Preceptor BiographiesPharmacy Residency

Roel Basaldua Jr., PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Practice Specialist – Pediatrics

 Residency Training/Postgraduate Education

• Pharmacy Practice, Baptist Health – Wolfson Children’s Hospital, 2012
  

Education

• Doctor of Pharmacy, Texas A&M Health Science Center Rangel College of Pharmacy, 2011
• Bachelor of Science, Texas A&M – Corpus Christi, 2006

Joined UTMB: 2019

Preceptor: General Pediatrics

Rotation Description

• Develop and refine pharmacy practice skills in the care of pediatric patients
• Evaluate pediatric specific disease states and dosing considerations based on age, weight, and development
• Actively participate and make recommendations during daily rounds using pediatric-specific evidence-based literature
• Establish a cooperative, collaborative, and communicative working relationship with members of the health care team
• Educate patients and their caregivers based on age and level of understanding

Patrick Birney, PharmD, MS, Pharmacy Director - Inpatient Operations 

 Residency Training/Postgraduate Education

• PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration Residency, Houston Methodist Hospital, 2014

Education

• Master of Science in Pharmacy Administration, University of Houston, 2014
  
• Doctor of Pharmacy, Northeastern University, 2012

Joined UTMB: 2019

Preceptor: Practice Management and Leadership

Rotation Description

• Identify opportunities for improvement of the medication use system
• Demonstrate personal, interpersonal, and teamwork skills critical for effective leadership
• Explain the elements of the pharmacy enterprise and their relationship to the health care system

Rachel Britt, PharmD, BCIDP, Clinical Practice Specialist — Infectious Diseases 

Residency Training/Postgraduate Education

• Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 2019
• Pharmacy Practice, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 2018

Education

• Doctor of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, 2017

Joined UTMB: 2019

Preceptor: Infectious Diseases—Consult Services and Infectious Diseases—Antimicrobial Stewardship

Rotation Description

• Round with and establish working relationships with members of the Infectious Diseases Consult Service
• Design anti-infective regimens and monitoring plans for patients on the service using available literature
• Understand and apply basic anti-infective pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles to anti-infective regimens
• Attend an Antimicrobial Stewardship meeting
• Attend weekly infectious diseases case conference/journal club with the Infectious Diseases Department

Jordan Burdine, PharmD, MBA, BCPPS, Clinical Practice Specialist – Pediatrics

Residency Training/Postgraduate Education

• Pediatrics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, 2017
• Pharmacy Practice, West Virginia University Medicine, 2016

Education

• Doctor of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, 2015
• Masters of Business Administration—Healthcare Organization  Management, Texas Tech University, 2014
• Bachelors of Business Administration, Texas Tech University, 2010

Joined UTMB:  2017

Preceptor: General Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Rotation Description

• Develop and refine pharmacy practice skills in the care of pediatric patients
• Evaluate pediatric specific disease states and dosing considerations based on age, weight, and development
• Actively participate and make recommendations during daily rounds using pediatric-specific evidence-based literature
• Establish a cooperative, collaborative, and communicative working relationship with members of the health care team
• Educate patients and their caregivers based on age and level of understanding

Bonnie Chen, PharmD, Clinical Practice Specialist — Emergency Medicine 

Residency Training/Postgraduate Education

• Pharmacy Practice, Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, 2015
  

Education

• Doctor of Pharmacy, Texas Southern University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2014

Joined UTMB: 2016

Preceptor: Emergency Medicine 

Rotation Description

• Establish collaborative and communicative working relationships with members of the interdisciplinary emergency medicine team
• Actively participate in the management of medical and traumatic emergencies
• Prioritize and design evidence-based therapeutic regimens across all levels of care within the emergency department setting
• Assist with medication histories and reconciliation
• Provide concise, applicable, comprehensive, and timely responses to drug information requests from health care providers and patients

Emmanuel Enwere, PharmD, MS, CPHIMS,  Pharmacy Informatics Manager

Residency Training/Postgraduate Education

• Combined MS & Pharmacy Practice with an Emphasis in Informatics, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 2014

