PGY1 Community-based Pharmacy Residency

Lauren Angelo

langelo@aphanet.org
Location of Practice: Washington DC
First Position after Residency: Assistant Professor, Butler University
Current Position: Senior Manager, Education Programs, APhA

Lori Brown

Lori.Brown@msj.org
Location of Practice: Asheville, NC
First Position after Residency: Clinical Coordinator, Kerr Drug
Current Position: Manager, Outpatient Clinical Pharmacy Services, Mission Hospital

Preceptors: Eric B. Lee, PharmD, BCACP; Diana S. Lischin, RPh; Myra C. Greene, RPh; Jessica Prall, PharmD

Coats Pharmacy and Angier Family Pharmacy are independent, community pharmacies located in Harnett County, North Carolina. They are located adjacent to Wake County, which is home to Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina. Coats pharmacy was opened in Coats in January 1980 by Donald Smith to serve a rural area that was is need of a hometown pharmacy. Diana Lischin, Donald’s daughter joined the practice in 1988. Thru her guidance, it has evolved over the years, as the practice of pharmacy has changed, and is now the center of providing clinical patient care in this community. In November of 2018, the sister pharmacy, Angier Family Pharmacy was opened in Angier NC to fill a wide void in that community which had been lacking in pharmacy patient care and services. We are family-owned, full-service pharmacies with the goal to go above and beyond for our patients. We don’t just fill medications, we counsel patients on how to take them, offer immunizations on and off-site, have an automated patient adherence packaging program, participate in community outreach programs, and give back to our community at every turn.  

The resident will have a direct influence on patient outcomes through the following:    

• Patient-centered counseling    
• Medication therapy management    
• Diabetes prevention and management education    
• Immunizations 
• Point of care testing    
• Non-sterile, nonhazardous compounding    
• Automated Adherence program    
• Medication synchronization    
• Flip the Pharmacy and CPESN program participation 
• Pure encapsulation and specialty supplements 
• Pharmacogenomics 
• Collaborative practice agreement   

The resident will participate in strengthening practice management and teaching skills through the following:    

• Pharmacy ownership    
• Community outreach  
• Expanding clinical based non PBM revenue 
• Teaching disease state educational programs   
• Preceptorship of Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) students    
• Facilitation of classroom discussions and presentations with the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy  

About the Preceptors

Myra C. Greene, RPh
Site Coordinator

Myra Greene began working in 1984 first for a family-owned independent pharmacy in her hometown of Ramseur, NC. It was there where she learned about compassionate care and that being a pharmacist was more than just dispensing medications, it was also developing a trusting relationship with the patient.

In 1989, she graduated from the UNC School of Pharmacy and returned to Ramseur to work at the same independent pharmacy until it was sold by the family to Rite Aid. After marrying in 1990, she transferred to the Raleigh area and worked for Rite Aid in both Raleigh and Angier, NC until the chain was sold to Kerr Drug in 1996.

Kerr Drug was on the forefront of clinical pharmacy in the early 2000s and that is where she developed her interest and passion for Medication Therapy Management (MTM) and chronic disease state management. Kerr Drugs was one of the first small chains to incorporate vaccinations, diabetes education, hypertension management, and educating the patient on other chronic conditions during the daily workflow.  She received in depth training on asthma, COPD, smoking cessation, MTM management, and diabetes through accredited certificate programs. When Kerr Drug sold to Walgreens in 2014, she began to work for Realo in Fuquay-Varina, NC where she was able to continue using these clinical skills.

In July 2020, she began her employment at Angier Family Pharmacy and Coats Pharmacy, both owned by Diana Lischin, RPh.  Here with tremendous support from Diana, she has been able to implement a more robust MTM platform where all pharmacist and staff are involved, develop strategies for a more efficient workflow, and manage the vaccination program.  Also, the stores are in the process of setting up programs for diabetes prevention, management, and education. During this time, she has also worked with Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network (CPESN) implementing “Flip the Pharmacy” in both stores and the Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) project with NCDHSS through a grant program from the CDC.

In her spare time, she likes to travel, cook, read, go to exercise classes, and spend time with her husband Kevin and Yorkie “Pinot”.

Diana S. Lischin, RPh
Owner / Manager

Diana Smith Lischin graduated from University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy in 1986. She became licensed in North Carolina, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She married her husband Brian and moved to New Jersey where she worked for Brooks Drugs. She continued to work for Brooks Drugs after a move to York, Pennsylvania. After 18 months, she began to do regular relief work for several Independent Pharmacies in the greater York area. Sam Toggas, owner of West York Pharmacy became her trusted Mentor. He taught her all things good about Pharmacy and the business of running a Community Pharmacy and continued to keep in touch for years after she moved back home to North Carolina. Once home in North Carolina, she worked part-time for her Dad, owner of Coats Pharmacy, as well as regular relief work for Mike James of Person Street Pharmacy, Herman Medlin of Medlin Drug, Charles Stevens of Benson Drug Co. and other area pharmacies. She has always, even to this day, taken every opportunity to learn from other Pharmacy Owners and is passionate about doing so. Diana and Brian bought Coats Pharmacy from her family in 2005 and continued to grow that business by bringing cutting edge technology and adding Clinical Services and Education to the Community. They saw a need for much lacking Patient Services in the Greater Angier area and opened up Angier Family Pharmacy in November of 2018. Diana and Brian work in both stores along with their daughter Elyssa, who is Operations Manager for both stores. Diana has been on several Board of Director Groups that focus on Pharmacy Owners and how to drive success and thrive in our current atmosphere. Although Diana lives and breathes Pharmacy, she also enjoys spending time with her husband of 36 years, her daughters and grandchildren. She loves to cook, travel and care for her Horses, Mini Horses & Donkeys and Dogs.

Eric B. Lee, PharmD, BCACP
Preceptor

Dr. Eric Lee was born and raised in Meadow, NC. After completing his undergraduate studies at Campbell University, he then went on to receive his Doctorate of Pharmacy from the Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences in 2016. Eric was introduced to the world of pharmacy while working as a clerk and pharmacy technician at Warren Drug Co., Inc. in Benson during his undergraduate years at Campbell. After pharmacy school, Eric completed a PGY-1 community pharmacy residency in conjunction with the Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences and Walgreens. Eric started working as a staff pharmacist for Coats Pharmacy in 2017 where he helped grow clinical pharmacy services such as immunization initiatives and medication therapy management programs. He then went on to receive his Board-Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacy (BCACP) certification in 2018. Eric currently works at two sister pharmacy locations: Coats Pharmacy and Angier Family Pharmacy. Eric can be found at either location working passionately to provide enhanced pharmacy services to the patients of his community. Outside of work, Eric enjoys participating in and coaching competitive running, powerlifting, and weightlifting. He occasionally also finds time to play guitar and practice woodworking. Eric also loves spending time with his wonderful wife Morgan and daughter Kenna.

Jessica Prall, PharmD
Preceptor

Dr. Jessica Prall completed her undergraduate studies at Campbell University and Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (2021). Although not native to the Angier and Coats area, she has resided in Angier since 2018. Jessica discovered her passion for pharmacy during high school, and became a certified technician shortly after graduating. She has worked in several areas of community pharmacy including Walgreens and Harris Teeter Pharmacy, but has a passion for serving her rural community at Coats Pharmacy and Angier Family Pharmacy since starting as a staff pharmacist in Spring of 2022.

Jessica enjoys patient counseling, providing vaccinations, and diabetes education. She is passionate about chronic disease state management, especially diabetes. She hopes to pursue becoming a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) to provide her community with education and support with diabetes prevention and diabetes management.

In her spare time, Jessica enjoys traveling and exploring new places, as well as spending time with her family and friends. 

