Preceptors and Residents

Residents

• Christian Suyat, PharmD
• Madeleine Trail, PharmD
• Samantha Rauch, PharmD
• Mallory Yan, PharmD

Preceptors

Jeff Anderson, PharmD, MS, BCPS, FACHE
Director of Pharmacy
Areas of Interest: Leadership, strategic planning, health policy, medication safety, human resource development, healthcare finance, drug diversion prevention and 340B optimization
Preceptor for Administration Rotation

Education/degrees:

• BS Pharmacy - University of Florida, Gainesville, FL;
• MS - George Washington University, Washington, DC;
• PharmD - Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA

Katie Blomquist, PharmD, BCCCP
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Anticoagulation and reversal, fibrinolytics, acute arrythmia management, vasopressors, ACLS and RSI
Preceptor for CVICU

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Banner University Medical Center Tucson
• PGY2 Critical Care, Banner University Medical Center Tucson

Audrey Etsitty, PharmD, BCCCP
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of interest: anticoagulation, sedation and analgesia, antimicrobial stewardship, process improvement and medication safety
Preceptor for Medical ICU

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Banner Desert Medical Center
• PGY2 Critical Care, University of California San Diego Health

Kevin Carrasco, PharmD, MPH
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Emergency Medicine
Preceptor for Emergency Medicine

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, Touro University
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Southern Arizona VA Health System

Lanae Fox, PharmD, BCPS
Residency Program Director
Preceptor for orientation, longitudinal staffing and administration rotations

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Casper, WY

Sophia Gollway, PharmD, BCACP
Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist
Areas of Interest: Diabetes, nutrition, immunizations
Preceptor for Ambulatory Care

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, Midwestern University College of Pharmacy - Glendale

Sarah Hostert, PharmD, BCPS
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest:  Diabetes, Medication safety and anticoagulation
Preceptor for Internal Medicine

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, Midwestern University College of Pharmacy - Glendale
• PGY 1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, HonorHealth Medical Center John C. Lincoln

Emir Kobic, PharmD, BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Antimicrobial Stewardship, Gram negative resistance, PK/PD and rapid diagnostics
Preceptor for Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, Idaho State University College of Pharmacy
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, North Memorial Medical Center
• PGY2 Infectious Diseases Specialty Residency, University of Minnesota Medical Center

Grace Korkames, PharmD, BCCCP
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of interest: Shock syndromes, pharmacokinetics / pharmacodynamics in the critically ill, anticoagulation, resident development, and mentorship
Preceptor for Medical Intensive Care Unit

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, Midwestern University College of Pharmacy - Glendale
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Nebraska Medicine
• PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency, Nebraska Medicine

Bryan Kuhn, PharmD, DABAT
Clinical Education – Poison Control and Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Emergency Medicine, Toxicology
Preceptor for Poison Control/Toxicology

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, Midwestern University, Illinois
• Certified Specialist in Poison Information
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Broward General Medical Center
• PGY2 Emergency Medicine, Detroit Medical Center

Richard “Woody” Lincoln, PharmD, BCTXP
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of interest: Heart transplant, immunology, rejection, transplant desensitization, opportunist infections, advanced heart failure and mechanical circulator support
Preceptor for Advanced Heart Failure, MCS and Cardiac Transplant

Education/Degrees

• PharmD, University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
• PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant Residency, Houston Methodist Hospital

KJ Lum-Nihe, PharmD
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Preceptor for Abdominal Transplant

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, Midweatern University College of Pharmacy – Glendale, AZ
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Banner University Medical Center – Phoenix, AZ

Justin Lindsay, PharmD, BCOP
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of interest: lung cancer, leukemia, oncologic emergencies, oral oncolytics, anticoagulation and infectious disease
Preceptor for Oncology

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, Midwestern University College of Pharmacy – Glendale

Margot Mercer, PharmD
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: transplant infectious disease, kidney and liver transplant, immunology, induction and rejection management, optimizing transitions of care
Preceptor for Abdominal Transplant

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, University of Pittsburgh
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital
• PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant, University of California- San Diego

Leah Nyberg, PharmD, BCPS
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: transitions of care, heart failure, 340B and medication access
Preceptor for Internal Medicine

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, University of Kansas
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Ascension Via Christi
• PGY2 Internal Medicine, University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy

Ami Patel, PharmD
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of interest: advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, general cardiology and anticoagulation
Preceptor for Advanced Heart Failure/MCS/Heart Transplant

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, University of Pittsburgh
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of Maryland Medical Center
• PGY2 Cardiology, University of Maryland Medical Center

Walter Phelps, PharmD, BCOP
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Leukemias, Lymphomas, Targeted therapies and Oncologic emergencies
Preceptor for Oncology

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, University of Kansas
• PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Sanford USD Medical Center

Genesis Sezate, PharmD, BCPS
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Leukemias, lymphomas, palliative care and pain management
Preceptor for Oncology

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, University of Iowa
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Banner Baywood Medical Center

Michelle Ting, PharmD, BCIDP
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Antimicrobial stewardship, gram-negative resistance and infections in immunocompromised hosts
Preceptor for Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
• PGY2 Infectious Diseases, Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Nate Verlinden, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Anticoagulation, pulmonary hypertension, heart failure, general cardiology, transitions of care
Preceptor for Internal Medicine

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of Toledo Medical Center
• PGY2 Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Laura Wicks, PharmD, BCPS
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Liver and kidney transplant immunosuppression, drug interactions with tacrolimus and marijuana, transplant infectious disease and transplant pharmacist directed quality improvement
Preceptor for Solid Organ Transplant

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix

Melanie Yerondopoulos, PharmD, BCCCP
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: nutrition support, traumatic brain injury, massive transfusion, anticoagulation and reversal, sedation and pain management and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Preceptor for Trauma/Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Froedtert Hospital

Delia Ziadat, PharmD, BCPS
Medication Safety and Utilization Coordinator
Areas of Interest: medication safety and high-risk medication utilization
Preceptor for Medication Safety

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, Midwestern University, College of Pharmacy – Glendale
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix