Pharmacy Residents

2023-2024 PGY1 Residents

Noelle Addair, PharmD
Belmont University College of Pharmacy

Professional Interests: Emergency Medicine, Trauma, Critical Care
Hobbies: Reading, spending time with friends and family, attending sporting events, running, and traveling. Research Project Title: Deciding with Megan on 7/28 afternoon meeting
Email: [email protected]

Carson Cook, PharmD
Union University College of Pharmacy

Professional Interests: Critical Care, Transitions of Care, Medication Safety
Hobbies: Traveling, trying new restaurants and coffee shops, watching college football (Go Dawgs!), spending time with family and friends
Research Project Title: Medication use in patients after transition to comfort-focused care: drip vs. bolus regimen, a pre/post study
Email: [email protected]

Sydney Kermeen, PharmD
University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Professional Interests: Critical Care, Internal Medicine
Hobbies: Cooking new recipes, hiking, spending time with friends and family
Research Project Title: Analysis of Glycemic Outcomes After Implementation of a Pharmacist-led Insulin Management Service in Post-operative Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients
Email: [email protected]

Morgan Thomas, PharmD
Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy

Professional Interests: Cardiology, nephrology, and GI-related topics
Hobbies: Cooking, walking the Riverwalk, cheering on the Clemson Tigers, spending time with family and friends
Research Project Title: Evaluation of Post-Op Complications and Opioid Use after Implementation of ERAS Protocol for Total Hip or Knee Surgery
Email: [email protected]

2023-2024 PGY2 Residents

Hana Davis, PharmD
Belmont University College of Pharmacy

Professional Interests: Mechanical circulatory support, ventricular arrhythmias, septic shock, acute liver failure, toxicology
Hobbies: Playing with my Aussie doodle and Vizsla, gardening, watching University of Arizona basketball, FaceTiming my long-distance friends and family
Research Project Title: Management of Atrial fibrillation in Intensive care unit patients with Septic shock
Email: [email protected]

Mitch Thelen, PharmD
The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy

Professional Interests: Endocarditis, invasive mold infections, and maximizing the use of oral antimicrobial therapy
Hobbies: Skateboarding, golfing, and meowing at my cat, Oreo
Research Project Title: Oral Antibiotic Therapy for the Treatment of MRSA Pneumonia
Email: [email protected]

Past Residents

2022-2023

Left to right are:

Jessica Duke, PharmD
Infectious Diseases Clinical Pharmacist, Cempa; Chattanooga, Tennessee

Jessica Briscoe, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist, Erlanger Health System; Chattanooga, Tennessee

Kathleen White, PharmD, MPH
Clinical Pharmacist, Johnson City Medical Center; Johnson City, Tennessee

Austin Dykes, PharmD
Internal Medicine Pharmacist, Baptist Health; Jacksonville, Florida

Fabi Lozano, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist, Emory University Hospital; Midtown, Atlanta, Georgia

2021-2022

Left to right are:

Jesse Briscoe, PharmD
PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Resident, Erlanger Health System; Chattanooga, Tennessee

Kendall Foshee Williams, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist, Huntsville Hospital; Huntsville, Alabama

Rima Bhakta, PharmD
PRN Staff Pharmacist, Erlanger Health System; Chattanooga, Tennessee

Kelsey Heintz, PharmD
PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Resident, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare System; Memphis, Tennessee

2020-2021

Left to right are:

Summer Sizemore, PharmD
HIV/HepC/OPAT Ambulatory Infectious Diseases Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Kaiser Permanente; Atlanta, Georgia
Publication: Sizemore S, VanBerkel Patel M, Carter B, Garrett E. Adjusting vasopressin availability and formulation: A cost-savings initiative. Am J Health-Syst Pharm 2022. doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxac142.

Elizabeth Anderson, PharmD, BCPS
Staff Pharmacist, University of California San Diego; San Diego, California
Publication: Anderson E, White BN, Goodwin E, Alkhateeb F, White C. A Retrospective Cohort Study of the Effect of Rapid Versus Delayed-result Procalcitonin Testing on Antibiotic Use at a Community Hospital. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy. 2022.18(1):R4DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1353994/v1.

Tabitha Brown, PharmD, BCPS
Staff Pharmacist, Erlanger Health System; Chattanooga, Tennessee

Corey Bray, PharmD, BCPS
Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee

2019-2020

Left to right are:

Steven (Andy) Cross, PharmD, CPH
Pulmonary Consultant Pharmacist, Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside; Jacksonville, Florida

Michael Fan, PharmD, BCPS
CardioRenal Medical Science Liaison, Novo Nordisk; Santa Monica, California

Arielle Charles, PharmD
NICU Clinical Pharmacist, Northside Hospital; Atlanta, Georgia

Christopher Wilson, PharmD, BCCCP
Cardiovascular Critical Care Pharmacist, Erlanger Health System; Chattanooga, Tennessee

2018-2019

Spencer Bolton, PharmD, MBA
Director of Pharmacy, Clark Regional Medical Center (Winchester, Kentucky) and Bourbon Community Hospital (Paris, Kentucky)
Publication: Van Berkel Patel, M, Bolton S, Hamilton C. Standard-versus High-Dose Dexmedetomidine for Sedation in the Intensive Care Unit. Hosp Pharmacy. 2021. EPub ahead of print.

2017-2018

Charity Loput, PharmD, CAHIMS
Consultant, Medication Management and Pharmacy Informatics, HCA Healthcare, Nashville, Tennessee

Bea Turner, PharmD, BCPS
Oncology Clinical Pharmacist, Erlanger Health System, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Publication: Bradford JL, Turner B, Van Berkel MA. Effect of liposomal bupivacaine on postoperative opioid requirements for total hip arthroplasty, total knee arthroplasty, laminectomy, hysterectomy, and abdominoplasty procedures. Hosp Pharm. 2020. EPub ahead of print.  

2016-2017

Bailey Bolten, PharmD, AAHIVP
HIV Ambulatory Care Pharmacist, University of Louisville 550 Clinic, Louisville, Kentucky
Publications: BC Bolten, JL Bradford BN White. Effects of automatic discontinuation of antibiotics policy: A novel approach to antimicrobial stewardship. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy.2019.76(3):S85-S90.

2015-2016

Jeffery Galyon, PharmD, BCPS
Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist, Erlanger Health System, Chattanooga, Tennessee

 2014-2015

Jessica Hicks, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, Georgia