Preceptors and Residents
Dale Bikin, Pharm.D. – Neurosurgical Intensive Care Units / Neurology / Stroke
Dr. Bikin is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care units. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor for the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy and Midwestern University in Phoenix. He has served as a preceptor to Pharmacy Residents in Medical/Surgical intensive care. Growing up in Nebraska and Indiana, Dr. Bikin received his B.S. degree from Purdue University. Several years later he received a Pharm.D. degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He participates in the Good Samaritan Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Glycemic Control Subcommittee, Infectious Disease Subcommittee as well as the Banner System Pain Committee and Cerner Discern ADE Committee. His areas of interest include infectious disease clinical outcomes, therapeutic drug monitoring and outcomes, solid organ transplant pharmacotherapy, quality improvement in glycemic control, pain control and opioid toxicology.
Andrew Berry, Pharm.D., BCPS – Cardiology
Andrew Berry is clinical pharmacy specialist in cardiology at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center. After receiving his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from University of Washington, he completed a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency and a PGY2 residency in cardiology at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California. Specific areas of interest include new oral anticoagulants, antiplatelet medications and management of heart failure.
Mitchell Buckley, Pharm.D., FCCM, BCPS – Medical Intensive Care Unit/PGY1 Residency Program Director
Dr. Buckley is the Residency Program Director and Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in the Medical Intensive Care Unit. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Iowa. Dr. Buckley completed an ASHP-accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Shawnee Mission Medical Center/University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, MO and a PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. He also completed the Clinical Pharmacy Teaching Scholars Program during his PGY2 residency training. He serves as adjunct clinical instructor in acute care for the University of Arizona and Midwestern University College of Pharmacy. He has authored several peer-reviewed publications in pharmacy and medical journals as well as book chapters relating to critical care. He is a member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, American College of Clinical Pharmacy and Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). Dr. Buckley has held several offices within SCCM serving as Chair of the Patient Safety Committee and Research Committee as well as the ACCP PRN Critical Care PRN Committee Chair. He has developed several clinical programs, protocols, guidelines and clinical pathways. His areas of interest include septic shock; pulmonary arterial hypertension; sedation management in mechanical ventilation; ventilator-associated pneumonia; and medication error prevention.
Chris Coughlin, Pharm.D. – Hematology/Oncology
Chris Coughlin is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Oncology. He received his Pharm.D. Degree from the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. He completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona, followed by an Oncology Specialty Residency in Houston, Texas at the University of Texas-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. He spent 9 years at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Hematology/Oncology with a focus on Lymphoma/Multiple Myeloma, before returning to Arizona. He currently serves on the Division of Oncology COC, is a member of the Oncology Leadership Team and Chemotherapy Administration Process Improvement Committee. He is a preceptor to pharmacy residents and students from the University of Arizona. His areas of interest include Hematology and Infectious Disease.
Julie Lehn, Pharm.D. – Palliative Care / Internal Medicine
Dr. Lehn is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Palliative Care. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy and completed her PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at Carl T. Hayden VA in Phoenix, Arizona in 2002. Dr. Lehn's areas of interest include patient safety, clinical pharmacokinetics, pain management and palliative medicine.
Mary Martin, Pharm.D. – Infectious Diseases
Dr. Martin is Infectious Disease Clinical Manager and Associate Director of the Antimicrobial Management Team at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix. Dr Martin is highly involved in Banner system-wide design, development and implementation of programs to improve the use and utilization of anti-infectives as well as other classes of medications; she also coordinates multidisciplinary and continuing education programs for the nursing and medical staff. In addition to her positions at Banner, Dr. Martin holds clinical instructor positions in pharmacy practice with the Midwestern University College of Pharmacy in Glendale as well as with the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy in Tucson, where she earned her PharmD degree, cum laude. She is a member of the professional organizations the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the Arizona Pharmacy Alliance, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America and is a member of numerous committees at Banner. Dr. Martin has coauthored articles that have appeared in Critical Care Nurse, Dimensions in Critical Care Nursing, and Pharmacy Practice News as well as the American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons Orthopaedic Knowledge Update: Musculoskeletal Infection. She has also presented at numerous meetings and conferences on such topics as antimicrobial therapy, organ-transplant medications, and pain management.
