Resident Program Alumni

Rachele Subik, PharmD

Current Workplace: Marshall Health
Current Title: Clinical Pharmacist
Current City & State: Huntington, WV
Residency Years: 2023-2024
Residency Research Project: A Review of the Effects Patient Financial Assistance has on Glycemic Control in Patients with Type I and Type II Diabetes Mellitus
Hometown: Huntington, WV
PharmD earned at: Marshall University School of Pharmacy

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Renee Kuess, PharmD

Current Workplace: Rocking Horse Community Health Center
Current Title: Clinical Pharmacist
Current City & State: Springfield, OH
Residency Years: 2023-2024
Residency Research Project: A Review of the Effects Patient Financial Assistance has on Glycemic Control in Patients with Type I and Type II Diabetes Mellitus
Hometown: Fort Recovery, OH
PharmD earned at: Ohio Northern University

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Martha Martin, PharmD

Current Workplace: St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Current Title: Clinical Pharmacist
Current City & State: Edgewood, KY
Residency Years: 2022-2023
Residency Research Project: Review of Sodium-Glucose Transport Protein 2 (SGLT-2) Inhibitor Utilization by Marshall Health Cardiology Department
Hometown: Smithville, TN
PharmD earned at: East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy

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Katie Denning, PharmD

Current Workplace: Meritus Health
Current Title: Clinical Pharmacist
Current City & State: Hagerstown, MD
Residency Years: 2022-2023
Residency Research Project: Evaluation of the Prescribing Habits of COVID-19 Guideline-Directed Treatments in a Primary Care Walk-In Clinic
Hometown: Wichita, KS
PharmD earned at: University of Kansas

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Kyler Gator Hazelett, PharmD, BCACP

Current Workplace: Northeast Georgia Health System
Current Title: Clinical Pharmacist
Current City & State: Toccoa, GA
Residency Years: 2021-2022
Residency Research Project: Discontinuing Disease-Modifying Therapy in Patients 50 Years or Older who have reached stable Multiple Sclerosis
Hometown: Paintsville, KY
PharmD earned at: Marshall University School of Pharmacy

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Keaton Kaplan, PharmD, BCACP

Current Workplace: AdventHealth East Orlando
Current Title: Clinical Pharmacist
Current City & State: Orlando, FL
Residency Years: 2021-2022
Residency Research Project: Concordance with Guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT), including ACEI/ARB/ARNI + beta-blocker + spironolactone + SGLT-2 Inhibitor, on initial heart failure diagnosis, and changes at the follow-up visit
Hometown: Huntington, WV
PharmD earned at: Marshall University School of Pharmacy

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Haleigh Hogue, PharmD

Current Workplace: WVU Medicine
Current Title: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Current City & State: Morgantown, WV
Residency Years: 2020-2021
Residency Research Project: Direct-acting oral anticoagulation use in outpatient oncology patients
Hometown: Barboursville, WV
PharmD earned at: Marshall University School of Pharmacy

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Borden Samples, PharmD, BCPS

Current Workplace: Marshall Health
Current Title: Clinical Pharmacist
Current City & State: Huntington, WV
Residency Years: 2019-2020
Residency Research Project: (Project 1) The Impact of Interventions by Clinical Pharmacists on Improving Blood Pressure Control in an Ambulatory Care Setting (Project 2) Effects of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists on Insulin Dependent Diabetic Patients: How to Manage Insulin Therapy
Hometown: Bluefield, WV
PharmD earned at: Marshall University School of Pharmacy
Publications: Community pharmacists and communication in the time of COVID-19: Applying the health belief model (RSAP 2020-03) with Dr. Ron Carico

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Jordan Sheppard, PharmD, BCPS

Current Workplace: Marshall Health
Current Title: Clinical Pharmacist
Current City & State: Huntington, WV
Residency Years: 2019-2020
Residency Research Project: (Project 1) The Impact of Interventions by Clinical Pharmacists on Improving Blood Pressure Control in an Ambulatory Care Setting, (Project 2) Treatment Outcomes of Hepatitis C Patients in Primary Care
Hometown: Parkersburg, WV
PharmD earned at: Marshall University School of Pharmacy
Publications: Community pharmacists and communication in the time of COVID-19: Applying the health belief model (RSAP 2020-03) with Dr. Ron Carico

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Kathryn Markus, PharmD, CSP

Current Workplace: St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Current Title: Specialist Pharmacist
Current City & State: Edgewood, KY
Residency Years: 2018-2019
Residency Research Project: Impact of disease-modifying treatment discontinuation in patients over the age of 55 with Multiple Sclerosis
Hometown: Cincinatti, OH
PharmD earned at: University of Charleston

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Eleni Mermigas, PharmD

Current Workplace: PANTHERx Rare Pharmacy
Current Title: Clinical Coordinator
Current City & State: Pittsburgh, PA
Residency Years: 2018-2019
Residency Research Project: Assessment of clinical and non-clinical staff satisfaction with ambulatory care pharmacy services at an academic medical center
Hometown: Wexford, PA
PharmD earned at: University of Pittsburgh

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Jan Biernake, PharmD, BCACP

Current Workplace: Old Town Clinic
Current Title: Clinical Pharmacist
Current City & State: Portland, OR
Residency Years: 2017-2018
Residency Research Project: Anticholinergic cognitive burden in older patients presenting for memory evaluation
Hometown: Aiea, HI
PharmD earned at: University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy