Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix PGY1 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 and 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

Katie Blomquist, PharmD, BCCCP

Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of interest: Anticoagulation and reversal, fibrinolytics, acute arrythmia management, vasopressors, ACLS, and RSI

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

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

Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator, Residency Program Director

Preceptor for orientation and staffing longitudinal rotations

Education/degrees:

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

Sophia Galloway, PharmD, BCACP

Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist
Areas of Interest: Diabetes, Nutrition, Immunizations

Preceptor for Ambulatory Care

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, Midwestern University College of Pharmacy - Glendale, AZ

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
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

Richard “Woody” Lincoln, PharmD, BCTXP

Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of interest: Heart transplant, immunology, rejection, transplant desensitization, opportunist infections, advanced heart failure and mechanical circulator support

Preceptor for Advanced Heart Failure, MCS and Cardiac Transplant

Education/Degrees

• PharmD, University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
• PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant Residency, Houston Methodist Hospital

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

Neil Mills, PharmD, BCPS

Associate Director of Pharmacy
Areas of responsibility: OR Pharmacy Services, Sterile Compounding Operations, Investigation Drug Services and Outpatient Clinics including Banner MD Anderson Cancer Clinic

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, The University of Connecticut

Ami Patel, PharmD

Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of interest: advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, general cardiology and anticoagulation

Preceptor for Advanced Heart Failure/MCS/Heart Transplant

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, University of Pittsburgh
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of Maryland Medical Center
• PGY2 Cardiology, University of Maryland Medical Center

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

Genesis Sezate, PharmD, BCPS

Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Leukemias, Lymphomas, Palliative care and Pain management

Preceptor for Oncology

Education:

• PharmD, University of Iowa
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency-Banner Baywood Medical Center

Leah Taliaferro, PharmD, BCPS

Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist 
Areas of Interest: transitions of care, heart failure, 340B and medication access

Preceptor for Internal Medicine 

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, University of Kansas
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Ascension Via Christi
• PGY2 Internal Medicine, University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy

Michelle Ting, 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

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