Management:
James McNulty, PharmD, Director of Pharmacy
James McNulty, PharmD is the Director of Pharmacy Services for Kaweah Delta
Health Care District. He has served in this capacity for over 10 years.
He and his team have been nationally recognized multiple times for pharmacy
achievements, including ASHP Best Practice Awards in 2010 and 2014. Dr.
McNulty received his doctor of pharmacy degree from Idaho State University
in Pocatello, Idaho in 1997. He completed his PGY1 pharmacy residency
at University of California Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California
in 1998. Email address:
jmcnulty@kdhcd.org
Rheta Sandoval, PharmD, Inpatient Pharmacy Manager
Rheta Sandoval, PharmD is the Inpatient Pharmacy Manager for Kaweah Delta
Health Care District. She has been a Clinical Pharmacist for over 20 years,
working at KDHCD for nearly 15 years, serving as the Inpatient Pharmacy
Manager for over 10 years. She currently serves as a preceptor for PGY1
pharmacy residents in the area of practice management. In collaboration
with others on the Pharmacy Management Team and staff, Dr. Sandoval was
involved in the strategic planning for and implementation of the following
Medication-related technologies: Order Management Systems, Smart Pumps,
Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADC), Anesthesia ADC's, Automated Parenteral
Nutrition Compounder, IV Workflow Technology, Bar Code Medication Administration,
Automated Inventory Management and Packaging Equipment. In collaboration
with Department Leadership and staff, she assisted in the establishment
of Clinical Pharmacy Services including Anemia Management, Antimicrobial
Stewardship, Inpatient Anticoagulation, Emergency Medicine, Pain Management,
Medication Safety, and Pediatrics Pharmacy Services. Dr. Sandoval completed
her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of the Pacific and a PGY1
pharmacy practice residency at the University of California San Diego.
Email address:
rhsandov@kdhcd.org
Nicole Gann, PharmD, Clinical Coordinator/PGY1 Residency Program Director
Nicole Gann, PharmD is the Clinical Coordinator and PGY1 Residency Program
Director for Kaweah Delta Health Care District and is a Clinical Assistant
Professor (WOS) at the University of California, San Francisco School
of Pharmacy. She has worked at KDHCD for over 10 years and currently serves
as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy students from
the University of California, San Francisco in the area of formulary management.
Dr. Gann completed her BS in Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees at
the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and a PGY1 pharmacy
practice residency at the VA Medical Center, Denver, CO. Email address:
ngann@kdhcd.org
Medication Safety:
Christopher Patty, RN, DNP, CPPS
Christopher Patty, RN, DNP, CPPS is a Medication Safety Specialist at
Kaweah Delta Health Care District. Dr. Patty was first licensed as a Registered
Nurse in 1984, and earned a Master of Science in Nursing Education degree
in 2000 and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree in 2014 from California
State University, Fresno. Dr. Patty has a clinical and management background
in perioperative services and experience in quality improvement and patient
safety. Dr. Patty has a faculty appointment to Fresno Pacific University
since 2009, where he teaches nursing research, health policy and project/thesis
development to undergraduate and graduate nursing students. Dr. Patty
is the author of several published research studies, book chapters and
topical articles and speaks on patient safety topics at the state and
national level. Email address:
cpatty@kdhcd.org
Sarah Stephens, PharmD, BCPS, CPPS
Sarah Stephens, PharmD, BCPS is the Medication Safety Coordinator for
Kaweah Delta Health Care District. She serves as a preceptor for PGY1
pharmacy residents and pharmacy students from the University of California,
San Francisco. Dr. Stephens’ pharmacy career has spanned over a
decade with a primary clinical focus in acute care adult internal medicine
and 7 years in academia at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy.
