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2022-2023 PGY-1 Pharmacy Residents

Daniel Funk

Residency Project: Expansion of a Pharmacist Driven Protocol for Management of Post Discharge Positive Cultures in the Emergency Department

Jysheng Hou

Residency Project: Evaluation of the Role of IV Iron in Heart Failure

Trystan Martin

Residency Project: Establishing a Standardized Rasburicase Protocol in the Pediatric Oncology Setting

Jennifer Pelzel

Residency Project: Development of a Pharmacist Driven Protocol for Assessing Penicillin Allergies and the Potential Risk of Cross Reactivity in the Inpatient Setting

Shelbi Skauge

Residency Project: Evaluation of the Role of Midodrine in Reducing Vasopressor Duration in the Adult Critical Care Population

Kimberly Tkach-Pelgrim

Residency Project: Evaluation of Inhaled Epoprostenol and Nitric Oxide Use in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

2021-2022 PGY-1 Pharmacy Residents

Analise Klassen

Residency Project: Establishing a Standardized Post-Discharge Antimicrobial Therapy Process for Pharmacists in the Emergency Department

Kobe Ma

Residency Project: An Evaluation and Optimization of Anti-Infectives Utilization in the Critical Care Setting

Lisa Mah-Park

Residency Project: Evaluation of Vasopressin Use in the Intensive Care Unit

Mackenzy Meinhardt

Residency Project: Evaluation and Implementation of a Dalbavancin Dosing Protocol in the Inpatient Setting to Expedite Discharge

Joshua Osborne

Residency Project: Implementation of a Direct Oral Anticoagulant Eligibility Algorithm for Patients Receiving Warfarin in an Inpatient Setting

Samantha Smith

Residency Project: Evaluation of Time to Positive Blood Culture Results in a Children’s Hospital and Implementation of a 36-Hour Bacteremia Rule-Out Period

2020-2021 PGY-1 Pharmacy Residents

Kevin Behbahany

Residency Project: Evaluation and implementation of clinical pharmacy services in the outpatient pharmacy infusion setting

Corle Morefield

Residency Project: Evaluation and implementation of a dosing protocol for phenobarbital in alcohol withdrawal syndrome in the acute care setting

Maxx Nehser

Residency Project: Identifying and addressing the gaps in treatment of sepsis during the transitions of care

Angela Nguyen

Residency Project: Evaluation and optimization of antibiotic prescribing practices in community acquired pneumonia and skin and soft tissue infections in the hospital setting

Maribel Rincon

Residency Project: Implementation of a standardized pathway for anticoagulation treatment and reversal in the emergency department

Cameron Yang

Residency Project: Implementation of a dalbavancin utilization guideline for the inpatient and outpatient settings

2019-2020 PGY-1 Pharmacy Residents

Erik Hastie

Residency Project: Evaluation and implementation of a wean protocol for dexmedetomidine infusions in the intensive care unit

Christine Pan

Residency Project: Expansion of adult Emergency Medicine clinical pharmacy services

James Berain

Residency Project: Evaluation and optimization of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) use in clinical practice

Gabriel Jones

Residency Project: Impact of pharmacists interventions on reducing readmission in patients at high risk

Jeni Hagan

Residency Project: Improving transitions of care from in the inpatient setting and from inpatient to discharge

Alexandra Silva

Residency Project: Evaluation of patient outcomes associated with IV acetaminophen use post-operatively in the CT surgery population

2018-2019 PGY-1 Pharmacy Residents

Matt Chen

Residency Project: Evaluation of the role of IV Vitamin C, thiamine and hydrocortisone in treatment of sepsis.

Ashley Largent

Residency Project: Evaluation and optimization of antibiotic use for early onset sepsis in neonates (34 weeks of age and older).

Kandice McArthur

Residency Project: Evaluation and implementation of a treatment algorithm for use of rescue therapies in adult oncology.

Haleigh Miller

Residency Project: Optimization of antibiotics utilization in the Emergency Department, with focus to decrease the use of fluoroquinolones.

