Meet Our Preceptors - Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership

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 

Email: philip.almeter@uky.edu

Titles: Associate Director of Pharmacy Operations

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy; MBA, University of Kentucky; MS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Pharmacy

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

Practice Area: Pharmacy Operations, Sterile Compounding

Research Interests: Pharmacy Operations, Pharmacy Informatics

Email: btba234@uky.edu

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

Email: samantha.bochenek@uky.edu

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

Email: KatieJohnson@uky.edu

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

Email: debbie.duckworth@uky.edu

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

Email: jeremy.flynn@uky.edu

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

Email: dan.grantz@uky.edu

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, Just Culture

Email: elizabeth.hess@uky.edu

he/him

Titles: Associate Director of Pharmacy Operations

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: Pharmacy Operations

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

Email: zachary.hitchcock@uky.edu

she/her

Titles: Senior Director, Pharmacy Shared Services; Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Pharmacy Practice & Science

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

Training: PGY1 and PGY2, The Ohio State University

Practice Area: Medication Safety, Accreditation, Administration, Operations, Controlled Substance Diversion and Prevention

Research Interests: Medication Safety, Change Management

Email: khite2@uky.edu

Titles: Associate Director of Pharmacy, Adult Satellite Operations

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

Training: PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Residency, OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital

Practice Area: Satellite Pharmacy Operations

Research Interests: Pharmacy Operations, Clinical Pharmacy Practice Models, Sterile Compounding

Email: amee.joshi@uky.edu

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

she/her

Titles: Director, Acute Care Operations

Education: PharmD, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy; MBA, University of Kentucky

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

Practice Area: Pharmacy Operations, Supply Chain

Research Interests: Pharmacy Operations, Supply Chain

Email: magdalena.mastalerz@uky.edu

Titles: Senior Director, Acute Care Pharmacy Services

Education: PharmD, 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

Email: Devlin.smith@uky.edu

Titles: Senior 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

Email: ryan.naseman@uky.edu

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

Email: kmruf2@uky.edu

Titles: Associate Director of Enterprise Pharmacy Automation

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy; MBA, University of Kentucky; MS, Applied Clinical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Training: Applied Informatics Fellowship, Omnicell/Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Health

Practice Area: Pharmacy Automation, Pharmacy Administration

Research Interests: Pharmacy Workflow Optimization, Technology Implementation, Pharmacy Operations and Automation

Email: hanna.semega@uky.edu

he/him

Titles: Senior Pharmacy Director, Oncology, IDS, and Gene Therapy

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: Pharmacy Administration

Research Interests: Revenue Cycle, Public Policy and Advocacy, Infusion and Specialty Pharmacy, sterile compounding

Email: philip.schwieterman@uky.edu

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.

Email: j.wilson@uky.edu