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Marcel Laporte, director of pharmacy

Marcel Laporte,

director of pharmacy

With over 17 years of experience as a licensed pharmacist and certification in CAMH, injections and QUIT, Marcel is prepared to meet all your pharmacy needs, including consultations in both French and English. Educated at the University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba, Marcel has worked in pharmacies all across Ontario and has been most recently located in Sarnia Lambton for the past 13 years. Marcel is the youngest of 6 children. He is married to his talented wife Jody, and together they have 3 children; Kaleb, Ava and Luke, with whom he enjoys many outdoor activities in the woods surrounding their country home. Marcel is also fond of the summer weeks he is able to spend with his family at their cottage in Tobermory. Marcel believes he has found his niche in the tight knit small community pharmacy setting and seeks to provide warm, personalized care to all his patients.

Scott Gormley, managing pharmacist

Scott Gormley,

managing pharmacist

Scott graduated from the University of Toronto in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. He has worked at BMC Chatham since it opened in 2010. Scott has a special interest in the fields of addiction and diabetes. He really enjoys working at a smaller pharmacy where he can get to know all of his patients and work closely with them to achieve their goals. When Scott isn’t at work you can usually find him at his farm in Wallaceburg or at a local golf course.

Dana Bernardi, managing pharmacist

Dana Bernardi,

staff pharmacist

Dana graduated from the University of Toronto in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. She has worked as a pharmacist in Chatham for twenty-four years, and has worked at BMC Chatham since it opened in April of 2010. She lives in Chatham with her husband, two children and dog.

She has always enjoyed the “people part” of being a community pharmacist. She enjoys patient care and developing a personal rapport with her patients.

Darryl Wallis, managing pharmacist

Darryl Wallis,

staff pharmacist

Darryl was born and raised in Sarnia and has been working in pharmacy since the time he was 15 years old. He started as a pharmacy assistant in a retail setting in Sarnia, and continued to spend time in retail pharmacy until his university admission. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy in 2011. In the summers, he returned to Sarnia to work in the hospital pharmacy at Bluewater Health. He also had university placements at Princess Margaret and Mount Sinai hospitals in Toronto, where his focus was on infectious disease and leukemia/bone marrow transplantation.

Upon graduation, he returned to Sarnia, where he has been for the past 12 years, working as a retail pharmacist and in Long Term Care. He still lives in Sarnia with his wife, 13 year old daughter and 6 year old son. His interests outside of pharmacy include camping, cycling, obstacle course races and photography.

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