Meet Our Preceptors

Pharmacy Administration

Kristin Alvarez, PharmD – Director of Clinical Innovation

PharmD: University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: University Health
Current Practice: Kristin Alvarez, PharmD, has a background in service to under and uninsured populations as a Hospitalist Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, an Associate Director of Pharmacy for Inpatient and Ambulatory Clinical Services and currently serves as the Director of Innovation and Value at Parkland Health.

Rusty Appleberry-Recker, PharmD – Director of Pharmacy Services

PharmD: Midwestern University
Current Practice: Rusty Appleberry-Recker, PharmD, serves as the Director of Ambulatory Pharmacy, Clinical, and Specialty Services. In this role, she oversees all ambulatory services in Parkland Health’s Anderson clinic, Moody clinic, Employee pharmacy and Central fill replenishment center.

David Banks, PharmD, MBA – Pharmacy Manager

PharmD: University of Florida College of Pharmacy
Current Practice: David Banks, PharmD, MBA, is the manager for the inpatient decentral pharmacists who service medicine, surgery, and the emergency department. Dr. Banks is also involved with formulary management and coordinates the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee activities.

Carrie Berge, PharmD, MS – Vice President of Pharmacy Services

PharmD: University of Washington
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics
PGY2 Pharmacy Administration Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics
Current Practice: Carrie Berge, PharmD, MS, serves as the Vice President of Pharmacy Services and oversees all aspects of Inpatient, Ambulatory and Correctional Health Pharmacy Services.

Vivian B. Johnson, PharmD, MBA, FASHP – Senior Vice President of Community Health Services and Senior Pharmacy Advisor

PharmD: Mercer University
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Veterans Affairs Medical Center 
Current Practice:Vivian B. Johnson, PharmD, MBA, FASHP, has spent the past 35 years providing healthcare services to the underserved in Dallas County.  Dr. Johnson has been the recipient of many awards including the 2010 Texas Pharmacy Leadership Award.  She is a fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and continues to be an advocate and active member in the pharmacy profession. Dr. Johnson has been appointed to the ASHP Pharmacy Executive Leadership Alliance Advisory Panel, the ASHP Task Force on Racial Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and serves as a member of the Board of Directors for ASHP.

Talemah Jones, PharmD, MS – Director of Pharmacy Services

PharmD: University of Missouri
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Current Practice: Talemah Jones, PharmD, MS, is one of the ambulatory pharmacy liaisons between Population Health, Finance and IT. In her role, she oversees the ambulatory services at the following pharmacy locations: Bluitt-Flowers, C.V. Roman, deHaro-Saldivar, Hatcher Station, Garland and Southeast Dallas as well as the FDA Repack/Class pharmacy services and the Pharmacy Call Center.

Jacilyn McNulty, PharmD, MBA – Medication Safety Officer

PharmD: Harding University College of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Parkland Health
PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration & Leadership Residency: Parkland Health
Current Practice: Dr. McNulty is one of two Medication Safety Officers at Parkland Health. Current activities include managing patient safety events, participating in quality improvement projects, and facilitating medication safety committee meetings. Dr. McNulty serves as the Residency Program Coordinator for the PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration & Leadership Residency. She is an active member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the Vizient Pharmacy Network Forum.

Elizabeth Moss, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES – Pharmacy Manager

PharmD: University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: University of Oklahoma 
PGY2 Ambulatory Care / Internal Medicine Residency: Texas Tech School of Pharmacy
Current Practice: Elizabeth Moss, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES, serves as the Pharmacy Manager of Ambulatory Care Clinical Services and has experience in developing and implementing ambulatory care services. Practice areas at Parkland Health include diabetes, hypertension, asthma/COPD, dyslipidemia, rheumatology, GI/Liver, anticoagulation, and pain management. Dr. Moss serves as the Residency Program Director for the PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency at Parkland Health.

Azadeh Mozaffari, PharmD – Pharmacy Manager

PharmD: Rio Grande College of Pharmacy
Current Practice: Azadeh Mozaffari, PharmD, serves as the Pharmacy Manager of Investigational Drug Services and manages all aspects of operational, clinical, data extraction, compliance, and finance. Her responsibilities include overseeing all clinical trial activities for inpatient, outpatient, and oncology services to ensure compliance with all regulations. Dr. Mozaffari is an active member of TSHP, ACRP, and serves as a pharmacy preceptor for pharmacy interns and residents.

