Pharmacy Postgraduate Residencies

Overview

The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy offers four Pharmacy Postgraduate Year 2 (PGY2) Residency Programs:

These programs are designed to further refine skills obtained during a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice residency and contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in advanced or specialized practice. The goal of the residency program is to produce a practitioner with the ability to deliver pharmaceutical care to a diverse patient population and to provide residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care that improves medication therapy.

Residents who successfully complete the program should possess competencies that qualify them for clinical pharmacist and/or faculty positions and position them to be eligible for attainment of board certification in that practice area (when board certification for the practice area exists). Resident activities will include participating as a member of a multidisciplinary team in a variety of patient care settings and completing a longitudinal research project. The resident will participate in the didactic and experiential education of PharmD students and will complete a Teaching and Learning Curriculum Program.

Preceptors

Meet the preceptors who, in participation with the Department of Pharmacy Practice, will help guide you through your postgraduate work.

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PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency Learning Experience

A state-of-the-art 30-bed intensive care unit at Cooper University Hospital is the practice site for this learning experience. The resident will round with one of two multidisciplinary teams caring for medical, surgical, neurologic and cardiothoracic patients. The resident is responsible for working collaboratively with critical care nurses, physician residents, critical care fellows and ICU attending physicians to identify, prevent and resolve medication therapy issues for patients with a wide variety of disease states. Common disease states and topics covered in this learning experience include hemodynamics and shock, critical care infectious diseases, sepsis, respiratory failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, nutrition and stroke, among many others.
The Trauma Intensive Care Unit (TICU) is a 28 bed unit at Cooper University Hospital, a Level I Southern New Jersey Regional Trauma Center. The multidisciplinary team consists of an attending trauma surgeon, a fellow (critical care or surgery), residents (emergency medicine or surgery), medical students, a clinical pharmacy specialist, pharmacy students, a respiratory therapist, nursing staff and nursing students. The resident will attend ICU rounds on a daily basis and function as an active member of the multidisciplinary team. The resident will design, monitor and evaluate evidence-based patient-specific therapies for patients with conditions such as traumatic brain injury, aortic aneurysms, spinal cord injuries, pulmonary contusions and closed and open fractures.
The resident will provide pharmaceutical care to cardiac ICU patients with acute coronary syndrome, acute heart failure, hypertensive emergency/urgency, ventricular arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation and infections. Therapy with antiplatelets, anticoagulants, antihypertensives, antiarrhythmics and anti-infectives is emphasized. The resident actively participates in multidisciplinary rounds and transitions of care planning.
The Nutrition Support experience will allow the resident to collaborate with multidisciplinary practitioners to optimize nutrition support therapy for critically ill patients. In collaboration with other health professionals, residents will manage enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition. Residents will perform initial nutrition support consultations, recommend therapeutic goals, develop patient-specific nutritional regimens including type of support, route, formulation and provide follow-up to optimize the patients’ nutritional care. Additionally, the resident will participate in the management of fluids and electrolytes, acid/base disturbances, hyperglycemia and complications associated with nutrition support therapy.
This residency is designed to prepare trainees to be critical care clinical specialists/academicians. Beyond the research project that is completed longitudinally, the resident will be involved with another scholarly endeavor such as writing a review article or case report during this experience. The resident will contribute to critical care education through teaching in a Critical Care Therapeutics elective course and serving as a facilitator for interprofessional education/simulation activities. The resident will demonstrate skills required to function in an academic setting during this experience.

PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency Learning Experience

The core residency rotations are offered at Cooper University Hospital. Camden is a diverse, urban area and CUH sees a wide variety of disease states and patient populations. There are two antimicrobial stewardship pharmacists in the pharmacy department who work closely with the ID division and the pharmacy department. In addition to daily stewardship activities, they develop hospital protocols, order sets, provide education to providers and pharmacists and lead the antimicrobial stewardship subcommittee.

