Friday, August 18, 2023
Broad Center Lawn University of Southern California Health Sciences Campus
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Welcome
Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD, DSc (hon) Dean, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
John Stauffer Decanal Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Alumni Keynote Speaker
Robert Popovian, PharmD ’93, MS ‘97 Founder, Conquest Advisors
Presentation of White Coats
Kari Franson, PharmD, PhD, BCPP, FNAP Professor of Clinical Pharmacy Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs
Irving Steinberg, PharmD Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Administration of the Oath of a Pharmacist
Paul J. Wong, PharmD, BCCCP Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Closing Remarks
Dean Papadopoulos
Welcome to the White Coat Ceremony celebrating the members of the PharmD class of 2027.
To the PharmD class of 2027:
Today, as you take the Oath of a Pharmacist for the first time, know that we are counting on you and the innovations you will bring to our rapidly-changing world. You are now part of the healthcare continuum with the potential to save lives and improve the human condition.
As you know, the USC PharmD program excels in preparing future leaders for the field and is the nation’s pioneer in expanding the scope and impact of pharmacy education and profession. Our dedicated faculty and staff, legendary alumni network and partnerships with experts throughout the profession are eager to ensure that you have the support and mentorship to succeed throughout your career.
On behalf of the USC Mann School, welcome to the Trojan Family. I look forward to meeting you in person as you pursue your future at USC. Fight on!
Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD, DSc (hon) Dean, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
John Stauffer Decanal Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dr. Papadopoulos, who has served as Dean of the USC Mann School since 2016, has published over 300 papers, holds numerous patents and serves on many national and international advisory committees. His research work has had major implications for endocrinology, reproduction, aging, cancer, and neurological disorders. Prior to USC, his extensive portfolio of professional experiences and accomplishments includes leadership roles at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. and McGill University in Montreal. His unmatched expertise across fields and track record of bringing people together make him the ideal leader for the USC Mann School at a time when the growing convergence of biology, genomics, chemistry and medicine demands close ties between research and clinical care.
KARI L. FRANSON, PHARMD, PHD, BCPP, FNAP Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Student AffairsDr. Franson joined the University of Southern California in 2020 as Professor of Clinical Pharmacy. Dr. Franson is an educator with more than 30 years of experience in institutions around the world with expertise in campus and distancebased curricular innovation, interprofessional practice / education, technology-enhanced assessment / learning, experiential education, and healthcare workforce development to serve societal needs. As a U.S. Board-Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist and Dutch-Certified Clinical Pharmacologist she has guided national and international professional, legislative, media and commercial groups on cannabinoid clinical pharmacologic effects and cannabis user safety.
PAUL J. WONG PHARMD, BCCCP Assistant Professor of Clinical PharmacyDr. Wong, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the USC Mann School, serves as a faculty-in-residence at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, providing clinical pharmacy services for the internal medicine teams and support for the experiential education program. Dr. Wong received his Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy in 2013. He then completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy followed by a PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency at the University of Kentucky. Prior to joining USC, he worked as a critical care pharmacist at Cedars-Sinai. He is board-certified in critical care pharmacotherapy.
IRVING STEINBERG, PHARMD Associate Dean for Faculty AffairsDr. Steinberg, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and pediatrics at the USC Mann School and Keck School of Medicine, is director of the division of pediatric pharmacotherapy in the department of pediatrics at the LAC+USC Medical Center. His areas of research emphasis include predictive performance of pharmacokinetic models for dosing in children and novel pharmacotherapeutic applications of drugs.
Dr. Robert Popovian is the founder of the strategic consulting firm Conquest Advisors. He also serves as Chief Science Policy Officer at the Global Healthy Living Foundation, Senior Healthy Policy Fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute, and Visiting Health Policy Fellow at the Pioneer Institute. He previously served as Vice President, U.S. Government Relations at Pfizer.
One of the country’s foremost experts on every significant facet of biopharmaceuticals and the healthcare industry, he is a recognized authority on health economics, policy, government relations, medical affairs, and strategic planning.
