PGY1 & PGY2 Programs

Tera R. Falcetti, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP

Tera R. Falcetti, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
Title/Position: Director of Pharmacy
  • Pharmacy Education: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, MA
  • PGY1 Residency: Saint Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT
  • Practice Interests: Population Management, Professional Development, Transitions of Care, Leadership
  • Preceptor for PGY1: Practice Management

 

 

 

Mary Mohammed, PharmD
Title/Position: Clinical Pharmacy Manager; PGY1 Residency Program Director
  • Pharmacy Education: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, MA
  • Practice Interests: Pharmacy leadership, professional development
  • Preceptor for PGY1: Drug Information and Policy, Practice Management
     

 

 

Michelle Byram, RPh, CACP

Christopher Batista, PharmD
Title/Position: Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator; PGY1 Residency Program Coordinator
  • Pharmacy Education: Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, NY
  • PGY1 Residency: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
  • Practice Interests: Emergency medicine, internal medicine, precepting
  • Preceptor for PGY1: Teaching and Education
  • Preceptor for PGY2: Teaching and Education
     
 
 
 
Lisa DeGennaro, PharmD
Title/Position: Ambulatory Care Pharmacist, PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency Program Director
  • Pharmacy Education: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
  • PGY1: Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center 
  • Practice Interests: Diabetes Care and Advancing Ambulatory Care Practice
  • Preceptor for PGY1: Adult Primary Care Medicine
  • Preceptor for PGY2 Amb Care: Adult Primary Care Medicine, Practice Management, Teaching and Education
 
 
 
 
Michelle Byram, BS Pharm, CACP
Title/Position: Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist, PGY2 Thrombosis and Hemostasis Management Residency Program Director
  • Pharmacy Education: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
  • PGY1 Residency: Saint Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, CT
  • Practice Interests: Anticoagulation, Ambulatory care, Medication Management, Transitions of Care
  • Preceptor for: Anticoagulation Service (PGY1 & PGY2)
  • Preceptor for PGY2 Ambulatory Care: anticoagulation

         

 

Micaela Carroll, PharmD, BCPS

 

Micaela Powner, PharmD, BCPS 
Title/Position: Medication Safety Pharmacist
  • Pharmacy Education:  Northeastern University, Boston, MA
  • PGY1 Residency: Broward General Medical Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • PGY2 Residency: Internal Medicine, West Virginia University (WVU) Healthcare, Morgantown, WV
  • Practice Interests: Anticoagulation, pain management, precepting
  • Preceptor for PGY2: Teaching and Education

 

Nicole Costello, PharmD, BCPS

 

Nicole Costello, PharmD, BCPS
Title/Position: Clinical Pharmacist
  • Pharmacy Education: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (BS), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (PharmD)
  • Practice Interests: Cardiology
  • Preceptor for: Cardiac Intensive Care (PGY1)

 

Matthew Dionne, PharmD

 

Matthew Dionne, PharmD
Title/Position: Clinical Pharmacist
  • Pharmacy Education: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
  • Preceptor for: Pharmacy Service (PGY1)

 

Jamey Dodge, RPh, BCPS, BCCCP

 

Jamey Dodge, RPh, BCPS, BCCCP
Title/Position: Clinical Pharmacist
  • Pharmacy Education: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
  • Practice Interests: Sedation, analgesia, delirium, antimicrobial stewardship
  • Preceptor for: Medical Intensive Care, Surgical Intensive Care (PGY1)

 

Jeannine Fischetti, PharmD

 

Jeannine Fischetti, PharmD
Title/Position: Clinical Pharmacist
  • Pharmacy Education: University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (formerly Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science), Philadelphia, PA
  • Preceptor for: Neonatal Intensive Care (PGY1)

 

Karen Gleason, PharmD, BCACP, CACP

 

Karen Gleason, PharmD, BCACP, CACP
Title/Position: Clinical Pharmacist
  • Pharmacy Education: University of Connecticut (BS), Storrs, CT, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR (PharmD)
  • Practice Interests: Ambulatory Care, Anticoagulation
  • Preceptor for: Anticoagulation Service (PGY1)

