Titles: Critical Care Pharmacist
Education: BS, Campbellsville University; PharmD, University of Kentucky of Pharmacy; MBA, Northern Kentucky University College of Business
Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Saint Joseph Hospital
Practice Area: MICU
Research Interests: Sepsis, Antimicrobial use in the Emergency Department, Sports Medicine
Email: matt.blackburn3@uky.edu
she/her
Titles: Critical Care Pharmacist, Neurocritical CareEducation: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of PharmacyTraining: PGY1 Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington KY; PGY2 Critical Care, Emory HealthcarePractice Area: Neurocritical CareResearch Interests: Sodium disorders, status epilepticus management, withdrawal syndromesEmail: eden.brewington@uky.edu
he/him
Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy
Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Kentucky Good Samaritan Hospital; PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky
Practice Area: Neuroscience/Medical Intensive Care Unit/Pulmonary
Research Interests: PADIS, impact of obesity in critical illness, alcohol withdrawal, antimicrobial optimization
Email: t.carr@uky.edu
Titles: Associate Professor, Pharmacy
Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky
Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency University of Kentucky; PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency University of Kentucky
Practice Area: Neurocritical Care
Research Interests: Acute response to injury; neurotrauma; status epilepticus; residency training; augmented renal clearance; pharmacokinetics
Email: amcook0@uky.edu
Titles: Critical Care Pharmacist, MICU; Assistant Professor (Adjunct), UK College of Pharmacy
Education: PharmD, University of Illinois at Chicago
Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Loyola University Medical Center; PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency, Medical University of South Carolina
Practice Area: Medical Intensive Care Unit/Pulmonary
Research Interests: Pharmacokinetics in continuous renal replacement therapy and acute kidney injury, deresuscitation, acute respiratory distress syndrome, steroid pharmacology and immunomodulation
Email: chris.donaldson@uky.edu
Titles: Clinical Pharmacist, Surgery; Assistant Professor (Adjunct), UK College of Pharmacy; Assistant Residency Program Director, Critical Care
Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Illinois at Chicago; PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency, University of Illinois at Chicago
Practice Area: Colorectal Surgery, Head and Neck/ENT
Research Interests: Surgical critical care, ERAS, ICU sedation and delirium
Email: laura.means@uky.edu
Titles: Critical Care Pharmacist, Surgery Float
Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Kentucky; PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky
Practice Area: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Subspecialty Surgery, Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine
Research Interests: PADIS, surgical critical care, surgical infectious diseases
Email: jana.branham@uky.edu
Titles: Critical Care Pharmacist, Perioperative Services; Associate Professor (Adjunct), Pharmacy; Associate Professor (Adjunct), Anesthesiology, Perioperative, Critical Care & Pain Medicine
Education: Bachelor of Science Pharmacology, University of California Santa Barbara; PharmD, University of Colorado School of Pharmacy; MBA, University of Kentucky
Practice Area: Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine
Research Interests: Trauma coagulopathy, aortic dissection, ERAS, Surgical outcomes
Email: Eric.Johnson@uky.edu
Education: PharmD, University of Minnesota
Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Chicago Medicine; PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky
Research Interests: Acute respiratory distress syndrome, septic shock, pain and sedation, alcohol withdrawal
Email: clkr225@uky.edu
Titles: Critical Care Pharmacist, Medical Intensive Care Unit/Pulmonary
Education: PharmD, University of Houston
Practice Area: Medical Intensive Care Unit
Research Interests: Fluid resuscitation in sepsis; invasive candidiasis in medical critically ill patients; pharmacotherapy in advanced cardiovascular life support
Email: melanie.laine@uky.edu
Titles: Critical Care Pharmacist, Trauma/Surgery ICU
Education: PharmD, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy
Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Regional One Health; PGY2 Critical Care Residency, Regional One Health
Practice Area: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Research Interests: Infectious diseases, nutrition support