The infectious diseases division currently includes 15 ID-trained physicians, 4 ID fellows and two Advanced Practice Nurses, in addition to many other supporting staff. In addition to inpatient service coverage, the physicians cover many clinics: HIV, HCV, TB, STI, travel health, OPAT and general outpatient ID.

Inpatient rotations

The inpatient ID consult service at Cooper University Hospital serves approximately 25 inpatients every day. The team consists of an ID-trained physician, an ID-trained pharmacistand 1-2 ID medical fellows. The team provides advice and recommendations on patients with any type of infection but most commonly encounters patients with bacterial, fungal or viral infections. The purpose of this rotation is to provide the resident with in depth exposure to a wide range of infectious diseases topics. In addition to learning about common types of infections and infectious pathogens, the resident will explore various mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance, the relationship between antimicrobial pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) and how to optimize the use of antimicrobial regimens.
The pharmacy resident will be responsible for following all active patients on the ID consult service. This will include evaluating patients for signs and symptoms of infections and their resolution or progression; recommending appropriate empiric antimicrobial therapy based on type of infection, suspected pathogens, expected resistance patterns and patient-specific factors related to renal function, liver function, drug allergies and drug interactions; optimizing antimicrobial regimens based on considerations of microbiology, PK/PD and toxicities; and monitoring of antimicrobial regimens including therapeutic drug monitoring for vancomycin and aminoglycosides.
The antimicrobial stewardship rotation will primarily focus on chart review of targeted infections or anti-infective agents for inpatients at Cooper University Hospital. Patients will be primarily identified using various alerts and reports in TheraDoc® and EPIC®. The resident will also identify patients during “stewardship rounds” which will occur on specific high-risk units and be conducted in conjunction with the ID pharmacist and/or ID physician. The resident will work with the stewardship team to make interventions that are warranted. These interventions may include but are not limited to de-escalation, escalation/broadening, dosage modification, duration, ID consultation and laboratory orders. Although a majority of patient reviews and interventions will focus on antibiotics, some will target antiretrovirals, antivirals and antifungals. Interventions and recommendations will be documented in the electronic medical record.
The resident will also work on smaller projects throughout the rotation that target process improvement such as order sets, protocols and policies, if applicable at the time of the rotation. Topic discussions will occur at least weekly and will focus on infectious diseases that are most pertinent to stewardship versus inpatient ID consultation although some overlap may occur. The resident will also learn about the importance of scope of practice of a stewardship pharmacist and when backup support is necessary so that upon graduation, would be prepared to independently run a stewardship program.

