Pharmacieplus de la Tête Noire, Michel et Sophie Buchmann, pharmaciens

Michel Buchmann

Dr. Pharm Community Pharmacist
Deputy Grand Conseil, Canton de Fribourg, Switzerland
FIP Vice-President

Personal information:

• Date of birth: 09.12.1946
• Marital status: Married to Josianne, born Cornu
• Children: Sophie, born 13.03.1974 (pharmacist since November 1999), Xavier, born 14.05.1977 [diplômé HES de l'Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (2002) et titulaire du brevet fédéral de direction hopitalière (2007)]
• Native language: French
• Other languages: Speaks English and German

Education:

• Secondary school: Collège St-Charles, Romont 1958-1962
• Grammar School: Collège St-Michel, Fribourg 1962-1966
• University: Ecole de Pharmacie, Lausanne 1966-1971

Diplomas - school:

• Diplôme fédéral de pharmacien 1972
• Certificat d'études supérieures in Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Lausanne 1974
• Ph.D degree, 1977 University of Lausanne with the acknowledgement of the jury
• Certificat de spécialisation en Pharmacie d'Officine (Community Pharmacy Practice) 1993
• Diplôme de Spécialiste FPH en pharmacie d'officine 2002
• Certificat de formation complémentaire FPH en assistance pharmaceutique d'établissements médico-sociaux 2002
• Certificat de formation complémentaire FPH de pharmacien-consultant pour la prescription ambulatoire 2006

Awards:

• Prix d'Ecole 1973 for the excellent results obtained at the final exams in Pharmacy
• Prix d'honneur for the development of pharmacie d'officine (Community Pharmacy Practice) 1993
• Fellow of the Swiss Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2007

Political Activities:

• Deputy, Grand Conseil in the canton of Fribourg since 1996. Reelected in 2001 and 2006
• Member of the parliamentary commission for the new health system law 1999

Professional Activities:

On the international level within Féderation International Pharmaceutique FIP:

• Member of the organising committee for the FIP Congress in Montreux 1983
• Member (Vice-President) of the Executive Committee of the Community Pharmacy Section 1987 - 2000
• President of the Community Pharmacy Section 1996 - 1999
• Member of the Board of Pharmacy Practice 1994 - 1999
• Member of the Council of FIP 1996-1999
• FIP Vice-President 2000 -
• Member of the Pharmacists' European Forum Alliance-Boots 2003-
• Vice Chairman of the Swiss Host Committee FIP Congress BASEL 2008

At national level:

• University of Lausanne:
  - Premier-Assistant (Instructor) 1977-1979
  - Agrégé de Faculté (Assistant Professor) 1979-1992
• Proprietor Pharmacist, Tête Noire pharmacy, Romont 1978 -
• Consultant pharmacist at the Nursing Home Siviriez et Cottens, 1991-
• Consultant pharmacist for the project: "Quality Circles for optimisation of Medical Prescriptions, Fribourg, 1996 -
• Member of the Board of the Pharmaceutical Society of the canton Fribourg, 1981 - 1988
• Member of the Board of the Swiss Pharmaceutical Society, 1988 - 1996
• Delegate representing the canton Fribourg in the Swiss Pharmaceutical Society 1996 -
• Chairman of a working group for continuing education for Swiss pharmacists 1982 - 1994
• Chairman for a working group for post-graduate education for Swiss community pharmacists 1989 - 1996
• Member of the federal expert commission on reform in the pharmaceutical education 1995 - 1997
• Member of the federal expert commission on federal law on post-graduate education of the medical professions 1995 - 1997
• President of the Swiss pharmaceutical Commission for continuing and post-graduate education 1999 -

Non-pharmaceutical Activities:

• President of the Swiss Glass Window Museum, Romont 1978-1994
• Travelling and photography are my hobbies