Meet Our Residents

Utah Valley Hospital

• Hometown: Price, UT
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy - South Jordan, UT
• Project: Prompt de-escalation to narrow spectrum antibiotics in patients with gram negative monomicrobial bacteremia
• Professional interests: Infectious disease, emergency medicine, and internal medicine
• Hobbies: Cooking, going to concerts, and enjoying the great outdoors
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Going to national parks, fishing, and visiting historic sites

Email: vincent.anella@imail.org

Intermountain Medical Center

• Hometown: Layton, UT
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Utah College of Pharmacy - Salt Lake City, UT
• Project: Does DEXA scan compliance affect bone-related outcomes in prostate cancer patients on androgen deprivation therapy
• Professional interests: Internal medicine, neonatal intensive care, psychiatry
• Hobbies: Traveling, lifting weights, skiing and hiking, trying new foods, playing volleyball!
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): All things outdoors, going to the national parks, camping with friends

Email: melina.bachtar@imail.org

Intermountain Medical Center

• Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
• Education:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Pharmacy - Madison, WI
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Health Intermountain Medical Center - Murray, UT (2022 - 2023)
• Project:
  • PGY1: Pain and agitation in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • PGY2: Evaluation of caregiver variability in sedation practices in critically ill patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
• Professional interests: Critical care and emergency medicine
• Hobbies: Hiking, reading, and playing trivia
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Visiting national parks and watching sunsets over the mountains

Email: sarah.bittner@imail.org

Clinical Pharmacist

St. George Regional Hospital - St. George, UT

• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, Idaho State University College of Pharmacy - Pocatello, ID
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare St. George Regional Hospital - St. George, UT (2022- 2023)
• Project: Outcomes associated with revised cefazolin breakpoints for complicated urinary tract infections involving Enterobacteriaceae

Email: william.cannon@imail.org

Clinical Pharmacist

PeaceHealth – Springfield, OR

• Education and training:
• Doctor of Pharmacy, Oregon State University College of Pharmacy - Corvallis, OR
• PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital - Ogden, UT (2022 - 2023)
• Project: Real-world effectiveness of tissue plasminogen activator and DNase for treatment of pleural space infections

Intermountain Medical Center

• Hometown: Bristol, VA
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Appalachian College of Pharmacy - Oakwood, VA
• Project: Post-discharge thromboprophylaxis in trauma patients: A retrospective cohort analysis comparing the use of low molecular weight heparin and direct oral anticoagulants
• Professional interests: Cardiology and emergency medicine
• Hobbies: Hiking, baking, traveling/exploring with my husband
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Hiking and visiting the national parks 

Email: maggie.haynes@imail.org

Primary Children's Hospital 

• Hometown: Los Angeles, CA 
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco School of Pharmacy - San Francisco, CA
• Project: Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid dose and formulation selection: Impact of indication-associated dose and product selection on prescribing behaviors
• Professional interests: Pediatric general medicine and infectious diseases
• Hobbies: Traveling, hiking and taking walks with my fiancé and dog, paddle boarding, piano
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Learning to ski or snowboard and finding cool new restaurants to try

Email: kristine.jermakian@imail.org 

Utah Valley Hospital

• Hometown: Holladay, UT
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Utah College of Pharmacy - Salt Lake City, UT
• Project: Evaluating pharmacist-driven insulin CPA vs physician managed blood glucose in hospitalized patients at Utah Valley Hospital
• Professional interests: Internal medicine, critical care, emergency medicine
• Hobbies: Traveling, cooking/trying new restaurants, going to concerts, reading, working out
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Skiing, hiking, trivia nights, going up to Park City

Email: leonarda.ljubicic@imail.org

PGY2 Ambulatory Care 

• Hometown: Lehi, UT 
• Education and training:  
• Doctor of Pharmacy, Roseman University of Health Sciences – College of Pharmacy – South Jordan, UT
• PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Health – Intermountain Medical Center – Murray, UT

• Project:  
• Assessing Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Documentation and Metrics Practices during a multisystem integration  

• Professional interests: Ambulatory Care Services, Primary Care, and Solid Organ Transplant
• Hobbies: Spending time with family, paddle boarding, quilting, and reading

• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Enjoying fall weather in the mountains, new restaurants, and snow skiing

