Events Calendar
Stay up to date with our upcoming events! Whether you are looking for webinars, educational sessions, networking, or volunteer events, we have opportunities for everyone in the sports pharmacy community.
USSPG Monthly New Member Orientation
Please join the USSPG Membership Committee for a monthly gathering of new members! Goals for these meetings are to gain insight into the USSPG initiatives and workings, meet new members to immediately grow your sports pharmacy network, and discuss ways to get involved. Meetings are casual and discussion is recommended!
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Collaborative Conversations with Athena Cannon - April: Journal Club with Scholarship and Research Chair, Alexis Shook, PharmD
Join the USSPG's Chair, Athena Cannon, as we gather monthly to have collaborative conversation about an interesting topic or question within Sports Pharmacy. Discussions have a goal of fostering idea generation to apply to your sports pharmacy journey, networking with members, and an opportunity to collaborate with others who share the same goals and interests.
This month's conversation is in collaboration with Alexis Shook, PharmD our Scholarship and Research Co-Chair!We will be presenting and discussing a journal club reviewing the the new FDA approved non-opioid pain medication, suzetrigine (Journavx).
This session is open to all USSPG members! No or minimal prep is needed to attend this session, just bring your perspective and experience!
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Collaborative Conversations with Athena Cannon - March: Look Alike/Sound Alike Medications and the Case of Bobby Portis Jr
Join the USSPG's Chair, Athena Cannon, as we gather monthly to have collaborative conversation about an interesting topic or question within Sports Pharmacy. Discussions have a goal of fostering idea generation to apply to your sports pharmacy journey, networking with members, and an opportunity to collaborate with others who share the same goals and interests.
This month's conversation will be a discussion surrounding the suspension of Bobby Portis Jr due to mixing up Tramadol with Toradol, how this could be prevented in the future, and other prohibited medications that may be at risk of Look ALIKE/Sound ALIKE mistakes.
This session is open to all USSPG members! No or minimal prep is needed to attend this session, just bring your perspective and experience!
Registration Required through Webex.
Feel free to take a look at the below resources, if you have a chance!
1) https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nba/bucks/2025/02/20/toradol-vs-tramadol-milwaukee-bucks-bobby-portis-suspension/79311917007/
2) https://www.nba.com/bucks/news/milwaukee-bucks-forward-bobby-portis-jr-suspended-25-games
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Collaborative Conversations with Athena Cannon -February Topic: Journal Club
This month's conversation will be a journal club reviewing the the article Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Years After Cessation of Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Use published in JAMA in 2024. This session is open to all USSPG members! No or minimal prep is needed to attend this session, just bring your perspective and experience!
Feel free to take a look at the below resources, if you have a chance! 1) https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2828076
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2025 Annual Meeting
Join us on Saturday, February 1, 2025 virtually for the USSPG Annual Meeting. Attendees will get the opportunity to learn from experts in sports pharmacy, network with other members and speakers, contribute to USSPG’s mission through working groups, and leave with tools to assist them in their sports pharmacy journey. All members who join day of will be entered into a raffle for USSPG gear.
Collaborative Conversations with Athena Cannon - December Topic: Sports Pharmacy Residency and APPE Showcase
Join the USSPG's Chair, Athena Cannon, as we gather monthly to have collaborative conversation about an interesting topic or question within Sports Pharmacy. Discussions have a goal of fostering idea generation to apply to your sports pharmacy journey, networking with members, and an opportunity to collaborate with others who share the same goals and interests.
This month's conversation will be a panel of a few residencies and advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPE) with Sports Pharmacy opportunities. The format will allow for an overview of each program and a Q & A led by USSPG student leaders. Open to all USSPG students and members.
Program Descriptions:
Sports Medicine Pharmacy Elective At Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center - Combination of retail and institutional pharmacies. Includes observations in occupational therapy, physical therapy, and orthopedic surgeries of all types. Retail side is prototypical with counseling patients and preparing their pre- and post-surgical medications though we do serve the community as well. On the institutional side, it’s management of all medications used during the surgical procedures and proper inventory management along with answering clinical questions that arise in our formulary.
