CUMC - Bergan Mercy Pharmacy Residents

2023-2024

Dominick Babich, PharmD

College of Pharmacy Attended: Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions

Graduation Year: 2023

Practice Area Interests: Hospital Pharmacy Management, Critical Care, Psychiatry

Research Project: Impact of Pharmacist Transition of Care Interventions on 30-Day Readmissions in a Cardiac Unit

 

Jordan Kimball, PharmD

College of Pharmacy Attended: South Dakota State University College of Pharmacy

Graduation Year: 2023

Practice Area Interests: Emergency Medicine, NICU, Hospital Pharmacy Management

Research Project: A Retrospective Comparison of Nomogram Dosing and Bayesian Models for Dosing Vancomycin in a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at an Academic Medical Center

 

Andrea Oberloh, PharmD

College of Pharmacy Attended: Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions

Graduation Year: 2023

Practice Area Interests: Cardiology, Critical Care, Oncology

Research Project: Serum Sodium Concentration Correction Rates with Hypertonic Saline Treatment

 

Shayna Skokan, PharmD

College of Pharmacy Attended: Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions

Graduation Year: 2023

Practice Area Interests: Oncology, Critical Care, Infectious Disease

Research Project: Retrospective Evaluation of Factors Leading to Emergency Department or Hospital Admission Within 30 Days of Chemotherapy Treatment in the Outpatient Infusion Center

 

Jared Tiu, PharmD

College of Pharmacy Attended: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy

Graduation Year: 2023

Practice Area Interests: Critical Care, Cardiology, Infectious Disease

Research Project: Implementation of the BioFire FilmArray Blood Culture Identification 2 (BCID2) Panel and the Clinical Impact in Patients with Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase-producing Enterobacterales (ESBL-E) Bacteremia

 

Jessica Van Laren, PharmD

College of Pharmacy Attended: University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy

Graduation Year: 2023

Practice Area Interests: Ambulatory Care, Oncology, Cardiology

Research Project: Characterization of Prescribing Habits Surrounding Sacubitril-Valsartan Dose Titration in Patients With Heart Failure

 

Former Residents - Where Are They Now?

Former CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy PGY1 Pharmacy Residents

2022-2023 - front row: Dasjah Mason, Alyssa Rokusek, Srishti Singal; back row: Jerrick Bowers, Nathan Feldmann, Sam Wilson

2022-2023

• Jerrick Bowers, PharmD – PGY2 Health System Pharmacy and Leadership with CHI Health in Omaha, NE
• Nathan Feldmann, PharmD – Pharmacist at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, NE
• Dasjah Mason, PharmD – Internal Medicine pharmacist at The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City
• Alyssa Rokusek, PharmD – ED/Critical Care Overnight Pharmacist at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy in Omaha, NE
• Srishti Singal, PharmD – PGY2 Critical Care at UC Health Memorial in Colorado Springs, CO
• Sam Wilson, PharmD – Pharmacist at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy in Omaha, NE

2021-2022 - front row: Christa Taylor, Maureen Martin, Katie Renken; back row: Brooke Conroy, Craig Ripski, Jena Dresbach

2021-2022

• Brooke Conroy, PharmD – Pharmacist at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, Wyoming 
• Jena Dresbach, PharmD – completed PGY2 Critical Care at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, UT; now working as a Critical Care Pharmacist at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, UT
• Maureen Martin, PharmD – PGY2 Ambulatory Care at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN
• Katie Renken, PharmD –Pharmacist at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy in Omaha, NE
• Craig Ripski, PharmD – PGY2 Infectious Disease at Jesse Brown VA Med in Chicago, IL
• Christa Taylor, PharmD – Emergency Medicine Pharmacist at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy in Omaha, NE

2020-2021 - front row: Jessel Dela Cruz, Adam Bassing, Taylor Lenz; back row: Natalie Tiefenthaler, Casie Walters, Emily Oliver

