Preceptors and Residents

Residents

• Logan Carroll, PharmD
• Catherine Du, PharmD
• Anh Pham, PharmD
• Haneen Raffo, PharmD

Preceptors

Andraea Aksentijevic, PharmD
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Heart failure, anticoagulation, cardiology, process improvement
Preceptor for Internal Medicine

Education

• PharmD, Midwestern University College of Pharmacy - Glendale
• PGY1 Acute Care Pharmacy Practice Residency, Keck  Hospital of USC

Haya Albazzaz, PharmD
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacist Specialist
Areas of interest: advanced heart failure/cardiogenic shock management, anticoagulation, and arrhythmias
Preceptor for Advanced Heart Failure/Mechanical Circulatory Support/Heart Transplant

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, The University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Banner University Medical Center - Phoenix
• PGY2 Cardiology, University of Utah Health

Education/degrees:

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

Mariecarl Baliscao, PharmD, BCCCP
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of interest: anticoagulation, sedation and analgesia, PK / PD in the critically ill, process improvement and medication safety
Preceptor for Medical ICU

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions – Omaha, NE
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Swedish Medical Center – Seattle, WA
• PGY2 Critical Care, University Health Truman Medical Center – Kansas City, MO

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

Taylor Cairns, PharmD
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of interest: heart transplant, rejection, desensitization, opportunistic infections, advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support
Preceptor for Advanced Heart Failure/Mechanical Circulatory Support/Heart Transplant

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of Utah Health
• PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant Residency, University of Utah 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

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

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

KJ Lum-Naihe, 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

Austin Mach, PharmD, BCSCP
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Investigational Treatments, Pharmaceutical Research, Institutional Review Board (IRB), Expanded Access Programs (EAPs), Alzheimer’s Dementia, Novel Oncology Therapies
Preceptor for Investigational Drug Service/Research

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, Midwestern University College of Pharmacy - Glendale

Sydni Martinez, PharmD, BCCCP
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacist Specialist
Areas of interest: status epilepticus, intracerebral hemorrhage, increased intracranial pressure crisis, anticoagulation and reversal, medication and process improvement
Preceptor for Neurocritical Care Rotation 

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Dignity Health - St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
• PGY2 Critical Care Residency,  Dignity Health - St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center 

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

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

Michelle Potter, 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

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

Luwam (Lulu) Tekle, PharmD
Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Preceptor for Oncology

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, University of North Texas Health Science Center – Fort Worth, TX
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Banner University Medical Center – Phoenix, AZ

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