Email: auna.rasmussen@imail.org

LDS Hospital / Medication-Use Safety and Policy 

• Hometown: South Jordan, UT
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Utah College of Pharmacy - Salt Lake City, UT
• Project: Analysis of outcomes following change in growth-stimulating factor administration policy in multiple myeloma patients receiving melphalan autologous bone marrow transplantation
• Professional interests: Drug information, malignant hematology, specialty pharmacy
• Hobbies: Soccer, rock climbing, paddle boarding and baking
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Visiting state and national parks, camping and hiking

Email: maranda.renouard@imail.org

Utah Valley Hospital

• Hometown: Lindon, UT
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Utah College of Pharmacy - Salt Lake City, UT
• Project: Opioid use and pain control in GI surgical patients treated with intravenous vs oral acetaminophen 
• Professional interests: Internal medicine, infectious diseases
• Hobbies: Soccer, board/card games, hiking
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Hiking and relaxing in the sun

Email: parker.robinson@imail.org

Primary Children's Hospital 

• Hometown: South Jordan, UT 
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy - South Jordan, UT
• Project: Antibiotic and oxygen use in neonates with respiratory distress 
• Professional interests: Pediatric general medicine and neonatal ICU
• Hobbies: Movies, interior design and working on my fixer-upper home
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Hiking, trying new restaurants 

Email: mickey.rosqvist@imail.org 

Community-Based Pharmacy, Enterprise-Wide

• Hometown: Bountiful, UT
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Utah College of Pharmacy - Salt Lake City, UT
• Project: The impact of pharmacist consultation on vaccination rates among rheumatology, gastroenterology and dermatology patients treated with specialty medications
• Professional interests: Specialty pharmacy, managed care, drug information
• Hobbies: Run, read, bake, travel
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): I love trying new restaurants/foods, running races

Email: adelaide.naegle@imail.org

Clinical Pharmacist

Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital – Ogden, UT

• Education and training:
• Doctor of Pharmacy, Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy - South Jordan, UT
• PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital - Ogden, UT (2022 - 2023)

• Project: The efficacy of ketamine on seizure cessation in refractory status epilepticus

LDS Hospital

• Hometown: Sacramento, CA
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Utah College of Pharmacy - Salt Lake City, UT
• Project: Antimicrobial de-escalation following febrile neutropenia in haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients
• Professional interests: General medicine, ambulatory care, infectious disease
• Hobbies: Anything creative (playing violin, sewing, cooking/baking, painting, crafting, building), gardening, spending time with family
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Exploring with my husband and dog Pippy, visiting museums and gardens, camping/having a cookout, being in my garden

Email: elise.vickland@imail.org

Intermountain Medical Center

• Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy- Tucson, AZ
• Project: Evaluation of prednisone prescribing practices across a health system on the management of mineralocorticoid excess in prostate cancer treated with abiraterone acetate
• Professional interests: Critical care, cardiology
• Hobbies: Running
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Go for a run

Email: david.zingale@imail.org

PGY2 Infectious Diseases, Enterprise-Wide

• Hometown: Taif, Saudi Arabia
• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, Ohio Northern University College of Pharmacy - Ada, OH
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Tufts Medicine Melrose Wakefield Hospital - Boston, MA
• Project:
  • PGY1: Impact of pharmacist developed and managed vancomycin area under the curve (AUC) dosing protocol on patient safety
  • PGY2: Optimizing antibiotic treatment for gram-negative bacteremia: Comparative study of low bioavailability to medium/high bioavailability used for gram-negative bacteremia
• Professional interests: Fungal and gram-negative bacteria resistance, pharmacokinetics / pharmacodynamics, antimicrobial stewardship
• Hobbies: Playing soccer, traveling, riding motorcycles
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Explore historical sites, try snowboarding for the first time, and visit all the beautiful national parks

Email: sameer.alzaidi@imail.org

Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacist, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT

• Hometown: Rochester, NY
• Education and training:
• Doctor of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy - Columbus, OH
• PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Phoenix Children’s Hospital - Phoenix, AZ
• PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Health - Intermountain Medical Center (2022-2023)
• Project: Comparison of immediate versus delayed calcineurin inhibitor use after liver transplant
• Professional interests: Solid organ transplant, infectious disease, and pediatrics
• Hobbies: Furniture refinishing and trivia/game nights
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Visiting all the national parks 

