Pharmacy Alumna Named President of ASCP
Jeanne Manzi ’90P, ’00Pharm.D., BCGP, FASCP, was recently elected as President of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP). ASCP represents pharmacists, health-care professionals, and students serving the unique medication needs of older adults, with a mission to promote healthy aging by empowering pharmacists with education, resources, and innovative opportunities.
“COVID-19 showcased the importance of the role pharmacists play in delivering critical services to vulnerable populations—and to all patients,” said Dr. Manzi, of Rockville Centre, NY, who will serve as President for one year. “I hope that by working with MHA and ASCP—a central organization in the senior care pharmacy field—that we can keep that momentum going.”
Dr. Manzi is Director of Long-Term Care (LTC) Clinical Services at Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. (MHA), a leading health-care services and software company that offers a growing portfolio of services and solutions to support the diverse and complex needs of the alternate site health-care provider.
“COVID-19 showcased the importance of the role pharmacists play in delivering critical services to vulnerable populations—and to all patients,” said Dr. Manzi, of Rockville Centre, NY, who will serve as President for one year. “I hope that by working with MHA and ASCP—a central organization in the senior care pharmacy field—that we can keep that momentum going.”
David Holladay, Chief Executive Officer, MHA, shared, “We are proud that Dr. Manzi has been chosen by her peers to lead the ASCP during this time of decisive transformation in LTC pharmacy. MHA is committed to leadership in all aspects of the post-acute care market, and the ASCP’s mission demonstrates clear communalities with our mission of serving our most vulnerable populations and enabling our aging populations to age with grace.”
Dr. Manzi started working with geriatric patients while she was a fifth-year Pharm.D. student in the midst of a geriatric rotation at the Parker Jewish Institute for Healthcare and Rehabilitation in New Hyde Park, NY. “Judith L. Beizer, Pharm.D., was my preceptor and the interactions I had with patients there made me fall in love with geriatrics,” Dr. Manzi recalled.
Dr. Beizer, who was President of the ASCP from 2008 to 2009, has been Dr. Manzi’s career mentor since 1990 and is guiding her now as she serves as President of the same organization. “I have had the fortune of keeping the best mentor through my entire career,” Dr. Manzi continued. “I am blessed to have been introduced to her early in my professional life as a student at St. John’s University.”
