Current Resident

Kaitlyn Phillips, Pharm.D.

Kaitlyn Phillips is from Erwin, Tennessee, and graduated from East Tennessee State University College of Pharmacy in 2022. Her medical interests are chronic care, pediatrics and diabetes. 

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Major research project topic:
Impact of Collaborative Care on Asthma Control in a High-Risk Pediatric Population at a Federally Qualified Health Center within a Medically Underserved Area

Medication use evaluation (MUE) topic:
Evaluating Lipid-Lowering Pharmacotherapy of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus within Rural and Urban Practice Sites of a Federally Qualified Health Center within a Medically Underserved Area

Committee Involvement:
SCSHP Education & Networking Committee Member

Highlights

Speaker at SCPhA Annual Convention

Resident Kaitlyn Phillips invited to speak at the South Carolina Pharmacy Association, June 22-25, 2023.

Turning the Tides: Revelation in Chronic Care with GLP-1s & GIP

Resident Kaitlyn Phillips presented at South Carolina Society of Health-System Pharmacists Fall Meeting on October 7, 2022.

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Year	Name	Education	Projects
2021-2022	Carrington Royals	Pharm.D. Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2021	Medication-use evaluation (MUE) topic:  “Incorporating Guideline-directed Therapies for Diabetes into a Rural Federally Qualified Health Center Formulary to Reduce Utilization of Sulfonylureas within an Underinsured Population” Major research project topic: “System Impacts Following Implementation of Pharmacy-led Medicare Annual Wellness Visits at a Rural Federally Qualified Health Center”   Post-Residency Employment: Tandem Health Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist * * Current role Expand allHighlights Manuscript Published in Pharmacy, open-access journal from MDPI PGY1 project published in Special Issue Pharmacy: State-of-the-Art and Perspectives in USA, "Impact of Clinical Pharmacy Expansion within a Rural Federally Qualified Health Center through Implementation of Pharmacist-Led Medicare Annual Wellness Visits." Manuscript Published in Oxford Academic | Open Forum Infectious Diseases Resident Carrington Royals co-authors a manuscript published in Oxford Academic | Open Forum Infectious Diseases on August 16, 2022, "From Start to Finish: Examining factors associated with higher likelihood of publication among abstracts presented at an international infectious diseases scientific meeting." Discover USC 2022 Resident Carrington Royals selected to present "Incorporating Guideline-directed Therapies for Diabetes into a Rural Federally Qualified Health Center Formulary to Reduce Utilization of Sulfonylureas within an Underinsured Population" on April 22, 2022. Southeastern Residency Conference (SERC) 2022 Resident Carrington Royals selected to present "System Impacts Following Implementation of Pharmacy-led Medicare Annual Wellness Visits at a Rural Federally Qualified Health Center" via Zoom on April 21-22, 2022. South Carolina Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (SCSHP) 2021 Fall Meeting   Resident Carrington Royals selected to present "Expired Medications: Debunking the Myths" on October 8, 2021. Tandem Health Welcomes First Pharmacy Resident Tandem Health welcomes the first resident with the inaugural Tandem Health-University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy postgraduate year 1 (PGY1) Outpatient Pharmacy Residency Program.

  

Program Leadership

P. Brandon Bookstaver, Residency Program Director

Brandon Bookstaver, Pharm.D., is an associate professor and director of Residency & Fellowship Training in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences at the University South Carolina College of Pharmacy. He serves as an infectious diseases pharmacy specialist at Prisma Health - Richland Hospital, precepting pharmacy and medical trainees. Read more ...

Reagan Kiger Barfield, Residency Program Coordinator

Reagan Kiger Barfield, Pharm.D., is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences at the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy. She also maintains a practice site in ambulatory care pharmacy at Prisma Health Family Medicine, an outpatient family medicine clinic. Read more …

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Program Preceptors

• Sally Ardis, Pharm.D., Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Tandem Health
• Reagan Kiger Barfield, Pharm.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, USC College of Pharmacy
• Betsy Blake, Pharm.D., Clinical Associate Professor, USC College of Pharmacy
• P. Brandon Bookstaver, Pharm.D., Clinical Associate Professor, USC College of Pharmacy
• Marina Matthews, Pharm.D., Clinical Pharmacist, Prisma Health Cardiology Sumter
• Miranda McGee, Pharm.D., Clinical Pharmacist, Tandem Health
• Julia Mims, Pharm.D., Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator, Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital
• Natalie Nelson, Pharm.D., Clinical Pharmacist, Prismal Health Family Medicine Sumter
• Cynthia Phillips, Pharm.D., Clinical Associate Professor, USC College of Pharmacy
• Carrington Royals, Pharm.D., Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist, Tandem Health
• Pat Tingpej, M.D., Infectious Disease Physician, Tandem Health and Prisma Health
• Nick Tomlinson, R.Ph., Director of Pharmacy, Tandem Health
• David Turell, M.D., Clinical Director of Pediatrics, Tandem Health

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