Trauma-Informed Resilience: Advancing Pharmacy Wellness
Live Webinar
October 21, 2025 | 1-2:30 PM CDT
Topic Designator: 99 – Additional Topic Areas | Credit: 1.5 contact hours
This presentation applies a trauma-informed lens to pharmacist and pharmacy technician well-being, exploring how awareness, self-care, and supportive systems can transform challenges into opportunities for resilience. Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians often experience high levels of stress, moral injury, and secondary trauma in their practice. Therefore, understanding how trauma affects both providers and patients is essential for building resilience and sustaining wellness. Following this presentation, participants will leave with practical strategies to recognize signs of trauma, mitigate burnout, and cultivate a healthier, more resilient practice environment.
Please note that the webinar capacity is 1,000 participants; registration does not guarantee entry. Those who are unable to join the meeting may purchase the webinar recording that will be posted online when it becomes available.
Presenter
Helen Sairany, PharmD, MBA, BCACP
Executive Vice President, Georgia Academy of Family Physicians
Dr Helen Sairany has a wealth of unique skills and experiences. With over 15 years in education, administrative management, leadership, and accreditation systems, she has worked both nationally and internationally as a trauma-informed educator and health care provider. Her career highlights include serving as the director of content development and business partnerships at the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), executive vice president of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians, state executive and CEO of the Florida Pharmacy Association, director of quality assurance at the University of Duhok College of Pharmacy, and as a field provider for Doctors Without Borders in Iraq and Western Syria.
She has received numerous accolades, including being recognized by The Pharmacy Times as a “Next Generation Pharmacist” for her efforts in combating opioid abuse and promoting trauma-informed care through pharmacist-patient services.
Dr Sairany’s work extends beyond the pharmacy profession into education, discrimination, trauma, addiction, and leadership development. Dr Sairany is an accomplished author, has provided care to displaced children in combat zones, and currently serves as a faculty advisor for the All Women Blogger’s Club. She has addressed national and international audiences on various topics, including psychological, racial, and developmental trauma, addiction, and the importance of diversity and belonging. Through her advocacy and storytelling, Dr Sairany continues to inspire and educate others on the profound impacts of trauma and the pathways to healing.
Dr Sairany earned a bachelor of arts from Agnes Scott College, an MBA from the University of Maryland, and a doctor of pharmacy from Northeastern University.