Education: The Ohio State University - Columbus, OH
Interests: Cardiology, Ambulatory Care
Research: Evaluation of Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Protocol Update in Obese Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery Patients
Involvement: Pharmacy Community Committee, Resuscitation Committee
Interests outside of pharmacy: International travel, weightlifting, photography
Advisor: Lydia McKay, PharmD, BCPS
Email: andre.anderson@uky.edu
Education: University of Nebraska Medical Center - Omaha, NE
Interests: Cardiology, Critical Care
Research: Data Driven Decision Making for Empiric Therapy: Predicting P. aeruginosa Resistance Using Clinical Profiles
Involvement: Recruitment Committee, Formulary P&T Subcommittee Subcommittee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Sports, working out and hiking, hanging out with friends
Advisor: Peter Moran, PharmD, MSPS, BCCCP
Email: theodore.blum@uky.edu
Education: University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy - Cincinnati, OH
Interests: Critical Care, Oncology
Research: Utilization of Standard vs Concentrated Insulin Pumps in Management of Diabetes
Involvement: Media & Marketing Committee, Epic Optimization
Interests outside of pharmacy: Cincinnati sports, traveling, hot pilates, trying new coffee shops and restaurants, golfing
Advisor: Emma Uchida, PharmD, MBA, BCOP
Email: kkbr227@uky.edu
Education: Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences - Binghamton, NY
Interests: Infectious Diseases
Research: Impact of Antibiotic Choices, Therapy Duration, and Resistance on Outcomes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia
Involvement: Resident Research Committee, Formulary P&T subcommittee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Sports, music, reading, spending time outdoors
Advisor: Gavin Howington, PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS
Email: jcgo247@uky.edu
Education: University of Iowa College of Pharmacy - Iowa City, IA
Interests: Critical Care, Emergency Medicine
Research: Monitoring of Optimization to PRN Pain Medication Prescribing at an Academic Medical Center
Involvement: Alumni & Outreach Committee, ICU Subcommittee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Playing card and board games, going to spin classes, playing piano, and trying new restaurants
Advisor: Morgan Michas, PharmD, BCCCP (R562)
Email: lauren.gravert@uky.edu
Education: University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy - Aurora, CO
Interests: Ambulatory Care, Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine
Research: Risk Factors and Outcomes in Patients with Positive Blood Cultures after ED Discharge
Involvement: Preceptor Development Committee, Glycemic Control Committee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Pickleball, lagree/pilates, reading, trying new restaurants
Advisor: Erin Bowe, PharmD, BCEMP (R592)
Email: saige.kiedinger@uky.edu
Education: University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy - Lexington, KY
Interests: Cardiology, Hematology and Oncology
Research: Exploring Outcomes, Treatment Duration, and Treatment Strategies in ESBL vs non-ESBL Bacteremia
Involvement: Awards and Recognition Committee, Anticoagulation Stewardship
Interests outside of pharmacy: Traveling, cooking and baking
Advisor: Ashley Logan, PharmD, BCIDP
Email: lqa222@uky.edu
Education: Eshelman School of Pharmacy at UNC - Chapel Hill, NC
Interests: Ambulatory Care, Endocrinology, Neurology
Research: Blood Pressure Targets in Spontaneous Intracranial Hemorrhage
Involvement: Professional Development Committee, Door-to-Needle Committee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Hiking, traveling, basketball, pickleball, photography
Advisor: Anna Pfeiffer, PharmD, BCPS
Email: blca266@uky.edu
Interests: Cardiology, Palliative Care, Transplant
Research: Gentamicin Dosing Strategies in Pregnancy
Involvement: Recruitment Committee, Opioid Stewardship Committee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Soccer, hiking, reading, hammocking
Advisor: Marianne Carter, PharmD
Email: mesc303@uky.edu
Interests: Specialty Pharmacy, Ambulatory Care
Research: Impact of Incomplete Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy on Retreatment Rates in Patients with Hepatitis C
