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ALumni
Where Are They Now?
For the past 100 years, the School of
Pharmacy has been responsible for graduating more than 4,000 pharmacists and scientists who have chosen a variety of career paths – from inventor and small business owner to informatics pharmacist to Medicaid consultant and medical liaison. In the following pages, you’ll discover the paths that some alumni have traveled.
Judy LauerSeidmeyer
Personal battle proves to be the mother of invention
After a 30-year career in pharmacy, including academia and business developing computers for retail pharmacy, most start thinking of retirement. Not Judy Lauer Seidmeyer, a 1973 pharmacy graduate. Instead, she co-founded Care Giver Support Products, LLC with her husband and a friend – manufacturing and providing portable showers for the elderly and disabled. Judy’s foray into the world of inventor and small business owner came when her sister developed an aggressive form of cancer, which left her unable to use traditional bathing facilities. “I took an early retirement from IBM and became her full-time care giver. During my time taking care of my sister, I discovered that daily care was a major
challenge and bathing alternatives offered to seniors and the disabled were woefully inadequate,” says Judy. So in 2003, the three embarked on building a better bathing alternative. They designed and patented a completely selfcontained shower – FAWSsit (Fold Away Wheelchair showers you sit in) – which can be used by anyone in a wheelchair. “It can be set up anywhere there’s access to a sink for a source of water and drain, and an electric outlet to run the waste water removal pump,” says Judy. They started with a standard model then received requests for larger units to Left to right: Judy Lauer with her sister, Kathy Aust accommodate the needs of larger individuals, including the morbidly obese, and Administration and other hospitals across the even those who are severely disabled who require country, to provide a safe, effective and dignified either a tilt-back wheelchair or even a gurney. bathing alternative for seniors and individuals with disabilities. This award-winning company works with many of the major rehabilitation centers including Craig Hospital in Denver, as well as the Veterans
After graduating from the School of Pharmacy in 1973, Judy worked for Kaiser and National Jewish Hospital. Then, she took a faculty position with the School of Pharmacy working in the Apothecary at Wardenburg Student Health Center, where she discovered a need for better tools to keep track of patient information. Out of necessity, she began investigating the potential use of computers in pharmacy, which were almost non-existent at that time. Her research led her to write “Computers for Pharmacy: A Guide To Their Selection and Use in Retail Pharmacy,” published by the American Pharmaceutical Association. After Wardenburg, Judy went to work for IBM helping to design, develop and sell computers for healthcare until she retired and developed FAWSsit. For more information about her company, Care Give Support Products, LLC, visit www.fawssit.com or call 877-FAWSsit (329-7748).
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