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Philip Almeter

Philip J. Almeter, PharmD, MBA

Titles: Chief Pharmacy Officer

Education: PharmD, University of Georgia

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Virginia; PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration Residency, University of Virginia

Practice Area: Administration

Research Interests: Operations, Supply Chain, 340B, Benchmarking, Specialty Pharmacy, Managed Care Pharmacy, Drug Quality 

Emailphilip.almeter@uky.edu

Blake Barlow

Blake T Barlow, PharmD, MBA, MS, BCPS

he/him

Titles: Associate Director of Pharmacy Operations

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration & Leadership Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital

Practice Area: Pharmacy Operations

Research Interests: Pharmacy Operations, Pharmacy Informatics

Emailbtba234@uky.edu

Samantha Bochenek

Samantha Bochenek, PharmD, MBA, BCPS (R431)

Titles: Director, Infusion Pharmacy Services; Residency Program Director, PGY1/2 Specialty Pharmacy Leadership and Administration Residency

Education: PharmD, University of North Carolina; MBA, University of Kentucky

Training: PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration Residency, University of Kentucky

Practice Area: Administration, Supply Chain, Infusion Services, Ambulatory, Specialty Pharmacy

Research Interests: Patient assistance programs, 340B program, pharmacoeconomics, staff development, continuous quality improvement, and benchmarking

Emailsamantha.bochenek@uky.edu

 

Debbie Duckworth

Debbie Duckworth, PharmD, CSP

she/her

Titles: Senior Director, Specialty Pharmacy & Infusion Services

Education: Combined BS/PharmD University of Kentucky

Practice Area: Ambulatory/Retail Pharmacy Practice, Administration, Specialty Pharmacy, Infusion Services

Research Interests: Specialty Pharmacy Outcomes, Workforce Development

Emaildebbie.duckworth@uky.edu

flynn

Jeremy Flynn, PharmD, FCCM, FCCP (R265)

Titles: Director Clinical Pharmacy Services Acute Care Pharmacy Services Associate Adjunct Professor, Pharmacy & Surgery

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of Kentucky; PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky; ACCP Fellowship in Cardiovascular Translational Research, University of Kentucky

Practice Area: Clinical Pharmacy Leadership, acute care practice models

Research Interests: Clinical Practice Models, Implementation of protocols, guidelines and/or changes in distribution of high impact drugs and evaluating the impact on patient outcomes

Emailjeremy.flynn@uky.edu

Daniel Grantz

Daniel Grantz, PharmD

Titles: Senior Director Retail & Community Pharmacy

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: Executive Leadership and Management Training, University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics

Practice Area: Pharmacy Administration, Retail Pharmacy, Durable Medical Equipment (DME)

Research Interests: 340B Compliance, Point of Care Testing, Vaccine Administration, Durable Medical Equipment, Pharmacy Leadership, and Information Technology Applications

Emaildan.grantz@uky.edu

Liz Hess

Liz Hess, PharmD, MS, FISMP, CPPS

Titles: Associate Director, Medication Safety and Accreditation; Residency Program Director, Medication-Use Safety and Policy Pharmacy Residency

Education: PharmD, The Ohio State University; MS, University of North Carolina

Training: PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration Residency, UNC Medical Center; Safe Medication Management Fellowship, ISMP

Practice Area: Medication Safety, Accreditation, Quality

Research Interests: Second Victim, Resilience, Emergency Preparedness, Operations

Emailelizabeth.hess@uky.edu

Zach Hitchcock, PharmD, MHA

he/him

Titles: Associate Director

Education: PharmD, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy; MHA, University of Iowa College of Public Health

Training: PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration & Leadership, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Practice Area: Central Pharmacy

Research Interests: Pharmacy operations, pharmacy distribution models, automation, compounding

Emailzachary.hitchcock@uky.edu

Kimberley Hite

Kimberley B. Hite, MS, PharmD

she/her

Titles: Senior Director, Medication Safety Outcomes and Value; Assistant Adjunct Professor, UK College of Pharmacy

Education: BS and MS, The Ohio State University; PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 and PGY2, The Ohio State University Hospitals

Practice Area: Medication Safety, Accreditation, Quality, Administration

Research Interests: Medication Safety, Pharmacy Operations, Medication Use Strategies and Stewardship, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Leadership, Drug policy Management, Productivity and Benchmarking

Emailkhite2@uky.edu

Katie Johnson

Katie Johnson, PharmD, BCPS, CPHIMS (R477)

Titles: Pharmacy Program Coordinator, Medication-Use Safety & Technology

Education: BS, Michigan State University; PharmD, University of Michigan

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, NorthShore University HealthSystem; PGY2 Medication-Use Safety Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky HealthCare