Ambulatory Care Clinics

The Early Intervention Program (EIP) Clinic at Cooper University Hospital serves approximately 900 HIV patients with a multidisciplinary approach to provide a complete care package. In addition to clinical pharmacy services, the clinic provides primary care, addiction medicine, psychiatry, behavioral medicine, nutrition support, research and a variety of financial and social support services through the case management team.
The purpose of this rotation is to provide the resident the experience to learn the basic fundamental principles, theories and treatment strategies of HIV and commonly associated disease states such as Hepatitis C, opportunistic infections, sexually transmitted infections, neuro/psych disorders and substance use disorders. The pharmacy resident will be responsible for identifying and resolving medication therapy issues for patients, reconciling patient medication lists, providing recommendations and drug information to the various clinic providers, as well as, providing medication information and education to patients and their caregivers. The resident will document all patient counseling activities, recommendations and therapeutic interventions.
Didactic and small group teaching experiences for second or third professional pharmacy students are required. The resident will lead small group discussions in the lab portion of one of the modules and will give at least one pharmacotherapy lecture in one of the ID modules. They will be expected to develop interactive activities and handouts for the class to aid in student learning. Co-precepting of fourth-year pharmacy students during inpatient infectious diseases consult service rotation is required.
Additional opportunities to conduct interprofessional didactic teaching sessions or journal club discussions are available in conjunction with the ID Division at Cooper University Hospital.
Participation in the teaching certificate program offered by The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy is optional for residents who have not previously completed one.
To fulfill service to the University, the resident may also precept students in a medical student clinic at Cooper University Hospital, or help facilitate OSCE exams for pharmacy students.
The resident will complete an ID-related research project including the preparation of a manuscript for submission to a scientific journal. They will have the option (depending on the needs of the institution and interest of the resident) of performing an ID-related medication use evaluation that would be presented at Antimicrobial Subcommittee.
They will also complete an ID-related review article of a class of antimicrobials, stewardship topic, or disease state (e.g. durations of antimicrobial therapy, stewardship in nursing homes)
Based on the needs of the institution and the interest of the resident, they may also complete a medication utilization review on an antimicrobial agent, which would be presented to the Antimicrobial Stewardship Subcommittee.
A state-of-the-art 30-bed intensive care unit at Cooper University Hospital is the practice site for this learning experience. The resident will round with one of two multidisciplinary teams caring for medical, surgical, neurologic and cardiothoracic patients. The resident is responsible for working collaboratively with critical care nurses, physician residents, critical care fellows and ICU attending physicians to identify, prevent and resolve medication therapy issues for patients with a wide variety of disease states. Common disease states and topics covered on this learning experience include hemodynamics and shock, critical care infectious diseases, sepsis, respiratory failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, nutrition and stroke, among many others.
The resident will report to the microbiology laboratory manager and director early in the residency year to gain an understanding of the procedures and technology and a greater understanding of microbiology.
The pediatric ID service is comprised of attending physicians, pediatric medical residents and medical students. The resident will round with a pediatric clinical pharmacists in either the PICU or general pediatric floor to gain insight into pediatric patients, pharmacokinetic considerations and general infectious diseases.
Based on the availability of the preceptor and interest of the resident, a transplant infectious diseases rotation will be offered at Einstein Hospital in Philadelphia. This will require the resident to be licensed in Pennsylvania in addition to New Jersey. The resident will be precepted by a pharmacist who specializes in transplant medicine and will focus on infectious diseases in transplant recipients. The resident will also participate in topic discussions and other relevant activities at the rotation site.

PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency

The general pediatrics unit is located in the Keleman building on North 6 (PIMU) and South 7 in Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper University HealthCare. The patients in PIMU and South 7 are primarily covered by the general pediatrics team. The surgery service will have patients on these units which will be primarily covered by surgery. The trauma service will also have patients on these units which will be co-managed by trauma and general pediatrics. The resident will bedside round with the general pediatrics team. The team includes the attending physician, medical residents, pharmacist and social worker. Pharmacy students may be present on rounds. Nurses caring for the patients may also participate in daily patient care rounds.
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) learning experience provides the opportunity for PGY2 resident(s) to improve their knowledge base and pharmacotherapeutic skills while enhancing care for acute ill neonates and infants. The resident will become familiar with the pharmacotherapy for the most commonly encountered disease states, as well as participate in the education of team members and patients. PGY2 residents will work with members of the medical team.
The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) learning experience provides the opportunity for PGY2 resident(s) to improve their knowledge base and pharmacotherapeutic skills while enhancing care for acute ill pediatric patients. The resident will become familiar with the pharmacotherapy for the most commonly encountered disease states, as well as participate in the education of team members and patients. PGY2 residents will work with members of the medical team.
The Pediatric and Adult Infectious Diseases learning experience provides the opportunity for PGY2 resident(s) to improve their knowledge base and pharmacotherapeutic skills while enhancing care for pediatric and adult patients with infectious diseases. The resident will become familiar with the pharmacotherapy for the most commonly encountered disease states, as well as participate in the education of team members and patients. PGY2 residents will work with members of the medical team.
This residency is designed to prepare trainees to be pediatric clinical specialists/academicians. Beyond the research project that is completed longitudinally, the resident will be involved with another scholarly endeavor such as writing a review article or case report during this experience. The resident will contribute to pediatric education through teaching in an Introduction to Pediatrics elective course and serving as a facilitator for interprofessional education/simulation activities. The resident will demonstrate the skills required to function in an academic setting during this experience.
The setting for these rotations will be at General Pediatric Clinic, Medically Complex Pediatric Clinic, Pediatric/Adult HIV Clinic, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Clinic and Pediatric Hematology Clinic. The pharmacy resident will work collaboratively with medical and pharmacy students, medical residents, faculty practitioners and peers to provide care. These rotation experiences focus on introducing and reinforcing concepts related to leadership, patient care, teaching and practice management. This experience will further develop the resident’s knowledge and the skills needed to provide coordinated and collaborative patient-centered care for a unique patient population. A strong emphasis is placed on the development of interprofessional communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with attending physicians and medical residents, pharmacists, nurses, medical assistants, medical interpreters and social workers and other members of the healthcare team. The pharmacy resident plays a vital role in educating and training students, patients and other health care practitioners. The resident will participate in practice-based teaching and model the following responsibilities for students: medication history-taking for medication reconciliation and all steps of a comprehensive medication management service including the assessment, documentation of care plan and follow-up evaluation decision-making. Additionally, the resident will provide feedback to learners at various stages of professional development and verify patient understanding.
The pharmacy resident will be able to provide pediatric pharmacy/medical services to the children in Panajachel, Guatemala and San Juan, Guatemala. The pharmacy resident will provide care for 8-10 days in Guatemala. This experience will allow the pharmacy resident to precept APPE students and work interprofessionally with Occupational Therapy (OT) faculty and students. The pharmacy resident will complete a research project benefiting the patients in Guatemala along with the pharmacy students.
The Pediatric Emergency learning experience provides the opportunity for PGY2 resident(s) to improve their knowledge base and pharmacotherapeutic skills while enhancing care for pediatric patients within the emergency department. The resident will become familiar with pediatric trauma, pediatric codes and pharmacotherapy care as well as participate in the education of team members and patients. The resident will help contribute to medication reconciliation and discharge counseling. PGY2 residents will work with members of the medical team.

PGY2 Pharmacotherapy Residency Learning Experience

Internal Medicine (inpatient)

Cooper University Hospital has 5 adult internal medicine teaching teams and each team services about 10 to 15 patients. The pharmacy resident will provide patient care during multidisciplinary rounds with an adult internal medicine teaching team. The team mostly consists of an attending physician, medical resident(s), medical intern, pharmacist and periodically pharmacy resident(s), medical student(s), pharmacy student(s) and physician assistant student(s). Under the guidance of the preceptor, the resident will provide pharmaceutical care, including medication reconciliation, medication counseling, answers to drug information questions, team in-services, therapeutic drug monitoring and ensure safe transitions of care. The goal of this rotation is for the resident to develop the skills needed to identify and resolve medication therapy problems, using evidence-based medicine and then effectively provide patient education and recommendations to the interdisciplinary team. The resident will also have the opportunity to be the primary preceptor for 1 or 2 APPE students completing their acute patient care rotation.