Preceptors: Emily Cramer, PharmD; Joe Williams, PharmD

About the Preceptors

Emily Cramer, PharmD
Site Coordinator

Emily Cramer is originally from Boston, Massachusetts. She graduated from Western New England University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Studies. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2020. After graduation she traveled to North Carolina to complete her PGY-1 Community-based Pharmacy Residency at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Campus Health. At UNC-CH she worked in various environments gaining experience working as a staff pharmacist, ambulatory care pharmacist in clinics on campus, and teaching in the Eshelman School of Pharmacy. At the conclusion of her residency, she accepted a position working at Stedman Drug where she continued to gain experience and knowledge working as a staff pharmacist for just over a year. In 2022, she joined the team at Brisson Drug to help grow their involvement within clinics in rural Robeson County. Rural health has always been a strong interest of hers and she is excited to have the opportunity to work as a site coordinator for the residency program that is supporting her continuing pharmacy success!

Joe Williams, PharmD, MBA
Owner

Joe Williams is a graduate of Campbell University School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences where he received his Doctor of Pharmacy in 2011. During his time at Campbell University, he also earned his MBA from the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business. In 2015, Joe purchased his first pharmacy, Brisson Drugs in St Pauls, NC. He later grew his business by acquiring Clinic Pharmacy in 2018. Joe opened his third pharmacy, Fairmont Drug Company, in 2020 during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Joe has a passion for excellent patient care that led him to develop the “Medsmart” program which is his process for delivering the best patient care possible. He offers consulting services to help independent pharmacies improve their business based on the knowledge he has gained through his own professional experiences.

Preceptors: Jennifer Askew Buxton, BS, PharmD, CPP, FASHP, FNCAP

Cape Fear Clinic, Inc., founded in 1991, is a 501(c)3 non-profit clinic serving a four-county area in southeastern North Carolina.  The organization serves adults in New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender, and Columbus Counties who are uninsured and have incomes of no more than 200% of Federal Poverty Guidelines or have Medicaid.

The on-site pharmacy is uniquely integrated with the clinic, allowing pharmacists, residents, student pharmacists, and other pharmacy staff to actively participate in the provision of direct patient care.  Patient care services include:

• Medication therapy management (MTM)
• Comprehensive immunization services
• Anticoagulation management
• Medication reconciliation
• Formulary management & therapeutic interchange programs
• Patient assistance programs
• Medication synchronization and adherence programs

Residents also participate in:

• Direct patient care services in both primary care and specialty clinic areas
• Teaching and precepting pharmacy students in the classroom and at the practice site
• Community practice-based research projects
• Implementation of disease-state management or other pharmacy-related programs.
• Patient counseling and education, including disease-state management
• Practice management, marketing, reimbursement strategies, and community outreach responsibilities

About the Preceptors

Jennifer Askew Buxton, BS, PharmD, CPP, FASHP, FNCAP
Site Coordinator

Jennifer Askew Buxton, a North Carolina native, received her Doctorate of Pharmacy from UNC-Chapel Hill and completed a Primary Care Residency with Coastal AHEC and New Hanover Regional Medical Center.  In her almost 20 years of pharmacy practice, Dr. Buxton has worked in hospital, community, ambulatory care, and home infusion practice settings in distributive, clinical, and administrative roles.  Currently, she is the Chief Pharmacy Office, Chief Operating Officer, and Co-Director of Mental Health Services at Cape Fear Clinic.

Dr. Buxton has held local, state, and national leadership positions with the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP), the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists (NCAP), International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), and American Pharmacists Association (APhA).  She currently serves a member of the Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner (CPP) Application Review Committee for the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy.  She has also served several terms on the NCAP Board of Directors, and has participated in both the ASHP and APhA Houses of Delegates.  Locally, she has served on the Board of Directors for Cape Fear HealthNet and the New Hanover County Healthcare Coalition.

Dr. Buxton precepts pharmacy students from all North Carolina schools of pharmacy and pharmacy technician students from the local community college.  She is also the author of a book entitled From Student to Pharmacist: Making the Transition in association with APhA.  She was acknowledged by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) as a Master Preceptor in 2016 and is the winner of the 2014 Wilma Women to Watch Award in Healthcare, the 2014 Wilmington Business Journal Healthcare Heroes Healthcare Professional of the Year Award, the 2008 NCAP Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award, and the 2009 ASHP Distinguished Service Award.

Preceptors: Madison White, Anna Baird, Ashley Abode, Casey Moeck

Realo Drugs consists of 18 independent community pharmacies, a specialty pharmacy and long-term care pharmacy located throughout eastern North Carolina. Realo accepts one community pharmacy resident per year. The resident will spend time at several Realo locations and learn to provide traditional pharmacy services, as well as participate in innovative clinical services including:

• Medication therapy management
• Medication reconciliation
• Chronic Care Management
• Diabetes Prevention Program
• Diabetes Self-Management Education
• Transitions of Care Services
• Hormonal Contraceptive Prescribing
• Immunizations
• Administration of long-acting injectables
• Adherence programs and packaging
• Consultant pharmacy services
• Compounding services
• Home medical and respiratory equipment
• Practice management, marketing, reimbursement strategies
• Community outreach and education
• Pharmacy ownership, new site marketing strategies, and market appraisals

About the Preceptors

Madison White, PharmD
Site Coordinator

Madison White is a Clinical Pharmacist for Realo Drugs where she provides chronic care management services for a local ACO and assists with clinical efforts including vaccine programs, adherence packaging, and medication synchronization.  After graduating from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in 2021, Madison completed her PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at the Salisbury Veterans Affairs Medical Center with a focus in ambulatory care.

Joey McLaughlin, RPh
Owner

Joey McLaughlin received his bachelor of science in pharmacy in 1983 from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Upon graduation, he began his career at an independent pharmacy in Jacksonville, NC. In 1996 he partnered with Rob Bizzell, CEO and president of Realo Discount Drug, and opened Carolina Home Medical with the aim of improving overall patient care. He expanded this partnership in 1998 when he opened his first drug store in New Bern, NC. McLaughlin currently owns 18 Realo Discount Drugs locations, one extended care pharmacy and one specialty pharmacy

McLaughlin was elected in 2006 to the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy and was served as its president in 2010. In addition to the NCBP, McLaughlin sits on the Craven County Home Health and Hospice Board of Directors, the Cape Fear Community College Pharmacy Technician Advisory Board, and the NC PRN Board.

Anna Baird, PharmD
Preceptor

Anna Baird serves as the Director of Clinical Operations for Realo Drugs. After graduating from UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in 2018, Baird completed her PGY1 Community-based Pharmacy Residency with UNC and Realo Drugs and has remained in a clinically integrated role with the company ever since. She assists all locations with clinical efforts including vaccine programs, adherence packaging, and medication synchronization. She has operationalized special services across the company including hormonal contraceptive prescribing and long-acting injectable administration. In her clinical role in New Bern, Baird provides chronic care management services for a local ACO and works with providers to improve quality metrics. She is the program coordinator and a certified lifestyle coach for the National Diabetes Prevention Program and an educator for Realo’s Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support program. Baird is passionate about enhancing the role of community pharmacy and strives to involve her residents and students in numerous opportunities to advance community pharmacy practice both on and off the counter.

Ashley Abode, PharmD
Preceptor

Ashley Abode, PharmD is a graduate of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She currently serves as the Clinical Service Coordinator for Realo Drugs. In her role as Clinical Service Coordinator, she serves as a clinical pharmacist providing chronic care management services and comprehensive medication reviews. She works closely with providers at a local ACO and PCMH to provide patient care services and improve quality metrics. She also engages with payers and providers to build partnerships that move independent pharmacists away from the traditional dispensing role.

Casey Moeck, PharmD
Preceptor

Casey Moeck is a Clinical Pharmacist for Realo Drugs. After graduating from the UMKC School of Pharmacy in 2015, Casey completed his PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at the University of Georgia in collaboration with Barney’s Pharmacy in Augusta, GA with a focus on clinical services in the community setting. As a clinical pharmacist, Casey provides chronic care management services for a local ACO, facilitates diabetes self-management and education services (DSMES), and assists with clinical efforts including vaccine programs, adherence packaging, and medication therapy management (MTM).

