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, 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

Mitchell Buckley, PharmD, FASHP, FCCM, FCCP, BCCCP

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Acute respiratory distress syndrome. shock syndromes, sedation/ delirium management, ventilator-associated events, medication safety

Preceptor for Medical Intensive Care Unit

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, University of Iowa College of Pharmacy
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Shawnee Mission Medical Center / University of Kansas
• PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency, University of Arizona

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

Abe Charara, PharmD, BCGP, BCPS

Associate Director of Pharmacy
Areas of interest: Anticoagulation, anesthesia, cardiology, geriatrics, pain management

Preceptor for longitudinal administration

Education/Degrees:

• PharmD, Ferris State University

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

Emir Kobic, PharmD, BCIDP

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: infectious diseases

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

Samantha Kush, PharmD, BCPS

Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Immunology, transplant rejection, 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

Julie Lehn, PharmD, BCGP

Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Pain management, pharmacy advocacy, supportive care

Preceptor for Internal Medicine

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, University of Iowa College of Pharmacy
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Phoenix VA Medical Center

Richard “Woody” Lincoln, PharmD

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

Preceptor for Cardiology and CVICU

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

Brandon K. Martinez, PharmD, BCPS

Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Transplant, Outcomes Research

Preceptor for General Cardiology and Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit

Longitudinal Preceptor for Teaching Certificate Program

Education/degrees:

• PharmD, Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of Arizona | Banner – University Medical Center Tucson
• PGY2 Cardiology Specialty Residency, Abbott Northwestern Hospital | Minneapolis Heart Institute
• Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Fellowship, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy | Hartford Hospital

Daniel McCarville, PharmD

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

Walter Phelps, PharmD, BCOP

Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Leukemias, Lymphomas, Targeted therapies, Oncologic emergencies
Preceptor for Oncology 

Education/degrees: 

• Doctor of Pharmacy (University of Kansas)
• PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency (Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls, SD)

Kevin Reininger, PharmD

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

Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist 
Areas of Interest: transitions of care, heart failure

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

Laura Wicks, PharmD, BCPS

Acute Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Areas of Interest: Liver and kidney transplant immunosuppression, opportunistic infection prophylaxis, kidney transplant rejection

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, 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, 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