PGY-1 Pharmacy Resident - McLaren Greater Lansing - Lansing, MI
(2025-06)
Residency Program Director: Rachel Griffioen, PharmD, BCPS
- Providing safe and effective patient care services
- Participate in the identification and implementation of medication-related interventions
- Completing a major and minor project to advance the practice of pharmacy
Pharmacy Technician - Amazon Pharmacy PillPack - Indianapolis, IN
(2020-12 - 2022-01)
Supervisor: Drew Steppleman, PharmD
- Filling prescriptions in individual dose packets, vials, and bulk packaging to ship to the patient's home or healthcare facility
- Working on a team to ensure that the medications were filled accurately and packaged correctly to ensure the ease of use for the patient
Pharmacy Technician - CVS Pharmacy - Milwaukee, WI; Indianapolis, IN
(2019-11 - 2020-12)
CVS Pharmacy 8770, Milwaukee, WI and CVS Pharmacy 8643, Indianapolis, IN. Supervisor: Adam Rominger, PharmD
- Training new technicians
- Managing insurance rejections
- Performing inventory management
- Scheduling technician workflow
- Filling and dispensing medications
Inpatient Pharmacy Technician - Children's Hospital of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI
(2019-03 - 2019-07)
Supervisor: Tammy Mindham
- Working in the sterile compounding area to compound and prepare intravenous medications to patients
- Packaging tablets and oral liquids into unit doses for patients
- Delivering medications to patient rooms
- Working alongside pharmacists to provide patient safety
Pharmacy Intern - Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin, Froedtert Hospital - Milwaukee, WI
(2018-03 - 2018-11)
Supervisor: Kate Schaafsma, PharmD, MBA, HSPA
- Training new employees on pharmacy protocols and practices
- Working on inventory management
Pharmacy Technician - Walgreens - Grand Rapids, MI
(2014-04 - 2016-04)
Supervisor: Robert Rogalke, RPh
Pharmacy Technician - Country Squire Pharmacy - Fremont, MI
(2011-09 - 2013-12)
Supervisor: Jud Afman, RPh
- Compounding capsules and preparing unit doses for long-term care facility and foster home patients as well as retail patients
Advanced Oncology Elective - McLaren Greater Lansing - Lansing, MI
(2026-06 - 2026-06)
Preceptor: Tiffany Kelley, PharmD
Transitions of Care Elective - McLaren Greater Lansing - Lansing, MI
(2026-05 - 2026-05)
Preceptor: Raven Jackson, PharmD, MBA
- Evaluated institution-wide medication reconciliation and transition-of-care workflows through interdisciplinary observation in order to identify barriers contributing to medication discrepancies and delays in care
- Identified key process improvement opportunities involving medication history accuracy, staff education, and communicating gaps impacting patient safety, medication adherence, and readmission risk
Critical Care - McLaren Greater Lansing - Lansing, MI
(2026-03 - 2026-04)
Preceptor: Joseph Zeman, PharmD, BCCCP
- Participated in multidisciplinary ICU bedside rounds, optimizing pharmacotherapy, and developed evidence-based patient-centered care plans
- Managed ICU transitions of care by reconciling home medications, optimizing antimicrobial therapy and duration, converting IV to PO when appropriate, and providing pharmacotherapy recommendations and clinical documentation within the electronic health record
Antimicrobial Stewardship - McLaren Greater Lansing - Lansing, MI
(2026-02 - 2026-03)
Preceptor: Elizabeth Rodriguez, PharmD, BCPS
- Assessed antimicrobial regimens for pneumonia and urinary tract infections to optimize antibiotic selection and duration in alignment with stewardship principles
- Contributed to interdisciplinary rounds by providing antimicrobial stewardship interventions, including IV-to-PO conversion, de-escalation or escalation of therapy to optimize coverage, and adjust duration according to indication
Surgery - McLaren Greater Lansing - Lansing, MI
(2025-12 - 2026-01)
Preceptor: Jennifer Holdcraft, PharmD
- Review and prepare medications for surgical procedures
- Attended surgical and interventional procedures
Oncology - McLaren Greater Lansing - Lansing, MI
(2025-10 - 2025-11)
Preceptor: Tiffany Kelley, PharmD
- Review and verify appropriateness of chemotherapy orders along with necessary pre-medications, anti-emetics, and colony stimulating factors
- Round with oncology team and provide medication related interventions
Internal Medicine - McLaren Greater Lansing - Lansing, MI
(2025-08 - 2025-09)
Preceptor: Rachel Griffioen, PharmD, BCPS
- Discuss medication therapy recommendations with multidisciplinary team on rounds and implement changes
- Reconcile assigned patient's medications and communicate issues to the appropriate provider
- Review all assigned patients on the pharmacy dosing service task list and order any labs or regimen changes based on assessment
Pharmacy Administration - McLaren Greater Lansing - Lansing, MI
(2025-06 - 2025-07)
Preceptor: Marla Ekola, PharmD, BCPS, MBA, FACHE
- Review formulary management and requests to add medications to formulary
- Participate in medication event reporting and monitoring
- Perform evaluations and conduct interviews for potential new hires
Staffing (Longitudinal Experience) - McLaren Greater Lansing - Lansing, MI
(2025-07 - 2026-06)
Preceptor: Jeffrey Ackerman, PharmD
- Monitoring patients INR at the anticoagulation clinic, making adjustments to their Warfarin regimen, and creating bridging plans as needed for procedures
- Verifying medication orders in the main pharmacy, ensuring medications are safe and appropriate for their specified indications
Bone Marrow Transplant (APPE) - Corewell Health
(2024-08 - 2024-09)
Preceptor: Devon Stonerock, PharmD
- Complete medication reconciliations with patients being considered for transplant
- Manage patient's immunosuppression medications and recommending adjustments as necessary
- Counsel patients on medications at discharge
