Bowmanville Clinic Pharmacy

Patty has had connections to the pharmacy profession for as long as she can remember. Her grandfather, Alex McGregor, graduated with a pharmacy degree in 1927 and six years later bought an existing pharmacy, renaming it Alex McGregor Drugs. He owned and operated the store for almost 40 years. A University of Toronto pharmacy graduate (class of 1992), Patty partnered with Marlene as co-owner of Bowmanville Clinic Pharmacy in 2012. She and her husband live in Bowmanville with their three children.

Daughter of founder Neale McLean, Marlene has always been a part of Bowmanville Clinic Pharmacy. During the summers in high school, she would help to unpack orders, stock shelves and look after customers. She was the pharmacy delivery girl for a year at the end of high school. After graduating from the University of Toronto pharmacy program in 1990, she came back to Bowmanville to work in the family business, and partially took over the business in 2012. She earned her designation as a Certified Diabetes Educator in 2013. Marlene, her husband and son are proud to call Bowmanville home.

We are very happy to introduce Ashlee Brunt and are proud to have her here as part of our work family at the Bowmanville Clinic Pharmacy as a pharmacist. Ashlee graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy in 2012 and completed her Post-Baccalaureate Doctor of Pharmacy in 2018 from the University of Toronto. She is a Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist. Ashlee works as a pharmacist in both the community and hospital settings. She is also an Assistant Professor at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto. Ashlee has a passion for mental health and has worked in the areas of forensic psychiatry, dual diagnosis, and neuropsychiatry.

My name is Carmela Harrison and I’m 21-ish years old (heavy on the -ish part). I am the self-appointed manager of the pharmacy technicians, jack-of-all-pharmacy-trades and am totally AWESOME! No joke, just ask the others!! If we count my younger years of being in pharmacy, I’ve been in the field for over 29 years – yes, I started when I was -7!! Now, don’t go doing all the math and taking the fun out of this. I’ve been with my amazing Bowmanville Clinic Pharmacy family for 21 of those years, and to my surprise Michelle and I still get along; just don’t ask me her nickname, lol! That’s me in a nutshell. I could go on, but Marlene asked for a short bio (insert eye-roll here). We at the pharmacy are happy and proud to have Carm as part of our pharmacy family. We think she’s awesome, too. Shhhh, don’t tell her that!

We are pleased as punch to introduce Heather, who graduated from the University of Toronto pharmacy program in 2005. She worked in retail and long term care before coming to the Bowmanville Clinic Pharmacy in 2016. Born and raised in Bowmanville, Heather has been a part of this community her whole life. While trying to decide what to do for a career, Heather spent a day at Clinic Pharmacy to see what “this whole pharmacy thing was all about.” She liked it so much she became a pharmacist and, luckily for us, eventually made her way here to join our pharmacy family! She loves the community feel here, and thinks the “people who work here are alright too.” There’s one person that keeps talking about how awesome she is, which she finds a bit odd, but she’s learned it’s best to just agree with her.

We are thrilled to introduce Linda, who we’ve nicknamed Lulu. Linda is a Registered Pharmacy Technician and has a Bachelor of Health Sciences from the University of Western Ontario. She specializes in Home Health Care items and supportive devices. She brings many years of pharmacy experience to the Clinic Pharmacy. Linda says that she strives to attain her co-workers level of awesomeness and says she perhaps comes in an “ish” short but will settle for “alright”. Lulu, we think you’re amazing!