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HOO’S NEWS Department of Pharmacy Services Residency Program

Issue 1 2018-2019 Residency Year Volume 14

The purpose of Hoo’s News is to communicate information among past, current, and future residents. If you have news that you would like to share, please contact Michelle McCarthy .

Residency Program Information

The University of Virginia Health System (UVA) has 12 programs: PGY1 Pharmacy (established 1991), PGY2-Critical Care (established 2002), PGY1/PGY2-Health System Pharmacy Administration (established 2010), PGY2-Oncology (established 2011), PGY2-Pharmacy Informatics (established 2011), PGY2-Solid Organ Transplantation (established 2013), PGY2-Infectious Diseases (established 2015), PGY2-Pediatrics (established 2015) PGY2-Cardiology (established 2017), PGY1-Community (established 2017), PGY2-Ambulatory Care (established 2018), and PGY2 Emergency Medicine (starting 2019). We had very positive accreditation surveys for the PGY1 community-based pharmacy, PGY2-cardiology, and PGY2-solid organ transplant residency programs in May. Each program received full cycle accreditation (8 years) from the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP).

PGY-1 Residents: Get to Know the

Class of 2018-2019!

Resident: Mary Lewis Griffin Program: PGY-1 Pharmacy Hometown: Columbia, SC Undergraduate Education: Wofford College; B.S. Biology Pharmacy School: South Carolina College of Pharmacy, MUSC Interests: All outdoor activities, running, going to barre classes, attempting to be a Charlottesville foodie, and being a dog mom Resident: Taylor Goins Hometown: Chesapeake, VA Undergraduate Education: North Carolina State University; B.S. Biology Pharmacy School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy Interests: Traveling, visiting local wineries, baking, and attending spin class with co-residents

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Resident: Alina Kukin Program: PGY-1 Pharmacy Hometown: Baltimore, MD Undergraduate Education: University of Maryland; B.S. Biology Pharmacy School: University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Interests: traveling, hiking, doing yoga, cooking, going to concerts, playing with my kitten, and exploring Charlottesville’s many restaurants, breweries, and wineries. Resident: Kristen Nymberg Program: PGY-1 Pharmacy Hometown: Center Valley, PA Undergraduate Education: Virginia Tech; B.S. Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise & B.A. Spanish Pharmacy School: The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy Interests: Spending time with friends and family, traveling, and cheering on the Buckeyes and Hokies Resident: Ashni Patel Program: PGY-1 Pharmacy Hometown: Atlanta, GA Undergraduate Education: Georgia Institute of Technology; B.S. Biology Pharmacy School: University of Georgia College of Pharmacy Interests: Exploring local wineries and restaurants, hiking, traveling, and attending spin class with my co-residents Resident: Cory Perry Program: PGY-1 Pharmacy Hometown: Topeka, KS Undergraduate Education: University of Kansas; B.S of Pharmaceutical Studies Pharmacy School: University of Kansas School of Pharmacy Interests: Spending time with friends and family, sampling local breweries and wineries, hiking, and cheering on the Royals, Chiefs, and Jayhawks

Resident: Josephine Tan Program: PGY-1 Pharmacy Hometown: Paramus, NJ Undergraduate Education: University of Michigan; B.S. Biomolecular Sciences and International Studies Pharmacy School: University of Michigan College of Pharmacy Interests: Exploring new cities, sampling local restaurants, visiting Virginia’s vineyards and breweries, cheering on the Wolverines Resident: Yvonne Zhang Program: PGY-1 Pharmacy Hometown: Charlottesville, VA Undergraduate Education: University of Virginia; B.S. Biochemistry and B.A. Biology Pharmacy School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy Interests: Traveling around the world, watching movies, cooking, rereading the Harry Potter series Resident: Tyler Goins Program: PGY-1 Administration Hometown: Manassas, VA Undergraduate Education: Virginia Tech; B.S. Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise Pharmacy School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy Interests: Traveling, scuba diving, intramural sports, exploring Charlottesville, and cheering on the Hokies and Redskins Resident: Christa Barber Program: PGY-1 Community Hometown: Chesapeake, VA Undergraduate Education: Virginia Tech; B.S. Biochemistry Pharmacy School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy Interests: visiting family and friends, spending time outdoors and adventuring with my husband and mini goldendoodle, Louie

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PGY2 Class of 2018-2019: New

Friends and Familiar Faces!