Education

• Master of Science in Health-System Pharmacy Administration, The Ohio State University, 2013
• Doctor of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, 2012
  

Joined UTMB: 2019

Preceptor: Pharmacy Informatics

Rotation Description

• Demonstrate understanding of basic pharmacy informatics principles, standards, and best practices.
• Actively participate and promote safe and effective utilization of technology and automation systems.
• Establish a cooperative and collaborative working relationship with interdisciplinary teams and clinical stakeholders.
• Provide staff education for clinical tool implementation related to pharmacy informatics.
• Develop and analyze Clinical Decision Support (CDS) to ensure support of effective medication-related decisions for all impacted clinical users.

Scott Ferren, PharmD, BCIDP, PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency Program Director and Clinical Practice Specialist – Infectious Diseases

Residency Training/Postgraduate Education

• Infectious Diseases, University of California - Irvine , 2017
• Pharmacy Practice, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 2016

Education

• Doctor of Pharmacy, The University of Houston, 2015

Joined UTMB: 2017

Preceptor: Infectious Diseases—Consult Services and Infectious Diseases—Antimicrobial Stewardship

Rotation Description

• Round with and establish working relationships with members of the Infectious Diseases Consult Service
• Design anti-infective regimens and monitoring plans for patients on the service using available literature
• Understand and apply basic anti-infective pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles to anti-infective regimens
• Attend an Antimicrobial Stewardship meeting
• Attend weekly infectious diseases case conference/journal club with the Infectious Diseases Department

Charles L. Golding, PharmD, Pharmacist Informatics Specialist 

Residency Training/Postgraduate Education

• PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics, University of Virginia Health System, 2018
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice, Children's Medical Center Dallas, 2017           

Education

• Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Oklahoma, 2016
• Bachelor of Science - Chemistry, University of Texas at Dallas, 2012

Joined UTMB: 2021

Preceptor: Informatics

Rotation Description

• Demonstrate understanding of basic pharmacy informatics principles, standards, and best practices
• Actively participate and promote safe and effective utilization of technology and automation systems
• Establish a cooperative and collaborative working relationship with interdisplinary teams and clinical stakeholders
• Provide staff education for clinical tool implementation related to pharmacy informatics
• Develop and analyze Clinical Decision Support (CDS) to ensure support of effective medication-related decisions for all impacted clinical usersi
  

Eddie Lee, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Practice Specialist—Internal Medicine

Residency Training/Postgraduate Education

• Pharmacy Practice, The University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, 1997            
  

Education

• Doctor of Pharmacy, The University of Kentucky, 1996
• BS Pharmacy, The University of Louisiana at Monroe, 1994 

Joined UTMB: 1997 

Preceptor: Internal Medicine—Jennie Sealy Hospital  

Rotation Description

• Patient care rounds with medical team
• Education of residents, interns, medical students, and pharmacy students
• Daily patient presentations to preceptor
• Medication reconciliation
• Discharge medication counseling

Meet Patel, PharmD, Pharmacist Informatics Specialist 

Residency Training/Postgraduate Education

• PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics, Texas Children's Hospital, 2021
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice, Memorial Hermann Hospital System, 2020       

Education

• Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, 2019
• Bachelor of Science, University of Houston, 2015

Joined UTMB: 2021

Preceptor: Informatics

Rotation Description

• Demonstrate understanding of basic pharmacy informatics principles, standards, and best practices
• Actively participate and promote safe and effective utilization of technology and automation systems
• Establish a cooperative and collaborative working relationship with interdisplinary teams and clinical stakeholders
• Provide staff education for clinical tool implementation related to pharmacy informatics
• Develop and analyze Clinical Decision Support (CDS) to ensure support of effective medication-related decisions for all impacted clinical user's
  

Sonia Mathews, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Practice Specialist—Critical Care

Residency Training/Postgraduate Education

• Pharmacy Practice, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 2004
  

Education

• Doctor of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, 2003

Joined UTMB: 2010

Preceptor: Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU)

