Where are
they now?
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The multi-talented Leonie Wohl (nee McKeough)
(BPharm 1980) began her career as an inpatient
pharmacist at Wangaratta District Base Hospital.
After completing a Graduate Diploma of Hospital
Pharmacy and a Master of Pharmacy Studies in
1982 while working as a discharge pharmacist at
Queen Victoria Hospital, she took on the role of
retail manager at a pharmacy in Bendigo.
For Robert Sztar (BPharm 2002), pharmacy
runs in the blood. As a second generation
pharmacist and son of Joseph Sztar (BPharm
PhC 1968), he has spent the last 16 years
working across community, hospital and
international practice settings.
In 1983, Leonie moved across the globe to San
Francisco to marry lawyer and long-term pen pal
Steven Wohl. Keen to continue practising pharmacy
in America, Leonie worked in finance while studying
at the University of California, San Francisco, to
gain the required qualifications.
She was subsequently employed as an inpatient
pharmacist with Kaiser Permanente, the largest
integrated health maintenance organisation in the
US. Soon after, she was promoted to assistant
chief pharmacist in the outpatient setting.
She was the first clinical pharmacist in the Northern
California Kaiser region and held various roles with
Kaiser Permanente in a career that spanned more
than 30 years.
Leonie has two boys and currently works on call
in retail pharmacy while spending her spare time
doing volunteer work with seniors. A fan of the
arts, Leonie enjoys Bollywood dancing, playing
piano, watercolour and acrylic painting, travel,
documentary films, theatre and music.
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Robert met wife Amanda Sztar (nee Bracht)
(BPharm 2002 (Hons) at Monash and a year
after graduation they travelled to the UK to work
for Lloyds Pharmacy as pharmacy managers in
neighbouring communities. A year later and after
touring Europe for six months, they arrived back in
Australia as a newly engaged couple. They joined
Robert’s father Joseph, to help him operate and
develop his community pharmacies. It was during
this time that Robert’s knack for technology came
to the fore.
A self-confessed technology crash test dummy
who sees innovation around every corner, Robert
founded Pharmactive, working directly with
pharmacy owners to transform their businesses
through smart technology. He is also the author
of Transpharmation, a book detailing a four-step
method to successfully implementing technology
into a pharmacy business, editor in chief of
Transpharmation magazine and podcast host
of the Transpharmation show.
Outside work, Robert is a weekend warrior who
loves keeping active with his wife and two young
daughters and is a passionate lifelong supporter
of St Kilda and Manchester United.