Ambulatory Care

The setting for this rotation will be at the Cooper Rowan Clinic (CRC), an interprofessional student-run clinic, which serves uninsured/underserved adult patients. The pharmacy resident will work collaboratively with medical and pharmacy students, medical residents, faculty practitioners and peers to provide care to uninsured residents of Camden, New Jersey. In the 2013-2014 academic year, the clinic provided care to 285 patients in over 900 visits. This rotation experience focuses on introducing and reinforcing concepts related to leadership, patient care, teaching and practice management. This experience will further develop the resident’s knowledge and the skills needed to provide coordinated and collaborative patient-centered care for a unique patient population. A strong emphasis is placed on the development of interprofessional communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with attending physicians and medical residents, pharmacists, nurses, medical assistants, medical interpreters, social workers and other members of the healthcare team. The pharmacy resident plays a vital role in educating and training students, patients and other health care practitioners. The resident will participate in practice-based teaching and model the following responsibilities for students: medication history-taking for medication reconciliation and all steps of a comprehensive medication management service including the assessment, documentation of care plan and follow-up evaluation decision-making. Additionally, the resident will provide feedback to learners at various stages of professional development and verify patient understanding.
The pharmacy resident will participate in the care of HIV-infected patients at the Early Intervention Program (EIP) Clinic at Cooper University Hospital. The EIP clinic provides medical care and support services for approximately 800 HIV-infected adult patients annually. Under the guidance of the preceptor, the resident will provide pharmaceutical care and medication counseling to clinic patients and drug information to providers and other clinic support staff as needed. The resident will participate in general HIV clinic, HIV/Hepatitis C virus co-infected clinic, primary care clinic and the infectious diseases fellows clinics, as well as attend weekly EIP management meetings. Knowledge of antiretroviral agents and antimicrobial therapy is emphasized, as well as, hepatitis C virus therapies, psychiatric medications and general chronic ambulatory medicine pharmacotherapy.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) has clinical pharmacists providing services at Penn Internal Medicine Associates and Edward S. Cooper Practice of General Internal Medicine. Clinical pharmacists assist with chronic diseases state management, provide medication counseling and education and participate in a multidisciplinary initiative to improve transitions of care. The pharmacy resident will participate in two types of office visits throughout this rotation. The first type of visit is focused on transitions of care, in which the pharmacy team and medical team collaborate to care for up to 20 patients per week. The primary focus of the pharmacist during this type of visit is medication reconciliation. The second type of visit is focused on chronic disease state and medication management in which the pharmacy team cares for up to 42 patients per week. Patients are referred to the pharmacy team by physicians or nurse practitioners for a variety of reasons, including hypertension management, diabetes management, medication reconciliation and medication adherence. The pharmacy resident will work with the clinical pharmacist to provide care to these patients on an ongoing basis until the goals of care are achieved. The pharmacy resident will work collaboratively with primary care providers to ensure continuity of care. In addition to direct patient care, the pharmacy resident will participate in drug information services, quality improvement initiatives and topic discussions with clinical pharmacists and pharmacy students.
Pharmacy residents will have the opportunity to help with the development of new ambulatory care pharmacy services within the Cooper Health System’s Advanced Care Center, A Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) and Internal Medicine residency training site that provides a variety of innovative services to the Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries of Camden, New Jersey. Clinical pharmacists provide a wide variety of patient care, drug information and educational services while co-precepting with medical attendings during Internal Medicine Resident office hours. Pharmacy residents will also participate in a high-risk hospital follow-up clinic as part of an interprofessional team that works to customize transitions of care services for individual patients’ needs. There are ample opportunities for providing educational in-services, conducting quality improvement projects and designing new services on this rotation.
The pharmacy resident will use population health reports that detail the patients seen by primary care providers in the Cooper Health system to identify opportunities for improving patient outcomes. These efforts are currently focused on improving diabetes and post-hospitalization outcomes through addressing a collection of quality measures selected by Cooper’s accountable care organization (ACO), the AllCare Health Alliance. The pharmacy resident will work to address prioritized lists of patients via telephone, face-to-face and asynchronous electronic encounters while working closely with the primary care providers in the clinic to develop collaborative disease state management plans. Pharmacy residents will be required to document and track all patient care activities using a systematic process. Pharmacy residents may be involved in reporting outcomes at regularly scheduled ACO meetings.

Scholarship and Education

The academia rotation provides a learning opportunity for the resident to gain experience in the 3 main roles of a faculty member: teaching, service and scholarship. Teaching includes didactic small and/or large classroom teaching. Service includes participation on committees at the Department, College and University levels at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Saint Joseph's University. The resident may also be involved in a research and/or scholarship experience outside of their longitudinal residency research project.

