Advocate Lutheran General year long resident projects

Marvin
Agyeben

PGY1

Year Long Project: Validation of prevention, breakthrough, and delayed used antiemetics

Seminar: Clearing out the bugs: The impact of clinical decision support on antimicrobial stewardship methodology”

Monica
Czuma

PGY1

Year Long Project: Evaluation of antibiotic prescribing in the ED for UTIs

Seminar: TBD

Lindsey
Griggs

PGY1

Year Long Project: Mycophenolate containing immunosuppression

Seminar: TBD

Michelle
Tulchinskaya

PGY1

Year Long Project: Evaluation of chemical DVT prophylaxis in adult trauma patient

Seminar: Don't Go Overboard: Intravenous Volume Resuscitation in Septic Shock

Alexandra
Cannon

PGY1
HSPAL

Year Long Project: Empagliflozin in heart failure

Seminar: TBD

Abaigeal
Tarpey

PGY1
HSPAL

Year Long Project: Optimization of tramadol use in inpatients

Seminar: Title: Radioactive! Introduction to Nuclear Pharmacy and USP<825>

Ally
Fulton

PGY2
Critial Care

Year Long Project: Tenecteplase for stroke management

Seminar: Catheter guided thrombolysis: A Review for Pharmacists

Alec
Wesolowski

PGY2 ID

Year Long Project: Impact of microbiology reporting changes for AmpC producing organism and adherence to IDSA treatment guidelines pre vs post comment

Seminar: Amp’edabout Gram-Negative Resistance Updates: Guidance on AmpC Producing Enterobacterales, CRAB, & SMALT Infections

Taylor
Boorn

PGY2 Peds

Year Long Project: Anti-Xa levels for prophylactic enoxaparin

Seminar: Keeping Up With Ketamine: Ketamine Use in Pediatrics

Taylor
Boorn

PGY1

Year Long Project: Evaluation of a change in sodium chloride concentration in the two-bag system utilized in pediatric patients with diabetic ketoacidosis.

Seminar: Use of tranexamic acid in bradykinin-mediated angioedema

Ally Fulton

PGY1 HSPAL

Year Long Project: Evaluation of intravenous regular insulin use and subsequent hypoglycemia during treatment of hyperkalemia in a large multi-site hospital system

Seminar: AgitatED in the Emergency Department

Zach
Hodgson

PGY1 HSPAL

Year Long Project: Safety of peripheral administration of 3% saline

Seminar: Updates in the Treatment of C. difficile Infections

Alec
Wesolowski

PGY1

Year Long Project: Comparison of antibiotic and anti-viral use before and after deployment of rapid influenza testing in the emergency department

Seminar: RDTs, Easy as 1-2-3: Pharmacist’s Role in Interpreting Rapid Diagnostic Tests to Improve Antimicrobial Stewardship Outcomes

Hamza
Awadallah

PGY1 HSPAL

Year Long Project: Create a pharmacy technician training program to meet new 2022 IL law requiring pharmacy technicians to complete an accredited training program

Seminar: Drug Diversion in the Healthcare Setting

Stephanie
Coghill

PGY2 Critical Care

Year Long Project: An evaluation of midodrine use to accelerate liberation from vasopressors in the medical ICU

Seminar: ARDS you ready? A review of mechanical ventilation and respiratory distress syndrome for the pharmacist

Victoria
Gavaghan

PGY2 ID

Year Long Project: Identification of Risk Factors and Development of a Risk Assessment Scoring Tool for Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Producing Enterobacterales at a Tertiary Teaching Hospital

Seminar: The future is short - Stewardship Initiatives for Duration of Therapy

Amanda
Miceli

PGY2 Pediatrics

Year Long Project: Pediatric Pharmacist Emergency Response Training

Seminar: Novel Agents for Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) in Children

Arslan
Aslam

PGY2 HSPAL

Seminar: Prescription Benefit Optimization

Sonali
Patel

PGY2 HSPAL

Seminar: Order Verification Efficiency

Stephanie
Coghill

PGY1

Year Long Project: Evaluation of Three Different Tranexamic Acid Dosing Strategies in Pediatric Scoliosis Surgery

Seminar: Gram-negative and other SPACE invaders in your hospital: AmpC and ESBL management.

