The CCGP/AstraZeneca Excellence in Geriatric Pharmacy Practice Award recognizes the Certified Geriatric Pharmacist who fosters the principles of good pharmacy practice; demonstrates excellence in geriatric patient care; and, promotes the value and rigorous standards established by CCGP.

We are pleased to announce that Mark A. Stratton Pharm.D., CGP, BCPS, FASHP, is the recipient of this year’s award. He was honored with this award at the November, 2004 American Society of Consultant Pharmacist’s Annual Meeting. In making the presentation, William Simonson, PharmD, CGP, FASCP, noted that “Dr. Stratton’s commitment to quality geriatric pharmacy care and his devotion to assuring the success of CCGP’s certification program well qualifies him for this award.”

Dr. Stratton is presently professor of pharmacy and holds the Herbert and Dorothy Langsam Endowed Chair in Geriatric Pharmacy at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, College of Pharmacy. In fact, he is the founder of the Center for Geriatric Pharmacy at the university as he was also founder of the Center for Pharmaceutical Care of the Elderly at the University of Houston and co-founder of the Center for Aging, Research Education and Service at the University of New Mexico.

He has been extensively published in a number of noted journals and is a prolific lecturer on pharmacotherapy and the elderly. Not to be outdone by his professional success, Mark served as CCGP’s first vice-chairman and subsequently chairman of the founding Board of Commissioners, in which capacity he provided strong and valued leadership in establishing the Commission’s certification program as the “Mark of Merit” for Geriatric Pharmacists.