Meet Our Preceptors - Cardiology

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Titles: Clinical Pharmacist, Cardiology

Education: BS in Chemistry, University of the Cumberlands; PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center; PGY2 Cardiology Specialty Residency, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

Practice Area: Cardio-oncology, general cardiology

Research Interests:  Hypertension, HFrEF, PK/PD interactions betwen cardiac and cancer medications, palliative care, healthcare disparities 

Email: aaron.adkisson@uky.edu

Titles: Clinical Pharmacist, Cardiothoracic Surgery; Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Pharmacy

Education: PharmD, University of Montana

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, UPMC Presbyterian; PGY2 Cardiology Specialty Residency, University of Maryland

Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Intensive Care

Research Interests: Management of anticoagulation in mechanical circulatory support, cardiogenic shock and right heart failure, postoperative bleeding management

Email: ayesha.ather@uky.edu

Titles: Clinical Pharmacist, Cardiology

Education: PharmD, Belmont University College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Baptist Health

Practice Area: Interventional/EP/Structural Cardiology

Research Interests: Transitions of care, heart failure, mechanical circulatory support

Email: brooke.boils@uky.edu

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Titles: Clinical Pharmacist, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant/Mechanical Circulatory Support; Assistant Professor (Adjunct)

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Chicago Medicine; PGY2 Cardiology Specialty Residency, University of Utah Health

Practice Area: Advanced heart failure, heart transplant, mechanical circulatory support

Research Interests: Heart failure, transitions of care

Email: JessiClark@uky.edu

Titles: Antithrombosis Stewardship Program Coordinator and Adjunct Professor, UK College of Pharmacy

Education: PharmD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy

Training: Pharmacy Practice Residency and Clinical Pharmacokinetics Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky; Clinical Pharmacokinetics Fellowship and ASHP Geriatric Fellowship, University of Kentucky

Practice Area: Antithrombosis Stewardship

Research Interests: Anticoagulation, thrombosis management, pulmonary embolism, VTE quality assurance

Email: georgedavis@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: Cardiovascular Clinical Coordinator; PGY2 Cardiology Residency Program Director

Education: B.S. Agricultural Biotechnology, University of Kentucky; PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Kentucky HealthCare; PGY2 Cardiology Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky HealthCare

Practice Area: General Cardiology, Heart Failure, VAD, and Heart Transplant

Research Interests: Diuretic resistance, ADHF, Pharmacogenomics, and Disparities in Healthcare

Email: Kathleen.Faulkenberg@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: 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: Clinical Pharmacist, Cardiology

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of North Carolina Medical Center; PGY2 Cardiology Specialty Residency, University of North Carolina Medical Center

Practice Area: CCU and acute care cardiology

Research Interests: Heart failure, pericarditis, strategies for combatting clinical inertia, transitions of care

Email: kaitlin.musick@uky.edu

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Titles: Critical Care Pharmacist, Cardiothoracic Surgery; PGY2 Critical Care Residency Program Director; Associate Professor (Adjunct), Pharmacy

Education: BS Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine; PharmD, University of California San Francisco

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

Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Intensive Care

Research Interests: Glycemic control, hemostasis following cardiac surgery, ICU pain / agitation / delirium management

Email: komal.pandya@uky.edu

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Titles: Clinical Pharmacist, Cardiology; Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Pharmacy; PGY2 Cardiology Residency Program Assistant Residency Program Director

Education: BS, Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; PharmD, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Saint Joseph East; PGY2 Cardiology Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky

Practice Area: CCU and acute care cardiology

Research Interests: Acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, anticoagulation, congenital heart defects, and transitions of care

Email: ashley.schenk@uky.edu

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Titles: Clinical Pharmacist, Cardiology

Education: PharmD, Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; PGY2 Cardiology Specialty Residency, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Practice Area: Inpatient Cardiology

Research Interests: Heart failure, diuretic resistance, transitions of care

Email: mary.k.shultz@uky.edu