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1950 s
Irwin Sitkoff, PharmD ’54, is a pharmacist at Eisner Health and was recently inducted into the California Pharmacy Hall of Fame.
1960 s
Paul Appelbaum, PharmD ’61, is owner of Whittier Drug.
1980 s
Orlando Hernandez, PharmD ’82, has owned and operated Fairmont Pharmacy since 1984. Arthur Dominguez, PharmD ’84, is a clinical pharmacy director at Kaiser Permanente. Keith MacDonald, PharmD ’84, is a pharmacist at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Selma Uyeno Yamamoto, PharmD ’84, is a system pharmacy director at MyMichigan Health. Lori Nekota, PharmD ’86, has retired after more than 30 years in pharmacy management. William Templeman, PharmD ’86, is an inpatient supervisor at Kaiser Permanente. Craig Yasuda, PharmD ’86, is an inpatient pharmacy practice consultant at Kaiser Permanente.
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Melanie Sue Baker, PharmD ’88, is a clinical pharmacist at Fox Drugs. Scott Hideyuki Takahashi, PharmD ’89, is a pediatric ambulatory care pharmacist at Kaiser Permanente.
1990 s
Reginald Gregorio, PharmD ’91, is a pharmacy specialist at Kaiser Permanente. Duane Skage, PharmD ’91, is an Epic educator at Orlando Health. Stella Abnous Abramian, PharmD ’97, is an outpatient pharmacist at Providence Health & Services. Jennifer Tomita, PharmD ’97, is a clinical pharmacist at UnitedHealth Group. Rina Trivedi, PharmD ’98, is a pharmacy manager at Rite Aid.
2000 s
Preeti Sodhi, PharmD ’02, is a senior medical science liaison at Janssen. Khanh-Long Thai, PharmD ’02, is CEO of 986 Degrees Corporation. Taleen Kalebjian, PharmD ’04, is an associate medical director in global medical information, specializing in HIV treatment, at Gilead Sciences. Duc Bach, PharmD ’05, is a clinical pharmacist at AHMC Whittier Hospital Medical Center. Virginia Ginger Craft, MS Regulatory Science ’08, is a project manager at Kite Pharma. Peter Lee, PharmD ’08, is an ambulatory care pharmacy supervisor at Kaiser Permanente.
20 10 s
Rosalin Preechakul, PharmD ’10, is an ambulatory care pharmacist at Kaiser Permanente. Nick Mordwinkin, PhD Pharmaceutical Sciences ’12, is a senior director in corporate development at Gilead Sciences. Jorge Farias, PharmD ’13, MS Healthcare Decision Analysis ’16, is a field medical outcomes and analytics director in oncology at Pfizer. Sebastian Garcia, PharmD ’14, is head of the department of pharmacy for the U.S. Navy.
Melody Sun, PharmD ’14, is a pharmacy safety and quality specialist at Children’s Health Orange County. John Mills, MS Healthcare Decision Analysis ’15, is a business intelligence developer and analyst at Eversana Life Science Services LLC. Lara Tavakolizadeh, PharmD ’15, is a pharmacy manager at Rite Aid. Shawn Feldman, PharmD ’17, MS Healthcare Decision Analysis ’16, is a senior product manager at Amgen. Kevin Shah, MS Healthcare Decision Analysis ’17, is director of business development at Biofourmis Inc. Sai Upadhyayula, PharmD ’17, is an associate attorney in technology transactions at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Palok Das, MS Healthcare Decision Analysis ’18, is founder of Healthinnov LLC. He was named to the 2020–2021 “Top 100 Healthcare Leaders” by the International Forum on Advancements in Healthcare. Elizabeth Gonzales, PharmD ’18, is a pharmacist at Sharp HealthCare. Ryan M. Hays, PharmD ’18, is a pharmacy operations supervisor at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego.
