Education

• University of Illinois at Chicago Retzky College of Pharmacy - Rockford Campus (2021-2025)
• Sauk Valley Community College, Dixon, IL (2019-2021)
• Morrison Community High School, Morrison, IL (2015-2019)

Pharmacy Career Experiences

Meijer Pharmacy, Macheseny Park, IL - Pharmacist Intern (2023 - 2025)

Pharmacist Intern at the Meijer Pharmacy in Machesney Park, IL

Responsibilities:

• Prescription production
• Data Entry
• Maintaining pharmacy equipment and information databases
• Patient service and contact
• Immunization

MercyOne Clinton Medical Center - Pharmacist Intern (2023)

Pharmacy Intern at MercyOne Clinton Medical Center in Clinton, IA, during Summer 2023 and Winter 2023

Responsibilities:

• Stocking Pyxis storage devices in hospital units
• Preparing patient-specific medications
• IV compounding
• Using Cerner systems for accessing and managing patient medication and billing information
• Ambulance medication resupply
• Pharmacy inventory management
• Helped to revise the Vancomycin Dosing Protocol (Winter 2023)

Fitzgerald Pharmacy - Pharmacy Technician (2022)

Pharmacy Technician at Fitzgerald Pharmacy in Morrison, IL during Summer 2022.

Responsibilities:

• Prescription production
• Non-sterile compounding
• Maintaining pharmacy equipment and information databases
• Patient service and contact

KSB Hospital Anticoagulation Clinic Volunteer (2020)

Volunteered at KSB Hospital in Dixon, IL, every Friday from 01/31/2020 to 03/13/2020 with Clinical Pharmacist Dr. Bryan Zobeck

Assisted with patient appointments at the Anticoagulation Clinic.

Responsibilities:

• Performing INR tests for patients
• Filling out patients' medication dosage cards

Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE)

UI Health - Miles Square Health Center – LP Johnson (Ambulatory Care)

Rockford, IL | May 2024 - July 2024 | Preceptor: Annette Carmichael | Position: Clinical Assistant Professor

• Rounded with medical residents during primary care visits for patients in underserved populations.
• Advised providers on chronic disease states, particularly diabetes.
• Attended weekly lectures held by clinical faculty regarding chronic disease states.
• Projects: Weekly Topic Discussions (Diabetes, Hyperlipidemia, and Heart Failure), Pharmacotherapy in Prediabetes Case Presentation

OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony Medical Center (Administrative Elective)

Rockford, IL | July 2024 - August 2024 | Preceptor: Jessica M. McCuen | Position: Manager of Pharmacy Operations

• Participated in daily and weekly meetings concerning inpatient pharmacy administrative tasks, drug shortages, post-event review
• Provided patient education for those discharging with anticoagulants.
• Projects: Journal Club - Tracking Changes in Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed Following the Enactment of a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Use Mandate, Cost Analysis - Comparison of Vancomycin Pop-Togethers vs Standard Compound considering material costs, labor cost, wasted product, etc.

UIC Retzky College of Pharmacy (Academic Elective)

Rockford, IL | August 2024 - September 2024 | Preceptor: Allison Schriever | Position: Dir. of Experiential Education / Clinical Assistant Professor

• Facilitated practical exercises/evaluations, including mock patient counseling, inhaler demonstrations, subcutaneous injection demonstrations, and student immunization certification.
• Contributed to writing new Top 300 drug exam questions for course assessments.
• Project: Group Debate - Benefits and Detriments of Telepharmacy Services in Rural Healthcare Settings

Genoa Healthcare Pharmacy (Advanced Ambulatory Care Elective)

Rockford, IL | September 2024 - November 2024 | Preceptor: Mike Poulsen | Position: Pharmacist in Charge

• Outpatient pharmacy tasks include prescription production, data verification, and product verification. This included blister-card packaging/verification.
• Provided pharmacy services for the surrounding Milestone facility, among other local long-term care facilities, which care for adults with developmental disabilities, with emphasis on psychiatric medication management in complex patient cases (including clozapine REMS monitoring.)
• Coordinated multiple immunization drives for local long-term care facilities.
• Projects: Journal Club - Antipsychotic Drug Effects on Brain Morphology in First-Episode Psychosis; Drug Information Presentation - Xanomeline and Trospium Chloride Oral Capsules: A Novel Agent for the Treatment of Schizophrenia

Mercyhealth Javon Bea Hospital Riverside (Inpatient Medicine Patient Care)