Rupal
Golakiea

PGY1

Year Long Project: Assessment of the appropriate and safe use of the fentanyl transdermal system at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Seminar: COVID-19 presenting as Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). It is final unless the disease people decide to change the name of the syndrome

Brian
Kulpinski

PGY1

Year Long Project: Nerve Blocks for Traumatic Hip Fractures

Seminar: I Think, Therefore ICANS: Management of CAR-T Cell Therapy Toxicity

Amanda
Miceli

PGY1

Year Long Project: Oral Step Down Therapy for Non-Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia

Seminar: To vancomycin or not to vancomycin: how to treat staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is the question

Arslan
Aslam

PGY1 HSPAL

Year Long Project: Use of PharmacyKeeper to Develop IV Room Best Practices

Seminar: SARS-CoV-2 Associated Coagulopathy

Sonali
Patel

PGY1 HSPAL

Year Long Project: Systemwide Antidote Optimization: standardization of administration guidelines, policy, and inventory management

Seminar: Considerations for Treatment of IVDUs with Severe Staphylococcus aureus Infections

Wenyi
Zhu

PGY2 Critical Care

Year Long Project: Evaluation of safety and efficacy of heparin infusion in post-cardiac arrest patients treated with targeted temperature management

Seminar: Pharmacologic considerations for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in the critically ill

Karen
Davidge

PGY2 ID

Year Long Project: Impact of Handshake Antimicrobial Stewardship Recommendation Acceptance on Pediatric Patient Safety Outcomes

Seminar: The Allergy Fallacy: Importance of Antibiotic Allergy Assessment and Pharmacists' Role

Mary
Palmer

PGY2 ID

Year Long Project: Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase Enterobacterales bacteremia: does choice of empiric beta-lactam matter?

Seminar: Till Death Do Us Part: Life-long Antibiotic Therapy

Candace
Bishop

PGY2 HSPAL

Year Long Project: Overcoming Provider Shortages by Leveraging Pharmacist Resources and Technology

Kyle
Klawon

PGY2 HSPAL

Seminar: From Cart-fill to cart-less: Using a phased approach to transition to a decentralized distribution model at a large community teaching hospital

Timothy
Antoniewicz

PGY1

Year Long Project: Oral Beta-lactam vs. Fluoroquinolone Step-Down Therapy in Enterobacteriaceae Bacteremia

Seminar: Antiepileptic Drugs in Alcohol Withdrawal Related Seizures

Candace
Bishop

PGY1

Year Long Project: Development and Implementation of a Pharmacy Internship Program

Seminar: Considerations for Treatment of IVDUs with Severe Staphylococcus aureus Infections

Nichole
Cabral

PGY1

Year Long Project: Evaluation of Enoxaparin Treatment Doses in Neonatal and Pediatric Patients

Seminar: Ideal Sedative Agents for INtubation-SURfactant-Extubation, the INSURE Method

Melissa
Dong

PGY1

Year Long Project: Two-stepping in the Right Direction: Impact of Clostridioides difficile Two-Step Algorithm Testing on Clinical Practice in Hospital Settings

Seminar: Tranexamic Acid for Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Kyle
Klawon

PGY1

Year Long Project: Reducing Medication Delivery and Stocking Errors Through Redesign of Technician Workload and Scheduling

Seminar: Empiric Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Trauma Patients with Skull Fractures

Kelly
Sarna

PGY1

Year Long Project: Busulfan Dosing Adjustment: A Retrospective Review

Seminar: Antibacterial Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients with Leukemia

Angelina
Finn

PGY2

Year Long Project: Evaluating the Difference in Efficacy and Safety of Peripheral Fibrinolysis with Alteplase versus Tenecteplase

Seminar: I Can “C” Clearly Now, is the Sepsis Gone? Evaluating the Use of Vitamins in Sepsis in a Critically Ill Population

Kellie
Arensman

PGY2

Year Long Project: Fluoroquinolone vs. Beta-lactam Oral Step Down Therapy for Streptococcal Bloodstream Infections

Seminar: The End of an Era: Piperacillin/tazobactam and Vancomycin, a Recipe for Nephrotoxicity

Jill
Argotsinger

PGY2

Year Long Project: When Less is More: Daptomycin Associated Outcomes in Obesity when Dosed for Actual Body Weight vs. Adjusted Body Weight

Seminar: Undetectable = Untransmittable

Kellie
Arensman

PGY1

Year Long Project: Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia bundle adherence pre- and post- implementation of mandatory Infectious Diseases consultation an antimicrobial stewardship pharmacist intervention Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University

Seminar: Shedding "lyte" on the chronic management of hyperkalemia

Amanda
Blackford

PGY1

Year Long Project: An Evaluation of Anticoagulation Use and the Safety Implications of Ultrasound-Facilitated Thrombolysis Patients Diagnosed with Massive or Submassive Pulmonary Embolism

Seminar: Crisis Averted: Management of Patients with Hypertensive Emergencies

Margarita
Sorokina

PGY1

Year Long Project: Clinical outcomes of low-dose ketamine for perioperative pain with spine surgery

Seminar: The ABC's of Overdoses: An Overview of Acetaminophen, Aspirin, Beta Blocker, and Calcium Channel Blocker Toxicities

Elizabeth
Eitzen

PGY2

Year Long Project: Impact of Angiotensin II on shock duration in refractory septic shock

