{"id":1912,"date":"2016-03-02T13:56:49","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T18:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.pharmacy.uchc.uconn.edu\/?page_id=322"},"modified":"2025-10-06T10:21:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:21:35","slug":"pgy1-residents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/pharmacy\/residency\/pgy1-residency-program\/pgy1-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"PGY1 Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"

2025-2026<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Where They Went: TBD<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Where They Went: TBD<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Where They Went: TBD<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Where They Went: TBD<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2024-2025<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Where They Went: PGY2 (Critical Care), McLeod Health, Florence, SC<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Where They Went: Clinical\/Staff Pharmacist, UConn Health, Farmington, CT<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Where They Went: PGY2 (Ambulatory Care), UConn Health, Farmington, CT<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Where They Went: Clinical\/Staff Pharmacist, UConn Health, Farmington, CT<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2023-2024<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Feryal

Feryal Alhamadani, PharmD
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2023-2024
\nSchool: University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy
\nProject: 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<\/p>\n

Where They Went: Clinical\/Staff Pharmacist in Ambulatory Care, UConn Health, Farmington, CT<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Egla

Egla Hasimllari, PharmD
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2023-2024
\nSchool: University of Connecticut
\nProject: Beyond Prescriptions: Assessing Pharmacy-Led Harm Reduction Strategies for Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department<\/p>\n

Where They Went: Clinical\/Staff Pharmacist, UConn Health, Farmington, CT<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Melek

Melek Hursid, PharmD
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2023-2024
\nSchool: University of Connecticut
\nProject: 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<\/p>\n

Where They Went: PGY2 (Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership) Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Joseph

Joseph Tracchia, PharmD
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2023-2024
\nSchool: University of Rhode Island
\nProject: Creation and Implementation of a Pharmacy Intern Development Program<\/p>\n

Where They Went: PGY2 (Oncology) Smilow Cancer Hospital, Yale New Haven Health, New Haven, CT<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2022-2023<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Aleksandra Bieniek, PharmD<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2022-2023
\nSchool: University of Connecticut
\nProject: Establishment of a fast-track biologic chemotherapeutic program<\/p>\n

Where They Went: Clinical\/Staff Pharmacist, UConn Health, Farmington, CT<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Megan Gray, PharmD<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2022-2023
\nSchool: University of Rhode Island
\nProject: Emergency Medical Services vs. Emergency Department pain management<\/p>\n

Where They Went: Clinical\/Staff Pharmacist, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, ID<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Gabriella Salerno, PharmD<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2022-2023
\nSchool: Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
\nProject: Implementation of multidisciplinary education on penicillin allergy documentation<\/p>\n

Where They Went: Clinical\/Staff Pharmacist in Solid Organ Transplant, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Tiana Tran, PharmD<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2022-2023
\nSchool: University of Connecticut
\nProject: Alaris guardrails optimization<\/p>\n

Where They Went: Clinical\/Staff Pharmacist, UConn Health, Farmington, CT<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2021-2022<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Megan Pantos, PharmD<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2021-2022
\nSchool: Western New England University
\nProject: Optimization of the Emergency Department Culture Review Process through Enhancement of the Electronic Medical Record and Supplementation with Pharmacy Education and Support<\/p>\n

Where They Went: Clinical\/Staff Pharmacist, UMass Memorial - Worcester, MA<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Marrium Qureshi, PharmD<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2021-2022
\nSchool: University of Connecticut
\nProject: Implementation of pharmacy-driven antibiotic time-out (ATO) program and its effect on antibiotic prescribing<\/p>\n

Where They Went: PGY2 (Geriatrics, with a focus in Emergency Medicine), Upstate Medical University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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ThuyDuong (June) Tran, PharmD<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2021-2022
\nSchool: University of Connecticut
\nProject: Nicardipine vs clevidipine in hypertensive emergency and stroke outcomes<\/p>\n

Where They Went: Clinical\/Staff Pharmacist, UConn Health<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2020-2021<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Youssef Bessada, PharmD<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2020-2021
\nSchool: Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
\nProject: Comparing hospital length of stay in warfarin vs. DOAC for Afib and VTE<\/p>\n

Where They Went: PGY2 (Cardiology), Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Leah Leszcynski, PharmD<\/strong>
\nResidency Year: 2020-2021
\nSchool: Rutgers University
\nProject: Creation of an antimicrobial stewardship program in an outpatient setting<\/p>\n

Where They Went: PGY2 (Geriatrics), Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Katelyn Yamartino, PharmD<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2020-2021
\nSchool: University of Connecticut
\nProject: Design and implementation of a patient education and conversion process for biosimilar medication use at an adult ambulatory infusion center<\/p>\n

Where They Went: PGY2 (Oncology), Yale-New Haven Health<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2019-2020<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Wiktoria

Wiktoria Bogdanska, PharmD<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2019-2020
\nSchool: University of Connecticut
\nProject: Improving adherence to recommended laboratory monitoring and adherence assessment in patients receiving oral anticancer therapies<\/p>\n

Where They Went: PGY2 (Oncology), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Andrew

Andrew Fratoni, PharmD<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2019-2020
\nSchool: University of Connecticut
\nProject: Assessment of automated antibiotic timeout on broad-spectrum antibiotic usage<\/p>\n

Where They Went: Fellowship (Infectious Diseases), Hartford Hospital<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Allissa

Allissa Long, PharmD<\/strong>
\nResidency Year: 2019-2020
\nSchool:\u00a0Western New England University
\nProject: Utilization of pharmacy student trainees to assist with patient discharge education on anticoagulation therapy<\/p>\n

Where They Went: PGY2 (Ambulatory Care\/Academia), Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Megan