Rocky Mount Medical Park Pharmacy is an independent pharmacy located in Rocky Mount, NC inside a robust medical clinic building with multiple specialties. This pharmacy will serve as one of the primary locations for the Rural Health Residency. Our location is McDowell’s Pharmacy, located in Scotland Neck, NC, which has been serving the Scotland Neck community for over 120 years. This Resident will have the opportunity to collaborate and work closely with both locations and 4 full-time Clinical Pharmacists to serve a wide range of patients with various chronic disease states. We work closely with our local hospital and clinics and have EHR access in order to provide adherence packaging and medication reconciliation. We truly believe that community pharmacy is the best place to practice at the top of your license, and our Resident will have the opportunity to develop and implement cutting edge clinical services to better care for our patients and communities. This residency will be provided with the assistance of the UNC ESOP and will be funded by the Duke Endowment Grant with the goal of building sustainable partnerships and residency sites in the Eastern part of the state. The hope is that this Resident would help to establish a full-time clinical position and potentially stay on site after completing the residency/fellowship to continue to grow progressive clinical services.

Mission Statement: provide the highest quality pharmaceutical care through personalized relationships with patients and providers and innovative clinical services. We are on a mission to transform community pharmacy and improve patient outcomes.

Rocky Mount Medical Park Pharmacy and McDowell’s Pharmacy provide innovative services including:

• Medication therapy management
• Transitional Care Management
• Long-acting injectable administration
• Standing Order dispensing: naloxone, glucagon, nicotine replacement
• Hormonal contraceptive consultations and dispensing
• Adherence packaging program (MAC Pack)
• Adherence Coaching
• Medication Synchronization
• Community Outreach
• Long-Term Care and Long-Term Care at Home
• Immunizations
• Physiatry Pharmacist Collaborative (PPC) at Home
• Point of Care Testing

Thomas McDowell, PharmD
Owner

Thomas McDowell is a 4th generation Community Pharmacist and owner of McDowell’s Pharmacy in Scotland Neck, NC and Rocky Mount Medical Park Pharmacy in Rocky Mount, NC. McDowell’s Pharmacy has been owned and operated by the McDowell family for over 100 years. Since returning home to operate the family pharmacy, Thomas has implemented a large immunization program, a robust adherence packaging and delivery service, and numerous other clinical services. Thomas purchased Rocky Mount Medical Park Pharmacy in 2021 to bring his passion for exceptional patient care and personalized service to the Nash County area. This expansion has led to several clinic and hospital collaborations that have enhanced patient care. Thomas currently volunteers with numerous groups including CPESN-NC, Area L AHEC, the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Eastern Advisory Committee, and Scotland Neck Rising, a non-profit dedicated to economic revitalization and historic preservation. He has maintained professional affiliations with the National Community Pharmacists Association and North Carolina Association of Pharmacists. Thomas is a proud alumnus of UNC ESOP Class of 2016 and an avid Tar Heel sports fan. He is happily married to his wife, Blaine, and has two beautiful children, Press and Mary Hayes.

Preceptors: Tiffany Graham Barber, PharmD; Han Su, PharmD; Greg Vassie, PharmD

501 Pharmacy and Hillsborough Pharmacy & Nutrition are two independent, community pharmacies located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Hillsborough North Carolina. 501 Pharmacy and Hillsborough Pharmacy & Nutrition are located within 15 minutes from UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. The pharmacies have been serving their respective communities for approximately 10 years and the owners have been working in this area for over 20 years in various community pharmacy settings. These two sites are excited to collaboratively employ and train a PGY1 Community-based Pharmacy Resident to understand the clinical applications of pharmacy services, as well as collaboration with community providers and ambulatory medicine within an existing brick and mortar pharmacy. The site will provide opportunities for the resident to train UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy students and other UNC preceptor sites to learn how to identify, bill and get paid for clinical interventions via a medical EHR platform and a collaborative practice agreement with IndyCare Health. Our unique residency will offer a chance to work within a hub (pharmacy and clinic) and a spoke (pharmacy with collaborative practice agreement) so they can perform at the top of their pharmacy licenses.

We are proud that our pharmacists also have interesting backgrounds and unique experiences to help our resident pharmacist catapult their education in value-based medicine and train the next generation of clinically minded pharmacists.

• North Carolina Bowl of Hygeia recipient
• Best Pharmacy awards locally every year open
• Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP)
• Co-founder of IndyCare – transforming independent pharmacies into local healthcare solution shops
• Luminaries of CPESN and regional leaders of IPN and NCAP
• Pharmacist(s) have trained >100 PharmD candidates over last 25 years

The resident will have a direct influence on patient outcomes through the following:

• Patient-centered counseling
• Comprehensive medication reviews (CMRs)
• Immunizations
• Point of care testing
• Adherence program
• Medication synchronization
• COVID testing, treatment and immunizations
• Vitamin and Supplement Consultations

Our differentiated services that make us unique include:

• Remote Patient Monitoring
• Transitional Care Management
• Chronic Care Management
• HEDIS care gap assessment and interventions
• Collaborative practice agreements with providers
• Falls Risk Assessments
• USP 800 Compounding Facility
• CPESN and NCAP-IPN affiliation

About the Preceptors

Greg Vassie, PharmDOwner

Greg is a generational pharmacist and graduated with a PharmD from UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in 2003. Before pharmacy school he studied business with a concentration in accounting at Drexel and UNC. In school, Greg was determined to pursue an illustrious career within Big Pharma (interning at GSK focusing on sales, marketing, drug information and medical writing) but decided to focus on community pharmacy after contemplating about his future and how he wanted to control what he could that afforded him the best ability to succeed both professionally and financially. This decision prompted him to open many community pharmacies across North Carolina and offered him many opportunities to partner with some amazing pharmacists and friends over the last 20 years. However, over time he watched DIR fees and other tactics shift money and patients away from his pharmacies. His response was co-founding IndyCare, a consumer-driven healthcare company focusing on acute, collaborative, and preventative care that goes into existing brick-and-mortar pharmacies and allows pharmacists to engage and get reimbursed for clinical patient care. Greg is determined to transform independent pharmacies into healthcare solution shops and is involved in activities and roles to help pharmacists thrive in the new world of value-based medicine.

Greg opened 501 Pharmacy with partner, Han Su, and wife, Jennifer, in 2016. The pharmacy is on the south end of Chapel Hill and is minutes from UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. The pharmacy offers many of the traditional services you expect but also offers differentiated services including: compounding; employer testing/vaccination services; comprehensive synchronization program that includes remote-patient monitoring and preventative services; annual wellness visits; point-of-care testing with standing order prescription allowances under a collaborative practice agreement; and even offers farm-raised ice cream to reward kids for being brave for getting immunizations. He believes that pharmacist’s relationship with their patients, trust equity, and involvement in their communities will be the essential ingredients necessary to help payers and strategic partners achieve their goals and that this unfair advantage we control will help us drive engagement and profitable growth in the future.

Greg continues to stay very active within a multitude of pharmacy organizations. He is the Lead Luminary of CPESN NC and on the board of CPESN USA and executive committee of UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Foundation. He also is the representative leader of the Triangle region of IPN North Carolina Association of Pharmacists. His other community involvement includes being a part of his local Chatham Council of Aging, Chatham Community College Foundation, and others.

