Pasadena woman receives major pharmacy award

Dr. Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner's luggage was a little bit heavier when she flew back from the annual meeting of the American Pharmacists Association in Atlanta in mid-March.

She was bringing home the organization's prestigious Community Pharmacy Residency Excellence in Precepting Award.

"The AphA wanted to recognize pioneers in pharmacy leadership and mentoring - that's what precepting means," she said. "You have to be nominated by a resident, one of the people you train. My residents nominated me every year. They'd get outraged when I didn't win," she said. "This time, I was very surprised. I didn't realize they'd nominated...