Even as a child I had an affinity for spending time with aging individuals. I’d visit the nearby nursing home on a regular basis with friends, to smile and sing to the residents. I adored my great grandparents (what a blessing to know four of them!) and blessed to spend so much time with my grandparents growing up.

Fast forward two decades. As a licensed pharmacist, my first job out of school was a clinical pharmacist in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. I get to put my training and skills to work for the population so close to my heart. I continued working in the same field for nearly two decades now. But what I was seeing was a pill given for every ill, without significant improvement in people’s overall health.

Looking to improve lives and advance medication management further, I started searching for ways that a pharmacist could elevate medication management. Then I came across Pharmacogenomics, or PGx for short. This uses one’s genetics to guide medication optimization. This is personalized medicine! I’m so excited to be offering genetic based medication optimization to all my clients. It saves lives, time and money and minimizes trial and error prescribing.

Incorporating lifestyle recommendations, I help every client work to achieve a better, healthier life.