2020-2021

• Adam Bassing, PharmD – Pharmacist at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy in Omaha, NE
• Jessel Dela Cruz, PharmD – completed PGY2 in Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership at CHI Health in Omaha, NE; now working as the Pharmacy Supply Chain and Business Operation Manager at Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, HI
• Taylor Lenz, PharmD – completed PGY2 in Emergency Medicine at Mercy One Medical Center in Des Moines, IA; now working as an Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist and PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Director at Christus Spohn Shoreline Hospital in Corpus Christi, TX 
• Emily Oliver, PharmD – completed PGY2 in Pain Management and Palliative Care at Hospice of Southern Illinois in Bellevile, IL; now working as an Institutional Clinical Pharmacist at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, MO
• Natalie Tiefenthaler, PharmD – completed PGY2 in Ambulatory Care at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, NE; work working as an Ambulatory Care Pharmacist with Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, NE
• Casie Walters, PharmD – completed PGY2 in Psychiatry at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN; work working as a Clinical Pharmacist in Forensic Psychiatry at St. Peter Regional Treatment Center in St. Peter, MN.

2019-2020 - front row: Sarah Ermer, Sam Katzman, Marina Kaminsky; back row: Daniel Hannig, Xavier Hill, Braxton Wilcox

2019-2020

• Sarah Ermer, PharmD – Completed PGY2 in Pain Management and Palliative Care at University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in Iowa City; post-PGY2 accepted a position as an Opioid Stewardship Clinical Pharmacist
• Daniel Hannig, PharmD – Critical Care Pharmacist at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy in Omaha, NE 
• Xavier Hill, PharmD - Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Long Beach VA Hospital in Long Beach, California
• Marina Kaminsky, PharmD – Hospital Pharmacist at Providence St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula, MT
• Sam Katzman, PharmD – Completed PGY2 in Emergency Medicine at Mercy One in Des Moines, IA; Critical Care/Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist at University of Louisville Health in Louisville, KY 
• Braxton Wilcox, PharmD – Critical Care Pharmacist at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy in Omaha, NE

2018-2019 - front row: Spencer Evans, Alison Miller, Eric Bierle; back row: Samantha Brongiel, Athena Aus, Cassidy Latusek

2018-2019

• Athena Aus, PharmD - Staff pharmacist at Banner Health - North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, CO
• Eric Bierle, PharmD – Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator at CHI Health Lakeside in Omaha, NE
• Samantha Brongiel, PharmD - Completed PGY2 in Oncology at Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut; post-PGY2 working as a Clinical Oncology Pharmacist at the Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut
• Spencer Evans, PharmD - Completed PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership at CHI Health in Omaha, NE; post-PGY2 working as a Pharmacy Manager at CHI Health Lakeside in Omaha, NE
• Cassidy Latusek, PharmD - Hospital Pharmacist at Mayo Clinic - Saint Mary's Campus in Rochester, MN
• Alison Miller, PharmD - Clinical Pharmacist Emergency Medicine at Children's Healthcare Colorado in Denver, CO

2017-2018: front row: Antonio Luo, Kailey Frenzel, Jon Van Breusegen; back row: Akosua Boateng, Megan Wachter, Tiffany Ramos

2017-2018

• Akosua Boateng, PharmD - Clinical Pharmacy Manager at HCA Houston Southeast in Pasadena, TX
• Kailey Frenzel, PharmD – Clinical Pharmacist, Internal Medicine at Bryan Health in Lincoln, NE
• Antonio Luo, PharmD - Patient Care Pharmacist at University of California-San Francisco Medical Center in San Francisco, CA
• Tiffany Ramos, PharmD - Clinical Pharmacist at Queens Medical Center in Honolulu, HI
• Jon VanBreusegen, PharmD - Clinical Pharmacist at University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, MO
• Megan Wachter, PharmD - completed PGY2 in Psychiatry at Eastern Colorado VA Healthcare System; post PGY2 working as a Mental Health Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner at the Massaponax Veterans Affairs Clinic in Fredericksburg, VA

2016-2017

• Lauren Bricker, PharmD - Completed PGY2 in Infectious Disease at MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center in Des Moines, IA; post-PGY2 accepted a position as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-Infectious Diseases at Ascension Via Christi in Wichita, KS
• Dallin Darais, PharmD - Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist at Intermountain Healthcare Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, UT
• Patrick Enriquez, PharmD - Patient Care Pharmacist at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy in Omaha, NE
• Carmen Frerichs, PharmD - Patient Care Pharmacist at Bryan Health in Lincoln, NE
• Morgan Pusek, PharmD - Patient Care Pharmacist at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, NE
• Scott Shipley, PharmD - Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Roseman University of Health Sciences in South Jordan, UT