Rockford, IL | November 2024 - December 2024 | Preceptor: Alice Hemenway | Position: Clinical Pharmacist / Clinical Assistant Professor

• Performed daily work-ups for new/recently admitted patients and followed patients throughout their hospital treatment.
• Rounded with medical residents three times weekly (Wednesday through Friday) on diverse internal medicine cases, including pneumonia, intra-abdominal infections, diabetic foot infections, UTI/pyelonephritis, acute coronary syndrome, heart failure exacerbations, DVT/PE, etc.
• Provided therapeutic recommendations to the medical team as appropriate.
• Projects: SOAP Note Presentation - Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) Exacerbation/New Onset Atrial Fibrillation with Rapid Ventricular Response/Hypertension/Hypothyroidism with Medication Nonadherence;
• Medication Use Evaluation (MUE) - Appropriate Meropenem Utilization over 3 Months across Four Inpatient Facilities

Advocate Sherman Hospital (Hospital/Health System)

Elgin, IL | January 2025 - February 2025 | Preceptor: Samantha Rimas | Position: Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator

• Shadowed clinical pharmacists across multiple care areas, including the Emergency Department (ED), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), inpatient medical units, the IV room, Coumadin Clinic, and Cancer Center, where I was exposed to a broad range of acute and chronic disease states and pharmacy operations.
• Conducted daily patient workups and longitudinal follow-up for acute/chronic conditions including ACS, heart failure exacerbations, DVT/PE, and infectious disease cases.
• Participated in interdisciplinary rounds, pharmacist-led interventions, and antibiotic stewardship efforts such as IV to PO conversions and clinical monitoring.
• Gained further experience with Epic EHR.
• Projects: Journal Club - Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections; Written Responses to Clinical Questions on CAP, HIT, ACLS, Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis, and Anticoagulation After LAA Occlusion.

OSF St. Anthony Medical Center (Community Pharmacy)

Rockford, IL | February 2025 - March 2025 | Preceptor: Que Mohring | Position: Pharmacist

• Gained further experience performing the core responsibilities of a retail pharmacist, including prescription processing, drug utilization review, patient counseling (including inhalers, insulin, anticoagulants, cardiovascular agents, etc.), and insurance issue resolution.
• Made medication therapy recommendations in the setting of transition of care for recently discharged patients.
• Followed up on prior authorization requisitions and gained experience working with CoverMyMeds.
• Projects: Topic Presentation - Heart Failure Management; Patient Education Brochure - Heart Failure: Info to Know

Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPE)

Mercyhealth Javon Bea Hospital Riverside Inpatient Pharmacy

Rockford, IL (1/16/24 - 4/19/24)

Worked each Tuesday at Mercy Health Javon Bea Riverside with Dr. Alice Hemenway, PharmD.

• Each week, my peers and I worked with patients and presented our findings to Dr. Hemenway to become more experienced in the pharmacist review process. We also reviewed the Top 300 drugs list as well as common inpatient disease states, their diagnostic criteria, and their pharmacotherapy.

Mercyhealth Javon Bea Hospital Riverside Outpatient Pharmacy

Rockford, IL (9/1/23 - 11/17/23)

Worked each Friday for 12 weeks at Mercyhealth Javon Bea Hospital Riverside’s outpatient pharmacy under Dr. Rebecca Sherry, PharmD.

• My responsibilities included: Delivering “Meds to Beds” and counseling discharging patients; Reviewing patient charts; Counseling patients on outpatient medications; and Performing telephone medication reconciliation.

CVS Pharmacy Store #4269

Geneva, IL (08/31/2022 - 11/23/2022)

Worked each Wednesday for twelve weeks at the CVS Pharmacy Store #4269 in Geneva, IL.

• Observed the operation of a chain retail pharmacy.
• Responsibilities: Assisting with prescription production, patient counseling, and contacting doctors' offices on behalf of patients for requests and consultations.

Mercyhealth Javon Bea Hospital Riverside Inpatient Pharmacy

Rockford, IL (1/19/2022 - 2/23/2022)

Worked each Wednesday for six weeks at the inpatient pharmacy at Mercyhealth Javon Bea Hospital Riverside, supervised by my IPPE preceptor Dr. Jeff Campbell, PharmD.

• Observed Pharmacists and Pharm Techs perform tasks such as: sterile compounding; filling orders/restocking medications in Omnicell storage devices in the central inpatient pharmacy as well as different areas of the hospital; checking and verifying medication orders; making adjustments to orders based on renal function/neonate weight/drug contraindications, etc. I also became familiar with the Epic electronic health records and Omnicell storage systems.

