
Pacific Pharmacist Career Pathways
Supported by the Office of Student Affairs

Pacific Graduates who obtained residencies in 2015
INCLUDING:
Caroline Ha- VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Brittany Kalemkarian-Stanford Healthcare; PGY2 @ Presbytarian Hospital in Critical Care, New York
Jennifer Pham-Highland Hospital
Brittney Kubota-Kaiser Permanente Sac
Joanna Quach-Kaiser Sacramento Valley
Thanh Ly- Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Megan Shimada- St. Joseph's Medical Center
Mari Koshkakaryan- Community Regional Medical Center
Chaundra Cox
Jason Kurian
Melanie Larakin
Hanna Sung
Saher Taha
James Wall






Name: Jessica Kurtzer
Residency Institution: Kaiser Permanente Central Valley
Areas of Interest: Managed Care, Ambulatory Care, Oncology
Plans for the future: Cardiovascular Risk Care Manager for Kaiser Permanente in the Central Valley Area.
Email: j_kurtzer@u.pacific.edu
Name: Tatum Tauscher (Class of 2015)
Residency Institution: NorthBay Healthcare-Fairfield, CA
Areas of Interest: Hospital pharmacy and ambulatory care
Plans for the future: Help pilot new transitions of care program at NorthBay Healthcare, focusing on medication education.
Email: t_tauscher@u.pacific.edu
Name: Jamie Lee (Class of 2015)
Residency Institution: San Joaquin General Hospital
Areas of Interest: Acute care, Infectious disease
Plans for the future: Clinical pharmacist in an acute care setting.
Email: j_lee65@u.pacific.edu
Name: Kerina Chiu (Class of 2015)
Residency Institution: St. Joseph’s Medical Center
Areas of Interest: Infectious diseases, critical care
Plans for the future: Inpatient/clinical pharmacist
Email: kermchiu@gmail.com
Name: Alicia Yeh
Class: Class of 2015
Residency Institution: Touro University & OLE Health
Areas of Interest: Ambulatory Care
Plans for the future: Currently applying for ambulatory care pharmacist jobs in Northern California
Email: a_yeh@u.pacific.edu
Name: Kyung Rim (Kay) Kim (Class of 2015)
Residency Institution: San Joaquin General Hospital
Areas of Interest: Acute care, Infectious disease, Ambulatory care (anticoagulation)
Plans for the future: Hospital clinical pharmacist practicing in both acute and ambulatory care settings.
Email: k_kim16@u.pacific.edu

Name: Chihara Talavera (Class of 2015)
Residency Institution: St. Joseph’s Medical Center
Areas of Interest: Oncology, Ambulatory Care
Plans for the future: Will be working at Doctors Medical Center of Modesto as a clinical coordinator, with a focus on oncology.
Email: arra1216@gmail.com