Program Director
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Becky Szymanski, PharmD, BCPS, DPLA
Pharmacy School: University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy
Professional Training: Critical Care Residency/Fellowship – St. Paul-Ramsey Medical Center
Current Role/Specialty: Pharmacy Administration and Medication Safety; Residency Program Director
Special Information: Dr. Szymanski joined Atrium Health in 1997 and served as a clinical specialist in internal medicine at Atrium Health Cabarrus. In 2005, she transitioned into her current role as clinical pharmacy manager. Dr. Szymanski began the residency program here at Atrium Health Cabarrus in 1998 and currently serves as the residency program director. She is an active member of NCAP, ASHP, and the High Point Pharmacy Preceptor Advisory Board. She also serves on numerous committees and advisory teams here at Atrium Health. Her clinical interests include the expansion of pharmacy clinical services and medication safety.
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Preceptors
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Pam B. Alistock, PharmD, MS
Pharmacy School: Medical University of South Carolina (BS & PharmD)
Professional Training: Master’s in Health Informatics – University of Illinois at Chicago
Current Role/Specialty: Clinical Staff Pharmacist
Special Information: Dr. Alistock joined Atrium Health in 1997 and currently precepts for the PGY1 residency inpatient core rotation. In addition to her pharmacy education, she has obtained a Master’s in Health Informatics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Alistock is an active member of ASHP and NCAP as well as Atrium Health Cabarrus’ Interview Team and Patient Safety Champions Committee. Dr. Alistock also enjoys volunteering her time with the Second Harvest Food Bank.
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Chris Barringer, DPLA
Pharmacy School: University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Professional Training: ASHP Pharmacy Leadership Academy
Current Role/Specialty: Pharmacy Administration
Special Information: Mr. Barringer joined Atrium Heath in 2005. He currently serves as the Director of Pharmacy for Atrium Health Cabarrus. During his 29-year career as a pharmacist, he has practiced in community pharmacy, home health, inpatient care and now pharmacy administration. He is an active member of NCAP and ASHP. His clinical interests include pharmacy operations, compounded sterile products, nutritional pharmacy, and distribution processes.
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Ally M. Bergman, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy School: University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Professional Training: PGY1 Acute Care Residency – Atrium Health Cabarrus
Current Role/Specialty: Internal Medicine
Special Information: Dr. Bergman joined Atrium Health in 2019 as a PGY1 resident at Atrium Health Cabarrus. She later transitioned into her current role as a clinical pharmacist in emergency medicine. Ally now serves as one of the internal medicine preceptors.
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Rocky A. Bostian II, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy School: Wingate University School of Pharmacy
Professional Training: PGY1 Residency – CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Current Role/Specialty: Emergency Medicine
Special Information: Dr. Bostian originally joined Atrium Health in 2008 as a pharmacy technician. In 2018, he re-joined with his current role at Atrium Health Cabarrus as an emergency medicine clinical staff pharmacist. He is an active member on Atrium Health’s trauma, integrative medicine, and wellness councils. Dr. Bostian’s clinical interests include trauma, critical care, and infectious diseases.
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Peter DeLaney, PharmD, MBA
Pharmacy School: Purdue University
Professional Training: PGY1 Residency – Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
Current Role/Specialty: Pharmacy Administration
Special Information: Dr. DeLaney joined Atrium Health in 2010 as a PGY1 resident at Carolinas Medical Center. He stayed on following residency as the Emergency Medicine Clinical Coordinator at Atrium Health Cabarrus. Currently, Dr. DeLaney serves as the Pharmacy Operations Manager. His clinical interests include medication safety, emergency medicine, and sterile compounding. Dr. DeLaney enjoys being part of multi-disciplinary teams that work to improve patient safety and care.
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Kevin DeSanty, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, BCGP
Pharmacy School: University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Professional Training: PGY1 Residency – CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Current Role/Specialty: Adult Medicine and Neurology
Special Information: Dr. DeSanty joined Atrium Health in 2008. Dr. DeSanty works as a decentralized clinical pharmacist specializing in internal medicine and neurology. Dr. DeSanty enjoys precepting PGY1 pharmacy residents and fourth year pharmacy students in his various clinical areas. His clinical interests include stroke, epilepsy, and geriatric pharmacotherapy.
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Darren Drew, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy School: Ohio Northern University
Professional Training: PGY1 Residency – Atrium Health Cabarrus
Current Role/Specialty: Operation Room and Surgical Services
Special Information: Dr. Drew joined Atrium Health in 2000 as a PGY1 resident at Atrium Health Cabarrus. He stayed on following residency and transitioned into the role of OR and Surgical Services Clinical Team Leader in 2008. Dr. Drew is interested in increasing surgical care improvement project (SCIP) compliance.
