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Graduate Medical Education

Preceptors

PGY2 Pharmacy Solid Organ Transplant Residency Director

Adam Diamond, PharmD, BCPS, FAST 
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Abdominal Organ Transplant 

  • Areas of Interest: Liver, Kidney, and Pancreas Transplantation/Transplant Infectious Diseases/Immunosuppression Pharmacokinetics
  • Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences (Philadelphia, PA)
  • Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, MA); PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant – Rush University Medical Center (Chicago, IL)
  • Contact Information: [email protected]
  • Practice Achievement: Dr. Diamond is an active member of several committees, workgroups, and institutional initiatives in addition to his current clinical practice in Abdominal Organ Transplant. He is a member of the ACCP IMTR PRN Nominations Committee and serves as the Member at Large for the American Society of Transplantation — Transplant Pharmacy Community of Practice Executive Committee. He is a past chair and member of the Organ Donation Workgroup and current chair of the Education Workgroup for the American Society of Transplantation, Transplant Pharmacy Community of Practice. His significant involvement in national organizations provides residents with the ability to become actively involved in the field of solid organ transplantation. He also serves as a manuscript reviewer for transplant journals, receives grant funding to conduct prospective research, and is involved in several outcomes based research projects within his institution.

Temple University Hospital-Main Campus Staff

Jenny Au, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Lung Transplant

  • Areas of Interest: Lung Transplant/Immunosuppressants
  • Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Shenandoah University (Winchester, VA)
  • Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA)
  • Contact Information: [email protected]  

Sheriff Gbadamosi, PharmD, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care Unit

  • Areas of Interest: Trauma/coagulopathy, Septic shock, Anticoagulation, Thromboelastography, Sedation, Analgesia
  • Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (Baltimore, MD)
  • Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – Suburban Hospital – John Hopkins Medicine (Bethesda, MD); PGY2 Critical Care – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
  • Contact Information: [email protected]

Kazumi Morita, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Infectious Diseases

  • Areas of Interest: Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY); Master of Science in Clinical Pharmacy – Kitasato University (Tokyo, Japan)
  • Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY); PGY2 Infectious Diseases – University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
  • Contact Information: [email protected]

Christina Ruggia-Check, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP, BCTXP, AACC 
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant

  • Areas of Interest: Acute Decompensated Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences (Philadelphia, PA)
  • Contact Information: [email protected]

Ishani Shah, PharmD, BCTXP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Educator, Lung Transplant

  • Areas of Interest: Lung transplant, transplant infectious diseases, anticoagulation use in transplant patients
  • Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Rutgers University, NJ
  • Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – Temple University Health System, PGY-2 Solid Organ Transplant – Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA) 
  • Contact Information: [email protected]

Temple University Hospital – Jeanes Campus Staff

Brittany Ballas, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP
BMT Clinical Pharmacist – BMT and Cellular Therapy

  • Areas of Interest: Hematology, Cellular Therapy
  • Education: Doctor of Pharmacy – Temple University School of Pharmacy (Philadelphia, PA)
  • Postgraduate Training: PGY1 – Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA)
  • Contact Information: [email protected]