The CPS Annual Meeting is a unique meeting aimed at providing pharmacists, students and technicians, and their families, a get away that encompasses the best of two worlds: pharmacy CE and summer fun! It also houses a lively exhibit hall with fun interaction amongst industry and attendees. Come join us for summer fun, networking and learning in beautiful Colorado locations!
The theme for the 2024 Annual Meeting is "Pharmacy Forward".
Cynthia Knapp Dlugosz [duh-LOO-gōzh] received her pharmacy degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed a residency in hospital pharmacy at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. She was among the first national board-certified health and wellness coaches in the United States. Cynthia received her
Cynthia Knapp Dlugosz [duh-LOO-gōzh] received her pharmacy degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed a residency in hospital pharmacy at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. She was among the first national board-certified health and wellness coaches in the United States. Cynthia received her coaching training through Duke (University) Integrative Medicine and served as an instructor in the advanced certification program. She also is a certified mindfulness teacher with more than 25 years of experience in mindfulness-based practices.
Cynthia speaks frequently on topics related to mindfulness, resiliency, well-being, work/life integration, time management, and health behavior change. She currently is converting these teachings into programs that will be offered through her new venture, Pharmacy Work/Life Matters.
Cody Hufstedler has been an inpatient palliative care chaplain at Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver since 2013, has served as lead chaplain for the palliative care department since 2015, and has served as faculty for the Saint Joseph Palliative Care Physician Fellowship since 2018. He is endorsed for chaplaincy through the Humanist Society. He loves to cook, mix cocktails, eat/drink, exercise, and ski. But he knows that those are just a small part of what self-care is. He's a terrible meditator, a sporadic journaler, and an avid introspector. In November of 2023 he launched his podcast: Dying to Tell You, in which he interviews people who are coming to the end of their life. Cody's deeply held values are Hospitality, Acceptance, Compassion, Kindness, and Fun.
Dr. Carnett earned her PharmD from Purdue University’s College of Pharmacy in West Lafayette, Indiana. Post-graduation she completed a PGY1 Community-Based Pharmacy Residency with Albertsons Companies and Idaho State University in Boise, Idaho.
Dr. Carnett moved to the Denver-area after completing residency training, most recently practicing as a division-level Patient Care Pharmacist. In this role, Dr. Carnett supported pharmacy teams by providing advanced clinical services including conducting travel health appointments, leading a diabetes management program for associates, and performing medication therapy management consultations. Additionally, she trained pharmacists in medication administration techniques and how to complete independent pharmacist prescribing services.
Dr. Carnett is passionate about increased access to care, preventative health and immunization services, mental health care, and about pharmacy’s role in providing direct care to our patients. She hopes that sharing her experiences in community-based practice and expanded pharmacist services will spark student interest in the future of the profession in the outpatient setting. As a previous preceptor for pharmacy residents and students, Dr. Carnett appreciates the importance of experiential education and the invaluable role it plays in our students finding their professional areas of interest.
Dr. Stultz received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2009 from the University of Florida. Upon graduation, she served as a Publix pharmacist and Community preceptor. In 2014, she was recognized as LECOM’s Preceptor of the Year. Since 2016, she has also served as the Experiential Director for both UF and LECOM. Dr. Stultz has received numerous awards recently including UF’s 2019-2020 Teacher Service Award, AACP’s 2021 Award for Excellence in Experiential Education, and UF’s 2023 Outstanding Publication in Teaching Innovation.
In August 2023, Dr. Stultz joined CU SSPPS as the Assistant Dean of Experiential Programs. In this role, she focuses on equipping student pharmacists for success and advancing the experiential program to meet the needs of our rapidly changing profession. Dr. Stultz is excited to guide students on their experiential journey, whether they have a clear path in mind or are still exploring career options.
Jill Hunsaker Ryan, MPH, is the executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. She oversees a nearly 2,000 person department responsible for disease control, injury prevention, health promotion, air quality, water quality, monitoring and management of hazardous materials, licensing of congregate care facilities and ground ambulances, recycling programs, population health surveillance, a health equity office, environmental justice program, and other areas that help promote the public’s health.
