Diplomat Pharmacy : President Elected as Board Chair for American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education

, /PRNewswire/ -- (NYSE: DPLO) announced today that , Diplomat president, has been elected as the Chairman of the for the (AFPE).

The AFPE operates as an independent foundation to support pharmaceutical education in . With the support of individuals and corporate contributors, AFPE supports graduate education, training and research in such disciplines as clinical pharmaceutical science, medicinal/pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology/toxicology, pharmaceutics, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacognosy, pharmacokinetics/metabolism, pharmacotherapy and experimental therapeutics, and social and administrative pharmacy.

The AFPE encourages exceptional students to pursue careers in the pharmaceutical sciences by funding awards to first-year graduate school and pre-doctoral fellowships in the pharmaceutical sciences, pre-doctoral fellowships in the clinical pharmaceutical sciences, and pharmacy faculty development research grants.

AFPE also enables full-time PharmD and PhD pharmacy college faculty members to undertake a minimum six-month intensive project, including coursework, training and/or research on a cutting-edge topic that benefits industry, pharmacy and pharmaceutical science education, and the national health. This nurturing of outstanding pharmacy faculty researchers advances pharmaceutical science knowledge, advances drug discovery and development, and advances the development of state-of-the-science pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences curricula.

'I have been extremely impressed with the vision and leadership of AFPE,' said Kadlec. 'I am extremely honored to have the opportunity to serve as the Chairman of Board and help us continue to make great strides in the future.'

Gary has served as president of since , and as a director of Diplomat since ; he is also a member of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. From 2004 through 2007, he was the chief operating officer, and from 2007 to 2011, the chief executive officer and president, of excelleRx, an Omnicare company based in , specializing in medication therapy management. Prior to his time at excelleRx, Gary served as president of Specialized Pharmacy Services in , from 1976 until it was acquired by in 1995. He then served as Regional and then Senior Regional Vice President of Omnicare until 2004.

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(NYSE: DPLO) serves patients and physicians in all 50 states. Headquartered in , the company focuses on medication management programs for people with complex chronic diseases, including oncology, immunology, hepatitis, multiple sclerosis, HIV, specialized infusion therapy and many other serious or long-term conditions. Diplomat opened its doors in 1975 as a neighborhood pharmacy with one essential tenet: 'Take good care of patients, and the rest falls into place.' Today, that tradition continues-always focused on improving patient care and clinical adherence. For more information visit www.diplomat.is. Follow us on Twitter and and like us on .

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