Residency Program Personnel

Ambulatory Care

Alice Wen, Pharm.D. received her degree at University of Southern California in 1998 and completed an ambulatory care residency at Kaiser Orange County. She worked as internal medicine pharmacist at VA Palo Alto before coming to Stanford in 2002. She currently works as an ambulatory care pharmacist specializing in anticoagulation. She has also achieved National Certification as an Anticoagulation Care Provider (CACP).

Susan Shughrue, BSPharm, BCACP, CDE received her undergraduate degree in chemistry at Loyola University and her pharmacy degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist and a Certified Diabetes Educator. She currently works in the Stanford Coordinated Care clinic and several of Stanford's Primary Care clinics.

Bone Marrow Transplant

Ya-Hwei Cheng, MS, Pharm.D. received her MS in health system management from Union University, NY and pharmacy degree from University of Florida. She joined Stanford Health Care in 1997. She has practiced in medicine, critical care, cardiology, orthopedics, pediatrics, oncology and investigational drug services. She is currently a clinical pharmacist specializing in BMT.

Fu-ying Lee-Lam, R.Ph. received her B.S from St. John's University, New York in 1988. She worked at Memorial Sloan Kettering for five years before moving to California.  Currently she works at Stanford Health Care as a Bone Marrow Transplant pharmacist.  BMT has been her focus of practice for the last 15 years.

Joanna Wang, Pharm.D. received her undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of California, Irvine and her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Southern California in 1991.  She completed her residency at University of California, Los Angeles in 1992 and currently works as a clinical pharmacist in Bone Marrow Transplant & Oncology.

Cardiology

Kelly Matsuda, Pharm.D., BCPS (AQ Cardiology) received his pharmacy degree from the University of the Pacific.  He is a clinical pharmacist specializing in cardiovascular medicine/pharmacology in the Coronary Care Unit.

Manya Sarram, Pharm.D. (Lead Pharmacist) graduated in 1988 with a B.S. in pharmacy from the University of Munich, Germany. After moving to the United States, she went on to complete a 2-year Pharm.D/residency program at the University of Washington, Seattle. She has been a clinical pharmacist in Cardiology Medicine here at Stanford since 1995. Currently she is one of the Lead Pharmacists and is dividing her time between clinical and administrative duties.

Central Operations

Erika Boetius, Pharm.D. Attended UC Davis for her undergraduate years and then received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Pacific in 1987. After working 11 years in retail, she was hired as the Pharmacist in Charge for the Stanford Outpatient Pharmacy in 1998. She worked 3 years in the Outpatient setting and then transferred into the Inpatient Pharmacy. She has worked as part of the management team and is currently staffing the Central IV Clean Room.

Sean Carlton, PharmD, BCPS received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Virginia Commonwealth University 2009.  He completed a general practice residency at Stanford Health Care in 2010.  Sean is a Lead Pharmacist in the Central Pharmacy and IV room areas.

Critical Care

April Fong, Pharm.D. received her undergraduate degree from UCLA and her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Washington in 2003.  She completed her pharmacy practice residency and critical care residency at Stanford Health Care. She currently works as a critical care pharmacist.

Janice Hsieh, Pharm.D. graduated from University of Southern California.  She completed her general pharmacy practice residency at Kaiser Vallejo.  She worked at Kaiser Redwood City for 2 years and joined Stanford's Department of Pharmacy as a critical care pharmacist in 2004.

Jamie Kuo, Pharm.D. received her undergraduate degree from University of California, Berkeley and earned her pharmacist degree from the University of California, San Francisco. She completed her PGY-1 pharmacy practice residency and PGY-2 critical care specialty residency at Stanford Health Care. She currently works as a clinical pharmacist in critical care medicine.

Cherwyn Nguyen , Pharm.D. graduated from University of California, San Francisco and completed her pharmacy practice residency and a critical care residency at Stanford Health Care.  She is currently a clinical pharmacist specializing in critical care medicine.

Mike Schoshinski, Pharm.D. received his undergraduate degree from Marquette University and his pharmacy degree from the University of California, San Francisco in 2001.  He completed his pharmacy practice residency at Stanford Health Care and currently works as a critical care pharmacist.

Craig Sterling, Pharm.D. received his undergraduate degree from Humboldt State University in Chemistry and his pharmacy degree from the University of Southern California.  He completed his pharmacy practice residency at Ohio State University and currently works as a critical care pharmacist.