Tiffany Graham Barber, PharmDOwner

Tiffany Graham Barber, PharmD, RPh, Pharmacy Manager/Owner, attended UNC Chapel Hill for her undergraduate degree and then went to UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy graduating with distinction in 2008. In late 2011, she started at a newly opened independent pharmacy in the small town of Hillsborough, NC and ended up buying the pharmacy in March of 2012. Since then, Tiffany has been the pharmacy manager of Hillsborough Pharmacy & Nutrition and has developed the pharmacy into an integral part of the community, winning Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business of the Year in 2013. Hillsborough Pharmacy focuses on personal service, a wide range of clinical services, and a robust immunization program. Tiffany is a preceptor of pharmacy students, heavily involved in her community, on the CPESN NC luminary board, and was honored to win NCAP’s Community Care Pharmacist of the Year in 2017, Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business Person of the Year in 2018, and the prestigious Bowl of Hygeia Award in 2022. In her “free time” she enjoys spending time with her kids (Vera, 9yrs and Jonas, 6yrs) and husband, laughing at corny jokes, and taking much needed naps.

Han Su, PharmDSite Coordinator

Han Su, PharmD, is a founding partner of 501 Pharmacy, Chapel Hill’s six-time “Best of Chapel Hill” winner. Han graduated from the College of Pharmacy at the University of South Carolina, the state’s oldest and largest professional pharmacy school, receiving his B.S. in 1995, immediately followed by the PharmD program in 1996.

After serving as a retail pharmacist with Revco since 1996 (later becoming CVS in 1997), Han’s resume expanded to include managerial positions within the retail giant in the Chapel Hill and Carrboro area, but ultimately, he set his sights toward serving as a community-focused small business owner in 2016 with the opening of 501 Pharmacy. Alongside founding partner Greg Vassie, Han remains excited about his team’s ability to offer the services of an independent pharmacy to Chapel Hill where they feel they are able to give the community more personalizd customer service, locally manufactured products and a wide selection of quality over-the-counter products.

In addition to overseeing the day-to-day operations of 501 Pharmacy’s community practice, Han is also a certified immunizer and often can be found around the “Chapelboro” area facilitating vaccination clinics for residential communities, workplaces, and beyond. When he’s not on-site at the pharmacy or off-site hosting clinics, Han’s duties as husband to Kristy Su, FNP, and dad to sons Kasen and Kai and daughter Abby (plus his four-legged family members) keep him on the go, especially during swim season when it’s time to cheer on the Cary Park Sea Dragons summer swim team and Raleigh Swimming Association’s year-round team. Follow along with Han’s updates on the 501 Pharmacy blog at https://501rx.com/news/ or https://www.instagram.com/501pharmacy/.

Preceptors: Raisa El-Kurdi, PharmD, CPP; Thomas Moscatelli, Jr, PharmD, CPP; Amy Sauls, PharmD, BCACP, CPP; CPP; Lauren Terhune, PharmD, CPP

Campus Health provides advanced pharmacy services for the students, post-docs, faculty and staff at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Campus Health encompasses both a clinic-based dispensing pharmacy within the UNC Campus Health building and a pharmacy located within the campus bookstore, Student Stores Pharmacy, which is in the heart of the bustling campus.

Campus Health is a comprehensive medical practice with a mission of helping UNC students and post-docs thrive through patient-centered and inclusive care, including such services as primary care, gynecology, counseling and psychological services, sports medicine, physical therapy, nutrition therapy, laboratory services, radiology, student wellness, international travel clinic, and clinical pharmacy services. Collaborative care is one of the main tenets of the services offered at Campus Health. Pharmacists at Campus Health provide innovative, high level clinical services every day. Many of the pharmacists at Campus Health and Student Stores Pharmacies are Clinical Pharmacist Practitioners (CPPs) with collaborative practice agreements with Campus Health primary care physicians, allowing them prescribing capabilities for disease states such as diabetes, asthma, contraception, emergency contraception, and international travel health.

The resident will have a direct influence on patient outcomes through the following:

• Patient-centered counseling and dispensing
• Providing comprehensive travel health care in the CPP-coordinated International Travel Health Clinic
• Collaboration with other health care providers, including primary care providers, gynecology providers, sports medicine professionals, and mental health professional

About the Preceptors

Raisa El-Kurdi, PharmD, CPP
Site Coordinator

Dr. Raisa El-Kurdi is a Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner with Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and a residency preceptor for the PGY1 Community-based pharmacy residents with Campus Health. Originally from Northern Virginia, she received her Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Chemistry from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA and received her Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Pharmacy. Dr. El-Kurdi completed her PGY-1 residency with the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Campus Health in Chapel Hill, NC. She specializes in drug therapy management and her professional interests include mental health, pharmacogenetics, and immunizations. Outside of CAPS and serving as a preceptor, she enjoys traveling, baking, spa days, coffee and time with family and friends. She is a member of American Pharmacists Association (APhA), American College Health Association (ACHA), and College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP).

Thomas Moscatelli Jr, PharmD, CPP
Preceptor

Dr. Thomas Moscatelli is the pharmacy manager at UNC Student Stores Pharmacy. He is originally from Boston, MA and moved to Chapel Hill, NC during the summer of 2019. Thomas received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Northeastern University in Boston, MA. Before joining UNC Campus Health, he worked as a pharmacy manager at CVS Health on the campus of Boston University. There he served as a primary preceptor for introductory and advanced pharmacy practice experience students, mostly from Northeastern University and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. His areas of professional interest are immunizations, travel health, and over-the-counter recommendations. Outside of pharmacy, Thomas enjoys attending concerts and live sporting events, especially hockey and baseball.

Amy Sauls, PharmD, BCACP, CPP
Manager

Dr. Amy Sauls is the Director of Pharmacy and Professional Services for Campus Health. She received her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  She has a Certificate in Travel Health from the International Society of Travel Medicine, and she is a member of the International Society of Travel Medicine, American Pharmacists Association, and the American College Health Association. Sauls is the 2016 recipient of the Claude Paoloni Community Preceptor of the Year award.  Her extended professional interests include travel medicine, contraception, and medication safety.

Lauren Terhune, PharmD, CPP
Preceptor

Dr. Lauren Terhune is a Chapel Hill native. She completed a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Biology at the Florida State University in 2010. Then going on to complete her Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) at the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy in 2015. She has always had a passion for community pharmacy, especially when it comes to direct patient care and education to her patients. Throughout pharmacy school, Lauren was an intern at Harris Teeter and decided to continue working for the grocery store chain after completing her degree. She worked as a floater pharmacist for a few months and then worked 5 years (2015-2020) as a staff pharmacist at a Harris Teeter in Cary, NC. Lauren began her career at Campus Health Pharmacy working PRN for about 2 years before joining the team full time in September 2020. She has experience working with both IPPE and APPE students from both UNC and Campbell University, as well as the UNC Campus Health Residents. Her strengths are in counseling and over-the-counter recommendations. She is currently working towards becoming a Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner and has an interest in women’s health and skin care. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, Dylan, and their dog, Wally. In addition, she loves to cook and has become an avid reader since the beginning of the pandemic. When she needs some “me-time” she loves shopping and finding a great sale, lounging poolside with a good book, watching Bravo, and treating herself to spa treatments.

Preceptors: Pete Crouch, RPh, CPP; Amanda Perfetti, PharmD

Eden Drug is an independent, community pharmacy located in the small town of Eden, North Carolina where it has been dedicated to “keeping families healthy and happy since 1982”. We are a full service, family owned pharmacy with the goal to go above and beyond for our patients. We don’t just fill medications, we counsel patients on how to take them, offer immunizations on-site, and give back to our community at every turn. We specialize in diabetic care, offer free meters and test strips, and teach many educational programs on health awareness including diabetes prevention, diabetes management, and heart healthy classes at our Eden Drug Education Center. Our team at Eden Drug has the experience, knowledge, and sensitivity to provide the best care possible to patients and offers a variety of prescription and clinical services to do so.

