Specialties

Community Based Residency Program
Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership
Medication Use Safety and Policy
Ambulatory Care
Ambulatory Care — Midwestern University
Cardiology
Critical Care
Emergency Medicine
Infectious Disease
Oncology
Solid Organ Transplant

PGY-1 Pharmacy Residents

Alyssa Kuhn, PharmD: Kuhn is from Waunakee, WI, and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin – Madison School of Pharmacy in 2025. Her professional interests include solid organ transplant and global health. Kuhn’s research project will focus on the incidence of bleeding events when initiating a heparin infusion following recent factor Xa inhibitor therapy.

Outside of work, Kuhn enjoys exploring new restaurants and coffee shops around Chicago, baking, traveling, and walking along the lakefront.

Austin Ignatovich, PharmD: Austin is from Battle Creek, Michigan, and earned his Doctor of Pharmacy at Purdue University in 2025. His professional interests include cardiology and oncology. Austin's research project focuses on SGLT2i safety in heart failure patients with severe renal dysfunction. Outside of work, he produces music for various artists, shreds guitar, and plays basketball.

Alina McCue, PharmD: McCue is from Charlotte, North Carolina, and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy in 2025. She previously completed her Bachelor of Science in Biology at Mercer University.

Her professional interests include internal medicine, cardiology, and infectious diseases. McCue’s research project focuses on assessing current practices and safety outcomes of intravenous push protamine.

Outside of work, she enjoys Orangetheory workouts, exploring the Chicago food scene, attending live music on the waterfront, and cheering on Northwestern men’s soccer where her husband coaches.

Christina Stacy, PharmD: Christina is from Nashville, Tennessee and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Florida, Gainesville campus.

Her professional interests include emergency medicine and critical care. Christina’s research project will focus on antimicrobial prophylaxis in facial traumas.

Outside of work, Christina enjoys trying new restaurants and hanging with her two pups, Stella and Nineaux.

Dina Zheng, PharmD: I’m from Hibbing, Minnesota and went to the University of Minnesota for undergrad and pharmacy school. My professional interests are hematology/oncology and stem cell transplant. Outside of residency, I enjoy spending time along the lakefront, pilates, live music, and trying new restaurants with friends.

Valeria Noriega, PharmD: Valeria is from Wylie, Texas and went to the University of Texas at Austin for undergrad and pharmacy school. Her research this year will focus on the use of antimicrobial prophylaxis in veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO). Her professional interests include infectious diseases and emergency medicine. Outside of residency, she enjoys practicing yoga, walking the lakefront trail, spending time with friends and family, and catching up on her favorite shows.

Logan Gaskill, PharmD: Jude is from Tucson, AZ and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy from The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy in 2025.

Her professional interests include critical care, transplant, and research. Sammani’s research project will focus on assessing the safety of lidocaine utilization after lung transplant in relation to adverse cardiac and neurological events.

Outside of work, Sammani enjoys performing and listening to music, exploring the city and outdoors, and spending time with friends and family.

Jude Sammani, PharmD: Gordon is from Fishers, Indiana, and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy at Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in 2024.

Her professional interests include cardiology, internal medicine and emergency medicine. Gordon’s research project will focus on whether the conversion of alteplase to tenecteplase decreases door-to-needle time for management of acute ischemic stroke.

Erika Maslennikov, PharmD: Erika is from Deerfield, Illinois and graduated from the UIC Retzky College of Pharmacy in 2025. Her clinical interests include oncology and infectious disease, and her research project will evaluate the association between inpatient intravenous push opioid use and opioid prescriptions written at discharge. Outside of pharmacy, she enjoys reading, making clay magnets, going on walks, and trying new sushi restaurants.

Community Based Residency Program

Gio Fretes, PharmD: Gio is from Shelton, Connecticut, and earned his Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy in May 2025. His professional interests include specialty pharmacy, cardiology and weight loss medications such as GLP1s. Gio's research project will focus on dual-biologic therapy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Outside of work, Gio enjoys going to the gym, running, and binge-watching TV shows/movies.

Hillary Debs, PharmD: Debs is from Buffalo Grove, Illinois, and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy at University of Illinois at Chicago.