Paula Sayegh

Residency Project: Evaluation of appropriateness of rituximab orders and conversion of inpatient utilization to the outpatient setting.

Lauren Wagner

Residency Project: Optimization of the Inpatient Medication Reconciliation Service.

2017-2018 PGY-1 Pharmacy Residents

Gina Avdeyenko

Residency Project: Utilizing prophylactic probiotics for the prevention of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infections.

Sandra Avelar

Residency Project: Development of a standards of care protocol for the management of diabetes ketoacidosis in the adult emergency department.

Elena Inouye

Residency Project: Reducing opioid prescriptions in opioid-naïve patients during hospitalization and at the time of discharge.

Madison Kyger

Residency Project: Evaluation of supratherapeutic INRs in hospitalized patients and implementation of pharmacist-led interventions to reduce these events.

Jennifer Lee

Residency Project: Development and implementation of a procalcitonin protocol in septic patients in intensive care and pediatric units.

Angela Lutwitze

Residency Project: Evaluation of management pathways and prescribing practices of emergency medicine providers for patients with an active venous thromboembolism presentation.

2016-2017 PGY-1 Pharmacy Residents

Genevieve DeLuze

Residency Project: Evaluation of prescribing patterns of critical care providers for ICU patients with the diagnosis of pneumonia at an acute care hospital.

Stephanie Inouye

Residency Project: Evaluation of hypoglycemic events associated with anti-diabetic agents to identify potential pharmacist initiated interventions to reduce hypoglycemic events.

Sarah Lindstrom

Residency Project: Evaluation of institutional proton pump inhibitor use and implementation of a pilot program to reduce utilization within inpatient critical care and non-ICU settings.

Heather Lowmaster

Residency Project: Analysis of Excessive Warfarin Anticoagulation in Post-Cardiac Surgery.

Stephanie Persaud

Residency Project: Evaluation of sedation and analgesia use in ventilated pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) patients and weaning of sedation medications.

Chris Tong

Residency Project: Development and Expansion of the Discharge Medication Bedside Delivery Service.

2015-2016 PGY-1 Pharmacy Residents

Matthew Atkinson

Residency Project: Implementing and evaluating a pharmacist procalcitonin protocol for use in low acuity patients with concern for respiratory tract infection.

Amy Eliason

Residency Project: Evaluation of the implementation of a new neonatal gentamicin dosing regimen based on the pharmacokinetic parameters in neonates with early onset sepsis.

Jaleena Jacobs

Residency Project: Implementation of inhaled epoprostenol in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units (NICU/PICU).

Sean Leonard

Residency Project: Proactive prevention of hypoglycemia in ICU and CICU patients.

Azuka Nwude

Residency Project: Implementation of a discharge medication bedside delivery service.

Bethany Withycombe

Residency Project: Implementation and quality analysis of a standardized chemotherapy verification and centralized product check workflow process.

2014-2015 PGY-1 Pharmacy Residents

Matthew Hendrix

Residency Project: Implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship dashboard.

Melissa Briery

Residency Project: Evaluation and improvement of inpatient pharmacy oncology workflow processes, training modules and competency programs.

Michelle Pfeifer

Residency Project: Implementing and evaluating an algorithm for procalcitonin-guided antibiotic use in low-to-moderate acuity patients with suspected respiratory tract infections.

Daniel Schneider

Residency Project: Evaluating and improving outpatient infusion center workflow processes.

Saranne Egger

Residency Project: Evaluating and optimizing hospital admission medication history processes.

Stacy Weaver

Residency Project: Evaluation of a gentamicin dosing regimen formulated by pharmacokinetic parameters in neonates with early onset sepsis.

2013-2014 PGY-1 Pharmacy Residents

Spencer Chin

Residency Project: Reviewing empiric gentamicin pharmacokinetics in neonatal sepsis.

