Melinda Cummins Joyce's bio:

Melinda Joyce, PharmD, FAPhA, FACHE is the Corporate Director of Pharmacy at The Medical Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky with responsibility over the pharmacy services at three hospitals, one long-term care facility, one long-term acute care facility, and two community pharmacies. Dr. Joyce is an adjunct faculty member of both the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy and Western Kentucky University College of Nursing. She received her Pharm.D. degree from the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy.

Dr. Joyce is very active in local, state, and national pharmacy organizations. She has held all elected offices within the Kentucky Pharmacists Association and was appointed to two terms on the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy. In March, 2005 she was installed as a Trustee for the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Board of Trustees. Dr. Joyce has been honored by her peers throughout her career with several honors and awards, including the Gloria Niemeyer Francke Leadership Mentor Award and the Distinguished Service in Hospital and Institutional Pharmacy Practice from the American Pharmacists Association. She is a Fellow of both the American Pharmacists Association and the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Disclosure: Melinda Joyce, PharmD, FAPhA, FACHE is a speaker for Pfizer and McKesson Automation and receives honoraria.