Current initiatives and research interests include reducing medication
errors in the areas of anticoagulation and pain management, improving
transitions of care with an emphasis on discharge medication reconciliation,
and evaluating safety culture. Dr. Stephens currently serves as a member
of the California Hospital Association Medication Safety Committee and
the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Section of Inpatient
Care Practitioners Medication Safety Section Advisory Group. Email address:
sastephe@kdhcd.org
Formulary Management:
Amanda Bringe, Pharm D
Amanda Bringe, PharmD is the Formulary Management Specialist and Clinical
Pharmacist at Kaweah Delta Health Care District. She is as a preceptor
for PGY1 pharmacy residents, pharmacy students from the University of
California, San Francisco and serves as an assistant clinical professor
for University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Bringe completed her
PGY1 pharmacy residency at Asante Health System in Medford, Oregon in
2010. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of
Minnesota in 2009. Email address:
abringe@kdhcd.org
Internal Medicine:
Jennifer Rodriguez Conner, PharmD, BCPS
Jennifer Rodriguez Conner, PharmD, BCPS is an adult/pediatric/NICU clinical
pharmacist at Kaweah Delta Health Care District. She serves as a preceptor
for PGY1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy students from the University
of California, San Francisco and the University of the Pacific Thomas
J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Dr. Conner completed her
PGY-1 residency training at Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, CA in
2014. She received her doctor of pharmacy from the University of the Pacific
Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy in 2013. Email address: jenrodri@kdhcd.org
Kim Diep, PharmD, BCPS
Kim Diep, PharmD, BCPS is a Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah Delta Health
Care District. She serves as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents and
pharmacy students from the University of California, San Francisco and
other pharmacy schools. Dr. Diep completed her PGY1 pharmacy residency
at Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System in 2012. She received
her doctor of pharmacy from the University of the Pacific Thomas J. Long
School of Pharmacy in Stockton, California in 2011. Email address:
kdiep@kdhcd.org
Savannah Lail, PharmD, BCPS
Savannah Lail, PharmD is a Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah Delta Health Care
District. She serves as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy
students from the University of California, San Francisco. She also serves
as the recitation coordinator for the PGY1 teaching certificate program
offered through the University of Kentucky. Dr. Lail completed her PGY1
pharmacy residency at University of California Davis Medical Center in
Sacramento, CA in 2014. She received her doctor of pharmacy degree from
University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy in Chapel Hill,
North Carolina in 2013. Dr. Lail was recently awarded Preceptor of Year
for 2015. Email address:
sfrady@kdhcd.org
Andrea Lewandowski, PharmD, BCPS
Andrea Lewandowski, PharmD, BCPS is a Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah Delta
Health Care District. She serves as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents,
pharmacy students from the University of California, San Francisco. Dr.
Lewandowski completed her PGY1 pharmacy residency at WellStar Kennestone
Hospital in Marietta, Georgia in 2010. She received her doctor of pharmacy
from Mercer College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Atlanta, Georgia
in 2009. Email address:
alewando@kdhcd.org
Peter Weber, PharmD, MBA
Peter Weber, PharmD, MBA is a Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah Delta Health
Care District. He serves as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents and
pharmacy students from the University of California, San Francisco. Dr.
Weber received his bachelors of science in biochemistry from the University
of California, Riverside in 2003, doctorate of pharmacy from the University
of the Pacific in 2009 and masters of business administration from the
University of the Pacific in 2010. He completed his PGY1 pharmacy practice
residency at St Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton, CA. Dr. Weber
has served as a member of CSHP’s New Practitioner Executive Committee,
has served as President of the Sierra Chapter of CSHP and is currently
a member of the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists, American
Society of Health-System Pharmacists and Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy.
