CUMC - Bergan Mercy Pharmacy Residents

2024-2025

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Elizabeth Mensing, PharmD

College of Pharmacy Attended: Drake University

Graduation Year: 2025

Practice Area Interests: Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, and Infectious Disease

Research Project: Incidence of Hypoglycemia in Patients Receiving Insulin for Treatment of Acute Hyperkalemia in the Emergency Department

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Josh Pham, PharmD

College of Pharmacy Attended: Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions

Graduation Year: 2025

Practice Area Interests: NICU, Peds, Critical Care

Research Project: Comparing urine versus serum sodium concentrations as guidance for sodium supplementation to enhance growth and development in extremely low birth weight neonates

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Bridget Stumbris, PharmD

College of Pharmacy Attended: Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions

Graduation Year: 2025

Practice Area Interests: Cardiology and Critical Care

Research Project: Antithrombotic therapy (ATT) prescribing patterns in patients with blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI)

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Lucy Sundrup, PharmD

College of Pharmacy Attended: University of Iowa

Graduation Year: 2025

Practice Area Interests: Oncology, Palliative Care, and Internal Medicine

Research Project: A Retrospective Review of NCCN Guideline Adherence to Growth Factor Use in Oncology Patients at an Academic Medical Center

Former Residents - Where Are They Now?

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2024-2025 - Jessica Olorz, Valentina Bertrand, Meghan Ryan, Jozey Seaton

  • Jessica Oloriz, PharmD - PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Resident UCI Health in Irvine, CA
  • Valentina Bertrand, PharmD - Pediatric Pharmacist at Children's Nebraska in Omaha, NE
  • Meghan Ryan, PharmD - Emergency Medicine Pharmacist at Methodist Health West in West Des Moines, IA
  • Jozey Seaton, PharmD - Emergency Medicine Pharmacist at Bryan Health in Lincoln, NE

Pharmacy Residents 2023-2024

2023-2024 - Front row: Shayna Skokan, Jessica Van Laren; Back row: Jared Tiu, Jordan Kimball, Dominick Babich

  • Dominick Babich, PharmD - ED/Critical Care Overnight Pharmacist at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy in Omaha, NE
  • Jordan Kimball, PharmD - Pharmacist at Iowa Poison Control
  • Shayna Skokan, PharmD - Internal Medicine Pharmacist at Bryan Health in Lincoln, NE
  • Jared Tiu, PharmD - completed PGY-2 Infectious Disease Residency at Houston Methodist in Houston, TX; now working as a Clinical Pharmacist at HCA Houston Southeast
  • Jessica Van Laren, PharmD - completed PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency at Kaiser Permanente in Denver, CO; now working as an Oncology Clinical Pharmacist at Kaiser Permanente in Denver, CO

Pharmacy Residents - 2023-2024

2022-2023 - Front row: Dasjah Mason, Alyssa Rokusek, Srishti Singal; Back row: Jerrick Bowers, Nathan Feldmann, Sam Wilson

  • Jerrick Bowers, PharmD – completed PGY2 Health System Pharmacy and Leadership with CHI Health in Omaha, NE; now working as a Pharmacist for CHI Health in Omaha, NE
  • Nathan Feldmann, PharmD – Pharmacist at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, NE
  • Dasjah Mason, PharmD – Internal Medicine pharmacist at The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City
  • Alyssa Rokusek, PharmD – ED/Critical Care Overnight Pharmacist at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy in Omaha, NE
  • Srishti Singal, PharmD – completed PGY2 Critical Care at UC Health Memorial in Colorado Springs, CO; now working as a Critical Care Pharmacist at Ascension St. Francis in Evanston, IL
  • Sam Wilson, PharmD – ED/Critical Care Pharmacist at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy in Omaha, NE

Pharmacy Residents 2021-2022

2021-2022 - Front row: Christa Taylor, Maureen Martin, Katie Renken; Back row: Brooke Conroy, Craig Ripski, Jena Dresbach

  • Brooke Conroy, PharmD –Pharmacist at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, Wyoming
  • Jena Dresbach, PharmD – completed PGY2 Critical Care at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, UT; now working as a Critical Care Pharmacist at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, UT
  • Maureen Martin, PharmD – completed PGY2 Ambulatory Care at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN; now working as an MTM Pharmacist in the Diabetes/Endocrinology, Addiction Medicine, and Interventional Pain Clinics at Hennepin Healthcare Minneapolis, MN.
  • Katie Renken, PharmD – Pharmacist at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha, NE
  • Craig Ripski, PharmD – completed PGY2 Infectious Disease at Jesse Brown VA Med in Chicago, IL; now working as a clinical pharmacist at Bryan Health in Lincoln, NE
  • Christa Taylor, PharmD – Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy in Omaha, NE

