Meet Our Residents

Intermountain Medical Center

• Hometown: Bloomington, IN
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy
• Project: Antibiotic prophylactic use in patients with delayed sternal closure post cardiothoracic surgery
• Professional interests: Critical care, cardiology, emergency medicine
• Hobbies: Cycling, hiking, listening to podcasts 
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Hiking, learning to snowboard (hopefully this year) 

Email: rachel.belcher@imail.org 

Intermountain Medical Center

• Hometown: Reno, NV
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Idaho State University College of Pharmacy - Meridian, ID
• Project: A retrospective efficacy analysis of decitabine and cytarabine for induction therapy in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
• Professional interests: Hematology/oncology, infectious disease
• Hobbies: Anything outdoors, hiking, camping, fishing
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Visiting new national and state parks

Email: lindsey.catlin@imail.org

Intermountain Medical Center

• Hometown: South Ogden, UT
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Utah College of Pharmacy 
• Project: Evaluating 4-factor prothrombin complex concentrate dosing for the reversal of direct oral anticoagulants in the setting of intracranial hemorrhages 
• Professional interests: Cardiology, critical care
• Hobbies: Pickleball, stand up paddle boarding, snowboarding, playing Xbox
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): I love going to the Utah Jazz games to watch them play! 

Email: spencer.davis@imail.org

SelectHealth

• Hometown: Denver, CO
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy
• Project: Impact on A1c and total cost of care of adding CGM coverage for members with type 2 diabetes using short acting insulin in a regional health plan
• Professional interests: Managed care
• Hobbies: Reading, cooking, eating, movies, hanging out with my husband & dogs
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Exploring restaurants, snowboarding, dog parks  

Email: samantha.eshelman@selecthealth.org

McKay-Dee Hospital

• Hometown: North Ogden, UT
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Utah College of Pharmacy 
• Project: Rates of antimicrobial resistance after broad versus narrow spectrum antibiotics for the treatment of urinary tract infections
• Professional interests: Infectious disease, specialty pharmacy, oncology
• Hobbies: Fly fishing, basketball, reading, watch sports (Utes and Jazz) and movies 
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Spend time with family, visit national parks, go to Bear Lake 

Email: david.gillins@imail.org

LDS Hospital / Medication-Use Safety and Policy

• Hometown: Boston, MA
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Regis University School of Pharmacy 
• Project: Cumulative corticosteroid exposure over time and CMV infection risk in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients
• Professional interests: Policy, informatics, ambulatory care, academia
• Hobbies: Skiing, backpacking, cooking, going to concerts
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Skiing new mountains and exploring national parks

Email: amanda.grady@imail.org

LDS Hospital

• Hometown: Charleston, SC 
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy 
• Project: Post-transplant azacitidine maintenance following haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplant
• Professional interests: Emergency medicine, psychiatry
• Hobbies: Hiking, playing ukulele, cooking, listening to podcasts
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Hiking, skiing 

Email: leah.hildreth@imail.org

Primary Children's Hospital

• Hometown: Chester, WV
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, West Virginia University School of Pharmacy
• Project: Evaluation of anticoagulant management for postoperative chylothorax in pediatric patients 
• Professional interests: Pediatrics, infectious disease, critical care
• Hobbies: Photography, hiking, playing with my goldendoodle 
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Exploring the nearby national parks / mountain ranges and learning how to rock climb and ski despite my terrible fear of heights  

Email: madison.hill@imail.org

McKay-Dee Hospital

• Hometown: Layton, UT
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy
• Project: Implementation of an advanced clinical intern program
• Professional interests: Cardiology, endocrinology, ambulatory care
• Hobbies: Hiking, hunting, fishing
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): My favorite thing to do is spend time hiking during the fall when the leaves are changing

Email: marshall.jorgensen@imail.org

Utah Valley Hospital

• Hometown: Castle Rock, CO
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy 
• Project: Evaluation of inpatient pharmacist-driven versus physician-driven blood glucose management: A multicenter, retrospective analysis 
• Professional interests: Critical care, emergency medicine, pediatrics
• Hobbies: Traveling, diving, snowboarding, hiking
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Going to the national parks, snowboarding, hiking Timp with my dog