Dr. Popovian has published extensively and referenced on the impact of biopharmaceuticals and health policies on costs and clinical outcomes in the most prominent medical sources and media publications, including the Clinical Economics and Outcomes Research, The Oncologist, Journal of Vaccines and Vaccinations, Journal of American Pharmacists Association, Health Science Journal, USA Today, Washington Examiner, Managed Healthcare Executive, and The Hill. He is also a sought-after speaker who has been invited to provide detailed presentations, briefings, and expert reviews for the U.S. Congress, dozens of state legislatures, and at conferences and medical symposiums throughout the country and worldwide.
He is one of the select few researchers to study and publish clinical and policy-related economic analysis and empirical data regarding emerging payment models in the U.S. healthcare system and for biopharmaceutical reimbursement. His insight and analysis also led to one of the first inclusions of health outcomes data in a labeled indication of a biopharmaceutical.
Dr. Popovian serves on the Board of Councilors of the USC Mann School and is an advisor to the Value of Life Sciences Innovation program at the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics.
He completed his Doctorate in Pharmacy and Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy degrees at the University of Southern California with honors. He also completed a residency in Pharmacy Practice/Adult Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the Los Angeles CountyUSC Hospital and a fellowship in Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy at USC.
He and his family reside in Los Angeles and Alexandria, Virginia.
Robert Popovian PHARMD ’93, MS, ‘97Elin Aboulian
Sunland, CA | University of California, Santa Barbara
Joselyn Angelica Aceves
Los Angeles, CA | California State University, Los Angeles
Behshad Aghakoochek
San Dimas, CA | University of Southern California
Rushad Ahmed
Merced, CA | University of California, Merced
Arfin Nipa Akther
Los Angeles, CA | Pitzer College
Mineh Antanesian
Glendale, CA | University of California, Riverside
Paulina Bagdasarian
Porter Ranch, CA | Loyola Marymount University
Sona Bagheri
Glendale, CA | California State University, Northridge
Rahimah Baluch
Everett, WA | Victoria University-Toronto
Gasia Lori Benlian
Chatsworth, CA | University of California, Los Angeles
Jaspir Koren Bonner
Pasadena, CA | California State University, Los Angeles
Nadeen Maher Boshra
La Mirada, CA | University of California, Irvine
Elizabeth Briggs
Cleveland, OH | University of Dayton
Aliyah Camcam
Los Angeles, CA | University of Southern California
Qianju Chen
Alhambra, CA | University of California, Irvine
Isabella Marie Chiavetta
Albuquerque, NM | University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Ryan Andrew Cho
San Diego, CA | University of Hawaii at Hilo
Caroline Chong
Oxnard, CA | University of California, Santa Barbara
William Kang-Yih Chung
Hayward, CA | University of California, Santa Cruz
Charlene Ricolcol Collado
Santa Maria, CA | University of California, Irvine
Mery Dada
Burbank, CA | California State University, Northridge
Samantha Davis
Fresno, CA | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Jarrod Deshawn Davis
Arcadia, CA | University of California, Los Angeles
Victoria Gioara Del Rosario
Valencia, CA | University of California, Santa Barbara
Junyi Deng
Santa Cruz, CA | University of California, Santa Cruz
Lily Dermendjian
Los Angeles, CA | University of California, Los Angeles
Claudia Derzakaeyan
Panorama City, CA | University of California, Los Angeles
Kylan Nguyen-Thong Duong
Hayward, CA | University of California, Davis
Natalie Emirzyan
Glendale, CA | University of Southern California
Anna Erdoglyan
Altadena, CA | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Madeline Gabrielle Flores
Covina, CA | University of California, Berkeley
Andrew George
Playa del Rey, CA | California State University, Dominguez Hills
Isaac Gonzalez
Fresno, CA | University of California, Santa Cruz
Griselda Guzman
West Covina, CA | University of Southern California
Mark Babken Hadadian
Arcadia, CA | University of California, Irvine