Ehigie (Garvey) Omorodion, PharmD, BCNSP, BCSCP, CNSC, CPPS – Pharmacy Manager

PharmD: Xavier University of Louisiana
Current Practice: Ehigie (Garvey) Omorodion, PharmD, BCNSP, BCSCP, CNSC, CPPS, serves as the Pharmacy Manager of IV Sterile and Hazardous Compounding at Parkland Health. He is responsible for ensuring IV sterile compounding suites and personnel are compliant with USP Chapter <797> and <800> regulations as well compliance with Texas State Board of Pharmacy regulations. Dr. Omorodion also provides clinical support for the interdisciplinary nutrition support team.

Venita Papillion, PharmD, MBA – Director of Pharmacy Services

PharmD: Xavier University of Louisiana
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System  
Current Practice: Venita Papillion, PharmD, MBA, serves as the Director of Pharmacy Services for Acute Care and Oncology Services. She specializes in leadership, team development, and strategic planning. With extensive experience in both hospital and ambulatory settings, she has successfully led and supported various operational and clinical programs. A strong advocate for patient-centered and cost-effective pharmacy care, Dr. Papillion is dedicated to enhancing healthcare outcomes and ensuring optimal patient experiences.

Kelly Salzar, PharmD, MBA/MHSM, BCPS – Medication Safety Officer

PharmD: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Current Practice: Kelly Salzar, PharmD, MBA/MHSM, BCPS, is one of two Medication Safety Officers at Parkland Health covering all areas of pharmacy including Inpatient, Ambulatory and Correctional Health Services. Dr. Salzar helps to support the pharmacy team in preventing patient harm from medication errors and collaborating on performance improvement initiatives.

Melisande Smith, PharmD, BCPS – Pharmacy Manager

PharmD: Drake University
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: University of Tennessee Medical Center
PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency: University of Tennessee Medical Center
Current Practice: Melisande Smith, PharmD, BCPS, serves as the Clinical Pharmacy Manager for the acute care hospital and oncology. She leads a team of clinical pharmacists and clinical pharmacy specialists. Dr. Smith has previously served as a critical care clinical pharmacy specialist and as a pharmacy operations manager. Her areas of interest included quality improvement, clinical informatics, multidisciplinary collaboration, and the continued advancement of clinical pharmacy services.

Elizabeth Unachukwu, PharmD, MBA – Director of Pharmacy Services

PharmD: Xavier University of Louisiana
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Parkland Health
Current Practice: Elizabeth Unachukwu, PharmD, MBA, serves as a director of pharmacy services and over sees operations management of revenue cycle, 340B program, procurement, drug shortages, patient assistance programs and informatics. She is an active member of ASHP, THSP, MSHP, and precepts students and residents with hospital rotations.

Acute Care & Oncology

Carol Chamberlain, PharmD, MA – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pain Management

PharmD: University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Abbott Northwestern Hospital 
PGY2 Clinical Pharmacy Pain Specialty Residency: Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Current Practice: Carol Chamberlain, PharmD, MA, is a clinical pharmacy specialist who provides pain management consult services for patients admitted to the hospital. Her daily activities include attending rounds with the Palliative Care Service and providing pain management services to the hospital. Dr. Chamberlain has experience in retail pharmacy, inpatient clinical pharmacist staffing, nursing home consultation and counseling adolescents/adults in the field of psychology.

Monica Chintapenta, PharmD, BCOP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Hematology/Oncology

PharmD: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Tufts Medical Center 
PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency: Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin 
Current Practice: Dr. Chintapenta is a clinical pharmacy specialist who works in the ambulatory clinics servicing patients seen within the hematology/oncology clinic and infusion center. She provides clinical services to providers, formulary management, and leads quality improvement projects.

Sonya Desai, PharmD, BCPPS – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pediatrics and Neonatology

PharmD: University of Wisconsin-Madison
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital
PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital
Current Practice: Dr. Desai is a clinical pharmacy specialist who currently practices in Parkland Health’s 96-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Dr. Desai has specific areas of interest in sedation, pain management and infectious diseases in neonatal patients.

