Meet Our Preceptors - Oncology

Titles: Associate Professor, Pharmacy

Education: BS Pharmacy, University of Utah; PharmD, University of Texas at Austin jointly with the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Training: Hematology/Oncology Specialty Residency, Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital; Fellowship in Immunology and Transplantation, University of Florida

Practice Area: Hematology/Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplantation

Research Interests: Chemotherapy-induced hematopoietic toxicity, hematopoietic-stimulating cytokines, pain control, nutritional effects on chemotherapy

Email: vadam0@uky.edu

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

Education: PharmD, Shenandoah University

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Norton Healthcare 

Practice Area: Medical Oncology (Genecology & Breast)

Research Interests: oncology, patient education, precision medicine, supportive care

Email: knblan2@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: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Palliative Care and Pain Management

Education: PharmD and Palliative Care Certificate, University of Iowa College of Pharmacy; BS, Purdue University

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, LMH Health; PGY2 Palliative Care and Pain Management Residency, University of Iowa College of Pharmacy; Outpatient Palliative Care Pharmacy Fellowship, University of Iowa College of Pharmacy

Practice Area: Palliative Care, Pain Management

Research Interests: Pain and symptom management in patients with cancer, Scholarship of teaching and learning, equity in healthcare education 

Email: marianne.carter@uky.edu

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Titles: Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Hematology/Oncology

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, UK Good Samaritan Hospital; PGY2 Hematology/Oncology Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky 

Practice Area: Breast and Head, Neck, Respiratory Oncology

Research Interests: Supportive care, Financial toxicity, Diversity/Equity/Inclusion

Email: ariana.chambers@uky.edu

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Titles: Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Hematology/Oncology

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Kentucky; PGY2 Hematology/Oncology Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky

Practice Area: Inpatient/Outpatient Hematology & BMT

Research Interests: Malignant hematology, BMT

Email: bryant.clemons@uky.edu

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Titles: Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Hematology/Oncology

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

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Practice Area: Outpatient Medical Oncology

Research Interests: Neuro-oncology, lung cancer, cancer care for underserved populations

Email: clyde.coleman@uky.edu

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Titles: Clinical Pharmacist, Hematology/Oncology 

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of Kentucky Good Samaritan Hospital; PGY2 Hematology/Oncology Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky

Practice Area: Outpatient Solid Tumors 

Research Interests: Supportive care, gastrointestinal malignancies, infectious diseases

Email: krco258@uky.edu

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Titles: Ambulatory Hematology/Oncology Pharmacist

Education: BS Music Performance, University of Wisconsin-Madison; PharmD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Michigan; PGY2 Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy, University of Michigan

Practice Area: Leukemia, GI/GU Solid Tumors

Research Interests: Health Disparities in Heme Malignancies, Multiple Myeloma, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Email: Kenton.cooksey@uky.edu

Titles: Pharmacist Manager, Hematology/BMT Pharmacy Services; Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Hematology/Oncology

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

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Kentucky; PGY2 Hematology/Oncology Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky

Practice Area: Hematology, Blood & Marrow Transplantation, Cellular Therapy

Research Interests: Multiple myeloma and other hematologic malignancies, cellular therapy, BMT, supportive care, quality improvement, cost of cancer care

Email: jessica.cupac@uky.edu

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Titles: Associate Director, Centralized Specialty Pharmacy Services; Assistant Residency Program Director, PGY1/PGY2 Specialty Pharmacy Leadership and Administration; 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: Assistant Residency Program Director, Hematology/Oncology; Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Hematology/Oncology; Associate Professor (Adjunct), Pharmacy

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, UK HealthCare Good Samaritan Hospital; PGY2 Hematology/Oncology Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky HealthCare

Practice Area: Outpatient Solid Tumors

Research Interests: Genitourinary cancers, gastrointestinal cancers, sarcomas, hepatic arterial infusion pump therapy, therapeutic drug monitoring of antineoplastics

Email: carleton.ellis@uky.edu 

Titles: Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Hematology/Oncology

Education: PharmD, University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, West Virginia University Hospitals; PGY2 Oncology Residency, West Virginia University Hospitals

Practice Area: Inpatient/Outpatient Hematology and BMT

Research Interests: Malignant hematology, BMT

Email: micheal.gallagher@uky.edu

Titles: Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Hematology/Oncology

Education: PharmD, Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics; PGY2 Oncology Specialty Residency, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics 

Practice Area: Inpatient and Outpatient Hematology/BMT

Research Interests: Infectious diseases, Supportive care, Malignant hematology 

Email: meredith.ginn@uky.edu

Titles: Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Hematology/Oncology

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Veteran Health Indiana; PGY2 Hematology/Oncology Specialty Residency, Veteran Health Indiana

Practice Area: Hematology, Blood & Marrow Transplantation, Cellular Therapy

Research Interests: Hematologic malignancies, cellular therapy, supportive care

Email: brent.harris@uky.edu

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Titles: Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Hematology/Oncology

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Baptist Health Lexington

Practice Area: Inpatient Malignant Hematology and Medical Oncology

Research Interests: Medical oncology, internal medicine

Email: corey.humphrey@uky.edu

Titles: Pain Management and Palliative Care Pharmacist

Education: PharmD, Ohio Northern University

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, The Johns Hopkins Hospital; PGY2 Pain Management and Palliative Care Specialty Residency, The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Practice Area: Acute Pain, Palliative Care

