Bill, also a Certified Clinical Nutritionist (CCN), obtained his post graduate degree from the Clinical Nutrition Board and is recertified every 5 years by the American Association of Clinical Nutritionists. He provides private consultations to patients to help promote optimal health and to prevent nutrition related diseases.
Bill also received extensive training in compounding prescriptions from PCCA (Professional Compounding Centers of America.) He also completed Anti-Aging courses from the American College of Advancement in Longevity Medicine.
Bill’s knowledge and expertise in compounding and nutrition has made him become a very well known speaker throughout the Northeastern United States and his community as well. He lectures to many health service organizations regarding all aspects of compounding customized medications including Bio Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy. Bill also was a speaker at the Food and Health Expo in Philadelphia sponsored by the Centers for Advancement in Cancer Education. He also appeared on WBRE 28 (NBC) news “Health Beat” segment which featured discussions about Natural Hormones and Vitamins. This segment was televised nationally throughout the country.
Bill also appeared on the “New Yorkers” television show in New York City. He was a featured guest who spoke about “Natural Therapies”, and “The Use of Nutritional Supplements to Help Slow the Aging Process”. He has also been featured on the local TV show “Your Life as a “Natural Pharmacist” and has also been a guest host for the show. His topics on the show have included Nutrition, Vitamins, Compounding Medications, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Natural Therapies for Downs Syndrome and Autism etc. Bill was also selected from over 3,000 pharmacists to be PCCA’s (Professional Compounding Centers of America) pharmacist of the month. He was selected for this honor based on his dedication to quality standards in pharmacy compounding and for his constant commitment to his community and his patients.
Bill is very active in his community as well. He is past chairman of the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce and presently serves on the Board of Directors and is chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Downtown Committee. He is also past president of the American Cancer Society Hazleton Unit. He has also served his community in the past as a board member of the American Red Cross, Hazleton Rotary Club, Hazleton General Hospital, Hazleton Healthcare Foundation and the United Way. He currently serves on the Byorski Memorial Board and the Hazleton General Hospital Professional Affairs Committee.
His professional memberships include Luzerne County Pharmacists Association, Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association, American Homeopathic Pharmaceutical Association, American Society of Natural Products, PCCA (Professional Compounding Centers of America), IACP (International Association of Compounding Pharmacists), International American College of Advancement in Medicine, Center for Advancement in Cancer Education, National Association of Hospital Pharmacists, International College of Integrative Medicine, and International and American Association of Clinical Nutritionists.
He resides in the Hazleton area with his wife, Marylynne, and their three children, Billy, Evan and Zander.
Bill Spear, B.S. R.Ph., CCN obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy in 1984 from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science which is now the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.
