Residency Graduates and Project Names
Pharmacy Residency Program at Clara Maass Medical Center
Class of 2023
Gargi Adenkar, PharmD, Clara Maass Medical Center
Residency project: Antimicrobial stewardship initiative on prescribing
at discharge from a community medical center (SENTINEL)
Jim Fattal, PharmD, Clara Maass Medical Center
Residency project: Early ventilator liberation assessment in patients with
low-dose vasopressors (VAPORS)
Class of 2022
Ealeen Bido, PharmD, Clara Maass Medical Center
Research project: Pharmacist-Led Assessment and Intervention in Younger
Diabetic Population (LAY-up)
Class of 2021
Lakhini Vyas, PharmD, Clara Maass Medical Center
Research project: "Beta-Lactam Allergy Assessment and Skin Testing
(BLAAST program)"
Sonia Kim, PharmD, Clara Maass Medical Center
Research Project: "Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infection
and Osteomyelitis Length of Stay Avoided with Utilization of Dalbavancin
Eligibility Criteria (ABSOLUTE)"
Class of 2020
Lalitha Sukumar, PharmD, PGY-2 Ambulatory Care, RWJBarnabas
Residency Project:
“Evaluation of a Multi-Pressor De-escalation Protocol in the Recovery
Phase of Septic Shock”
Class of 2019
Jessica Gerges, PharmD – Clara Maass Medical Center
Residency Project: “Augmenting utility of rapid diagnostic testing in treatment of
gram-negative bacteremia with stewardship intervention”
Komal Nadeem, PharmD, BCPS – Clara Maass Medical Center
Residency Project: “Effect of renal-preserving empiric antibiotic regimens on acute
kidney injury”
Class of 2018
Brandon Chen, PharmD, BCPS – Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Specialist, Clara Maass
Medical Center
Residency Project: Evaluation of treatment of Enterococcal urinary tract infections at a
community hospital.
Eleanor Lee, PharmD, BCPS
Residency Project: Evaluation of pharmacist intervention on opioid stewardship at a community hospital.
Class of 2017
Priyanka Kelshikar, PharmD, BCPS, Internal Medicine Pharmacist, Robert Wood Johnson University
Hospital Rahway
Residency Project:
Pharmacist intervention to improve appropriate benzodiazepine use in a
geriatric unit
LiuJia Peng, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacist, Christiana Care Health System
Residency Project:
Implementation of a Deep Vein Thrombosis Management Protocol in the Emergency
Department
Class of 2016
Karan Raja, PharmD, BCPS – Infectious Disease Pharmacy Specialist, Clara Maass
Medical Center
Residency Project: Implementation of a pharmacist-managed discharge counseling
program on a telemetry unit
Ruben Patel, PharmD, BCPS – Critical Care 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, BCCCP, Clinical Scientist, Merck & Co., Inc.
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, BCCCP, Critical Care Pharmacy 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