CLASS NOTES

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1960s

Thomas Pierce, PharmD ’60, is a pharmacist at ASAP Pharmacy in Glendale, California. Arthur Escovedo, PharmD ’61, recently retired. Sylvia Moore, PharmD ’61, is a compounding and marketing consultant based in Orange County, California.

1970s

Cheryle Vickers, PharmD ’70, recently retired. Barry Bauling, PharmD ’71, is a consultant in healthcare communications and facilitation based in Los Angeles. Karen Milligan, PharmD ’72, is a director of pharmacy at Los Alamitos Medical Center.

Lawrence Plon, PharmD ’72, is a pharmaceutical sciences professor at University of California, Irvine. Lawrence Cohen, PharmD ’78, was named a Distinguished Professor at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. A retired professor of pharmacotherapy, he continues to work as an adjunct professor and consultant.

1980s

John Ahn, PharmD ’80, is a pharmacist at Spring Park Pharmacy in Long Beach, California. Rodney Chin, PharmD ’80, is a pharmacist consultant at Becton, Dickinson and Company in San Diego. Raymond Wong, PharmD ’82, is an executive director at Urovant Sciences.

Connie Kim, PharmD ’85, is a pharmacist at The Remedy Pharm in Torrance, California.

1990s

Kathleen Black, PharmD ’90, is a clinical pharmacist at Dignity Health Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley, California, and is pursuing board certification in medication therapy management. She previously served as a medication safety officer for Rideout Memorial Hospital in Marysville, California. Benjamin Schatzman, PharmD ’96, is a principal of U.S. strategy at Market Access Transformation. Samy Shalaby, PharmD ’97, is a pharmacy manager at The Medicine Cabinet Pharmacy in Bell, California. Bela Desai Pael, PharmD ’98, is a pharmacist health coach at Wholistic Pharmacist.

2000s

Caroline Burk, MS Pharmaceutical Economics ’00, is a health outcomes and clinical research consultant based in Orange County, California.

Andrea St. Hill, PharmD ’01, is a senior clinical consultant at UnitedHealth Group. Eric Sirich, PharmD ’04, is an investment advisor representative at Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc.

Sofia Gezalyan, PharmD ’06, is the director of inpatient pharmacy services at CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center.

Christine Gobran, PharmD ’06, is a clinical pharmacist at USC Norris Healthcare Center.

2010s

Nick Mordwinkin, PhD Pharmaceutical Sciences ’12, is a senior director of corporate development at Gilead Sciences.

Yalda (Dorosti) Akasheh, PharmD ’13, is an outpatient pharmacy supervisor at Kaiser Permanente in Downey, California. Ani Altounian, PharmD ’14, is an advanced practice pharmacist at Facey Medical Group. She and her husband, Dickran, welcomed a son, Andrew Jack Altounian, in February 2022. Laressa Bethishou, PharmD ’14, is an assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Chapman University School of Pharmacy. Thao Bui, MS Management of Drug Development and Regulatory Science ’14, is a regulatory affairs manager at Adagio Medical Inc. Karin Kharloubian, PharmD ’15, is a managed care clinical pharmacist at Facey Medical Group. Yilong Li, PhD Pharmaceutical Sciences ’16, is a director of medical chemistry at Peplib. Weiyi Ni, MS Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy ’17, is a director at Jazz Pharmaceuticals.

Grant Dagliyan, Doctor of Regulatory Science ’18, is an associate director of research administration and operations at Cedars-Sinai. Johannes van Dijk, PhD Pharmaceutical Sciences ’18, is a scientist at Debut Biotech.

Marl Ayson, PharmD ’19, is a clinical pharmacist at Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health. Eric Pinashin, PharmD ’19, is a medical education manager at MannKind Corporation. Alexandra Silva, PharmD ’19, is a pharmacist at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington.

2020s

Craig Luis, PharmD ’20, MS Regulatory Science ’20, is a senior regulatory affairs associate at Gilead Sciences.

Nathan Nguyen, PharmD ’20, is an oncology pharmacist at City of Hope in Huntington Beach, California. Mincheol Park, PhD Pharmaceutical Sciences ’20, is a scientist at Sanofi. John Beckford, PhD Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics ’21, is a scientist at Takara Bio USA Inc.

Ronald Deng, MS Healthcare Decision Analysis ’21, PharmD ’22, has joined Peregrine Market Access, a full-service consulting, communications and commercialization partner for the life sciences industry, as a content strategist. Wenzhe Feng, MS Healthcare Decision Analysis ’21, is a data business analyst at AbbVie. Vincent McIntosh, PharmD ’21, is a clinical pharmacist at Paragon Healthcare Inc. in Denver.

Malika Salimova, MD, MS Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics ’21, is a primary care physician at Central Clinical Hospital in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Hugo Avila, PhD Translational and Pharmaceutical Sciences ’22, is an advisor at Eli Lilly and Company. Daniel Liu, BS Pharmacology and Drug Development ’22, is an associate in the Amgen Career Discovery Program. Neysa Sanghavi, BS Pharmacology and Drug Development ’22, has been appointed honorary advisor for health, women and child development, and forests for the government of Goa, India. Neil Wang, MS Healthcare Decision Analysis ’22, is an investment banking analyst intern at Morgan Stanley. Nana Yeboah, PharmD ’22, is a regulatory affairs manager at AbbVie.

IN MEMORIAM

Paul Kalemkiarian, BS Pharmacy ’50, MS Pharmacy ’52, died in June at age 93. Eliseo “Sam” Samaniego, PharmD ’60, died in January at age 86. Nedra Jensen, PharmD ’80, died in July at age 71. Jordan Cohen died in June at age 79. He served as a faculty member at the USC School of Pharmacy from 1969–1988 with an active clinical pharmacology research program in cancer, AIDS and geriatrics therapy.