Hi there! My name is Josephine Ngo, and I'm a Bay Area native born and raised in San Jose, CA. I completed my undergrad at UC Davis before moving home to attend COVID school remotely at UCSF. I returned to the Sacramento area to complete my APPE year and did rotations with the Cardiology team at UC Davis which nurtured my interest in cardiology, critical care, and anticoagulation. Therefore, one of my favorite things about residency is being able to return to the same team as a PGY-2 and continue to learn from amazing preceptors who have supported me from the start of my pharmacy career. I enjoy exploring the outdoors (hiking, beach, fishing) with my partner and our dog, new coffee and boba spots, spending time with friends and family at home, and cross stitching.

Hi! My name is Matt Louie. I'm currently a PGY2 in cardiology. I grew up in Cupertino, CA before going to undergrad at the University of Washington. For pharmacy school, I went to UC San Francisco and then I completed my PGY1 training in acute care at UC Davis. Outside of the hospital, I play video games, go on daily boba runs, and play in a volleyball league with other UC Davis pharmacists!

Alex Kuo is a current PGY2 critical care resident from Seattle, Washington. She went to the University of Washington for her undergraduate studies where she majored in Biochemistry, Chemistry, Medical Anthropology and Global Health and appreciated her time so much that she stayed for Grade 20 and completed her pharmacy school education there. Her clinical interests include critical care and infectious disease. She is most grateful for my co-residents and preceptors for creating a close-knit community despite our large class size and many learners, being a part of the largest single site pharmacy residency program in the nation.

Hello! My name is Spencer Hayashi. I was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up in Portland, Oregon. Sports have always been a big part of my life: from soccer and gymnastics to lacrosse and (most importantly) tennis. For undergrad I went to Cal Poly SLO where I studied biochemistry. My time there was amazing and I miss it every day. I moved back to Oregon and received my Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Oregon State University. Within critical care, my clinical interests are in infectious diseases and cardiology. Outside of work, the things that bring me joy are food, physical activity, F1, and being outdoors.

Anitha Ramadoss is a current PGY-2 pharmacy resident in Emergency Medicine at UC Davis Health. She completed her PGY-1 pharmacy residency in Acute Care at UC Davis Health. She is originally from Phoenix, Arizona and completed pharmacy school at the University of Arizona.

Hello! My name is Jazmyne Jackson and I am a PGY2 emergency medicine resident at UC Davis Health. I am originally from New Orleans, LA and was raised in Mobile, Alabama. I earned my Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences and minor in Spanish from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama and obtained my Doctor of Pharmacy from the Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy. In my free time, I enjoy traveling and making memories with family and friends. Additionally, I love trying new restaurants and activities around town! My clinical interests include trauma resuscitation, toxicology, and cardiology. I aspire to practice at a Level I trauma center in an academic medical center and mentor learners at all stages. I look forward to all that is to come with this series!

Hi! My name is Julie Lim and I was born in South Korea but moved to Texas, then Maryland, then finally California in middle school, and I've been here ever since. I received my BA in molecular & cell biology at UC Berkeley (go bears) and then my PharmD at UCSF. After pharmacy school, I worked as a staff pharmacist at a hospital in Clovis, CA for a bit before going back to the Bay Area to pursue residency at Zuckerberg San Francisco General. I love emergency medicine and am so excited to be learning all about it this year, but my specialty interests are in substance use disorders, toxicology, and trauma. Besides pharmacy interests, I love to travel and try new food/drinks, go to music festivals and concerts, and spend time with my friends!

Ashly is PharmD is a PGY-2 infectious diseases pharmacy resident at UC Davis Health. She completed her PGY-1 acute care residency at Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego and received her education at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA. Her clinical interests include general infectious diseases, resistance mechanisms, and HIV medicine.

My name is Chad Beisel and I am from Allentown, PA. I completed my undergraduate education and PharmD at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA. I completed my PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Acute Care Residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania In Philadelphia, PA. My interests within infectious disease are antimicrobial stewardship, mechanisms of resistance and resistant infections, opportunistic infections, HIV/AIDS, and optimizing antimicrobial dosing in critically ill patients and special populations.