The Houston Program

Congratulations to THP alumnus Joshua Blackwell, Pharm.D., M.S. ('17), BCSCP, on being named a Fellow of American Society of Health-System Pharmacists!

We’re proud to announce that 31 members have been named 2026 Fellows of ASHP (FASHP)! 🎉

This distinguished recognition honors pharmacists who have demonstrated at least a decade of leadership, innovation, and commitment to advancing pharmacy practice, contributing to the profession’s body of knowledge, and mentoring the next generation. Join us in celebrating these incredible leaders, who will be recognized at Pharmacy Futures 2026 this June in St. Louis. https://hubs.ly/Q0486mlf0

THP alumna Roya Tran, Pharm.D., M.S. ('16), 340B ACE, associate chief pharmacy officer for pharmacy finance and supply chain at Duke Health, talks with Becker's Healthcare Pharmacy Leadership Podcast about her role and the challenges and opportunities in the new year.

Roya Tran, PharmD, MS, 340B ACE, Associate Chief Pharmacy Officer for Pharmacy Finance and Supply Chain at Duke Health Podcast Episode · Becker's Healthcare - Pharmacy Leadership Podcast · 01/23/2026 · 18m

Congratulations to THP alumna Claire A. Latiolais, Pharm.D., M.S. ('17), on her election as Director At-Large on the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Pharmacy Practice Section of Pharmacy Educators!

2025 election results for our Pharmacy Practice Section Executive Committees are now available. Congrats to our new chairs-elect and directors-at-large! Learn about the new executive committee members: https://hubs.ly/Q03B_DXq0

And just like that, Class of 2025 PLA/THP Cohort is graduated! Many thanks to all those who joined in the fun today at University of Houston to celebrate the graduates. And thank you to our sponsor for our wonderful dinner on Tuesday to commemorate with graduates and program leadership. We are so proud of the cohort’s accomplishments and so excited to see the good they do for patient care as they leave residency. We certainly will be cheering them on, forever and always!

Last week we had the opportunity to attend the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ Alcalde Leadership Conference and Annual Seminar in Irving, TX. There was lots to celebrate for both current and alumni of The Houston Program. Many residents presented platform presentations at Alcalde on PGY1 major projects or Thesis projects. Alex Varkey opened the TSHP Annual Seminar by giving his keynote speech “Many Paths, One Profession” during which he shared about how we can use different journeys and perspectives to strive towards the same goal - safe and effective patient care. We had multiple THP family members lead platform presentations at Annual Seminar, including current Houston Methodist Hospital PGY2, Kalina Korzec and recent THP graduates, Atra Mouser and Jason Levy. We had great turnout at the Research and Education Foundation (R&E) Poster Competition, with current Houston Methodist Hospital PGY2, Alexis Hyman, being awarded honorable mention for her poster over a Clinical Metrics Dashboard she developed to better track pharmacist workload across the Houston Methodist system. We got to see Rodney Cox, BSPharm, MS (MHHS ’11) give his final address as TSHP Immediate Past-President. The awards ceremony celebrated many THP current and alum participants, with the following receiving awards:

Leo F. & Ann Godley Residency Fellowship Award: Michael Toraño, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, CPHQ (Current BSLMC PGY2)
Glenda Lawson McRee Pharmacy Student Award and Scholarship: McKenzie Erwin (Incoming MDA PGY1)
Pharmacy Mentor Award: Claire Latiolais, PharmD, MS (TCH ’17)
Adela Schneider Pharmacy Leadership Award: Phuoc Anne Nguyen, PharmD, MS, BCPS, FTSHP (Houston VA ’15)
Larry C. Nesmith Pharmacist Recognition: Stephanie Crowley, PharmD, MS, BCPS (HMH ’21)
TSHP Pharmacist Practitioner Recognition Fellows Program (FTSHP): Joshua A. Blackwell, PharmD, MS, MBA, BCSCP (BSLMC ’17)
ASHP House of Delegate Designation: Linda Ann Haines, PharmD, MS, BCPS, FTSHP (BLSMC ’11)
Richard Cadle Mentoring Scholarship for Pharmacy Leadership: Michael T. England, PharmD, MBA (Current MDA PGY2)
Frederick W. Mullin Endowed Pharmacy Scholarship: Michael Toraño, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, CPHQ (Current BSLMC PGY2)

We are so grateful for the continued support of THP leadership and alumni connections to allow us to flourish and have successes like we did this year.

Congratulations to Tyler England, Pharm.D., THP M.S. candidate and PGY2 HSPAL resident at The University of Texas-MD Anderson Cancer Center, on being awarded the 2025 Richard Cadle Mentoring Scholarship for Pharmacy Leadership from the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists Research & Education Foundation!
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Congratulations to Michael Toraño, Pharm.D. ('23), MBA, BCPS, CPHQ, current THP M.S. candidate and PGY2 HSPAL resident at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center at Texas Medical Center - Houston, TX, on earning the 2025 Frederick W. Mullin Endowed Pharmacy Scholarship from the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists Research & Education Foundation!
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We are excited to announce our Phase 1 Results of ASHP Pharmacy Match Day 2025! Swipe through to see the names of those who have matched with us, as well as their schools of pharmacy. We are immensely grateful for the opportunity to develop this class of future leaders in The Houston Program. We are actively recruiting for a resident in Phase II at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center and HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood. Congratulations to all those who participated!

Congratulations to PGY2 Houston Methodist Hospital resident Kalina Korzec, Pharm.D., on being awarded a 2025 ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Resident Research Grant for the project, "Evaluation of Bundle Compliance and Impact on Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Associated Outcomes in an Academic Health-System"!

We are pleased to announce the six 2025 Pharmacy Resident Research Grant recipients. This grant program supports research conducted by pharmacy residents that advances pharmacy practice and patient care. Congratulations to all! https://hubs.ly/Q035Z9d90

This post is long overdue but The Houston Program celebrated another successful and enriching Midyear in New Orleans last month. We had many celebrations of those current and past of our amazing program, and were able to celebrate together at The Houston Program reception, graciously hosted by Shield’s Health Solutions. We also were able to meet with potential candidates at our first ever coffee chat event, and further recruited at the residency showcase. Our PGY1 residents also had the opportunity to meet with Roger Anderson, a longtime supporter and dear friend of The Houston Program. We thank all those that continue to make our residency experience exciting and fulfilling to the greatest extent.