Seminar: Malignant Hyperthermia, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, and Serotonin Syndrome: A Pharmacist's Guide to Beat the Heat

Anthony
Chiang

PGY2

Year Long Project: Impact of laboratory cessation of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) reporting on minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)

Seminar: Not the positive culture you want at work: Management of Gram negative bacteremia

Paige
Hughes

PGY2

Year Long Project: Development of a pediatric handshake antimicrobial stewardship program and impact on antimicrobial appropriateness

Seminar: Tomato, tomahto, Clostridioides, Clostridium, what’s the diff?: Update on C. difficile Management

Chris
Kapolas

PGY1

Year Long Project: Identifying risk factors for arrhythmias during hematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT): Keep the rhythm

Seminar: A Pharmacist’s Approach to Oral Chemotherapy Order Assessment Making a Tough Pill Easy to Swallow

Michelle
Lee

PGY1

Year Long Project: Evaluating the transition from dexmedetomidine infusion to clonidine for the prevention of withdrawal in critically ill pediatric patients

Seminar: When Sodium Bicarbonate Fizzes Out, What Are The Alternatives?

Paulina
Szczepaniak

PGY1

Year Long Project: Evaluating utility of the diabetes powerplan in the management of diabetic family medicine patients

Seminar: Treatment and Prevention of Opioid-Induced Constipation: Moving Beyond Laxatives

Jessica
Miller

PGY2

Year Long Project: Implementation of a Prospective, Pharmacist-Led Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusNasal PCR Screening Protocol to Reduce Overutilization of Vancomycin

Seminar: Diagnostic Revolution: Waging War on Resistance through Rapid Diagnostics

Erik
LaChance

PGY2

Year Long Project: Implementation of a Prospective, Pharmacist-Driven Clostridium difficile PCR Pre-Authorization Process to Optimize Appropriate Testing

Seminar: Antimicrobial Resistance: Farm to Tablet

Annete
Hayes

PGY1

Year Long Project: Adherence to National Guidelines for the Management of Urinary Tract and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the Emergency Department

Seminar:Hazardous Drug Handling in the Acute Care Setting

Leslie
LaMontagne

PGY1

Year Long Project: An Analysis of Pediatric Patient Controlled Analgesia Documentation Comparing the Electronic Health Record to Actual Use Data From the Pump Software Application

Seminar: Antithymocyte globulin: Which is better in allogeneic stem cell transplants, rabbit or horse?

Jessica
Miller

PGY1

Year Long Project: Comparison of an Emergency Department-Specific Antibiogram to Hospital-wide Antibiogram: Influence of Patient-Specific Factors on Susceptibility

Seminar: Prevention and Treatment of Extravasation in Adults and Pediatrics

Darah
Preston

PGY2

Year Long Project: Evaluation of Low Dose 4-Factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate for Warfarin Reversal

Seminar: Antimicrobial Considerations in Renal Replacement Therapy

Maya
Beganovic

PGY1

Year Long Project: Impact of rapid organism identification via MALDI-TOF coupled with real-time antimicrobial stewardship interventions on time to optimal antimicrobial therapy in patients with positive blood cultures

Seminar: ESBL, AMP-C, KPC, CRE, oh my! Deciphering the Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Code post-implementation of laboratory ESBL phenotypic reporting cessation

Elizabeth
Gibble

PGY1

Year Long Project: A Multi-Interventional Approach to Achieving Sepsis Bundle Compliance

Seminar: A Review of the Management and Treatment of Patients with Sepsis

Monal
Punjabi

PGY1

Year Long Project: Retrospective analysis of tacrolimus levels in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Seminar: Tacrolimus dosing strategies and therapeutic range for the prevention of acute graft versus host disease in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients: Where are we now and how do we get there?

Kristie
Dabkey

PGY2

Year Long Project: Use of Antifibrinolytics in Pediatric Scoliosis Surgery

Seminar: Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Early Onset Neonatal Sepsis

Kristie
Dabkey

PGY1

Year Long Project: Development of a NICU-Specific Antibiogram and Assessment of Patient Specific Factors on Susceptibility

Seminar:Use of Inhaled Nitric Oxide and Prostacyclins in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Edward
Eischen

PGY1

Year Long Project: The Role of Procalcitonin and Lactate Levels in Patients Presenting with Sepsis and Septic Shock

Seminar: Updates for the Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin-Structure Infections (ABSSSI) and the Role of the New Anti-Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Agents.

Amy
Secord

PGY1

Year Long Project: The Effects of Liposomal Bupivacaine (Exparel®) on Pain and Functional Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)

Seminar: Thrombolytics in Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Tania
Pini

PGY2

Year Long Project: Impact of Initiation of antimicrobial therapy and timing on survival in patients with septic shock

Seminar: Recognition and Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)