Resident: Andrew Brown Program: PGY-2 Solid Organ Transplant Hometown: Arlington, VA Undergraduate Education: The College of William & Mary, BS Neuroscience Pharmacy School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy Interests: watching Liverpool FC, photography, espresso, and craft beer Resident: Mary Cordon Program: PGY-2 Ambulatory Care Hometown: Jersey City, NJ Undergraduate Education: Rutgers University - New Jersey Pharmacy School: Rutgers University Interests: Watching concerts, going

to new cafes and restaurants,

spending time with her dog Piglet

Resident: Robert D’Eramo

Program: PGY-2 Health System

Pharmacy Administration

Hometown: Poquoson, VA

Undergraduate Education: Virginia Tech, B.S. Biology Pharmacy School: VCU School of Pharmacy Interests: Friends and family, traveling, boating, heading to the beach, exercising, sports and exploring Charlottesville wineries and restaurants Resident: Julianne Fallon Program: PGY-2 Cardiology Hometown: Tulsa, OK Undergraduate Education: University of Oklahoma, B.S. Microbiology Pharmacy School: VCU School of Pharmacy Interests: traveling, spending time walking my dog, Apollo, and cuddling my cat, Copernicus, as well as enjoying the many wineries and breweries in the Charlottesville area Resident: Kristi Higgins Program: PGY-2 Pediatric Pharmacy Hometown: Greensboro, NC Undergraduate Education: Elon University, BA Psychology Pharmacy School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy Interests: travelling, hiking, spending time with my dog and exploring local Charlottesville wineries and restaurants Resident: Meredith Mort Program: PGY-2 Oncology Hometown: York, PA Undergraduate Education: University of Pittsburgh Pharmacy School: University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Interests: hiking, exercising, cuddling with my cat Onyx, and exploring local breweries with my husband

PGY-1 Residents enjoying the view at Carter Mountain

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Resident: Michelle Plum Program: PGY-2 Critical Care Hometown: Haddam, CT Undergraduate Education: MCPHS University - Boston Pharmacy School: MCPHS University - Boston Interests: Cooking, being outside, friends and family, exploring new places Resident: John Schoonover Program: PGY-2 Pharmacy Informatics Hometown: Spartanburg, SC Undergraduate Education: Wofford College Pharmacy School: South Carolina College of Pharmacy - USC Campus Interests: Cooking, watching Liverpool FC, and hanging out with his fiancé and their French bulldog, Phoebe Resident: Ally Stilwell Program: PGY-2 Infectious Diseases Hometown: Wilmington, NC Undergraduate Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BS Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmacy School: UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Interests: being active/outside, exercising/playing sports, UNC basketball

VSHP Annual Virginia Pharmacy Residency Forum

The Annual Virginia Pharmacy Residency Forum was held at the UVA Education Resource Center on August 17, 2018. Pharmacy residents throughout Virginia, including some PGY1 and 2 residents from UVA, attended the forum which included lectures on wellbeing and resilience, IRB and statistics review, and financial planning. Attendees were also given the opportunity to network with other pharmacy residents and program directors from throughout Virginia. Special thanks to Ally Stillwell (PGY-2 Infectious Diseases) for helping to coordinate the event.

UVA Pharmacy Hosts Residency

Visits

The UVA pharmacy residency program hosted pharmacy residents from programs at the University of North Carolina Health System, the University of Florida Health Jacksonville, and Duke Health System for residency site visits in October and November. Robert D’Eramo, Josephine Tan, Cory Perry, Yvonne Zhang, and Tyler Goins helped coordinate the visits, which included a UVA campus tour and resident lunch, an overview of residency programs at UVA and the visiting programs, and a pharmacy hot topics discussion. The UVA PGY-1 pharmacy residents are scheduled to visit another residency program site later this year.

UVA Resident Class of 2018-2019 gets together for lunch

at Michie Tavern

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ASHP Midyear Happenings

Please Join us at ASHP Midyear 2018

for the Virginia Reception!

