I have not specifically been involved with a student’s research project. I am serving as a contact person for
our clinical specialist. This is a little about our organization. Attached is the list of potential mentors
(ORMC only—the peds, neonatal, and women’s services are at APMC and should not be included). This
has their educational background, interest, etc.
Orlando Regional Medical Center – Pharmacy Department
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Includes the following facilities:
o Orlando Regional Medical Center - Level I Trauma Center, Burn Center, medical &
surgical intensive care units, surgery, internal medicine, and cardiology
o Lewis Pavilion - includes MD Anderson Cancer Center, inpatient adult
hematology/oncology, surgery, and surgical oncology
o Lucerne Pavilion - physical medicine & rehabilitation unit, brain injury rehabilitation
center (BIRC), and internal medicine
808-bed community teaching hospital
57 full-time pharmacists
64 technicians & student interns
15 clinical pharmacy specialists
PGY-1 Pharmacy and PGY-2 Critical Care Resident Rotation Site
Pharmacy Educator
Provides 24-hour, 7-days per week pharmacy coverage
24-hour, 7-days/week clinical pharmacist on-call coverage
Utilizes Omnicell medical stations & Sunrise XA (computer system)
Stacie Hudgens, Pharm.D.
Clinical Coordinator
Pharmacy Services
Orlando Regional Medical Center, a part of Orlando Health
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1414 Kuhl Avenue, MP 180
Orlando, FL 32806
Phone: 321.841.1987
Pager: 407.980.8619
Fax: 407.649.6839
Stacie.hudgens@orlandohealth.com
Orlando Health Pharmacy Residency Program Faculty
Critical Care
April L. Anderson, Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist, Neonatal Intensive Care
Education: Pharm.D. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (2006)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency (2006-2007) & PGY-2 Pediatric
Specialty Residency (2007-2008), University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center,
Lexington, KY
Interest Areas: neonatology
Email: April.Anderson@orlandohealth.com
Rebecca L. Anderson, Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist, Medical Critical Care
Education: Pharm.D., University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (2009)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency (2009-2010) & PGY-2 Critical Care Specialty
Residency (2010-2011), Orlando Health, Orlando, FL
Interest Areas: delirium/sedation, therapeutic hypothermia, neurology
Email: Rebecca.Anderson@orlandohealth.com
Kara L. Birrer, Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist, Trauma/General Surgery
Director, PGY-2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency
Education: Pharm.D., Butler University, Indianapolis, IN (2002)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency (2002-2003) & PGY-2 Critical Care
Specialty Residency (2003-2004), University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center,
Lexington, KY
Interest Areas: trauma, spinal cord injury, alterations in gastrointestinal function,
disaster preparedness
Email: Kara.Birrer@orlandohealth.com
Garrett M. Curtis, Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist, Medical Critical Care
Education: Pharm.D., University of Toledo, Toledo, OH (2010)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency (2010-2011), Beaumont Hospital –
Royal Oak, Royal Oak, MI & PGY-2 Critical Care Residency (2011-2012), Cleveland
Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Interest Areas: Delirium/sedation, neurology, continuous renal replacement therapy
Email: Garrett.Curtis@orlandohealth.com
Marlena Fox, Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist, Medical Critical Care
Residency Program Coordinator, Orlando Regional Medical Center
Education: Pharm.D., Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (2006)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency (2006-2007) & PGY-2 Critical Care
Residency (2007-2008) at Shands at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Interest Areas: sepsis, infectious diseases, therapeutic hypothermia, pulmonary
hypertension
Email: Marlena.Fox@orlandohealth.com
Lyndrick L. Hamilton, Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist, Neonatal Intensive Care
Education: Pharm.D., Mercer University, Atlanta, GA (2010)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency (2010-2011) & PGY-2 Pediatric
Specialty Residency (2011-2012), Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC
Interest Areas: neonatology, women's health, and infectious diseases
Email: Lyndrick.Hamilton@orlandohealth.com
Brandon P. Hobbs, Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist, Trauma/General Surgery
Education: PharmD, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, Memphis, TN
(2008)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency (2008-2009) & PGY-2 Critical Care
Specialty Residency (2009-2010), Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA
Interest Areas: trauma, anticoagulation reversal & platelet function analysis
Email: Brandon.Hobbs@orlandohealth.com
Xi Liu-DeRyke, Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist, Surgical Critical Care
Education: Pharm.D., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (2000)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency (2000-2001), Florida Hospital,
Orlando, FL; PGY-2 Critical Care Specialty Residency (2003-2004), Detroit Receiving
Hospital, Detroit, MI; & Neuroscience & Outcome Research Fellowship (2004-2006),
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Interest Areas: blood pressure management in hemorrhagic stroke; glucose
management in head injury; hypertonic saline for intracranial pressure
Email: Xi.Liu@orlandohealth.com
Susan Norman, Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist, Pediatric Critical Care
Education: Pharm.D., University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (2010)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency (2010-2011) & PGY-2 Pediatric Pharmacy