Critical Care

A state-of-the-art 30-bed intensive care unit is the practice site for this learning experience. The resident will round with one of two multidisciplinary teams caring for medical, surgical, neurologic and cardiothoracic patients. The resident is responsible for working collaboratively with critical care nurses, physician residents, critical care fellows and ICU attending physicians to identify, prevent and resolve medication therapy issues for patients with a wide variety of disease states. Common disease states and topics covered in this learning experience include hemodynamics and shock, critical care infectious diseases, sepsis, respiratory failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, nutrition and stroke, among many others.

Pediatrics

The general pediatric team at Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper University Health Care includes the attending physician, residents, interns, medical students, pharmacist, pharmacy students and social workers. The pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) team includes the attending physician, residents, pharmacist, pharmacy students, respiratory therapists and social workers. Nurses caring for the patients may also participate in daily patient care rounds. The clinical pharmacist attends patient rounds directly with the physicians, pharmacy students, nurses and other healthcare providers. Under the supervision of the preceptor, the pharmacy resident ensures all medications have indications, dosed appropriately, verify no drug-drug interactions, review monitoring parameters, assess adverse drug events and reduce medication errors. The resident also consults with the medical team regarding the optimization of medication therapy. Furthermore, medication reconciliation is completed for all high-risk patients. All patients are screened for missing vaccinations. Discharge counseling is provided on a case-by-case basis. The resident may assist in rapid response/code situations when available.

Teaching and Learning Certificate

The resident is required to participate in a 12-month teaching and learning certificate program (unless such a program has been completed as part of prior training).

The resident participates in mentor-lead discussions in the following areas:

Purpose and structure of a teaching portfolio
Writing a teaching philosophy statement
Educational/ learning theories
Objective writing
Exam question writing
Active learning
Team-based learning
Classroom technology
Course management systems
Academic integrity and professionalism
ACPE PharmD standards
Peer observation of teaching

During the course of the program, the resident participates in the following teaching activities:

Completes a teaching philosophy statement and portfolio
Teaches at least one didactic lecture (preferably to a large lecture section)
Teaches a small group of students in at least one section of a multi-instructor course
Serves as a primary preceptor for a P4 PharmD student APPE
Gives an ACPE-accredited Continuing Education Program

The Department of Pharmacy Practice will award a teaching certificate after completion of the requirements.

Salary & Benefits

The resident will be an employee of Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia and will receive an annual stipend distributed over the 12-month period of the program by the payroll department at Saint Joseph’s.

Saint Joseph’s benefits programs available to the resident include health, dental, disability, life insurance, Saint Joseph’s tuition remission, tuition reimbursement, athletic recreation center, and health care, dependent care and transit reimbursement accounts. For more information, please refer to the Human Resources web pages.

Paid time off for the resident includes nine standard University holidays, 10 personal days and 5 sick days during the 12-month program. The resident will not be financially compensated for unused leave time.

Approved leaves of absence are granted per Saint Joseph’s policy. Resident leaves of absence cannot exceed 3 months. Leave time that exceeds unused time accrued will be unpaid. Residents do not receive benefits during a leave of absence.

The resident is encouraged to attend professional meetings and receives a travel stipend.

The resident will receive a faculty appointment as Clinical Instructor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice.

The resident will have a designated work area in an office shared with other residents and fellows. The resident will have access to one Microsoft Office-compatible desktop computer and printer for their personal use in their Saint Joseph’s office. Through Saint Joseph’s, the resident has access to a wide variety of Microsoft Office-based computer software programs for word processing, data management and data analysis. Saint Joseph’s also maintains a password-protected web-based teaching tool and learning management system for maintaining practice site-related documents such as readings, guidelines and protocols, as well as teaching-related materials for didactic and experiential teaching. Administrative assistant support for word-processing, editing and formatting of resident work-related materials and correspondence will also be provided.

