Shally S. Singh, PharmD, CACP
Residency Program Director
Learning Experiences: Longitudinal Ambulatory Care, Longitudinal Teaching & Learning
PharmD: University of Connecticut
Email: Shally.Sinha@hhchealth.org
o Shally received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Connecticut in 2010 and completed a PGY1 Residency at the Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington, NJ. After she completed her residency, she worked in the community setting as a Pharmacy Manager in Long Island, New York and in 2015 completed APhA Medication Therapy Management (MTM) certification. Shally started her career at William W. Backus Hospital in April 2016 and became a supervisor of the Backus Outpatient Medication management clinic. She received her Certified Anticoagulation Care Provider (CACP) from the NCBAP in May 2017. Shally became RPD for Backus Hospital in October 2021 along with working in the ambulatory care setting. Additionally, Shally is also a preceptor to pharmacy students from various schools.
Anastasia Bilinskaya, PharmD, BCIDP
Infectious Diseases Clinical Pharmacist
Learning Experience: Infectious Disease
PharmD: University of Connecticut
Email: Anastasia.Bilinskaya@hhchealth.org
Anastasia received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Connecticut and completed her post-graduate pharmacy practice residency and specialty training in infectious diseases at Hartford Hospital. She is now an infectious diseases clinical pharmacist for Hartford HealthCare and assists with antimicrobial stewardship at Hartford, Backus, Windham, and Charlotte Hungerford hospitals. Anastasia is actively involved in research and precepting students, PGY1 and PGY2 residents. Her research and clinical interests include the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship initiatives, treatment of infections in immunocompromised hosts, treatment of infections caused by multi-drug resistant organisms, and management of HIV/AIDS.
Andrew Gentry, PharmD, BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacist
Learning Experience: Critical Care
PharmD: University of Connecticut
Email: Andrew.Gentry@hhchealth.org
Andrew Gentry received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Connecticut in 2016 and is a Board Certified Infectious Disease Pharmacist. He went on to complete his ASHP accredited PGY1 residency at John Dempsey Hospital at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington Connecticut. Upon completion of residency, he accepted his current position as a clinical pharmacist at William W. Backus Hospital where he serves as a preceptor for the critical care rotation.
Abigail Henry, PharmD
Transitions of Care Pharmacist
Learning Experience: Transitions of Care
PharmD: Western New England University College of Pharmacy
Email: Abigail.Henry@hhchealth.org
Abigail Henry received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Western New England University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and completed her ASHP accredited post-graduate pharmacy practice residency with Western New England University and Big Y Foods. Post residency, she accepted her current position as the Transitions of Care pharmacist at Backus Hospital. She has a passion for helping patients safely transition from the hospital back into the community and focuses on medication management for the following disease states: diabetes, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, anticoagulation, hypertension, and stroke. She serves as a preceptor to students and residents for the TOC rotation. She continues to work per diem with Big Y Pharmacy.
Michelle Horsfield, PharmD, BCCCP
Emergency Medicine Pharmacist
Learning Experience: Emergency Medicine
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 NewYork-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 serves as a preceptor to students and residents for the emergency medicine rotation.
Victoria Lambert, PharmD, BCGP
Medication Management Pharmacist
Learning Experience: Medication Management
BS: University of Connecticut
PharmD: University of Connecticut
Email: Victoria.Lambert@hhchealth.org
Victoria Lambert received her Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of Connecticut in 2000 and 2002, respectively. She served as clinical coordinator of the Anticoagulation Clinic at the William W. Backus Hospital where she precepted numerous APPE pharmacy students. Currently, she is the Medication Management Pharmacist at Backus Hospital and is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Connecticut. She also oversees the medication history technician program and participates in multiple committees including East Region Medication Reconciliation Task Force and the System Anticoagulation Committee.
Nicholas Pereira, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist
Learning Experience: Longitudinal Operations & Staffing
PharmD: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Email: Nicholas.Pereira@hhchealth.org
Nick Pereira received his Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. He completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at the Hospital of Saint Raphael which is now one of the Yale-New Haven Hospital campuses. Upon completion of residency, he accepted his current position as a clinical pharmacist at Backus hospital.
Emma Saunders, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist
Learning Experience: Oncology
BS: University of Connecticut
PharmD: University of Connecticut
Email: Emma.Saunders@hhchealth.org
Emma received her Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of Connecticut. She completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at the William W. Backus Hospital. Upon completion of residency, she accepted her current position as a clinical pharmacist at Backus hospital.
Teresa Seo, PharmD, BCPS, MBA
Pharmacy Operations Manager
Learning Experiences: Longitudinal Operations and Staffing
BS: University of Toledo
PharmD: Ohio State University
MBA: Western New England University
Email: Teresa.Seo@hhchealth.org
Teresa Seo earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from the University of Toledo in Toledo, OH and her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. She completed an ASHP-accredited specialty residency in Adult Internal Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC. She completed a Master of Business Administration degree, Leadership Concentration, through Western New England University in Springfield, MA. Teresa is a member of CSHP, ASHP, and ACCP. She has served as both chair and vice-chair for the ASHP Section Advisory Group on Clinical Leadership. During her professional career, Teresa has worked in various roles, with prior experience as a clinical pharmacy specialist, residency program coordinator and director, clinical manager, and operations manager. She has served as an adjunct professor and pharmacy student preceptor for various schools of pharmacy.
