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Morgan Tobin, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Specialty: Surgical Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Site: Carolinas Medical Center
Pharmacy School: Albany College of Pharmacy
PGY1 Residency: Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington, KY
PGY2 Residency in Critical Care: Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington, KY
About Dr. Tobin: Dr. Tobin joined the CMC pharmacy department in December 2021. She started her career as an Emergency Medicine Clinical Specialist at CaroMont Regional Medical Center prior to starting at Carolinas Medical Center as a Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist. She then transitioned into her current role as the Surgical Trauma Critical Care Pharmacy Specialist in 2024. Dr. Tobin is actively involved within SCCM and sits as the Mentorship Chair of the Carolinas/Virginias Chapter of SCCM. Her professional interests include research, resuscitation, anticoagulation reversal, opioid stewardship and traumatic brain injuries.
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Justin Arnall, PharmD, BCOP
Specialty: Bleeding Disorders, Non-malignant/Malignant Hematology
Site: Atrium Health, Specialty Pharmacy Services/Hematology Consult
Pharmacy School: The University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Residency: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
PGY2 Residency in Hematology/Oncology: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
About Dr. Arnall: Dr. Arnall joined the CMC team in August 2016. His professional interests include multiple myeloma, bone marrow transplantation, pharmacogenomics in oncology practice, bleeding disorders, and factor stewardship. He is an active member of HOPA, ACCP and ASTCT, as well as an involved advocate for oral oncolytic parity legislation and pharmacy practice advancement.
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Jennifer Barnes, PharmD, BCPPS
Specialty: Neonatal Intensive Care
Site: Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital
Pharmacy School: Virginia Commonwealth University
PGY1 Residency: Alamance Regional Medical Center-Cone Health
About Dr. Barnes: Dr. Barnes joined the CMC pharmacy department in February 2017. She previously practiced at the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital from 2011 until 2017. Her special interests include neonatal abstinence syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome and necrotizing enterocolitis. She is an active member of the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group (PPAG).
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Laura Brakefield, PharmD, BCPPS
Specialty: Pediatric Cardiology and Critical Care
Site: Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital
Pharmacy School: Medical University of South Carolina
PGY1 Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
PGY2 Residency in Pediatrics: MUSC Children’s Hospital
About Dr. Brakefield: Dr. Brakefield joined CMC in October 2020. She previously practiced at Johns Hopkins Bayview from 2016 to 2017 and Children’s National Hospital from 2017 to 2020. Her special interests include mechanical circulatory support, anticoagulation, and chronic pediatric critical care.
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Taylor Cason, PharmD, CPP, BCPS, BCEMP
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
Site: Carolinas Medical Center
Pharmacy School: Medical University of South Carolina
PGY1 Residency: Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington, KY
PGY2 Residency in Emergency Medicine: Sarasota Memorial Hospital
About Dr. May: Dr. Cason joined the CMC pharmacy team in July 2024. She started her career as an Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner at a community hospital before transitioning to her current role as an EM Clinical Pharmacy Specialist. Her professional interests include research, resuscitation, toxicology and emergency preparedness. Dr. Cason was honored as the 2024–2025 Preceptor of the Year at Carolinas Medical Center and serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Acute Care Pharmacotherapy.
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Alexander Dellabella, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Specialty: Neurocritical Care
Site: Carolinas Medical Center
Pharmacy School: Temple University
PGY1 Residency: Carolinas Medical Center
About Dr. Dellabella: Dr. Dellabella has been heavily involved in both operational and clinical initiatives within the critical care team following completion of his residency at CMC in 2016. His clinical interests include pharmacologic management of CNS infections, seizures, and ischemic stroke.
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Anna Rouse Dulaney, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT
Specialty: Clinical Toxicology
Site: Carolinas Medical Center and Levine Children’s Hospital
Pharmacy School: University of South Carolina (BS Pharmacy), The University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy (PharmD)
About Dr. Dulaney: Dr. Dulaney is a board-certified Clinical Toxicologist with the Division of Medical Toxicology in the Department of Emergency Medicine. She is an Adjunct Professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and a Clinical Associate Professor with Wingate University School of Pharmacy. She is the Associate Program Director of the Medical Toxicology Fellowship and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology. She reviews for multiple Toxicology and Emergency Medicine journals, is on the Fatality Review Committee of America’s Poison Centers and serves on the Antidote Collective for the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology.
