Meet Our Preceptors - Ambulatory Care

Titles: Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Ambulatory Care; Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Pharmacy

Education: BS Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati; PharmD, University of Cincinnati

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of Kentucky

Practice Area: Internal Medicine

Research Interests: Disease state management, patient outcomes, diabetes

Email: argelh1@uky.edu

Titles: Clinical Pharmacist, Anticoagulation Clinic

Education: PharmD, University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Baptist Health Corbin

Practice Area: Anticoagulation Clinic

Research Interests: Anticoagulation Stewardship, Transitions of Care, Medication Access and Adherence, Patient Education/Health Literacy

Email: madeira.almeter@uky.edu

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Titles: Clinical Pharmacist, Primary Care

Education: PharmD, University of Louisiana Monroe College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Owensboro Health; PGY2 Ambulatory Care Specialty Residency, UK HealthCare

Practice Area: Primary Care

Research Interests: chronic disease state management, medication access and adherence

Email: sera.andras@uky.edu

Titles: Clinical Pharmacist, Nephrology/Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, St. Claire HealthCare, PGY2 Ambulatory Care Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky 

Practice Area: Nephrology, Bone and Mineral Metabolism Clinic

Research Interests: Osteoporosis, Chronic Kidney Disease and Hypertension Management

Email: kadin.ashley@uky.edu

Titles: Clinical Staff Pharmacist - Pulmonary

Education: PharmD, Pacific University

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Providence Health & Services; PGY2 Ambulatory Care Specialty Residency, Legacy Health

Practice Area: Pulmonary

Research Interests: Multi-disciplinary care, interstitial lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, barriers to adherence

Email: cwbo227@uky.edu

Titles: Pharmacist Manager, Oncology Pharmacy; Residency Program Director, Hematology/Oncology; Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Hematology/Oncology

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky; BS Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, The Johns Hopkins Hospital; PGY2 Hematology/Oncology Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky

Practice Area: Medical Oncology, Breast Oncology

Research Interests: Supportive care, breast cancer, quality improvement and financial toxicity, and postgraduate training

Email: allison.butts@uky.edu

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Titles: Associate Director, Centralized Specialty Pharmacy Services; Assistant Residency Program Director, PGY1 Community-Based Residency at Specialty Pharmacy; Associate Professor (Adjunct), UK College of Pharmacy

Education: BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Centre College; PharmD, University of Kentucky; MBA, University of Kentucky

Practice Area: Self-Administered Specialty Pharmacy

Research Interests: Pipeline Therapies, Financial Toxicity Implications on Patient Reported Outcomes, Lean System Initiatives 

Email: emily.green10@uky.edu

Titles: Clinical Pharmacist, Cardiology Ambulatory Care

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Lexington VA HealthCare System; PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency, Lexington VA Healthcare System

Practice Area: General Cardiology, Women's Cardiology, and Cardio-Oncology Clinics 

Research Interests: Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, Medication Access and Adherence, Transitions of Care

Email: whitley.ellis@uky.edu

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Titles: Associate Director, Quality and Outcomes

Education: BS Pharmacy, Purdue University; PharmD, Purdue University

Training: Drug Information Specialty Residency, The Ohio State University; Fellowship in Medication Information, The Ohio State University

Practice Area: Quality and Safety

Research Interests: Improvement science, Lean system initiatives

Email: marylea.harper@uky.edu

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Titles: Clinical Pharmacist, Primary Care  

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Saint Joseph Hospital; PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy/Bluegrass Community Health Center

Practice Area: Internal Medicine, Primary Care

Research Interests: Chronic Disease State Management, Substance Use Disorders, Patient Education/Health Literacy, Transitions of Care

Email: erin.hart2@uky.edu

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Titles: Clinical Pharmacist

Education: PharmD, East Tennessee State University

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Saint Joseph East Hospital

Practice Area: Inpatient/Outpatient Family and Community Medicine

Research Interests: Transitions of care, diabetes management, COPD/asthma management, patient education

Email: caroline.hogue@uky.edu

Titles: Pharmacist Manager, Ambulatory/Retail Pharmacy

Education: BS Georgetown College; PharmD University of Kentucky

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Email: oshea.hudspeth@uky.edu

