Carissa Hawes, Pharm.D.
Pharmacy school: University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Lexington
Interest areas: Pediatrics
Research: Impact of Maternal Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine and Nirsevimab on RSV Rates in Hospitalized Infants
Why Norton Healthcare? I believe the balance between pediatric and adult experiences at Norton Healthcare will provide me with a solid foundation for my future career. Also, the workplace culture here is fantastic!
Email: c[email protected]
Josh D. Batson, Pharm.D.
Pharmacy school: University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy, Aurora
Interest areas: Emergency medicine, infectious diseases and cardiology
Research: Impact of Sepsis Fluid Bundle Electronic Medical Record Optimization on Clinical Outcomes
Why Norton Healthcare? I chose Norton because I wanted to return closer to home while continuing my training at a large, reputable health system. Norton’s strong reputation among both clinical staff and former colleagues, combined with the supportive and welcoming environment I experienced during my interview, made it clear this was the right place to grow as a pharmacist.
Email: [email protected]
Sydney Grove, Pharm.D.
Interest areas: Critical care, emergency medicine, pediatrics
Research: Evaluation of Urinary Retention Agents for Facilitating Foley Catheter Removal and Reducing Catheter Duration in ICU Patients
Why Norton Healthcare? I chose Norton Hospital for PGY-1 because from the very beginning, it felt like family. The supportive environment, collaborative culture and genuine care shown by the team made it clear that this was a place where I could grow both professionally and personally. I knew I’d be surrounded by people who truly care about each other and their patients.
Sara M. Sans, Pharm.D.
Pharmacy school: Purdue University College of Pharmacy, West Lafayette, Indiana
Interest areas: Ambulatory care, transitions of care, internal medicine
Research: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Prescribing Practices and Influence of Pharmacists at a Community Health System
Why Norton Healthcare? I chose residency at Norton Healthcare because the program offers a wide range of experiences, particularly in ambulatory care. Norton also has a welcoming and encouraging work environment!
Theresa Kwarciany, Pharm.D.
Interest areas: Oncology, critical care
Research: Development of a Standardized Protocol for Infiltration and Extravasation Management in a Community Health System
Why Norton Healthcare? Norton Healthcare offers a wide range of opportunities for residents to explore current interests and discover new ones!
Olivia Makara, Pharm.D.
Interest areas: Ambulatory care, primary care
Research: Implementation of Alpha Gal Allergy Assessment
Why Norton Healthcare? Norton has a variety of rotations to help me explore my interests, and Norton really feels like a family with everyone supporting each other!
2024 – 2025 PGY1 PHARMACY CLASS
CJ Sadler, Pharm.D.: Oncology PGY2 at Norton Healthcare
Megan Adams, Pharm.D.: Ambulatory Care PGY2 at UK HealthCare, Lexington, Kentucky
Hannah Shouse, Pharm.D.: Pediatrics PGY2 at UK HealthCare, Lexington, Kentucky
Kristen Kepley, Pharm.D.: Clinical pharmacist at Norton Audubon Hospital
Sydney Blackmer, Pharm.D.: Clinical pharmacist at Norton Hospital
Cystal Fiskratti, Pharm.D.: Clinical pharmacist at Norton Hospital
2023-2024 PGY1 PHARMACY RESIDENCY CLASS
Corey Stevens, Pharm.D.
PGY2: Ambulatory care, Norton Healthcare
Current position: Ambulatory care specialist, St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Washington, D.C.
Katie Miller, Pharm.D.
Current position: TOC specialist, Norton Healthcare
Travis Gatewood, Pharm.D.
PGY2: Hematology/oncology, Norton Healthcare
Current position: Oncology specialist, Norton Healthcare
Justin Dino, Pharm.D.
PGY2: Internal medicine, Oklahoma State University Medical Center, Tulsa
Sophie Tilley
PGY2: Hematology and oncology, St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
Current position: Fellow at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
2022-2023 PGY1 PHARMACY RESIDENCY CLASS
Christa Brutscher, Pharm.D.*
Current Position: Anticoagulation clinic pharmacist, Baptist Health Lexington, Kentucky
McKenzie McCammon, Pharm.D., MPH
Current Position: Clinical pharmacist, Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tennessee
Emma Kempf, Pharm.D.*
Current position: Inpatient clinical pharmacist, Norton Healthcare
Dakota Smith, Pharm.D., M.S.
PGY2: Infectious diseases, Norton Healthcare
Current position: Infectious diseases pharmacist, Indiana University Health, Bloomington
Sarah Wise, Pharm.D., M.S.
PGY2: Critical care, ECU Health, Greenville, North Carolina
Current position: Clinical pharmacy specialist, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
2021-2022 PGY1 PHARMACY RESIDENCY CLASS
Emily Bryan, Pharm.D.