The resident will have a direct influence on patient outcomes through the following:

• Patient-centered counseling
• Medication therapy management
• Diabetes prevention and management education
• Immunizations
• Point of care testing
• Non-sterile, non hazardous compounding
• Adherence program
• Medication synchronization
• Flip the Pharmacy, CPESN, and RURAL-CP program participation

The resident will participate in strengthening practice management and teaching skills through the following:

• Pharmacy ownership
• Community outreach
• Optional teaching certificate through UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
• Preceptorship of Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) students
• Facilitation of classroom discussions and presentations with the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

About the Preceptors

Pete Crouch, RPh, CPP
Owner

Robert L Crouch “Pete” graduated from UNC in 1976 with a BS in Pharmacy. He worked in Hospital Pharmacy for 6 years and in Community Pharmacy for the last 38 years. Pete is past president of the Rockingham County Society of Pharmacists and a member of NCPA. He served as Pharmacist Consultant for Hospice of Rockingham County for 15 years. Pete has continued his education by getting certifications in Asthma, COPD, Diabetes, Compounding, and Immunizations.

Pete purchased Eden Drug in 2006 and has grown the business by creative marketing and giving extraordinary customer service. The store averages 600 scripts a day and provides Medical Equipment and Wellness Programs such as Free monthly Diabetes Education Classes (on hold for COVID), a complete Immunization Program including Travel Vaccines and the Covid-19 Vaccine, POC testing (Rapid Tests and PCR Testing) and Pre-employment Drug Testing. When you come in the front door you know this pharmacy is all about your health and customer experience.

Pete has been very active in the community and served on the Board of The YMCA as well as a Board of Trustee for Morehead Memorial Hospital. He has started community projects such as the Book Bag Program where over 1,700 children grades K-5 in the Eden area were given new Book Bags filled with school supplies. Pete also started a “Buy Local Campaign” where he gave his 35 employees $2000.00 in $2 bills and directed them to spend the money at locally owned businesses. He also gave $2 bills as change in his pharmacy and reminded customers that if they support local business the money stays in the community. Pete encourages his employees to support local organizations like The Lord’s Pantry, The Red Cross, The Pregnancy Center and Hospice by volunteering or by donating needed items each month.

Amanda Crouch Perfetti, PharmD
Site Coordinator

Amanda grew up in Eden, NC, and moved back to this area after graduating from Wingate University School of Pharmacy in 2014.  Her inspiration for independent community pharmacy came from working alongside her dad, Pete, for many years.

Harris Teeter Pharmacy is a grocery chain community pharmacy that operates 112 pharmacy locations in North Carolina. Harris Teeter Pharmacy is committed to providing exceptional patient care and advancing the profession of pharmacy. Innovative pharmacy designs, including private counseling areas, allow for improved pharmacist-patient communication.

Harris Teeter Pharmacy offers a community pharmacy residency that provides an opportunity to enhance your clinical and professional skills by providing a variety of hands-on wellness and medication therapy management services. Advanced clinical services include immunization services, medication synchronization, health screenings and medication therapy management.

The resident will be involved in teaching opportunities with Harris Teeter’s Pharmacy Operations Team and will interact with other Division and Regional leaders of the pharmacy team. Seasonally, the resident will assist with running off-site immunization clinics. In addition, they will have the opportunity to precept and teach pharmacy students, conduct a research project, write articles for publication in collaboration with UNC faculty, and develop and implement new or expanded clinical services.

The resident will have a direct influence on patient outcomes through the following:

• Patient-centered counseling
• Collaboration with other health care providers
• Medication therapy management programs focused on improving adherence
• Development of health and wellness programs
• Disease prevention, detection, and monitoring services (blood pressure, blood glucose, cholesterol, and immunizations)
• Protocol development and maintenance

The resident will participate in strengthening practice management and teaching skills through the following:

• Practice management, marketing, and reimbursement strategies
• Leadership on a clinical service development project, a business plan, a practice-based research project and an innovative quality improvement project
• Community outreach and education
• Optional teaching certificate through either UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
• Preceptorship of Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) students
• Facilitation of classroom discussions (small group and large didactic lectures)

Preceptors: Christina Andrievk, PharmD; Julia Collins, PharmD; Lauren Porter, PharmD

About the Preceptors

Lauren Porter, PharmD
Manager

Lauren completed her undergraduate studies at Clemson University (2009) and received her Doctorate of Pharmacy from Wingate University (2013). Lauren began her pharmacy career with Harris Teeter in 2013 and has served in several roles within the Company. Lauren is currently a Pharmacy Operations Manager in the Raleigh, NC area. Lauren has a passion for taking care of patients, teaching and developing pharmacists and for empowering and mentoring her team members and her peers.

At Harris Teeter, Lauren serves as a Patient Care SME where she is responsible for developing and implementing clinical initiatives, and state protocols within the Pharmacy Department. Lauren currently serves as the Membership Coordinator for the North Carolina Immunization Coalition and serves as an active member in North Carolina Association of Pharmacists (NCAP), American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and Phi Delta Chi (PDC).

In her time off, Lauren enjoys good food, spending time with family and friends and taking trips to the mountains.

Julia Collins, PharmD
Site Coordinator

Julia is a Pharmacy Manager at Harris Teeter in Charlotte, North Carolina. She is originally from Richmond, VA and graduated from The University of South Carolina in 2016 with her Doctorate of Pharmacy. Before joining Harris Teeter, Julia worked as a pharmacy intern at Hawthorne Pharmacy in Columbia, SC. Starting at an independent pharmacy, Julia learned how to build strong and trusting relationships with her patients. After graduation, Julia worked for Walgreens as a Floater, Staff Pharmacist, and Pharmacy Manager.

In 2020, Julia joined the Harris Teeter team and has enjoyed growing her team and going above and beyond for her patients. Julia’s professional interests include vaccinations and medication therapy management.

In her spare time, she enjoys reading, outdoor activities, traveling to new places, and spending time with her friends and family

Christina Andrievk, RPh
Preceptor

Christina’s love for pharmacy began when she worked as a technician at an independent pharmacy. This exposure led her to attend pharmacy school and work as a Pharmacy Manager with Eckerd Drug.

She is currently working for Harris Teeter Pharmacy as a Staff Pharmacist. Christina has worked for Harris Teeter for 20 years and this experience has led her to perform excellent customer care. In addition, she has developed a strong support system for her team.

Christina enjoys being an advocate for patients that struggle navigating the health care system and strives to develop cohesion and unity with all divisions of healthcare. Outside of work, she enjoys crafting, making leather goods and traveling.

Preceptors: Katie Lord, PharmD; Tim Orcutt, PharmD; Lindsay Capozziello, PharmD; Lauren Porter, PharmD

Harris Teeter Pharmacy is a grocery chain community pharmacy that operates 112 pharmacy locations in North Carolina. Harris Teeter Pharmacy is committed to providing exceptional patient care and advancing the profession of pharmacy. Innovative pharmacy designs, including private counseling areas, allow for improved pharmacist-patient communication.

Harris Teeter Pharmacy offers a community pharmacy residency that provides an opportunity to enhance your clinical and professional skills by providing a variety of hands-on wellness and medication therapy management services. Advanced clinical services include immunization services, medication synchronization, health screenings and medication therapy management.

The resident will be involved in teaching opportunities with Harris Teeter’s Pharmacy Operations Team and will interact with other Division and Regional leaders of the pharmacy team. Seasonally, the resident will assist with running off-site immunization clinics. In addition, they will have the opportunity to precept and teach pharmacy students, conduct a research project, write articles for publication in collaboration with UNC faculty, and develop and implement new or expanded clinical services.

The resident will have a direct influence on patient outcomes through the following:

• Patient-centered counseling
• Collaboration with other health care providers
• Medication therapy management programs focused on improving adherence
• Development of health and wellness programs
• Disease prevention, detection, and monitoring services (blood pressure, blood glucose, cholesterol, and immunizations)
• Protocol development and maintenance

The resident will participate in strengthening practice management and teaching skills through the following:

• Practice management, marketing, and reimbursement strategies
• Leadership on a clinical service development project, a business plan, a practice-based research project and an innovative quality improvement project
• Community outreach and education
• Optional teaching certificate through either UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
• Preceptorship of Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) students
• Facilitation of classroom discussions (small group and large didactic lectures)

About the Preceptors

Lauren Porter, PharmD
Manager

Lauren completed her undergraduate studies at Clemson University (2009) and received her Doctorate of Pharmacy from Wingate University (2013). Lauren began her pharmacy career with Harris Teeter in 2013 and has served in several roles within the Company. Lauren is currently a Pharmacy Operations Manager in the Raleigh, NC area. Lauren has a passion for taking care of patients, teaching and developing pharmacists and for empowering and mentoring her team members and her peers.

