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Montel Williams, an Emmy Award winner, decorated former naval officer, inspirational speaker, author, entrepreneur, multiple sclerosis patient, and advocate for patients worldwide.
. “When some people think about the pharmacist, they instantly think of that person in the white coat in the neighbourhood pharmacy, and that’s certainly one of our practice settings,” Vatanka says. “But pharmacists work in hospitals and ambulatory care clinics, research, academia and beyond.”
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