Preceptors
Management:
James McNulty, PharmD, Director of Pharmacy
James McNulty, PharmD is the Director of Pharmacy Services for Kaweah Health.
He has served in this capacity for over 10 years. He and his team have
been nationally recognized multiple times for pharmacy achievements, including
ASHP Best Practice Awards in 2010 and 2014. Dr. McNulty received his doctor
of pharmacy degree from Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho in
1997. He completed his PGY1 pharmacy residency at University of California
Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California in 1998. Email address:
jmcnulty@kaweahhealth.org
Rheta Silvas, PharmD, Assistant Director of Pharmacy
Rheta Sandoval, PharmD is the Assistant Director of Pharmacy for Kaweah
Health. She has been a Clinical Pharmacist for over 20 years, working
at Kaweah Health for over 15 years, serving first as the Inpatient Pharmacy
Manager for over 10 years before moving into her current role as Assistant
Director. She currently serves as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents
in the area of practice management. In collaboration with others on the
Pharmacy Management Team and staff, Dr. Sandoval was involved in the strategic
planning for and implementation Medication-related technologies including
Order Management Systems, Smart Pumps, Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADC),
Anesthesia ADC's, Automated Parenteral Nutrition Compounder, IV Workflow
Technology, Bar Code Medication Administration, Automated Inventory Management
and Packaging Equipment. In collaboration with Department Leadership and
staff, she assisted in the establishment of Clinical Pharmacy Services
including Anemia Management, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Inpatient Anticoagulation,
Emergency Medicine, Pain Management, Medication Safety, and Pediatrics
Pharmacy Services. Dr. Sandoval completed her Doctor of Pharmacy degree
at the University of the Pacific and a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency
at the University of California San Diego. Email address:
rhsandov@kaweahhealth.org
Nicole Gann, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Coordinator/PGY1 Residency Program Director
Nicole Gann, PharmD is the Clinical Coordinator and PGY1 Residency Program
Director for Kaweah Health and is a Clinical Assistant Professor (WOS)
for the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy. She
has worked at Kaweah Health for over 15 years and currently serves as
a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents in the area of practice management
and as the site coordinator for pharmacy student rotations including students
from University of California San Francisco, School of Pharmacy. Dr. Gann
completed her BS in Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees at the University
of Colorado Health Sciences Center and a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency
at the VA Medical Center, Denver, CO. Email address:
ngann@kaweahhealth.org.
Amanda Bringe, PharmD
Amanda Bringe, PharmD is the Inpatient Coordinator at Kaweah Health. She
is as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents, pharmacy students from
the University of California, San Francisco and serves as an assistant
clinical professor for University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Bringe
completed her PGY1 pharmacy residency at Asante Health System in Medford,
Oregon in 2010. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University
of Minnesota in 2009. Email address:
abringe@kaweahhealth.org
Medication Safety:
Sarah Stephens, PharmD, BCPS, CPPS
Sarah Stephens, PharmD, BCPS is the Medication Safety Coordinator for Kaweah
Health. She serves as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy
students from the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Stephens’
pharmacy career has spanned over a decade with a primary clinical focus
in acute care adult internal medicine and 7 years in academia at the University
of Utah College of Pharmacy. Current initiatives and research interests
include reducing medication errors in the areas of anticoagulation and
pain management, improving transitions of care with an emphasis on discharge
medication reconciliation, and evaluating safety culture. Dr. Stephens
currently serves as a member of the California Hospital Association Medication
Safety Committee and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Section of Inpatient Care Practitioners Medication Safety Section Advisory
Group. Email address:
sastephe@kaweahhealth.org
Formulary Management:
David Crowther, PharmD, BCPS, Formulary Management Specialist
David Crowther, PharmD, BCPS is the Formulary Management Specialist for
Kaweah Health and serves as a preceptor for both PGY1 pharmacy residents
as well as pharmacy students. He received his Bachelors of Science in
Physiology/Developmental Biology (2006) from Brigham Young University
and his Doctor of Pharmacy (2009) from Roseman University. Dr. Crowther
completed both his PGY1 Pharmacy Residency (2010) and PGY2 Drug Information
Residency (2011) at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville
VA. After residency he worked as a Clinical Specialist in Drug Information
at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston TX for 6.5 years before joining
the team at Kaweah Health. Email address:
dcrowthe@kaweahhealth.org
Internal Medicine:
Kim Diep, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP
Kim Diep, PharmD, BCPS is a Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah Health. She serves
as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy students from
the University of California, San Francisco and other pharmacy schools.