Her professional interests include oncology and fertility. Debs' research project will focus on evaluating a clinical pharmacist follow up questionnaire for patients receiving oral oncolytics. Outside of work, she enjoys golfing, reading, and exploring new restaurants in the city of Chicago.

PGY1&2 Health System Pharmacy Administration & Leadership

Cameron Harrison, PharmD: Cameron Harrison, originally from Gleason, TN, completed his undergrad course work at the University of Tennessee at Martin and obtained his PharmD at UTHSC. He is one of our HSPAL residents and is completing his combined PGY1/2 program with a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration from Northwestern University. His professional interests are health-system leadership and operational/clinical management. Outside of pharmacy, Cameron enjoys visiting local coffee shops, exploring everything WW2 related, and spending time with his friends, partner, and pets.

Michael Minus, PharmD: Michael is from Mequon, WI and earned his Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin – Madison School of Pharmacy in 2025. He is one of our HSPAL residents and is completing his combined PGY1/2 program with a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration from Northwestern University.

His professional interests include infectious disease, cardiology, and operations management. His research project will focus on evaluating oncology compounding categorization within a hospital-based ambulatory infusion pharmacy. Outside of pharmacy, he enjoys traveling, motorcycling, exploring Chicago, and being on the water.

Khushali Sarnot, PharmD: Sarnot is from St. Louis, Missouri, and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy in 2024. She is currently pursuing her masters in Healthcare Administration with Northwestern University while completing her second year of the PGY-1&2 Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership residency.

Her professional interests include quality and medication safety, operations management and clinical interests in cardiology. Sarnot’s quality improvement project will focus on systematizing dispense tracking.

Outside of work, Sarnot enjoys spending time with her cat, family and friends, baking and painting.

PGY1&2 Medication Use Safety and Policy

Jake Frederick, PharmD: Jake is from Naperville, IL and earned his Doctor of Pharmacy at Purdue University College of Pharmacy in May 2025. He is one in his first year of the PGY-1&2 Medication Use Safety and Policy residency.

His professional interests include medication safety and drug information, and his research project will evaluate high-cost medication therapies in the inpatient setting.

Outside of work, Jake enjoys lifting weights, running, and spending time with his dogs, Ted and Norm.

Maria Cherry, PharmD: Maria is from Orland Park, Illinois, and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy at Midwestern University in 2024 and completed her PGY-1 at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital and is competing a PGY-2 in Medication Use Safety and Policy. Her professional interests include formulary management, policy development, medication safety, and drug information. Her longitudinal project will assess the impact of EndoTool on glycemic outcomes throughout the Northwestern Medicine system. She enjoys dancing, spending time with her brothers, taking lakefront walks, and is a member of her church parish.

PGY-2 Pharmacy Residents

Ambulatory Care

Ashley Choi, PharmD: Ashley is from Wheeling, Illinois, and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy at University of Illinois Chicago College of Pharmacy in 2024. She completed her PGY1 pharmacy residency at Froedtert Health in Milwaukee, WI.

Her professional interests include primary care and cardiology. Ashley's research project will focus on assessing diabetes outcomes of patients seen by a transitional care pharmacist. Her QI project will focus on developing a new credentialing/privileging process for ambulatory care and specialty pharmacists. Outside of work, she enjoys trying new coffee/dessert shops, baking, and thrift shopping.

Ghenwa Hassan, PharmD: Hassan is from Bayonne, New Jersey, and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy at Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy in 2024 and completed her PGY-1 Community residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Her professional interests include ambulatory care, specialty pharmacy, and women's health and reproductive medicine. Hassan's research project will focus on the impact of a pharmacist led post-transplant hyperglycemia clinic at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Outside of work, Hassan enjoys going to the movies (she is an AMC A-Lister), watching tennis and reading.

Ambulatory Care — Midwestern University

Anessa Anan, PharmD: Anand is from Barrington, Illinois, and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy at University of Illinois at Chicago in 2024. She completed her PGY1 pharmacy residency at Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Her professional interests include internal medicine, cardiology, and endocrinology. Anand's research presentations will focus on the pharmacist's role in optimizing outcomes in Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome; assessing the use of the FIB-4 scoring tool to enhance early detection and intervention for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease; and examining the impact of implementing pharmacist credentialing and privileging within Northwestern Medicine.

