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
he/him
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: Coordinator, Pharmacy Informatics
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: kljo264@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: 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: Liz.Ford@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
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
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
Titles: Pharmacist Program Coordinator, Medication-Use Policy and Education
Education: PharmD/MM, Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy
Training: PGY1/PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Residency, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Practice Area: Medication Use Policy and Education
Research Interests: Drug policy management, medication utilization
Email: sydney.madison@uky.edu
Titles: Associate Director, Pharmacy Supply Chain
Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy; MBA, University of Kentucky; MS, University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Training: Combined PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration Residency, UNC Medical Center
Practice Area: Pharmacy Supply Chain
Research Interests: Pharmacy Supply Chain, 340B, Pharmacy Business Services
Email: david.marr@uky.edu
Titles: Director, Acute Care Operations
Education: PharmD, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy; MBA, 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
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
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
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
Research Interests: Pharmacy Operations and Automation, Sterile Compounding, Process Improvement, and Residency Training.
Email: j.wilson@uky.edu
