Domenic Biello, PharmD
Residency Year: 2024-2025
School: University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy
Project: Evaluation of Extended Interval Antibiotics in Critically-Ill Patients
Where They Went: TBD
Molly Csere, PharmD
Residency Year: 2024-2025
School: University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy
Project: Impact of Pharmacist-Medical Resident Led Transitions of Care Services for Patients in Internal Medicine
Where They Went: TBD
Mariam Zedan, PharmD
Residency Year: 2024-2025
School: University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy
Project: Impact of Pharmacist Intervention on Direct Oral Anticoagulant (DOAC) Affordability for Adult Anticoagulation
Where They Went: TBD
Jenny Zhao, PharmD
Residency Year: 2024-2025
School: University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy
Project: Implementation of a Critical Care Pharmacotherapy Checklist to Improve Non-ICU Pharmacist Care for Patients in the ICU
Where They Went: TBD
Feryal Alhamadani, PharmD
Residency Year: 2023-2024
School: University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy
Project: Impact of Pharmacist Intervention on Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and the use of SGLT-2 Inhibitors in CKD in Adult Internal Medicine Patients
Where They Went: Clinical/Staff Pharmacist in Ambulatory Care, UConn Health, Farmington, CT
Egla Hasimllari, PharmD
Residency Year: 2023-2024
School: University of Connecticut
Project: Beyond Prescriptions: Assessing Pharmacy-Led Harm Reduction Strategies for Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department
Where They Went: Clinical/Staff Pharmacist, UConn Health, Farmington, CT
Melek Hursid, PharmD
Residency Year: 2023-2024
School: University of Connecticut
Project: Comparison of a Pharmacist-led Outpatient Anticoagulation Clinic to a Prescriber-led Clinic on the Management of Direct-acting Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs) at UConn Health
Where They Went: PGY2 (Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership) Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
Joseph Tracchia, PharmD
Residency Year: 2023-2024
School: University of Rhode Island
Project: Creation and Implementation of a Pharmacy Intern Development Program
Where They Went: PGY2 (Oncology) Smilow Cancer Hospital, Yale New Haven Health, New Haven, CT
Aleksandra Bieniek, PharmD
Residency Year: 2022-2023
School: University of Connecticut
Project: Establishment of a fast-track biologic chemotherapeutic program
Where They Went: Clinical/Staff Pharmacist, UConn Health, Farmington, CT
Megan Gray, PharmD
Residency Year: 2022-2023
School: University of Rhode Island
Project: Emergency Medical Services vs. Emergency Department pain management
Where They Went: Clinical/Staff Pharmacist, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, ID
Gabriella Salerno, PharmD
Residency Year: 2022-2023
School: Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Project: Implementation of multidisciplinary education on penicillin allergy documentation
Where They Went: Clinical/Staff Pharmacist in Solid Organ Transplant, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
Tiana Tran, PharmD
Residency Year: 2022-2023
School: University of Connecticut
Project: Alaris guardrails optimization
Where They Went: Clinical/Staff Pharmacist, UConn Health, Farmington, CT
Megan Pantos, PharmD
Residency Year: 2021-2022
School: Western New England University
Project: Optimization of the Emergency Department Culture Review Process through Enhancement of the Electronic Medical Record and Supplementation with Pharmacy Education and Support
Where They Went: Clinical/Staff Pharmacist, UMass Memorial - Worcester, MA
Marrium Qureshi, PharmD
Residency Year: 2021-2022
School: University of Connecticut
Project: Implementation of pharmacy-driven antibiotic time-out (ATO) program and its effect on antibiotic prescribing
Where They Went: PGY2 (Geriatrics, with a focus in Emergency Medicine), Upstate Medical University
ThuyDuong (June) Tran, PharmD
Residency Year: 2021-2022
School: University of Connecticut
Project: Nicardipine vs clevidipine in hypertensive emergency and stroke outcomes
Where They Went: Clinical/Staff Pharmacist, UConn Health
Youssef Bessada, PharmD
Residency Year: 2020-2021
School: Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Project: Comparing hospital length of stay in warfarin vs. DOAC for Afib and VTE
Where They Went: PGY2 (Cardiology), Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Leah Leszcynski, PharmD
Residency Year: 2020-2021
School: Rutgers University
Project: Creation of an antimicrobial stewardship program in an outpatient setting
Where They Went: PGY2 (Geriatrics), Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
Katelyn Yamartino, PharmD
Residency Year: 2020-2021
School: University of Connecticut
Project: Design and implementation of a patient education and conversion process for biosimilar medication use at an adult ambulatory infusion center
Where They Went: PGY2 (Oncology), Yale-New Haven Health
Wiktoria Bogdanska, PharmD
Residency Year: 2019-2020
School: University of Connecticut
