Current & Past Residents
Current Residents
Angela Andrade, PharmD
Dr. Angela Andrade is originally from California. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior and her Bachelor of Arts in Chicano Studies from the University of California, Davis, before earning her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. She recently relocated to Maryland to complete her PGY1 Community-Based Pharmacy Residency with the Johns Hopkins Care at Home program.
Her professional interests include ambulatory care, transitions of care, chronic disease management, and medication optimization. She is passionate about providing patient-centered care through meaningful relationships, medication education, and collaborative practice. Outside of pharmacy, Dr. Andrade enjoys discovering coffee shops, Pilates, and exploring new places with her dog.
Alice Mahir, PharmD
Dr. Alice Mahir is originally from Brooklyn, NY. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. She has prior experience in community pharmacy and hopes to expand her clinical knowledge in managing chronic disease states throughout residency.
Dr. Mahir’s professional interests include ambulatory care, specialty pharmacy, home infusion, and geriatrics. She is particularly drawn to areas of pharmacy that allow her to develop long-term relationships with patients and work closely with interdisciplinary healthcare teams. During Dr. Mahir’s free time, she enjoys pottery, trying new restaurants, taking long walks, and spending time with her friends and family.
Parth Patel, PharmD
Dr. Parth Patel is originally from Cartersville, Georgia. He completed his pharmacy prerequisite courses at Kennesaw State University before beginning pharmacy school. He earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Georgia in 2023. Following graduation, Dr. Patel pursued a one-year Executive Fellowship in Association Management with the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and the Board of Pharmacy Specialties. Upon completing his fellowship, he joined APhA as the Senior Manager of Student Development, a role he held for two years. Seeking additional patient care and leadership experience, Dr. Patel decided to pursue postgraduate residency training in administration and leadership.
He is currently completing a two-year Community Pharmacy Administration and Leadership (CPAL) Residency at Johns Hopkins Care at Home while pursuing a Master of Business Administration degree through the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. His professional interests include ambulatory care, HIV management, substance use disorder management, medical communications, and quality improvement. Outside of his professional life, he enjoys amateur special effects makeup, costume design, dance, and weightlifting.
PGY1 Community-based Pharmacy Residency
Shekinah Banson, PharmD, MS
Current Position: Clinical Director at CorrectRx
Resident Project: Development of a Specialty Pharmacy Electronic Order Set in Reproductive Endocrinology
Pharmacy School: University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Michael Snizter, PharmD
Current Position: Clinical Coordinator, Specialty Pharmacy
Resident Project: Expansion of Pharmacist Administration of Long-acting Injectables (LAIs)
Pharmacy School: University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy
Kaitlyn Gelb, PharmD
Current Position: PGY2 Ambulatory Care, Intermountain Health
Resident Project: Improving Staff Engagement in Medication Therapy Management Services at Johns Hopkins Outpatient Pharmacies (JHOP)
Pharmacy School: University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy
Hayley Barnhouse, PharmD
2024 – 2025
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Clinical Pharmacist, Chase Brexton
Resident Project: Evaluation of the implementation of Mavacamten in a Health-System Specialty Pharmacy
Pharmacy School: University of Illinois Retzky College of Pharmacy
Natacha Rangel-Ribeiro, PharmD
2024 - 2025
Current Position: PGY2 Ambulatory Care, Sentara Health
Resident Project: Evaluation of Patients Utilizing a Web-based Refill Portal at a Health System Specialty Pharmacy
Pharmacy School: Virginia Commonwealth University
Brian Hurdle, PharmD, MPH
2023 - 2024
Current Position: Ambulatory Care Pharmacist, University of Maryland
Resident Project: Addressing hyperkalemia in adult kidney transplant recipients on sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (SMX-TMP) for Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia (PJP) prophylaxis
Pharmacy School: Howard University College of Pharmacy
Favorite Rotation: Medication Therapy Management
Izumi Asano, PharmD
2023 - 2024
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist - Primary Care, Novant Health
PGY2: Ambulatory Care, Kaiser Permanente
Resident Project: Evaluation of medication persistence for patients receiving growth hormone medication during supplier disruption
Pharmacy School: University of Kansas School of Pharmacy
Favorite Rotation: Medication Therapy Management, Internal Medicine Ambulatory Care
Evan Buzgo, PharmD
2022 - 2023