Involvement: Awards & Recognition Committee, Quality Management Committee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Golf, running, soccer
Advisors: Lindsey Sheehan, PharmD, MPA, MBA (R589) and Emily Eastman, PharmD, MBA, CSP
Email: jwjo232@uky.edu
Interests: Internal Medicine, Ambulatory Care
Research: Anticoagulation in Cirrhosis: Impact on Decompensation Events
Involvement: Grand Rounds Committee, Inpatient Pharmacy Practice Council
Interests outside of pharmacy: Basketball, football, baseball, hiking, cooking barbecue
Advisor: Zachary Norris, PharmD, BCPS
Email: jrbr272@uky.edu
Education: University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy - Pittsburgh, PA
Interests: Pediatrics, Academia
Research: Evaluation of Empiric Anaerobic Antibiotic Coverage on Treatment Outcomes in Adult Acute Osteomyelitis
Involvement: Social Committee, Pediatric P&T
Interests outside of pharmacy: Singing, live performing, going to rock concerts, crocheting, reading
Advisor: Sally Foster, PharmD, BCPS (R521)
Email: emma.reed@uky.edu
Education: Samford University's McWhorter School of Pharmacy - Birmingham, AL
Interests: Pediatrics, Ambulatory Care, Behavioral Health
Research: Evaluating the Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Cirrhosis and Ascites Treated with Midodrine and Diuretics Versus Diuretics Alone
Involvement: Social Committee, Medication Events Review for Good Samaritan Hospital
Interests outside of pharmacy: Running, hiking, camping, reading, game nights with friends
Advisor: Danielle Casaus, PharmD, BCIDP
Email: whitneyseals@uky.edu
PGY-1
Education: West Virginia University School of Pharmacy - Morgantown, WV
Interests: Pharmacy Operations, Supply Chain, Business
Research: Analysis of Cost of In-House Strip Packing Compared to Purchasing Unit-Dose
Involvement: Wellness Committee, MUSIC
Interests outside of pharmacy: Coffee shops, local distilleries/breweries, yoga, traveling, reading
Advisor: Zach Hitchcock, PharmD, MHA
Email: jordan.terrizzi@uky.edu
PGY-2
Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy, Madison, WI
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency: PGY1 HSPAL - UK HealthCare, Lexington, KY
Interests: Regulatory Affairs, Medication Safety, Clinical Practice Management
Research: Implementation and Evaluation of a Drug Repository Program at an Academic Medical Center
Involvement: Chief Resident, Media & Marketing Committee, Enterprise P&T Committee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Reading, playing board games, going to breweries and cocktail bars, traveling to see friends and family
Advisor: Magdalena Wartak, PharmD, MBA (R540)
Email: mmfi251@uky.edu
Interests: Supply Chain, 340B, Finance, Informatics
Research: Modern Inventory Management Strategies
Involvement: Resident Research Committee, Enterprise P&T Committee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Hiking, rock climbing, guitar
Advisor: David Marr, PharmD, MBA, MS, BCPS
Email: jt.isaacs@uky.edu
Interests: Pharmacogenomics, Specialty Pharmacy, Behavioral Health
Research: TBD
Involvement: Alumni & Outreach Committee, Quality Management Committee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Disc golf, pickleball, games with friends, and podcasts
Advisor: Thom Platt, PharmD, PhD, MBA (R503)
Email: jcar226@uky.edu
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency: PGY1 SPAL - UK HealthCare, Lexington, KY
Interests: Specialty Pharmacy Operations, Accreditation, 340B
Research: Impact of Provider Education on Autoinjector Safety Events
Involvement: Alumni & Outreach Committee, UK Specialty Pharmacy Quality Management Committee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Trying new restaurants, hosting friends and family, visiting wineries/breweries
Advisor: Margaret English, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, CSP (R520)
Email: ardu232@uky.edu
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency: PGY1 - Norton Healthcare, Louisville KY
Interests: Pediatric Ambulatory Care, Specialty Clinics
Research: Evaluation of Different Hypertension Management Services on Blood Pressure Control
Involvement: Awards and Recognition Committee, Pharmacy Informatics Review Committee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Orangetheory, reading/audiobooks, baking, binge watching new TV shows
Advisor: Kadin Ashley, PharmD, BCACP (R546)