Megan Wein, PharmD<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2019-2020
\nSchool: University of Connecticut
\nProject:\u00a0Implementation of a Clostridium difficile secondary prophylaxis protocol in an academic medical center<\/p>\n

Where They Went: PGY2 (Infectious Diseases), Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2018-2019<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Jillian

Jillian Barrack, PharmD
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2018-2019
\nSchool: University of Connecticut
\nProject: The impact of educational interventions for providers on appropriate monitoring of patients on long-term opioid pain management<\/p>\n

Where They Went: PGY2 (Ambulatory Care), Saint Francis Hospital<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Erin

Erin Emonds, PharmD
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2018-2019
\nSchool: University of Connecticut
\nProject: The impact of pharmacist-led education and monitoring of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) prescribing and deprescribing in a primary care setting<\/p>\n

Where They Went: PGY2 (Geriatrics), VA Boston<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Jessica

Jessica LeClair, PharmD
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2018-2019
\nSchool: University of Western New England
\nProject: Documentation of medical marijuana use in cancer patients<\/a><\/p>\n

Where They Went: PGY2 (Oncology), Yale-New Haven Health<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Shyam

Shyam Patel, PharmD
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2018-2019
\nSchool: University of Connecticut
\nProject: Compliance audit of titrated infusions in the intensive care unit<\/p>\n

Where They Went: PGY2 (Critical Care), Boston Medical Center<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2017-2018<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Sylvia

Sylvia (Cavero) Slattery, PharmD
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2017-2018
\nSchool: University of Connecticut
\nProject: Reviewing Alaris pump guardrail data and usage to improve medication safety at the point of care<\/p>\n

Where They Went: Clinical\/Staff Pharmacist, UConn Health<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Megan

Megan Mitchell, PharmD
\n<\/strong>Residency Year: 2017-2018
\nSchool: University of Connecticut
\nProject: Assessing the impact of chronic opioid use on severity of C. difficile<\/em> infections<\/p>\n

Where They Went: PGY2 (Pain\/Palliative Care), University of Maryland<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Oumaima

Oumaima Sahbani, PharmD<\/strong>
\nResidency Year: 2017-2018
\nSchool: University of Connecticut
\nProject: Financial and clinical impact of nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus<\/em> (MRSA) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) swab in adults with pneumonia<\/p>\n

Where They Went: PGY2 (Infectious Diseases), University of Chicago<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2016-2017<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Andrew

Andrew Gentry, PharmD<\/strong>
\nResidency Year: 2016-2017
\nSchool: University of Connecticut
\nProject: Assessing the immediate and long-term safety of recombinant tissue type plasminogen activator for use in ischemic stroke in patients 80 years and older<\/p>\n

Where They Went: Clinical\/Staff Pharmacist, Backus Hospital<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Adam

Adam Whalley, PharmD<\/strong>
\nResidency Year: 2016-2017
\nSchool: University of Rhode Island
\nProject: Evaluation of pharmacist involvement in outpatient transitions of care<\/a><\/p>\n

Where They Went: PGY2 (Oncology), Maine Medical Center<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2015-2016<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Lauren

Lauren VanHook, PharmD<\/strong>
\nResidency Year: 2015-2016
\nSchool: University of Kentucky
\nProject: Evaluation of a newly implemented pharmacist-driven warfarin collaborative practice: assessing uptake, quality, and outcomes in an inpatient setting<\/p>\n

Where They Went: Clinical\/Staff Pharmacist, Cincinnati Children's Hospital<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Jennifer

Jennifer (Marshall) Czerwinski, PharmD<\/strong>
\nResidency Year: 2015-2016
\nSchool: Western New England University
\nProject: Evaluation of a transitional care pharmacist pilot program: assessing quality, feasibility, and outcomes in high-risk patient populations<\/p>\n

Where They Went: Clinical\/Staff Pharmacist, UConn Health<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2014-2015<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Steven

Steve Lemieux, PharmD<\/strong>
\nResidency Year: 2014-2015
\nSchool: University of Connecticut
\nProject: Influence of antibiotic selection on length of stay in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbations of COPD: a retrospective study<\/p>\n

Where They Went: PGY2 (Critical Care), Yale-New Haven Hospital<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Jay

Jay Patel, PharmD<\/strong>
\nResidency Year: 2014-2015
\nSchool: University of Connecticut
\nProject: Impact of a pharmacist-led oral chemotherapy-monitoring program in patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer<\/a><\/p>\n

Where They Went: PGY2 (Oncology), Yale-New Haven Hospital<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2013-2014<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Lindsay

Lindsay Smyth, PharmD<\/strong>
\nResidency Year: 2013-2014
\nSchool: University of Connecticut
\nProject: Factors related to the appropriateness of empiric antibiotic therapy for skin and soft tissue infections in the Emergency Department<\/p>\n

Where They Went: Clinical\/Staff Pharmacist, Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2012-2013<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Stephen

Stephen Rappaport, PharmD<\/strong>
\nResidency Year: 2012-2013
\nSchool: University of Pittsburgh
\nProject: 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<\/p>\n

Where They Went: PGY2 (Critical Care), Fletcher-Allen, Burlington, VT<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2025-2026 Aryanna LeBron, PharmD Residency Year: 2025-2026 School: University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy Project: Development of a Pharmacy Technician Training Program Where They Went: TBD Matthew Mastropietro, PharmD Residency Year: 2025-2026 School: University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy Project: Pharmacist Interventions in an Age-Friendly Health System Where They Went: TBD Audi Putri, PharmD Residency […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":3832,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 14:32:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1912"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1912"}],"version-history":[{"count":100,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4584,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1912\/revisions\/4584"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}