Briscoe-Dwyer Elected

LAURENS—Dr. Leigh Briscoe-Dwyer of Laurens has been elected president of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the largest association of pharmacy professionals in the U.S. It represents more than 60,000 pharmacists, student pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians in all patient care settings and is the accrediting body for resident and technician training programs. Dr. Briscoe-Dwyer graduated from Laurens Central School, earned a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from the Albany College of Pharmacy and took her doctorate degree at St. John’s University in Queens. She has served as president of the New York State Council of Health-System Pharmacists and on the State Board of Pharmacy. Briscoe-Dwyer is system director of pharmacy at UHS Hospitals in Johnson City and was installed as ASHP president at its Pharmacy Futures Meeting in Portland, Oregon on June 11.