Rotation Description

• Expand the PGY1 resident knowledge base and develop pharmacotherapeutic skills in the provision of care to critically ill patients in the MICU
• Participate in daily rounds with the MICU service
• Specify pharmacotherapeutic goals and pharmacotherapeutic regimens for the critically ill patient that integrate patient-specific data, disease-specific and drug-specific information, and ethical and quality of life considerations
• Provide evidence-based education and drug therapy recommendations to an interdisciplinary MICU team

Jigna Patel, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Practice Specialist-Critical Care

Residency Training/Postgraduate Education

• Pharmacy Practice, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 2008

Education

• Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, 2007

Joined UTMB: 2020

Preceptor: Medical Intensive Care Unit - Clear Lake Campus

Rotation Description: 

• Expand the PGY1 resident knowledge base and develop pharmacotherapeutic skills in the provision of care to critically ill patients in the MICU
• Participate in daily rounds with the MICU service
• Specify pharmacotherapeutic goals and pharmacotherapeutic regimens for the critically ill patient that integrate patient-specific data, disease-specific and drug-specific information, and ethical and quality of life considerations
• Provide evidence-based education and drug therapy recommendations to an interdisciplinary MICU team

David Pham, PharmD, BCOP, Clinical Practice Specialist—Hematology/Oncology

Residency Training/Postgraduate Education

• Hematology/Oncology, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, 2019
• Pharmacy Practice, Harris Health System, 2018
  

Education

• Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, 2017

Joined UTMB: 2019

Preceptor: Oncology

Rotation Description

• Establish collaborative working relationships with various members of the oncology interdisciplinary team
• Evaluate and construct evidence-based chemotherapeutic regimens and monitoring plans for oncology patients
• Design and recommend appropriate supportive care regimens for oncology patients
• Attend a tumor board meeting

Regina L. Ramirez, PharmD, BCPS, PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program Director and Clinical Practice Specialist—Solid Organ Transplant & VAD Programs

Residency Training/Postgraduate Education

• Pharmacy Practice, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 2011

Education

• Doctor of Pharmacy, Texas Southern University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2010
• Bachelor of Science, The University of Houston, 2005

 Joined UTMB: 2010

 Preceptor: Solid Organ Transplant

 Rotation Description

• Participate in daily multidisciplinary rounds for solid organ transplant patients (i.e., kidney, kidney/pancreas, liver and heart)
• Design and recommend appropriate pharmacotherapeutic regimens and monitoring parameters with a focus on immunosuppression medications
• Attend selection committees to evaluate patients as potential transplant candidates
• Compose post-transplant documentation on recently transplanted patients

Michele Tieman, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, Clinical Practice Specialist—Critical Care

Residency Training/Postgraduate Education

• Critical Care, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, 2004
• Pharmacy Practice, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, 2003

Education

• Doctor of Pharmacy, The University of Houston College of Pharmacy, 2002

Joined UTMB: 2004

Preceptor: Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU)

Rotation Description

• Develop and refine pharmacy practice skills in the care of critically ill patients with emphasis on the surgical population
• Apply clinical pharmacokinetics, understanding of basic critical care concepts, and development of independent provision of pharmaceutical care in the SICU
• Establish a cooperative, collaborative, and communicative working relationship with members of the health care team
• Collect and organize all patient-specific information needed to prevent, detect, and resolve medication-related problems
• Make appropriate evidence-based, patient-centered medication therapy recommendations daily during rounds in the SICU

Joylaina Speaks, PharmD, Clinical Staff Pharmacist

Residency Training/Postgraduate Education

• Pharmacy Practice, University of Texas Medical Branch, 2017

Education

• Doctor of Pharmacy, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine School of Pharmacy, 2016
• Bachelors of Science, Furman University, 2009

Joined UTMB: 2016

Preceptor: Longitudinal Clinical Staffing

Rotation Description

• Refine use of pharmacy practice skills to verify, dispense and manage formulary while staffing in the central pharmacy
• Identify department’s policy and procedures while staffing in sterile products area and central pharmacy
• Evaluate learn time management and personnel management skills during this rotation