The Pharmacist / Spring 2022 / Volume 44 / Issue 2

ALUMNI NEWS
LAURIE NOSCHESE, PharmD ’12,
was promoted to chief of pharmacy
at Lovell FHCC.
BOLU OLADINI, PharmD ’18,
started a new position as scientific
associate at PRECISIONvalue.
FARAH OSMAN, PharmD ’17, is
now a staff pharmacist at Walmart.
GENNARO PAOLELLA, PharmD ’17
(pictured to the left with Dean Glen
Schumock), serves in the Office of the
Attending Physician (OAP) and provides
pharmacy services for U.S. Congress
and Supreme Court members.
LEAH PATEL, PharmD, RES ’08,
has started a new position as senior
medical scientist at Amgen.
Dr. Joe Sasseen
MICHELLE KELLER, PharmD ’05,
was promoted to senior principle
clinical research pharmacist at Pfizer.
KRZYSZTOF KOC, PharmD ’15,
started a new position as clinical
pharmacist at Blue Cross and Blue
Shield. Dr. Koc also started a new
position as pharmacist PRN at
Walgreens.
AUDREY SUH KROLICKI,
PharmD ’01, was recently promoted
to executive director, scientific
publications and medical education,
at Astellas Pharma.
VARUN MOHAN KUMAR, MBBS,
MPH, MSc, FEL’16, is a cofounder of
OneVenture.
DANIEL KY, PharmD ’15, recently
joined QueensCare Health Centers
as an outpatient pharmacy manager.
YANA LABINOV, PharmD ’11,
RES ’12, ’13, was recently promoted to
senior medical information manager,
specialty, at Astellas Pharma US.
KIRSTEN LARSON, PharmD ’20,
MS, started a new position as
clinical pharmacist at Baltimore
Medical System.
SAJEEL LATIF, PharmD ’20,
started a new position as pharmacy
manager at Jewel-Osco.
LIZ LESSER, PharmD ’14, was
recently promoted to director,
medical affairs, ophthalmology,
JEM&A TA Lead at AbbVie.
ADELA LUPAS, PharmD ’20,
recently joined Piedmont Fayette
Hospital as a clinical pharmacist.
CARISSA MANCUSO, PharmD,
RES ’03, ’04, recently joined Eisai as a
senior manager, medical information.
SANJAY MEHTA, PharmD ’01,
MBA, recently joined Pfizer as
director, outcomes and analytics.
ALBERT MEI, PharmD ’17, was
promoted to CareMore national
pharmacy lead—ambulatory
pharmacy manager and digital
innovation at CareMore Health.
ALEXANDER METZGER,
PharmD ’21, has joined the
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee
Hospital team as a clinical/staff
pharmacist.
HSUAN-MING YAO, PhD, ’05,
recently joined Proteovant
Therapeutics as a senior director,
clinical pharmacology.
MIRIAM MOBLEY SMITH,
PharmD ’95, recently joined the
Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy,
University of Hawaii at Hilo, as interim
dean and visiting professor.
ZACHARY MOLDWIN, PharmD ’20,
was recently promoted to clinical
data scientist at the FDA.
CANDY NG, PharmD ’11, recently
joined CVS Caremark as a clinical
pharmacist.
SEEMA PATEL, PharmD ’12,
RES ’13, ’14, recently joined the
Cleveland Clinic as a clinical
pharmacy specialist.
FELICIA (BARTILOTTA) PRYOR,
PharmD ’13, was quoted in an article
in Forbes.
ANNA PURDUM, PharmD ’98, MS,
was recently promoted to head of
U.S. market access at Kite Pharma.
SAMONA RAWAL, PharmD ’20,
was promoted to associate manager,
Regulatory Affairs—Oncology, at
Astellas Pharma.
LAMAR QUINN, PharmD ’11,
recently joined Dallas Healthcare
Pharmacy as a staff pharmacist.
NICOLE SALATA, PharmD ’10,
MSc, MBA, recently received her MBA
from the Quantic School of Business
and Technology.
JOE SASEEN, PharmD, RES ’95,
presented on “TG Lowering and CVD
Risk Reduction” on December 8 at
the Heart of Cardiology Conference,
a national conference that drew
more than 2,000 participants.
CRAIG SCHAEFER, PharmD ’21,
recently joined CVS Specialty as a
clinical pharmacist.
CHRIS SCHRIEVER, PharmD ’99,
was promoted to clinical associate
professor at the UIC College of
Pharmacy.
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