Preceptors

PGY1 Residency Director

Jaime Robenolt Gray, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM
System Director of Medication Safety & Policy
Director, PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program

Areas of Interest: residency training & education, LEAN methodology & quality improvement, smart pump data analytics, medication event trending, medication safety, transitions of care, sepsis, pain/agitation/delirium
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Virginia Commonwealth University, The Medical College of Virginia (Richmond, VA)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore, MD); PGY2 Critical Care – Detroit Receiving Hospital (Detroit, MI)
Contact Information: [email protected]

PGY1 Residency Coordinator

Sheriff Gbadamosi, PharmD, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care Unit

Areas of Interest: Trauma/coagulopathy, Septic shock, Anticoagulation, Thromboelastography, Sedation, Analgesia
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (Baltimore, MD)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – Suburban Hospital – John Hopkins Medicine (Bethesda, MD); PGY2 Critical Care – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
Contact Information: [email protected]

Temple University Hospital – Main Campus Preceptors

Jenny Au, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Lung Transplant

Areas of Interest: Lung Transplant/Immunosuppressants
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Shenandoah University (Winchester, VA)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1, Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA)
Contact Information [email protected]

Sharon Camperchioli, PharmD, BCPPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist — Pediatrics

Areas of Interest: Neonatology, Pediatrics, Medication Safety, Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Temple University School of Pharmacy (Philadelphia, PA)

Postgraduate Training: ASHP/ISMP Medication Safety Certification Program

Contact Information: [email protected]

Adam Diamond, PharmD, BCPS, FAST
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Abdominal Organ Transplant

Areas of Interest: Liver, Kidney, and Pancreas Transplantation/Transplant Infectious Diseases/Immunosuppression Pharmacokinetics
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences (Philadelphia, PA)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, MA); PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant – Rush University Medical Center (Chicago, IL)
Contact Information: [email protected]

Nicholas Ferraro, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Internal Medicine/Transitions of Care

Areas of Interest: COPD, Diabetes, Heart Failure, Patient Education
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences (Philadelphia, PA)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1, Temple University Hospital - Jeanes Campus (Philadelphia, PA)
Contact Information: [email protected]

Nur Kazzaz, PharmD, MPH, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Pulmonary

Areas of Interest: Pulmonary Medicine, Lung Transplant, Rheumatology
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Temple University School of Pharmacy (Philadelphia, PA)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – Bayhealth Medical Center (Dover, DE); Master of Public Health (Temple University)
Contact Information: [email protected]

David Koren, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, AAHIVP, FIDSA
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - ID/HIV

Areas of Interest: HIV, Viral Hepatitis, Vaccine preventable diseases, and Public Health
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Temple University School of Pharmacy (Philadelphia, PA)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1, Yale New Haven Hospital (New Haven, CT); PGY2 Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH); Master of Public Health (Temple University)
Contact Information: [email protected]

Josephine Luong, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCCCP
System Director of Pharmacy Clinical Services, Education and Residency

Areas of Interest: Hospital Pharmacy Administration / Transitions of Care / Critical Care
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences (Philadelphia, PA)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX), Master of Business Administration (Temple University)
Contact Information: [email protected]

Maggie McIntyre, PharmD, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist/Educator – Medical/Respiratory Intensive Care Unit

Areas of Interest: Sedation/Analgesia, Anticoagulation, Glycemic Control, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Temple University School of Pharmacy (Philadelphia, PA)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – MedStar Washington Hospital Center (Washington, DC); PGY2 Critical Care – Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Cooper University Hospital (Philadelphia, PA)
Contact Information: [email protected]

Kazumi Morita, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Infectious Diseases

Areas of Interest: Antimicrobial Stewardship
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY); Master of Science in Clinical Pharmacy, Kitasato University (Tokyo, Japan)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1, University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY); PGY2 Infectious Diseases - University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
Contact Information: [email protected]

Jenna Murray-Kasznel, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Investigational Drug Services

Area of Interest: Investigational Drugs, Clinical Trials
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy — Mylan School of Pharmacy, Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA)
Contact Information: [email protected]

Christine Owens, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Hepatology
IPPE and APPE Coordinator

Areas of Interest: Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B, Ambulatory Care, Pharmacy Education
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Temple University School of Pharmacy (Philadelphia, PA)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – UPMC St. Margaret (Pittsburgh, PA); Faculty Development Fellowship – UPMC St. Margaret (Pittsburgh, PA)
Contact Information: [email protected]

Hiral Patel, PharmD, MHA
Senior Director of Pharmacy

Areas of Interest: USP 797/800 compliance, finance, Lean processes and quality improvement
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – Hahnemann University Hospital (Philadelphia, PA), Master of Health Administration (Western Governors University)
Contact information: [email protected]

