| Meet Our PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency Preceptors |
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Meet Our PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency Preceptors
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Lynn Eschenbacher, Pharm.D., MBA has a strong interest in process improvement and medication safety. After obtaining a BS in biology from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN she attended the University of Texas at Austin to obtain her PharmD. She then completed a pharmacy practice residency at Parkland Health & Hospitals in Dallas, Texas. Lynn worked at Duke University Hospital as a clinical pharmacist, clinical coordinator and medication safety officer. Additionally, she completed her MBA at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. She is currently the Assistant Director of Clinical Services at WakeMed Health & Hospitals in Raleigh, North Carolina and the PGY-1 Residency Director. Lynn was just selected for the Circle of Excellence award at WakeMed for Market Development and Quality Outcomes. She is also the ASHP Delegate for the Acute Care Forum in North Carolina, the Chair of the ASHP Section Advisory Group for Medication Safety and a member of the Clinical Leadership ASHP Section Advisory Group. |
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Caroline Girardeau , Pharm.D., BCPS joined WakeMed Health and Hospitals in Raleigh, NC as a Critical Care Pharmacy Specialist in July 2008. Her work interests include managing infections in critical illness, promoting antimicrobial stewardship, research, and education. Caroline is involved in precepting students from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Caroline earned her BS in pharmacy and post-baccalaureate PharmD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She completed her general practice residency at UNC Healthcare, Chapel Hill, NC, and her critical care specialty residency at Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA. Prior to her residency training, she worked in both academic and community hospital practice settings and in drug development as a Clinical Research Associate in Research Triangle Park, NC. Caroline is a member of NCAP, the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. |
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Catherine Lewis, Pharm.D., CACP, BCPS is an Assistant Professor at Campbell University and Internal Medicine Clinical Specialist at WakeMed Raleigh. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from West Virginia University and she is also a Certified Anticoagulation Care Provider and Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist. Catherine is on the stroke team at WakeMed and is interested in neurology, kidney disease, and anticoagulation in special patient populations. She precepts pharmacy students at WakeMed and is looking forward to more classroom teaching at Campbell in the upcoming year. |
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Angela Peake, Pharm.D. attended Campbell University School of Pharmacy and graduated with her Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2006 after which she started at WakeMed Health & Hospitals as a Clinical Staff Pharmacist. She became involved in performance improvement and Medication Safety initiatives and transitioned to the Drug Information Specialist role in the spring of 2008. Her primary pharmacy interests are evidence-based medicine, medication safety, and pediatrics. |
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Erin Allender, Pharm.D., BCPS is the current Cardiology Critical Care Clinical Specialist at WakeMed. Erin is a graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. She completed her Pharmacy Practice and Critical Care Specialty residencies at the University of North Carolina Hospitals. Throughout her residency, Erin taught a section of the Pharmaceutical Care Lab at the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She is a member of The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), The American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), Triangle College of Clinical Pharmacy (TCCP) and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). Erin's current research focuses on the use of stress-dose corticosteroids in patients with relative adrenal insufficiency, the pleiotropic effects of statins and toxicology. |
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Jenna Minton Huggins, Pharm.D., BCPS attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for her undergraduate training, then stayed on to receive her Doctor of Pharmacy degree. She graduated with Highest Distinction in May of 2008. She then completed a post-graduate residency at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Within this residency, she focused on cardiology topics, and completed rotations outside of the VA at UNC Hospitals and Duke to augment her cardiology knowledge in other institutions. She is currently working as the floor Cardiology Clinical Specialist for the pharmacy department. |
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Ryan Tabis, Pharm.D., BCPS is the current Internal Medicine & Surgery Clinical Pharmacist Specialist at WakeMed. Ryan is a graduate of the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy. In addition, he has completed a PGY-1 General Practice Residency at the University of Tennessee Medical Center and a PGY-2 Specialty Residency in Internal Medicine at the Phoenix VA Healthcare System. Most recently, Ryan worked as an Infectious Diseases & Internal Medicine Clinical Specialist at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia before returning to the Internal Medicine area full-time here at WakeMed. Ryan's current research interests include anticoagulation and antimicrobial stewardship. |