 

Jane Mueller, PharmD, BCPS

 

Jane Mueller, PharmD, BCPS
Title/Position: Clinical Pharmacist
  • Pharmacy Education: University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
  • PGY1 Residency: Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT
  • Practice Interests: Cardiology, critical care, neurology
  • Preceptor for: Congestive Heart Failure (PGY1), Cardiac Intensive Care (PGY1)

 

David Palazzolo, RPh

 

David Palazzolo, RPh
Title/Position: Clinical Pharmacist
  • Pharmacy Education: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
  • Practice Interests: Behavioral Health
  • Preceptor for: Behavioral Health (PGY1)

 

Megan Pereira, PharmD, BCOP

 

Megan Pereira, PharmD, BCOP
Title/Position: Clinical Pharmacist for Smilow Cancer Center at Saint Francis
  • Pharmacy Education: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
  • Practice Interests: Oncology
  • Preceptor for: Outpatient Oncology (PGY1)

 

Ashley Sowers, PharmD

 

Ashley Sowers, PharmD, BCPS 
Title/Position: Clinical Pharmacist
  • Pharmacy Education: Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas
  • PGY1 Residency: Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT
  • Practice Interests: Emergency Medicine
  • Preceptor for: Emergency Medicine I & II (PGY1)

 

 

Alexis Swist

 

Alexis Swist, PharmD, BCPS  
Title/Position: Clinical Pharmacist  
 
  • Pharmacy Education: Albany College of Pharmacy, Albany, NY
  • PGY1 Residency: Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT
  • Practice Interests: Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine
  • Preceptor for: Orientation (PGY1), Internal Medicine (PGY1)

 

Domenic Vita, PharmD

 

 

 

Domenic Vita, PharmD  
Title/Position: Clinical Pharmacist 
  • Pharmacy Education: Albany College of Pharmacy, Albany, NY
  • PGY1 Residency: Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT
  • Practice Interests: Internal Medicine, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Infectious Diseases, Critical Care
  • Preceptor for: Orientation (PGY1)

 

 

 
Edyta Kusmirek, PharmD  
Title/Position: Clinical Pharmacist 
  • Pharmacy Education: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (BS Pharm); Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy, Downers Grove, IL (PharmD)
  • Practice Interests: General medicine, neonatology
  • Preceptor for PGY1: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
     

 

 

 

Nicole Thurnherr, PharmD 
Title/Position: Clinical Pharmacist 
  • Pharmacy Education: D’Youville University School of Pharmacy, Buffalo, NY
  • PGY1 Residency: Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT
  • Practice Interests: Cardiology
  • Preceptor for PGY1: Congestive Heart Failure 
     

 

Dora Wiskirchen, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP

 

 

Dora Wiskirchen, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP
Title/Position: Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Coordinator 
  • Pharmacy Education: Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH
  • PGY1 Residency: Greenville Hospital System, Greenville, SC
  • Fellowship: Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy, Hartford Hospital Center for Anti-Infective Research and Development, Hartford, CT
  • Practice Interests: Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Antibiotic Resistance
  • Preceptor for: Antimicrobial Stewardship (PGY1), Research Project (PGY1 & PGY2)

 

 
Youssef Bessada, PharmD, BCPS
Title/Position: Assistant Clinical Professor (UConn School of Pharmacy) / CV Surgery Step Down Unit Clinical Faculty (Saint Francis Hospital)
  • Pharmacy Education: Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Albany, NY
  • PGY1: UConn John Dempsey Hospital at UConn Health, Farmington, CT
  • PGY2: PGY2 Cardiology Pharmacy – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 
  • Practice Interests: Anticoagulation, Preventative Cardiology, Transition of Care Optimization
  • Preceptor for PGY1: Clinical Precepting 
  • Preceptor for PGY2: PGY2 Ambulatory Care – Transitions of Care