Maria Piddoubny, PharmD, BCOP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist/Educator – Oncology

Areas of Interest: Malignant Hematology and Oncology
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – University at Buffalo, School of Pharmacy (Buffalo, NY)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – Indiana University Health; PGY2 Hematology/Oncology – Indiana University Health (Indianapolis, IN)
Contact Information: [email protected]

Remya Radhakrishnan, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Investigational Drug Services

Areas of Interest: Investigational Drugs, Clinical Trials
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (Suwanee, GA)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – Shore Medical Center (Somers Point, NJ)
Contact Information: [email protected]

Christina Ruggia-Check, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP, BCTXP, AACC, FAST
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant

Areas of Interest: Acute Decompensated Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Pulmonary Hypertension
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences (Philadelphia, PA)
Contact Information: [email protected]

Ishani Shah, PharmD, BCTXP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Educator, Lung Transplant

Areas of Interest: Lung transplant, transplant infectious diseases, anticoagulation use in transplant patients
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Rutgers University (NJ)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – Temple University Health System, PGY-2 Solid Organ Transplant – Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA)
Contact Information: [email protected]

Elizabeth Tencza, PharmD, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Emergency Medicine

Areas of Interest: Emergency Medicine, Toxicology
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM)P; PGY2 Emergency Medicine – Jackson Memorial Hospital (Miami, FL)
Contact Information: [email protected]

Meghan Vallejo, PharmD, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist/Educator - Neurocritical Care

Areas of Interest: Traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage, status epilepticus
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – University of Georgia (Athens, GA)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, TN); PGY2 Critical Care – University of North Carolina Hospitals (Chapel Hill, NC)
Contact Information [email protected]

Temple University Hospital – Jeanes Campus Preceptors

Michele Sorrentino, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – BMT and Cellular Therapy

Areas of Interest: Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Albany College of Pharmacy (Albany, NY)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – Hahnemann University Hospital (Philadelphia, PA)
Contact Information: [email protected]

Laura Mentzer, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Critical Care

Area of Interest: Anticoagulation, Antimicrobial Stewardship
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Temple University School of Pharmacy (Philadelphia, PA)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1, Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA)
Contact Information: [email protected]

Temple University School of Pharmacy Preceptors

Jason Gallagher, PharmD, FCCP, FIDP, FIDSA, BCPS
Clinical Professor in Pharmacy Practice, Director of the PGY2 Residency in Infectious Disease, Clinical Specialist in Infectious Disease
Preceptor: Infectious Disease Consult Service

Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Rutgers University (Piscataway, NJ)
Training: Pharmacy Postgraduate Practice Residency – VCU Health System, MCV Hospitals and Physicians (Richmond, VA); Specialized Residency in Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy in the Immunocompromised Host, Duke University Medical Center (Durham, NC)
Contact Information: [email protected]

Nima M. Patel-Shori, PharmD, BCACP
Clinical Professor, Temple University School of Pharmacy
Preceptor: Ambulatory Care

Areas of Interest: Ambulatory Care, Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Women's Health
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Ernest Mario College of Pharmacy, Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy and University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center (Chicago, IL); PGY2 Outcomes Research Specialized Residency – Department of Veterans Affairs Pharmacy Benefits Management Strategic Health Group/University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy and University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center/TAP Pharmaceuticals (Chicago, IL)
Contact Information: [email protected]

Christina Rose, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM
Clinical Professor in Pharmacy Practice, Director of the PGY2 Residency in Critical Care, Clinical Specialist in Critical Care
Preceptor: Intensive Care Unit

Area of Interest: Critical Care Pharmacotherapy, Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacy Education
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences (Philadelphia, PA)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Practice – Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (Richmond, VA); PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacotherapy – Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences (Philadelphia, PA)
Contact Information: [email protected]

Divita Singh, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
Clinical Assistant Professor, Temple University School of Pharmacy
Teaching Certificate Program Coordinator, Temple University School of Pharmacy
Preceptor: Teaching Certificate Program Coordinator and Recitation

Area of Interest: Internal Medicine, Pharmacogenomics, Drug Information
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Ernest Maria School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Practice – Monmouth Medical Center (Long Branch, NJ); PGY2 Ambulatory Care – University of Florida College of Pharmacy/ University of Florida Health (Gainesville, FL)
Contact Information: [email protected]

Craig Whitman, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs
Clinical Professor of Pharmacy, Temple University School of Pharmacy
Preceptor: Medical /Respiratory Intensive Care Unit

Area of Interest: Critical Care, Pharmacy Education
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ)
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – VA Western NY Healthcare System (Buffalo, NY); PGY2 Critical Care – University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy (Buffalo, NY)
Contact Information: [email protected]