Week One: Tallahassee, Florida. Training at the pharmacy. Week Two: Holyoke, Massachusetts. Training at the pharmacy. Week Three: Houma, Louisiana. Training at the pharmacy. Week Four: Home. You’d think, at some point, that a life spent mostly on the road — living out of a suitcase, repeating the same processes week-in and week-out — might … Read More
The first thing new patients at ProxsysRx’s Pharmacy in Ocean Springs notice about Mae Durkin are the good manners. While she greets them by their first names, it’s always preceded by the title: “Mister” John, “Miss” Jane. It’s more than a habit. It’s an hereditary trait. (“My mother didn’t get mad much, but one of … Read More
If you’re a first-time patient of ProxsysRx’s pharmacy at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, and you want to get Mariana Elia talking, really talking, it helps to know key trigger words. Key words and phrases like “Hello,” “How are you?” and “Tell me about yourself.” All highly effective for starting a lively conversation, to be sure. But … Read More
Randy Bell’s last pharmacy job was so disheartening, he left his chosen profession for seven years. And that’s not the half of it. It was a full year before his next career move — residential real estate — started generating positive income flow. So yes, you could say it’s a bit of an understatement when … Read More
Shandra Bouzemann did not start working with ProxsysRx’s Pharmacy At DeSoto by choice. “I was a senior at Ole Miss in 2021, and we were asked to choose the pharmacy where we’d like to do rotations. Well naturally, I picked the one at Baptist Oxford, which was a three-minute drive from campus, and less than … Read More
Just ask her, she’ll admit it: When Shequila worked at ProxsysRx’s Conway Medical Center (CMC) pharmacy, her boss had a habit of talking about her to other people in the company. Which explains why she got an email one day from Dawn Dobersztyn, asking, “Have you seen this job opening we just posted?” Seems that … Read More
(Photo above: ProxsysRx’s pharmacy at Terrebonne General Health System, in Houma, LA) The Retail Component “Dawn Dobersztyn does not get enough credit,” says ProxsysRx COO Billy Calhoun. “When you think about it, retail is the face of our pharmacies. It’s the first thing people see when they walk in the door. And here’s the thing: … Read More
Few corporate ladders in the retail pharmacy world rise higher than Derel Smith’s did. As former Director of Pharmacy Operations for a major regional retailer, he managed oversight of nearly 600 pharmacies. It was a position nearly 30 years in the making, and one that afforded him an enviable lifestyle in Orlando. So why, you’d … Read More