Current position: Oncology/hematology pharmacist, Baptist Health
Hannah Corbin, Pharm.D.*
Chuck McMahan Jr., Pharm.D.
Current position: Staff clinical pharmacist, Baptist Health Hardin, Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Clark Moehlenbrock, Pharm.D.*
PGY2: Oncology, Norton Healthcare
Current position: Hematology/oncology clinical pharmacist specialist, Norton Cancer Institute
Shaina Smoger, Pharm.D.*
Current position: Inpatient pharmacist, Norton Healthcare
Xuping Yan, Pharm.D.
PGY2: Infectious diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Current position: clinical pharmacy specialist in infectious diseases, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2020-2021 PGY1 PHARMACY RESIDENCY CLASS
Martin Brenneman, Pharm.D.
Current position: Infectious diseases pharmacist, Baptist Health Hardin, Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Emily Followell, Pharm.D.*
PGY2: Cardiology, TriStar Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Current position: Transitions in care clinical pharmacist, Norton Healthcare
Erin Ottman, Pharm.D.*
Tori Penick, Pharm.D.*
PGY2: Ambulatory care, University of Louisville
Current position: Transitions in care pharmacist, Norton Healthcare
Rachel Sowell, Pharm.D., MPH*
Current Position: Transitions in care pharmacist, Norton Healthcare
Adele Venable, Pharm.D.
PGY2: Critical care, St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky
Current position: Critical care pharmacist, Baptist Health
2019-2020 PGY1 PHARMACY RESIDENCY CLASS
Alex Anderson, Pharm.D.
Megan Cummins, Pharm.D.
PGY2: Pediatrics, UK Healthcare, Lexington, Kentucky
Current position: Neonatal intensive care unit clinical pharmacy specialist, MUSC Children’s Health, Charleston, South Carolina
Alexandria Dingess, Pharm.D.*
Current position: Clinical inpatient pharmacist, Norton Healthcare
Ashley Jatczak, Pharm.D.*
James Mitchell, Pharm.D.*
Lindsay Otis, Pharm.D., MBA*
Current position: Ambulatory clinical pharmacy specialist, Norton Healthcare
*Denotes hired by Norton Healthcare after residency
2018-2019 PGY1 PHARMACY RESIDENCY CLASS
Evan Bryson, Pharm.D.
Research topic: Therapeutic enoxaparin in high-risk patients: An evaluation of a pharmacist-driven anti-Xa monitoring and dose adjustment protocol
PGY2: Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Emily Hampton, Pharm.D., MPH, BCPS
Research topic: Directed education and feedback to nonphysician providers to reduce treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria at a community hospital
Justin McCann, Pharm.D.
Research topic: Risk factors for venous thromboembolic events in patients following elective total hip and total knee arthroplasty in the community hospital setting
Ashley Mullins, Pharm.D.
Research topic: Optimizing use of the electronic medical record to improve transitions of care for oncology services
Joanna Towles, Pharm.D.
Research topic: Burnout among pharmacy technicians: The impact of strategic initiatives
Kimber Woodrum, Pharm.D., MPH
Research topic: A systematic approach to optimizing opioid prescribing by standardizing order sets
2017-2018 PGY1 PHARMACY RESIDENCY CLASS
Lars Almassalkhi, Pharm.D.
Research topic: Engaging pharmacist to effectively manage clinical decision support alerts
PGY2: Emergency medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington
Kathleen Gillen, Pharm.D.
Research topic: Evaluation of facility-specific risk factors for opioid-induced respiratory depression
PGY2: Ambulatory care, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
Amanda Kuszmaul, Pharm.D.
Research topic: Designing a tool to standardize pharmacist workflow in an ambulatory care specialty practice
Abby Taylor, Pharm.D.
Research topic: A process for the development of clinical pharmacy tools within an electronic medical record
Brittany Wyatt, Pharm.D.
Research topic: Describing the potential impact of a pharmacist-driven protocol to prevent febrile neutropenia
2016-2017 PGY1 PHARMACY RESIDENCY CLASS
Danielle Henry, Pharm.D.
Research topic: Implementation of a process to ensure the safe and efficient use of cytotoxic medications for non-oncologic indications
Kelli Noel, Pharm.D.
Research topic: A retrospective review to determine the efficacy of fecal microbiota transplantation via colonoscopy in a community hospital for recurrent, refractory, or severe Clostridium difficile infection
Jessica Robinson, Pharm.D., BCPS
Research topic: Evaluation of the potential impact of a darbepoetin alfa indication restriction and dosing guideline in an inpatient setting
Lauren Schmitt, Pharm.D.