Alyssa Short, PharmD
Ambulatory Care Oncology Pharmacist
Learning Experience: Oncology
PharmD: Midwestern University in Arizona
Email: Alyssa.Short@hhchealth.org
Alyssa received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts (Boston) and her Doctor of Pharmacy from Midwestern University in Arizona. She has worked in the community setting as a Pharmacy Manager in Rocklin, California and also spent time in consulting. She accepted a per diem position at Backus Outpatient Clinic in 2017 and eventually accepted a full-time position at Backus Hospital as a Transitions of Care Pharmacist. She helped build the TOC program at Backus and develop a system-wide standard work for Hartford Healthcare. In 2021, Alyssa accepted the Ambulatory Care Oncology Position for the East Region and became a preceptor in training.
Kyle Sluboski, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
Ambulatory Care Pharmacist
Learning Experience: Ambulatory Care
PharmD: Northeastern University
Email: Kyle.Sluboski@hhchealth.org
Kyle Sluboski received his Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Doctor of Pharmacy from Northeastern University in 2014 and 2015 respectively. He has been a staff pharmacist at Backus Hospital and an Anticoagulation pharmacist at the Medication Management Clinic since 2016. There he has trained new pharmacists, residents and precepted IPPE students. Currently he is the Ambulatory Care Pharmacist at BOCC where he splits his time between the Medication Management Clinic and Endocrinology Clinic.
Colleen Teevan, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM
Clinical Pharmacy Program Manager
Learning Experience: Pharmacy System Support Office (SSO) Clinical Leadership Management
PharmD: University of Connecticut
Email: Colleen.Teevan@hhchealth.org
Colleen earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Connecticut in 2010. She went on to complete her PGY1 Residency at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center in Indiana and a PGY2 Critical Care Residency at Midwestern University in Chicago. She is board certified in pharmacotherapy and critical care pharmacy.
Prior to becoming Pharmacy Clinical Program Manager for Hartford HealthCare, Colleen was an ICU pharmacist within Hartford HealthCare and started the PGY1 residency program at The Hospital of Central Connecticut. In addition to overseeing clinical programs for the healthcare system, Colleen works closely with pharmacy students, residents and preceptors. She precepts experiential rotations and delivers didactic lectures in several pharmacotherapy courses. In addition to her clinical interests in critical care, she is passionate about preceptor development and well-being within pharmacy.
In addition to her clinical and educational responsibilities, Colleen serves on the Board of the Connecticut Society of Health Systems Pharmacists and is actively involved in the Society of Critical Care Medicine and ASHP. She was awarded the UConn IPPE Preceptor of the Year Award in 2014 and the Connecticut Pharmacists Association Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award in 2017. In 2021, she was recognized as an AACP Master Preceptor and a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine.
Nicholas Tessier, PharmD, MBA
Pharmacy Quality and Regulatory Program Manager
Learning Experience: Pharmacy System Support Office (SSO) Clinical Leadership Management
PharmD: University of Rhode Island
Email: Nicholas.Tessier@hhchealth.org
He earned his Doctor of Pharmacy through the University of Rhode Island and then completed a general practice residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He earned a Master of Business Administration through the University of Connecticut. Dr. Tessier started at Hartford Hospital as a pharmacist working in the Cardiology ICU and transitioned to leadership roles including Clinical Pharmacy Manager and Regional Pharmacy Director. Dr. Tessier has precepted required Leadership rotations for PGY1 residents and various institutional rotations for local Pharmacy colleges. In his current position Dr. Tessier helps to coordinate quality and regulatory efforts for the system pharmacy department. Dr. Tessier has served in leadership positions with Connecticut Society of Health-System Pharmacists including CSHP president. He enjoys working to improve quality of patient care and promoting the valuable contributions of pharmacists.
Andrew Ward, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist
Learning Experience: General Medicine
PharmD: University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy
Email: Andrew.Ward@hhchealth.org
Andrew received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Rhode Island. He completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at the William W. Backus Hospital. Upon completion of residency, he accepted a position as a clinical pharmacist at Backus hospital. He currently serves as a preceptor for the general medicine rotation.
William B Whittaker, PharmD
Director of Pharmacy
Learning Experience: Leadership and Management
PharmD: University of Connecticut
Email: William.whittaker@hhchealth.org
William Whittaker received his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of Connecticut in 2004 and 2006, respectively. William has 8 years of experience as a Pharmacy Operations Manager and 3 years of experience as a Director of Pharmacy. He is currently the Director of Pharmacy at Backus and Windham Hospital (East Region). William serves as a representative of both pharmacy departments to each individual hospital along with being a representative of pharmacy within Hartford Healthcare. William was the Chairperson of the Pharmacy Director Group at the Connecticut Hospital Association from 2020 to 2022.