Krishna Schiller, Pharm.D. – Cardiology / Diabetes Management
Dr. Schiller is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Cardiology/Progressive Care Unit and Diabetes Management. Dr. Schiller received her PharmD degree from University of Arizona and completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Mayo Medical Center in Rochester, MN. She precepts pharmacy students from Midwestern University College of Pharmacy (Glendale, AZ campus) and St. Louis College of Pharmacy. She is involved in Banner Health System committees for blood glucose management and heart failure initiatives. She has been actively involved in several institutional blood glucose management strategies. In addition to research and publication, her areas of interest include inpatient treatment strategies for blood glucose management, heart failure, and acute coronary syndromes.
Laura Wicks, Pharm.D. – Internal Medicine / Solid Organ Transplant
Dr. Wicks is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Internal Medicine. She graduated from the University of Arizona and completed residency training at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center. Dr. Wicks serves on both the Liver and Kidney/Pancreas Selection Committee and Liver and Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Committee. Her areas of interest include solid organ transplant, antimicrobial stewardship, and medication error prevention. Dr. Wicks is a preceptor for the University of Arizona.
Melanie Yerondopoulos, Pharm.D. – Trauma / Surgical Intensive Care Units
Dr. Yerondopoulos is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Trauma/Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. She received her B.S in Microbiology and her Pharm.D. degrees from the University of Arizona. Dr. Yerondopoulos completed an ASHP-accredited residency at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where she continued as a critical care pharmacist for 10 years. She also worked part-time in a pharmacist-managed anticoagulation clinic for 10 years. She served as a Clinical Instructor for the University of Wisconsin College of Pharmacy for 10 years and as a clinical preceptor for pharmacy residents in the trauma/surgical intensive care unit. Currently she is a clinical preceptor for University of Arizona College of Pharmacy and pharmacy practice residents in the trauma/surgical and cardiac intensive care units. She is an American Heart Association ACLS instructor. Dr. Yerondopoulos has implemented many clinical programs including once-daily aminoglycoside protocol, pharmacist managed anticoagulation protocols, intensive care glucose control protocols, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia protocol, and ventilator-pneumonia prevention protocols. She is currently a member of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee, Trauma interdisciplinary committee, Cardiovascular Surgery Committee and more. Her clinical interests include cardiac surgery, teaching, cardiac/respiratory arrest, sedation, infectious diseases, and transplantation.
Pharmacy Residents
Mark Culver, Pharm.D.
Mark Culver was born and raised in Phoenix, Ariz., and studied Microbiology prior to obtaining his Pharm.D. from the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy in 2012. His current practice interests include critical care, internal medicine, and transplantation. For his residency project, he will be researching the off-label drug use and adverse drug events in the intensive care unit. After completion of the Banner Good Samaritan PGY-1 residency program, he will pursue board certification and employment.
Allison Hattrup, Pharm.D.
Allison Hattrup is a native of Phoenix, Ariz. She completed her pharmacy pre-requisites and went on to receive her Pharm.D. at the University of Arizona graduating in 2012. Her current practice interests include critical care and trauma. For her residency project she will be gathering data to evaluate the hemodynamic effects and vasopressor requirements for the use of hydrocortisone and vasopressin in septic shock patients. Upon completion of the PGY1 residency training she plans to pursue a clinical pharmacist position at a trauma 1 hospital.
Sara Jacobs, Pharm.D.
Sara Jacobs was born and raised in Missoula, Mont. She completed her undergraduate studies at and received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2012 from the University of Montana. Sara’s current practice interests include critical care, emergency medicine, and transplant services. For her residency project, Sara is performing a retrospective chart review to compare the outcomes and complications of pharmacist-managed versus physician-managed warfarin. Upon completion of the PGY-1 residency, she plans to pursue a position as a clinical pharmacist at a teaching institution and seek board certification.
Nadine Kazem, Pharm.D.
Nadine Kazem was raised in Houston, Texas, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Anthropology with a Minor in Biology from the University of Houston. She then earned her Doctorate of Pharmacy degree from Midwestern University, College of Pharmacy—Glendale in June 2012. Nadine’s professional interests include critical care, emergency medicine, toxicology, and infectious diseases. Her current research project involves comparing clinical decision support drug-drug interaction alert overrides in intensive care units and general medical-surgical wards. In her free time, Nadine enjoys cooking, working out, traveling, and spending time with family and friends. Nadine would like to thank her family, friends, and mentors for their continuous support throughout her education and training.
Contact Us:
Mitchell S. Buckley, Pharm.D., BCPS, FCCM
BGSMC – Department of Pharmacy Services
PGY-1 Residency Director
1111 E. McDowell Road
Phoenix, AZ 85006
(602) 839-3095
Fax: (602) 839-6734
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