Jana Al Jannah Hammoud
San Diego, CA | University of California, San Diego
Hayae Han
Fullerton, CA | University of California, Berkeley
Kathryn Hayes
Los Angeles, CA | Framingham State College
Michelle Hue Hii
West Covina, CA | University of California, Los Angeles
Ruth Ho*
San Jose, CA | University of California, Davis
Jeremiah J. Jamero
Arcadia, CA | University of California, Riverside
Aditi Priya Jhingan
Newbury Park, CA | University of California, Riverside
Melissa Jimenez Deras
San Gabriel, CA | California State University, Long Beach
Fredric Douglas Jones
Bethesda, MD | University of Northern Colorado
Michael Sakomoto Jun
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA | University of California, Riverside
Sung Ku Kang
Winston Salem, NC | Wake Forest University
Malak Karim
Riverside, CA | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Natalia Nina Kazangian
Glendale, CA | University of California, Los Angeles
Gurgen Kazaryan
Glendale, CA | California State University, Northridge
Nattali Kazma
Chatsworth, CA | California State University, Northridge
Camelia Kelyan
Los Angeles, CA | California State University, Northridge
Evelina Khachatryan
Northridge, CA | University of San Francisco
Katia Nicole Khanlian
Pasadena, CA | University of California, Los Angeles
Nicole Summer Khorrami
Tarzana, CA | University of California, Santa Barbara
Jenny Chae Young Kim
Foothill Ranch, CA | University of California, Santa Barbara
Andrew Kim
Irvine, CA | Yong-In University
Isabel Kocharyan
North Hollywood, CA | California State University, Northridge
Sylvia Kong
Port Saint Lucie, FL | Syracuse University
Sara Koryal
Sterling Heights, MI | University of Detroit Mercy
Robert Gary Ksajikian
Burbank, CA | University of California, Irvine
Thin Yu Yu Kyaw
Rosemead, CA | California State University, Los Angeles
Cathy Lam
El Monte, CA | California State University, Los Angeles
Vivian Lan
Fremont, CA | University of California, Irvine
Emily Ann Kerr Lau
West Covina, CA | University of California, Riverside
Truc Thanh Le
San Gabriel, CA | University of California, Los Angeles
Seoyeon Lee
Fresno, CA | Daegu University
Jin Young Lee
Hawaiian Gardens, CA | University of California, Irvine
Dayoon Lee
Chino Hills, CA | University of California, Irvine
Cynthia Olive Lee
Marina, CA | University of Southern California
Melissa Lewis
Elmont, NY | Albertus Magnus College
Lainie Jeesun Lim
La Crescenta, CA | University of California, San Diego
Andrew Caleb Mao
Lakewood, CA | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Nir Yaakov Merkher
Fresno, CA | California State University, Fresno
Milin Midha
Yuba City, CA | California Northstate University
Lucy Taleen Minasian
Reseda, CA | California Lutheran University
Anita Mkrttchyan
Apple Valley, CA | University of California, Los Angeles
Hana Mohseni
Los Angeles, CA | York University
Francesca Fiore Montemurro
Solana Beach, CA | Westmont College
Danny Chan Hyeok Moon
Buena Park, CA | California State University, Long Beach
Nataly Najaryan
Tujunga, CA | California State University, Northridge
Ardashes Nalbandyan
North Hollywood, CA | University of California, Los Angeles
Hyeyeon Nam
Irvine, CA | University of California, Irvine
Inga Nazaryan
Burbank, CA | California State University, Northridge
Soodeh Nezamabadi*
Irvine, CA | University of California, Berkeley
Jasmine Nezhad
Tarzana, CA | University of California, Irvine
Jonathan Nguyen
La Palma, CA | California State University, Fullerton
Nhat Phuong Vo Nguyen
San Gabriel, CA | California State University, Los Angeles
Cindy Nguyen Orange, CA | George Mason University
Teddy Nguyen
Anaheim, CA | University of California, Riverside
Vivian Tuong-Vi Nguyen
Westminster, CA | University of California, Riverside
Quang Khai Nguyen
Gardena, CA | University of California, Los Angeles
Justin Robert Nunez*
Apple Valley, CA | Touro University
Kellie Zeling Ogimachi
Northridge, CA | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Chukwudi David Okafor
Los Angeles, CA | Nnamdi Azikwe University
Ashley Mitsue Ozaki
Pacific Palisades, CA | University of Southern California
Jonathan Pak
Los Angeles, CA | University of California, Irvine
Gema Paniagua Torres
Fontana, CA | University of California, Riverside