Dr. Diep completed her PGY1 pharmacy residency at Veterans Affairs Palo
Alto Health Care System in 2012. She received her doctor of pharmacy from
the University of the Pacific Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy in Stockton,
California in 2011. Email address:
kdiep@kaweahhealth.org
Andrea Lewandowski, PharmD, BCPS
Andrea Lewandowski, PharmD, BCPS is a Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah Health.
She serves as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents, pharmacy students
from the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Lewandowski completed
her PGY1 pharmacy residency at WellStar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta,
Georgia in 2010. She received her doctor of pharmacy from Mercer College
of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Atlanta, Georgia in 2009. Email address:
alewando@kaweahhealth.org
Peter Weber, PharmD, MBA
Peter Weber, PharmD, MBA is a Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah Health. He
serves as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy students
from the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Weber received his
bachelors of science in biochemistry from the University of California,
Riverside in 2003, doctorate of pharmacy from the University of the Pacific
in 2009 and masters of business administration from the University of
the Pacific in 2010. He completed his PGY1 pharmacy practice residency
at St Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton, CA. Dr. Weber has served
as a member of CSHP’s New Practitioner Executive Committee, has
served as President of the Sierra Chapter of CSHP and is currently a member
of the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists, American Society
of Health-System Pharmacists and Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy. Email address:
pweber@kaweahhealth.org
Bayode Fashemi, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, CGP
Bayode Fashemi, PharmD, BCPS is an Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist
at Kaweah Health. He serves as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents
and pharmacy students from the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Fashemi completed his PGY-1 residency training at Baystate Medical
Center in Springfield, Massachusetts in 2012. Dr. Fashemi received his
doctor of pharmacy from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
in 2011. Email address:
bfashemi@kaweahhealth.org
Vata Hernandez, PharmD, BCPS
Dr. Hernandez is a Clinical Pharmacist primarily working in Internal Medicine
and Pain Management at Kaweah Health. She serves as a preceptor for APPE
students and PGY1 pharmacy residents on Internal Medicine rotation. After
obtaining doctorate of pharmacy from University of Tennessee in 2015,
she completed her PGY1 pharmacy practice residency at TriStar Centennial
Medical Center in Nashville, TN.
Email address:
vatherna@kaweahhealth.org
Kathryn Smith, PharmD, BCPS
Kathryn Smith, PharmD, BCPS is a Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah Health.
She serves as preceptor for both PGY1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy
students. Dr. Smith completed her PGY1 pharmacy residency at Via Christi
Hospitals in Wichita, Kansas in 2017. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy
degree in 2016 from the University Of Kansas School Of Pharmacy in Lawrence,
Kansas. Email address:
kasmith@kaweahhealth.org
Chris Mahaffey, PharmD, BCPS
Chris Mahaffey, PharmD, BCPS is a Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah Health
and serves as an Internal Medicine/Transitions of Care resident preceptor.
