My guest today is Dr. Frank North.  He’s the current President of the National Pharmaceutical Association, a pharmacy school professor, a lifelong learner and PhD Candidate, and an entrepreneur.  We’ve known one another as pharmacist entrepreneurs through the Medipreneurs organization for years, and I am pleased to share our interview with you today! 

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Bio - Sept 2023

Dr. Frank North, Pharm.D., M.P.A., DPLA, DASPL, is an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy at Texas A&M University and President of the National Pharmaceutical Association (NPhA). As a Texas and DC licensed registered pharmacist, he serves in the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) House of Delegates, as a member of American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists (ASHP), American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) and Texas Pharmacy Association (TPA). He is a life member of NPhA, Phi Delta Chi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

Dr. North earned the bachelor’s degree in biology, Doctor of Pharmacy degree and Master of Public Administration from Texas Southern University, Certificate of Business Entrepreneurship from California State University - San Bernardino and is currently a candidate for the Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Higher Education at Jackson State University.

He is a 2022 Houston’s Business Journal 40 Under 40 Honoree, an inaugural recipient of the 2023 Texas Black Expo “Outstanding Educator” Award, the 2022 Texas Pharmacy Association Distinguished Service Award, and Texas A&M University Health Science Center 2021 Interprofessional Education Teaching Leadership Award, and Outstanding Fraternity Advisor by the TAMU Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life. 

Highlights from our conversation

Frank lives in Houston, Texas.  I live in Ohio, but I turned 21 in Houston, TX (Sugarland area) when was in town for a PCCA Compounding Clinic during a pharmacy school summer break.

This interview has 4 parts.  

Part 1:  We talk about NPhA and SNPhA

Part 2:  We talk about how Frank uses his voice as an educator.

Part 3:  Frank is an advocate for lifelong learning, and he reveals why.

Part 4.  Frank North and Associates, LLC and his connection to Medipreneurs