Pharmacy Residency Program at Meriter Hospital

Stephanie is the primary preceptor for the Ambulatory Care Elective at UnityPoint Health – Meriter Hospital. In addition, she co-leads the residents in their longitudinal precepting rotation and organizes ongoing preceptor development for department staff. She received her PharmD degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2019 and completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in 2020. Upon completion of her residency, she accepted a position as a pharmacist at Meriter working primarily on the discharge team. She also staffs in the outpatient pharmacy and facilitates shadowing experiences in the clinic. Stephanie is a preceptor for interns, residents and students at the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy and reinstated the Ambulatory Care Elective in 2023. She has completed the teaching and leadership certificate program from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, assisted students as a Compounding Teaching Assistant, led group discussions in Pharmacotherapy Lab and taught at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa.

Amy is the Lead Pharmacist in Psychiatry at Meriter Hospital. She attended the University of Madison School of Pharmacy and graduated in 2023. Amy completed her ambulatory care PGY-1 at the St. Cloud VA in Minnesota, and her PGY-2 in Psychiatry at the Iowa City VA. She started at Meriter in 2025 and began as the Lead for Psychiatry in 2026. As a preceptor, Amy leads the longitudinal psychiatry rotation where residents complete various psychiatric topic discussions and a longitudinal project, as well as an elective psychiatric rotation. Outside of work, Amy enjoys running, trying new restaurants, reading, doing crafts, and going on walks with Sky, her black lab.

Becca is the Pharmacy Program Coordinator – Informatics & Medication Safety at UnityPoint Health - Meriter. Becca graduated from the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy with a PharmD in 2016. She completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at UnityPoint Health-Meriter in 2017. Becca holds an appointment as a Clinical Instructor for the School of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin and precepts the longitudinal Medication Safety resident rotation. She is an active member of a wide variety of local and system committees including chairing the Infusion Pump Subcommittee and Medication Safety Subcommittee (subcommittees of the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee). She is a board-certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and maintains active membership in the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin.

Ann is the Perinatal Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at UnityPoint Health – Meriter. She was the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program Director from 1998-2022. Ann received her Pharm.D. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1988. She completed a Pediatric Pharmacy Practice Residency at United and Children's Hospitals in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1989. She began working at Meriter Hospital in 1989 after completion of her residency program and has been here since that time. Ann is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin. Her primary clinical responsibility at UnityPoint Health – Meriter is to provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care to patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). She works collaboratively with all members of the healthcare team and monitors infants admitted to the NICU. Her daily responsibilities include attending daily work rounds with the medical team, providing input for patient care and formulating/ordering parenteral nutrition solutions for infants. The NICU is a primary rotation site for pediatric medical residents resulting in many opportunities for teaching. Ann offers a NICU rotation to pharmacy students and residents. She also teaches didactic lectures to pharmacy students at the University of Wisconsin, School of Pharmacy in both fluid and electrolytes and neonatal pharmacotherapy. Ann maintains active membership in a variety of organizations including the Pediatric Pharmacy Association (PPA) and the Wisconsin Association for Perinatal Care (WAPC). She is past president of WAPC and served for many years on the board of directors for both WAPC and the Perinatal Foundation as the secretary/treasurer.

Erik is the clinical pharmacy supervisor and a clinical pharmacist preceptor at UnityPoint Health (UPH) – Meriter. He received his PharmD degree from Midwestern University, Chicago College of Pharmacy, in 2004 and completed a PGY-1 pharmacy practice residency at Meriter in 2005. Upon completion of his residency he accepted a position as a Clinical Pharmacist at Meriter working primarily in the areas of critical care, cardiology, and emergency medicine. In 2006 Erik established the clinical pharmacist position in the emergency department and has been the lead pharmacist in the emergency department since that time. He is the chair of the UPH system-wide ER clinical pharmacy practice group, an active member of the emergency department practice committee, antimicrobial stewardship committee, various nursing clinical practice committees, stroke committee, and code blue/rapid response committee representing the pharmacy department and working to advance clinical pharmacy services. Erik is Board Certified in Pharmacotherapy, holds an appointment as a Clinical Instructor for the School of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin, and is a preceptor for an elective rotation in emergency medicine for pharmacy students and residents. He maintains active membership in ACCP.

Kristyn is a clinical pharmacist and the General Medicine lead pharmacist at UnityPoint Health – Meriter Hospital. She received her PharmD degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015 and completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at UnityPoint Health-Meriter in 2016. Kristyn's primary practice areas are general medicine and emergency medicine, though she is also a member of the obstetric and neonatology teams. She enjoys participating in hospital-wide quality improvement projects and being part of interdisciplinary teams. Kristyn holds an appointment as a Clinical Instructor for the School of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin and precepts both residents and students on their General Medicine rotation. She is board-certified as a Pharmacotherapy Specialist.

Dana is a clinical pharmacist and Obstetrics Lead at UnityPoint Health-Meriter. She received her PharmD degree from the Ohio State University in 2017 and completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at UnityPoint Health-Meriter in 2018. Upon completion of her residency, she accepted a position as a clinical pharmacist at Meriter specializing in nutrition/surgery, obstetrics, neonatal intensive care and pain management. She became the lead obstetrics pharmacist in 2023, currently representing pharmacy in various multidisciplinary OB committees in addition to serving as a Women’s Health Service Line Representative for all of UnityPoint Health. Dana holds an appointment as a Clinical Instructor for the School of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin and precepts residents and students on the obstetrics rotation. She is a board-certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist.

Chad Lothary earned his PharmD degree in 2007 from the University of Health Sciences in St. Louis, MO. He began his career as a retail pharmacy manager for a grocery store chain in St. Louis, where he worked for several years. Later, he transitioned to roles in various community hospitals across Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin. Chad is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist and an active member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Currently, he serves as a clinical instructor for the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy where he precepts both residents and students on the pain rotation. He also contributes to the PGY-1 staffing and longitudinal precepting rotation. His primary areas of practice include the emergency room, pain team, and psychiatric departments.

Brad is the Director of Pharmacy at UnityPoint Health- Meriter Hospital and the Director of Integrated Pharmacy Services at UW Health. In addition, he holds a position as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy. Brad is also the Program Director for the Medication System and Operations Residency at UW Health. He earned his BS and MS degrees from the University of Wisconsin and completed a one-year Pharmacy Practice Residency and a two-year Administrative Residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Brad has coordinated, implemented and directed progressive clinical and dispensing pharmacy services in virtually all practice settings, including hospital, hospice, skilled nursing, and clinics. Teaching responsibilities include precepting residents in the Health-System Pharmacy Administration Residency and Master's Program as well as the Health-System Administration PharmD. clerkship. Brad has been an invited lecturer for local, state and national pharmacy audiences addressing point of care barcode technology and the impact of automation. Brad was also a 2003 ASHP Best Practices Award Recipient for the project submitted describing the impact of point of care bar code medication scanning technology on medication error reduction. Brad's practice and research interests include pharmacy administrative practice, medication use safety, work redesign, pharmacy technology, and implementation of progressive pharmacy services.

Luke Malik is a clinical pharmacist and the lead antimicrobial stewardship pharmacist at UnityPoint Health - Meriter. Luke graduated from Purdue University with his PharmD in 2019 and subsequently completed his PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice and PGY-2 Infectious Diseases residencies at Meriter. In addition to his clinical role, Luke enjoys implementing a variety of infectious diseases (ID)-related quality improvement projects, leading stewardship efforts, and providing education. He has given lectures on ID and stewardship topics at clinical conferences and is involved in a number of committees, including acting as the pharmacist chair of the Meriter Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee and co-chair of the UnityPoint Health Antimicrobial Stewardship Oversight Committee. He is a clinical instructor for the school of pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin, precepting pharmacy residents and students on their ID rotations at Meriter.

Brian is a clinical pharmacist and the critical care lead pharmacist at UnityPoint Health - Meriter. Brian graduated from the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy with a PharmD in 2008. He completed a pharmacy practice residency at Meriter in 2009. Upon completion of his residency he accepted a position as Clinical Pharmacist working in the areas of emergency medicine, critical care, cardiology, oncology and nutrition. Brian's primary focus is in critical care and emergency medicine. He holds an appointment as a Clinical Instructor for the School of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin. He is an active member of the Critical Care Committee, Institutional Review Board, Sepsis Oversight Committee, Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee, and co-chair of the Thrombosis and Antithrombotic Advisory Committee. He is Board-Certified as a Critical Care Specialist and maintains active memberships in ACCP and SCCM.

Erin is the student coordinator and a clinical pharmacist at UnityPoint Health – Meriter Hospital. She received her PharmD degree from the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Pharmacy in 2015 and completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Ascension All Saints Hospital in Racine, WI. Following completion of her residency in 2016, Erin worked as an overnight Emergency Medicine clinical pharmacist at Ascension All Saints for ~1 year before accepting a clinical pharmacist position at Meriter in 2017. Erin's primary practice areas include general medicine, emergency medicine, critical care, infectious disease, and surgical OR/PACU. She is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist and a member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP). In addition to her student coordinator role, Erin holds an appointment as a Clinical Instructor for the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy and precepts both residents and students on general medicine and emergency medicine rotations. Erin also assists with the PGY-1 longitudinal precepting rotation.

Landon is the Lead Pharmacist in Cardiology at Meriter Hospital. He attended the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy before completing a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Meriter Hospital in 2019. He worked as a staff cardiology pharmacist as well as an ambulatory anticoagulation pharmacist at Meriter before becoming the Lead Pharmacist in Cardiology in 2021. He is a board-certified cardiology pharmacist, certified anticoagulation care provider, has been a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist, and in 2024 he was one of six pharmacists inducted into the American College of Cardiology as an Associate for his contributions to the field of cardiology. Landon's clinical interests include optimizing heart failure GDMT, combination antithrombotic regimens, and arrhythmia management. He precepts both students and residents on the cardiology rotation at Meriter, created a new APPE rotation in Anticoagulation Stewardship in 2020, and was voted the inaugural Pharmacy Residency Preceptor of the Year at Meriter in 2023. In addition to his precepting roles, Landon serves on or leads multiple cardiology, electrophysiology, and anticoagulation-related committees at Meriter Hospital and the UnityPoint Health hospital system and as a result has developed numerous policies, protocols, evidence-based guidelines, and projects to optimize cardiovascular care. Outside of the hospital Landon enjoys trying new restaurants, winemaking, spending time with his dog Murphy, and Formula One racing.

