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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The National Community Pharmacists Association is pleased to announce that Richard “Tripp” Logan, of L&S Pharmacy in Charleston, Mo., is the winner of the 2024 NCPA Willard B. Simmons Independent Pharmacist of the Year Award. The award, which is sponsored this year by KeySource, was presented as part of NCPA’s Annual Convention, being held Oct. 26-29 in Columbus, Ohio.
The annual award is given to a pharmacist who exhibits exemplary professional leadership, service to community, and commitment to independent pharmacy. It is named in honor of Willard B. Simmons, a former executive secretary of NCPA (then known as the National Association of Retail Druggists) and a longtime trustee of the NCPA Foundation.
Tripp received his PharmD from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy in 2002. After graduation, he returned to his native Charleston to practice pharmacy with his father, Richard. The Logan family currently owns and operates community pharmacies in Southeast Missouri, as well as SEMO Rx Care Coordination, an outcomes-based care coordination and medication optimization center. SEMO Rx Pharmacies and the SEMO Rx Care Coordination Center each maintain a strong local focus on patient care, care coordination, health equity, social determinants of health, and positive health outcomes.
For over 20 years, Tripp has been consistently looking for ways to innovate, improve pharmacy practice transformation, and advance independent pharmacy practice in Missouri and across the United States. In addition to practicing at L&S Pharmacy, Tripp has served in measure development leadership at the Pharmacy Quality Alliance. He is a member of the NCPA Innovation Center Board, a member of the Community Pharmacy Foundation Board, a member of the CPESN® Luminary Expert Council, a CPESN Health Equity Lead Luminary, and a founding member and current chief operation officer of Seguridad, Inc. He was also awarded the NCPA Outstanding Adherence Practitioner Award in 2012 and the Missouri Pharmacy Association’s Excellence in Innovation Award in 2019.