Pharmacy Residents 2020-2021

2020-2021 - Front row: Jessel Dela Cruz, Adam Bassing, Taylor Lenz; Back row: Natalie Tiefenthaler, Casie Walters, Emily Oliver

  • Adam Bassing, PharmD – Critical Care Pharmacist at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy in Omaha, NE
  • Jessel Dela Cruz, PharmD – completed PGY2 in Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership at CHI Health in Omaha, NE; now working as the Pharmacy Supply Chain and Business Operation Manager at Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, HI
  • Taylor Lenz, PharmD – completed PGY2 in Emergency Medicine at Mercy One Medical Center in Des Moines, IA; now working as an Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist and PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Director at Christus Spohn Shoreline Hospital in Corpus Christi, TX
  • Emily Oliver, PharmD – completed PGY2 in Pain Management and Palliative Care at Hospice of Southern Illinois in Belleville, IL; now working as an Institutional Clinical Pharmacist at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, MO
  • Natalie Tiefenthaler, PharmD – completed PGY2 in Ambulatory Care at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, NE; work working as an Ambulatory Care Pharmacist with Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, NE
  • Casie Walters, PharmD – completed PGY2 in Psychiatry at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN; work working as a Clinical Pharmacist in Forensic Psychiatry at St. Peter Regional Treatment Center in St. Peter, MN.

Pharmacy Residents 2019-2020

2019-2020 - Front row: Sarah Ermer, Sam Katzman, Marina Kaminsky; Back row: Daniel Hannig, Xavier Hill, Braxton Wilcox

  • Sarah Ermer, PharmD – Completed PGY2 in Pain Management and Palliative Care at University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in Iowa City; post-PGY2 accepted a position as an Opioid Stewardship Clinical Pharmacist
  • Daniel Hannig, PharmD – Critical Care Pharmacist at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy in Omaha, NE
  • Xavier Hill, PharmD - Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Long Beach VA Hospital in Long Beach, California
  • Marina Kaminsky, PharmD – Hospital Pharmacist at Providence St. Patrick’s Hospital in Missoula, MT
  • Sam Katzman, PharmD – Completed PGY2 in Emergency Medicine at Mercy One in Des Moines, IA; Critical Care/Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist at University of Louisville Health in Louisville, KY
  • Braxton Wilcox, PharmD – Clinical Pharmacist at Boystown National Research Hospital in Omaha, NE

Pharmacy Residents 2018-2019

2018-2019 - Front row: Spencer Evans, Alison Miller, Eric Bierle; Back row: Samantha Brongiel, Athena Aus, Cassidy Latusek

  • Athena Aus, PharmD - Staff pharmacist at Banner Health - North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, CO
  • Eric Bierle, PharmD – Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator at CHI Health Lakeside in Omaha, NE
  • Samantha Brongiel, PharmD - Completed PGY2 in Oncology at Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut; post-PGY2 now working as a Clinical Oncology Pharmacist at Northwestern Medicine Specialty Pharmacy in Chicago, IL
  • Spencer Evans, PharmD - Completed PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership at CHI Health in Omaha, NE; post-PGY2 working as the Pharmacy Operations Manager at Bryan Medical Center in Lincoln, NE
  • Cassidy Latusek, PharmD - Hospital Pharmacist at Mayo Clinic - Saint Mary's Campus in Rochester, MN
  • Alison Miller, PharmD - Clinical Pharmacist Emergency Medicine at Children's Healthcare Colorado in Denver, CO

Pharmacy Residents 2017-2018

2017-2018: Front row: Antonio Luo, Kailey Frenzel, Jon Van Breusegen; Back row: Akosua Boateng, Megan Wachter, Tiffany Ramos

  • Akosua Boateng, PharmD - Clinical Pharmacy Manager at HCA Houston Southeast in Pasadena, TX
  • Kailey Frenzel, PharmD – Clinical Pharmacist, Internal Medicine at Bryan Health in Lincoln, NE
  • Antonio Luo, PharmD - Patient Care Pharmacist at University of California-San Francisco Medical Center in San Francisco, CA
  • Tiffany Ramos, PharmD - Clinical Pharmacist at Queens Medical Center in Honolulu, HI
  • Jon VanBreusegen, PharmD - Clinical Pharmacist at University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, MO
  • Megan Wachter, PharmD - completed PGY2 in Psychiatry at Eastern Colorado VA Healthcare System; post PGY2 working as a Mental Health Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner at the Massaponax Veterans Affairs Clinic in Fredericksburg, VA

Contact

Jennifer M. Anthone, PharmD, BCIDP, BCPS
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Director
Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist
7500 Mercy Road, Omaha, NE 68124
P: (402) 398-5659
[email protected]