
Pharmacy Residency
Preceptor Biographies
The strength and backbone of the UChicago Medicine pharmacy residency programs lie in our diverse team of highly skilled preceptors.
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Pharmacy Administration
Kevin Colgan,
MA, FASHP
Vice President, Chief Pharmacy Officer
Olabisi Falana,
PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS
Director of Graduate Pharmacy Education
Clinical Manager of Pharmacy Education
Brittany Huff
PharmD
Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Pediatrics
UChicago Medicine
Comer Children’s Hospital
Xavier Torres
PharmD, MHA
Pharmacy Operations Manager, Pharmacy Distribution Systems
James Rhodes
PharmD, MBA, BCPS
Pharmacy Operations Manager,
Pharmacy Distribution Systems
Rachel Lavelle,
PharmD, BCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant
Huda-Marie Kandah,
PharmD
Director, PGY2 Health Systems Administration Specialty Pharmacy Residency
Pharmacy Manager - Specialty, Mail Order, Infusion

Ashley Loethen
PharmD, BCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant
Critical Care
Heather Bullard,
PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM
Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator - Critical Care
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Cardiothoracic Surgery,
Full Voting Member - The Institutional Review Board - Division of Biological Sciences
Patrick Costello,
PharmD, BCCCP
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program Coordinator
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Critical Care
Mary Kate Johnson,
PharmD, BCCCP
Program Director, PGY-2 Critical Care Residency
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Medical ICU
Gourang Patel, PharmD, MSc, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - SICU, BICU and Perioperative areas
Kerilyn Petrucci, PharmD, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - SICU, BICU and Perioperative areas
Veronica Bonderski, PharmD, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Neurocritical Care
Emergency Medicine
Laura Celmins,
PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator - Emergency Medicine
Dan Fischer,
PharmD, BCCCP
Director, PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Emergency Medicine
Adrienne Perotti,
PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Emergency Medicine
Solid Organ Transplant
Brenna Kane,
PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Organ Transplantation
Lisa Potter, PharmD, BCPS, BCTXP, FCCP, FAST
Director, PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacy Residency
Clinical Coordinator - Organ Transplantation
Anesia Reticker,
PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Derek Owen,
PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist, Hospitalist/Solid Organ Transplant
Ashley Loethen
PharmD, BCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant
Rachel Lavelle,
PharmD, BCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant
Hematology / Oncology
Jennifer Collins,
PharmD, BCOP
Director, PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Hematology/Oncology
Emily Dworkin,
PharmD, BCOP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Hematology/Oncology
Junyu Matt Zhang, PharmD, BCOP, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Lianna Serbas,
PharmD, BCOP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Hematology / Oncology
Lida Thimothy,
PharmD, BCPS, BCOP
Coordinator, PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Hematology / Oncology
Heng Yang,
PharmD, MS, BCOP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Hematology / Oncology
Kaitlin Kelly,
PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Hematology / Oncology
Benjamin Bowar,
PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Hematology / Oncology
Infectious Disease
Alison Lew,
PharmD, BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Infectious Diseases
Cynthia Nguyen,
PharmD, BCPS (AQ-ID), BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Infectious Diseases
Natasha Pettit,
PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator, Antimicrobial Stewardship/ID
Pharmacy Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics
Emily Sheskey (Belarski),
PharmD, BCPPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Pediatric Ambulatory Care
Palak Bhagat,
PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Deborah Bondi,
PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, BCPPS
Director, PGY-2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency
Pediatric Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Neonatal Intensive Care
Alexandria Hissong,
PharmD, BCPPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Pediatric Intensive Care
Reggie King,
PharmD, BCOP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Allison Nelson,
PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS
Clinical Pharmacist Specialist - Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Associate for Pediatrics, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Malia Kleespies, PharmD, BCPPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - General Pediatrics
Sana Said,
PharmD, BCPPS
Coordinator, PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency Program
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Pediatric Intensive Care
Pooja Shah,
PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Neonatal Intensive Care
Pharmacy Informatics
Maggie Wong,
PharmD, MBA, BCPS
Coordinator, PGY-2 Pharmacy Informatics Residency
Informatics Pharmacist Specialist
Donna Voas-Marszowski, PharmD
Informatics Pharmacy Coordinator
Informatics Pharmacist Specialist
Anish Choksi,
PharmD
Informatics Pharmacy Coordinator
Informatics Pharmacist Specialist
Ling Yang,
PharmD
Informatics Pharmacist Specialist
Kendall Shoaf,
PharmD
Informatics Pharmacist Specialist
Specialty Pharmacy
Nadiyah Chaudhary,
PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist Specialist-Specialty Pharmacy
Paul Djuricich,
PharmD, AAHIV
Clinical Pharmacist Specialist - Infectious Disease & HIV
Huda-Marie Kandah,
PharmD
Director, PGY2 Health Systems Administration Specialty Pharmacy Residency
Pharmacy Manager - Accreditation, Quality, and Residency
Monika Lach,
PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Manager, Specialty Pharmacy & Ambulatory Infusion
Keeyan Davis,
PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Oncology and Biotech Infusion Pharmacy Manager
David Choi,
PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Archariya Puangampa,
PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist - Gastroenterology
Pauline Lee,
PharmD, BCOP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Hematology/Oncology
Maitri Patel,
PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist Specialist-Specialty Pharmacy
Hilary Sheridan,
PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Paige Taylor,
PharmD, BCPS, BCOP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Hematology / Oncology
Dahlia Sultan,
PharmD, CSP
Pharmacy Operations Coordinator, Specialty Pharmacy
Lana Gerzenshtein,
PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Aaron Hill
PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Sarah Lant,
PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Arathi Reddy,
PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Michelle Zapanta,
PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
R. Kane Stafford,
PharmD, BCACP, AAHIVP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - HIV/HCV
Ambulatory Pharmacy Services
Margaret Allison,
PharmD, BCACP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Endocrinology
Connor Hummel,
PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Primary Care
Grace Cameron,
PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Anticoagulation
Kristina Falk,
PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Christy Griffin,
PharmD, MS
Pharmacy Manger, DCAM Outpatient Pharmacy & Transitions in Care
William Madden,
PharmD, BCGP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Geriatrics
Peter J. Kaiser,
PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Meds2Beds
R. Kane Stafford,
PharmD, BCACP, AAHIVP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - HIV/HCV
Alaina Tarantino, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Ambulatory Gastroenterology
Brittanie Coburn, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Meds2Beds
Chelsea Pekny, PharmD, MPH
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Meds2Beds