Other Midyear Info

UVA Pharmacy residents will present

posters at the Vizient Pharmacy Resident

Poster Session on Saturday, December 1

from 4:45-6:50 PM.

We are recruiting for numerous positions

in PPS. The booth is 7897.

Our Residency Showcase is Tuesday, De-

cember 4, 8-11 AM, Booth 5001.

We hope to see you all there!!!

Awards and Honors Michelle McCarthy was selected to receive the

VCU School of Pharmacy OEE’s Outstanding Ser-

vice Award for 2018.

Scott V. Anderson (IT 12) was the recipient of

the 2018 Virginia Society of Health-System Phar-

macists “Pharmacist of the Year” award..

Matt Allsbrook (PP 15, HSPA 16) was the recipi-

ent of the 2018 Virginia Society of Health-

System Pharmacists New Practitioner of the

Year award.

Michelle McCarthy receiving the VCU School of Pharmacy

OEE’s Outstanding Service Award for 2018

Matt Allsbrook, Scott Anderson, and Larry Davis (first PGY1

program director) receiving awards at the VSHP Fall seminar.

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UVA Resident Trip to ASHP Head-quarters in Bethesda

UVA pharmacy residents visited ASHP headquarters

in Bethesda, Maryland on October 30, 2018. The vis-

it included a lecture on how to advocate for your

profession, a question and answer panel with lead-

ers of different ASHP offices and divisions, and a hot

topics lunch discussion and debate. It also included

the opportunity to network with pharmacy residents

throughout the country and discuss relevant issues

impacting pharmacy today.

Oh Baby!

Michelle Zacchetti (PP 13), big sister Lilia, and

their family welcomed baby girl Serafina Étoile

Zacchetti on June 19, 2018. She was 8 lb 5 oz and

was 19.3 inches long.

Andrew Whitman (PP 15, Onc 16) and his wife

are proud to announce the arrival of baby boy

William Mark Whitman on July 7, 2018. He

weighed 6 lb 7 oz and was 20 inches long.

Kelly Branham McAllister (PP 08) and her family

welcomed Levi Garnett McAllister on July 23,

2018. He was 8 lb, 10.2 oz and was 21.5 inches

long.

Serafina and big sister Lilia

UVA Residents at ASHP Headquarters

Welcome William Mark Whitman! Taking a tour of headquarters

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Shaila Sheth (PP 09), her husband, big sister Suri-

na, and big brother Shiv welcomed baby girl

Sohini Sheth on September 28, 2018.

Kara Parsons Thornton (DI 15) and her family

happily announce the birth of Preston Glenn

Thornton in October 2018. He weighed 4 lb 1 oz.

Lindsey Donohue (PP 15, ID 16) and her family

are happy to announce the arrival of baby boy

Oliver Edward Donohue on October 15, 2018. He

was 8 lb 2 oz and was 20.5 inches long.

Weddings

Julie Katherine Nelson married Michael Kent Bedenbaugh (PP 13, HSPA 14) on July 7, 2018 in Greenville, SC.

Audrey Pham (Community 18) married Quan Nguyen on October 6, 2018 in Keswick, VA.

Welcome Preston Glenn Thornton!

Oliver Edward Donohue being held by his big brother

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Put a ring on it…...

Bobby D’Eramo (PP 18, HSPA 19) became engaged to Nasim Hemmatian on September 27, 2018.

Zach Elliott (ID 17) became engaged to Megan Rook in November 2018.

New Positions/ Appointments

Scott V. Anderson (IT 12) was appointed to the 2018-2019 ASHP Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology Section Advisory Group on Opera-tions and Automation.

James J. Fiebert (IT 13) recently started a new po-sition as an IT Pharmacy Supervisor at UVA.

Philip J. Almeter (PP 10, HSPA 11) was named the Chief Pharmacy Officer for the Department of Pharmacy Services at UK HealthCare.

Trent Sutherland (PP 00) was appointed as Associ-ate Chief of Pharmacy at the Greenville VA Health Care Center in North Carolina.

Brenda Clark (CC 10) is now the Cardiology Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Ambulatory Care at Heart and Vascular Care under Community Health Net-work, Indianapolis, IN.

Young Ran Lee (PP 08) became the PGY-1 Pharma-cy Residency Program Director at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Phar-macy/Hendrick Medical Center.