Rohini Downs, PharmD, BCPP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Psychiatry

PharmD: Texas Tech University School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency: Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center in Dallas, Texas
PGY2 Psychiatry Specialty Residency: Parkland Health
Current Practice: Dr. Downs is one of the Psychiatric Clinical Pharmacy Specialists and serves as a preceptor for the PGY1 Psychiatry rotation. Along with the other Psychiatric specialists, she rotates to cover Psychiatric services including the Psychiatric Emergency Department, Inpatient Psychiatry Unit, Consult Liaison Psychiatry, and Behavioral Health Clinic. Dr. Downs helps provide care for patients with mental health and substance use disorders by completing consults, attending rounds and treatment team meetings, and completing patient care visits in clinic. Dr. Downs is passionate about advocating for this underserved population and is actively involved in the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists. .

Taylor Epperson, PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Internal Medicine

PharmD: University of Louisiana at Monroe 
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: University of Mississippi Medical Center
PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency: University of Oklahoma  
Current Practice: Dr. Epperson is a clinical pharmacy specialist who works in the inpatient setting and provides care to patients on both the internal medicine teaching teams and hospitalist teams. Current activities include daily rounding with the internal medicine teaching teams, providing clinical services to providers, formulary management, pharmacy consults and quality improvement projects. Dr. Epperson serves as the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency program coordinator. She is also an active member of the ACCP Adult Medicine PRN.

Janie Faris, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Burn ICU  

PharmD: Bernard J Dunn School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Charleston Area Medical Center 
PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency: DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital 
Current Practice: Dr. Faris is a clinical pharmacy specialist who works in the inpatient setting and provides care to adult and pediatric patients on the burn surgery service. Her current activities include daily rounding with the burn surgery service, providing clinical service to providers, formulary management, pharmacy consults and quality improvement projects within the burn surgery service. She is an active member of Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) – Pharmacy SIG, SCCM Regional Michigan Chapter – Education Committee, and the American Burn Association Pharmacy Special Interest Group.

Jessica Fields, PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Internal Medicine 

PharmD: Samford University
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: UF Health Jacksonville
PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency: UF Health Jacksonville 
Current Practice: Dr. Fields is a clinical pharmacy specialist who works in the inpatient setting and provides care to patients in the internal medicine team and hospitalist team. Daily activities include rounding and teaching internal medicine teams, answering clinical questions for the hospitalists service, completing consults, formulary management, quality improvement projects and research. Dr. Fields also serves on the GI and Liver P&T subcommittee.

Julie Hoang, PharmD – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Psychiatry 

PharmD: Temple University School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System  
PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency: Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System  
Current Practice: Dr. Hoang is a psychiatric clinical pharmacy specialist at Parkland Health. Her current practice areas include the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, Consult Services in psychiatry and addictions, and Psychiatric Emergency Department. Her practice also extends to the Behavioral Health Clinic, where she provides medication therapy management (MTM). Dr. Hoang is an active member of the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP).

Hanna Hollingsworth, PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pain Management  

PharmD: Drake University
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
PGY2 Palliative Care/Pain Management Pharmacy Residency: Hospice of Southern Illinois
Current Practice: Dr. Hollingsworth is a clinical pharmacy specialist who practices in outpatient pain management at Parkland Health’s Integrated Pain and Healing Center and inpatient pain management through the Pharmacy Pain Consult service.  Dr. Hollingsworth is an active member of the Society of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacists.

Jeena Jacob, PharmD, BCCCP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Medical ICU

PharmD: Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at the University of Sciences
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Baylor University Medical Center
PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency: Methodist Dallas Medical Center
Current Practice: Dr. Jacob is a clinical pharmacy specialist board-certified in critical care. Current activities include daily rounding with the Medical ICU team to provide clinical pharmacy services, precepting pharmacy residents and students, and participating in quality improvement projects.

Manmeet (Min) Kooner, PharmD, BCPP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Psychiatry 

PharmD: Midwestern University
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Parkland Health 
PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency: Parkland Health 
Current Practice: Dr. Kooner is a psychiatric clinical pharmacy specialist at Parkland Health. Her current practice involves providing clinical services and collaborating with teams on the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, consult services (addictions and psychiatry) and the Psychiatric Emergency Department. Dr. Kooner also provides smoking cessation and MTM services at Parkland’s Behavioral Health Clinic. She is also an active member of the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP).