Email: lindey.lane@uky.edu
Titles: Nutrition Support Program Coordinator; Professor (Adjunct), Pharmacy Practice & Science
Education: Pre-pharmacy, Kentucky Wesleyan College; BS Pharmacy, University of Kentucky; PharmD, University of Kentucky
Training: Clinical Practice Residency, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Practice Area: Nutrition Support
Research Interests: Parenteral and enteral nutrition support in critical care, drug absorption, drug/nutrient interactions, infections associated with PN
Email: Barbara.Magnuson@uky.edu
Titles: Critical Care Pharmacist, Neurocritical Care
Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Emory University Hospital; PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency, Emory University Hospital
Research Interests: Sodium disorders, liver-brain axis, EHR optimization
Email: peter.moran@uky.edu
Titles: Critical Care Pharmacist, Stroke; Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Pharmacy
Education: PharmD, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy
Practice Area: Stroke Neurology/Neurocritical Care
Research Interests: stroke quality and outcomes; neurocritical care
Email: melissa.nestor@uky.edu
Titles: Critical Care Pharmacist, Trauma/Surgical ICU
Education: PharmD, University of Georgia
Research Interests: Surgical critical care, antimicrobial optimization in critically ill patients, pharmacoeconomics
Email: wjol222@uky.edu
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
Practice Area: Cardiothoracic Intensive Care
Research Interests: Glycemic control, hemostasis following cardiac surgery, ICU pain / agitation / delirium management
Email: komal.pandya@uky.edu
Titles: Critical Care Pharmacist, Trauma/Surgical ICU; Associate Professor (Adjunct), Pharmacy
Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Memorial University Medical Center; PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky
Research Interests: Surgical infectious diseases, analgesia in trauma, nutrition support
Email: sara.parli@uky.edu
Titles: Clinical Pharmacist, Neurocritical Care; Assistant Residency Program Director PGY1 Acute Care and Ambulatory Care
Education: PharmD, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis
Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of Kentucky; PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky
Practice Area: Neurosciences
Research Interests: stroke, traumatic brain injury, status epilepticus
Email: blake.robbins@uky.edu
Titles: Director, Office of Pharmacy Value and Analytics
Education: BS Spanish, University of Kentucky; PharmD, University of Kentucky
Practice Area: Pharmacy Value and Analytics
Research Interests: Medication use strategies and stewardship, data analytics, pharmacy practice models
Email: kmruf2@uky.edu
Titles: Critical Care Pharmacist, Specialty Surgery
Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky; Masters in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky
Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Indiana University Health; PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency, Indiana University Health
Practice Area: Surgical Oncology, Surgery Critical Care, Plastic Surgery, OMFS
Research Interests: Gastrointestinal bleeding, antimicrobial pharmacokinetics, liver failure
Email: evan.sawyer@uky.edu
Titles: Critical Care Pharmacist, Medical Intensive Care Unit/Pulmonary; Assistant Residency Program Director, Critical Care
Training: PGY1 and PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency, University of Chicago Medicine
Research Interests: PADIS, septic shock, pharmacotherapy in mechanical circulatory support
Email: kat.spezzano@uky.edu
Titles: Critical Care Pharmacist; Assistant (Adjunct) Professor, UK College of Pharmacy
Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Duke University Hospital; PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency, Duke University Hospital
Practice Area: Neuroscience-Pulmonary
Research Interests: ARDS, pharmacotherapy in mechanical circulatory support, septic shock, alcohol withdrawal
Email: sara.stallworth@uky.edu
Titles: Critical Care Pharmacist, Trauma/Surgical; Assistant Residency Program Director PGY1 Acute Care and Ambulatory Care
Practice Area: Trauma and Emergency General Surgery
Research Interests: Post-ICU care, PADIS, surgical infectious disease
Email: ali.wiegand@uky.edu
Titles: Critical Care Pharmacist, Vascular
Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital; PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Practice Area: Vascular and Critical Care Surgery
Research Interests: anticoagulation, patient safety and quality improvement, EHR optimization
Email: sjco226@uky.edu