Practice Area: Medication Safety, Informatics

Research Interests: Health IT safety and usability, clinical decision support, smart infusion pumps and interoperability

EmailKatieJohnson@uky.edu

Felix Lam

Felix Lam, PharmD, MBA, BCPS

Titles: Associate Director of Pharmacy Business Services

Education: PharmD, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; MBA, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Training: Combined PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration Residency, The Johns Hopkins Hospital 

Practice Area: Pharmacy Administration

Research Interests: Pharmacy Operations and Automation, Charging Integrity and Compliance

Email: f.lam@uky.edu

Ryan Naseman

Ryan W. Naseman, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCSCP, FASHP

TitlesSenior Director of Acute Care Pharmacy Services

Education: PharmD, Ohio Northern University; MS, The Ohio State University

Training: Combined PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Practice Area: Pharmacy Administration

Research Interests: Pharmacy Operations and Automation, Clinical Pharmacy Practice Models, Productivity and Benchmarking, Education and Training

Emailryan.naseman@uky.edu

Dylan Nelson

Dylan Nelson, PharmD, BCPS

he/him

Titles: Director, Satellite Pharmacy Services

Education: PharmD, University of Pittsburgh

Training: Combined PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration Residency, Intermountain Healthcare

Practice Area: Satellite Operations, Perioperative Services, Critical Care

Research Interests: Pharmacy operations and distributions, automation and technology 

Emaildylan.nelson@uky.edu

Elyse Prather

Elyse Prather, PharmD, BCPS

Titles: Pharmacy Coordinator, Medication-Use Policy and Education

Education: PharmD, Lipscomb University

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, HCA Healthcare; PGY2 Drug Information Residency, Duke University/GlaxoSmithKline

Practice Area: medication use policy, drug information

Research Interests: Drug policy management, medication utilization

Email:  elyse.prather@uky.edu

Kathryn Ruf

Kathryn Ruf, PharmD, MBA, BCPS (R369)

Titles: Director, Office of Pharmacy Value and Analytics

Education: BS Spanish, University of Kentucky; PharmD, University of Kentucky

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Kentucky; PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky

Practice Area: Pharmacy Value and Analytics

Research Interests: Medication use strategies and stewardship, data analytics, pharmacy practice models

Emailkmruf2@uky.edu

 

Philip Schwieterman

Philip Schwieterman, PharmD, MHA

he/him

Titles: Director of Pediatric and Oncology Pharmacy

Education: BSPS, The Ohio State University; PharmD, The Ohio State University; Masters in Health Administration, University of Kentucky

Training: Administrative Pharmacy Fellowship, UK HealthCare

Practice Area: Oncology and Pediatric Pharmacy Management

Research Interests: Financial toxicity associated with infusion therapy, Patient Assistance Programs, Hazardous Medication Exposure, Impact of biosimilar implementation

Emailpschw2@uky.edu

Devlin Smith

Devlin V. Smith, PharmD, MS

Titles: Director of Pharmacy, Good Samaritan Hospital and Pharmacy Automation

Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy; MS, Pharmacy and Leadership and Administration, University of Houston

Training: PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration Residency, The University of TX MD Anderson Cancer Center

Practice Area: Pharmacy Operations and Organizational Administration

Research Interests: Pharmacy operation, Technology Implementation, Professional Development, Staff Retention and Engagement

EmailDevlin.smith@uky.edu

Jonathan Wilson

Jonathan Wilson, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, BCSCP

Titles: Director - 340B & Procurement

Education: PharmD, University of Minnesota; MHA, University of Iowa

Training: Combined PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration Residency, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Practice Area: Pharmacy Administration

Research Interests: Pharmacy Operations and Automation, Sterile Compounding, Process Improvement, and Residency Training.

Emailj.wilson@uky.edu

We wish to remember and honor those who inhabited this Commonwealth before the arrival of the Europeans. Briefly occupying these lands were the Osage, Wyndott tribe, and Miami peoples. The Adena and Hopewell peoples, who are recognized by the naming of the time period in which they resided here, were here more permanently. Some of their mounds remain in the Lexington area, including at UK’s Adena Park.

In more recent years, the Cherokee occupied southeast Kentucky, the Yuchi southwest Kentucky, the Chickasaw extreme western Kentucky and the Shawnee central Kentucky including what is now the city of Lexington. The Shawnee left when colonization pushed through the Appalachian Mountains. Lower Shawnee Town ceremonial grounds are still visible in Greenup County.

We honor the first inhabitants who were here, respect their culture, and acknowledge the presence of their descendants who are here today in all walks of life including fellow pharmacists and healthcare professionals.