Mike is the Clinical Specialist for Nutrition Support at UnityPoint Health – Meriter. He received his B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin in 1989 and his Pharm.D. degree in 2004. Mike has been practicing in the area of nutrition support since 1990 and became a Board Certified Nutrition Support Specialist in 1995. He was appointed the Clinical Specialist for Nutrition Support in 1999. Mike's practice interests focus on the areas of nutrition support, drug-nutrient interactions, and diabetes management. Mike holds an appointment as a clinical instructor for the University of Wisconsin, School of Pharmacy. He offers a rotation in nutrition support for pharmacy students and residents. He is also a co-preceptor for an elective perioperative services rotation for residents. He maintains active involvement in the Wisconsin Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and is also a member of ASPEN and the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin.

Kevin is a clinical pharmacist and the lead pharmacist in perioperative services at UnityPoint Health - Meriter. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy with a BSPharm in 1996. Kevin worked several ambulatory pharmacy positions in the Milwaukee area before transitioning to hospital pharmacy in 2001. He accepted a position as a night shift clinical pharmacist at Meriter, working in all areas of the hospital. After 10 years, Kevin transitioned to day shift with a primary focus in emergency medicine, general medicine, cardiology, anticoagulation, diabetes management, pain management, and neurology. He also staffed several days a week at the UnityPoint Health-Meriter Antithrombotic Services clinic from 2015 until clinic closure in 2020. In 2016 he completed a certificate course in Anticoagulation Therapy Management through the University of Southern Indiana. In 2020, Kevin was given the opportunity to create the perioperative pharmacist position at UnityPoint-Meriter developing workflow, shift role, and responsibilities. Areas of interest include patient safety, order set design/rebuild, PONV, perioperative glucose management, post-operative pain management, and integration of technology in medicine. Kevin is a member of the UnityPoint Health-Meriter P&T Committee and is the author of the UnityPoint Health-Meriter Medication Guidelines for Pre-Surgical Instruction. In his free time, Kevin enjoys travel, reading, pottery, and spending time with his wife and three children.

Jerad Simmons is the Nutrition Lead Pharmacist at UnityPoint Health – Meriter. He graduated the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a BS in Pharmacology and Toxicology in 2014 and a PharmD in 2018. He went on to a one-year residency at MHealth – Fairview (University of Minnesota) before returning to Madison to start at UPH – Meriter in 2019. He precepts residents (and students) on Nutrition, General Medicine, and Psychiatry rotations.

Kristin is the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program Director and Pharmacy Program Manager for policy, compliance, and research at UnityPoint Health – Meriter Hospital. She received her PharmD degree from the University of Health Sciences in St. Louis in 2018 and completed a PGY-1 residency at UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital. Following completion of residency, Kristin continued as a staff pharmacist at Meriter Hospital. Kristin's primary practice areas are obstetrics and general medicine. She is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist and a member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin. She is a clinical instructor for the School of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin, precepting students in their administrative health-systems pharmacy rotations and serving as Meriter's APPE Residency Track coordinator.

Heather is a clinical pharmacist and the Psychiatry lead pharmacist at UnityPoint Health – Meriter Hospital. She received her PharmD degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001. Upon completion of her education, she worked as a pharmacist manager at Bergmann's Pharmacy before moving to her current role at Meriter in 2007. She achieved board certification in geriatrics in 2015. Heather's clinical interests include psychiatry, geriatrics, neurology, vulnerable populations and diversity and she enjoys participating in system-wide quality improvement projects. Heather holds an appointment as a Clinical Instructor for the School of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin and precepts both residents and students on their psychiatry and general medicine rotations. She maintains memberships with American College of Clinical Pharmacy and American Geriatrics Society.

Brittani is a clinical pharmacist at UnityPoint Health – Meriter Hospital. She received her PharmD degree from Drake University in 2022. She completed her PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at UnityPoint Health- Meriter in 2023 and her PGY-2 Infectious Disease at a multi-site program with University of Wisconsin (UW) Health and UnityPoint Health – Meriter in 2024. Upon completion of her residencies, she accepted a position as a clinical pharmacist at Meriter specializing in infectious disease, emergency services, and surgery/nutrition services. She is also the Epic inpatient pharmacist credentialed trainer. Brittani is a clinical instructor for the school of pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin and acts as the primary preceptor for students and residents for their infectious disease rotations. She has also published some of her infectious disease research completed with UnityPoint Health – Des Moines.