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Conference Agenda

Friday, October 30, 2026 | 8a - 5p | MERB, 3500 N Broad Street, Philadelphia

Time	Session
8-9 am	Breakfast and Check-in	MERB Lobby
9-9:30 am	Welcome & Opening Remarks S. Suresh Madhavan, PhD, MBA, FAPhA, Dean, Temple University School of Pharmacy Amy Goldberg, MD, FACS, Dean, Lewis Katz School of Medicine Michael R. Cohen, RPh, M.S., ’84, ’68, Founder and President Emeritus, Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)	MERB Auditorium
9:30-10:30 am	Keynote Address - Dr. Douglas Thornton, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy and Director, the Prescription Drug Misuse Education and Research (PREMIER) Center, University of Houston	MERB Auditorium
10:30 am - 12 pm	Panel Discussion: Christine Roussel, PharmD, BCOP, BCSCP, Director of Pharmacy, Doylestown Hospital Peggy Compton, PhD, RN, FAAN, Program Director, Hillman Scholars in Nursing Innovation and Professor of Nursing, Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania Paula Bermel, PT, DPT, CLT, CWS, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Doctorate of Physical Therapy program, Temple University Adam Al-Asad, Co-founder and Director of Operations, Savage Sisters Recovery, Inc Brian D. Work, MD, MPH, Professor, Clinical Medicine, Temple University	MERB Auditorium
12-12:30 pm	Lunch and Poster Session	MERB Lobby
12:30-1:30 pm	Poster Presentation Session	MERB Lobby
1:30-2:30 pm	Educational Session 1* Sarah Jane Ward and Jahan Marcu Ellen Walker and Brendan Hart
2:30-3:30 pm	Educational Session II* Maria Foy Sunny Ro
3:30-4:30 pm	Educational Session III* Andrew Peterson Ashley Maister
4:30-5 pm	Closing Remarks, Poster Awards, and Honorarium
5-6 pm	Networking Reception	MERB Lobby

*Continuing education (CE) credit will be available for select sessions; details on accreditation and credit hours to follow.