Residency Program Graduates and Project Names
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
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, PharmD, 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
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