BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF 2011-2012 RESIDENTS

PGY-1 Pharmacy Residents

Jeremy Sen, PharmD

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Dr. Sen received his Doctor of Pharmacy in 2011 from the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy in Chapel Hill, NC. His current area of interest is hematology/oncology. Dr. Sen will complete a medication use evaluation attempting to elucidate prescribing patterns and financial outcomes with the use of intravitreal ranibizumab and bevacizumab for the treatment of neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration. His residency project will evaluate pentoxifylline in the mitigation of amphotericin B nephrotoxicity. Upon completion of the PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency, Dr. Sen plans to pursue a PGY-2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency at a tertiary care academic medical center.

Phillip Mohorn, PharmD

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Dr. Mohorn is a graduate of the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy in Athens, GA where he earned his PharmD degree in 2011. His current areas of interest include critical care and emergency medicine. Dr. Mohorn’s medication use evaluation will evaluate the use of tranexamic acid for total hip and knee arthroplasty at UVaHS. His research project will evaluate the timing of antibiotic administration pre- and post-evening clinical pharmacist services which may help identify areas for improvement in the sepsis related mortality index at UVaHS. Upon completion of the PGY-1 pharmacy residency, he plans to pursue a PGY-2 residency within a tertiary care academic medical center.

Kyle Luedtke, PharmD

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Dr. Luedtke is a graduate of the Mercer University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Atlanta, Georgia, where she earned her PharmD degree in 2011. Her current areas of interest include critical care and infectious diseases. Dr. Luedtke’s residency project will evaluate off-label prescribing in a children’s rehabilitation center at UVaHS. Her medication use evaluation will evaluate adherence to UVaHS venous thromboembolic prophylaxis guidelines among high risk patients. Upon completion of the PGY-1 pharmacy residency, she plans to pursue a PGY-2 residency within a tertiary care academic medical center.


Carrie Hall, PharmD

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Dr. Hall is a graduate of the University of Texas College of Pharmacy in Austin, TX, where she earned her PharmD in 2011. Her current areas of interest include hematology/oncology, palliative care, and ambulatory care. Dr. Hall’s medication use evaluation will evaluate the cost and appropriateness of the use of echinocandins in the pediatric population at UVaHS. Her research project will analyze the differences in clinical outcomes between two UVaHS insulin infusion protocols used in diabetic patients, how staff are adhering to these policies, and whether changes need to be made in the protocols. Upon completion of the PGY-1 pharmacy residency, she plans to pursue a PGY-2 residency within a tertiary care academic medical center.

PGY-2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residents

Wennie Huang, PharmD

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Dr. Huang is a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy in Los Angeles, California, where she earned her PharmD degree in 2010. She completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at UMass Memorial Medical Center in June 2011. Her current areas of interest are critical care and emergency medicine. Dr. Huang’s medication use evaluation will assess the use of intravenous acetaminophen and her residency project will evaluate the clinical outcomes and adverse effects of using high dose acyclovir for HSV encephalitis. Upon the completion of her PGY-2 residency, Dr. Huang hopes to obtain a specialist position in critical care or emergency medicine at an academic medical center.

Kate Bidwell, PharmD

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Dr. Bidwell earned her PharmD from the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia in 2010 and completed a PGY-1 pharmacy residency at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio in June 2011. Her current areas of interest include critical care and emergency medicine. Dr. Bidwell’s medication use evaluation will evaluate the dosing and adverse effects of dexmedetomidine in intensive care unit patients. Her residency project will assess the safety and efficacy of a non-paralytic based anti-shivering protocol used to control the autonomic shivering response in patients undergoing therapeutic hypothermia for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Upon completion of the PGY-2 critical care specialty residency, Dr. Bidwell plans to work as a critical care clinical specialist and pharmacy educator.


PGY-2 Health System Pharmacy Administration Resident

Abby Reeder, PharmD

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Dr. Reeder is a 2010 graduate of Temple University School of Pharmacy in Philadelphia, PA. She completed her pharmacy practice residency at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA. Her interests include finance, operations, and long walks on the beach. For her medication use evaluation, Dr. Reeder will be evaluating the increased costs associated with pantoprazole and restriction non-adherence. Her longitudinal project will be assessing work flow and customer satisfaction pre and post implementation of new technologies in the outpatient pharmacy, Barringer Pharmacy. Upon completion of her PGY-2 in Health System Pharmacy Administration, Dr. Reeder plans to pursue an MBA, drink lots of coffee, and work in pharmacy administration.

PGY-2 Drug Information Resident

Geralyn Waters, PharmD

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Dr. Waters received a Bachelor of Music with a double-major in Spanish from Butler University prior to completing a PharmD degree at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences in 2010. The following year she completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System. Current areas of interest include medication management and safety. Dr. Waters’s longitudinal residency project will involve assessing drug shortages, quantifying the impact on delivery of care, and measuring budgetary effects. In addition, Dr. Waters is performing a medication utilization evaluation on dabigatran use. Upon completion of the PGY-2 Drug Information Pharmacy Residency, Dr. Waters will pursue a career as drug information specialist at a tertiary care academic medical center where she hopes to have an opportunity to precept students and residents as well as teach as adjunct faculty at a college of pharmacy.

PGY-2 Oncology Pharmacy Resident

Nicole Watts, PharmD

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Dr. Watts is a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where she earned her PharmD degree in 2010. She completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at the University of Virginia Health System. Dr. Watts’s residency project will explore methods to reduce chemotherapy wait times in the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center by identifying patients for which chemotherapy can be compounded in advance and assessing the impact of this intervention on patient satisfaction. Upon completion of her PGY-2 residency, Dr. Watts hopes to obtain a specialist position in oncology at a tertiary care hospital. Her long-term goal is to practice as a clinical specialist in a teaching hospital with the opportunity to precept students and residents.

PGY-2 Pharmacy Informatics Resident

Scott Vincent Anderson, PharmD, MS

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Dr. Anderson is a graduate of University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy, where he earned his PharmD degree in May 2010. The following year he was a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Management Resident at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, during which he also earned his MS in Health System Pharmacy Administration. His current interests include automation technology and optimization of electronic medical records. Dr. Anderson’s residency project will involve the implementation of a streamlined medication administration process using a single access point for clinical nursing activities. The goal of this project is to assess the impact on nurse efficiency and satisfaction post-implementation. Upon completion of the PGY-2 residency, Dr. Anderson plans to continue in a career focusing on the expansion of pharmacy automation, development of pharmacy informatics programs, and interdisciplinary IT project management.