At Harris Teeter, Lauren serves as a Patient Care SME where she is responsible for developing and implementing clinical initiatives, and state protocols within the Pharmacy Department. Lauren currently serves as the Membership Coordinator for the North Carolina Immunization Coalition and serves as an active member in North Carolina Association of Pharmacists (NCAP), American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and Phi Delta Chi (PDC).

In her time off, Lauren enjoys good food, spending time with family and friends and taking trips to the mountains.

Katie Lord, PharmD
Site Coordinator

Katie attended the University of South Carolina for undergraduate studies and completed pharmacy school in 2015 from the South Carolina College of Pharmacy (Greenville Campus). After graduation, she spent her first five years working at Barney’s Pharmacy in Augusta, GA. She was able to lead a smoking cessation program there in addition to being the compounding pharmacist. During her time at Barney’s Katie was able to precept students and residents from several pharmacy schools and grow her passion for teaching.

Currently Katie works for Harris Teeter as a Staff Pharmacist at their highest volume location (Fuquay-Varina). She is still passionate about teaching/precepting students as well as mental health and women’s health. She loves community pharmacy and the relationships she’s able to foster with her patients through clinical services.

In her free time Katie enjoys reading, true-crime podcasts, and exploring the triangle with her husband and two kids.

Tim Orcutt, PharmD
Preceptor

Preceptors: Joe Moose, PharmD; Amie Howe, PharmD

Moose Pharmacy has been operating as an independent, family-owned business since 1882. Moose Pharmacy of Concord has been a residency site since 2001.

There are six affiliate sites for Moose Pharmacy: Moose Drug Company in Mt. Pleasant, Moose Pharmacy of Locust, Moose Pharmacy of Salisbury, Moose Pharmacy of Kannapolis, Moose Pharmacy of Mount Holly, and Moose Pharmacy of Monroe. The goal of providing the best health care for their patients has guided the evolution of Moose Pharmacy from a community drugstore to a modern pharmacy. Moose Pharmacy was named the North Carolina Family Business of the Year in 2008.

This site accepts two community-based pharmacy residents per year. Moose Pharmacy provides innovative services, including:

• Medication therapy management (MTM)
• Immunizations
• Diabetes education
• Compounding
• Adherence program
• Employer-based wellness education programs
• Practice management, marketing, reimbursement strategies, community outreach opportunities
• Teaching experience in the classroom and clinical practice settings.

About the Preceptors

Amie Howe, PharmD
Site Coordinator

Dr. Amie Howe is the Site Coordinator for the Moose Pharmacy Community-based Residency Program. She also serves as the Technology Center Manager and the Operations Manager for Moose Pharmacy of Mount Pleasant. Amie received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in 2001. Amie joined the Moose Team in 2001 and began her pharmacy career as the manager of the now relocated Moose Pharmacy of Locust.

Since becoming Manager at the Mount Pleasant location in 2017, Amie has been dedicated to integrating technology into daily operations and improving the quality of clinical services that patients receive. Along with technology operations and day-to-day staffing, Amie has focused on incorporating clinical activities such as compounding, immunizations, care planning, Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Services, adherence initiatives, and other innovative projects into the workflow. She has also been largely responsible for improving the logistics of the Moose Pharmacy Medication Adherence Program and ensuring smooth operation across all seven pharmacies in the company.

Amie serves as a preceptor for advanced community experiential rotations for pharmacy students from various schools of pharmacy. She is also a preceptor for early immersion students for UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She also holds a position on the North Carolina Medical Disaster Team through the Department of Health of Human Services (HHS).

Joe Moose, PharmD
Owner

Dr. Joe Moose is a clinical pharmacist and co-owner of Moose Pharmacy and its 7 locations in NC. Joe received his Doctorate of Pharmacy from Campbell University (1990). Joe serves as a primary preceptor with the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Community Pharmacy Residency Program. He is also a preceptor for students completing introductory and advanced practice experiential education rotations for multiple pharmacy schools across the country.

He has contributed to the state of North Carolina by serving on a variety of committees, including chairperson for the NC Medicaid Drug Utilization Review.   In his role at Moose Pharmacy, he has established collaborative practice agreements with local physician’s offices to integrate community pharmacists into a patient-centered medical home.  Under his leadership, Moose Pharmacy has also partnered with the City of Charlotte and Union County to manage employees enrolled in the diabetes management program.  Working with his pharmacy staff, Joe has implemented and enhanced a variety of clinical services in his pharmacy, including MTM.

Joe also serves as a consultant to Community Care of North Carolina in the position of Lead Community Pharmacy Coordinator. In this role, he has built a network of high-quality community pharmacies that strive to offer enhanced value to payors. He has maintained professional affiliations with the National Community Pharmacists Association and North Carolina Association of Pharmacists.

Preceptors: Kristin Bradley, PharmD, BCPS, CPP; Ranan Mustafa, PharmD; Kate Naper, PharmD, MPH; Jordan Rush PharmD, MS; Jason Simmonds, PharmD; Leroy (Roy) Van Veld, PharmD

Carolina Care Pharmacy Network (CCPN) and Transitions of Care is aligned with the outpatient community pharmacy services of the UNC Medical Center and Triangle West Region of UNC Health. In this program, the resident is exposed to community pharmacy environments at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, our Hillsborough Hospital campus, and offsite locations embedded in our ambulatory care practices. The CCPN works closely with the UNC Pharmacy Assistance Program (PAP) to support un- and underinsured North Carolinians with access to prescription medications. Transitions of Care services include medication history collection and meds-to-beds services at the Medical Center, as well as the Carolina Care at Home Convenience Centers, located within some of our pharmacies, that provide specialized over the counter (OTC) items and medical supplies. This site accepts one community pharmacy resident per year. The resident is also included in the UNC Medical Center’s other PGY1 programs (Acute Care, Ambulatory Care, Pharmacotherapy, and HSPAL/MS) to ensure a broad exposure and incorporation into the integrated health system culture. As a health system-owned and integrated practice, the resident will also be well-positioned to understand community pharmacy’s role in the continuum of patient care. Through involvement in research projects, continuing education series, practice/program management and elective rotational experiences, the goal of this program is to develop a broad scoping community based pharmacist with awareness of how the retail environment operates within a health system. Graduates will be prepared for a variety of career trajectories, including but not limited to those chain or independent community pharmacies, health system integrated outpatient pharmacies, outpatient clinics, or further pharmacy training in a PGY2.

About the Preceptors

Kristin Bradley, PharmD, BCPS, CPP
Preceptor

Ranan Mustafa, PharmD
Preceptor

Dr. Ranan Mustafa is a native of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. She earned her B.S. in Biology at the St. Thomas Campus of the University of the Virgin Islands. She then stayed at the university to serve as an assistant professor and lab coordinator for the biology department after graduation in 2004. Ranan then went on to earn her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in 2010.

Ranan joined the Walgreens team in 2010 as a floating pharmacist. Quickly, she made the transition to pharmacy manager and was in that role throughout her professional career with Walgreens. She also served as the UNC PGY1 Community-based Pharmacy Residency Site Coordinator and the primary IPPE/APPE student preceptor starting 2016 while practicing at the Chapel Hill, NC location.

