Shimaa A. Atta
Nashville General Hospital, Egypt
Biography
Shima A. Atta, faculty member for Pharmacology currently living in Egypt, the Doctor of Pharmacy Program at Duquesne U. With an expansive resume, no doubt I could make an impact in a project for promoting a new role of pharmacists counseling patients regarding their medications and being reimbursed for their efforts. On January 1st, 2006, the Medicare Prescription Part D Plan was enacted that made this new role a reality. Pharmacists in retail settings began to work with clinics (managed by a nurse practitioner).