Matthew Handwerk

Residency Project: Evaluating and improving outpatient infusion center workflow processes

Jacquelyn Kinder

Residency Project: Effect of an electronic medical record on antimicrobial prescribing in pediatric community-acquired pneumonia and surgical prophylaxis

Liza Koren-Selfridge

Residency Project: Evaluation of anticoagulation reversal guidelines at a tertiary medical center and integration of a four factor blood product to reverse oral anticoagulants in major bleeds

Nick Wegeleben

Residency Project: Improving adult antimicrobial stewardship; daptomycin use criteria

Emily Ulgenes

Residency Project: Improving adult antimicrobial stewardship; aztreonam use criteria

2012-2013 PGY-1 Pharmacy Residents

Leslie Esparza

Residency Project: Revising current pharmacy pain management practice and optimizing the pharmacist role in improving pain management ratings on hospital consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems (HCAPHPS)

Josh Floyd

Residency Project: Performance improvement in the management of thrombotic events with the use of unfractionated heparin

Tiffany Himes

Residency Project: Improving patient satisfaction and hospital consumer assessment of healthcare provider and systems (HCAPHPS) scores through medication education during hospital admission

Matthew St.Amand

Residency Project: Early postoperative multimodal analgesia and the role of parenteral acetaminophen in pediatrics

Bryce Winn

Residency Project: Analysis of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) usage in a large tertiary hospital and implementation of a pharmacist prescriptive authority protocol to dose and adjust TPN

2012-2013 PGY-2 Critical Care Resident

Marie Rapier

Residency Project: Implementation and evaluation of an extended-infusion protocol for piperacillin-tazobactam at a tertiary medical center

2011-2012 PGY-1 Pharmacy Residents

Andrea Dickens

Residency Project: Improving venous thromboembolism risk assessment and prophylaxis rate through evaluation and implementation of a new screening tool and orderset

Cindy Tran

Residency Project: Evaluating the appropriateness of diagnosis and treatment of clostridium difficile infection (CDI) at PSHMC

Beth Weinmeister

Residency Project: Process improvement of a newly developed evening clinical position and emergency department pharmacy services to optimize patient care

Marie Rapier

Residency Project: Implementation and evaluation of an extended-infusion protocol for piperacillin-tazobactam treatment of gram-negative infections at a tertiary medical center

Marisa Schneider

Residency Project: Evaluation and optimization of inpatient vancomycin dosing

2011-2012 PGY-2 Critical Care Resident

Marjan Bigverdi

Residency Project: Process improvement for management of sedation and delirium in the intensive care unit

2010-2011 PGY-1 Pharmacy Residents

Andrew Harbison

Residency Project: Quality improvement project for a newly created antimicrobial stewardship team in a large community teaching hospital

Justin Ross

Residency Project: Evaluation and optimization of inpatient anticoagulation management

Linda Wong

Residency Project: Improving venous thromboembolism assessment and prophylaxis rates for admitted patients through development and implementation of an admission screening tool and order set

Marjan Bigverdi

Residency Project: Process improvement for diagnosis and treatment of heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)

Megan Evans

Residency Project: Assessment of proactive insulin protocol for non-critically ill, adult patients in a tertiary care, ccommunity based teaching hospital

2010-2011 PGY-2 Critical Care Resident

Matthew Maglalang

Residency Project: Implementation and evaluation of early goal-directed therapy in sepsis

2009-2010 PGY-1 Pharmacy Residents

Lesley Liddell

Residency Project: Development and implementation of a physiologic insulin regimen for patients with sliding scale orders

Vy Tran

Residency Project: Improvements in the treatment of hospital acquired pneumonia, ventilator associated pneumonia and health-care associated pneumonia in the ICU

Jessica Belben

Residency Project: Process improvement of a city-wide P&T committee

Allison Lake

Residency Project: Development and implementation of a clinical pharmacist training program

Barbara Steele

Residency Project: Pediatric prescriptive authority protocols: Renal dosing, aminoglycosides, and vancomycin

2009-2010 PGY-2 Critical Care Resident

Joshua Steelman

Residency Project: Evaluation of dexmedetomidine use for sedation in the ICU