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Laura Hayn, Pharm.D., BCPS completed her undergraduate training at Moravian College in Bethlehem PA where she received her BS in biology and psychology. She then completed her PharmD training at Temple University in Philadelphia PA. Laura decided to pursue resiency training after pharmacy school, which took her to North Carolina. She completed a PGY1 general pharmacy practice residency at UNC Hospitals and a PGY2 pediatric pharmacy residency at UNC Children's Hospital. Laura's main area of focus is the neonatal ICU. |
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Dalia Mack, Pharm.D., AE-C, CDE graduated from Florida A&M University with her Doctor of Pharmacy degree and subsequently completed a Primary Care Residency at the Orlando VA Healthcare Center. After residency she accepted an appointment as Assistant Clinical Professor at Northeastern University 's School of Pharmacy in Boston, Massachusetts. During her three years at Northeatern, Dalia precepted students on their Ambulatory Care advanced practice experiences and coordinated the required Self-Care Therapeutics Course. She formerly worked as the Pharmacy Education Specialist at WakeMed Raleigh Hospital where she led pharmacy preceptor development efforts and precepted UNC pharmacy students on their Internal Medicine rotations. She is currently the Learning Clinical Coordinator at the WakeMed Raleigh Pharmacy and is responsible for developing competency assessments, new pharmacist orientation, and coordination of pharmacy students. Dalia has a special interest in secondary stroke prevention and counseling patients on chronic disease state self-management. |
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Rhonda Zillmer, Pharm.D. graduated from the University of Georgia with her Doctor of Pharmacy degree. She subsequently completed a Pediatric Pharmacy Residency at The Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado. Following residency, Rhonda spent three years as a Medical Communications Specialist at GlaxoSmithKline. Most recently, she worked for six years as the Pediatrics Clinical Specialist at the WakeMed Raleigh Campus providing a host of clinical services to the teaching and non-teaching pediatric providers. Rhonda now serves as the Pediatrics Clinical Coordinator and she is actively involved in the training of staff pharmacists, students, and the extension of pharmacy services into our new pediatric hospital. |
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Julie Stauss, Pharm.D. earned her Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Chemistry from the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign. Subsequently, she obtained her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from The University of Illinois-Chicago. Julie completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at the Mayo Clinic and worked for seven years as the Critical Care Pharmacist at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester Minnesota. Dr. Stauss now serves at the Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator for the Emergency, Observations, and Radiology departments. She is currently involved in expanding clinical pharmacy services in the Emergency Department. |
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Kitty Cheung, Pharm.D., BCPS obtained her BS and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at the Durham VA Hospital in North Carolina and has been working at the WakeMed Raleigh Pharmacy since 2006. She is currently the Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator for the Medicine and Surgery areas. |
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Abbie Crisp Williamson, Pharm.D., BCPS is the Clinical Coordinator of Cardiology. She is a native of Raleigh, NC. She received her Doctorate of Pharmacy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2004 and is currently enrolled in the Executive Master's of Healthcare Administration Program at UNC. She completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency and Critical Care Residency at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. Upon completion of residency training, Abbie worked as a surgery/perioperative pharmacist at Duke before transitioning into the Clinical Coordinator of Perioperative Services. Abbie is an active participant in the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists. She is currently the Past-Chair of the NCAP New Practitioner Network and is a member of the NCAP Board of Directors. She lives in Raleigh with her husband, Pier. |
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Alex Jenkins, PharmD, MS is the current Medication Safety Officer at WakeMed Health & Hospitals Raleigh Campus. Alex graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from The College of William & Mary in 2004 and a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Pharmacy in 2008. He also completed a 2-year Pharmacy Administration Residency at the University of North Carolina Hospitals and graduated with a Master of Science degree in Health-System Pharmacy from the UNC School of Pharmacy in May 2010. During his residency, he filled in twice as Interim Medication Safety Officer, which is where he acquired a particular interest for analyzing systems and process improvement. |
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