Email: becca.braun@imail.org

Critical Care Pharmacist, Intermountain Medical Center - Murray, UT

• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions - Omaha, NE
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy - Omaha, NE
  • PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare - Intermountain Medical Center (2022-2023)
• Project: Impact of ketamine in refractory status epilepticus: a single-centered retrospective cohort study 

Clinical Pharmacist - Pediatric Intensive Care

Primary Children's Hospital - Salt Lake City, UT

• Hometown: Dartmouth, MA
• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy - Storrs, CT
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital - Boston, MA
• Project:
  • PGY1: Phenobarbital concentration correlation with efficacy and safety in alcohol withdrawal syndrome
  • PGY2: Pre-post implementation analysis of a 3-dose intravenous (IV) magnesium protocol in pediatric acute asthma exacerbation at Primary Children's Hospital

Email: kristen.fernandes@imail.org

PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy, Enterprise-Wide

• Hometown: Layton, UT
• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy- South Jordan, UT
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare Utah Valley Hospital - Provo, UT
  Project:
  • PGY1: Implementation of a glucose management collaborative practice agreement in inpatient hospital setting
  • PGY2: Impact retention of centralized telehealth and embedded pharmacist interventions on 30-day readmission rates in high-risk transition-of-care patients
• Professional interests: Primary care, diabetes management, pharmacy leadership
• Hobbies: Sports, being with family
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Seeing all my family, having a white Christmas

Email: hayden.gerrard@imail.org

Emergency Medicine Pharmacist, Utah Valley Hospital, Provo, UT

• Hometown: Magna, UT
• Education and training:
• Doctor of Pharmacy, Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy - South Jordan, UT
• PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare - Intermountain Medical Center - Murray, UT
• PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Health - Intermountain Medical Center - Murray, UT (2022-2023)
• Project:
• PGY2: Impact of ketamine in refractory status epilepticus: A single-centered retrospective cohort study
• Professional interests: Trauma, resuscitation, toxicology
• Hobbies: Snowboarding, gardening, crafting, binge watching series
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Snowboarding, camping!

Email: brittany.harnicher@imail.org

PGY2 Psychiatric

• Hometown: Vista, CA
• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences - Aurora, CO
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare Primary Children's Hospital - Salt Lake City, UT
  Project:
  • PGY1: Utility of pharmacogenomics testing at an outpatient child and adolescent behavioral health clinic
  • PGY2: Quality improvement for metabolic monitoring of children and adolescents prescribed an antipsychotic
• Professional interests: Psychiatry and pediatrics
• Hobbies: Climbing, running, skiing, hiking, traveling, everything outside
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Climbing

Email: colin.maehler@imail.org

PGY2 Cardiology, Intermountain Medical Center

• Hometown: Murray, UT
• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Utah College of Pharmacy - Salt Lake City, UT
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare Intermountain Medical Center - Murray, UT
• Project:
  • PGY1: Predictability of the MRSA nasal swab to facilitate de-escalation of antibiotics for ventilator-associated pneumonia in traumatic brain injured patients
  • PGY2: Evaluation of time to therapeutic PTT in heparin acute coronary syndromes in patients weighing more than 77 kg
• Professional interests: Cardiology, anticoagulation
• Hobbies: Sports (Go Jazz!), traveling, and trying all the different cookie places in the valley!
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Spending time outdoors

Email: karlee.paloukos@imail.org

Clinical Pharmacist

Intermountain Health Bone Marrow Transplant Clinic – Salt Lake City, UT

• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences - Buffalo, NY
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare LDS Hospital - Salt Lake City, UT
  • PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Health – Salt Lake City, Ut (2022-2023)
• Projects:
  • Implementing clinical pharmacy services in a pediatric pulmonary clinic
  • Pain Services clinical Pharmacist service line
  • Therapeutic interchange collaborative practice update

PGY2 Medication-Use Safety and Policy

• Hometown: Lincoln, NE
• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy - Ann Arbor, MI
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare LDS Hospital - Salt Lake City, UT
• Project:
  • PGY1: Impact of area under the curve vancomycin monitoring on incidence of nephrotoxicity
  • PGY2: Optimization of oncology drug interaction alerts in a large integrated health system
• Professional interests: Drug information, medication safety
• Hobbies: Music, hiking, spending time with family 
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Spending time outdoors 

Email: brady.vance@imail.org