Michele B KaufmanMichele B. Kaufman, a Pharmacist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Lower Manhattan Hospital, is also a Board Certified Geriatric and Registered Pharmacist. She has over 30 years of pharmacy experience, and earned her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy fom the University of Rhode Island (URI) College of Pharmacy, Kingston. She has worked as a Product Development Pharmacist in New Jersey, and as a Hospital Pharmacist at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, before returning to New England (Boston), to obtain a Doctor of Pharmacy at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy/AHS. Subsequently, she completed a Fellowship in Drug Information (DI) at the URI DI Center/RWMC in Providence. Dr. Kaufman then became a Clinical Assistant Professor at St. John's University, Jamaica, New York, specializing in DI/Adult Medicine (clinical site @ LIJMC). After several years in academia she became a Geriatric Clinical Pharmacist in Corporate Managed Care, where she stayed for over a decade. She then left to pursue medical writing and health-system pharmacy practice. She is an active member of professional organizations, including American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, the American Medical Writers Association, the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, the New York State Council of Health-System Pharmacists, the New York City Society of Health-System Pharmacists (NYCSHP), and SWINY. She is a member of the Clinical Care Committee at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center (NYC). She has mentored numerous students throughout her years, and co-authored and published her first book (2019), a health careers book for middle grade ages and up, Healthcare Heroes: The Medical Careers Guide. She is the past recipient of two prestigious awards from NYCSHP, the Harold Neham Award (2006) for dedication and commitment to pharmacy practice and literature; and the xviii-B Joel Yellin Award (2011), honoring significant pharmacy practice contribution. When not working, Michele enjoys traveling, spending time with family and friends, exploring new cultures, and playing musical instruments, mostly the saxophone. Read More Read Less