Research Interests: Post-operative Pain, Acute Pain, Chronic Pain, Opioid Use Disorder, Palliative Care

Email: brandon.kasberg@uky.edu

Titles: Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Hematology/Oncology

Education: PharmD, Belmont University College of Pharmacy; BS Chemistry, Georgetown College

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, UK HealthCare Good Samaritan Hospital

Practice Area: Inpatient Malignant Hematology and Medical Oncology

Research Interests: Infectious diseases, supportive care, prevention and treatment of regimen-related toxicities

Email: alex.kreimer@uky.edu

Titles: Clinical Pharmacist, Hematology/Oncology 

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Saint Joseph Hospital; PGY2 Hematology/Oncology Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky 

Practice Area: Hematology, blood and marrow transplantation, cellular therapy 

Research Interests: Hematologic malignancies, BMT, and supportive care issues

Email: claire.goodin@uky.edu

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Titles: Clinical Pharmacist, Pain Management and Palliative Care

Education: PharmD, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy; BS, University of Connecticut; MS Palliative Care, University of Maryland

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, UCONN Health John Dempsey Hospital; Pain Management/Palliative Care Residency, University of Maryland; Fellowship Pain Management/Palliative Care, University of Maryland

Practice Area: Inpatient/Outpatient Palliative Care, Pain Management

Research Interests: Acute and chronic pain management, managing pain in patients with substance use disorder, end-of-life symptom management

Email: meg.mitchell@uky.edu

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Titles: Heme/Onc Pharmacy Research and Formulary Manager; Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Hematology/Oncology; Assistant Professor (Adjunct), UK College of Pharmacy

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, IU Healthcare; PGY2 Hematology/Oncology Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky

Practice Area: Hematology/Oncology, Outpatient Solid Tumors

Research Interests: GBM and other brain tumors, lung cancer, immunotherapy

Email: rachael.morgan@uky.edu

Titles: Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Hematology/Oncology, Assistant Adjunct Professor, UK College of Pharmacy

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, 2016

Training: Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of North Carolina Hospitals, 2017; Hematology/Oncology Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky, 2018

Practice Area: Outpatient Solid Tumors

Research Interests: Financial toxicity, oncology

Email: danielle.otto@uky.edu

Titles: Clinical Coordinator, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Services

Education: PharmD, Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy; MS, Clinical and Translational Sciences, University of Kentucky

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Saint Joseph Hospital; PGY2 Hematology/Oncology Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky

Practice Area: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Research Interests: Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenomics, supportive care for oncology patients, patient outcomes and quality improvement

Email: colleen.westendorf@uky.edu

Titles: Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Hematology/Oncology

Education: PharmD, University of Toledo College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center; PGY2 Hematology/Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Practice Area: Medical Oncology

Research Interests: medical oncology, hematologic malignancies, supportive care

Email: aphrodite.palazis@uky.edu

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Titles: Director of Pediatric and Oncology Pharmacy

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: Oncology and Pediatric Pharmacy Management

Research Interests: Financial toxicity associated with infusion therapy, Patient Assistance Programs, Hazardous Medication Exposure, Impact of biosimilar implementation

Email: pschw2@uky.edu

Titles: Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Hematology/Oncology

Education: PharmD, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center; PGY2 Hematology/Oncology Specialty Residency, Medical University of South Carolina

Practice Area: Inpatient and Outpatient Hematology/BMT

Research Interests: Acute leukemias, hematopoietic cell transplantation, immune effector cell therapies

Email: ashley.soule@uky.edu

Titles: Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Hematology/Oncology

Education: PharmD, Duquesne University

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, University Health Shreveport; PGY2 Hematology/Oncology Specialty Residency, Nebraska Medicine

Practice Area: Inpatient/Outpatient Hematology/Blood and Marrow Transplant

Research Interests: Acute myeloid leukemia, multiple myeloma, hematopoietic stem cell transplant, graft vs host disease, supportive care for oncology patient

Email: elizabeth.travers@uky.edu

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Titles: Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Hematology/Oncology

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital; PGY2 Hematology/Oncology Specialty Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital 

Practice Area: Inpatient and Outpatient Hematology/BMT

Research Interests: hematologic malignancies, BMT, supportive care

Email: efuc222@uky.edu

Titles: Clinical Pharmacist, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center

Practice Area: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Research Interests: Pediatric oncology supportive care, experiential education, professional involvement

Email: lindsay.villalobos@uky.edu

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Titles: Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Hematology/Oncology

Education: PharmD, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Michigan Medicine; PGY2 Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Residency, University of Michigan Medicine

Practice Area: Ambulatory Medical Oncology

Research Interests: lung cancer, head and neck cancer, supportive care, patient-reported outcomes in oncology

Email: ashlyn.whitesell@uky.edu

Titles: Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Hematology/Oncology

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Baptist Health Lexington

Practice Area: Inpatient Malignant Hematology and Medical Oncology

Research Interests: Medical oncology, malignant hematology, internal medicine

Email: abby.pike@uky.edu

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Titles: Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Hematology/Oncology

Education: PharmD, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Kentucky; PGY2 Hematology/Oncology Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky

Practice Area: Outpatient Solid Tumors

Research Interests: Lung cancer, supportive care

Email: lauren.stigers@uky.edu