Residency (2011-2012), Orlando Health, Orlando, FL
Interest Areas: pediatric critical care, infectious diseases
Email: Susan.Norman@orlandohealth.com
Jennifer Shenk, Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist, Pediatric ICU Step Down
Director, PGY-2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency
Education: Pharm.D., West Virginia University, Morgantown, W V (2008)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency (2008-2009), West Virginia
University Hospitals, Morgantown, W V & PGY-2 Pediatric Specialty Residency (20092010), Arnold Palmer Medical Center, Orlando Health, Orlando, FL
Interest Areas: infectious diseases, nephrology
Email: Jennifer.Shenk@orlandohealth.com
Mary Soliman, Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
Education: Pharm.D., Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL (2010)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency (2010-2011), Tallahassee Memorial
Health Care, Tallahassee, FL & PGY-2 Pediatric Specialty Residency (2010-2011),
St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, Tampa, FL
Interest Areas: pediatric cardiology, pediatric critical care, sedation, infectious
diseases, medication safety
Email: Mary.Soliman@orlandohealth.com
Drug Information
Mai Nguyen, Pharm.D.
Coordinator, Corporate Drug Information Center
Education: Pharm.D., University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (2000)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency (2000-2001), Florida Hospital,
Orlando, FL
Interest Areas: drug information, medication safety, emergency preparedness, smart
infusion pump technology
Email: Mai.Nguyen@orlandohealth.com
Emergency Medicine
Jason M. Brady, Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist, Adult Emergency Medicine
Director, PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency
Education: Pharm.D., Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA (2002)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency (2002-2003) & PGY-2 Adult Internal
Medicine Specialty Residency (2003-2004), Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA
Interest Areas: medication safety, toxicology, emergency preparedness
Email: Jason.Brady@orlandohealth.com
Deba S. Rihani, Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist, Adult Emergency Medicine
Education: Pharm.D., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (2009)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency (2009-2010) & PGY-2 Critical Care Specialty
Residency (2010-2011), Orlando Health, Orlando, FL
Interest Areas: toxicology, emergency preparedness, infectious diseases, and
trauma
Email: Deba.Rihani@orlandohealth.com
Hematology / Oncology
Salvatore M. Bottiglieri, Pharm.D., BCOP
Clinical Pharmacist, Oncology
Education: Pharm.D., Albany College of Pharmacy, Union University, Albany, NY
(2008)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency (2008-2009), Moses Cone Health System,
Greensboro, NC & PGY-2 Hematology/Oncology Specialty Residency (2009-2010),
University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Interest Areas: management & education of cancer patients, optimizing patient
outcomes in cancer patients, student/resident education in oncology pharmacy
practice
Email: Salvatore.Bottiglieri@orlandohealth.com
Melissa R. Butler, Pharm.D., BCOP
Clinical Pharmacist, Oncology
Education: Pharm.D., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (2002)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency (2002-2003), Health Alliance, The
University Hospital, Cincinnati, OH & PGY-2 Oncology Specialty Residency (20032004), Shands at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Interest Areas: acute leukemia, breast cancer, supportive care issues
Email: Melissa.Butler@orlandohealth.com
Erin Steinwedel, Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Education: Pharm.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (2004)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency (2008-2009), Georgetown University
Hospital, Washington, D.C. & PGY-2 Pediatric Specialty Residency (2009-2010),
Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
Interest Areas: sickle cell anemia, acute leukemia, supportive care
Email: Erin.Steinwedel@orlandohealth.com
Infectious Diseases
Brittany L. Fries, Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist, Adult Infectious Diseases
Education: Pharm.D., University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (2009)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency (2009-2010), University of Alabama at
BirminghamHospital, Birmingham, AL & PGY-2 Infectious Diseases Specialty
Residency (2010-2011),Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
Interest Areas: antimicrobial resistance, fungal infections, HIV, transplant, critical
care
Email: Brittany.Fries@orlandohealth.com
Shauna M. Jacobson, Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist, Adult Infectious Diseases
Education: Pharm.D., University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (2010)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency (2010-2011), Grady Health System, Atlanta,
GA & PGY-2 Infectious Diseases Specialty Residency (2011-2012),West Virginia
University Healthcare, Morgantown, W V
Interest Areas: Antimicrobial resistance, hospital-acquired infections, HIV/AIDS,
Clostridium difficile infection
Email: Shauna.Jacobson@orlandohealth.com
Internal Medicine
Samantha Bailey, Pharm.D., AAHIVP
Clinical Pharmacist, Adult Internal Medicine
Education: Pharm.D., University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (2006)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency (2006-2007), Orlando Health, Orlando, FL &
PGY-2 Adult Internal Medicine Specialty Residency (2007-2008), Grady Health
System, Atlanta, GA
Interest Areas: HIV
Email: Samantha.Bailey@orlandohealth.com
Stacie M. Hudgens, Pharm.D.