After 12 years with Walgreens, she decided to pursue a career with UNC Health as a system float pharmacist serving several UNC Health outpatient pharmacy locations. While briefly in that role, she also broadened her knowledge in specialty pharmacy by working with the UNC Shared Services Pharmacy as a clinical pharmacist. Currently, she has accepted the position of becoming the Pharmacy Coordinator at the UNC Hillsborough Outpatient Pharmacy.

Ranan is involved with the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists and American Pharmacists Association. She currently resides in Chapel Hill with her husband and two children.

Kate Naper, PharmD, MPH
Site Coordinator

Dr. Kate Naper is from Batavia, Illinois. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Lawrence University and her Doctorate of Pharmacy from University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. She also completed PGY1-2 in Health System Pharmacy Administration at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh and received a Masters of Public Health from University of Pittsburgh. Kate’s professional interests include: transitions of care, pharmacy technician roles and advancement, care of underserved populations, equity and diversity, informatics and regulatory. She is specialized in community pharmacy practice within integrated health systems. She is also a member of North Carolina Association of Pharmacists, Vizient’s Ambulatory Practice Development committee and the inaugural American Pharmacists Association’s Special Interest Group on Public Health. When not in the pharmacy, Kate enjoys cooking, music, reading, travel, and the great outdoors.

Jordan Rush, PharmD, MS
Preceptor

Dr. Jordan Rush is the Director of Pharmacy for System Retail and Outpatient Pharmacy Services for UNC Health and select transitions of care services at UNC Hospitals. She has been co-leading the Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network (CPESN) partnership at UNC Hospitals, which was recently recognized as an ASHP Best Practice Award in 2020 since the collaboration started in 2018. Prior to joining UNC Health, Jordan worked in the outpatient pharmacy team at the Johns Hopkins Home Care Group. She is from Greensboro, NC, received her Pharm.D. from MCPHS and completed a Health-System Pharmacy Administration (HSPA) residency at the University of Wisconsin. Jordan has served on the Educational Steering Committee for the ASHP Section of Pharmacy Practice Managers (SPPM) and as the Chair of the Section Advisory Group for Value, Quality, and Compliance. She is also currently Vice-Chair for Vizient’s Ambulatory Pharmacy Development Committee. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, cooking, and playing golf.

Jason Simmonds, PharmD
Preceptor

Dr. Jason Simmonds graduated from UNC pharmacy school in 2009.  Throughout his years in pharmacy school, he worked at CVS.  It was never his plan to work in community pharmacy, but he always seemed to have a knack for the job.  As he worked at CVS, he became a well-respected intern and during his fourth year of pharmacy school he accepted a position with CVS upon graduation.  Once he graduated, he was offered the position of pharmacy manager at the store on Hillsborough Road in Durham (near Duke…boooo!).  He had no management experience, but this was a difficult offer to turn down.  The experience was challenging to say the least!  He had to learn a lot about managing people on the fly and there were many difficulties.  Over the years he improved steadily and ran a very successful store.  However, chain retail pharmacy can take its toll.  Luckily, a job opened up at UNC and he was able to interview and get hired and started in February of 2014.  He spent is first 3 years as a staff pharmacist in the Central Outpatient Pharmacy.  When the previous lead pharmacist for the Employee Pharmacy decided to retire, he was able to transition and has been the lead pharmacist at the Employee Pharmacy since April of 2017. Jason is married to a pharmacist who works at the UNC Specialty Pharmacy and is the proud father of one daughter.  In his free time, he enjoys golf, playing video games and watching all the football and basketball he can!

Leroy Van Veld, PharmD
Preceptor

Dr. Roy Van Veld was born in Durham, North Carolina, went to NC State for undergrad (Biology), and UNC for his doctor of pharmacy (class of 2009). He has spent his career exclusively in the retail/community setting, working for Eckerd/Rite Aid, Walgreens, and finally—since 2013—the UNC Medical Center retail pharmacies. Dr. Van Veld is currently the Pharmacy Coordinator of the Central Outpatient Pharmacy. He enjoys optimizing operations, working on quality improvement projects (“Lean”, “Kaizen”, etc), and keeping patients and personnel smiling. When he’s outside of the office and pharmacy, he enjoys trips with his 2 kids and wife, playing soccer, and mountain biking.

Preceptors: Kristin Bradley, PharmD, BCPS, CPP; Pooja Datt, PharmD; Adrienne Davis, PharmD; Tyler Sherrod, PharmD; Meghan Smith Simmonds, PharmD, BCPS; Mike Tilkens, PharmD, DPLA

The UNC Shared Services Center (SSC) Pharmacy began in 2013 as the specialty arm of UNC’s retail pharmacy services.  Originally serving only transplant, breast oncology, and leukemia patients, the SSC Pharmacy quickly grew to serve patients seen at any one of UNC’s outpatient specialty clinics as well as a large number of non-specialty, home delivery patients. As a URAC-accredited specialty pharmacy, we work closely with clinic based pharmacists and staff to provide specialty pharmacy services via telephone. Our pharmacists perform detailed patient counseling on specialty medications, assess quality of life, evaluate therapy appropriateness and effectiveness, and address medication access challenges, side effect management, and adherence issues. Technology is utilized in our dispensing operations and all prescriptions are shipped or couriered to patients’ homes. Our pharmacists are experts in their disease states and we were a finalist for the MMIT Patient Choice Award in the 2020 Health-System Category due to our excellent patient care and customer service. This site accepts one community pharmacy resident per year.

The UNC SSC Pharmacy provides unique opportunities including:

• Specialty pharmacy services in a health-system setting
• Disease states include pediatrics, hematology/oncology, infectious disease, neurology, cystic fibrosis, inflammatory diseases, solid organ transplant, and cardiology
• Medication Therapy Management (MTM)
• Collaboration with practitioners and PBM
• Quality improvement initiatives
• Clinical service development
• Inventory and business finance management
• Medication assistance programs
• Clinic experience managing cardiology patients in partnership with the REX Heart and Vascular Institute

About the Preceptors

Kristin Bradley, PharmD, BCPS, CPP
Preceptor

Pooja Datt, PharmD
Preceptor

Adrienne Davis, PharmD
Preceptor

Dr. Adrienne Davis is a clinical pharmacist at UNC Shared Services Center (SSC) Pharmacy. Adrienne received her bachelor of arts in chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2017. She received her doctor of pharmacy from UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in 2021. Thereafter, she completed a PGY1 community-based pharmacy residency through UNC Esheman School of Pharmacy with UNC SSC Pharmacy as her practice site. She always had an interest in specialty pharmacy as she enjoyed learning about innovative medication therapies. She enjoyed her time so much at SSC Pharmacy that she accepted a position as a staff pharmacist after completing residency! She currently manages Adult and pediatricpulmonary (majority Cystic fibrosis), and adult gastroenterology patients. Outside of pharmacy, Adrienne enjoys spending time with family and trying new restaurants.

Meghan Smith Simmonds, PharmD
Preceptor

Dr. Meghan Smith Simmonds is a Clinical Pharmacist at the UNC Shared Services Center (SSC) Pharmacy. Meghan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry in 2008 and a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry in 2009 from North Carolina State University. She then went on to earn her Doctorate in Pharmacy from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in 2013. Meghan started her career as a clinical pharmacist in UNC’s Central Outpatient Pharmacy in 2013. Along with her responsibilities in the pharmacy, she also worked in a part-time capacity to provide MTM services for patients with Pharmacy Assistance coverage (PAP) with the CAMP program.  In 2016, she left the Central Outpatient Pharmacy to serve as the lead pharmacist with UNC’s new Skilled Nursing Facility Pharmacy, providing medications and clinical services for patients in a 110 bed rehabilitation and long term care facility.

In 2017, she transitioned to her current role with the specialty pharmacy. Currently, she manages the dermatology, pediatric rheumatology, pediatric gastroenterology, and interstitial lung disease patient populations. In 2019, she earned her BCPS certification, and began working part-time in the pediatric rheumatology clinic to provide pharmacy services. In addition to expanding clinical services, Meghan also enjoys teaching, and in 2017, she and Anna created the first APPE experiences at their practice site.