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E. Sterling Feininger, PharmD, BCCCP
Specialty: Critical Care
Site: Carolinas Medical Center
Pharmacy School: The University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Residency: Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
PGY2 Residency in Critical Care: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
About Dr. Feninger: Dr. Feininger joined the CMC pharmacy department in August of 2024 following the completion of her PGY2 at OSU. Areas of interest include pain, agitation, and sedation in the ICU, pharmacokinetic changes in the critically ill, managing ICP crisis, and infectious diseases.
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Kelsey Furtick, PharmD, BCCCP
Specialty: Emergency Medicine/Critical Care
Site: Carolinas Medical Center
Pharmacy School: Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Residency: Prisma Health Richland
PGY2 Residency in Critical Care: Prisma Health Richland
About Dr. Furtick: Dr. Furtick joined the CMC pharmacy department in July 2024 after completion of her residency. Her professional interests include resuscitation, traumatic brain injuries, status epilepticus, and infectious diseases.
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Amy Hathorn, PharmD, BCCP
Specialty: Cardiovascular/Cardiothoracic Surgery Intensive Care Unit
Site: Atrium Health Pineville
Pharmacy School: University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Residency: University of Virginia Health
PGY2 Residency in Critical Care: University of Virginia Health
About Dr. Hathorn: Dr. Hathorn joined Atrium Health Pineville in August 2022 following the completion of her residency at UVA Health. Her professional interests include anticoagulation, antiarrhythmics, mechanical circulatory support, and pharmacokinetics.
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Stormi Gale, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP, FHFSA
Specialty: Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
Site: Carolinas Medical Center
Pharmacy School: Wingate University School of Pharmacy
PGY 1 Residency: Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center
PGY 2 Residency in Cardiology: University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
About Dr. Gale: Dr. Gale joined the CMC pharmacy department in summer of 2024. She started her career as an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and a clinical specialist on the advanced heart failure service at the University of Maryland Medical Center. She later transitioned back to Charlotte as a cardiology clinical specialist and clinical pharmacist practitioner at Novant Health. Dr. Gale is currently a Fellow of the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) and former Chair of the American College of Pharmacy Cardiology (ACCP) Practice and Research Network. She was nominated for the ACCP New Educator Award and named a 2019 HFSA Future Leader in Heart Failure. Her professional interests include heart failure, hemodynamics, diuretic resistance and pulmonary hypertension.
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Rupal Jaffa, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCIDP
Specialty: Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship
Site: Carolinas Medical Center
Pharmacy School: University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Residency: University of Wisconsin Health
PGY2 Residency in Cardiology: Atrium Health-Carolinas Medical Center
About Dr. Jaffa: Dr. Jaffa joined the Antimicrobial Support Network at CMC in 2018 after completing her PGY-2 Infectious Disease Residency at CMC. She currently serves as the Clinical Team Leader for the Central Division of ASN. Her professional interests include medical and pharmacy experiential education, the treatment of multidrug resistant organisms, the management of infections in immunocompromised populations, and the optimization of antimicrobials in patients with antibiotic allergies. She is a member of the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP).
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Savannah Jones, PharmD, BCCCP
Specialty: Critical Care
Site: Atrium Health Pineville
Pharmacy School: UNC Chapel Hill
PGY1 Residency: UNC Chapel Hill
PGY2 Residency in Critical Care: UNC Chapel Hill
About Dr. Jones: Dr. Jones joined the CMC pharmacy department in August 2022. She currently serves as a clinical pharmacist specialist in the 30-bed medical intensive care unit at Atrium Health Pineville. In addition to her role in ICU patient care, she is heavily involved in pharmacy student programming and medication safety at her site. Her clinical interests include neurocritical care, decompensated cirrhosis, and pharmacokinetics of renal replacement therapy.