Email: catherine.laird@imail.org

Community-Based Pharmacy, Enterprise-Wide

• Hometown: Seattle, WA
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Washington School of Pharmacy
• Project: A retrospective analysis of the value and impact of documented clinical interventions in the community pharmacy setting
• Professional interests: Ambulatory care, internal medicine, drug information
• Hobbies: Traveling, tennis, hiking, piano, reading, spending time with friends and family
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Exploring the national parks, hiking

Email: anna.pham@imail.org

Utah Valley Hospital

• Hometown: Keystone, CO
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy 
• Project: An analysis of aminoglycoside levels, monitoring and associated acute kidney injury in neonatal and pediatric patients
• Professional interests: Pediatrics, infectious disease, critical care, pharmacy administration/medication safety
• Hobbies: Skiing, hiking, spending time with family and friends, traveling, trying new things
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Skiing, hiking, visiting national parks 

Email: elizabeth.shields@imail.org

Intermountain Medical Center

• Hometown: Grand Island, NE
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy 
• Project: Post-transplant medication education: Prospective evaluation of patient understanding and its impact on readmission rates
• Professional interests: Emergency medicine, ambulatory care, solid organ transplant
• Hobbies: Hiking, reading, running, camping, volleyball, softball
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Hiking, camping at all the nearby national parks, go snowboarding (for the first time)

Email: kuulei.stuhr@imail.org

Utah Valley Hospital

• Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Duquesne University School of Pharmacy 
• Project: Impact of infectious diseases specialists on outcomes in individuals receiving outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) 
• Professional interests: Infectious disease, emergency medicine, pediatrics
• Hobbies: Cooking, staying active, spending time with friends and family
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Hiking 

Email: natalie.turin@imail.org

Intermountain Medical Center

• Hometown: Gilbert, AZ
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy 
• Project: Evaluation of UTI care practice model compliance for choice of antibiotic in medically ill patients 
• Professional interests: Oncology, research, academia
• Hobbies: Running, biking, hiking, climbing, photography
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): All of the above

Email: meagan.wakefield@imail.org

Intermountain St. George Regional Hospital

• Hometown: Santa Clara, UT
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Utah College of Pharmacy
• Project: Risk factors for errors in discharge prescriptions from a community-hospital emergency department: A retrospective cohort study
• Professional interests: Internal medicine, cardiology, critical care 
• Hobbies: Mountain biking, skiing, spending time with my family 
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Excited to mountain bike the recently built trails in Southern Utah

Email: samuel.wilde@imail.org

Primary Children's Hospital

• Hometown: Omaha, NE
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy
• Project: Evaluation of eculizumab for transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy in pediatric and young adult hematopoietic stem cell recipients
• Professional interests: Pediatrics, hematology/oncology
• Hobbies: Hiking, skiing  
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Going to all the national parks 

Email: megan.r.williams@imail.org

Community-Based Pharmacy, Enterprise-Wide

• Hometown: Mansfield, MA
• Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy
• Project: A retrospective analysis of the effects of pharmacist-led cost consultation interventions on HbA1c in diabetic patients
• Professional interests: Specialty pharmacy, ambulatory care, diabetes management
• Hobbies: Snowboarding, hiking, playing guitar, watching sports, trying out new restaurants
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Visiting all of the national parks in the area

Email: bradford.williamson@imail.org

Pediatrics, Primary Children's Hospital

• Hometown: Atlanta, GA
• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare - Primary Children's Hospital
• Project:
  • PGY1: Evaluation of a standardized hydration protocol in hospitalized pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis receiving nephrotoxic antibiotics
  • PGY2: Evaluating empiric antibiotic use in pediatric patients in a cardiac intensive care unit
• Professional interests: Pediatric internal medicine, pediatric critical care, endocrinology, cystic fibrosis
• Hobbies: Watching college football, backpacking, skiing, spending time with friends
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Backpacking and skiing

Email: philip.barker@imail.org

Cardiology, Utah Valley Hospital

• Hometown: Ogden, UT
• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, Midwestern University College of Pharmacy - Glendale, AZ
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare - Intermountain Medical Center
• Project:
  • PGY1: Assessment of optimal P2Y12 inhibitor prescribing practices
  • PGY2: Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor prescribing in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
• Professional interests: Cardiology, critical care, infectious disease
• Hobbies: Spending time with family, golf, going to restaurants, hanging out at family cabin
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Riding UTV/ATV in the mountains, ski/snowboard

