Class of 2017
Priyanka Kelshikar, PharmD - PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Resident, VA in San Antonio, Tx
Residency Project:
Pharmacist intervention to improve appropriate benzodiazepine use in a
geriatric unit
LiuJia Peng, PharmD
Residency Project:
Implementation of a Deep Vein Thrombosis Management Protocol in the Emergency
Department
Class of 2016
Karan Raja, PharmD, BCPS - Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Clara Maass Medical Center
Residency Project: Implementation of a pharmacist-managed discharge counseling
program on a telemetry unit
Ruben Patel, PharmD, BCPS - Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Clara Maass Medical Center
Residency Project: Glycemic control outcomes in the medical intensive care
unit with pharmacy-driven intervention
Class of 2015
Mike Sang Ku Jung, PharmD, BCPS - Clinical Pharmacist Internal Medicine Baylor University
Medical Center
Residency Project: Implementation of pharmacist participation in a multi-disciplinary
transitional care team on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
readmission rates in a community hospital.
Ayad Shuaib, PharmD - Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist NYU Langone Medical Center
Residency Project: Implementation of a pharmacy managed vancomycin protocol
at a community hospital.
Class of 2014
Kathryn Mitchell, PharmD, BCPS - Internal Medicine Clinical Specialist, Clara Maass Medical Center
Residency Project: Discontinuation of proton-pump inhibitor therapy without
indication in non-intensive care patients
Class of 2013
Victor Ng, PharmD - Safety Surveillance Associate, Pfizer
Residency Project: Impact of a multi-disciplinary venous thromboembolism
screening tool in an acute care community hospital setting
Class of 2012
Mitesh Patel, PharmD, BCCCP - Emergency Medicine Clinical Specialist, Clara Maass Medical Center
Residency Project: Implementation of an intravenous to oral corticosteroid
transition in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations.
Class of 2011
Soo Kang, PharmD - Critical Care Clinical Specialist, Clara Maass Medical Center
Residency Project: Evaluation of Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts on Carbapenem
Usage and Susceptibility Trends at a Community Hospital
Class of 2010
Manal Rassam, PharmD
Residency Project: Evaluating the impact of a pharmacy-driven hypoglycemia
guideline in a community hospital
Class of 2009
Wesal Freih, PharmD - Sr. Ambulatory Pharmacist, Cleveland Clinic
Residency Project: Evaluation of the Effect of a Pharmacist-Led Anticoagulation
Management Program on Quality of Care, Reimbursement Denials or Downgrades,
and Length of stay in VTE Patients
Class of 2008
Lea Eslava-Kim, PharmD - Drug Information Specialist, MPR at Haymarket Media Group
Residency Project: Evaluation of a Pharmacist-Managed Anticoagulation Service
in a Community Hospital