Residency Program Graduates and Project Names
Class of 2024
Jessica Askew, PharmD
Residency Project: High-Dose Atorvastatin Loading in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Before Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention to Reduce 30-day Cardiovascular Events
Class of 2023
Annette Bielen, PharmD (2022-2023)
Residency Project: Pharmacy-driven Allergy Documentation Initiative in an Emergency Department.
Class of 2022
Ioannis Serris, PharmD (2021-2022)
Post Residency Position: PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Resident, SBH Health
System, Bronx, NY
Residency Project: Pharmacist-Driven Ceftriaxone Dosing Protocol in Critically
Ill Patients
Darien Lee, PharmD (2021-2022)
Post Residency Position: Clinical Generalist, Community Medical Center,
Toms River, NJ
Residency Project: Emergency Department Initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid
Use Disorder: Impact on Patient Outcomes at a Community Hospital
Class of 2021
Sandra Eid, PharmD (2020-2021)
Post-Residency Position: PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Resident, Community
Medical Center, Toms River, NJ
Research project: Impact of Pharmacist-Driven CAM-ICU Monitoring and Management
Toolkit on Patient Outcomes at a Community Hospital
Jennifer Weiss, PharmD (2020-2021)
Post-Residency Position: PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident –
RWJBarnabas Health
Research Project: Evaluation of a Pharmacist-driven Risk Factor Tool for
the Prevention of Hospital onset Clostridium difficile Infection in a
Community Hospital
Class of 2020
Harleen Gill, PharmD (2019-2020)
Post Residency Position: Clinical Generalist, Newark Beth Israel Medical
Center, Newark, NJ
Residency Project:
Assessment of a Standardized Operating Procedure for Inventory Management
on Financial Outcomes in an Acute Care Hospital Pharmacy
Rebecca Rainess, PharmD (2019-2020)
Post Residency Position: PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Resident, New
York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
Residency Project:
Prospective Analysis of Pharmacist Driven Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship
in a Community Emergency Department
Class of 2019
Kaliope Damalas, PharmD (2018-2019)
Post Residency Position: Clinical Generalist, Community Medical Center,
Toms River, NJ
Residency Project:
Assessment of a Standardized Operating Procedure for Inventory Management
on Financial Outcomes in an Acute Care Hospital Pharmacy
Eka Beriashvili, PharmD (2018-2019)
Post Residency Position: PGY2 Infectious Disease Pharmacy Resident, James
J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Residency Project: Impact of a Pharmacy-Driven Antibiotic Duration Protocol
for Urinary Tract Infections
Class of 2018
Hamza ElHaouati, PharmD (2017-2018)
Post Residency Position: Medical Science Liason – Hematology, Jansen
Pharmaceuticals, Casa Blanca, Morocco
Residency Project: Prospective Utilization of a Pharmacist Developed Evaluation
Form on the Clinical Cure Rates of Clostridium difficile Infections
Class of 2017
Tara R. Hathaway, PharmD (2016-2017)
Post Residency Position: Clinical Specialist, Fairmont Regional Medical
Center, Fairmont, WV
Residency Project: Evaluation of a pharmacist-directed quality improvement
initiative to optimize vancomycin dosing and monitoring
Class of 2016
Joseph Cavanaugh, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP (2015-2016)
PGY2 Critical Care Residency (2016-2017)
Post Residency Position: Critical Care Clinical Specialist, Community Medical
Center, Toms River, NJ
Residency Project: Pharmacist Impact on ACLS Compliance During Hospital
Cardiac Arrest
Class of 2015
Kyle Brown, Pharm.D., BCPS (2014-2015)
Post Residency Position: Clinical Specialist, Chilton Memorial Hospital,
Pompton Plains, NJ
Residency Project: Retrospective evaluation of glycemic management strategies
in critically ill patients in a community hospital
Joshua Colorado, Pharm.D., BCPS (2014-2015)
Post Residency Position: Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist, University
Hospital, Newark, NJ
Residency Project: Retrospective evaluation of the effect of analgesics
on duration of mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients receiving
IV sedation