Emergency Medicine

Sandra Leigh Bardas, BCPS, FCSHP received her pharmacy degree from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and completed an ASHP-accredited residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. She has practiced in various areas at Stanford Health Care, including operating room pharmacy, investigational drug services, and critical care.  She currently works in the Emergency Department Pharmacy.

Carolyn Nguyen, Pharm.D. graduated from University of the Pacific.  She practiced for 2 years in Oncology/Hematology and BMT and currently works as a clinical pharmacist in the Emergency Department.

Hematology/Oncology

Alice Chang, Pharm.D. received her degree from the University of Colorado in 1998. She completed an ambulatory care residency at University of Illinois at Chicago and worked at Olive-View UCLA Medical Center for 4 years before joining Stanford Health Care in 2003. She is currently practicing as a clinical oncology pharmacist in the outpatient Cancer Center.

Magdalena Seyer, Pharm.D., BCPS received her degree from the University of California, San Francisco in 2006.  She completed a pharmacy practice residency at Stanford Health Care.  She worked as a clinical pharmacist for 2 years before transitioning into hematology and oncology at Stanford health Care.

Latanya Dean, Pharm.D., BCOP (Manager) received her degree from the University of Washington in 2001. She completed a general practice residency at Stanford Health Care in June 2002. After residency she accepted a clinical position at SHC and worked in the Cancer Center as a Clinical Pharmacist, then as a Lead Pharmacist overseeing the inpatient and outpatient oncology pharmacy services. Currently Latanya is the manager of oncology pharmacy services.

Michelle Ho, Pharm.D., BCOP received her degree from theUniversity of the Pacific in 2008. She completed her pharmacy practice residency and PGY2 hematology/oncology pharmacy residency at Stanford Health Care.  Upon the completion of her PGY2 residency in 2010, she accepted a position at SHC as a clinical pharmacist specializing in hematology and oncology.

Eun-Jeong Kim, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCOP received her degree from the University of Florida in 2003. She completed her pharmacy practice residency at Shands Jacksonville/The University of Florida Academic Health Center and PGY2 oncology pharmacy residency at University of Washington Medical Center. She worked as a clinical oncology pharmacist at Hematology/Oncology Ambulatory Clinic at Kaiser Permanente and Sutter Health for seven years before joining the hematology/oncology specialty area at Stanford Health Care.

Ann Le, Pharm.D., BCPS received her degree from the University of California, San Francisco in 2009.  She completed a pharmacy practice residency at University of California, San Diego. She completed a hematology/oncology residency at Stanford Health Care in 2010 and currently works as a clinical pharmacist specializing in hematology and oncology. 

Samit Patel, Pharm.D., BCOP graduated from the University of Houston in 2007. He completed his pharmacy practice residency at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas/Texas Tech University Health Science Center.  He completed a hematology/oncology residency at Stanford Health Care and currently works as a clinical pharmacist in hematology/oncology.

Faye Tsung, Pharm.D. (Lead Pharmacist) received her Bachelors in Pharmacy at the University of Toronto in 1989. In 1990, she completed an Industrial Pharmacy Residency at Eli Lilly Canada Inc. In 1994 she received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. The following year she completed an oncology residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  She joined Stanford Health Care in 2002 and currently works as a Lead Pharmacist overseeing the inpatient and outpatient oncology pharmacy services.

Ann Vongspanich, Pharm.D. received her BS degree in Biology at Santa Clara University then obtained her pharmacy degree at the University of the Pacific. She completed her pharmacy practice residency at Stanford Health Care in 2005. She currently works in the ambulatory care anticoagulation clinic and cancer center pharmacy.

Abraham Chang, Pharm.D graduated from the University of the Pacific in 2012. He completed his PGY-1 pharmacy practice residency in 2014 and PGY-2 hematology/oncology residency at Stanford in 2015. He currently works as a clinical pharmacist in hematology/oncology.

Ellen Wong, Pharm.D., BCOP, received her degree from the University of California, San Francisco in 2009. She completed a pharmacy practice residency at University of California, Davis. She worked a hematology/oncology clinical pharmacist at UC Davis Medical Center for 3 years before joining the hematology/oncology specialty area at Stanford Healthcare.