Baptist Health Pharmacy & Sports Wellness - The program emphasizes interdisciplinary care in sports medicine, combining pharmacological expertise with clinical wellness practices to improve patient outcomes. It includes education on lifestyle modifications, clinical lab evaluation, disease state management, orthobiologics/regenerative medicine, the use of health wearables, assessment of evidence based dietary supplements, reviewing banned substance league policies (NFL and NHL), and effective medication therapy management.
The University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy PGY1 Community-based Residency Program (Campus Health) - We are part of a larger community-based program, but at Campus Health residents learn not only in our two outpatient pharmacies, but also in various clinics, notably Sports Medicine.
No preparation needed.
USSPG Meet-Up (Midyear 2024)
You are invited to join us for breakfast in New Orleans, Louisiana at 7:30am on December 9, 2024 during the ASHP Midyear conference. It will be a great opportunity to meet members from all over the country in-person and network.
Information about the specific location to come - please fill out the following form if you are planning on joining us. For any questions, please email info@ussportspharmacy.com.
Collaborative Conversations with Athena Cannon - November Topic: Bovine Colostrum Use in Sports
Join the USSPG's Chair, Athena Cannon, as we gather monthly to have collaborative conversation about an interesting topic or question within Sports Pharmacy. Discussions have a goal of fostering idea generation to apply to your sports pharmacy journey, networking with members, and an opportunity to collaborate with others who share the same goals and interests.
This month's conversation will be a discussion on the recent uptick in interest in Bovine Colostrum. We will be discussing why it is taken, it's efficacy, anti-doping considerations, and more!
Feel free to take a look at the below resources, if you have a chance!
1) USADA Natural Products Derived from Plants and Animals: https://www.usada.org/spirit-of-sport/natural-products-derived-plants-animals/
2) Use of Bovine Colostrum in Sports and Exercise: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8225123/pdf/nutrients-13-01789.pdf
This session is open to all USSPG members! No or minimal prep is needed to attend this session, just bring your perspective and experience!
WEBINAR: Sports Pharmacy Practice
Join us for the October USSPG educational webinar presented by Ashley Anderson, RPh, Clinical Sports Pharmacist, Co-Chair of the USSPG Education Committee and founder of the International Sports Pharmacy Network! This interactive webinar aims to provide an overview of of various sports pharmacy practice models and to consider opportunities for pharmacists, at all levels of experience, to engage in sports pharmacy through sporting events.
Registration Required: This webinar is for Member-Only Access. Each member should register separately for their link to attend. Please do not share your link with others. A recording will be available after the presentation for members who register. The webinar password will be sent to all registrants the morning of the webinar.
Learning Objectives for this webinar include:
1. Discuss a few models of sports pharmacy consulting.
2. Consider opportunities to gain experience in sporting events as sports pharmacists.
This session is not yet available for CE credit.
WEBINAR: Athletes and Dietary Supplements: Overview and Risk Assessment
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.Join us for the August educational webinar presented by Jessica Beamon PharmD, Co-Chair of the USSPG Education Committee! This interactive webinar aims to provide an overview of dietary supplement use in the athlete population and what risks need to be considered to keep athletes safe.
Learning Objectives for this webinar include:
1. Summarize dietary supplements for the use of sports
2. Review the quality control of dietary supplements
3. Recognize the unique risk of using dietary supplements in athletes
4. Identify online resources to evaluate dietary supplements
This session is not yet available for CE credit.
This webinar is for Member-Only Access. Each member should register separately for their link to attend. Please do not share your link with others. A recording will be available after the presentation for members who register.
WEBINAR: Behind the Curtain of Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Use and How Pharmacists can Recognize, Educate, and Deter use
Platform: Webex (registration required)
Members Only
Join us for an interactive webinar aims to educate on anabolic androgenic steroids, dive deeper into their history and reasons why their use is widespread using literature and patient cases. Our speaker, Omar Hajmousa, PharmD, will also highlight the dangers of using them through their health risks and other factors we don't typically consider.
The learning objectives for this webinar are:
1. Describe doping, sanctions, and legal consequences.
2. List the perceived benefits and common side effects from
off-label use of anabolic androgenic steroids.
3. Recognize pharmacist opportunities to counsel on
medication safety for the athletes and anti-doping in untested
sports.
This session is not yet available for CE credit.
Please note: this webinar is Member-Only Access. Don't forget to check your email for the link to