Project: Improving adherence to recommended laboratory monitoring and adherence assessment in patients receiving oral anticancer therapies
Where They Went: PGY2 (Oncology), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Andrew Fratoni, PharmD
Residency Year: 2019-2020
School: University of Connecticut
Project: Assessment of automated antibiotic timeout on broad-spectrum antibiotic usage
Where They Went: Fellowship (Infectious Diseases), Hartford Hospital
Allissa Long, PharmD
Residency Year: 2019-2020
School: Western New England University
Project: Utilization of pharmacy student trainees to assist with patient discharge education on anticoagulation therapy
Where They Went: PGY2 (Ambulatory Care/Academia), Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN
Megan Wein, PharmD
Residency Year: 2019-2020
School: University of Connecticut
Project: Implementation of a Clostridium difficile secondary prophylaxis protocol in an academic medical center
Where They Went: PGY2 (Infectious Diseases), Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Jillian Barrack, PharmD
Residency Year: 2018-2019
School: University of Connecticut
Project: The impact of educational interventions for providers on appropriate monitoring of patients on long-term opioid pain management
Where They Went: PGY2 (Ambulatory Care), Saint Francis Hospital
Erin Emonds, PharmD
Residency Year: 2018-2019
School: University of Connecticut
Project: The impact of pharmacist-led education and monitoring of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) prescribing and deprescribing in a primary care setting
Where They Went: PGY2 (Geriatrics), VA Boston
Jessica LeClair, PharmD
Residency Year: 2018-2019
School: University of Western New England
Project: Documentation of medical marijuana use in cancer patients
Where They Went: PGY2 (Oncology), Yale-New Haven Health
Shyam Patel, PharmD
Residency Year: 2018-2019
School: University of Connecticut
Project: Compliance audit of titrated infusions in the intensive care unit
Where They Went: PGY2 (Critical Care), Boston Medical Center
Sylvia (Cavero) Slattery, PharmD
Residency Year: 2017-2018
School: University of Connecticut
Project: Reviewing Alaris pump guardrail data and usage to improve medication safety at the point of care
Where They Went: Clinical/Staff Pharmacist, UConn Health
Megan Mitchell, PharmD
Residency Year: 2017-2018
School: University of Connecticut
Project: Assessing the impact of chronic opioid use on severity of C. difficile infections
Where They Went: PGY2 (Pain/Palliative Care), University of Maryland
Oumaima Sahbani, PharmD
Residency Year: 2017-2018
School: University of Connecticut
Project: Financial and clinical impact of nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) swab in adults with pneumonia
Where They Went: PGY2 (Infectious Diseases), University of Chicago
Andrew Gentry, PharmD
Residency Year: 2016-2017
School: University of Connecticut
Project: Assessing the immediate and long-term safety of recombinant tissue type plasminogen activator for use in ischemic stroke in patients 80 years and older
Where They Went: Clinical/Staff Pharmacist, Backus Hospital
Adam Whalley, PharmD
Residency Year: 2016-2017
School: University of Rhode Island
Project: Evaluation of pharmacist involvement in outpatient transitions of care
Where They Went: PGY2 (Oncology), Maine Medical Center
Lauren VanHook, PharmD
Residency Year: 2015-2016
School: University of Kentucky
Project: Evaluation of a newly implemented pharmacist-driven warfarin collaborative practice: assessing uptake, quality, and outcomes in an inpatient setting
Where They Went: Clinical/Staff Pharmacist, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Jennifer (Marshall) Czerwinski, PharmD
Residency Year: 2015-2016
School: Western New England University
Project: Evaluation of a transitional care pharmacist pilot program: assessing quality, feasibility, and outcomes in high-risk patient populations
Where They Went: Clinical/Staff Pharmacist, UConn Health
Steve Lemieux, PharmD
Residency Year: 2014-2015
School: University of Connecticut
Project: Influence of antibiotic selection on length of stay in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbations of COPD: a retrospective study
Where They Went: PGY2 (Critical Care), Yale-New Haven Hospital
Jay Patel, PharmD
Residency Year: 2014-2015
School: University of Connecticut
Project: Impact of a pharmacist-led oral chemotherapy-monitoring program in patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer
Where They Went: PGY2 (Oncology), Yale-New Haven Hospital
Lindsay Smyth, PharmD
Residency Year: 2013-2014
School: University of Connecticut
Project: Factors related to the appropriateness of empiric antibiotic therapy for skin and soft tissue infections in the Emergency Department
Where They Went: Clinical/Staff Pharmacist, Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT
Stephen Rappaport, PharmD
Residency Year: 2012-2013
School: University of Pittsburgh
Project: Evaluation of a pilot pharmacy service across transitions of care to reduce 30-day post-discharge health care utilization rates in patients with pneumonia or COPD
Where They Went: PGY2 (Critical Care), Fletcher-Allen, Burlington, VT