Residency Program
The program is tailored to each resident's strengths and weaknesses and is designed to produce a solid foundation in the provision of pharmaceutical care, practice management and essential skills. Upon acceptance to the residency program, each resident will complete a self-assessment form where they identify their strengths and any areas where they want or need more exposure. Utilizing required and elective learning experiences, the program is tailored to each resident. View a sample resident training plan.
Core Rotations
Required, core rotations usually last four to six weeks and consist of:
- Practice foundation skills/orientation
- Internal medicine
- Family medicine
- Critical care
- Surgery
- Pharmacy management
- Ambulatory care
- Infectious disease
Longitudinal learning experiences take place during the year and consist of:
- Pharmacy Practice Experience
- Emergency Response
- Teaching
- Research
- Pharmacy Informatics
Elective learning experience options include:
- Emergency Medicine
- Oncology
- Pain Management/Palliative & Hospice Care
- Geriatrics/Long-Term Care
- Behavioral Health
- Residents may choose to do a second rotation in any of their previous learning experience areas as an elective; however, a maximum of 3 rotations are allowed within a specific patient population or practice area
Pharmacy Services
Pharmacists at UKSC provide quality distributive and clinical pharmaceutical care. As a licensed pharmacist, residents will actively be involved in distributive functions (via their staffing component) and will be expected to gain proficiency in providing clinical services.
Clinical Services at UKSC consist of the following:
- Pharmacokinetic dosing
- Vancomycin, aminoglycosides, fosphenytoin, etc.
- Systemic anticoagulation
- Weight-based IV unfractionated heparin dosing and monitoring
- Warfarin dosing and monitoring
- Low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) dosing and monitoring
- Argatroban dosing and monitoring
- TPN/PPN nutrition support
- Pain management
- Medication counseling
- Medication reconciliation assistance
- Drug information
- Drug therapy newsletter
Residents
Current Residents
Leah Turner, PharmD
Leah Catherine Turner, PharmD, joins UK St. Claire after graduating from the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy in May 2025. Leah was born and raised in Hazard, KY, and then left for Bowling Green to receive a B.S. in Equine Science (minor in Chemistry) from the Western Kentucky University Honors College. Professionally, she is most interested in psychiatric pharmacy, as well as infectious disease, cardiology, and ambulatory care. Her "biggest" hobby is horse training, but she also loves reading, hiking, playing board games with her husband and friends, is a self-professed foodie, and is a fan of all things coffee and microbrewery.
Amelia Winters-Roberts, PharmD
Dr. Amelia Winters-Roberts, PharmD, graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy in 2021 and joined the UK St. Claire inpatient pharmacy team later that year. She transitioned to the outpatient pharmacy as a Recovery Services pharmacist in June 2023. Outside of work, Amelia is married to her high school sweetheart, Matt, and they just celebrated 15 years together. Amelia is a fur mom with three cats at home. Most recently, her family has expanded as her home has opened as a foster family, and she is now mom to a teenager.
Previous Residents
Brett McKinney, PharmD
R59, 2024 UKSC PGY1 graduate
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, 2020
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences, Morehead State University, 2017
Current position: Clinical Pharmacist, UK St. Claire
Megan Sample, PharmD
R60, 2024 UKSC PGY1 graduate
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, 2023
Bachelor of Science in Biology, University of Kentucky, 2018
Current Position: Clinical Pharmacist, UK St. Claire
Cameron Rice, PharmD
R57, 2023 UKSC PGY1 graduate
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Marshall University School of Pharmacy, 2022
Pre-pharmacy coursework, Eastern Kentucky University
Current Position: Clinical Pharmacist, UK St. Claire
Katherine Watson, PharmD
R58, 2023 UKSC PGY1 graduate
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Marshall University School of Pharmacy, 2022
Undergraduate coursework, Marshall University
Current Position: Clinical Pharmacist, UK St. Claire
Amanda Lewis, PharmD
R54, 2022 UKSC PGY1 graduate
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, 2018
Undergraduate coursework, Morehead State University
Position after graduation: Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington, WV
Current Position: Clinical Pharmacist, UK St. Claire
Kacee Hardeman, PharmD
R55, 2022 UKSC PGY1 graduate
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, 2021
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences, Morehead State University, 2017
Current Position: Clinical Pharmacist, UK St. Claire
Kaitlyn Calhoun, PharmD
R56, 2022 UKSC PGY1 graduate