KSB Hospital

Dixon, IL (10/25/2021 - 10/29/2021)

Worked with Dr. Emilee Hischman, PharmD, and P4 Student Pharmacist Omar Cano in the Inpatient Pharmacy and the Anticoagulation Clinic.

• I was able to aid in dosage adjustment for AKI/CKD patients as well as pain medicine and antibiotic adjustments. I also had the opportunity to learn about the Cerner health records system, Pyxis storage devices, sterile IV preparation, etc.

Leadership & Community Service

Class of 2025 Class Council - President

(2021-Current)

During my P1-P3 years at the UIC College of Pharmacy, I was elected Class of 2025 Class Council President of the Rockford Campus. My responsibilities include:

• Overseeing all officers and ensuring that all students' issues are addressed.
• Organizing and coordinating fundraisers for the class.
• Conducting elections for another class each year.
• Setting and reaching yearly goals for the class.
• Coordinating regularly scheduled class officer meetings.

Public Outreach - Operation Opioids - Presenter & Student Leader

(2023-2024)

• Prepared and delivered a presentation about opioids and the ongoing opioid epidemic to local high school students. We presented to Auburn High School students virtually and live at Rockford East High School on 4/14/2023.
• During the Spring 2024 Semester, I returned to operation opioids as a student leader. Another returning student and I provided guidance to new students participating in Operation Opioids as they created their presentation sites and arranged presentation opportunities. We then collected pre/post-survey data from the student audience to assess the outreach and effectiveness of Operation Opioids.

Peer Advisor for UIC College of Pharmacy Class of 2026 Students

(2022-2023)

I served as a Peer Advisor for the Incoming UIC College of Pharmacy Class of 2026 Students. As a peer advisor, my responsibilities included:

• Communicating regularly with incoming P1 students to provide guidance regarding beginning the PharmD program. This includes hosting virtual social events, email outreach, Zoom meetings, etc.
• Providing guidance and answering questions from incoming P1 students regarding the transition to the College of Pharmacy.
• Assisting with New Student Orientation.
• Assisted with the Class of 2026 White Coat Ceremony - August 18, 2022

Pediatric Pharmacy Association (PPA) - Rockford Secretary (2023-2024)

I served as the Secretary for the UIC Rockford Chapter of PPA for the 2023-2024 school year.

• My responsibilities included notifying the student body of PPA events organized on the Rockford campus and helping to organize events and fundraisers.

High School Pharmacy Camp 2022 - Student Guide

The event took place on Saturday, March 26, 2022 on the Rockford campus.

• As a Student Guide, I helped lead compounding, dispensing, and student experience sessions for our high school participants, sat on a student Q&A panel, and provided campus tours for the parents of high school students.

Licenses/Certifications

• Illinois Certified Pharmacy Technician - Student - 049.282767
• Iowa Registered Pharmacist Intern - No. 8323
• BLS Provider Certification
• APhA Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery Certification

Honors & Awards

• Myron Goldsmith Memorial Scholarship (2025)
• Illinois Rural Health Association Scholarship (2025)
• Dr. Matthew A. Horney Memorial Scholarship (2024)
• Chancellor’s Student Service and Leadership Award (2024)
• Freeport Health Network - Healthcare Career Scholarship (2023)
• UIC College of Pharmacy Class of 1983 Endowed Scholarship (2023)
• Joseph Frank Celer Scholarship (2022)
• CGH Health Foundation - Bill and Harrietta Lilly Healthcare Scholarship (2022)
• Rockford Health Careers Foundation Scholarship (2022)
• UIC College of Pharmacy Dean’s List (Fall 2021)
• Norma Poole Endowment Scholarship (2020)
• Sauk Valley Community College Dean’s List (Fall 2019)
• National Honor Society Member - “Scholarship, Service, Leadership & Character” (2018, 2019)
• Morrison High School English Award (2019)
• Morrison High School Technology Award (2019)
• Quad-City Times Salute to Seniors Award - Humanities (2019)
• Community State Bank Scholarship (2019)
• Kris Bielema-Yours in Service Scholarship (2019)
• Morrison Community Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship (2019)
• Morrison Chamber of Commerce Scholarship (2019)
• Morrison Education Foundation Scholarship (2019)
• Morrison Lions Club Scholarship (2019)
• Morrison Rotary Club - Sauk Valley Community College Scholarship (2019)
• Morrison Rotary Club - Good Citizen Scholarship (2019)
• Morrison Rotary Club - Student of the Month (November 2018)