Resident Project: Assessment of Employee Burnout within Home Infusion, Specialty and Community Pharmacy Services
Pharmacy School: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Akshara Kumar, PharmD, MPH
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Pharmacy Clinical Practice Specialist, UTMB Correctional Managed Care
Fellowship: Purdue University Health Equity and Global Health
Resident Project: Exploration of a Medication Charitable Access Program for Uninsured and Uninsurable Patients
Pharmacy School: University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Reemal Zaheer, PharmD, CSP
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Clinical Coordinator II, Johns Hopkins Care at Home
Resident Project: Impact of COVID-19 on Disease Modifying Therapies (DMTs) for Multiple Sclerosis
Pharmacy School: Virginia Commonwealth University
Favorite Rotation: Medication Therapy Management, Solid Organ Transplant
Victoria Blake, PharmD, BCPS
Email: [email protected]
Current Position: Clinical Coordinator II, Johns Hopkins Care at Home
Resident Project: Evaluation of Immunization Gaps in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Pharmacy School: University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
Favorite Rotation: Solid Organ Transplant
Francesca Romeo, PharmD
Current Position: Specialty Pharmacist, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Resident Project: Evaluation of Biologic Prescribing Errors for Inflammatory Conditions at an Academic Institution
Pharmacy School: Thomas Jefferson University
Favorite Rotation: Transitions of Care
Cooma Asonye, PharmD, MPH
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Regulatory Project Manager, US Food and Drug Administration
Resident Project: Evaluation of barriers surrounding pharmacist utilization of a social determinants of health tool
Pharmacy School: Virginia Commonwealth University
Favorite Rotation: Solid Organ Transplant
Alexandra Figueroa Cruz, PharmD
E-mail: [email protected]
Resident Project: Integration of Medication Therapy Management services in two outpatient pharmacies
Pharmacy School: Notre Dame of Maryland University
Kaylee C. Lewis, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Liver Health Medical Liaison, Novo Nordisk
Resident Project: Identification and characterization of high cardiovascular risk patients appropriate for PCSK9 therapy through EMR reporting and pharmacist clinical evaluation
Pharmacy School: Rutgers University
Favorite Rotation: Transitions of Care
Kayla Otto, PharmD, CSP
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Clinical Coordinator II, Johns Hopkins Care at Home
Resident Project: Development and optimization of electronic health record clinical documentation for specialty pharmacy patient management
Pharmacy School: University of Maryland
Favorite Rotation: Cystic Fibrosis
Katherine Patel, PharmD, BCACP, AAHIVP
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Mid-Atlantic Regional Medical Scientific Director - Virology (Merck)
Resident Project: Development and optimization of specialty pharmacy clinical outcomes measures within Johns Hopkins Outpatient Pharmacy
Pharmacy School: South Carolina College of Pharmacy Favorite Rotation: HIV
Ha Phan, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi
PGY2: Ambulatory Care, University of Mississippi
Resident Project: Implementation of a student pharmacist-driven medication history service for ambulatory oncology patients in a large academic medical center
Pharmacy School: University of Maryland
Favorite Rotation: Cystic Fibrosis, Fertility
Chezka "Mimi" Baker, PharmD, MS/MHCI
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Pharmacy Informatics Specialist, Banner Health
PGY2: Informatics, Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy
Resident Project: Impact of individualized adherence interventions for solid organ transplant patients with low medication possession ratio
Pharmacy School: Virginia Commonwealth University
Favorite Rotation: Outpatient and Inpatient Informatics, Transplant
Lauren Barbour, PharmD, MPH
Current Position: Project Manager at Aledade
Resident Project: Developing criteria for converting anticoagulation clinic patients treated for a venous thromboembolism to a direct oral anticoagulant
Pharmacy School: University of Maryland
Virginia Sammartino, PharmD, BCACP
Current Position: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Hepatitis C, Kaiser Permanente
Resident Project: Impact of active approaches to increase survey response
Pharmacy School: University of Maryland
Favorite Rotation: Hepatitis C
Brandon L. Keith, PharmD, BCACP, DPLA
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Manager, Specialty and Clinical Pharmacy Services, George Washington (GW) Medicine
Resident Project: Evaluation of a pharmacy student intern role in specialty pharmacy services
Pharmacy School: University of Maryland
Favorite Rotation: Solid Organ Transplant
Andrew Haines, PharmD, BCPS
E-mail: [email protected] Current Position: Clinical Pharmacy Manager, Fort Walton Beach Medical Center
Resident Project: Evaluation of Discharge Prescription Medication Voucher Use at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and Howard County General Hospital