Norman S. Mang, PharmD, BCIDP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases

PharmD: Belmont University
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Methodist Dallas Medical Center
PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency: VA North Texas Health Care System
Current Practice: Dr. Mang is a clinical pharmacy specialist and is board-certified in infectious diseases. He is one of five infectious diseases pharmacists at Parkland Health where he rotates through the inpatient ID consult service, antimicrobial stewardship and facilitating transitions of care for patients discharging on home IV antibiotics. He is passionate about teaching and serves as both a preceptor and mentor for pharmacy residents and students. Additional areas of interest include microbiology, innovative process improvement, and clinical informatics.

Heidi Michaels, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, BCIDP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Medical ICU  

PharmD: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center  
PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency: Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center  
Current Practice: Dr. Michaels is a clinical pharmacy specialist board-certified in pharmacotherapy, critical care and infectious diseases. Current activities include daily rounding with the Medical ICU team, providing clinical services to providers, precepting pharmacy residents and students and quality improvement projects.

Jessica Ortwine, PharmD, BCIDP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases

PharmD: University of Michigan
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Baptist Memorial Hospital
PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency: Detroit Medical Center
Current Practice: Dr. Ortwine is a clinical pharmacy specialist and is board-certified in infectious diseases.  Along with the other inpatient ID pharmacists, she rotates the responsibilities of rounding with the ID consult teams, performing antimicrobial stewardship activities, and facilitating transitions of care for patients discharging on IV antibiotics. She serves as a preceptor for both pharmacy residents and students and is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Dr. Ortwine is an active member of the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists and serves as the Residency Program Director for the Infectious Diseases PGY2.

Jennifer Roth, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Neuroscience/Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care

PharmD: University of Missouri
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
Current Practice: Dr. Roth is a clinical pharmacy specialist board-certified in both pharmacotherapy and critical care. Current activities include daily rounding with the Neuro ICU team, providing clinical services to providers, formulary management, pharmacy consults and quality improvement projects. She is an active member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Sarah Ryu, PharmD, BCOP – Clinical Pharmacist, Inpatient Oncology

PharmD: University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
Current Practice: Dr. Ryu is a board-certified oncology pharmacist and serves as the clinical pharmacist for the inpatient hematology/oncology service. Her daily activities include rounding with the inpatient hematology/oncology team, providing clinical services for providers for the various oncology services, providing education for oncology nurses and pharmacists, and working on quality improvement projects.

Connor Walsh, PharmD, DABAT – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Emergency Medicine 

PharmD: Mercer University College of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Grady Health System 
Clinical Toxicology Fellowship: Georgia Poison Center/Grady Health System
Current Practice: Dr. Walsh is a board-certified clinical toxicologist practicing as the emergency medicine clinical pharmacy specialist in the Parkland Emergency Department. Daily activities can include response to cardiac arrests, level 1 trauma activations, rapid sequence intubation, code strokes, STEMI alerts, sepsis alerts, overdoses, poisonings, and envenomation's. His special interests include management of venomous bites and stings, and he is an active member of AACT.

Wenjing Wei, PharmD, BCIDP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases

PharmD: University of Texas at Austin
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: CHI St. Luke’s Health
PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital
Current Practice: Dr. Wei is a clinical pharmacy specialist, board-certified in infectious diseases and one of five infectious diseases pharmacists at Parkland Health. She rotates monthly through the inpatient ID consult service, antimicrobial stewardship and outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) transitions of care. Dr. Wei values her role at Parkland, where she collaborates with multidisciplinary teams, practices stewardship, and ensures quality patient care through the mindful use of hospital resources. Passionate about learning and staying up to date with the latest literature, Dr. Wei strives to instill this same enthusiasm for continuous learning in her pharmacy students and residents. She also serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, where she provides education to medical students, physician assistant students and ID fellows.

Ambulatory Care & Specialty Clinics

Adebola Akunna, PharmD, MPH, BCACP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory Care

PharmD: Howard University College of Pharmacy 
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Howard University Hospital
PGY2 Pharmacy Family Medicine Specialty Residency: Howard University Hospital
Current Practice: Dr. Akunna is a clinical pharmacy specialist who provides services at Parkland Health’s deHaro-Saldivar Health Center. Her practice areas include diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, congestive heart failure, anticoagulation and asthma/COPD management. Dr. Akunna assists with the multidisciplinary Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) clinic at her practice site. She is also an active member of the National and Dallas-Fort Worth Chapters of American College of Clinical Pharmacy. 