Meghan is a native of the foothills of North Carolina. She currently lives in Raleigh with her husband and two cats. Outside of pharmacy, she loves to cook and travel.

Mike Tilkens, PharmD, DPLA
Site Coordinator

Preceptors: Max Bible, RPh; Amy Lenell, PharmD, CLC

Walgreens Community Pharmacy Residency Program is a postgraduate training opportunity for pharmacists to enhance their skill set in the community pharmacy setting. This residency is academically affiliated with the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.  The majority of the residency experience will be located in Asheville, NC at a Walgreens pharmacy/HIV Center of Excellence.  Our PGY1 community pharmacy residency program will prepare you to be an innovative clinical practitioner who can be a leader in the profession.  As a fully integrated member of the team, you will partner with experienced practitioners to initiate new programs and expand and enhance existing services.  You will have the skills, confidence, and experience to create change and advance patient care services in community pharmacy practice.

The resident will have a direct influence on patient outcomes through the following:

• Patient-centered counseling
• Disease state management, health, and adherence coaching for patients enrolled in The Asheville Project® and care managed at the HIV Center of Excellence
• Collaboration with other health care providers
• Medication therapy management programs focused on improving adherence
• Development of health and wellness programs
• Disease prevention, detection, and monitoring services (blood pressure, blood glucose, cholesterol, and immunizations)

The resident will participate in strengthening practice management and teaching skills through the following:

• Practice management, marketing, and reimbursement strategies
• Community outreach and education
• Optional teaching certificate through either UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy or Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC)
• Pharmaceutical Care Lab (PCL) Teaching Assistant appointment for second-year student pharmacists (PY2) with UNC Eshleman School of Pharmacy’s Asheville satellite campus
• Preceptorship of Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) learners
• Facilitation of classroom discussions (small group and large didactic lectures)

Participation in weekly patient care and practice management topic discussions with ambulatory care residents from Mission Health System and the Charles George VA Medical Center)

About the Preceptors

Max Bible, RPh
Preceptor

Max Bible is the Pharacy Manager at Walgreens in Asheville, NC. He received his BS in Pharmacy from the University of Toledo in 1997. Max began his professional career with James Pharmacy, an independent specializing in diabetes, in Toledo Ohio.

After moving to Chicago to pursue a career in comedy, he worked at dozens of different pharmacies across the city through a staffing service. This proved valuable in many ways:

1) Max learned that he is not funny

2) Max gained extensive knowledge about pharmacy workflow, policies, and procedures.

3) Max really enjoyed his time at Statscript (now Bioscript) Pharmacy which is an HIV Specialty Pharmacy.

He joined Walgreens in 2002 and was promoted to Pharmacy Manager in 2006 which coincided with a move to Asheville NC to open a new store. It was there where he was able to use what he learned from staffing to establish an efficient and friendly store. He also brought an extensive HIV/AIDS knowledge that patients soon caught on to. He started a relationship with the Western North Carolina AIDS Project (WNCAP) by developing a voucher program, volunteering, and giving in-services to case managers. Because of this relationship his store was selected by Walgreens to become an HIV Center of Excellence.

Besides HIV / AIDS, his practice interests also include maximizing pharmacists Medication Therapy Management opportunities, expanding community vaccinations, health testing, and mentoring and precepting pharmacy students.

Max is a member of the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists. He has served as a preceptor to introductory and advanced pharmacy students from UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Wingate University, LECOM School of Pharmacy, SC College of Pharmacy, and Mercer.

Amy Lenell, PharmD, CLC
Site Coordinator

Dr. Amy Lenell is the Residency Site Coordinator and a staff pharmacist at Walgreens in Asheville, NC. She attended Butler University and graduated with her PharmD in 2007. She began her career with Walgreens in Indianapolis, working as a Pharmacy Manager and coordinating IPPE, APPE and summer internship experiences for pharmacy students. She developed her love of teaching both in and out of the classroom, developing continuing education and guest lecturing at Butler University. Amy precepted the teaching-learning experience and the women’s healthelective for the PGY1 community-based residency program with Walgreens and Purdue University.

Amy has a passion for outreach in the community. In Indianapolis, this meant partnering with community organizations to develop a program to serve families with free lactation support called Well Babies. In 2017, Amy relocated to Asheville, NC to become the staff pharmacist and Site Coordinator. In this role, she also sees patients as a health coach for the Asheville Project and oversees MTM cases for 2 districts. This Walgreens is an HIV Center of Excellence and serves the community by providing harm reduction services in a truly welcoming environment.

Amy’s goal is to educate future and current pharmacists on the opportunities for clinical excellence in community practice. She is passionate about public health, MTM, women’s health, teaching/mentorship, and professional development. Amy is a member of the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists and the Western North Carolina Outpatient Pharmacy Partners (WNCOPP). She also serves on the Buncombe County Health and Human Services Board. She is a preceptor for UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Wingate University and Butler University.

Preceptors: Kathryn (Katie) DeVizia, PharmD

Walgreens Community Pharmacy Residency Program is a postgraduate training opportunity for pharmacists to enhance their skill set in the community pharmacy setting. This residency is academically affiliated with the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. The majority of the residency experience will be located in Chapel Hill, NC at a Walgreens pharmacy. Our PGY1 community pharmacy residency program will prepare you to be an innovative clinical practitioner who can be a leader in the profession. As a fully integrated member of the team, you will partner with experienced practitioners to initiate new programs and expand and enhance existing services. You will have the skills, confidence, and experience to create change and advance patient care services in community pharmacy practice.

The Walgreens in Chapel Hill strives to provide innovative health-care services including (but not limited to) the following:

• Immunizations
• Adherence programs
• Medication therapy management programs
• Practice management, marketing, reimbursement strategies, community outreach, and education
• Teaching experience in classroom and clinical practice settings
• Disease prevention, detection, and monitoring services (blood pressure and cholesterol)
• Research initiatives have included pharmacogenomics and Medicare Star Ratings
• Elective experiences available in specialty pharmacy and various aspects of pharmacy management

About the Preceptor

Kathryn R. Devizia, PharmD
Site Coordinator

Dr. Kathryn DeVizia is a PGY1 Community-based Pharmacy Residency Site Coordinator and Preceptor for the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy students. She has been part of the Walgreens family for 16 years and is a proud alumni of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Following graduation, She completed a Community-Based Residency at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. She has always had a strong connection with community pharmacy. Growing up in the small town of Bakersville, she had one local pharmacy and one community pharmacist. As she had a strong interest in the sciences and in combination with love of her community, she knew pharmacy was the direction she wanted to pursue. Community pharmacy has evolved and changed significantly since those days in Bakersville. Her goal is to continue connection with her community and model such behavior for future pharmacists. Katie has interests in pursuing additional pharmacy leadership roles through preceptorship and mentoring. She is also exploring board certifications, thus giving her further opportunities within the pharmacy profession.

Outside of pharmacy, Katie is a mom to four busy boys and enjoy aspects of what builds a home and family. Her focus has shifted to investing in time well spent, whether it be trying new recipes, new home designs, family movie nights, discussing our favorite part of the day, or hustling back and forth from sports activities or art camps.

She looks forward to meeting the next generation of pharmacists and hopefully inspiring them to make their mark within the pharmacy profession.

Tom Sporleder, CPhT
District Manager 

Tom Sporleder is originally from Chicago, IL and has lived in Chapel Hill, NC since 2014.  He attended Indiana University and Robert Morris College, and received my Bachelors Degree in Business Administration.  He has worked in various operational roles with Walgreens for 30 years as a servant leader for his team members, and a strong advocate for his customers and patients.  Tom’s wife Kelly works in the UNC Adams School of Dentistry and they have an 8-yr old daughter. In his spare time he enjoys being active outdoors with some of his favorite activities being pickleball and woodworking.