Email: meganbaker@uky.edu
Education: UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy - Chapel Hill, NC
PGY-1 Program and Institution: PGY1 Community-Based - UVA Health, Charlottesville, VA
Interests: Specialty Pharmacy, Pediatrics, Women's Health
Research: Evaluation of the use of GLP-1 Receptor Antagonists or GLP-1 Receptor Agonist/GIP and SGLT-2 Inhibitors in Transplant Patients for the Management of Diabetes
Involvement: Grand Rounds Committee, Retail Pharmacy and DME Quality Management Committee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Baking, reading, finding good happy hour deals with friends
Advisor: Makayla Nelson, PharmD, BCACP
Email: gabrielle.flynn@uky.edu
Education: Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy - Ada, OH
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency: PGY1 Good Samaritan Hospital - UK HealthCare, Lexington, KY
Interests: Primary Care, Cardiology, Pulmonology, Diabetes Management
Research: Impact of Medication-Related Issues on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension
Involvement: Social Committee, Vaccine Task Force
Interests outside of pharmacy: Hiking, working out, pickleball, hanging with family and friends, reading, trying new restaurants
Advisor: Lauren Kormelink, PharmD, BCACP
Email: rachel.hish@uky.edu
Education: University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy - Omaha, NE
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency: PGY1 Acute Care - UK HealthCare, Lexington, KY
Interests: Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, Cardiology Critical Care
Research: Attainment of LDL <70 mg/dL within 1 Year of ACS Event
Involvement: Professional Development Committee, Anticoagulation Stewardship P&T Subcommittee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Reading, bowling, golf, reading and hanging out with my wife and son
Advisor: Kaitlin Hile, PharmD, BCCP
Email: adam.roskam@uky.edu
Education: University of Cincinnati James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy - Cincinnati, OH
Interests: Critical Care
Research: Efficacy of Pyridoxine in Refractory Status Epilepticus
Involvement: Chief Resident, Epic Optimization Committee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Sports (soccer, tennis, NFL, college basketball), movies, going on walks/hikes
Advisor: Ali Wiegand, PharmD, BCCCP (R545)
Email: tate.coleman@uky.edu
Education: University of Georgia - Athens, GA
Interests: Surgery
Research: Therapeutic Hypernatremia for Cerebral Edema
Involvement: Recruitment Committee, Perioperative P&T Subcommittee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Exercise, travel, breweries, cooking
Advisor: Sara Parli, PharmD, BCCCP (R385)
Email: ann.routon@uky.edu
Education: Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy - Auburn, AL
Interests: MICU
Research: ICU Pharmacist Notification Burden
Involvement: Pharmacy Community Committee, Pharmacy ICU Subcommittee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Playing fetch with my dog, breweries, reading, video games
Email: emily.oliver@uky.edu
Education: University of North Texas Health Science Center - Fort Worth, TX
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency: PGY1 John Peter Smith Health Network - Fort Worth, TX
Interests: Emergency Medicine, Trauma, Toxicology
Research: Evaluation of Medication Dosing in Rapid Sequence Intubation in Obese Patients
Involvement: Media & Marketing Committee, Door-to-Needle Committee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Cooking, walking my dog, exploring new restaurants, arts and crafts
Advisor: Matt Blackburn, PharmD, MBA, BCCCP, BCEMP, BCPS
Email: mgmo255@uky.edu
Education: Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences - Des Moines, IA
Interests: Emergency Medicine
Involvement: Social Committee, Resuscitation Committee, ED Resuscitation Committee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Golfing, skiing, attending country music concerts
Advisor: Ryan Mynatt, PharmD, BCPS (R357)
Email: maddie.lee@uky.edu
Interests: Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial Stewardship
Research: Clinical Outcomes and Predictors of Mortality in AmpC-Producing Gram-Negative Bacteremia
Involvement: Preceptor Development Committee, Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Baseball, hockey
