Pain Management and Palliative Care SAG Roster

Chair

Eva Coulson, PharmD, BCPS
Pain Management and Oncology Pharmacist
Kaweah Health Medical Center
Visalia, CA

Vice Chair

Melissa Nguyen, PharmD, BCPS
Inpt/Oupt Clinical Pharmacy Practitioner
VAPAHCS
Palo Alto, CA

Members

Loredana Ardeljan, PharmD, BCPS
Opioid Stewardship Pharmacist
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA

Amanda Benedetti, PharmD
Pharmacy Specialist - Pain Managment/Opioid Stewardship
MetroHealth
Cleveland, OH

Nicholas Cox, PharmD, BCACP
Pharmacist / Assistant Professor (Clinical)
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Vinh Dao, PharmD
TelePain Program Manager (Regional)
Dept of Veterans Affairs
Minneapolis, MN

Kelsey Echelbarger, PharmD
Founder
GreenWell Consulting
Portage, OH

Jessica Geiger, PharmD, MS, BCPS
Palliative Care coordinator
OhioHealth
Columbus, OH

Virginia Ghafoor, PharmD, MBA
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Pain Management
University of Minnesota Medical Center
Woodbury, MN

Erin Himes, PharmD, BCACP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Kaiser Permanente
Atlanta, GA

Kelly Mendoza, MS, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Lead - Pain Management
PeaceHealth St. John
Longview, WA

Carmen Russell, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVP
Clinical Pharmacist
HCA Healthcare
Pensacola, FL

Tanya Uritsky, PharmD, BCPP
Opioid Stewardship Coordinator
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Executive Committee Liaison

Daniel Truelove, PharmD, BCACP, BCPS
Assistant Director of Pharmacy
Ambulatory Care/Infusion/Oncology/Specialty
University of Tennessee Medical Center
Knoxville, TN

ASHP Staff

Melanie R. Smith, Pharm.D., BCACP, DPLA
Director, Member Relations
Section of Ambulatory Care Practitioners
ASHP
Bethesda, MD