Dr. Mahaffey graduated with a Doctorate of Pharmacy degree from the University
of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy in 2016. He then completed
a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield,
IL in 2017. In addition to resident precepting, he serves as an Internal
Medicine preceptor for University of California, San Francisco pharmacy
students. Email address:
cmahaffe@kaweahhealth.org
Chelsea Rohrer, PharmD, BCPS
Chelsea Rohrer, PharmD, BCPS is a clinical pharmacist practicing in Internal
Medicine and Inpatient Transitions of Care currently precepting pharmacy
students and PGY-1 pharmacy residents at Kaweah Health. Dr. Rohrer is
one of the pilot team members responsible for creating and testing the
PRIME Transitions of Care pharmacy practice model at the District. She
completed her PGY-1 residency training at Florida Hospital in Orlando,
Florida after receiving her PharmD from the University of Florida College
of Pharmacy. Email address:
crohrer@kaweahhealth.org
Patrick Binaday, PharmD, BCPS
Patrick Binaday, PharmD, BCPS is a clinical pharmacist at Kaweah Health
primarily practicing in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics/NICU. He is also
an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco
School of Pharmacy. He serves as a preceptor for pharmacy students as
well as PGY1 pharmacy residents. After obtaining his Bachelor of Science
degree in Biology: Concentration in Microbiology and a Minor in Chemistry
from San Francisco State University, Dr. Binaday attended Midwestern University
- Chicago College of Pharmacy where he received his Doctor of Pharmacy
degree in 2016. He then completed his PGY1 pharmacy residency at Saint
Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee in 2017. Email address:
pbinaday@kaweahhealth.org
Steven Richardson, PharmD, BCIDP, AAHIVP
Steven is a Clinical Pharmacist for Kaweah Health and a current preceptor
for the PGY-1 residency program. Steven has worked at Kaweah Health since
July 2018 and currently serves on the RAPID Preceptor Development and
Recruitment Committees. Steven completed his BS in Biochemistry at Presbyterian
College (SC), and his Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center. After schooling Steven completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy
Practice residency and a PGY-2 Infectious Diseases residency at the Cleveland
Clinic in Cleveland, OH. His educational interests include cardiac hemodynamics,
fungal infections, HIV, antimicrobial resistance, and pharmacokinetics. Email:
strichar@kaweahhealth.org
Kellie Bartlett, PharmD
Kellie Bartlett, PharmD, is a Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah Health. She
serves as preceptor for both PGY1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy students.
Dr. Bartlett completed her PGY1 pharmacy residency at Hennepin County
Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN in 2017. She received her Doctor of
Pharmacy degree in 2016 from the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy
in Minneapolis, MN. Email address:
kbartlet@kaweahhealth.org
Pain Management:
Sarah Walden, PharmD
Sarah Walden, PharmD is a Pain Management Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah
Health. After obtaining a B.S. in Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
from the University of California - Davis in 2010, she attended University
of California - San Francisco where she received her Doctor of Pharmacy
degree in 2015. She completed her PGY1 residency at Kaweah Health in 2016,
as a part of KDMC's 2nd pharmacy resident class. After graduation, Dr.
Walden joined the pharmacy team as a pain management specialist, where
she precepts UCSF students and KDMC pharmacy residents on rotation. Email address:
swalden@kaweahhealth.org
Kelly Mendoza, MS, PharmD, BCPS
Kelly Mendoza, MS, PharmD, BCPS is a Pain Management Clinical Pharmacy
Specialist in both the inpatient and outpatient settings at Kaweah Health
and currently serves as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy
students from the University of California – San Francisco in the
area of pain management. She started at Kaweah Health in August 2017 after
completing her PGY2 Pain Management and Palliative Care pharmacy residency
at The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in Baltimore, MD. Dr.