Outside of work, she enjoys running along the lake, exploring new restaurants and coffee shops, and spending time with friends and family.

Cardiology

Kassidy Lahna, PharmD: Lahna is from Coshocton, Ohio, and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy at Ohio Northern University in 2024. She completed her PGY1 pharmacy residency at Aultman Hospital in Canton, Ohio. Her professional interests include ischemic heart disease, and perioperative cardiac transplant management. Lahna’s research projects will focus on assessing the safety and efficacy of warfarin anticoagulation in patients with axillary placed intra-arterial balloon pumps and assessing the impact of amiodarone use in non-anticoagulated patients.

Outside of work, she enjoys traveling, trying new coffee shops, reading, and spending time with friends and family.

Critical Care

Erica Stone, PharmD: Stone is from Nags Head, North Carolina, and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy at University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy in 2024 and completed her PGY-1 Pharmacy at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Before pharmacy school, she graduated from North Carolina State University with Bachelor of Science degrees in biochemistry and biological sciences. Stone's research project will focus on analyzing the use of angiotensin II in liver failure. Outside of work, Stone enjoys eating, sitting out on the Chicago riverwalk with friends, running around Chicago with her dog Hudson and traveling to new cities.

Emergency Medicine

Hanson Hudgens, PharmD: Hudgens is from Columbia, South Carolina, and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy at University of South Carolina (USC) College of Pharmacy in 2024 and completed her PGY-1 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Before pharmacy school, she graduated from USC with a bachelor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences.

Her professional interests include emergency medicine. Hudgens's research project will focus on evaluating safety and efficacy of a subcutaneous insulin protocol for the management of diabetic ketoacidosis in the emergency department.

Outside of work, Hudgens enjoys reading, running and drawing.

Infectious Diseases

Melissa Maas, PharmD: Dr. Maas is a PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Resident at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. She is from Sartell, Minnesota and is a graduate of the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, where she earned her PharmD degree in 2024. She completed her PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Maas's professional interests include antimicrobial resistance, beta-lactam therapeutic drug monitoring, and promoting antimicrobial stewardship.

Oncology

Andrew Russo, PharmD: Andrew is from Beaver, Pennsylvania and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy in May 2024. He completed his PGY1 year at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 2024-2025 and has a professional interest in malignant hematology. His research project will be evaluating real world safety and efficacy outcomes of tarlatamab in small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma.

Outside of work, he enjoys trying new restaurants, exploring Chicago, spending time with friends, cooking, and working out.

Aashtha Shah, PharmD: Shah is from Mansfield, Ohio, and graduated from The Ohio State University where she earned both her Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the OSU College of Pharmacy. She completed her PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, and currently serves as a PGY-2 Oncology Pharmacy Resident at NMH. Shah's research project will focus on exploring the efficacy and safety of oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy regimens in elderly patients for the treatment of stage II-III colon cancer. Her professional interests include malignant hematology and stem cell transplant, research, and academia.

Outside of work, Shah enjoys painting/drawing, eating food and exploring different restaurants, music (both live and recorded!), and doing all of the things Chicago has to offer.

Mary Westover, PharmD: Westover is from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy at University of Michigan in 2024. Before pharmacy school, she graduated from Indiana University-Kokomo with a degree in biological and physical sciences.

Her professional interests include solid tumors and general oncology. Westover's research project will focus on arsenic trioxide dosing in obese patients with newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Outside of work, Westover enjoys running along the lakeshore, sharing a beer with friends, reading a good book and watching Michigan football.

Solid Organ Transplant

Tess Pribyl, PharmD: Pribyl is from Hawthorn Woods, Illinois, and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy at University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy in 2024. Before pharmacy school, she graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor of Science in pharmaceutical sciences. She completed her PGY-1 Pharmacy residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

She has a professional interest in solid organ transplant. Pribyl's research project will focus on outcomes of kidney re-transplantation with a donation after cardiac death organ.

Outside of work, Pribyl enjoys walking along the lakeshore, exploring new restaurants and breweries around Chicago, and spending time with family and friends.