September 13, 2010

What You MUST Know About Your Thyroid Jim Paoletti, RPh, FAARFM is Director of Provider Education for ZRT Laboratory, Beaverton, Oregon. Jim has over 25 years experience with bio-identical hormone therapies in clinical practice in retail pharmacy, as a pharmacy consultant, educator, and educational program developer. Jim was instrumental in developing a compounding laboratory at the Medicine Shoppe, Beavercreek, Ohio. As the Vice President/Director of Continuing Education for Professional Compounding Centers of America, Inc. (PCCA), Jim developed and implemented Continuing Education programs for doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. He also consulted with compounding pharmacists located throughout the United States, in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, helping them to solve patients' unique medication problems. Jim has lectured extensively and internationally on all aspects of BHRT, including dosage forms and guidelines, testing and monitoring effectiveness, lifestyle and nutritional influences on BHRT outcomes, adrenal and thyroid hormones, and patient consultation. Jim has published numerous articles on different aspects of BHRT in International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding and in American Druggist, and served as review editor for the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists' publication, Contemporary Compounder.