Alumni

2016
Jacob Radcliff, PharmD
First position: PGY2 Pain Management and Palliative Care
Summa Health
Akron, Ohio
2014
Catherine Burdalski, PharmD
First Position: PGY2 Oncology Residency
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
2013
Melissa Rotz, PharmD
First Position: PGY2 Pharmacotherapy Residency
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences
Philadelphia, PA
Second position: Clinical Assistant Professor
Temple University School of Pharmacy Philadelphia, PA
2012
Laura Siemianowski, PharmD
First Position: PGY2 Critical Care Resident
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences
Philadelphia, PA
Second Position: Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
University of the Sciences
Philadelphia, PA
2011
Millie Rajyaguru, PharmD, BCPS
First Position: Clinical Assistant Professor
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy- Rutgers University
Piscataway, NJ
2010
Sarah H. Bozorgnia, PharmD
First Position: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Cooper University Hospital
Camden, New Jersey
2009
Purvi Desai, PharmD
Current Position: Safety Surveillance Associate
Pfizer
2008
A. Janelle Hermosillo, PharmD
Current position: Clinical Pharmacist, Cardiothoracic Surgery
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
ASHP-accredited since 2017
2021
Michelle Lipski, PharmD
First Position: Critical Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
UPMC Hamot
Erie, PA
Christine Pham, PharmD
First Position: Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist
St. Joseph’s University Medical Center
Paterson, NJ
2020
Volodymyra Fedkiv, PharmD, BCCCP
First Position: Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist
St. Francis Healthcare
Wilmington, DE
Stacy Pasciolla, PharmD, BCCCP
First Position: Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Critical Care
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences
Philadelphia, PA
2019
Mary McIntyre, PharmD, BCCCP
First position: Critical Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health
Lancaster, PA
Song Oh, PharmD, BCCCP
First position: Assistant Professor
California Northstate University College of Pharmacy
Elk Grove, CA
2018
Alyssa B. Polotti, PharmD, BCCCP
First position: Neurointensive Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Diana M. Solomon, PharmD, BCCCP
First position: Assistant Professor, Critical Care
Howard University College of Pharmacy
Washington, DC
2017
Haley L. Kavelak, PharmD, BCCCP
First position: Critical Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
St. Luke’s University Hospital
Bethlehem, PA
2012
Laura Siemianowski, PharmD
First Position: Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences
Philadelphia, PA
2011
Lauren Igneri, PharmD
First Position: Critical Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
St. Mary Medical Center
Langhorne, PA
2010
Leena Kansagra, PharmD
First Position: Critical Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Crozer Chester Medical Center
Upland, PA
2004
Fernando Rodriguez, PharmD
Current position: Pharmacy Consultant, Premier, Inc.
2003
Christina Rose, PharmD
Current Position: Clinical Professor, Critical Care
Temple University School of Pharmacy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2001
Sarjita Naik, Pharm.D.
Current position: Clinical Pharmacist-Heart Failure/Transplant
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ
1999
Teena Abraham (Eappen), PharmD
Current Position: Clinical Practice and Pharmacy Practice Residency Program Director
New York Methodist Hospital
Brooklyn, New York
Formerly Assistant Professor of Pharmacy, Arnold and Marie Schwartz School of Pharmacy, Long Island University
Brooklyn, NY
1995-96
Michael Cawley, PharmD
First Position: Faculty, Critical Care
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Katherine M. Kramer, PharmD
First Position: Assistant Professor
College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico
1992
Eric T. Wittbrodt, BS, PharmD
Current Position: Clinical Science Liaison, Medical and Scientific Affairs, Takeda Pharmaceuticals (2007)
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1992-2007)
1991
Maya C. Smith, BS, PharmD
Current Position: Clinical Pharmacist
Genentech, Inc
San Francisco, California
1990
Frank M. Buter, PharmD
Current Position: Critical Care Pharmacist
Chicago, Illinois
ASHP-accredited since 2017
2021
Teney Mathew, PharmD
First position: Clinical Pharmacy Manager, Internal Medicine & Transitions of Care
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Brooklyn, New York
2020
Shannon Haar, PharmD
First position: Clinical Pharmacist
Chester County Hospital
West Chester, Pennsylvania