Clinical Coordinator, Orlando Regional Medical Center
Clinical Pharmacist, Adult Internal Medicine
Education: BS Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (1994); Pharm.D.,
University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (2004)
Training: General Practice Residency (1994-1995), North Mississippi Medical
Center, Tupelo, MS
Interest Area: infectious diseases
Email: Stacie.Hudgens@orlandohealth.com
Robyn Keen, Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist, Pediatric Internal Medicine
Education: Pharm.D., University of Georgia, Athens, GA (2009)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency (2009-2010) & PGY-2 Pediatrics Specialty
Residency (2010-2011), Shands at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Interest Areas: general pediatrics
Email: Robyn.Keen@orlandohealth.com
William A. Maish, Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist, Pediatric Internal Medicine
Education: BS Pharmacy, Purdue University, W est Lafayette, IN (1986); Pharm.D.,
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (1991)
Training: Pediatric Pharmacotherapy Fellowship (1991-1993), University of Oklahoma
College of Pharmacy, Oklahoma City, OK & Clinical Pharmacokinetics and
Pharmacotherapeutics Fellowship (1993-1994), Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Interest Areas: general pediatrics, infectious diseases, asthma/allergy, pulmonary
medicine
Email: William.Maish@orlandohealth.com
Kris K. Smith, Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist, Adult Internal Medicine
Education: Pharm.D., University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN (1992)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency with an emphasis in geriatrics (19921993), Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN
Interest Area: geriatrics
Email: Kris.Smith@orlandohealth.com
Nutrition Support (Adult)
D. Crisp Vickers, R.Ph., BCNSP
Clinical Pharmacist, Nutrition Support Service
Clinical Pharmacist, Investigational Drug Studies
Education: BS Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (1975)
Training: Staff Pharmacist, ORMC (1980-1986), IV Room Supervisor, ORMC (19861989), Pharmacy Operations Supervisor (1989-1990), Board Certified Nutrition
Support Pharmacist (1995)
Interest Areas: nutrition support, diabetes
Email: Donald.Vickers@orlandohealth.com
Pharmacy Practice Management
Harry P. Marcelin, Pharm.D., M.S., BCPS
Pharmacy Operations Supervisor, Orlando Regional Medical Center
Education: Pharm.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (2008)
Training: PGY-2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration Residency (2008-2010),
University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, KS
Interest Areas: medication reconciliation, supply chain management, student
development
Email: Harry.Marcelin@orlandohealth.com
Armando R. Soto, Pharm.D., M.S.
Pharmacy Operations Coordinator, Orlando Regional Medical Center
Education: Pharm.D., University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR (2005), MS Health
System Pharmacy Administration, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (2007)
Training: Residency in Pharmacy Practice Management (2007-2008), The Ohio
State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Interest Areas: medication safety, financial management, pharmacy productivity
Email: Armando.Soto@orlandohealth.com
Women’s Obstetrics & Gynecology
Anne Hishon, Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist, Women's Obstetrics and Gynecology Services
Education: Pharm.D., The University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy,
Columbia, SC (2008)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency (2008-2009), Mission
Hospitals, Asheville, NC
Interest Areas: high-risk obstetrics, women's health, medication safety
Email: Anne.Hishon@orlandohealth.com
Susanna S. Holmes, Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacist, Women's Obstetrics and Gynecology Services
Education: Pharm.D., The University of South Carolina College of
Pharmacy, Columbia, SC (2003)
Training: PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency (2004-2005), The Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD & PGY-2 Pediatric Specialty Residency (20052006), The University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Interest Areas: high-risk obstetrics, women’s health, obstetric
emergencies,
medication
safety
Email: : Susanna.Holmes@orlandohealth.com