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Clarks Summit Pharmacist Jerome Musheno Honored for Outstanding Community Service

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 20, 2017


Media Contacts:

Chad Clinton

Associate Director, Public Relations

American Pharmacists Association

(202) 429-7558


WASHINGTON, DC – The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) has selected Jerome Musheno, RPh, JD as the recipient of the 2017 Bowl of Hygeia Award for outstanding community service. Musheno was presented the award at the Leadership & Awards Dinner at PPA's 2017 Annual Conference on Saturday, September 23. The Bowl of Hygeia is sponsored by the American Pharmacists Association Foundation, the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations, and the American Pharmacists Association, with support from Boehringer Ingelheim.


Musheno has contributed to his community since graduating from the Temple School of Pharmacy in 1972 and Temple University School of Law in 1999. He currently practices as a pharmacy law consultant. Musheno is active in his local County Pharmacy Association and has demonstrated a sustained commitment to community service spanning more than 30 years, reflecting positively on the profession of pharmacy.


Musheno’s state pharmacy association affiliations include the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association and the Lackawanna County Pharmacy Association, Musheno is an active member of the American Pharmacists Association.


Musheno’ s civic affiliations include the neighborhood Crime Watch, the West Side Lion's Club, the American Cancer Society, the Lackawanna County Citizens Task Force on Substance Abuse, the Lackawanna County Commission on Drug and Alcohol Abuse, the Voluntary Action Center, United Way, the Scranton Chamber of Commerce, the St. Joseph's Foundation Board, the Equal Opportunity & Training Center, and the Lackawanna County Blind Association. He attends many continuing education lectures on various pharmacy law-related topics presented to local and state pharmacy associations. Musheno received the PPA Community Service Award in 1988.


Established in 1958, the Bowl of Hygeia Award recognizes pharmacists who possess outstanding records of civic leadership in their communities and encourages pharmacists to take an active role in the affairs of their respective communities. The award is presented annually by participating state pharmacist associations, including those in the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. In addition to service through their local, state and national pharmacy associations, award recipients have devoted their time, talent and resources to a wide variety of causes and community service.


The Bowl of Hygeia is the most widely recognized international symbol for the pharmacy profession and is considered one of the profession’s most prestigious awards. The Bowl of Hygeia has been associated with the pharmacy profession since as early as 1796 when the symbol was used on a coin minted for the Parisian Society of Pharmacy. The bowl represents a medicinal potion and the snake represents healing. Healing through medicine is precisely why the pharmacy profession has adopted the Bowl of Hygeia symbol.


About the American Pharmacists Association Foundation

The APhA Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., is a trusted source of research demonstrating how pharmacists can improve health care. The APhA Foundation’s mission is to improve people’s health through pharmacists’ patient care services. The APhA Foundation is affiliated with the American Pharmacists Association, the national professional society of pharmacists in the U.S. For more information, please visit the APhA Foundation website www.aphafoundation.org. Follow the APhA Foundation on Twitter and Facebook for the latest updates.


About the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations

The National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA) promotes leadership, sharing, learning, and policy exchange among pharmacy leaders in all 50 states and Washington, DC, and provides education and advocacy to support pharmacists, patients, and communities working together to improve public health. NASPA was founded in 1927 as the National Council of State Pharmacy Association Executives (NCSPAE). For more information, please visit the NASPA website www.naspa.us.

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