Director Ryan has nearly 30 years of experience in the field. She was appointed to Governor Polis’s cabinet in January 2019. Director Ryan has been a local public health agency director, the vice president and secretary of the Colorado Board of Health, and the previous director of the Department’s Office of Health Disparities (now the Office of Health Equity). Director Ryan served as an Eagle County Commissioner from 2013-2019, during which time she was president of the Colorado Communities for Climate Action (CC4CA).
In 2020, Director Ryan received Denver Business Journal’s “Outstanding Women in Business” award for the health sector. In 2021, CiviCO honored Ryan with the Colorado Governors’ COVID-19 Heroes Award as an official who helped successfully lead Colorado’s pandemic response. In 2023, Ryan received Denver Business Journal’s “Most Admired CEO” award.
Director Ryan lives in Edwards, CO with her husband and young son. She enjoys outdoor recreation and live music.
"I have the leadership, expertise, and motivation to successfully carry out the SAMHSA Strategic Prevention Framework project. Leading high-performing teams for 20-plus years, I have experience researching and publishing on issues related to the substance abuse crisis— including drug prevention work for a rural school district and survey work investigating local public health activities in response to the opioid crisis. As a Project Director on two HRSA-funded grants, a contractor on the HRSA-funded planning grant, along with being a co-investigator on university and state-funded grants, I laid the groundwork for the proposed SAMHSA grant by designing the strategy and project team and leveraging strong ties with community stakeholders. I have successfully administered multiple projects (e.g., staffing, design, implementation, and fiscal oversight) and collaborated with community partners. Through the SAMHSA opportunity, we hope to implement best practices to additional rural counties in Colorado. "
Alexis Ritvo MD, MPH is a board-certified addiction psychiatrist. She is the Program Director for the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Colorado (CU) School of Medicine where she is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. She earned her Medical Degree and a Master’s in Public Health in Health Policy from Emory University in 2012. She completed her general psychiatry residency and addiction psychiatry fellowship at CU before joining faculty in 2017. Since then, she has been a supervising attending of general psychiatry residents in the CU Medicine Outpatient Psychiatry clinic where she directs a co-occurring disorder subspeciality clinic. Her growing interest in the safe prescribing and deprescribing of prescription benzodiazepines led her to co-found the Benzodiazepine Action Work Group with the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse in late 2020. In 2022, she became medical director for the national non-profit the Alliance for Benzodiazepines Best Practices. She is the current chair of the Education Committee for the American Association of Addiction Psychiatry. She has a passion for psychotherapy, teaching trainees, improving health systems, and advocacy.
Dr. Ryan Jackman is a family medicine and addiction medicine physician who practices at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction Colorado. He acts as the medical director for St. Mary’s Integrated Addiction Medicine clinic and provides full-spectrum education to family medicine residents. He currently also fulfills roles as the program director for St. Mary’s HRSA funded Rural Communities Opioid Response Program and co-chair of Mesa County’s opioid settlement committee, both of which aim to increase prevention, treatment, and recovery resources in Western Colorado. He is as a content expert with the Integrated Care for Women and Babies program for the State of Colorado, which operates through the University of Colorado.
Dr. Billups is an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Director of Population Health Pharmacy. She works in the Office of Value-Based Performance at University of Colorado Medicine where she leads development, implementation, and evaluation of population-management strategies to improve quality outcomes in the patients cared for by CU Medicine providers.
She is interested in researching ways to deliver healthcare more effectively and efficiently using innovative care models, especially those involving pharmacists, pharmacy trainees, and technology.
Co-Chair, CPS 2024 Annual Meeting
Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Co-Chair, CPS 2024 Annual Meeting
Clinical Pharmacist – West & CCT Associates in Family Medicine | A Member of Village Medical
303 East 17th Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80203, United States
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