Mendoza received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2015 from Midwestern
University College of Pharmacy – Glendale in Glendale, AZ and then
completed her PGY1 pharmacy residency at Banner Estrella Medical Center
in Phoenix, AZ. Email address:
kmendoza@kaweahhealth.org
Eva Coulson, PharmD, BCPS
Eva Coulson, PharmD, BCPS is a Pain Management Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah
Health Healthcare District (Kaweah Health). She currently serves as a
preceptor for Kaweah Health pharmacy residents, assists with the residency
teaching certificate, and precepts student pharmacists from the University
of California, San Francisco and other pharmacy schools. Dr. Coulson joined
the pharmacy team as a pain management specialist after completing her
PGY2 Pain Management and Palliative Care pharmacy residency at the University
of Iowa College of Pharmacy in Iowa City, Iowa. She completed her PGY1
acute care pharmacy residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and
Clinics. Dr. Coulson completed both a PGY1 and PGY2 teaching certificate
through the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy's Pharmacy Educators
Preparation Program for Resident and Fellows (PERPPR). She received her
Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Texas Tech University Health Sciences School
of Pharmacy in Dallas, Texas. She completed her BS in Economics at Texas
A&M University - College Station. Email address:
ecoulson@kaweahhealth.org
Critical Care:
Hal Bradshaw, PharmD
Hal Bradshaw, PharmD is a Clinical Pharmacist in Critical Care at Kaweah
Health. He serves as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy
students from the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Bradshaw
received his Bachelors of Science in Human Biology from Brigham Young
University, Provo in 1999 and Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University
of Southern California in 2004. Email address:
hbradsha@kaweahhealth.org
Kit Chai, PharmD, BCPS
Kit Chai, PharmD, BCPS is a Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist and an Anticoagulation
Pharmacist at Kaweah Health. She serves as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy
residents, pharmacy students from the University of California, San Francisco
and serves as an assistant clinical professor (WOS) for University of
California, San Francisco pharmacy students. Dr. Chai completed her PGY1
pharmacy residency at University of Southern California-Los Angeles County
General in 1995. Dr. Chai received her doctor of pharmacy from Duquesne
University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1994. Email address:
lchai@kaweahhealth.org
Duke Cheney, PharmD
Duke Cheney, PharmD is a Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah Health. He serves
as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy students from
the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Cheney completed his
PGY1 pharmacy residency at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada
in 2010. Dr. Cheney received his doctor of pharmacy degree from University
of Colorado Denver in 2009. Email address:
dcheney@kaweahhealth.org
Maile Headrick, PharmD, BCPS
Maile Headrick, PharmD, BCPS is a Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist and
an Anticoagulation Pharmacist at Kaweah Health. She serves as a preceptor
for PGY1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy students from the University
of California, San Francisco. Dr. Headrick completed her PGY1 pharmacy
residency at Harborview/University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle,
Washington in 1998. She received her doctor of pharmacy from the University
of California, San Francisco in 1997. Email address:
mheadric@kaweahhealth.org
Joseph Lambert, PharmD, BCCCP, BCCP, BCPS
Joseph Lambert, PharmD, BCPS serves as a Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist
and an Anticoagulation Pharmacist at Kaweah Health. He precepts both PGY1
pharmacy residents and pharmacy students from various schools of pharmacy.
He serves as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy for University
of California, San Francisco (UCSF) pharmacy students. Dr. Lambert completed
his PGY1 pharmacy residency at UCSF in 1982. He received his Doctor of
Pharmacy degree from UCSF in 1981. Dr. Lambert was awarded the Apple for
Excellence in Teaching Award for the UCSF Fresno site in 2011. Email address:
jlambert@kaweahhealth.org
Emergency Medicine:
Karly Erickson, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Karly Erickson, PharmD, BCPS is an Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist
at Kaweah Health. Dr. Erickson precepts both PGY1 pharmacy residents and
pharmacy students from various schools of pharmacy. She serves as an Assistant
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy for University of California, San Francisco
pharmacy students. She completed her PGY1 pharmacy residency at UMass
Memorial Medical Center in 2012, and her PGY2 pharmacy residency in emergency
medicine at Boston Medical Center in 2013. Dr. Erickson received her doctor
of pharmacy degree from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
University in 2011. Email address:
kerickso@kaweahhealth.org
Savannah Lail, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Savannah Lail, PharmD is a Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah Health. She serves
as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy students from
the University of California, San Francisco. She also serves as the recitation
coordinator for the PGY1 teaching certificate program offered through
the University of Kentucky. Dr. Lail completed her PGY1 pharmacy residency
at University of California Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, CA in
2014. She received her doctor of pharmacy degree from University of North
Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in
2013. Dr. Lail was recently awarded Preceptor of Year for 2015. Email address:
sfrady@kaweahhealth.org
Kelsey Zapata, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Kelsey Zapata, PharmD, BCPS is an Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist
at Kaweah Health. She serves as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents
and pharmacy students from the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Zapata received her doctor of pharmacy degree at the University of
Toledo in Toledo, Ohio in 2011. She completed a PGY1 pharmacy practice
residency at Akron General Medical Center in Akron, Ohio in 2012 and a
PGY2 critical care residency at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston,
West Virginia in 2013. Dr. Zapata has also received a teaching certificate
from the Northeast Ohio Medical University in 2012. Email address:
kduplaga@kaweahhealth.org
Samuel LaFollette, PharmD, BCPS
Samuel LaFollette is an emergency medicine pharmacist for Kaweah Health.
