2026 Annual Seminar Schedule at a Glance

12:30pm – 2:00pm (General Session)
Emergency Preparedness for Ambulatory & Health‑System Pharmacists Ensuring Continuity of Care, Patient Safety, and Community Resilience
Presented by Amy Cervan and Amber Taylor
Pharmacists play a critical role in protecting community health during emergencies — far beyond the boundaries of their clinic or health system. While every organization maintains an emergency operations plan, plans alone cannot stabilize chronic disease, maintain medication access, or prevent avoidable deterioration when disasters or cyber events disrupt care. This session focuses on how pharmacists can anticipate disruptions, safeguard medication access, support vulnerable populations, and collaborate with public health and emergency response partners. Rather than emphasizing internal preparedness tasks, this training highlights the outward-facing role pharmacists play in strengthening community resilience. 

2:00pm – 2:30pm
Break – Refreshments, Section Networking, Fundraising

2:30pm – 3:30pm (Track A)
PrEPared in Primary Care: Putting PrEP into Practice
Presented by Jess Potter
This presentation will review the four currently available options for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), with particular focus on the long-acting injectable agents, cabotegravir and lenacapavir. It will outline how to identify patients who may benefit from PrEP and compare key features of available therapies. Practical counseling considerations, medication logistics/coverage, and monitoring requirements will be discussed. A patient case will illustrate real-world decision-making from initial evaluation through ongoing management. 

2:30pm – 3:30pm (Track B)
Rewriting Disease: Gene Therapy and Gene Editing in Today’s Pharmacy
Presented by Sigrid Roberts and Nicola Carter 
Gene editing, or the ability to manipulate the genome, is one of the fastest growing medical technologies. This session will provide an overview of the history of gene therapy and gene editing, the molecular mechanisms of gene editing, and discuss the advantages and challenges of implementing this type of therapy. Currently available FDA approved pharmaceutical treatments based on gene editing will be reviewed. The objective of this session is to give attendants an overview and basic understanding of gene editing, its current use and future perspectives. 

3:35pm – 4:35pm (Track A)
GDMT Without Gaps: Building and Maintaining Optimal Therapy Across the Patient Journey
Presented by Alyssa Rabon
Building and optimizing heart failure management with guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) is essential for improving patient outcomes. This session provides practical, evidence-based strategies to optimize GDMT across the continuum of care -- including during ICU admission, preparing for hospital discharge, and in ambulatory clinic follow-up. Participants will learn how to identify clinical opportunities for initiation and titration of GDMT, identify and overcome transitions of care barriers, and create a regimen that supports medication adherence to optimize patient outcomes. 

The therapeutic landscape for Alzheimer’s disease has evolved with the approval of anti-amyloid monoclonal antibodies targeting beta-amyloidpathology. This session will review current evidence and practice updates for FDA-approved therapies, including lecanemab and donanemab. Topicsinclude mechanisms of action, patient selection, and the role of these agents in early Alzheimer’s disease. The program will also discuss recent clinicaltrial findings, regulatory updates, dosing strategies, and key safety monitoring considerations.

4:45pm – 5:00pm
Pie-in-the-Face Fundraising
Located on the Homestead Lawn

6:00pm – 8:00pm
Awards Celebration
Doors & Auction Open: 6:00pm
Dinner Service Begins: 6:30pm
Saddle up with OSHP at the Annual Seminar’s Saturday Night Awards Dinner, starting at 6:00 PM! We’re heading out West for a frontier-inspired celebration filled with boots, hats, and plenty of good company. Dust off your best cowboy boots, denim, and Western flair as we gather for a night of hearty food, lively fun, and great conversation.

Sunday, April 26, 2026

7:30am – 8:30am
Breakfast and Registration

8:00am – 8:05am
Opening Remarks

Join Oregon Board of Pharmacy Executive Director Gary Runyon and Compliance Officer Jane Lee for an essential law update designed to keep yourpractice compliant and informed. This session will break down recent legislative changes alongside critical rule amendments impacting the practice ofpharmacy in Oregon. Attendees will learn effective strategies for navigating state resources, explore common institutional compliance pitfalls to avoid,and discover how to actively engage with the Board to shape the future of pharmacy practice.

Presented by Abby Frye
This session will provide a comprehensive overview of the 2025 ACC/AHA high blood pressure guidelines. Attendees will learn about the most significant changes from the 2017 guidelines and explore the evidence that supports these updates – including terminology, cardiovascular risk assessment, treatment thresholds, and management of specific populations. Participants will leave with practical takeaways to help them implement the latest recommendations into clinical practice. 

10:15am – 10:30am
Break

Recognize challenges for safe medication use and potentially inappropriate medications Identify safety strategies and resources available to evaluate clinically important prescribing concerns Apply concepts using a safety protocol for deprescribing through a patient case 

11:30am – 11:40am (General Session)
Closing Remarks

11:45am
Seminar Ends

*Schedule, topics, presenters and CE Type schedule to change.