Karen S. Pater: PPA Preceptor of the Year

Faculty member Karen S. Pater, PharmD, BCPS, CDE  won the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) Preceptor of the Year Award during the annual conference held at the Wyndham Gettysburg on September 28, 2013. This award is given to a PPA member from any practice setting who has demonstrated outstanding interaction, knowledge sharing, and served as an exceptional pharmacy role model for students. Pater was nominated by Pitt Pharmacy 2013 graduates Elizabeth McCartney, Erin Burke, and Chelsea Fitzgerald for her contributions in the classroom, to the School’s PPA chapter, and in practice to all of the students she precepts. Students from every year recognize the diligence and passion that Karen Steinmetz Pater puts into her work as well as her desire for every single one of her students to succeed. Karen S. Pater is an assistant professor at the of the School of Pharmacy Therapeutics Department. More Pitt Pharmacy PPA 2013 awards: PittPharmacy Student Membership Award Alumnus Robert Maher Jr. Excellence in Innovation Award