Published: Jan. 27, 2022, 10 a.m.
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Dr. DeLon Canterbury recounts how early setbacks motivated him to start a business in the middle of a pandemic and how his personal \\u2018why\\u2019 shaped the work he is doing to help solve the problem of mismanaged medications in the senior population.
Key Points From This Episode
- How DeLon\'s love of medicine was inspired by his mother\'s expertise in herbology.
- What moved him to get his Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacy degree.
- The recognizable dark road that almost led him out of the profession.\\xa0
- How the experience of not getting into residency turned out to be a blessing in disguise.\\xa0
- How DeLon\'s involvement with community helped him learn to lead by service.\\xa0
- The pivot point that reinvigorated his passion for pharmacy.\\xa0
- The power of patient advocacy and teaching patients to advocate for themselves.\\xa0
- About his work with a local nonprofit for older patients and what services they provide.
- Hear about the care GeriatRx provides, from advocacy to deprescribing methods.
- DeLon\'s moving story of his \'Why\' and becoming the voice for caregivers and patients.
- Some of the groups he works with and their incredible service to underserved people.\\xa0
- A story of being an expert medical witness and the ugly part of families and elderly care.\\xa0
- Getting into the finances; how he got the capital to create this business.\\xa0
- Learning to articulate his value when he was starting out.\\xa0
- DeLon shares some great entrepreneurship advice for his fellow pharmacists out there.
Links Mentioned in Today\\u2019s Episode
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