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Joseph B. Elmes, PharmD, BCOP
Pharmacy School: University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Professional Training: PGY1 Residency – Atrium Health Cabarrus
Current Role/Specialty: Hematology/Oncology
Special Information: Dr. Elmes joined Atrium Health in 2018 as a PGY1 resident at Atrium Health Cabarrus. He currently serves as the Levine Cancer Institute Information Technology Chair. In addition to hematology/oncology and information technology, Dr. Elmes has an interest in clinical research.
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Sonia Everhart, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM
Pharmacy School: University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy (BS); University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy (PharmD)
Professional Training: PGY2 Internal Medicine Residency – Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Hospital
Current Role/Specialty: Critical Care and Virtual Critical Care
Special Information: Dr. Everhart joined Atrium Health in 2001 and became the critical care clinical team leader in 2003. Along with Dr. Kosmisky, she helped develop Atrium Health’s Virtual Critical Care Pharmacy program in 2015. Dr. Everhart is an active member of SCCM, ASHP, and ACCP as well as the Carolinas/Virginias Chapter of SCCM. Her clinical interests include sepsis, infectious diseases, and tele-health.
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Patrick W. Ford, PharmD, BCIDP
Pharmacy School: University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Professional Training: PGY1 Residency – Atrium Health Cabarrus
Current Role/Specialty: Antimicrobial Stewardship
Special Information: Dr. Ford joined Atrium Health in 2014 as a resident. He stayed on after residency as a clinical staff pharmacist before transitioning to his current role in with the Antimicrobial Support Network in 2017. Dr. Ford precepts PGY1 residents as well as fourth year pharmacy students from both Wingate University and High Point University. His clinical interests include precepting, prevention of antimicrobial resistance, and helping to develop new antimicrobial stewardship initiatives across the Atrium Health enterprise.
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Nick Kane, PharmD
Pharmacy School: Belmont University - College of Pharmacy
Professional Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency - Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist; PGY2 Infectious Diseases Residency - University of North Carolina Medical Center
Current Role/Specialty: Infectious Diseases - Antimicrobial Stewardship
Special Information: Dr. Kane joined Atrium Health and the Antimicrobial Support Network in 2023. He is an active member of SIDP, serving on the Publications and Podcasts Committee and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. His clinical interests include pharmacy education, antimicrobial resistance, and infections in the immunocompromised host.
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Desiree Kosmisky, PharmD, BCCCP
Pharmacy School: University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
Professional Training: PGY1 Residency – Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center; PGY2 Critical Care Residency – University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Current Role/Specialty: Adult Critical Care
Special Information: Dr. Kosmisky joined Atrium Health Cabarrus and the Virtual Critical Care Team in 2015. She participates in the Atrium Health Cabarrus Resuscitation and Critical Care Committees and the Division of Pharmacy Research and Quality Improvement and Critical Care Steering Committees. She is an active member of ACCP, SCCM, and the Carolinas/Virginias Chapter of SCCM. Her clinical interests include medication safety, quality improvement, precepting, ICU liberation, and expanding tele-critical care pharmacy services.
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Chris Larck, PharmD, BCOP, CPP
Pharmacy School: West Virginia University
Professional Training: PGY1 Residency – Charleston Area Medical Center
Current Role/Specialty: Hematology/Oncology
Special Information: Dr. Larck joined Atrium Health and Levine Cancer Institute in 2016. He is an active member of the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association. Dr. Larck’s clinical interests include hematology, oncology, clinical research, precepting, and peer reviewing literature.
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Kristen Nagy, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP
Pharmacy School: University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Current Role/Specialty: Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Special Information: Dr. Nagy joined Atrium Health in 2008 as a staff pharmacist at Carolinas Medical Center. In 2014, she transitioned into her role as a clinical coordinator for psychiatry. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Nagy took an active role in addressing pharmacist mental health and burnout within Atrium Health. She also champions the Resident Wellness Program with her colleague, Dr. Stephanie Greenwood. Dr. Nagy enjoys teaching and is an active faculty member at several psychiatric residency programs as well as the APP Fellowship Program here at Atrium Health.
