The Johns Hopkins Health System Pharmacy Residency Program Pharmacotherapy Rounds Schedule (2023-2024)

Date Presenter Topic
September 6, 2023 Ann McArn (JHH) RSV and the recently approved vaccines 
September 6, 2023 Hai Pham (JHH) Data Visualization Principals: Convey a Clear Concise
Message
September 13, 2023 Shannon Purcell (JHH) Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Captivating Therapy
Updates
September 13, 2023 Blair Yesko (JHH) Anticoagulation in Valvular Disease
September 20, 2023 Michelle Ann Wasan (JHH) Treosulfan vs Busulfan for BMT Conditioning in Pediatric
Patients
September 27, 2023 Alex Barany (JHH) Drug shortages under the guidance of Shirley Geize and Dave
Stimler
September 27, 2023 Chao Chen (JHH) Cancer/peptide vaccine research
October 4, 2023 Emma Baker (JHH) Statins in Various Degrees of Cirrhosis
October 4, 2023 Garrett Crawford (JHH) Cefazolin for CNS Infections
October 11, 2023 Erin Ballentine (JHH) N/A
October 11, 2023 Kara Kassekert (JHH) Tenecteplase for the Treatment of Massive and Submassive
Pulmonary Embolism
October 18, 2023 Besen Sanga (JHH) Exploring placement in therapy for Fidaxomicin taper,
bezlotoxumab, and SER-109 in patients with recurrent C.
difficile infections
October 18, 2023 Stephen Wu (JHH) Digoxin toxicity and dosing of digoxin immunefab 
October 25, 2023 Amanda Fairbanks (JHH) Management of Xylazine Overdose in the Acute Care Setting
October 25, 2023 Justin Suero (JHH) EchinoCAN DO? The Utility of Echinocandins for Antifungal
Prophylaxis in Liver Transplant Patients
November 1, 2023 Izumi Asano (JHHCG) Low-Dose Naltrexone and its uses in various patient
populations
November 1, 2023 Mohammad Sajjad (JHBMC) AGS 2023 Updated Beers Criteria
November 8, 2023 Emma Eibye (JHH) Semaglutide Use in Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved
Ejection Fraction
November 8, 2023 Kari Starbeck (JHH) Antidepressant Use in Bipolar Disorder: Manic Switch or Just
a Glitch
November 15, 2023 Alex Killough (JHH) Telling GVHD Goodbye, Solidifying the Role of PTCy
November 15, 2023 Emma Meyer (JHH) Gene therapies for the treatment of hemophilia
November 29, 2023 Yena Kim (JHBMC) Untangling Amyloid Beta-Based Therapy for Alzheimer’s
Disease Management
November 29, 2023 Mi Phan (JHBMC) Levetiracetam Versus Phenobarbital for Neonatal Seizures
December 13, 2023 Hailey Burns (JHH) Evaluation of Prolonged Infusion Beta-Lactam Antibiotics in
Critically Ill Patients
December 13, 2023 Eunice Nam (Sibley) Current CAR-T Cell therapy in relapsed/refractory multiple
myeloma
December 20, 2023 Brian Hurdle (JHHCG) Altering RNA to Treat Chronic Disease: Evaluation of Two
Current Therapies Administered at Johns Hopkins Hospital
December 20, 2023 Laurel Uhomba (JHHCG) OutsmARTed – Emerging Strategies for Antiretroviral
Therapy Failures
January 3, 2024 Elise Lee (HCGH) 2023 Chronic Coronary Disease Guideline Update: Place of
Therapy for SGLT2 Inhibitors
January 3, 2024 Taylor Robichaux (JHH) Updates in Periprocedural Anticoagulation Management
January 10, 2024 Aicha Fokar (JHH) Anticoagulation in Patients with Limited Prognosis
January 10, 2024 Ines Medel (JHH) Linezolid for the treatment of necrotizing soft tissue
infections
January 17, 2024 Olivia Hammond (ACH) Sick of Traditional Treatments?: Novel Gene Therapies for
the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease
January 17, 2024 Elaine Sim (ACH) Play It SMART: Single Maintenance and Reliever Therapy in
Pediatric Asthma Guidelines
January 24, 2024 Joshua Posner (JHH) Olanzapine for Delirium Management in Critically Ill Patients
January 24, 2024 Bona Shin (JHH) Tocilizumab for Chronic Active Antibody-Mediated Rejection
in Kidney Transplant
March 6, 2024 Sarah Fahil (Sibley) Iron deficiency anemia in heart failure 
March 6, 2024 Mesay Tamrat Abomsa (Sibley) Managing Copper Deficiencies: The Pharmacist's Role in
Nutritional Support for Patients Post-Bariatric Surgery
Challenges
March 13, 2024 Mai Eltabak (Suburban) The Effect of Sotagliflozin on Cardiovascular Outcomes in
Patients with HF, T2DM, and CKD
March 13, 2024 Jack Kissam (JHH) A New Era in Prostate Cancer Care: Exploring PARP Inhibitor
Therapies
March 20, 2024 Ameha Aynalem (JHH) Update on DKA Management
March 20, 2024 Mai Vestergaard (JHH) HUShing Hemolysis: Eculizumab in Hemolytic Uremic
Syndrome
March 27, 2024 Emily Vanerian (JHH) Alpha- Gal Syndrome: Implications of the Red Meat Allergy
on Pharmacotherapy
March 27, 2024 Catherine Wymer (JHH) Zuranolone in post-partum depression
April 3, 2024 Coral Andrews (JHH) Parenteral promethazine
April 3, 2024 Michelle Johnston (JHH) Insulin Pumps