Caitlin Thomas, PharmD, BCCCP
Practice: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Critical Care
Rotations Precepted: Critical Care (PGY1), Advanced Critical Care (PGY1), Surgical ICU (PGY2), General Critical Care (PGY2)
Pharmacy School: Mercer University College of Pharmacy
PGY1 Residency: St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Savannah, GA, 2016-17
PGY2 Residency: AdventHealth Orlando, Critical Care, Orlando, FL, 2017-18
Patricia Louzon, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM
Practice: Clinical Manager, Critical Care and Emergency Department
Rotations Precepted: Clinical Leadership
Pharmacy School: University of Florida
PGY1 Residency: Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, FL 2007
PGY2 Residency: Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, FL 2008
Ramy Girgis, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacist, Critical Care
Learning Experience: Surgical ICU (elective), Transplant (elective)
Dr. Girgis graduated Magna Cum Laude from Florida A&M University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in May 2008. He joined AdventHealth Orlando in 2009. He has specialized training in the critically ill through the ASHP Foundation Critical Care traineeship program at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Girgis is also double board certified as he is a Board-Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist as well as a Board Certified Critical Care Pharmacist. Additionally, he is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Florida College Of Pharmacy where he serves as a student mentor. Dr. Girgis, along with colleagues, is a recipient of ASHP best practice award in 2015. He is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine as well as the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Otsanya Ochogbu, PharmD, BCCCP
Practice: Clinical Specialist, Critical Care
Rotations Precepted: Cardiac ICU
Pharmacy School: University Of Houston College Of Pharmacy
PGY1 Residency: CHI St. Luke’s Health - Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, Texas
PGY2 Residency: University of Chicago Medicine in Chicago, Illinois
Eric C. Pyles, PharmD, BCCCP
Critical Care Pharmacist
Learning Experience: Multi-system Intensive Care Unit (required), General Critical Care (required), Transplant (elective)
Dr. Pyles received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy in 2014, where he also participated in a year-long clerkship program through UF Health Shands. He completed the PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at the UF Health Jacksonville, during this time developing a deep interest and appreciation for the area of Critical Care Medicine. He went on to complete the inaugural PGY-2 Critical Care Residency at AdventHealth Orlando, joining the staff as a Critical Care pharmacist thereafter.
While still honing his practice, Dr. Pyles has particular interest in multiple areas, including cardiology, infectious diseases, hemodynamics, and transplant. He is an active member of Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and Florida Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Dr. Pyles has been published in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy and is seeking further publication on multiple research projects.
Bibidh Subedi, PharmD, BCCCP
Practice: Critical Care Pharmacy Specialist
Rotations Precepted: Medical ICU
Pharmacy School: University of Florida
PGY1 Residency: Piedmont Columbus Regional, Columbus, GA, 2016
PGY2 Residency: AdventHealth Orlando, Orlando, FL, 2017
Emily To, PharmD, BCCCP
Practice: Multisystem ICU Pharmacist, PGY2 Critical Care Residency Program Coordinator
Rotations Precepted: Pharmacy Practice
Pharmacy School: University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
PGY1 Residency: HonorHealth Scottsdale Medical Centers, Scottsdale, AZ, 2019
PGY2 Residency: AdventHealth Orlando, Orlando, FL, 2020
Davide Ventura, PharmD, BCCCP
Practice: Clinical Pharmacist in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Rotations Precepted: Advanced Cardiothoracic Surgery, Advanced Critical Care
Pharmacy School: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
PGY1 Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA in 2013
PGY2 Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA in 2014
Jason Vilar, PharmD, BCCCP
Rotations Precepted: Neurocritical Care
Pharmacy School: University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
PGY1 Residency: Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI 2013-2014
PGY2 Residency: Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS 2014-2015
James (Jim) Priano, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Specialist, Emergency Medicine, PGY-2 Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director
Learning Experience: Emergency Medicine
Dr. Jim Priano received his Doctor of Pharmacy from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA in 2013. He completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at Plainview Hospital in Plainview, NY and his specialty PGY-2 in Emergency Medicine Pharmacy at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, NJ. During this time he served as adjunct clinical faculty at Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy.
Dr. Priano’s clinical interests include acute analgesia and resuscitation. He is an active member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Dr. Priano joined AdventHealth Orlando in 2015 as an Emergency Medicine Clinical Specialist. In addition to his multiple publications, he reviews articles for the Annals of Pharmacotherapy and the Journal of Pharmacy Technology.
Lydia B. Fancher, PharmD, BCPS
PGY-2 Emergency Medicine Residency Program Coordinator, Clinical Specialist, Emergency Medicine
Learning Experience: Emergency Medicine (required)
Dr. Fancher received her Doctor of Pharmacy in 2006 from the University Of Florida College Of Pharmacy. Her professional practice has included two years of residency experience. In 2007, her PGY-1 residency was completed at John Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Her specialization was obtained in 2008 by a PGY-2 residency in Emergency Medicine at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Furthering her experience she established a new pharmacist position in Orlando, Florida at Dr. Phillip's Hospital in 2008. During her five years in this position she developed the pharmacy driven medication reconciliation program, streamlined empiric antibiotic selection, collaborated on order-sets specific to emergency medicine, and was a preceptor for both APPE and IPPE students from the University Of Florida College Of Pharmacy (UF COP). Before establishing pharmacy services in the emergency department at AdventHealth Orlando in 2014 she also held a position at Sarasota Memorial Hospital as an Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist. Dr. Fancher currently serves as a career coach and preceptor for APPE students at UF COP.
Dr. Fancher is an active member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) including the PRN emergency medicine group. She has published articles in the Journal of Emergency Nursing and Journal of Emergency Medicine. She was a reviewer for the book Safe and Effective Medication Use in the Emergency Department, authored by Victor Cohen. In addition, she participates in medical mission trips to Les Cayes, Haiti on an annual basis.
Sarah B. Minor, PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID
Clinical Coordinator, Antimicrobial Stewardship
Learning Experience: Infectious Diseases (elective)
Dr. Minor received her B.S. in Biological Sciences from Florida State University in 2005, followed by her Doctor of Pharmacy from Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy in 2009. She completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, TX.
Dr. Minor joined AdventHealth in 2010 as an Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases Clinical Specialist at the Orlando Campus. She served in that role until 2015 when she joined the pharmacy team at AdventHealth East Orlando to assist with the development of their antimicrobial stewardship program. Serving as a preceptor to both residents and students since 2011, Dr. Minor is passionate about training new pharmacists and teaching the importance of appropriate antimicrobial utilization. She currently serves as the system Clinical Coordinator for Antimicrobial Stewardship. Dr. Minor is an active member of MAD-ID, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), and Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP).
Deborah Maka, PharmD, AE-C
Practice: Clinical Pharmacist - Pediatric, PICU
Rotations Precepted: PGY2-Pediatric (PICU required and elective rotations - AdventHealth for Children); PGY2-Critical Care (Pediatric elective - AdventHealth Orlando): PGY2-Emergency Medicine (Pediatric elective - AdventHealth Orlando); PGY1 (Pediatric elective - AdventHealth Orlando)
Pharmacy School: Butler University
Residency: Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR, 1996
Andrea Dunn, PharmD
Practice: Pediatric Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Rotations Precepted: Coordinated Care for Kids Ambulatory Clinic (CCK), Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and General Pediatrics
Pharmacy School: Howard University, Washington, DC
PGY1 Residency: Wolfson Children's Hospital/Baptist Health, Jacksonville, FL
PGY2 Residency: AdventHealth for Children, Orlando, FL