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Alyssa Lear, PharmD, BCCCP
Specialty: Critical Care
Site: Atrium Health Union
Pharmacy School: University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Residency: Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
PGY2 Residency in Critical Care: Medical University of South Carolina
About Dr. Lear: Dr. Lear joined the CMC pharmacy department in August 2022 and transitioned in 2023 to her current role as a critical care clinical pharmacist specialist at Atrium Health Union. She is actively involved in the Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology Patient Safety Committee as well as the Carolinas/Virginias Chapter of SCCM. Her clinical interests include sepsis, sedation and analgesia, and infectious diseases.
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Kayla McFarland, PharmD, BCCCP
Specialty: Evening Critical Care
Site: Carolinas Medical Center
Pharmacy School: University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy
PGY1 Residency: ProMedica Toledo Hospital/ Russell J. Ebeid Children’s Hospital
PGY2 Residency in Critical Care: ProMedica Toledo Hospital/ Russell J. Ebeid Children’s Hospital
About Dr. McFarland: Dr. McFarland joined the CMC Pharmacy Department in October 2025. She started as a Surgical Intensive Care Unit Specialist at Boston Medical Center – Brighton prior to starting as the Evening Critical Care Pharmacist at CMC. Her professional interests include trauma resuscitation, pain management, infectious diseases, and management of elevated intracranial pressure.
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Alyshia McKnight, PharmD, BCCCP
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care
Site: Carolinas Medical Center
Pharmacy School: University of Florida
PGY 1 Residency: Carolinas Medical Center
PGY 2 Residency in Critical Care: Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
About Dr. McKnight: Dr. McKnight joined the department of pharmacy at CMC in October of 2020. She worked as a clinical staff pharmacist in the Emergency Department prior to transitioning to her role as CMC’s first Cardiothoracic Surgery Clinical Pharmacy Specialist. Her clinical interests include cardiopulmonary bypass, mechanical circulatory support devices and hemodynamic management of postoperative patients.
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Jordyn Metcalf, PharmD, BCPPS
Specialty: Pediatric Critical Care
Site: Atrium Health’s Levine Children’s Hospital
Pharmacy School: Wingate University School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Residency: University of Wisconsin Health
About Dr. Metcalf: Dr. Metcalf joined the pediatric team at CMC in 2014 and has served in various roles on the pediatric intensive care and pediatric oncology cores before specializing in pediatric critical care. She is a member of PPA and Carolinas PPA.
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Stephanie Murtha, PharmD, BCCCP
Specialty: Neurocritical Care
Site: Carolinas Medical Center
Pharmacy School: West Virginia University School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Residency: ECU Health
PGY2 Residency in Critical Care: ECU Health
About Dr. Murtha: Dr. Murtha joined the CMC pharmacy department in August 2022, most recently establishing her role as the Neurocritical Care Clinical Pharmacist. Stephanie currently serves as the Communications Chair for the Carolinas/Virginias Chapter of SCCM. Her professional interests include research and quality improvement, status epilepticus and management of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.
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Nicholas Nelson, PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS
Specialty: Medical Critical Care
Site: Carolinas Medical Center
Pharmacy School: UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Residency: University of Kentucky HealthCare
PGY2 Residency in Critical Care: University of Michigan Health
Fellowship: Academic Fellowship at UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
About Dr. Nelson: Dr. Nelson is an Assistant Professor at Wingate University School of Pharmacy (WUSOP) and practices at Carolinas Medical Center since October 2022 and precepts learners of all levels from IPPE through PGY2 residents. At WUSOP he leads the infectious diseases course as well as the critical care elective. His research interests center around the safe and effective use of medications in the critically ill with a focus on drug dosing in extremes of renal function. He also has an active scholarship of teaching and learning program. Dr Nelson is actively involved in Society of Critical Care Medicine, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, and American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
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Jimmy Pruitt, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, BCEMP
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
Site: Carolinas Medical Center
Pharmacy School: Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Residency: Advent Health Orlando
PGY2 Residency in Emergency Medicine: Grady Memorial Hospital
About Dr. Pruitt: Dr. Pruitt joined the Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Team as a Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator in 2023. He started his career at Augusta University Medical Center where he helped start clinical pharmacy services in the emergency department. He later transitioned to the Medical University of South Carolina, where he served as an Emergency Medicine clinical pharmacy specialist and adjunct faculty member. His professional interests include advanced cardiac life support, advanced hemodynamics in the critically ill, anticoagulation in the critically ill, and educating through his pharmacy podcast Pharm So Hard. Dr. Pruitt has won numerous awards including Pharmacist of Year in 2019 at Grady Memorial Hospital, Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Talent Show, MUSC College of Pharmacy Excellence in Diversity Award, Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy Alumni of the Year and MUSC Emergency Medicine Pharm to Table Award in 2021 and 2022. In 2023, Dr. Pruitt was awarded the ACCP EM PRN New Clinical Practitioner Award and obtained Board Certification Emergency Medicine Pharmacist credential. He is the Founding Executive Director and 2025–2026 President of the Society of Emergency Medicine Pharmacists (SEMP), the Founder of the Emergency Medicine Pharmacotherapy with Resuscitation (EMPoweRx) Conference and the Founding Publisher of the Journal of Acute Care Pharmacotherapy (JACP).
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Britany Sofio, PharmD, BCEMP
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
Site: Carolinas Medical Center
Pharmacy School: Wingate University School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Residency: Vidant Medical Center
PGY2 Residency in Emergency Medicine: Medical University of South Carolina
About Dr. Sofio: Sofio joined Atrium Health in 2021 after completion of her residency. Her professional interests include toxicology, medical management of flash pulmonary edema, anticoagulation reversal stewardship and optimization, alcohol withdrawal, DKA and hyperkalemia management in the emergency department.
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Kara Taylor, PharmD
Specialty: Critical Care
Site: Carolinas Medical Center
Pharmacy School: University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy
PGY1 Residency: WakeMed Health and Hospitals
PGY2 Residency in Critical Care: Orlando Health – Orlando Regional Medical Center
About Dr. Taylor: Dr. Taylor joined Atrium Health as a Critical Care Float Pharmacist in 2025 following the completion of her residency. Her professional interests include management of shock states, analgesia and sedation, and infectious diseases. She is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP).
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Alyssa Watts, PharmD, BCPS, BCEMP
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
Site: Carolinas Medical Center
Pharmacy School: University of Florida College of Pharmacy
PGY1 Residency: CaroMont Regional Medical Center
PGY2 Residency in Emergency Medicine: CaroMont Regional Medical Center
About Dr. Watts: Dr. Watts joined the CMC pharmacy department in August 2023. She started her career in Florida as an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist in the Emergency Department at a community hospital before transitioning to her current role. Her professional interests include diabetic ketoacidosis, optimizing empiric antimicrobial regimens and anticoagulation reversal.
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Kelcee Widdess, PharmD, MBA, BCPPS
Specialty: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Site: Levine Children’s Hospital
Pharmacy School: Texas Tech University
PGY1 Residency: Pediatrics - Children's Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk, VA
PGY2 Residency in Pediatrics: Pediatric Critical Care - Children's Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk, VA
About Dr. Widdess: Dr. Widdess joined the Levine/CMC pharmacy team in 2023 and helped start pediatric emergency medicine pharmacy services at Levine Children’s Hospital. She started her career as a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at a stand-alone children’s hospital and Level 1 pediatric trauma center before transitioning to her current role. She currently works to help harmonize pediatric care in emergency departments within the enterprise. Clinical interests include pediatric RSI, pediatric DKA, management of metabolic emergencies in patients with inborn errors of metabolism and pediatric readiness at non-pediatric emergency departments.
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Sarah Wood, PharmD
Specialty: Cardiology
Site: Carolinas Medical Center
Pharmacy School: Campbell University
PGY1 Residency: Carolinas Medical Center
PGY2 Residency in Cardiology: University of California Davis Medical Center
About Dr. Wood: Dr. Wood joined the CMC Pharmacy Department in 2024 following completion of her residency. She provides clinical services in the cardiac ICU, the cardiothoracic ICU, and inpatient general cardiology. Her professional interests include heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, and anticoagulation management.
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