Meet Our Residents
Class of 2022-2023
Joanna Au, PharmD
Dr. Au is originally from South Jersey and earned her PharmD degree at Rutgers University. She completed a PGY-1 pharmacy residency at North Shore University Hospital in Long Island and obtained her teaching certificate at St. John's University. Her areas of interest include cardiology, endocrinology, and solid organ transplantation.
MUE/Poster: (2022 Midyear Clinical Meeting) Evaluation of Continuity of Care with Infliximab Biosimilars
Research: (2022 NYSCHP Annual Assembly) Evaluation of Pharmacist-Driven Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) on Blood Pressure Control and Maintenance
Class of 2021-2022
Leanna Narain, PharmD
Dr. Narain is from Queens, New York and received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2020 from Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy at Long Island University Brooklyn. She completed her PGY1 residency and obtained her teaching certificate at The Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn, NY. Her areas of interest include transitions of care and chronic disease management, with a focus in diabetes, and population health.
MUE/Poster (13th Annual Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai GME Consortium Research Day): Medication Use Evaluation of appropriate clozapine usage among patients with schizophrenia
Research Project/Platform Presentation (2022 NYSCHP Annual Assembly): Evaluation of pharmacist-driven remote patient monitoring (RPM) on clinical outcomes among patients with uncontrolled hypertension
Class of 2020-2021
You Jin (Ella) Chang, PharmD
Dr. Chang is from Brooklyn, NY and is a 2019 graduate of St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. She completed her PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northport, NY and obtained her teaching certificate at St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Her areas of interest include ambulatory care focused in population health.
MUE/Poster (12th Annual Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai GME Consortium Research Day): Medication Use Evaluation of Conversion Opportunities from Dexlansoprazole (Dexilant®) to Alternative Proton Pump Inhibitors
Research Project/Poster (12th Annual Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai GME Consortium Research Day): Effectiveness of Pharmacist-Led Remote Patient Monitoring in Management of Uncontrolled Hypertension in Adult Primary Care Patients
Sara McDougal, PharmD
Dr. McDougal is from Long Island, New York and received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2019 from St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. She obtained her teaching certificate at her alma mater while completing her PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside, NY. Her areas of interest include chronic disease management, with a focus in diabetes and heart failure. She is also interested in population health and public health, and hopes to pursue a Masters of Public Health degree in the future.
MUE/Poster (12th Annual Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai GME Consortium Research Day): Evaluation of Fluticasone Propionate/Salmeterol brand versus generic use among patients with asthma
Research Project/Poster (12th Annual Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai GME Consortium Research Day): Evaluation of pharmacist-driven comprehensive care planning on clinical outcomes among patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes
Class of 2019-2020
Cerris Chung, PharmD
Dr. Chung is from Brooklyn, NY. She graduated from St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and completed her PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. She obtained her teaching certificate at Touro College of Pharmacy. Her areas of interest include diabetes management and cardiology.
MUE/Poster (ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting 2019): Assessment of current therapies including biologics and their effectiveness in managing moderate to severe persistent asthma in a large academic institution​
Research Project/Poster (11th Annual Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai GME Consortium Research Day): The Impact of Clinical Pharmacists’ Led Medicare Annual Wellness Visits Within a Value-Based Care Model
Martina Selwaness, PharmD
Dr. Selwaness is from East Brunswick, NJ. She graduated from Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and completed her PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at Northwell Health-Southside Hospital in Bayshore, NY. She obtained her teaching certificate at St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Her areas of interest include ambulatory care and chronic disease management with a focus on diabetes. She is also interested in working with underserved populations.
MUE/Poster (ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting 2019): Medication utilization analysis of sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease
Research Project/Poster (11th Annual Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai GME Consortium Research Day): Assessing the Impact of a Pharmacist-led Medication Assessment and Polypharmacy Evaluation in the Primary Care Setting
During their PGY2, Drs. Chung and Selwaness created/expanded clinical pharmacy services at multiple primary care clinics, initiated ambulatory care pharmacist workflows at EHHOP (Mount Sinai’s student-run free clinic), and helped develop escalation pathways from our care management team to pharmacists. Through their combined efforts, Drs. Chung and Selwaness were able to generate revenue for their primary care practices by completing over 150 Medicare Annual Wellness Visits. Their work was instrumental to the MSHP pharmacy team’s ability to create additional revenue-generating pharmacy services for Chronic Care Management and Remote Patient Monitoring in 2020.