Email address:
pweber@kdhcd.org
Pain Management:
Richard Poirier, PharmD
Richard Poirier, PharmD is a Pain Management Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah
Delta Health Care District. After obtaining a bachelor’s of science
degree in Biochemistry from the University of Maryland Baltimore County,
he worked as a Cancer-Research Training Award Recipient for the National
Cancer Institute in Frederick Maryland. Dr. Poirier received his doctor
of pharmacy degree from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
in Baltimore, Maryland in 2009. He completed his PGY1 residency at Albert
Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 2014 Dr. Poirier
and the Pharmacy Pain Management Service were recipients of the Best Practice
Award from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) for
their work with implementing a pharmacy driven pain management service
in the inpatient setting and also received recognition from the California
Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP) highlighting this service
as an Innovative Pharmacy Practice. Email address:
rpoirier@kdhcd.org
Sarah Walden, PharmD
Sarah Walden, PharmD is a Pain Management Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah
Delta Health Care District. After obtaining a B.S. in Neurobiology, Physiology
and Behavior from the University of California - Davis in 2010, she attended
University of California - San Francisco where she received her Doctor
of Pharmacy degree in 2015. She completed her PGY1 residency at Kaweah
Delta Health Care District in 2016, as a part of KDMC's 2nd pharmacy
resident class. After graduation, Dr. Walden joined the pharmacy team
as a pain management specialist, where she precepts UCSF students and
KDMC pharmacy residents on rotation. Email address:
swalden@kdhcd.org
Critical Care:
Hal Bradshaw, PharmD
Hal Bradshaw, PharmD is a Clinical Pharmacist in Critical Care at Kaweah
Delta Health Care District. He serves as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy
residents and pharmacy students from the University of California, San
Francisco. Dr. Bradshaw received his Bachelors of Science in Human Biology
from Brigham Young University, Provo in 1999 and Doctor of Pharmacy degree
from the University of Southern California in 2004. Email address:
hbradsha@kdhcd.org
Kit Chai, PharmD, BCPS
Kit Chai, PharmD, BCPS is a Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist and an Anticoagulation
Pharmacist at Kaweah Delta Health Care District. She serves as a preceptor
for PGY1 pharmacy residents, pharmacy students from the University of
California, San Francisco and serves as an assistant clinical professor
(WOS) for University of California, San Francisco pharmacy students. Dr.
Chai completed her PGY1 pharmacy residency at University of Southern California-Los
Angeles County General in 1995. Dr. Chai received her doctor of pharmacy
from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1994. Email address:
lchai@kdhcd.org
Duke Cheney, PharmD
Duke Cheney, PharmD is a Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah Delta Health Care
District. He serves as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy
students from the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Cheney
completed his PGY1 pharmacy residency at Renown Regional Medical Center
in Reno, Nevada in 2010. Dr. Cheney received his doctor of pharmacy degree
from University of Colorado Denver in 2009. Email address:
dcheney@kdhcd.org
Maile Headrick, PharmD, BCPS
Maile Headrick, PharmD, BCPS is a Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist and
an Anticoagulation Pharmacist at Kaweah Delta Health Care District. She
serves as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy students
from the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Headrick completed
her PGY1 pharmacy residency at Harborview/University of Washington Medical
Center in Seattle, Washington in 1998. She received her doctor of pharmacy
from the University of California, San Francisco in 1997. Email address:
mheadric@kdhcd.org
Joseph Lambert, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Joseph Lambert, PharmD, BCPS serves as a Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist
and an Anticoagulation Pharmacist at Kaweah Delta Health Care District.
He precepts both PGY1 pharmacy residents and pharmacy students from various
schools of pharmacy. He serves as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
for University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) pharmacy students.
Dr. Lambert completed his PGY1 pharmacy residency at UCSF in 1982. He
received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from UCSF in 1981. Dr. Lambert
was awarded the Apple for Excellence in Teaching Award for the UCSF Fresno
site in 2011. Email address:
jlambert@kdhcd.org
Emergency Medicine:
Karly Erickson, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Karly Erickson, PharmD, BCPS is an Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist
at Kaweah Delta Health Care District. Dr. Erickson precepts both PGY1
pharmacy residents and pharmacy students from various schools of pharmacy.