Kelsie Basso, PharmD, BCACP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory Care 

PharmD: Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Harris Health System
PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency: JPS Health Network
Current Practice: Dr. Basso is the internal medicine clinical pharmacy specialist in the Parkland Health Internal Medicine teaching clinic at the Moody Outpatient Center. She provides chronic disease state management to patients and collaborates with The University of Texas Southwestern internal medicine residents. She is an active member of the National and Dallas-Fort Worth Chapters of American College of Clinical Pharmacy and of the ACCP Ambulatory Care Practice and Research Networks (PRN). Practice areas include diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, heart failure, anticoagulation, asthma/COPD management, medication adherence, medication therapy management and medication education. She also leads a class with the multidisciplinary diabetes education team for patients with diabetes. 

Matthew Belisle, PharmD, BCACP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory Care

PharmD: University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Parkland Health
PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency: Parkland Health
Current Practice: Dr. Belisle is a clinical pharmacy specialist who provides ambulatory care and acute care services for the family medicine service line. His inpatient responsibilities include providing clinical and administrative services to family medicine physicians, residents and patients. Ambulatory practice areas include diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, congestive heart failure, asthma/COPD and anticoagulation management. 

Katie Bistransin, PharmD, BCACP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory Care

PharmD: University of North Texas College of Pharmacy 
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency: Parkland Health
Current Practice: Dr. Bistransin is a clinical pharmacy specialist who established clinical pharmacy services at the Homeless Outreach Medical Services department. Practice areas at Parkland Health include diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, asthma/COPD, anticoagulation and HIV prevention. She assists with coordinating the multidisciplinary diabetes and HIV Prevention educational programs at her clinical sites. 

Steven Boatright, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory Care 

PharmD: University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy
PGY2 Primary Care Specialty Residency: University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy/Ft. Sill Army Hospital
Current Practice: Dr. Boatright is a clinical pharmacy specialist who provides clinical pharmacy services for Parkland Health’s Southeast Dallas Health Center. His focus is on diabetes management of Parkland's ethnically and racially diverse patient population. Disease states managed include diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, asthma/COPD, congestive heart failure, anticoagulation, polypharmacy and medication noncompliance. 

Christina Chang, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES – Clinical Pharmacist, Transitions of Care, Maternal Fetal Medicine and Peritoneal Dialysis

PharmD: University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
Current Practice:Dr. Chang is a Clinical Pharmacist who provides services in the extending Maternal Care After Pregnancy (eMCAP) clinic, postpartum maternal fetal medicine (MFM) clinic, peritoneal dialysis clinic, transitions of care/ARC (Acute Response Clinic) and burn. Her practice areas include diabetes, hypertension, CKD-MBD, anemia in ESRD, cardiology-obstetrics, medications in lactation, medication therapy management and medication education. Dr. Chang also assists with multidisciplinary diabetes education programs at the clinics.

Jason Chau, PharmD – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory Care

PharmD: Texas Tech University School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Current Practice: Dr. Chau is a clinical pharmacy specialist at Parkland Health’s Bluitt-Flowers Health Center. His practice areas include diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, congestive heart failure, anticoagulation, asthma/COPD management and HIV Prevention. Dr. Chau serves on the social & service committee and is an active member of the ACCP Ambulatory Care PRN. 

Kamron Amir Griffith, PharmD – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, HIV

Kamron Amir Griffith, PharmD, BCIDP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, HIV

PharmD: University of Kentucky
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Baptist Health Floyd 
PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency: University of Kentucky HealthCare 
Current Practice: Dr. Griffith is a clinical pharmacy specialist who provides HIV clinical pharmacy services in the inpatient and outpatient settings. His responsibilities include inpatient rounding with the HIV Consult Service and providing ambulatory care to patients at Parkland Health’s ACCESS Clinic. His clinical interests are antimicrobial stewardship, multi-drug-resistant HIV and anti-retroviral therapy simplification. Dr. Griffith serves as a preceptor for PGY1 and PGY2 Pharmacy Residents. 

