The National President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Grant Kardachi, has been honoured by being awarded Honorary Life Membership of Asthma Foundation SA.

This category of membership is awarded to those individuals who, under the Asthma SA Constitution, “have rendered specially valuable services to the Foundation”.

Asthma Foundation SA said the Board of Directors was pleased to confer Honorary Life Membership upon a most deserving Grant Kardachi in recognition of his contribution over the past 14 years to Asthma SA’s Medical and Scientific Committee (MASAC).

“Grant has been an active member of the MASAC since 2001,” the Board said in a statement.

“The MASAC provides advice to the Board on medical issues that are of relevance to people with asthma and to their carers and families.

“The MASAC also oversees and provides clinical sign-off of all written medical documentation that is produced by Asthma SA.”

The Asthma Foundation SA said Mr Kardachi had provided a unique and vitally important perspective to the advice that Asthma SA’s MASAC provided to the Board.

“Grant’s contribution, as Chair of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, complements the contributions from our respiratory scientists and general practitioners,” the statement said.

Mr Kardachi said he was honoured at receiving the award.

“The Asthma Foundation SA does extremely valuable work for the community and I have been pleased to be associated with it over many years,” Mr Kardachi said.

“Working with the Medical and Scientific Committee has given me the opportunity to present the skills and perspectives of a community pharmacist to this group.

“Community pharmacists are at the frontline of asthma management and so I believe our expertise is invaluable to organisations such as Asthma Foundation SA.”

 

 

24 Nov 2014