She serves as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy for University
of California, San Francisco pharmacy students. She completed her PGY1
pharmacy residency at UMass Memorial Medical Center in 2012, and her PGY2
pharmacy residency in emergency medicine at Boston Medical Center in 2013.
Dr. Erickson received her doctor of pharmacy degree from Massachusetts
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University in 2011. Email address:
kerickso@kdhcd.org
Bayode Fashemi, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Bayode Fashemi, PharmD, BCPS is an Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist
at Kaweah Delta Health Care District. He serves as a preceptor for PGY1
pharmacy residents and pharmacy students from the University of California,
San Francisco. Dr. Fashemi completed his PGY-1 residency training at Baystate
Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts in 2012. Dr. Fashemi received
his doctor of pharmacy from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health
Sciences in 2011. Email address:
bfashemi@kdhcd.org
Alice Ip, PharmD
Alice Ip, PharmD is an Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah
Delta Health Care District. She received her doctor of pharmacy degree
from Howard University School of Pharmacy in Washington, D.C. in 2009.
She completed her PGY1 pharmacy residency at Howard University Hospital
in 2010, followed by her PGY2 Emergency Medicine residency at Gaston Memorial
Hospital in North Carolina in 2011. Throughout her residency experiences,
she served as school faculty assistant at the Howard University School
of Pharmacy and actively participated as a preceptor for pharmacy students
for Howard and Wingate University. Email address:
aip@kdhcd.org
Emily Wilson, PharmD
Emily Wilson, PharmD is an Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah
Delta Health Care District. She serves as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy
residents and pharmacy students from the University of California, San
Francisco. Dr. Wilson completed her PGY1 pharmacy residency at Mobile
Infirmary in Mobile, Alabama in 2010. She received her doctor of pharmacy
degree from Pacific University School of Pharmacy in Forest Grove, Oregon
in 2009. Email address:
emwilson@kdhcd.org
Kelsey Zapata, PharmD, BCPS
Kelsey Zapata, PharmD, BCPS is an Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist
at Kaweah Delta Health Care District. She serves as a preceptor for PGY1
pharmacy residents and pharmacy students from the University of California,
San Francisco. Dr. Zapata received her doctor of pharmacy degree at the
University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio in 2011. She completed a PGY1 pharmacy
practice residency at Akron General Medical Center in Akron, Ohio in 2012
and a PGY2 critical care residency at Charleston Area Medical Center in
Charleston, West Virginia in 2013. Dr. Zapata has also received a teaching
certificate from the Northeast Ohio Medical University in 2012. Email address:
kduplaga@kdhcd.org
Infectious Disease:
Ben Ereshefsky, PharmD, BCPS
Ben Ereshefsky, PharmD, BCPS is an infectious diseases specialist who
serves as the antimicrobial stewardship pharmacist at Kaweah Delta Health
Care District. He serves as a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy practice residents
who take an ID/antimicrobial stewardship rotation. Dr. Ereshefsky received
his Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Texas College of Pharmacy
in 2010. He completed both his PGY1 residency and PGY2 Infectious Diseases
Pharmacy residency at UK HealthCare in Lexington, KY in 2012. Dr. Ereshefsky
comes to KDHCD after spending 4 years in academia at the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy. His current clinical practice and research interests
include optimizing antimicrobial therapy, treating antibiotic resistant
infections, and management of Clostridium difficile infections. Dr. Ereshefsky
currently serves as the Social Media Subcommittee chair for the Society
of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists. Email address:
beresh@kdhcd.org
Ambulatory Care:
Heather Miller, Pharm.D., BCACP, Outpatient Pharmacy Manager/PGY2 Ambulatory
Pharmacy Residency Program Director
Heather Miller, Pharm.D., BCACP, is the Manager of Outpatient Pharmacy
Services at the Kaweah Delta Health Care District (KDHCD). She has worked
at KDHCD for 2 years and currently serves as the Residency Program Director
for the PGY2 Ambulatory Pharmacy Residency. She obtained her Bachelor
of Science in Zoology & Physiology and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees
from The University of Wyoming. She then completed a Pharmacy Practice
Residency with Providence Health & Services, and a Specialty Residency
in Primary Care with Providence Medical Group, in Portland, Oregon. Following
residency, she stayed with Providence Medical Group for 13 years as a
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Primary Care. Email address: hemiller@kdhcd.org
Cory Nelson, PharmD, BCACP
Dr. Nelson is a Clinical Pharmacists at Kaweah Delta Health Care District.
