DOZ Show Preferred Guest
Interview by Eturuvie Erebor (AKA Gabriella)
DR. LESLIE HODGE
Dr. Leslie Hodge is our DOZ Show Preferred Guest for this issue of DOZ
Magazine. She is a pharmacist and founder of Scripts and Beyond LLC. She
successfully earned her Doctor of Pharmacy Degree in 2004 and holds the
American Pharmacists Association Certifications in Delivering Medication
Therapy Management and Pharmacist-Based Immunization Delivery. She
established her business, Scripts & Beyond LLC, in response to the changing
patterns in health care, especially after she observed the devastating effects
of people not understanding their medications. She seeks to bridge the
gaps in information and understanding and to simplify the complex when
it comes to medication lists. She is also a writer and has just released her
first book titled, At The End Of The Day: Take It Personally. In this interview,
Leslie shares with us her reasons for studying pharmacy and the challenges
on her path to achieving her childhood dream. Read her story and be
inspired to pursue your dreams.
Leslie, what was it that
attracted you to pharmacy?
That is actually a two-fold
answer. I had two experiences
that led me to becoming a
pharmacist. The first one was
actually my neighbour. When I
was growing up, my next-door
neighbour was a pharmacist,
and believe it or not, she was
the only person I knew who
loved her job. She actually loved
it. I remember talking to her as
a young child and just really,
really being captivated by her
description of what she did and
just having a love for pharmacy.
So, I held onto that for a long
time, and then the other side of
that is my father was ill while
I was growing up. And so, he
was on numerous medications,
and it was a pharmacist who
really helped us manage that
and manage his care and
manage the medications and
how to properly care for him at
DOZ Magazine | August 2019
Photo Credit: Lacoiya Reed
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