On May 10, 2011, Governor Martin O’Malley signed into law
Senate Bill 883, legislation to create a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) in Maryland. To support the design, implementation and evaluation of the
PDMP, the legislation created the Advisory Board on Prescription Drug Monitoring
October 11, 2012 - Minutes pending Board approval
The next meeting of the Maryland Advisory Board on Prescription Drug Monitoring will be:
Monday, April 15, 2013
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration
OETAS Training Room (Ground Floor)
55 Wade Avenue
Catonsville, MD 21228
Meetings of the Advisory Board are open to the public. If you would like to attend a meeting, please notify Tryphena Barnes, PDMP Secretary, at 410-402-8686 or
Tryphena.Barnes@maryland.gov.
Interim Report of the Advisory Board on Prescription Drug Monitoring to the Maryland General Assembly, July 18, 2012
Board Members
Chair
Laura Herrera, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Andrea Mathias, MD
Chair, Maryland Board of Physicians
Health Officer, Worcester County Health Department
Michael Souranis
President, Maryland Board of Pharmacy
Pharmacist, Bayview Pharmacy
Nancy D. Adams, MBA, RN
President, Maryland Board of Nursing
Senior Vice President/Chief Nurse Executive, Western Maryland Health System
Sharon Krumm, PhD, RN
Maryland Health Care Commission
Director of Nursing/Clinical Administrator, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital
J. Ramsay Farah, MD, MPH
Regional Medical Director, Clinical Services, UnitedHealthcare
Medical Director, Phoenix of Health, LLC
Orlee Panitch, MD
Physician, Medical Emergency Professionals
Thelma B. Wright, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Vinu Ganti, MD
Primary Care Physician, Private Practice
Hoover Adger, Jr., MD, MPH, MBA
Director, Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Janet M. Beebe, CRNP
Nurse Practitioner, Bowie Internal Medicine Associates
Howard R. Schiff
Pharmacist
Executive Director, Maryland Pharmacists Association
Janet Getzey Hart
Pharmacist
Director, Government Affairs, Rite Aid
Faryal Qureshi, PharmD, BCPS, DAAPM
Pharmacist, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Critical Care
VA Maryland Health Care System
Captain Daniel D. Alioto
Commander, Vice Narcotics Division, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office
Gail Amalia B. Katz, MPH
Vice President, Cancer Resource Network, American Cancer Society, Retired
Howard Blumenfeld
Pharmacist, Omnicare HMIS Hunt Valley
COO, Central Industries, Inc
This project was supported by Grant No. 2011-PM-BX-0011 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, the Community Capacity Development Office, and the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.