Title: Owner, Chief Executive Officer, Professional Affairs

Company: United Pharmacy

Location: Berkeley, Calif.

Honing in on 41 years of pharmaceuticals, Dr. Pam Gumbs continues in her 11^th year of entrepreneurship. As owner and chief executive officer of United Pharmacy, she provides pharmaceutical products and medical equipment to suppliers, while also providing consulting on various health care administration matters.

Dr. Gumbs’ expertise is in prescribing medicines for patients with asthma and respiratory disorders, communicating, conducting drug examinations and disease state management programs. Since pursing the career, she has earned Outstanding Intellectual of the 21st Century Award. Dr. Gumbs also received a Residency in Pharmacy from the San Francisco Geriatric Institute, a Doctor of Pharmacy from University of California, San Francisco, and Certification in Hospitality Administration.

Dr. Gumbs also does consulting services on healthcare. When she’s not working, she’s keeping abreast of the profession through her memberships with the California Pharmacists Association, Christian Pharmacists Fellowship International, and The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists. During her free-time, Dr. Gumbs is supporting the local homeless shelters.

“When I first graduated from UCSF School of Pharmacy I found myself with the responsibility of teaching an Over-The-Counter Drug Class to First Year Pharmacy Students which is their first encounter with pharmacology and the clinical assessment of the Patient. When the students inquired as to my opinion about the Field of Pharmacy. I likened it to the term ‘Cutless Surgery’ For WHOM does the consumer / patient come to regarding the correction of a physical or physiological occurrence but the Pharmacist who through her knowledge of clinical pharmacy can offer the proper medication to correct these things without entering the Amazing Human Body. My zeal of that course has been shown to me by my former students who often pop up at different Pharmacy Conventions to let me know this. So when a Director of a Hospital Pharmacy tapped me upon the shoulder to say Hello and a thank you to her former OTC Teacher for that motivation to educate the world around us in such a way to provide the ULTIMATE HEALTH CARE POSSIBLE.”