August Alumni Roundup

Tamara Turner ’88 started a new position as Pharmacist at Kinney Drugs at Kinney Drugs.

Deborah Dempsey ’96 was promoted to Director of Clinical Services at ProAct – PBM.

Ron Romano ’96 started a new position as Director of Regulatory and Compliance at ProAct – PBM.

Alla Paskovaty ’98 started a new position as Medical Science Liaison at Seres Therapeutics.

Katie Cardone ’06 has been named the Director of the Pharmacy Program at ACPHS. Katie has been serving as the College’s first-ever Director of the Pharmacy program on an interim basis since September 2019.

Carolyn Smith Bondarenka ’06 started a new position as Director, US Medical Affairs, Health-System Oncology Team Lead at Merck.

Anastasia Shiamptanis ’07 started a new position as Registrar at New Brunswick College of Pharmacists.

Kimberly Colligan ’09 started a new position as Regional Director of MSLs (RDM), Resp/Allergy Field Medical at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.

Nicholas DiPirro ’12 started a new position as Senior Solutions Manager at Pulse8, LLC.

Kent Wilson ’12 for started a new position as Pharmacy Manager & Owner at Cornerstone Pharmacy.

Laura Beckstead ’13 started a new position as Clinical Specialist at MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.

Lauren Grimes ’13 was promoted to Pharmacy Operations Manager at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center.

Dawon Lee ’14 started as Registered Pharmacist at UCSF Health.

SeHee Kim ’14 started a new position as Medical Advisor at MSD.

Sarwang Shah '15 appeared on the Today Show, talking about Pricklee Cactus Water, the drink company he founded with four of his friends. Since launching in February, the company has gone from producing 300 cases per quarter to 15,000 a month. Watch the video here.

Apryl Jacobs ’16 started a new position as Clinical Pharmacist at St. Peter's Health Partners.

Lawrence Urman ’18 was promoted to Pharmacy Manager at CVS Health.

Emily Gicewicz ’19 started a new position as Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Michael J. Mandarino ’19 started a new position as Clinical Operational Pharmacist at McLean Hospital.

Md Jasimuddin Shohan ’19 started a new position as Associate Manager, PV Case Processor at Accenture.