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Ramsell Founder Recognized by American Pharmacists Association Foundation for Commitment to Enhancing Health Care Quality
Oakland, Calif., June 17, 2009 – Ramsell Holding Corporation founder Sylester Flowers received the Pinnacle Award from the American Pharmacists Association Foundation yesterday at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Flowers was recognized for his leadership in enhancing health care quality over the course of his 45-year career by the Foundation's Quality Center.
Sylvester Flowers | "Sylester Flowers is an exceptional man and his career provides a tremendous example to corporate executives on how to grow and run a successful business while giving back to the community," said William Ellis, Executive Director & CEO of the American Pharmacists Association Foundation. "He is very deserving of the APhA Foundation's Pinnacle Award and he follows in a long line of past recipients who have provided much needed leadership to our health care system." |
Flowers has been committed to providing care to the underserved and medically indigent, not only as a pharmacist, but also as a business leader. He was selected for the award based on his personal and professional commitment to improving the well-being of individuals and his leadership in implementing improvements in medication use and adherence.
"It is an honor to be a named a recipient of this prestigious award," said Flowers. "I have devoted my personal and professional life to helping the most fragile amongst us and have focused on improving the delivery of care and medication to the medically indigent."
In 1964, Flowers opened his first retail pharmacy, The Apothecary, in Oakland which grew into a chain of pharmacies primarily serving inner-city communities. Three years later, Flowers established Ramsell Corporation as a holding company for his successful pharmacies. Today, Ramsell is the parent company to four healthcare-related businesses and a non-profit organization focused on improving the lives of the medically indigent.
From 1971 until 1982, Flowers also served as Pharmacy Director for the San Francisco County Mental Health Department's methadone treatment program. There, in addition to making methadone solutions for patients struggling with opiate addiction, Flowers kept patient records and performed laboratory tests. He also developed and managed the first outpatient prescription plan for the department. In addition, Flowers served as an educator and was an adjunct professor of pharmacy at the University of Pacific in Stockton, California, and an assistant clinical professor of pharmacy at the University of California School of Pharmacy in San Francisco.
About Ramsell Holding Corporation
Ramsell Holding Corporation is the parent company to four healthcare-related businesses: Ramsell, Ramsell Pharmacy Solutions, Ramsell Information Technologies, and Ramsell International. The Ramsell family of companies are committed to serving the underserved and improving the lives of the most fragile among us. Ramsell Holding Corporation provides all of the infrastructure and costs to operate the Flowers Heritage Foundation, a non-profit 501(C)(3) organization dedicated to improving and saving the lives of the medically indigent population, so that 100% of all donations go to assisting the underserved.