Titles: Cardiology Clinical Pharmacist

Education: PharmD, The Ohio State University

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, West Palm Beach VAMC; PGY2 Cardiology Specialty Residency, West Palm Beach VAMC

Practice Area: General Cardiology and EP

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Email: Taylor.Huff1@uky.edu

Titles: HIV Clinical Pharmacist

Education: BS, Virginia Tech; MS, Virginia Tech; PharmD, East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Indiana University Health; PGY2 Infectious Diseases Specialty Residency, Indiana University Health

Practice Area: HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Substance Use Disorder

Research Interests: Substance use disorder treatment in an infectious diseases clinic, pharmacist-initiated antiretroviral treatment

Email: sarah_blevins@uky.edu

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Titles: Clinical Pharmacist, Psychiatry; Clinical Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice & Science 

Education: BS Biology, University of Kentucky; PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Kentucky; PGY2 Emergency Medicine Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky

Practice Area: Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorders

Research Interests: Mental health disparities, pharmacist and student well-being

Email: hannahejohnson@uky.edu

Titles: Adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Pharmacist

Education: PharmD, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Indiana University Health; PGY2 Ambulatory Care Specialty Residency, Indiana University Health 

Practice Area: Ambulatory Care - Adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinic

Research Interests: Cystic Fibrosis, Bronchiectasis, Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease, COPD, Medication Access and Adherence, Transitions of Care

Email: Lauren.kormelink@uky.edu

Titles: Pulmonary Hypertension Clinical Ambulatory Pharmacist

Education: BS, Biological Sciences, Wayne State University; PharmD, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak; PGY2 Cardiology Specialty Residency, UNC REX Healthcare

Practice Area: Pulmonary Hypertension, Cardiology

Research Interests: Pulmonary hypertension, heart failure

Email: gillian.leung@uky.edu

Titles: Cardiovascular Clinical Pharmacy Specialist; Interim Associate Director of Ambulatory Care; Clinical Associate Professor, Pharmacy and Medicine

Education: PharmD, University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; PGY2 Cardiology Specialty Residency, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Practice Area: Cardiology Ambulatory Care

Research Interests: Heart failure, antiplatelet/antithrombotic therapy in acute coronary syndromes, pharmacist practice advancement, pharmacy education

Email:  tracy.macaulay@uky.edu

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Titles: Pharmacist Program Coordinator Diabetes Stewardship; PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency Program Director

Education: PharmD, Southwestern Oklahoma State University; MPH, The Ohio State University

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy

Practice Area: Diabetes, Maternal Fetal Medicine

Research Interests: Diabetes, population health, diabetes in pregnancy

Email: kristina.naseman@uky.edu

Titles: Nephrology Clinical Pharmacist, Ambulatory Care

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency & PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency, Lexington VA Health Care System

Practice Area: Nephrology & Hypertension Clinics

Research Interests: Chronic disease state management, Polypharmacy

Email: makayla.nelson@uky.edu

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Titles: Adult Neurology Clinical Pharmacist

Education: PharmD, University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy residency, UK HealthCare Good Samaritan Hospital

Practice Area: Neuroscience 

Research Interests: Transitions of Care, anti-seizure medication use in people with epilepsy of childbearing potential, chronic migraine management

Email: anna.pfeiffer@uky.edu

Titles: Pharmacist Coordinator, Meds to Beds

Education: BS, Biology, San Diego State University; PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Practice Area: Meds to Beds

Research Interests: Transitions of Care, discharge medication compliance, readmission rates, discharge optimization

Email: lauren.cartwright@uky.edu

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Titles: Primary Care Clinical Pharmacist; Assistant Residency Program Director, PGY2 Ambulatory Care

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, VA St. Louis Healthcare System; PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy/Bluegrass Community Health Center

Practice Area: Family and Community Medicine, Primary Care

Research Interests: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Anticoagulation, Chronic Disease State Management

Email: brittany.smithrash@uky.edu

Titles: Associate Director of Pharmacy Ambulatory Care Clinical Services

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

Training: PGY1/PGY2 Community Pharmacy Practice and Administration, The Ohio State University

Practice Area: Ambulatory Care Administration

Research Interests: Population health

Email: brooke.taylor@uky.edu