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CUMC - Bergan Mercy Pharmacy Residents

2025-2026

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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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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 a Emergency Medicine/Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist at Mercy One Medical Center in Des Moines, IA
  • 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; now 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; now 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; now working as a pharmacist at Kentucky Poison Control
  • 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