Karen L. Nenno (PP 13) started a new position at SCL Health Lutheran Medical Center as an Oncolo-gy Clinical Specialist.

Susan Cogut Mankad (PP 08, DI 09) has accepted a drug information specialist position at VCU Health System.

Emily Prabhu (HSPA 13, MUP 14) has accepted a medication use specialist position at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, LA.

Board Certification

Zach Elliott (ID 17), Lindsey Donohue (PP 15, ID 16), and Heather Cox Hall earned their board cer-tifications in infectious diseases (BCIDP).

Publications and Presentations

Journal Articles Cloyd C, Moffett BS, Bernhardt MB, Monico EC, Patel N, Hanson D. Efficacy of liposomal bupivacaine in pe-diatric patients undergoing spine surgery. Paediatr Anaesth 2018 Sep 11. doi: 10.1111/pan.13482. [Epub ahead of print].

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Chany AY, Karwa R, Busakhala N, Fletcher SL, Tonui EC, Wasike P, et al. Randomized controlled trial to evaluate locally sourced two-component compression bandages for HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma leg lymphedema in western Kenya: the Kenyan impro-vised compression for Kaposi sarcoma (KICKS) study protocol. Contemp Clin Trials. 2018 Dec; 12: 116-122. Rogers KC, Finks SW. A new option for reversing the anticoagulant effect of factor Xa inhibitors: andexanet alfa (Andexxa®). Am J Med 2018 Jul 25. pii: S0002-9343(18)30650-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.06.028. [Epub ahead of print].

Abstracts and Presentations Julie Kidd (PP 07) presented a poster on the “Impact

of Specialty Pharmacy Taking Ownership of the Prior

Authorization Process of Multiple Sclerosis Specialty

Medications to Increase Access to Disease-Modifying

Therapy (DMT)” at the National Association of Spe-

cialty Pharmacy (NASP) Conference.

Kelly Rogers (PP 96) presented “Nontraditional Work

Arrangements: A Road Less Traveled in Academia” at

the AACP Annual Meeting 2018. Boston, Massachu-

setts. July 24, 2018.

Kelly Gaertner (Onc 14) presented “Breast Cancer,

Bone Health, and Bisphosphonates: Breaking Down

the Role of Bone-Modifying Agents in Adjuvant Breast

Cancer” at the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Asso-

ciation 14th Annual Conference in Denver, CO. March

2018.

UVA Pharmacy Resident Class of 2018-2019

UVA residents and preceptors celebrating Thanksgiving

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University of Virginia Health System

Department of Pharmacy Services

P.O. Box 800674

Charlottesville, VA 22908-0674

http://www.medicalcenter.virginia.edu/pharmacy/

residency_info

Hoo’s News Editors

Michelle W. McCarthy, PharmD, FASHP

Mary Cordon, PharmD.(Resident Editor)

Please send news and/or address changes to:

Michelle McCarthy, PharmD, FASHP

mm4tm@virginia.edu

Director, PGY1-Pharmacy Residency

Director, PGY1&2-Health System Pharmacy Administration/

MS Degree Residency

Administrator, Department of Pharmacy Services

Rafael Saenz, PharmD, MS, FASHP

Director, PGY1-Community Residency

Mike Palkimas, PharmD, MBA

Directors, PGY2-Critical Care Residency

David Volles, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Rebecca H. Hockman, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP (Assistant Direc-

tor)

Director, PGY2-Infectious Diseases Residency

Heather Cox Hall, PharmD, BCPS (AQ-ID)

Director, PGY2-Oncology Residency

Kathlene DeGregory, PharmD, BCOP

Director, PGY2-Pediatrics Residency

Marcia Buck, PharmD, FCCP, FPPAG. BCPPS

Director, PGY2-Pharmacy Informatics Residency

Mark Chabot, RPh, MBA, MHA

Director, PGY2-Solid Organ Transplant Residency

Winston Ally, PharmD, BCPS

Director, PGY2-Cardiology

Steve Dunn, PharmD, FAHA, BCPS (AQ-CV)

Director, PGY2-Ambulatory Care

Donna White, RPh, CDE, BCACP