Member of the Month

The ASCPT Member of the Month is a forum to recognize and thank a member of ASCPT who has supported the Society's endeavors. Each month, ASCPT highlights one member who has gone above and beyond the call of duty! We also highlight the Member of the Month, along with two other members, in each issue of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. We hope you will enjoy learning about fellow members and as always, encourage your participation in Society events and activities.
 
Anne Zajicek, MD, PharmD: February Member of the Month
 

ASCPT is proud to recognize Anne Zajicek, MD, PharmD, as the February Member of  the Month.   Dr. Zajicek is a board-certified pediatrician and pediatric clinical pharmacologist. She earned her bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Duquesne University in 1982 and went on to earn her doctorate in pharmacy from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1985. It was in 2001 that Dr. Zajicek decided to join ASCPT at the prompting of longtime member Terry Blaschke, MD, who was her fellowship director at Stanford University at the time. Since joining, she has remained engaged in the Society through its wide range of activities and the Annual Meetings, which she believes are excellent for both their scientific content and the opportunities they offer to interact with others in the field of clinical pharmacology.   Dr. Zajicek remains excited about the field of clinical pharmacology. She says, “Life is clinical pharmacology, patient care is clinical pharmacology. We titrate our caffeine to the desired effect. We make a provisional clinical diagnosis and prescribe a medication, then ask the patient or parent to call back to report efficacy of the medication over time, which either reinforces or refutes our diagnosis. The dynamic interaction of drug concentration and drug action is truly exciting.” Since completing her fellowship at Stanford University, Dr. Zajicek has held positions at the US Food and Drug Administration as a Medical Officer in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and at the National Institutes of Health as a Pediatric Medical Officer in the Center for Research for Mothers and Children and Branch Chief of the Obstetric and Pediatric Pharmacology Branch. Dr. Zajicek served as a member of the 2009 Strategic Planning Task Force responsible for revising the Society’s Strategic Plan and was elected to the ASCPT Board of Directors in 2011.           Thank you, Dr. Zajicek, for your valuable leadership and continued commitment to ASCPT and the discipline of clinical pharmacology!

Previous Members of the Month
January 2012: Mary F. Paine, PhD, RPh

2004-2011 Members of the Month