Jillian Kuczynski, PharmD, MBA
East Region Director of Pharmacy, Hartford Healthcare
PharmD: University of Connecticut
MBA: Isenberg School of Business, UMass Amherst
Email: Jillian.Kuczynski@hhchealth.org
Jillian received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Connecticut in 2010, followed by a Masters in Business Administration in 2019 from the Isenberg School of Business. Upon receipt of her PharmD, Jillian worked as a pharmacist at William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, CT, splitting her time between inpatient pharmacy services and the outpatient anticoagulation clinic. In 2012, her focus shifted heavily to inpatient sterile compounding practices, and she subsequently joined the growing team of Sterile Products Coordinators within Hartford Healthcare, working in a variety of HHC institutions throughout the last decade. In the summer of 2021, Jillian returned to Backus Hospital in this capacity, and in 2024, was selected as the Director of Pharmacy for the East Region of HHC, comprised of Backus and Windham Hospitals.
Michelle Horsfield, PharmD, BCCCP
Pharmacy Operations Manager
PharmD: Northeastern University
Email: Michelle.Horsfield@hhchealth.org
Michelle received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Northeastern University in 2018. She completed her PGY1 residency at UMass Memorial Medical Center and went on to complete a PGY2 critical care residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Michelle is a Board Certified Critical Care Pharmacist. Upon completion of residency, Michelle was an ICU Clinical Pharmacist within Hartford Healthcare before transitioning to Backus Hospital as the Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist. Michelle served as a preceptor to students and residents for the emergency medicine rotation. Michelle served as the system clinical pharmacy coordinator for several years before transitioning to Operations Manager at Backus. Michelle is the preceptor for the Leadership rotation.