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Appalachian College of Pharmacy, 2021
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Alice Lloyd College
Position after graduation: Clinical pharmacist, Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center, Prestonsburg, KY; PRN Clinical pharmacist, UK St. Claire
Current Position: Pharmacist, Baptist Health Lexington, Lexington, KY
Kadin Ashley, PharmD
R53, 2021 UKSC PGY1 graduate
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, 2020
Pre-pharmacy coursework in Human Health Sciences, University of Kentucky
Position after graduation: PGY2 Ambulatory Care Specialty Residency, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Current Position: Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist, Division of Nephrology/Bone and Mineral Metabolism, UK Healthcare
Mollie Kilgallin, PharmD
R52, 2021 UKSC PGY1 graduate
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, 2020
Pre-pharmacy coursework in Chemistry and Public Health with an Epidemiology focus, University of Kentucky
Position after graduation: Clinical Staff Pharmacist, Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington, WV
Current Position: Clinical Oncology Specialist, Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington, WV
Austin Greanias, PharmD
R49, 2020 UKSC PGY1 graduate
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, 2017
Pre-pharmacy coursework, University of Kentucky
Current Position: Clinical Pharmacist, UK St. Claire
Brandy Brown, PharmD
R51, 2020 UKSC PGY1 graduate
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, 2019
Pre-pharmacy coursework, University of Kentucky
Position after graduation: Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist, UK King’s Daughters
Current Position: Clinical Pharmacist, UK St. Claire; PRN Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, UK HealthCare
Brentney Fields, PharmD
R50, 2020 UKSC PGY1 graduate
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, Marshall University School of Pharmacy, 2019
Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from Marshall University
Position after graduation: Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist, UK St. Claire
Current Position: Ambulatory Pharmacy Operations Manager, UK St. Claire
Kaitlyn Bartley, PharmD
R47, 2019 UKSC PGY1 graduate
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, 2018
Pre-pharmacy coursework, Morehead State University
Position after graduation: PGY2 Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Residency, MUSC Health, Charleston, SC
Current Position: Oncology Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner (CPP), UNC Health REX Cancer Center, Raleigh, NC
Lauren “Katie” Craycraft, PharmD
R48, 2019 UKSC PGY1 graduate
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, 2018
Pre-pharmacy coursework, Eastern Kentucky University
Position after graduation: Clinical Pharmacist, UK St. Claire
Current Position: Inpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager, UK St. Claire
Caroline Barnard, PharmD
2018 UKSC PGY1 graduate
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, 2017
Pre-pharmacy coursework, University of Kentucky
Position after graduation: PGY2 Psychiatry Residency, Lexington VA Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Current Position: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Inpatient Mental Health, Memphis VA Medical Center, Memphis, TN
Jonathan Perdue, PharmD
2018 UKSC PGY1 graduate
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, 2014
Pre-pharmacy coursework, University of Kentucky
Position after graduation: Clinical Pharmacist, UK St. Claire
Current Position: Recovery Services Pharmacist, UK St. Claire
Caitlin Sinclair, PharmD
R42, 2017 UKSC PGY1 graduate
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, 2016
Pre-pharmacy coursework, Bluegrass Community and Technical College
Position after graduation: Clinical Pharmacist, UK St. Claire
Current Position: Director of Pharmacy, UK St. Claire
Brook Walsh, PharmD
2017 UKSC PGY1 graduate
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, 2016
Pre-pharmacy studies, Wayne State University and University of Kentucky
Position after graduation: PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Resident, Advocate Christ Medical Center
Current Position: Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Zach Saghaian, PharmD, BCPP
2016 UKSC PGY1 graduate
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, 2015
Undergraduate coursework, University of Kentucky
Position after graduation: PGY2 Psychiatry Residency, Lexington VA Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Current Position: Mental Health Clinical Pharmacist, VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics
Brent Simpkins, PharmD, BCACP
2016 UKSC PGY1 graduate
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, 2015
Undergraduate coursework, University of Kentucky
Position after graduation: PGY2 Ambulatory Care, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN
Current Position: Ambulatory Care Pharmacist, Lexington VA Medical Center, Lexington, KY