Emily R. Parker
Tacoma, WA | Pacific Lutheran University
Jhalak Pranav Patel
Vadodara, India | Gujarat Technological University
Jay Patel
Lansdale, PA | Temple University
Bilit Biju Pattasseril
Van Nuys, CA | California State University, Northridge
Armine Peshtmaljian
Los Angeles, CA | California State University, Northridge
Lusya Leeza Poladyan
North Hollywood, CA | California State University, Northridge
Ava Pourfaez
Beverly Hills, CA | University of Central Florida
Sahel Pourrahmani
Beverly Hills, CA | University of California, Irvine
Lukas Javier Prelooker
Thousand Oaks, CA | California Lutheran University
Deja R. Preusser
Honolulu, HI | Oregon State University
Gabino Resendiz
Los Angeles, CA | University of Southern California
Zyanya Isabel Rizzo
Pasadena, CA | Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Maryam Saheb Kashaf
Irvine, CA | University of Western Australia
Victoria Michelle Sandoval
Sylmar, CA | University of California, Los Angeles
Jonathan Rovillos Santos
Los Angeles, CA | University of California, Los Angeles
Isabella Rose Serna
Riverside, CA | University of San Diego
Eva Severado
Riverside, CA | Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Patrick Shahbazian
Glendale, CA | University of California, San Diego
Pawan Singh Sidhu
Bakersfield, CA | California State University, Long Beach
Philip Suhr
Irvine, CA | Chapman University
Yang Sun
Temple City, CA | University of California, Los Angeles
Celine Suratos
Glendale, CA | University of California, Davis
Erik Temourian
Glendale, CA | California State University, Northridge
Levon Anthony Terzyan
Burbank, CA | California State University, Northridge
Sam Tieu
Temple City, CA | University of California, Irvine
Kimberly Tran
Laguna Niguel, CA | Arizona State University
Ngan Kim Tran
West Covina, CA | University of California, Los Angeles
Ariana Mei-Li Trinh
Chino Hills, CA | University of La Verne
Jeniffer Dinh Truong
Fountain Valley, CA | California State University, Long Beach
I-Hsin Tseng
Fullerton, CA | University of California, Los Angeles
Mehedy Haseebullah Turgut
Las Vegas, NV | University of California, Irvine
Paula Andrea Vargas
Los Angeles, CA | San Diego State University
Satomi Raul Venegas
Alhambra, CA | California State University, Los Angeles
Danielle Jane Gayanilo Vigilante
Tamuning, Guam | University of San Diego
Maria Patricia Ferrer Villaviza
Northridge, CA | California State University, Northridge
Jenny Thuy Duc Hau Vo
Temple City, CA | University of California, San Diego
Carolina Wadwa
Fullerton, CA | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Catherine Hanny William Beverly Hills, CA | Pepperdine University
Sydney Wong
Fowler, CA | University of California, Santa Barbara
Grace Yao
Newton Center, MA | University of California, Los Angeles
Claire Seungeun Yi
Torrance, CA | Carnegie Mellon University
Tiffany Yu
Glendale, CA | University of California, Los Angeles
Maria Zaki
Glendale, CA | University of California, Los Angeles
Thomas Feng Zhu
Pomona, CA | University of California, Irvine
Marzieh Zomorodian
Los Angeles, CA | Isfahan University of Technology
* New transfer students joining Class of 2026 USC MANN PHARMD CLASS OF 2027 (cont.)I promise to devote myself to a lifetime of service to others through the profession of pharmacy. In fulfilling this vow:
I will consider the welfare of humanity and relief of suffering my primary concerns.
I will promote inclusion, embrace diversity, and advocate for justice to advance health equity.
I will apply my knowledge, experience, and skills to the best of my ability to assure optimal outcomes for all patients.
I will respect and protect all personal and health information entrusted to me.
I will accept the responsibility to improve my professional knowledge, expertise, and selfawareness.
I will hold myself and my colleagues to the highest principles of our profession’s moral, ethical and legal conduct.
I will embrace and advocate changes that improve patient care.
I will utilize my knowledge, skills, experiences, and values to prepare the next generation of pharmacists.
I take these vows voluntarily with the full realization of the responsibility with which I am entrusted by the public.