Advisor: Sarah Garvey, PharmD, BCIDP (R447)
Email: blake.woodward@uky.edu
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency: PGY1 United Health Services, Johnson City, NY
Research: Development and Validation of a Clinical Scoring System to Differentiate Colonization from Infection by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Disease
Involvement: Alumni & Outreach Committee, Antimicrobial Stewardship
Interests outside of pharmacy: Cooking, hiking, astronomy, building anything
Email: paul.puccio@uky.edu
Education: University of Rhode Island
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency: PGY1 - University Michigan
Interests: Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics and Adults
Research: Clinical Outcomes and Antibiotic Duration in Gram-Negative Bacteremia: A Retrospective Comparison of 1/2 vs 2/2 Positive Blood Culture Sets
Involvement: Recruitment Committee, Antimicrobial Stewardship Subcommittee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Reading, board games, exercising, traveling, trying new foods
Advisor: Donna R Burgess, RPh, BCIDP
Email: christine_wu@uky.edu
Education: Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy - Birmingham, AL
Interests: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant, Gynecology-Oncology
Research: Real-World Outcomes of Molecular Tumor Board Level 3 Treatment Recommendations
Involvement: RuOk Committee, Oncology P&T Subcommittee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Pilates, Reading, Travel, Trying New Foods and Breweries, UK Basketball
Advisors: C. Scott Ellis, PharmD, BCOP (R509) and Colleen Overley, PharmD, MS, BCOP (R374)
Email: aeco289@uky.edu
Interests: Hematology, Oncology
Research: A Comparison of the CAR-HEMATOTOX vs KyoTox Scoring Tool for Predicting Post-CAR-T Hematotoxicity, a single-center retrospective study
Involvement: Recruitment Committee, Oncology P&T Subcommittee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Basketball, traveling, documentaries
Advisor: Bryant Clemons, PharmD, BCOP (R499) & Clyde Coleman, PharmD, BCPS
Email: ryan.ruehl@uky.edu
Education: University Kentucky College of Pharmacy - Lexington, KY
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency: PGY1 Ambulatory Care - UK HealthCare, Lexington, KY
Research: Comparison of Immune-Related Adverse Events (irAEs) by Tumor Proportion Score (TPS) in Patients in Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Involvement: Grand Rounds Committee, Oncology P&T Subcommittee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Hockey (Go Pens!), reading, trying new restaurants
Advisor: Emma Uchida, PharmD, MBA, BCOP & Rachael Morgan, PharmD, BCOP (R444)
Email: meru232@uky.edu
Education: University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Pharmacy - Kansas City, MO
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency: PGY1 at University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy - Oklahoma City, OK
Interests: Pediatrics
Research: Safety and Efficacy of Lacosamide for Children Less Than 6 Months of Age
Involvement: Grand Rounds Committee, Pediatric Interdepartmental Trauma Quality Assurance Committee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Hanging out with my cat, watching sports, staying active
Advisor: Kaitlynn Krupp, PharmD & Natalie Gray, PharmD, BCPPS (R527)
Email: amgi279@uky.edu
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency: PGY1 Norton Healthcare - Louisville, KY
Interests: Pediatrics, Critical Care
Research: Assessing Time to Hyperosmolar Therapy in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injuries
Involvement: Media & Marketing Committee, NICU Operations Committee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Dance, musicals, reading, calligraphy
Advisor: Katelyn Camera, PharmD, BCPS
Email: hmsh232@uky.edu
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency: PGY1 Acute Care - University of Tennessee Medical Center
Interests: Infectious diseases within the immunocompromised population, immunosuppressive therapy management, transitions of care
Research: Impact of Basiliximab Use During Immunosuppression Holiday on Clinical Outcomes in Lung Transplant Recipients
Involvement: Resident Research Committee
Interests outside of pharmacy: Cooking, attending concerts
Advisor: Melanie E. Laine, PharmD, BCCCP (R434)
Email: erichoux@uky.edu