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Jennifer Ellen Onsrud, PharmD, MSCR, BCIDP
Pharmacy School: Campbell University School of Pharmacy
Professional Training: PGY1 Residency – Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
Current Role/Specialty: Antimicrobial Stewardship
Special Information: Dr. Onsrud joined Atrium Health and the Antimicrobial Support Network in 2015. She is an active member of SIDP and ACCP. Her clinical interests include precepting, quality improvement, and drug development. Dr. Onsrud also enjoys listening to podcasts, spending time with her children, and participating in water sports on Lake Norman.
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Bobby Poplin, PharmD
Pharmacy School: Wingate University School of Pharmacy
Professional Training: PGY1 Acute Care Residency – Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
Current Role/Specialty: Cardiology
Special Information: Dr. Poplin joined Atrium Health in 2013 as a PGY1 resident at Carolinas Medical Center. He stayed on following residency by working in various intensive care roles. He later transitioned to our team here at Atrium Health Cabarrus in 2015 where he currently works as a decentralized clinical staff pharmacist in various cardiology and intensive care areas throughout the hospital. His clinical interests include myocardial infarction, heart failure, intensive care medicine, and precepting.
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Jason Ray, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP
Pharmacy School: Wingate University School of Pharmacy
Current Role/Specialty: Antimicrobial Stewardship
Special Information: Dr. Ray joined Atrium Health in 2012 as a clinical staff pharmacist. In 2013, he transitioned to infectious diseases with the launch of Atrium Health’s Antimicrobial Support Network (ASN). Dr. Ray precepts PGY1 residents as well as fourth year pharmacy students from Wingate University and High Point University.
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Bryan Robinette, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy School: University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy
Professional Training: PGY1 Residency – University of Utah Hospital
Current Role/Specialty: Cardiology
Special Information: Dr. Robinette joined Atrium Health in 1998 as the acute care cardiology clinical specialist at Atrium Health Cabarrus. He transitioned to the Atrium Health Cabarrus Heart Success Clinic in 2012 to help manage patients with heart failure.
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Carrie S. Schmiesing, PharmD
Pharmacy School: Campbell University School of Pharmacy
Professional Training: PGY1 Residency – Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Hospital
Current Role/Specialty: Clinical Staff Pharmacist
Special Information: Dr. Schmiesing joined Atrium Health in 2008. She currently works at Atrium Health Cabarrus as an inpatient clinical staff pharmacist, primarily in second shift critical care. She is a preceptor for the inpatient core and longitudinal clinical staffing rotations. She is also a member of the Division of Pharmacy Critical Care Steering Committee, and she is an active member of ACCP and SCCM.
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Lindsay Sheehan, PharmD, CDCES, CPP, BCACP
Pharmacy School: Wingate University School of Pharmacy
Professional Training: PGY1 Ambulatory Care Residency – Atrium Health Cabarrus
Current Role/Specialty: Ambulatory Care
Special Information: Dr. Sheehan joined Atrium Health in 2010 as part of the clinical team at Atrium Health Cabarrus. She currently serves as the Clinical Pharmacy Leader at Kannapolis Internal Medicine (a facility of Atrium Health) where she focuses on chronic disease state management. Dr. Sheehan also serves as the residency site coordinator for the Atrium Health Cabarrus Ambulatory Care PGY1 as well as a preceptor for Atrium Health Cabarrus Acute Care PGY1. Dr. Sheehan hopes that every resident would come visit her site as she thoroughly enjoys teaching, collaborating, and learning from the acute care residents.
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Michelle Wang, PharmD, BCPS
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
Rotation Precepted: Adult Emergency Medicine III: GI/Renal/Endocrine
Pharmacy School: University of North Carolina, Asheville Campus
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis, MO
About Dr. Wang: Dr. Wang happily joined Atrium Health Cabarrus in 2017 and transitioned on to the emergency medicine team in 2019. She also periodically staffs in various clinical roles throughout the hospital. She enjoys working in all aspects of emergency medicine and takes a particular interest in diabetic ketoacidosis, cardiac resuscitation, and prehospital and transitions of care. Outside of the hospital she is a wannabe aerialist.
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Sebin Yang, PharmD, BCEMP
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
Rotation Precepted: Adult Emergency Medicine I: Trauma/Neurology, EM Precepting
Pharmacy School: Wingate University School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency: Atrium Health Cabarrus
PGY2 Pharmacy Residency: UNC Health Southeastern (Emergency Medicine)
About Dr. Yang: Dr. Yang served as an Emergency Medicine clinical pharmacist at Novant Health Huntersville for one year after her residency, then she returned to Atrium Health Cabarrus in 2023 to impart specialized knowledge to pharmacy students and residents. Her particular interests lie in neurology and trauma.
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