He has worked at Kaweah Health for 2 years and currently serves as a preceptor
for pharmacy students in emergency medicine and internal medicine. Samuel
completed his Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Findlay in
Findlay, Ohio and a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency at University Hospitals
Geauga Medical Center in the Chardon, Ohio. Email address:
slafolle@kaweahhealth.org
Infectious Disease:
Ben Ereshefsky, PharmD, BCIDP
Ben Ereshefsky, PharmD, BCPS is an infectious diseases specialist who serves
as the antimicrobial stewardship pharmacist at Kaweah Health. He serves
as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy practice residents who take an ID/antimicrobial
stewardship rotation. Dr. Ereshefsky received his Doctor of Pharmacy from
the University of Texas College of Pharmacy in 2010. He completed both
his PGY1 residency and PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy residency at
UK HealthCare in Lexington, KY in 2012. Dr. Ereshefsky comes to Kaweah
Health after spending 4 years in academia at the Philadelphia College
of Pharmacy. His current clinical practice and research interests include
optimizing antimicrobial therapy, treating antibiotic resistant infections,
and management of Clostridium difficile infections. Dr. Ereshefsky currently
serves as the Social Media Subcommittee chair for the Society of Infectious
Diseases Pharmacists. Email address:
beresh@kaweahhealth.org
Ambulatory Care
For the list of Ambulatory Care Preceptors, please click HERE.
Anemia Management:
Coleen Moriarity-Suggs, PharmD, BCPS
Coleen Moriarity-Suggs, PharmD is an Anemia Management Clinical Pharmacist
at Kaweah Health. She received her doctor of pharmacy degree from the
University of the Pacific School of Pharmacy. Dr. Moriarity-Suggs serves
as an Assistant Clinical Professor for University of California San Francisco
School of Pharmacy and precepts PGY-1 pharmacy residents as well as students
from various schools of pharmacy. She was the recipient of the UCSF Apple
for Excellence in Teaching Award for the UCSF Fresno site in 2013. The
KDMC anemia management program under the direction of Dr. Moriarity-Suggs
was awarded the ASHP Best Practices Award in Health System Pharmacies
in 2010. Email address:
cmoriari@kaweahhealth.org
Pediatrics / NICU:
Kyra Ashcraft, PharmD, BCPS, Pediatrics / NICU
Kyra Ashcraft, PharmD., BCPS is an adult/pediatric/NICU clinical pharmacist
at Kaweah Health. She serves as a preceptor for PGY-1 pharmacy residents
and pharmacy students from the University of California, san Francisco
and other pharmacy schools. Dr. Ashcraft completed her PGY-1 residency
at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS in 2016. She received her doctor
of pharmacy from the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy in 2015.
Email address:
khagan@kaweahhealth.org
Pharmacy Informatics:
Blake Bartlett, PharmD
Blake Bartlett, PharmD is an IT and Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah Health.
Dr. Bartlett precepts both PGY1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy students
from various schools of pharmacy. He serves as an Assistant Professor
of Clinical Pharmacy for University of California, San Francisco pharmacy
students. He received his doctor of pharmacy degree from University of
California, San Francisco in 2009 and completed a PGY1 residency at Stanford
Hospital and Clinics in 2010. Dr. Bartlett was awarded the UCSF Deans
Recognition for Teaching Excellence in 2008. Email address:
bbartlet@kaweahhealth.org
