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PGY2 Residencies

Four graduates from the Class of 2013 applied for and successfully matched with the following PGY2 residencies:

  • Will Cooper - Informatics with Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) in Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Charity Hale - Pain Management & Palliative Care with University of California Davis in Sacramento, California.
  • Jacklyn Tirabassi - Medication Use Safety with University of Kentucky Healthcare in Lexington, Kentucky.
  • Nick Van Hise - Infectious Disease with Indiana University in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Class of 2014 PGY1 Residencies

  • Ashley Baldwin - Baptist Hospital, Oxford MS
  • Caragh Clayton - VA Hospital, Philadelphia PA
  • Kate Greene - VA Medical Center, Memphis TN
  • Neil Hunter - Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans LA
  • Sheena LeClerc - Saint Vincent Hospital, Erie PA
  • Swati Midha - University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville TN
  • Jonathan Mitchell - Cookeville Regional Medical Center, Cookeville TN
  • Kristie Newsom - Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville TN
  • Dan Nguyen - North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo MS
  • Nhung Nguyen - Jackson Madison County General Hospital, Jackson TN
  • Justin Pemberton - VA Medical Center, Memphis TN
  • Ashley Pugh - Union University School of Pharmacy, Jackson TN
  • Melissa Quinn - St. Louis/Mercy Hospital, St. Louis MO
  • Donna Randolph - UT Community Pharmacy at Reeves-Sain, Murfreesboro TN
  • Nicole Rivera-Torres - Florida Hospital, Altamonte FL
  • Josh Tramel - North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo MS

Jobs

  • Cody Baker (2012) is Pharmacy Manager with the Walmart Supercenter Pharmacy in Florence, Alabama.
  • Isaac Brady (2013) is now in a partnership and is part-owner of the independent pharmacy Asheboro Drug Co. in Asheboro, North Carolina.
  • Sandy Creech (2012) is working with Express Scripts/Accredo Specialty Pharmacy in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • Drew Donaldson (2013) has been promoted to Pharmacist In Charge (PIC) at Rite Aid in Andalusia, Alabama.
  • Mike Jackson (2012) is a pharmacist with Kaiser Permanente in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Amanda Kimsey (2012) is a clinical pharmacist with Methodist Hospital in Olive Branch, Mississippi.
  • Crystal Kirkendol (2012) is working with Publix in Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Megan Rowlett (2012) is the Pharmacist in Charge with Walgreens in Dyersburg, Tennessee.
  • Shea Sullins (2013) has transferred his license to practice to Tennessee. He will continue his work with Walgreens in the Nashville area.
  • Clay Williams (2013) has been promoted to Pharmacy Manager with Williams Bros. Health Care Pharmacy in Bloomington, Indiana.
  • Rebekah (Littleton) Wilson (2013) is the clinical pharmacist on the cardiology floor at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tennessee.
  • Keri (Irvin) Wyatt (2012) is working with Life-QRx which is a compounding pharmacy in Nashville, Tennessee. Keri helps with compounding and oversees clinical services and field training.

Class of 2014 Employment

DC:

  • Mazdak Sagheb-Tehrani - CVS

Florida:

  • Ana Fontrodona - Publix - Miami

Georgia:

  • Esha Patel - Walmart - Atlanta

Indiana:

  • Josh Snedigar - Walgreens - Muncie

Tennessee:

  • Kanika Armour - CVS - Memphis
  • Melissa Autry - Lauderdale Community Hospital - Ripley
  • Derek Cannon - Walgreens - West TN Area
  • Collin Cantrell - Rite Aid - Crossville
  • Allie Cope - CVS - Martin
  • Jessica Fuller - Target - Nashville
  • Todd Gottshall - Rite Aid - McKenzie
  • Collin Haney - Kroger - Knoxville
  • Brittany Hawk - CVS - West TN Area
  • Candice Horner - Walgreens - Memphis
  • Sylvia Iskander - Walgreens - Memphis
  • Lauren Jackson - Kroger - Dyersburg
  • Angela Kee - Kroger - Memphis
  • Kyle McCann - Rite Aid - Chattanooga
  • Chuong Nguyen - Walgreens - Humboldt
  • Amanda Odum - Kroger - East TN Area
  • Ellie Pitts - CVS - Memphis
  • Donna Randolph - Stones River Hospital - Woodbury
  • Jenni Seddelmeyer - Kroger - Memphis
  • Emma Stubblefield - CVS - West TN Area
  • Thong Vo - Walgreens - Nashville

Texas:

  • Casey Blair - CVS - Waco

Virginia:

  • Yung Vo - Walmart - Culpepper

Awards

In February 2014 prior to her graduation Priya Mohan (2014) won an Award of Excellence at the Tennessee Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear meeting in Nashville for her research poster entitled "Virtual Screening for potential small molecule inhibitors of Protein Kinase G: A promising target for multidrug resistant tuberculosis."

Certifications

Clay Williams (2013) received his Medication Therapy Management (MTM) certification though APhA.

Publications

Bennett LL and Dipriya Mohan (2014). Review of Gaucher's Disease and Its Treatment Options. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2013; 47(9):1182-1193.

Births

Remi Ann Brock baby photoAudra Brock (2012) and her husband welcomed daughter Remi Ann Brock on February 3, 2014.


Marriages

Clay Williams and Jessica Lee wedding photoOn August 31, 2013, Clay Williams (2013) married Jessica Lee. Clay is a pharmacist with Williams Bros. Health Care Pharmacy in Bloomington, Indiana.


UUSOP International Mission Trip

If you are interested in participating in the next UUSOP medical mission trip to Honduras please see the Missions page of this eNewsletter for more information.

Update Your Alumni Profile

Please keep your UUSOP family up to date on things that are going on with you. If you have gotten married, had children, changed jobs, moved, have a new email address, phone number, name change, etc. let us know. Submit your news and photos to Aven Humphreys, CMP, Director of Pharmacy Outreach, for use in our next UUSOP E-Newsletter and the UUSOP Alumni Facebook page. Call her direct dial phone number, 731.661.5979, or email at ahumphreys@uu.edu.