He practices at the Chronic Disease Management Center, the district’s
rural health clinics, and collaborates with various other medical providers
around the area. Dr. Nelson serves as a preceptor for learners on Ambulatory
Care rotation including PGY1 pharmacy residents as well as UCSF students
in his role as an Assistant Clinical Professor with the University of
California San Francisco School of Pharmacy. He received his Doctor of
Pharmacy from Idaho State University College of Pharmacy in 2014 and completed
the two-year Pharmaceutical Care Leadership Residency with the University
of Minnesota in 2016. Email address:
conelson@kdhcd.org
Matthew Heinsen, PharmD
Dr. Heinsen is the Family Medicine Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah Delta
Health Care District. He practices both within the inpatient setting at
Kaweah Delta Medical Center and outpatient at the Kaweah Delta Family
Medicine Center. Dr. Heinsen works closely with the Family Medicine resident
physicians to provide not only patient care but also to provide pharmacotherapy
related education during inpatient rounds and during formal didactic sessions.
Dr. Heinsen serves as a preceptor for APPE students on Ambulatory Care
and Internal Medicine rotations. He is a preceptor for PGY1 pharmacy residents
completing their Ambulatory Care rotation. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy
from Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in 2014.
He completed his PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency with St. Vincent Indianapolis
in 2015 and his PGY-2 Pharmacotherapy Residency with Community Health
Network in Indianapolis, IN in 2016. Email address: mheinsen@kdhcd.org
Anemia Management:
Coleen Moriarity-Suggs, PharmD
Coleen Moriarity-Suggs, PharmD is an Anemia Management Clinical Pharmacist
at Kaweah Delta Health Care District. She received her doctor of pharmacy
degree from the University of the Pacific School of Pharmacy. Dr. Moriarity-Suggs
serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor for University of California
San Francisco School of Pharmacy and precepts PGY-1 pharmacy residents
as well as students from various schools of pharmacy. She was the recipient
of the UCSF Apple for Excellence in Teaching Award for the UCSF Fresno
site in 2013. The KDMC anemia management program under the direction of
Dr. Moriarity-Suggs was awarded the ASHP Best Practices Award in Health
System Pharmacies in 2010. Email address:
cmoriari@kdhcd.org
Pediatrics / NICU:
Desiree Ferrel, PharmD, BCPS
Desiree Ferrel, PharmD, BCPS is a Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah Delta
Health Care District. She serves as a pediatric/NICU preceptor for PGY1
pharmacy residents. Dr. Ferrel completed her PGY1 pharmacy residency at
Tucson Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona in 2015. She received her doctor
of pharmacy from Chicago State University College of Pharmacy in Chicago,
IL in 2014.
Email address:
dferrel@kdhcd.org
Pharmacy Informatics:
Blake Bartlett, PharmD
Blake Bartlett, PharmD is an IT and Clinical Pharmacist at Kaweah Delta
Health Care District. Dr. Bartlett precepts both PGY1 pharmacy residents
and pharmacy students from various schools of pharmacy. He serves as an
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy for University of California,
San Francisco pharmacy students. He received his doctor of pharmacy degree
from University of California, San Francisco in 2009 and completed a PGY1
residency at Stanford Hospital and Clinics in 2010. Dr. Bartlett was awarded
the UCSF Deans Recognition for Teaching Excellence in 2008. Email address:
bbartlet@kdhcd.org