Meet Our Preceptors

Emergency Medicine

Gabrielle L. Procopio, Pharm.D., BCEMP
Emergency Medicine (EM) Pharmacy Specialist and PGY2 EM Pharmacy Residency Program Director, HUMC; Clinical Adjunct Professor, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University; Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Education: Pharm.D., Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, HUMC; PGY2 EM Pharmacy Residency, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Specialty: Emergency Medicine

Jaclyn Scalgione, PharmD., BCPS
Emergency Medicine (EM) Pharmacy Specialist, University Hospital, Newark, NJ
Education: Pharm.D., Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia; PGY2 EM Pharmacy Residency, Hackensack University Medical Center
Specialty: Emergency Medicine

Abigail L. Wolff, Pharm.D., BCEMP

Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Specialist; HUMC
Education: Pharm.D., University of Connecticut
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Lawrence + Memorial Hospital; PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency, HUMC
Specialty: Emergency Medicine  

Critical Care

Keri Bicking, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCNSP, FCCM

Ruchi Jain, Pharm.D., BCCCP
Medical/Cardiac Critical Care Pharmacy Specialist, PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program Director; HUMC
Education: Pharm.D., University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Temple University Hospital; PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency, The John Hopkins Hospital
Specialty: MICU, CCU

Alex Connery, Pharm.D.
Neurocritical Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, HUMC
Education: Pharm.D., University of Connecticut; PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, NYU Langone Medical Center; PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency, NYU Langone Medical Center
Specialty: Neuro Intensive Care Unit

Alexandra Serafino, Pharm.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgery Critical Care Pharmacy Specialist, HUMC 
Education: Pharm.D., University of Toledo College of Pharmacy; PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Toledo Medical Center; PGY2 Critical Care Residency, Intermountain Medical Center.
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit

Infectious Diseases

Patrick Lake, Pharm.D., BCIDP
Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Specialist, HUMC; Pharmacy Residency Coordinator, HUMC; Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Education: Pharm.D., Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, HUMC; PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency, New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Specialty: Infectious Diseases

Siddharth Swamy, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCIDP
Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Specialist, HUMC
Education: Pharm.D., Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University
Postgraduate Training: PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Saint Michael’s Medical Center; PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Specialty: Infectious Diseases

Pediatrics

Amanda Clouser, Pharm.D. , BCPPS
Clinical Pediatric Intensive Care Pharmacy Specialist, HUMC
Education: Pharm.D., Long Island University; PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, NYU
Langone Medical Center; PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency, The John Hopkins Hospital
Specialty: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Staffing

Luis Romero, Pharm.D.
Decentralized Emergency Medicine Staff Pharmacist; HUMC
Education: Pharm.D., Bouve College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University

Orientation

Jincy Abraham, Pharm.D., MBA
Operations Manager and Pharmacist-in-Charge, Inpatient Pharmacy, HUMC
Education: Pharm.D., Temple University
Postgraduate Training: MBA, University of Phoenix
Specialty: Pharmacy Operations

Toxicology

Daria Falkowitz, D.O.
Attending Physician-Department of Emergency Medicine, HUMC; Director, Division of Medical Toxicology, HUMC
Education: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine 
Postgraduate Training: Emergency Medicine Residency at Staten Island University Hospital; Medical Toxicology Fellowship at North Shore University Hospital
Specialty: Medical toxicology; addiction medicine

Bruce Ruck, Pharm.D., DABAT
Director of Drug Information and Professional Education
New Jersey Poison Information and Education System
Education: BS/Pharm.D., St John’s University
Postgraduate Training: University of Florida Health Shands Hospital
Specialty: Toxicology, Drug Information