Residency Program Director and Preceptors


Timothy Vink, PharmD, MAOL, BCPS
Staff Development Coordinator
Residency Program Director
Catholic Health of Western New York
Preceptor: Practice Management, Leadership, Research


Melissa Guarino, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Site Coordinator PGY1 Residency Program
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
Preceptor: Emergency Medicine


Renee Puleo, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Site Coordinator PGY1 Residency Program
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
Preceptor: Internal Medicine

Meghan Baldo, PharmD, BCPPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Sisters of Charity Hospital
Preceptor: Neonatal Intensive Care

James Bartlett, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Manager
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
Preceptor: Practice Management

Maria Birke, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
Preceptor: Operations

Christina Bumbalo, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacist
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
Preceptor: Pharmacy Operations

Sarah Buranich, PharmD, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
Preceptor: Critical Care


Benjamin Daigler, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
Preceptor: Infectious Disease


Donald Larson Jr., RPh, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
Preceptor: Cardiology/Critical Care


Stephen Rice, PharmD, BCCCP, CACP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
Preceptor: Critical Care


Emma Studlack, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
Preceptor: Internal Medicine

Edward Swinnich Jr., RPh
Director of Pharmacy Services
Catholic Health of Western New York


Kara Wilcox, PharmD, MBA, BCACP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Catholic Health of Western New York
Preceptor: Ambulatory Care