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

Samantha Berry, PharmD, BCPS

Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Immunology, transplant rejection and outpatient transplant medication management

Preceptor for Solid Organ Transplant

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, VCU Health/Medical College of Virginia
• PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant, Vanderbilt University Medical Center 

Audrey Bushway, 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

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 

Lanae Fox, PharmD, BCPS

Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator

Preceptor for orientation and staffing longitudinal rotations

Education/degrees:

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

Nicholas Franz, PharmD, BCCCP

Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (Internal Medicine)
Areas of Interest: pain, anticoagulation, antimicrobial stewardship, medication safety, interprofessional collaboration and hospital delirium

Preceptor for Internal Medicine

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Michigan Medicine (University of Michigan Health System)
• PGY2 Critical Care, Michigan Medicine (University of Michigan Health System)

Tara Jawaro, PharmD, BCPS

Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

Preceptor for Emergency Medicine

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• PGY 1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
• PGY 2 Emergency Medicine, Rutgers University/Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital 

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

Daniel McCarville, PharmD

Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Lung Cancer, Multiple Myeloma and Colon Cancer

Preceptor for Oncology

Education/Degrees

• PharmD – Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
• PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency – Lovelace Medical Center (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

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

Derek Pohlmeyer, PharmD, MHA

Associate Director of Pharmacy
Areas of interest: Pharmacy supply chain, clinical pharmacy practice models, benchmarking, and productivity

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, The Ohio State University
• MHA, University of Washington
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency: University of Washington Medicine
• PGY2 Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Residency, University of Washington Medicine 

Kevin Reininger, PharmD,  BCTXP

Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Immunology, transplant infectious disease and pharmacogenomics

Preceptor for Solid Organ Transplant

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Baylor University Medical Center Dallas
• PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant, Hennepin Healthcare

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