. Malburg has been recognized as the Distinguished Young Pharmacist by MPA, Pharmacist of the Year by the Michigan Society of Health System Pharmacists and the Clark Andresen Distinguished Pharmacy Alumnus from Ferris’ State University College of Pharmacy.
Keith Olsen, PharmD, FCCP, FCCM
Dr. Keith M. Olsen is the Dean and Professor of Pharmacy in the College of Pharmacy and a Critical Care Specialist, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska. Previously he served for three years in the same role at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas. He earned his PharmD and completed a residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Olsen has a distinguished career in critical care with emphasis on infectious disease practice and research. He is recognized as a fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the American College of Critical Care Medicine. Thrice graduating doctor of pharmacy classes recognized him as the teacher of the year. He has published over 350 peer-reviewed publications, abstracts, and book chapters in the areas of critical care pharmacotherapy and infectious diseases. He was elected as a Regent for the American College of Critical Care Medicine serving from 2010-2016, was elected in 2016 as the Secretary General, and in 2018-2019 served as the chancellor; becoming the first pharmacist to do so in the 50 plus year history of the organization. He also was elected to the Board of Trustees Research Institute for the American College of Clinical Pharmacy in 2012. He is one of the co-developers of an Infectious Diseases Rapid Diagnostic Certification Program for Pharmacists that pioneered a practice change in the USA, particularly in rural underserved populations. Dr. Olsen has also served in governmental organizations. He has served on the National Quality Forum and Centers of Medicare and Medicaid on the surgical care improvement project (SCIP) which substantially improved performance on key benchmark measurements surrounding appropriate use of antibiotics.
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