Email: casey.buckway@imail.org

Infectious Diseases, Enterprise-Wide

• Hometown: Columbia, SC
• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy - Birmingham, AL
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Prisma Health Midlands - Columbia, SC
• Project:
  • PGY1: Tenofovir alafenamide associated weight change in persons living with HIV
  • PGY2: Appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing in the urgent care setting
• Professional interests: HIV, rapid diagnostics, antimicrobial stewardship
• Hobbies: Spending time with family, hiking, playing with my pup, Henry
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Exploring the mountains and finding the best hiking spots

Email: carlysle.crowder@imail.org

Critical Care, Intermountain Medical Center

• Hometown: Denver, CO
• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, Midwestern University College of Pharmacy - Glendale, AZ
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Dignity Health Saint Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center - Phoenix, AZ
• Project:
  • PGY1: Renal outcomes in patients receiving vancomycin and piperacillin/tazobactam versus other beta-lactam comparators
  • PGY2: Low versus high dose four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate in cardiothoracic surgery
• Professional interests: Neurocritical care, shock/trauma critical care, post-transplant critical care, infectious disease, research
• Hobbies: Binge-watching TV (when possible), trying new restaurants, scrabble, DIY home projects, cooking/baking
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Spending time in the snow!

Email: rhiannon.garcia@imail.org

Medication-Use Safety and Policy

• Hometown: Germantown, MD
• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina Eschelman School of Pharmacy
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare - LDS Hospital
• Project:
  • PGY1: Medication use evaluation of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia prophylaxis in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant and CAR-T cell patients
  • PGY2: Standardizing the medication history process at an integrated health system
• Professional interests: Medication use safety and policy, population health
• Hobbies: Calligraphy, reading, plants, watching tv shows and movies, going to new places
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Looking forward to climbing mountains and skiing down them

Email: yuhong.liu@imail.org

Ambulatory Care, Enterprise-Wide

• Hometown: Cedar Rapids, IA
• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Iowa College of Pharmacy
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Utah Health
• Project:
  • PGY1: Factors associated with adverse drug reactions leading to discontinuation of vancomycin in outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy
  • PGY2: Impact of a clinical pharmacist-led complete medication review service for full risk patients with polypharmacy
• Professional interests: Primary care, antimicrobial stewardship, psychiatry, smoking cessation
• Hobbies: Woodworking, leatherworking, music (playing and listening), movies, trying out new and cool restaurants or breweries
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Hiking

Email: joshua.mcdonald@imail.org

Emergency Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center

• Hometown: Torrance, CA
• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, Washington State University College of Pharmacy
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Dignity Health St. Rose Dominican, Siena Campus - Henderson, NV
• Project:
  • PGY1: Evaluation of time to empiric gram-positive spectrum antibiotics in septic patients presenting to the emergency department
  • PGY2: Ketamine intravenous push vs continuous propofol infusion for post-intubation sedation in the emergency department
• Professional interests: Resuscitation, toxicology, infectious diseases
• Hobbies: Cooking new recipes, working out, fishing, running, talking and watching sports
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Exploring state and national parks

Email: mark.nguyen@imail.org

Ambulatory Care, Enterprise-Wide

• Hometown: Johnstown, PA
• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy,University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Conemaugh Memorial Medication Center - Johnstown, PA
• Project:
  • PGY1: Evaluating pharmacist intervention in overcoming barriers to statin therapy in a hospital-affiliated clinic
  • PGY2: Evaluating the impact of pharmacist intervention on 30-day readmission rates in high-risk post-discharge patients
• Professional interests: Chronic disease state management, specifically diabetes and cardiology (heart failure, cardiovascular risk reduction, etc.), geriatrics, polypharmacy, transitions-of-care 
• Hobbies: Hiking, camping, reading, crafting
• Favorite things to do in Utah (or look forward to doing): Hiking, exploring all of the national parks, skiing, trying new restaurants and breweries

Email: angela.sutt@imail.org