Our Residents

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

Critical Care Pharmacist, Yuma Regional Medical Center - Yuma, AZ

• 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 (2020 - 2021)
  • PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare Intermountain Medical Center - Murray, UT (2021-2022)
  • Critical Care and Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Fellowship - University of Illinois, Chicago
• Project: Assessment of appropriate proton pump inhibitor use for stress ulcer prophylaxis: A multi-site, system-wide evaluation

Lung Transplant Clinical Pharmacist Specialist
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center - Phoenix, AZ

• 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
  • PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare Intermountain Medical Center - Salt Lake City, UT (2020 - 2021)
• Project: Low versus high dose four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate in cardiothoracic surgery

Critical Care/Emergency Medicine Pharmacist
Methodist Hospital - San Antonio, TX

• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University of the Incarnate Word Feik School of Pharmacy - San Antonio, TX
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center - Brooklyn, NY
  • PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare - Intermountain Medical Center (2019 - 2020)
• Project: Epidemiology and resistance rates of candidemia in intensive care unit patients

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 

Emergency Medicine Pharmacist
Intermountain Medical Center - Murray, UT

• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy - Albuquerque, NM
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Lovelace Medical Center - Albuquerque, NM
  • PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare - Intermountain Medical Center (2018 - 2019)
• Project: 4-factor prothrombin complex concentrate dosing strategies: a retrospective evaluation

Critical Care Pharmacist
Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans, LA

• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy - Columbus, OH
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Saint Thomas West Hospital - Nashville, TN
  • PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare - Intermountain Medical Center (2017 - 2018)
• Project: Safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Clinical Pharmacist
Banner University Medical Center - Tucson, AZ

• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy - Tucson, AZ
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Northwest Medical Center - Tucson, AZ
  • PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare - Intermountain Medical Center (2016 - 2017)
• Project: Assessing acute kidney injury in the setting of hyperchloremia in traumatic brain injury patients

• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Toledo College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Toledo Medical Center - Toledo, OH
  • PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare - Intermountain Medical Center (2015 - 2016)
• Project: Venous thromboembolism associated with the use of tranexamic acid

Shock - Trauma ICU Pharmacist
Intermountain Medical Center -  Murray, UT

• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University of California San Diego - Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of California, San Diego Health 
  • PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare - Intermountain Medical Center (2014 - 2015)
• Project: Colonization secondary to resistant microorganisms in patients on prolonged systemic antibiotic prophylaxis for intracranial pressure monitoring

Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator - Critical Care, Neuroscience Critical Care Unit Pharmacist
Intermountain Medical Center - Murray, UT

• Education and training:
• Doctor of Pharmacy, Northeastern University School of Pharmacy - Boston, MA
• PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare - Intermountain Medical Center (2013 - 2014)
• PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare - Intermountain Medical Center (2014 - 2015)
• Project: Incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in medical and critically ill obese patients receiving VTE chemoprophylaxis

Respiratory ICU Pharmacist, PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency Program Director
Intermountain Medical Center -  Murray, UT 

• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University of California San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare - Intermountain Medical Center (2011 - 2012)
  • PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare - Intermountain Medical Center (2012 - 2013)
• Project: Retrospective analysis of antibiotic-induced mild-moderate and severe C. difficile associated diarrhea