Outstanding Pharmacy Buyer of the Year Award Program The 2010 Outstanding Pharmacy Buyer of the Year Award Program has now ENDED.  Congratulations to all who were nominated.  Winners will be announced at the Conference in August and in the September edition of PPO. The Outstanding Pharmacy Buyer of the Year Award is offered by NPPA & Pharmacy Purchasing Outlook.  This year's Award is being sponsored by:  Nominations are no longer being accepted for the 2010 Outstanding Pharmacy Buyer Award Program, where nominees have the chance to achieve one of the following distinctions.    First Place:      $1,000 education/travel award.    Second Place:    $500 education/travel award.    Third Place:          $200 education/travel award. The nominee must have a current NPPA membership/PPO subscription active to be considered. Member-subscribers may nominate themselves or be nominated by a supervisor or colleague. Please note that the previous year's winners of 1st and 2nd place will not be able to qualify this year. Also note: This award is NOT meant to be a Lifetime Achievement Award. Rather, the award is meant to recognize a Buyer's achievements from the previous calendar year. The winners will be determined by an independent panel, and announced at the Conference in August and in the September edition of PPO. Nominees will be informed of their status as soon as the judging is finalized (approximately July 1).  Results of the 2009 Outstanding Buyer of the Year Award Program     PPO's 2009 Outstanding Pharmacy Buyer of the Year Award Program, sponsored by Hospira, has now ended.  This year's winners are listed here below.  All 3 placement winners attended the recent 13th Annual PPN Conference in Las Vegas, where they were presented with an award plaque by PPO Editor-In-Chief Dale Kroll and Hospira representatives, Jennifer Gattari & Marty Moran (award winnings were sent to each winner in early August).       1st Place:    Deborah Harden, Pharmacy Buyer, The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH   2nd Place:   Kelly Reeves, Pharmacy Buyer, University of North Carolina Hospital, Chapel Hill, SC   3rd Place:    Rodney Elliott, CPhT, Pharmacy Purchasing Agent & Technology Coordinator, Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga, TN                           Award winnings, Sponsored by Hospira                      1st Place:     $1,000 education/travel award                      2nd Place:       $500 education/travel award                      3rd Place:        $200 education/travel award