Toraño receives the 2025 Frederick W. Mullin Endowed Pharmacy Scholarship

The Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists Research & Education Foundation (TSHP R&E Foundation) is proud to announce the recipient of the 2025 Frederick W. Mullin Endowed Pharmacy Scholarship is Michael Toraño.

The Frederick W. Mullin Endowed Pharmacy Scholarship Fund was established in 2024 by Frederick W. Mullin. Throughout his 31 years of service to the TSHP Research & Education Foundation, Fred remained steadfast in his commitment to advancing healthcare through the support of pharmacy research, education, and continuous professional development. His passion for these causes not only enriched the Foundation but has also left an indelible mark on the broader healthcare community.

Michael Toraño received his Bachelor of Science in Genetics from Texas A&M University, Master of Business Administration from Quantic School of Business and Technology, and Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. He is currently a PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership resident at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, part of CommonSpirit Health. Upon graduation, Michael will stay on with CommonSpirit as the Region Manager of Pharmacy Reimbursement for Colorado, Kansas, and Utah, where he will collaborate with enterprise leaders to optimize pharmacy reimbursement and resources across 20 hospitals and over 200 care sites. As part of this role, he will continue to work across the pharmacy enterprise to support reimbursement initiatives, including in Texas, where he maintains licensure and various connections to practice. In his free time, Michael enjoys reading, listening to music, and spending time with his friends, family, and two dogs.

This honor was presented April 4 during the 2025 Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacy (TSHP) Annual Seminar at the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas in Irving, TX. TSHP’s Annual Seminar is the largest educational and networking meeting of student pharmacists, career pharmacists, new practitioners, technicians, and industry professionals in Texas. With a focus on quality patient care and medication safety, registrants may select from many educational and networking activities, including dozens of hours of live programming each year and events catered to students as well as. TSHP Annual Seminar programs are designed to maintain and enhance the knowledge, skills, and abilities of pharmacy professionals in health-systems across Texas.

Testimonials from past scholarship recipients have gone on record noting how crucial TSHP's financial assistance has been to them. Read what several past scholarship winners had to say at https://tshp.org/scholartestimony.

For more information on scholarships, visit https://tshp.org/scholarships. Bookmark the link & return this fall to apply for next year's scholarships.

About the TSHP R&E Foundation
The TSHP Research & Education (R&E) Foundation has been supporting our pharmacy community in Texas since 1977, reminding us of our shared strength in helping one another. Scholarships of $500 to $1,500 are awarded to undergraduate and graduate students based on financial need, academic ability and career interest. The R&E Foundation also offers the CAB Bond Memorial Research Grant, which assists researchers in pursuing original research and worthwhile projects that result in improving health outcomes for Texans.

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About TSHP
The Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacy includes current pharmacists, student pharmacists, industry associates and other classifications. The organization began in 1949 when its first annual seminar for hospital pharmacists was held at The University of Texas College of Pharmacy in Austin. Twenty-five founding members came together to form what has become one of the leading health-system pharmacy societies in the country with a dynamic professional membership association which serves Texas health-system pharmacy professionals dedicated to the mission, vision, core values, philosophy, soul, spirit, and motto of TSHP.

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For more information, visit https://tshp.org.