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Drake Alumni Honored
Drake alumni honored at Pharmacy and Health Sciences Day
02/17/2009
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L to R: Larry Mayhew, Michael Case-Haub and Patty Kumbera celebrate their awards at today's ceremony.MEDIA CONTACT: Tory Olson, 515-271-1834, tory.olson@drake.edu
Three outstanding pharmacy alumni were recognized at Drake's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences' 22nd student-organized Pharmacy and Health Sciences Day today (Feb. 17).
The 2009 Alumni Achievement Awards will be presented to:
- Patty Kumbera, a 1988 pharmacy graduate, Alumni Achievement Award
- Larry Mayhew, a 1967 pharmacy graduate, Alumni Achievement Award
- Michael Case-Haub, a 2002 pharmacy graduate, Young Alumni Achievement Award
The honorees were selected based on their service to the college, distinction in their careers and civic and community contributions.
Kumbera of Johnston is co-founder and chief operating officer for Outcomes Pharmaceutical Health Care in Des Moines. Outcomes has been a pioneer in using the Internet to connect health plans with pharmacies to improve patient care. The company has built a nationwide network of personal pharmacists that deliver medication management services to covered members. Read more about Outcomes at http://www.getoutcomes.com.
She formerly was director of managed care services at the Iowa Pharmacy Association, where she oversaw research projects studies of the impact pharmacists could have on total health care costs.
Kumbera is a member of the Drake College of Pharmacy's National Advisory Council.
She has been an active contributor to pharmacy on the local, state and national level for many years and was named one of the American Druggist's 50 Most Influential Pharmacists.
Kumbera is an externship preceptor and adjunct faculty member at Drake, the University of Iowa, Creighton University and the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Mayhew of Fountain Hills, Ariz., worked as a pharmacist in Chicago after graduating from Drake in 1967. He moved to Phoenix in 1970 and, by the '80s, owned six pharmacies in the area.
Mayhew has contributed greatly to his profession, serving as president of the Arizona Pharmacists Association and the American College of Apothecaries. He recently completed a term of service on the Board of Directors for Pharmacists Mutual.
He also has been active in the National Community Pharmacists Association and the Professional Compounding Centers of America, which named him "Pharmacist of the Month."
Mayhew has been a loyal supporter of his alma mater. In 2006, he and his wife, Sandy, gave $500,000 to build a state-of-the-art compounding laboratory, the Mayhew Compounding Laboratory in Harvey Ingham Hall. In the lab, students learn how to prepare medications that are not commercially available.
He retired in 2005 after selling an extensive practice that served hospice and long-term care patients in the metro Phoenix area.
Case-Haub of West Des Moines is pharmacy manager at the Hy-Vee Pharmacy, 555 S. 51st St. in West Des Moines.
He has served as a leader in implementing and receiving reimbursement for clinical pharmacy services in the community pharmacy setting.
Case-Haub is a member of the Iowa Pharmacy Association, Iowa's American Diabetes Association Leadership Council and The Science Advisory Board.
He has served on the board of directors and as pharmacy preceptor for Camp Hertko Hollow, a camp for children with diabetes in the Des Moines area.
Case-Haub has written articles for the Journal of the Iowa Pharmacy Association and has made presentations around the Midwest at pharmacy and diabetes expos.
He also served Drake University as an adjunct professor and as a member of Drake's Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education Self-Study Committee.
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