2019
Nicholas Cowley, PharmD
First position: Clinical Pharmacist
Christiana Care Health System
Wilmington, Delaware
2018
Ryan J. Steiner, PharmD
First Position: Clinical Pharmacist
Christiana Care Health System
Newark, Delaware
2017
Brooklyn T. Cobb, PharmD
First Position: Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Ambulatory Care
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences
Philadelphia, PA
2016
Manuel Isherwood, PharmD
First position: Clinical Pharmacist
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA
2015
Monique Mounce, PharmD
First Position: Assistant Professor, Clinical and Administrative Sciences
Notre Dame of Maryland University School of Pharmacy
Baltimore, MD
2014
Melissa Rotz, PharmD
First Position: Clinical Assistant Professor
Temple University School of Pharmacy
Philadelphia, PA
2010
Rathasen Prom, PharmD
First/Current Position: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Cardiology
Mission Hospitals Asheville
North Carolina
2009
Chaitali (Desai) Patel, PharmD, BCPS
Current Position: Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Clinical Center National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
2008
Brooke E. Baetz, PharmD
Current Position: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist,
Cardiology, Heart Failure
Oschner Clinic
New Orleans, Louisiana
First Position: Clinical Specialist, Cardiothoracic Transplant
Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland
2007
Kathleen Makkar, PharmD
First/Current Position: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Cardiology
Lancaster General Hospital
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
2004
Carla Peterman, PharmD
First/Current Position: Antithrombosis and Cardiology Clinical Specialist
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland
2002
Sallie K. Young, PharmD
First/Current Position: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Cardiology/Internal Medicine
The PennState M.S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania
2001
Stephanie Inverso, PharmD
First Position: Cardiology Clinical Specialist
Cooper University Hospital
Camden, New Jersey
Current Position: Medical Safety Director
2000
Abdulrazaq S. Al-Jazairi, PharmD
Current Position: Head, Medical/Critical Care Pharmacy Services and Clinical Pharmacist and Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmacy Services
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2021
Hannah Palsgraf, PharmD
First position: Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland
2011
Tara DeCerbo, PharmD
Pediatric and Neonatal Advanced Practice Pharmacist
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
2009
Laura Locastro Bio, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Pediatrics
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2008
Lindsay Case, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist – Pediatric Critical Care
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania
2007
Angela Rollins, PharmD
Current Position: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Clinical Specialist
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
Orlando, Florida
2006
Jeremiah Burgert, PharmD
Current Position: Pharmacist
2004
Brian Cowles, PharmD
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Pediatrics
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island
2003
Anita Siu, PharmD
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Neonatal/pediatrics
Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey
Piscataway, New Jersey
2002
Alix (Butler) Dabb, PharmD
Current Position: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Clinical Specialist
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland
2000
Kristin Klein, PharmD
Current Position: Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan
1999
Peter Anley, PharmD
Current Position: Clinical Coordinator
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois
1997
Daniel O’Loughlin, PharmD
Current Position: Intensive Care Pharmacist
Crozer Chester Medical Center
Upland, Pennsylvania
1995
Judy Scala, PharmD
Current Position: Neonatal/Pediatric Clinical Specialist
The Children’s Hospital, St. Peter’s University Hospital
Livingston, New Jersey
2001–2003
Simon de Denus, BPharm, MS
Current Position: Assistant Professor
Beaulieu-Saucier Chair in Pharmacogenomics
1995–1997
James J. Nawarskas, PharmD
Current Position: Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice (with tenure),
University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy
Albuquerque, New Mexico
1993–1995
Simon de Denus, BPharm, MS
Current Position: Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Boston, MA