Avital Basri, PharmD, BCACP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory Care 

PharmD: The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System 
PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency: Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System 
Current Practice: Dr. Basri is the ambulatory care clinical pharmacy specialist at Parkland Health’s E. Carlyle Smith, Jr. Health Center. Her practice areas include diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, heart failure, anticoagulation, medication therapy management and medication education. Dr. Basri also serves as the site coordinator for the multidisciplinary diabetes education program at her clinic and serves as a preceptor for PGY1 and PGY2 Ambulatory Care residents.

Irfan Fatabhoy, PharmD – Clinical Pharmacist, MTM and Hematology/Oncology

PharmD: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy
Current Practice: Dr. Fatabhoy is a Clinical Pharmacist who provides oral oncolytic Medication Therapy Management services at Parkland Health’s Hematology-Oncology Clinic. His practice offers patient education, adherence follow ups, and supportive care management for patients initiated on oral oncolytic therapy. Dr. Fatabhoy is also an active member of the Cancer Program's Patient Education Committee.

Brenton Hall, PharmD, BCIDP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases 

PharmD: University of North Texas System College of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Parkland Health
PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency: Parkland Health
Current Practice: Dr. Hall is a clinical pharmacy specialist board-certified in infectious diseases. He is positioned in the Infectious Diseases/Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Clinic, where he works under a collaborative practice agreement to manage patients’ ambulatory antimicrobial therapy and chronic disease states, receives consults form providers on antimicrobial therapy plans, and rounds with the Infectious Diseases Bone and Joint Consult Team to ensure safe and effective transitions of care for this patient population. He serves as a preceptor for pharmacy students and residents in the PGY1 Pharmacy, PGY2 Infectious Diseases and PGY2 Ambulatory Care pharmacy residency programs. 

Lilibeth Hernandez, PharmD, BCACP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory Care

PharmD: Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: JPS Health Network
PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency: JPS Health Network
Current Practice: Dr. Hernandez is the cardiology clinical pharmacy specialist at the Ron J. Anderson, MD Clinic. Her focus is to optimize Guideline Directed Medical Therapy (GDMT) and monitor advanced heart failure patients. She also collaborates with various residents and cardiology fellows that rotate through the clinic. Her practice areas include congestive heart failure, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, anticoagulation, asthma/COPD management, medication adherence, medication therapy management and medication education. 

Donovan McDuffy, PharmD - Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Psychiatry

PharmD: Purdue University College of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Cleveland Clinic Akron General
PGY2 Psychiatry Pharmacy Residency: VA North Texas Health Care System
Current Practice: Dr. McDuffy is a psychiatric clinical pharmacy specialist. He currently serves as the addiction medicine pharmacist in Parkland Health’s Paths to Recovery outpatient behavioral health clinic. His practice includes treating patients with psychiatric illnesses, with an emphasis on those with substance use disorder. Dr. McDuffy is an active member of the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists.

Annie Mathew, PharmD, CDCES, BCACP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory Care 

PharmD: University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy
PGY2 Primary Care Residency with a Focus on Pharmacy Education: Midwestern University
Current Practice: Dr. Mathew is a clinical pharmacy specialist who established clinical pharmacy services at Parkland Health’s Garland Health Center. Her practice areas include diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, congestive heart failure, anticoagulation, asthma/COPD management and education. Dr. Mathew coordinates the multidisciplinary diabetes education program at her clinic and serves on the social & service committee.

Stacy Alumkal, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory Care 

PharmD: Midwestern University
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Parkland Health
PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency: Parkland Health
Current Practice: Dr. Alumkal is the ambulatory care clinical pharmacy specialist at Parkland Health's Southeast Dallas Health Center. Her practice areas include diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, congestive heart failure, anticoagulation and asthma/COPD management. Dr. Alumkal assists with coordinating the multidisciplinary diabetes education program at her clinic and is an active member of the National and Dallas-Fort Worth Chapters of American College of Clinical Pharmacy. 

