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AUGUST, 2008

FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR, A PHARMACIST FROM FATIMA HOSPITAL IS RHODE ISLAND "HEALTH SYSTEM PHARMACIST OF THE YEAR"

(North Providence, RI) Michele A. Danish PharmD., Clinical Pharmacy Manager at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, has been named Pharmacist of the Year by the Rhode Island Society of Health-System Pharmacists (RISHP).

This is the second consecutive year a Fatima pharmacist has received this recognition. Michael Sipala, Director of Pharmacy at Fatima Hospital, was last year's award recipient.

Dr. Danish, a resident of Barrington, has been employed at Fatima since 1992. This year, Danish was also named a Fellow by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, one of only 20 pharmacists in the nation to be so recognized. Fellowship recognition is based on rigorous criteria including contributions to scientific literature, research, education and leadership in professional activities.

Over the past 30 years, Dr. Danish has made extensive contributions to the training of practicing pharmacists and students in applied pharmacokinetics. She has authored numerous professional articles and, while at Fatima Hospital, established a pharmacokinetic dosing service and a consult service for pain management and anticoagulation. She lectures at the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy and holds an adjunct faculty appointment at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy.

"We are extremely proud of Dr. Danish's well-deserved recognition" stated John M. Fogarty, President of St. Joseph Health Services, the corporate parent of Fatima Hospital. " In combination with Michael Sipala's recognition last year, Fatima Hospital can lay claim to one of the best pharmacy services of any hospital in our area", he continued.

Dr. Danish is a graduate of Albany College of Pharmacy and received her doctorate from the State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo.