Meet Our Residents

Christ Ange Katche, PharmD, MBA
Education: University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Practice Interests: Ambulatory Care, Family Medicine, Leadership
Research Project: Optimization of type 2 diabetes management in patients with established cardiovascular or renal disease
First Job Position Post Residency: PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Alexi Kimura, PharmD
Education: University of California, San Francisco
Practice Interests: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics
Research Project: Improving high risk patient access to naloxone through a team-based discharge intervention
First Job Position Post Residency: PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Resident at Yale New Haven Health System

Bryan Leung, PharmD
Education: University of Arizona
Practice Interests: Ambulatory Care, Critical Care
Research Project: Pharmacist assessment of chronic heart failure patients on inappropriate medications
First Job Position Post Residency: Inpatient Staff Pharmacist at Cambridge Health Alliance

Kay Yamamoto, PharmD
Education: Northeastern University
Practice Interests: Pharmacy Administration and Leadership, Infectious Disease
Research Project: Implementation of a pharmacist-managed, AUC-based vancomycin protocol at a community teaching hospital
First Job Position Post Residency: PGY2 Pharmacy Resident in Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Chicago

Christina Ha, PharmD, MBA
Education: University of Kentucky
Practice Interests: Ambulatory care, Psychiatry
Research Project: Deprescribing medications that may increase fall risk in elderly homebound patients
First Job Position Post Residency: Medical Affairs: Hematology-Oncology Post-Doctoral Fellow at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences/Sanofi Genzyme

Chirlie Silver, PharmD
Education: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University - Boston
Practice Interests: Ambulatory care, Academia
Research Project: Comparing various basal insulin regimens and their associated incidence of hypoglycemia-related emergencies
First Job Position Post Residency: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Ambulatory Care at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center

Samana Walji, PharmD
Education: Roosevelt University
Practice Interests: Internal Medicine, Cardiology
Research Project: Evaluation of pharmacist impact on antibiotic prescribing through utilization of MALDI-TOF
First Job Position Post Residency: Per Diem Clinical Pharmacist at Cambridge Health Alliance

Yvette Zeng, PharmD
Education: University of Rhode Island
Practice Interests: Ambulatory care, Academia
Research Project: Improving utilization of pharmacotherapy services in management of hypertension
First Job Position Post Residency: PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy

Ebony Jackson, PharmD
Education: Auburn University
Practice Interests: Ambulatory Care, Infectious Disease
Research Project: Impact of multitiered interventions to decrease routine urine cultures in asymptomatic patients undergoing hip and knee arthroplasty
First Job Position Post Residency: Ambulatory Pharmacist at Cambridge Health Alliance
Publications: Jackson E, Thai X, Bruno-Murtha L, Barner A. Impact of tiered interventions to decrease routine urine cultures in asymptomatic patients undergoing arthroplasty. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Jan;40(1):109-110.

Alexandra Kolwicz, PharmD
Education: Northeastern University
Practice Interests: Ambulatory Care, Transitions of Care, Psychiatry
Research Project: Medication reconciliation and optimization by clinical pharmacists in the primary care setting
First Job Position Post Residency: Clinical Pharmacist at Cambridge Health Alliance

Angelika Lukasik, PharmD
Education: Northeastern University
Practice Interests: Adult Internal Medicine, Critical Care
Research Project: Impact of pharmacist-led inhaler education on patients with COPD in a pulmonary rehabilitation program
First Job Position Post Residency: Per Diem Pharmacist at Cambridge Health Alliance

Rebecca Tourtellotte, PharmD, BCPS
Education: University of Rhode Island
Practice Interests: Psychiatry, Geriatrics, Ambulatory Care
Research Project: Cost-savings of long-acting antipsychotic injections in a transitional outpatient clinic upon hospital discharge
First Job Position Post Residency: PGY2 Psychiatry Residency at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA in Richmond, VA