Our Residents

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 

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

Clinical Pharmacist

St. Luke's Children's Cancer Institute - Boise, ID

• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy - Phoenix, AZ
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Michigan Medical Center - Ann Arbor, MI
  • PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare Primary Children's Hospital - Salt Lake City, UT (2021 - 2022)
• Project: Survey of delirium practices in neonatal and pediatric intensive care settings - A multicenter study

Emergency Medicine Advanced Clinical Pharmacist
Intermountain Healthcare Primary Children's Hospital - Salt Lake City, UT

• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy - Oklahoma City, OK
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare Primary Children's Hospital - Salt Lake City, UT (2019 - 2020)
  • PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare Primary Children's Hospital - Salt Lake City, UT (2020 - 2021)
• Project: Evaluating empiric antibiotic use in pediatric patients in a cardiac intensive care unit

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist, Solid Organ Transplant

Primary Children's Hospital - Salt Lake City, UT

• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy - Amarillo, TX
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare - Utah Valley Hospital (2018 - 2019)
  • PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare - Primary Children's Hospital (2019 - 2020)
• Project: Safety and efficacy of CD3 guided anti-thymocyte globulin dosing after pediatric heart transplant

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Pediatric Oncology Clinic
Intermountain Healthcare Primary Children's Hospital - Salt Lake City, UT

• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Utah College of Pharmacy
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare Primary Children's Hospital (2017 - 2018)
  • PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare Primary Children's Hospital (2018 - 2019)
• Project: Retrospective review of the treatment of central line infections in pediatric oncology patients

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - PICU / CICU
Intermountain Healthcare Primary Children's Hospital - Salt Lake City, UT

• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy - Memphis, TN
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare Primary Children's Hospital (2016 - 2017)
  • PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare Primary Children's Hospital (2017 - 2018)
• Project: Pharmacokinetic modeling for initial and maintenance heparin dosing in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Anticoagulation
Intermountain Healthcare Primary Children's Hospital - Salt Lake City, UT

• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Utah College of Pharmacy
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare Primary Children's Hospital (2015 - 2016)
  • PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare Primary Children's Hospital (2016- 2017)
• Project: Treatment of delirium in critically ill pediatric patients with second generation antipsychotics

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant
Intermountain Healthcare Primary Children's Hospital - Salt Lake City, UT

• Education and training:
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Arizona Medical Center - Phoenix, AZ
  • PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency, Intermountain Healthcare Primary Children's Hospital (2015 - 2016)
• Project: Analysis of the safety and efficacy of antithrombin III supplementation for pediatric patients receiving therapeutic anticoagulation with heparin