Research topic: A standardized pharmacist-driven process for anticoagulation education: Evaluating the impact on patient outcomes and opportunities for optimization
Haley Willett, Pharm.D.
Research topic: Optimizing a pharmacy dashboard to improve success at implementation
PGY2: Ambulatory care, Belmont University, Nashville, Tennessee
Maryam Yazdanshenas, Pharm.D.
Research topic: Rate of deviation from evidence-based protocols in neo-adjuvant and adjuvant breast cancer treatment regimens
2015-2016 PGY1 PHARMACY RESIDENCY CLASS
Rachel Connors, Pharm.D.
Research topic: Potential impact of a pharmacist-driven protocol to improve Staphylococcal bacteremia care
Kassandra Fernsler Mohler, Pharm.D., BCACP
Research topic: Defining a standardized pharmacist-driven process for inpatient warfarin education
Michael Frazier, Pharm.D., BCPS
Research topic: A comprehensive, systematic, and multidisciplinary approach to continuous optimization of clinical decision support
Lindsay Hazelden, Pharm.D.
Research topic: Evaluation of empiric direct thrombin inhibitor therapy with optimization of the heparin-induced thrombocytopenia laboratory testing protocol and pharmacist intervention
PGY2: Oncology, John Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland
Jamie Kraemer Mahan, Pharm.D., BCPS
Research topic: Designing and implementing a pharmacist-driven process for inpatient novel oral anticoagulant education
Michael Robinson, Pharm.D., BCPS
Research topic: Optimization of antibiotic regimen selection and dispensing in the perioperative setting
2014-2015 PGY1 PHARMACY RESIDENCY CLASS
John Holston, Pharm.D. Research topic: Implementing transitions of care in a health care system — pilot study on patients discharged on anticoagulants
Courtney McDonald, Pharm.D. Research topic: Impact of a pharmacist in the patient-centered medical home
Christie Lee Scott, Pharm.D. Research topic: Identifying operational barriers to initiation of appropriate antimicrobial therapy following a positive blood culture
Josh Senn, Pharm.D., BCPS Research topic: Evaluation of intravenous immunoglobulin grams averted with implementation of an inpatient IV immune globulin restricted use and dosing guideline
Tara Haworth Wright, Pharm.D., BCPPS, BCOP Research topic: Characterizing clinical decision support alerts within an electronic health record system PGY2: Pediatrics, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston
2013-2014 PGY1 PHARMACY RESIDENCY CLASS
Ashley Stack Bane, Pharm.D., BCPS Research topic: Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of a colistin dosing protocol
Jonathan Ptachcinski, Pharm.D. Research topic: Impact of a pharmacist-directed intervention on duration of aminoglycoside empiric therapy for health care-associated pneumonia PGY2: Hematology/oncology, UNC Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Yvonne Egbudin Umeh, Pharm.D., BCCP Research topic: The Impact of a vancomycin interchange protocol on costs and length of stay
2012-2013 PGY1 PHARMACY RESIDENCY CLASS
Michael Braun, Pharm.D., BCPS Research topic: Creating and implementing a dosing protocol for intravenous immune globulin
Khyati Desai, Pharm.D. Research topic: Utility of gram stain to identify the pathogen in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pneumonia
Kelsi Peay, Pharm.D. Research topic: Expansion of a generic medication pilot project within an integrated delivery network
2011-2012 PGY1 PHARMACY RESIDENCY CLASS
Jeffrey Bahng, Pharm.D., BCPS Research topic: Engaging pharmacists to become effective stewards of the formulary system through the use of education, documentation and communication
Susan Martin, Pharm.D. Research topic: Maximizing generic prescribing in an integrated delivery network: Impact of the pharmacist
Thomas Stoltz, Pharm.D. Research topic: Comparison of individualized versus standardized parenteral nutrition for adult inpatients in a health care system
2010-2011 PGY1 PHARMACY RESIDENCY CLASS
Julianne Jeffries, Pharm.D. Research topic: Impact of an antimicrobial stewardship pilot project for the treatment of candidiasis on prescribing practices patient outcomes, and cost
Kelly Kampschmidt, Pharm.D. Research topic: Pharmacist comfort at codes: Due to knowledge or experience? PGY2: Oncology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
Brittany Surface, Pharm.D. Research topic: Implementation of a basal-bolus insulin order set as a test of change
2009-2010 PGY1 PHARMACY RESIDENCY CLASS
Kimberly Blanton, Pharm.D., BCPS Research topic: Evaluation of vancomycin trough levels before and after implementation of pharmacist-driven dosing and monitoring guidelines Current position: Clinical oncology pharmacist, St. Joseph East Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky
Mary Douglas Miracle, Pharm.D., BCPS Research topic: Pharmacist medication reconciliation and discharge counseling in a heart failure population