James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital - Tampa, Florida

Natalie Verbosky, Pharm.D., BCPS, is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in the Cardiology Department and the PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency Program Director at the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital in Tampa, Florida. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy in 2012 from the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL and a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at the West Palm Beach VA. She went on to become a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist in 2013. After her residency, she began working in the Cardiology Department at the James A. Haley VA in 2014. Daily activities include collaboration with the cardiology interdisciplinary team on daily rounds and the clinical pharmacist for the heart failure consult team whose goal is to reduce re-admission rates. She serves as a preceptor for both pharmacy students and PGY-1 residents.

Joseph J. Fierro, Pharm.D., BCACP, is a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist in Ambulatory Care/Specialty Clinics at the James A Haley Veterans’ Hospital.  He earned his Pharm.D. degree from the University of Florida in 2008.  He then completed an ASHP accredited PGY-1 (post-graduate year one) Pharmacy Practice residency at the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System in Gainesville, Florida with emphasis in primary care. Afterward, he pursued an ASHP accredited PGY-2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy residency at the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital in Tampa, Florida.  He currently is a clinical pharmacy specialist in the Anticoagulation clinic, where he also serves as the hospital anticoagulation program manager.  In this position, Dr. Fierro is a practitioner, managing all aspects of outpatient anticoagulation therapy.  He also is a clinical pharmacist of the specialty clinics, working in the resistant hypertension clinic, and also works with many of the Specialty Clinics providing prior authorization, or recommendations for alternative therapy, for non-formulary medication requests.  His emphasis is in rheumatology, GI and pulmonary specialties.  Additionally, Dr. Fierro is an Associate Clinical Professor for the University of South Florida and University of Florida College of Pharmacy and precepts students from colleges of pharmacy on rotation at the Tampa VA.  He also volunteers at the USF-student run clinic (BRIDGE Clinic) and serves as a pharmacist mentor and volunteer providing disease-state management to those underserved patients in the university community area. He earned his board certification as an ambulatory care pharmacist (BCACP) in 2012.  He serves as preceptor for students on their ambulatory care APPE rotation and residents on their ambulatory care, anticoagulation and renal hypertension elective learning experiences.

Jaela Fredenrich, Pharm.D., BCPS, is the ID Pharmacy Program Manager and a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Infectious Diseases at the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital in Tampa, Florida. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Florida, and completed a PGY-1 residency at James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital. She also completed a PGY-2 in Critical Care and served as an assistant clinical professor at the VA North Texas Health Care System and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Pharmacy in Dallas, Texas. She is currently the Director for the PGY-2 Pharmacy Residency in Infectious Diseases at James A. Haley. Her daily responsibilities include overseeing the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, monitoring drug therapy for patients on the Infectious Disease consult service and Outpatient ID clinics, and assisting in teaching medical/pharmacy residents and students. Dr. Fredenrich is a member of the Infection Control Committee, Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee, P&T Committee, VISN 8 HCV and ASP workgroups, and the Residency Advisory Committee. Dr. Fredenrich is also a member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, MAD-ID, and The American Society of Health System Pharmacists. She has published in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. Her professional interests include antimicrobial stewardship and sepsis management in medical and surgical ICU patients. Dr. Fredenrich serves as preceptor for residents and pharmacy students for the ID inpatient consult service, antimicrobial stewardship, and ID Clinics/Hep C.