Pharmacy School: University of Maryland
Favorite Rotation: Medication Management
Taylor Woodroof, PharmD, MHIIM
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Director, Data Analytics, Fairview Pharmacy Solutions
PGY2: Informatics, Vanderbilt University
Resident Project: Characterizing the opioid regimens dispensed by the outpatient pharmacies of an integrated health-system
Pharmacy School: University of Maryland
Favorite Rotation: Medication Management and Informatics
Jonathan Grant, PharmD, BCACP
E-mail [email protected]
Current Position: Clinical Coordinator III, Johns Hopkins Care at Home
Resident Project: Evaluating the impact of a pediatric weight-based dosing procedure in outpatient pharmacy
Pharmacy School: Hampton University
Favorite Rotation: Transitions of Care
Lauren Lakdawala, PharmD, BCACP
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Clinical Coordinator III, Johns Hopkins Care at Home
Resident Project: Evaluation of medication adherence when receiving prescriptions for Hepatitis C from an outpatient pharmacy within an integrated health system
Pharmacy School: Virginia Commonwealth University
Favorite Rotation: Specialty Pharmacy Development
Ashley Pham, PharmD
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Regulatory Project Manager, Food and Drug Administration
Resident Project: Implementation and survey of a pharmacist-led Diabetes education program
Pharmacy School: University of Charleston
Favorite Rotation: Infusion Pharmacy
Lubna Kousa, PharmD, MA, EM-CQSL
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Clinical Pharmacy Manager/ PGY-1 Residency Director , MedStar
Resident Project: Evaluation of medication therapy management services after implementation of dedicated clinical coverage in a community pharmacy
Pharmacy School: University of Findlay
Favorite Rotation: MTM
PGY1/PGY2 Community-based Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Residency
Jennifer Zhao, PharmD, MBA
2025 - 2026
Current Position: Infusion Pharmacy Clinical Manager
Resident Project:
Year 1: Analysis of drug utilization review (DUR) alerts and pharmacist actions taken to improve accuracy of DUR evaluations
Year 2: Ambulatory infusion adverse drug reaction (ADR) prevalence and workflow standardization
Pharmacy School: University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Laurel Uhomba, PharmD, MPH, MBA
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Congressional Health Policy Fellow
Pharmacy School: Samford University
Favorite Rotation: PGY1: HIV rotation; PGY2: Operations Management 1&2
Sai Wright, Pharm.D., MBA, MSPH
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Clinical Programs Manager, Patient Care Services, Johns Hopkins Care at Home
Resident Project: Development of Discharge Education Videos for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients (PGY1) / Evaluation of Clinical Services for Specialty Prescriptions Filled Externally (PGY2)
Pharmacy School: Campbell University
Favorite Rotation: PGY1: Solid Organ Transplant PGY2: Pharmacy Operations I & II (Discharge Pharmacy)
Mary Komandt, Pharm.D.
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Specialty Pharmacy Operations Manager at Indiana University Health
Resident Project: Development of a Health System Interdisciplinary Pain Care Conference (PGY1) / Correlation between medication adherence using proportion of days covered and achieving viral suppression in patients living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (PGY2)
Pharmacy School: Ohio Northern University
Favorite Rotation: Psychiatric Pharmacy (PGY1) & Specialty Pharmacy Business Development and Leadership & Pharmacy Operations (PGY2)
Danielle Pennock, PharmD, MBA
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Gene Therapy Clinical Coordinator, Johns Hopkins Care at Home Resident
Resident Project: Impact of patisiran use in patients with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis within ambulatory care and home infusion services (PGY1) / An evaluation of heparin vs. saline flush protocols in the home infusion setting (PGY2)
Pharmacy School: University of Pittsburgh
Favorite Rotation: Fertility (PGY1) & Specialty Pharmacy Business Development and Leadership (PGY2)
Ashley McCracken, PharmD, MBA
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Senior Clinical Pharmacy Project Manager, Johns Hopkins Care at Home
Resident Project: Identifying risk for adverse drug reactions for home-based infusion pharmacy services within an integrated health-center
Pharmacy School: University of Colorado
Favorite Rotations: Geriatrics (PGY1) & Community Clinical Services Leadership (PGY2)
Tricia Schneider, PharmD, MBA
E-mail: [email protected]
Current Position: Clinical Pharmacy Manager Weinberg Community Pharmacy, Johns Hopkins Care at Home
Resident Project: Assessment of central fill pharmacy automation implementation into academic medical center outpatient pharmacy workflow
Pharmacy School: University of Iowa
Favorite Rotations: Solid Organ Transplant or Cystic Fibrosis (PGY1) & Association Management with APhA (PGY2)