LEWISTON – Kevin Forbush, Pharm.D., has been named the 2008 Distinguished Young Pharmacist of the Year in Maine. The award was conferred at the recent meeting of the Maine Pharmacy Association.

Forbush, of Portland, is employed at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 2006 with a doctor of pharmacy degree.

The Distinguished Young Pharmacist of the Year award is presented annually to a pharmacist in each state for individual excellence and outstanding contributions in state pharmacy association activities, community affairs and in professional practice.