The Law Offices of Edwin Marger - Dr. Susan Hamel's Bio

Dr. Susan Hamel

Dr. Susan Hamel is our in-house consultant on medical matters including pharmacology, pharmaceutics, nursing homes, geriatrics, and drug effects and interactions.

Curriculum Vitae

Present Position

Consultant Pharmacist, Omnicare, Medical Arts Healthcare, Conyers, GA

Education

B.S. in Biology, June 1996. Kennesaw State University, Marietta, Georgia.
Pharm.D. June 2002. Mercer Southern School of Pharmacy, Atlanta, Georgia.
CGP May 2004. Board Certification for Geriatric Pharmacy.
FACSP June 2006. Fellow of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists.

Professional Certification

Commercial Pilot, 1984
Airplane Single and Multiengine Land, 1984
Instrument Airplane, 1984
Airplane Single Engine Sea, 1983
Airframe Mechanic, 1988

License

R.Ph. Registered Pharmacist, Georgia and South Carolina (active)
U.S.C.G. Ocean Operator of Auxiliary Sail/Mechanically-propelled passenger-carrying vessels, 50 gross tons, 1979

Provisional Certifications

Secondary Science Teacher. State of Georgia, Department of Education, 1996

Employment

Research Technician, University of Alabama in Birmingham, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, the Neurosciences Program (September 1972 - August 1973) for NIH grant to R.J. Bradley and M.C. Goodall on the acetylcholine receptor mechanism.
Research Technician/Laboratory Coordinator, University of Alabama in Birmingham, Department of Biomathematics (September 1973 - May 1976) for NIH grants to H.C. Cheung and S.C. Harvey for research on conformational changes in actin and myosin.
Research Technician, University of South Alabama, Department of Biology (May 1976 - December 1976.) Assistant to D. Dean for studies on discharges and effluents of chemical companies in the area.
First Mate, the sailing vessel LORIEN, registration: Mobile, Alabama (January 1977 - March 1979.)
Captain, the sailing vessel LORIEN, registration: Sarasota, Florida (March 1979 - September 1980.)
Commercial Pilot, passenger and cargo. Delta Surety and the Law Offices of Edwin Marger (February 1984 - May 1987.)
Research Technician, Clean Lakes Diagnostic—Feasibility Study—Lake Allatoona, Kennesaw State University (June 1993 - June 1996.)
Science Teacher, Pickens High School, Pickens County Board of Education (August 1996 - June 1998.)
Pharmacy Extern, Publix #711, Canton, Georgia (5/1/2000 - June 2002.)
Assistant Pharmacy Manager, Registered Pharmacist, Publix #711 (June 2002 - April 2003.)

Awards, Honors, and Related Experiences

Outstanding Major Award (Biology) 1995 - 1996 Kennesaw State University.
Presidential Scholar-Student Assistant for Leadership in Teaching Assistant for J. Dimberger, Clean Lakes Study—Lake Allatoona, 1993, Kennesaw State College.
Organic Chemistry Student of the Year Award 1994, Kennesaw State University.
Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities Kennesaw State University, 1996.
Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science in Biology June 15, 1996.
Owner/Manager of Mountain Flight Farm, apple orchard.
Student Interview Team 1999 - 2000, 2000 - 2001 Mercer Southern School of Pharmacy.
Top Ten Chapter Finalist Award 1999 - 2000, APhA-ASP Patient Counseling Competition.
Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities Mercer Southern School of Pharmacy, 2001.
Dean's Scholarship 1998 - 1999, 2001 - 2002 Mercer Southern School of Pharmacy.
Merit Scholarship 1999 - 2000 Mercer Southern School of Pharmacy.
Knoll Pharmaceuticals Scholarship 2000 - 2001 Mercer Southern School of Pharmacy.
National Winner, Phi Delta Chi, Brotherhood Essay, 2000.
APhA-ASP Patient Counseling Competition Winner 2001 Mercer Southern School of Pharmacy.
Magna Cum Laude, Doctor of Pharmacy, May 4, 2002.

Recent Service

Kennesaw State College Ambassadors, 1995 - 1996
Jasper Lioness Club/President 1994 - 1995
Northwest Home Health Agency
Support groups for Families of Deaf & Hearing-Impaired Children and Families of Children with Special Needs
Chair/School Planning Committee/Pickens High School 1997 - 1998
Parent to Parent of Georgia
Committee for Universal Screening of Newborns
Pickens County 4-H Club
CDC Foundation (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention): Board of Visitors
CDC Foundation National Advocacy Council, 2002 to present

Professional Organizations

Golden Key National Honor Society
Tri-Beta
The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
American Pharmaceutical Association
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
APhA-ASP—Fourth Year Liaison (1999 - 2000)
Phi Delta Chi—Alumni Liaison (1999 - 2000) and COS Representative (2000 - 2001)
Phi Lambda Sigma COS Representative (2000 - 2001)
COS (Council of Students) Mercer Southern School of Pharmacy

Professional Presentations

A Proposed Synthetic Pathway for Conformationally Restricted Derivatives of Mefloquine Which May Show Promise Against Resistant Malarial Parasites, with Dr. Al Panu. Science Symposium at Kennesaw State University (May 1996.)

Distribution and Abundance of Fecal Coliform Bacteria in Lake Acworth, Georgia. Presented at NALMS 5th Annual Southeastern Lake Management Conference in Huntsville, Alabama (March 21, 1996.)

Observations on an Isolated Bloom of Nanoplankton/Picoplankton within a Large Mesotrophic-eutrophic Impoundment. North American Lake Management Society International Symposium in Orlando, Florida (November 1994.)

Measurements of Coliform Bacteria: a Comparison of Two Methods. Association of Southeastern Biologists 54th Annual Meeting in Virginia Beach, Virginia (April 1993.)