Jacqueline (Nicole) McNulty, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory Care

PharmD: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy 
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Parkland Health
PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency: Parkland Health
Current Practice: Dr. McNulty is the clinical pharmacy specialist in Parkland Health’s Global Diabetes Program and Endocrine Services. She has experience in developing and implementing ambulatory care services. Her responsibilities include providing clinical and administrative services to endocrine fellows and attendings, advanced practice providers and patients. Her practice areas include diabetes, diabetes technology including insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring, diabetes related conditions, hypertension, dyslipidemia and congestive heart failure. Dr. McNulty is an active member of the American Diabetes Association and serves as the Residency Program Director for the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at Parkland Health.

Kelly Benton, PharmD, BCACP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory Care 

PharmD: Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Jackson Hospital & Clinic
PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency: Parkland Health
Current Practice: Dr. Benton is a clinical pharmacy specialist who provides ambulatory care services at Parkland Health’s C.V. Roman Health Center. Her areas of interest include diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, asthma and anticoagulation management. 

Denise Kim, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory Care

PharmD: University of Houston College of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Parkland Health
PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency: Parkland Health
Current Practice: Dr. Kim is a clinical pharmacy specialist who established clinical pharmacy services at Parkland Health’s Irving Health Center. Her practice areas include medication adherence, medication therapy management, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, congestive heart failure, anticoagulation, asthma/COPD management and education. Dr. Kim is a member of the teaching certificate committee for the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, social and service committee and the multidisciplinary diabetes education program at her clinic. 

Marilyn Pitts, PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Pharmacist, Renal Transplant  

PharmD: University of North Texas College of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Current Practice: Dr. Pitts is a Clinical Pharmacist who serves as the renal transplant pharmacist, providing inpatient and ambulatory clinic care to post-transplant patients. She also participates as a member of the multidisciplinary transplant team in the evaluation of transplant candidates. Her practice areas include immunosuppression management, hypertension, metabolic bone disease, electrolyte management, and diabetes. Dr. Pitts is also a member of the social and service committee.

Tobi Richardson, PharmD, MBA – Clinical Pharmacist, CHNA-eMCAP

PharmD: Belmont University College of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Parkland Health
PGY2 Specialty Residency: Parkland Health
Current Practice: Dr. Richardson is a pharmacist for the CHNA-eMCAP (Community Health Needs Assessment - extending Maternal Care After Pregnancy) program on a mobile unit in the community. Her practice areas include postpartum care of diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, STIs, and family planning.

Correctional Health

Kimber Bailey, PharmD – Clinical Pharmacist, Infectious Diseases & Internal Medicine

PharmD: University of Houston College of Pharmacy
Current Practice: Dr. Bailey manages the appropriate diagnosis and treatment of patients at correctional health. In addition to infectious processes, Dr. Bailey manages all disease states for those patients assigned to the infirmary for treatment and monitoring. Their disease states range from chronic heart failure to acute pain management. The infirmary is largely housed for diabetics, hypertensives and cancer patients.

Tania Jose, PharmD, BCACP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory Care

PharmD: University of Houston College of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Parkland Health
PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency: Parkland Health
Current Practice: Dr. Jose is a clinical pharmacy specialist who provides services within correctional health. Her practice areas include diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, congestive heart failure, anticoagulation and outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy management. Dr. Jose has experience in developing and implementing primary care services and is an active member of the National and Dallas-Fort Worth Chapters of American College of Clinical Pharmacy.

Megan Mui, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Psychiatry 

PharmD: University of Cincinnati
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center
PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency: Parkland Health
Current Practice: Dr. Mui is a clinical pharmacy specialist who practices in correctional health, who provides collaborative care for patients experiencing substance use disorders- with a focus on Opioid Use Disorder- and other psychiatric illnesses.  She precepts both PGY1 and PGY2 pharmacy residents and pharmacy students and delivers lectures to psychiatry residents at The University of Texas Southwestern.  Dr. Mui is an active member of the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists.

Jennifer Nelson, PharmD, BCPP – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Psychiatry 

PharmD: Texas Tech University School of Pharmacy
Psychiatry Specialty Residency: Western Missouri Mental Health Center
Current Practice: Dr. Nelson is a clinical pharmacy specialist, board-certified in psychiatric pharmacy practicing in correctional health. Her clinical duties include managing a wide range of disease states including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression for over 200 psychiatric patients a month. In addition to her clinical duties, she also precepts multiple learners including pharmacy students, PGY1 pharmacy residents and physician assistant students. Dr. Nelson serves as the PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency Program Director and is an active member of the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists.    