Program Directors
Deanna McDanel, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
Residency Program Director, PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency
Residency Coordinator, PGY1 Pharmacy Residency with Ambulatory Care Focus
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Ambulatory Care
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Education: PharmD (Iowa)
Training: Primary Care specialty residency, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Practice Interests: anticoagulation, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, allergy/immunology, and cardiovascular risk reduction.
Trisha Smith, PharmD
PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency Director
Assistant Director, Financial Management and IV/Admixture
Assistant Professor (Adjunct)
Education: PharmD (Iowa)
Training: Residency, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Sarah Tierney, PharmD
PGY-2 Pediatrics Pharmacy Residency Director
Assistant Professor (Adjunct)
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Neonatal Intensive Care
Education: BS Chemical Engineering (Iowa State); PharmD (Iowa)
Training: PGY-1, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Practice Interests: pain management, infectious disease, prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia