Residency Graduates and Project Names
Pharmacy Residency Program at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Class of 2024
Nnenna Anyanwu, PharmD
Research project: Impact of pharmacist-led intervention on prescribing
of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) in hospitalized
patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF)
Class of 2023
Ryan Shou, PharmD – PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Resident, Long Island Jewish
Medical Center – Northwell Health
Research project: Impact of syndrome-driven antimicrobial stewardship on
management of Gram-negative bacteremia
Class of 2022
Jinglan Ally Wu, PharmD – Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist, Hoboken University Medical Center
Research project: Pharmacist-led warfarin dosing in post-cardiac surgery patients
Class of 2021
Ashley Nhan, PharmD, BCPS – Senior Copywriter, Razorfish Health and Clinical Pharmacy Generalist,
Overlook Medical Center
Research project: Impact of pharmacist-managed direct oral anticoagulant
stewardship at a large academic medical center
Jonathan Gonzalez, PharmD, BCPS – Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist, Salerno Medical Associates
Research project: Impact of pharmacy intervention on antimicrobial de-escalation
in Code Sepsis patients
Class of 2020
Morgan Esordi, PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Pharmacy Generalist, RWJ University Hospital at Rahway
Residency Project:
Impact of a Pharmacy Bundle on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Outcomes
at an Urban Teaching Hospital
Sunny Sheth, PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Pharmacy Generalist, Overlook Medical Center
Residency Project:
Impact of a Pharmacist on the Appropriate Management of Post Lung Transplant
Patients in an Outpatient Setting
Class of 2019
Dana Serao, PharmD, BCPS, BCEMP – Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Newark Beth Israel
Medical Center
Residency Project:
Impact of a Clinical Pharmacist on the Management of Diabetes Mellitus
in the Ambulatory Care Setting of a Large Teaching Hospital
Timothy Jacisin, PharmD, BCPS – Perioperative Services Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Cooperman
Barnabas Medical Center
Residency Project:
Evaluation of the Impact of a Pharmacist-led Tacrolimus Dose Adjustment
Protocol on Outcomes in De-novo Heart Transplant Patients
Class of 2018
Travis Tsang, PharmD – Pediatric Clinical Pharmacy Generalist, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Residency Project: Impact of Pharmacist-Led Evaluation of Eligibility for
Post-Operative Atrial Fibrillation Prophylaxis Protocol On Time To Protocol
Initiation in Cardiac Surgical Patients.
Ahmed Selevany, PharmD, BCPS, BCEMP – Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist/Adjunct Faculty, Mountainside
Medical Center
Residency Project: The Impact of Guideline-Driven Management of Hypoglycemic
Events at a Large Teaching Hospital.
Class of 2017
Seumsack Somtakoune,
PharmD, BCPS – Cardiac Clinical Pharmacist, Sutter Medical Center
Residency Project: Impact of a pharmacist-managed antimicrobial stewardship
initiative for intravenous to oral conversion at a large teaching institution
Class of 2016
Maryanne Kim,
PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Pharmacy Generalist, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Residency Project: Evaluation of morbidity and mortality outcomes in heart
transplant patients with and without diabetes after implementation of
a tacrolimus monotherapy protocol
Yasmine Elbaga,
PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Coordinator, Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus
Residency Project: Implementation of a Pharmacist Driven Antimicrobial
Stewardship Service for General Medicine Adult Inpatients Receiving Piperacillin/tazobactam
or Cefepime – A Pilot Study
Class of 2015
Chandni Dudhia,
PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Staff Pharmacist, Lehigh Valley Health Network
Residency Project: Evaluation of piperacillin-tazobactam utilization at
a large teaching institution
Poster Presentation at ASHP MCM: Evaluation and Assessment of Filgrastim Use in Patients Receiving Chemotherapeutic Agents at a Large Teaching Institution
Kayla Torppey,
PharmD, BCPS – Internal Medicine Clinical Specialist, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Residency Project: Evaluation of the Appropriateness of Gastrointestinal
Prophylaxis in the Critically Ill
Poster Presentation at ASHP MCM: Evaluation and assessment of argatroban use at a large teaching institution
Publication: Torppey K, Kansagra L, Patel S, et al. Evaluation of the appropriateness of gastrointestinal prophylaxis in the critically ill. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 2016 June; 4(6): 283-288.