Linh Tran, Pharm.D. earned her degree from Western University of Health Sciences in 2012. She completed a general pharmacy practice residency at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, TN in 2013 and a hematology/oncology residency at Stanford Hospital and Clinics in 2014. Currently, she works as a clinical pharmacist specializing in hematology and oncology.

Infectious Diseases

Lina Meng, Pharm.D., BCPS graduated from University of California, San Diego in 2009. She completed her pharmacy practice residency at the University of California, San Francisco in 2011 and a critical care residency at Stanford Health Care in 2011. She currently works as a critical care pharmacist covering medical-surgical ICU and cardiology.

Emily Mui, Pharm.D., BCPS received her pharmacy degree from Northeastern University in 2008.  She completed her pharmacy practice residency and infectious disease speciality residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital in 2010.

Medicine

Tiffany Wong, Pharm.D., BCPS, received her pharmacy degree from the University of California, San Diego in 2012.  She completed her pharmacy practice residency at Stanford Health Care in 2013 and currently works as a clinical pharmacist in Internal Medicine.

Denise Kwong, Pharm.D., BCPS, received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy.  She completed her residency (PGY1) at Stanford Health Care. Her main practice area is in General Medicine and her areas of interests are in Internal Medicine, Cystic Fibrosis, and Cardiac Surgery.

Practice Management

Deepak R. Sisodiya, Pharm.D., MHA, BCPS, Director of Pharmacy received his BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Alberta and his PharmD from the University of Michigan in 2002.  After completing a pharmacy practice residency at Stanford Health Care he worked as a clinical pharmacist in general medicine with an interest in infectious diseases.  In 2010 he made the move into management. 

Mark Klanjac, Pharm.D., BCPS, Manager of Professional Development received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of the Pacific and completed his pharmacy practice residency at Stanford Health Care in 2006.  He most recently worked as a Lead pharmacist overseeing the OR and ICU areas.

Esther Kimm, Pharm.D. received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Southern California in 1996 and subsequently completed a primary care residency at the Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Los Angeles, California. Prior to joining Stanford in 2015, Esther’s experiences range from being an ICU/Transplant pharmacist, assistant professor of pharmacy, a pediatric/neonatal pharmacist and a quality manager at various institutions including Cedars Sinai, the University of Southern California and Kaiser Permanente. She currently oversees the pharmacy quality program at Stanford Health Care.

Janjri Desai, Pharm.D., MBA, BCPS completed a joint PharmD/MBA program at University of the Pacific in 2011. She then pursued a PGY-1 general pharmacy practice residency at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System and remained there as an Inpatient/Outpatient Clinic Pharmacist, after which she took a Medicine/Surgery Pharmacist position at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. More recently, Janjri joined SHC in December 2015 as the Manager of Clinical Effectiveness and now oversees the Antimicrobial Stewardship, Medication Reconciliation, and Transitions of Care programs. Additionally, she assists with formulary management and supports the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee (P&T).

Martin Caponi, BS Pharm. received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1981. Martin has over two decades of hospital pharmacy leadership experience and joined Stanford Health Care Pharmacy department in July of 2015 as Assistant Director, Inpatient Operations.  

Psychiatry

Julie Newton, Pharm.D. (Lead Pharmacist) graduated from University of the Pacific in 1985. After working 3 years for a small independent pharmacy, she completed a general residency at VA Long Beach.  She has worked for Stanford since 1989 and has staffed in several pharmacy coverage areas including the OR, pediatric ICU, and skilled nursing.  In her current position she continues to work with the in-patient neurosurgery, cardiac step-down, ENT, urology, and psychiatry patient populations as well as is the Lead Pharmacist for the B2 satellite pharmacy & ED pharmacy satellite areas.  She continues to precept pharmacy residents and students along with her colleagues in the B2 satellite pharmacy in the area of psychiatry.

Transplant

Roy Lee, Pharm.D., BCPS received his undergraduate degree in Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology from the University of California, Los Angeles and his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of California, San Diego in 2009.  He completed his residency at Stanford Health Care in 2010 and currently works as the Heart, Lung & Heart-Lung Transplant pharmacist.

Uerica Wang, Pharm.D., BCPS received her Pharm.D. and completed a pharmacy practice residency at  the University of California, San Francisco. She currently works as a kidney, liver and intestinal transplant pharmacist at Stanford Health Care.