Preceptors and Residents

Residents 

Brooklyn Baylis, PharmD
PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Resident
Areas of interest: ECMO, renal replacement therapy, antimicrobial stewardship, shock syndromes

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Lindsey Johnson, PharmD
PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Resident
Areas of interest: anticoagulation management and reversal, endocrinology, sedation and analgesia

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Banner Estrella Medical Center 

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, 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

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

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 Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit rotation

Education/degrees:

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

Education/degrees:

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

Audrey Etsitty, PharmD, BCCCP
Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator and PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency Program Director
Areas of interest: anticoagulation, sedation and analgesia, antimicrobial stewardship, process improvement, and medication safety
Preceptor for Orientation and Staffing longitudinal rotation

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
Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator
Preceptor for Leadership Longitudinal rotation

Education/degrees:

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

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 rotation

Education/degrees:

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

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

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

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

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
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Abdominal Solid Organ Transplant
Areas of interest: anticoagulation, antimicrobial stewardship, immunology, infectious disease, medication safety, transplant
Preceptor for Abdominal Transplant rotation

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, Midwestern University
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix

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

Education/Degrees:

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

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

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

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, transplant pharmacist directed quality improvement
Preceptor for Abdominal Transplant rotation

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, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Preceptor for Trauma/Surgical Intensive Care Unit rotation

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, high-risk medication utilization
Preceptor for Medication Safety rotation

Education/degrees:

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