Forbes and West Penn Pharmacy Residency
About the program
Program Director: Jenifer Blasinsky, PharmD
Forbes Hospital Site Coordinator: Nikki Verkleeren, PharmD
Program Length: 1 year
Residents per year: 4
Program description
The Forbes and West Penn Hospitals PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program has operated as an ASHP-accredited, multi-site residency since 2017. Beginning with the incoming 2024 residency class, each hospital began operating a single-site residency. For information on the individual site residency programs, please navigate to the individual hospital program links on the left of this page.
Accreditation status
The PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency conducted by Forbes Hospital, Monroeville, PA and West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, was accredited by ASHP.
Past residents
Graduates of the program have gone on to complete PGY2 training in Critical Care, Oncology, and Infectious Diseases as well as been hired directly into clinical and staffing roles. We are proud to share that 10 of our residency graduates are currently employed within Allegheny Health Network.
2023 – 2024
- Nicholas Chieffo, PharmD
- Paige Wilczynski, PharmD
2022 – 2023
- Courtney Bunner, PharmD
- Deaton Conner, PharmD – Staff Pharmacist, West Penn Hospital
2021 - 2022
- Katie Debiasio, PharmD – Clinical Pharmacist, West Penn Hospital
- Laura DeCosta, PharmD
- Olivia Joyce, PharmD – Clinical Pharmacist, West Penn Hospital
- Jacob Winschel, PharmD – Staff Pharmacist, Jefferson Hospital
2020 - 2021
- Marissa Angino Hokaj, PharmD
- Nicole Jankowski, PharmD
- Mitchell Mirabile, PharmD – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Oncology, Allegheny General Hospital
- Gerald Taylor, PharmD – Clinical Pharmacist, West Penn Hospital
2019 - 2020
- Christina Billias, PharmD
- Connor Kelley, PharmD
- Brandon Gray, PharmD – Staff Pharmacist – Forbes Cancer Center
- Abbie Rosen, PharmD
2018 - 2019
- Katharine Chambers, PharmD
- Zareena Chughtai, PharmD
- Scarlet Lau, MPH, PharmD
- Keri Putulowski, PharmD – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Formulary/Policy and Medication Use, Allegheny Health Network
2017 - 2018
- Alexis DeLeo, PharmD – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Oncology, Forbes Cancer Center
- Manuela Haiduc, PharmD
- Ryan Hobaugh, PharmD – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Emergency Medicine, Jefferson Hospital
- Michael Singel, PharmD