Marla O’Shea-Bulman, PharmD, BCPS, SIDP-C

Residency Program Director, Pharmacy Clinical Manager, and Medication Safety Officer

Education:     

• PharmD, University of Colorado – Denver, Aurora, CO
• BA, Biological Sciences, Chemistry minor, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
• BS, Pharmacy, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Practice Interests: Geriatrics, medication safety, analytics, pharmacy advocacy

Rotations Precepted: Medication safety, Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Research

Professional Experience: Twenty-five years of preceptor experience; previously practiced at Baystate Medical Center in critical care, neurology, nephrology, and internal medicine; currently serving as a member of the MSHP Legislative Committee and a Massachusetts delegate to the ASHP House of Delegates

Claudia Hilera-Botet, PharmD, BCPS

Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist

Education:       PharmD, University of Puerto Rico – San Juan, PR

PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, MA

Practice Interests: Critical Care, Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease

Rotations Precepted: Critical Care

Professional Experience: Clinical Pharmacist at Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, Clinical Pharmacist at Saint Francis Hospital

Michelle Kososki, RPh

Director of Pharmacy

Education:     

• BS, Pharmacy, St. John’s University and Michigan State University

Practice Interests: Pain Management

Rotations Precepted: Administration as well as IPPEs and APPEs

Professional Experience: Worked at Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital, St. Clare’s Hospital , Winter Park Memorial Hospital, and Mary Lane Hospital.  LTC experience at SunScript as Director of pharmacy and Partners Pharmacy, Northeast Director of Operations.  Retail experience at Target Corporation.  Member MSHP and ASHP.  15 years of precepting experience

Scott DeCesare, RPh, SIDP-C

Pharmacy Supervisor, Antimicrobial Stewardship Co-chair

Education:     

• BS, Pharmacy, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Practice Interests: Administrative, Opioid Stewardship, Antibiotic Stewardship

Rotations Precepted: staffing, APPE and IPPE

Professional Experience: Pharmacy District Manager (Walgreens/ Rite Aid), Pharmacy Business Partner (Target), Pharmacy Manager

Patricia Pittman, PharmD

Clinical Staff Pharmacist at Cooley Dickinson Hospital

Education:     

• PharmD,  MCPHS University, Worcester, MA
• BS, Pharmacy, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama

Practice Interests: Internal medicine

Rotations Precepted: Core Staffing, Internal Medicine

Professional Experience: ASHP and MSHP; precepting students and residents for five years; retail pharmacist at Eckerd Drugs and Wal-Mart for 23 years

Ed Tessier, PharmD, BCPS, MPH

Clinical Pharmacist at Cooley Dickinson Hospital and Adjunct Faculty for Physician Assistant Programs at George Washington University, Westfield State College, Dominican University of California, and Bay Path University

Education:     

• MPH, UMASS, Amherst, MA
• PharmD, Idaho State University College of Pharmacy, Pocatello, ID
• Pharmacy Residency, St. Mary’s Hospital, Rochester, MN
• BS, Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

Practice Interests: General medicine, medication safety, and education with research in medication reconciliation, anticoagulation safety, and handover communication

Rotations Precepted: Internal medicine and Critical Care

Professional Experience: Clinical pharmacist and clinical coordinator at multiple acute and sub-acute settings across western MA; faculty for undergraduate and graduate programs across western MA including UMass Amherst School of Nursing and Springfield College

Shusen Sun, PharmD, BCPS

Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Specialist/Educator at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Clinical Associate Professor at WNEU College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Education:     

• PharmD, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
• MS, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
• BS, University of Science and Technology of China

Practice Interests: Emergency Medicine, Geriatric Care, Medication Safety, Hospital Pharmacy Practice Research, Global Pharmacy

Rotations Precepted: Emergency Medicine

Professional Experience: Over ten years of experience as a clinical pharmacy specialist and educator providing direct patient care in emergency departments at academic and community hospitals. Currently serves as ASHP Senior Consultant and a member of the Special Interest Groups (Geriatric, Pediatric, and Behavioral Emergencies) with the International Federation for Emergency Medicine.  An experienced pharmacy research scholar and holds an appointment as an Associate Editor to the International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy. Actively engages in global pharmacy education and training.

Diptiman Bose, PhD

Clinical Staff Pharmacist at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at WNEU College of Pharmacy

Education:     

• Postdoctoral scholar, University of California, Davis, CA
• PhD, Cellular Pharmacology, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
• MS, Cellular Pharmacology, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
• BS, Pharmacy, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India

Practice Interests: Research, Global Pharmacy

Rotations Precepted: Academia

Professional Experience: Clinical staff pharmacist at Cooley Dickinson Hospital and residency research preceptor. Previously, Diptiman was an assistant project scientist in the Department of Molecular Biosciences at the School of Veterinary Sciences at UC-Davis.

Kathleen Dion, PharmD

Clinical Oncology Pharmacist for the Mass General Cancer Center at Cooley Dickinson Hospital

Education:     

• PharmD, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, PA

Practice Interests: Oncology, Pediatrics, and Academia

Rotation Precepted: Oncology

Professional Experience: Second year at Cooley and first year precepting; involved in ASHP, PPAG, and MSHP; completed APPE matrix program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia with focus in oncology and NICU

Nicholas Houle, PharmD

Clinical Staff Pharmacist at Cooley Dickinson Hospital

Education:   

• PharmD, Western New England University College of Pharmacy, Springfield, MA

Practice Interests:

• Internal Medicine
• Psychiatric Pharmacy
• Critical Care Medicine

Rotations Precepted:

• Staffing

Professional Experience: Clinical Staff Pharmacist at Cooley Dickinson Hospital since 2020; completed longitudinal APPE rotation at Stratton VA Medical Center with focus on Ambulatory Care and Internal Medicine

Amanda Kozlik, PharmD

Clinical Oncology Pharmacist

Education:     

• PharmD, Western New England University College of Pharmacy, Springfield, MA

Practice Interests: Oncology

Rotation Precepted: Oncology

Professional Experience: MSHP, HOPA, AIHP; former pharmacy manager at A high-

volume Walgreens Pharmacy. Completed longitudinal APPE program at Cooley

Dickinson with rotations in oncology, IM, Critical Care, and administration

Kyle Danis, PharmD

Clinical Oncology Pharmacist

Education:

• PharmD, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Practice Interests: Oncology

Rotation Precepted: Oncology

Professional Experience: Baystate Medical Center (2009-2020)