Our Preceptors

Stephanie Bird, PharmD, BCCCP
Program Director, PGY1 Pharmacy Residency
Clinical Pharmacy Manager
Email: sbird@houstonmethodist.org

From: Bartlesville, OK
PharmD, University of Houston, Houston, TX
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL

Fun Fact
• Loves dogs (especially dachshunds), currently has two dogs and previously involved in Dachshund rescue
• Has three younger sisters

Sruti Patel, PharmD, BCPS
Residency Program Coordinator, PGY1 Pharmacy Residency
Senior Pharmacy Clinical Specialist, Critical Care
Email: spatel3@houstonmethodist.org

From: Houston, TX
PharmD, University of Houston, Houston, TX
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX
PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX

Fun Fact: First winner of HMW Pharmacy bake-off

Aamer Attaar, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Pharmacy Clinical Specialist, IMU/Cardiology
Email: aattaar@houstonmethodist.org

From: Plainsboro, NJ
PharmD, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, Somerville, NJ
PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency, Ascension Seton, Austin, TX

Fun Fact: Black belt in Taekwondo

Echefula Agbara, PharmD, MS
Director of Pharmacy
Email: eiagbara@houstonmethodist.org

From:  Houston, TX
BS Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston, TX
PharmD, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AK
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency. University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston; Galveston, TX
MS Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center; Houston, TX

Fun Fact
• Name means “don’t forget”
• Played chess for Houston Chess Association

Courtney Brailsford, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Pharmacy Clinical Specialist, Internal Medicine, Neonatal ICU
Email:cjbrailsford@houstonmethodist.org

Clement Chung, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP
Senior Pharmacy Clinical Specialist, Hematology/Oncology
Email:  ctchung@houstonmethodist.org

From:  Seattle, WA
PharmD, University of Washington

Fun Fact

• Owned an old-fashioned microscope, dissection sets, 100+ histologic slides from my early days in medicine. I still remain a big fan in pathology!

Ervin Lopez, PharmD, BCCCP
Pharmacy Clinical Specialist, Emergency Medicine
Email: elopez7@houstonmethodist.org

From: Houston, TX
PharmD, Texas Tech University
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Harris Health System, Houston, TX

Fun Fact
• Named after a famous Laker’s point guard
• Known as a cat dad, for once housing 7 cats
• Can recite every spoken line from Toy Story 2 

Ihsan Muhsin, PharmD
Pharmacy Clinical Specialist, Emergency Medicine
Email: imuhsin@houstonmethodist.org

From: Baghdad, Iraq
PharmD, Texas A&M University
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Memorial Hermann Greater Heights and Southeast Hospital, Houston, TX
PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency, Baylor Scott and White Medical Center, Temple, TX

Fun Fact: Working on my skydiving license

Christiana Ogunwale, PharmD
Pharmacy Clinical Specialist, Internal Medicine/Transitional Care 
Email: ctogunwale@houstonmethodist.org

From: Houston, TX
PharmD, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Worcester, MA
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System, Texarkana, TX

Fun Fact
• Love Asian cuisine
• Stopping by at a local museum is always on the “to-do” list when visiting a new location

Joy Omotunwashe, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Clinical Specialist, Internal Medicine
Email: jnwoke@houstonmethodist.org

From: Lawrenceville, GA
PharmD, Mercer University College of Pharmacy, Atlanta, GA
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX

Fun Fact: Children’s book author

Christy Su, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP
Senior Pharmacy Clinical Specialist, Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship
Email: cpsu@houstonmethodist.org

From: Dallas, TX
PharmD, University of Houston, Houston, TX
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY
PGY2 Infectious Disease Pharmacy Residency, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY

Fun Fact: I make cooking videos with my daughter

Andy Wong, PharmD
Pharmacy Administrative Specialist
Performance Excellence Clinical Specialist
Email: awong3@houstonmethodist.org

From: Houston, TX
PharmD, Texas A&M College of Pharmacy, Kingsville, TX
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Harris Health System, Houston, TX

Fun Fact: Coffee lover

Angela Yu, PharmD
Pharmacy Clinical Specialist, Med/Surg
Email: asyu@houstonmethodist.org

From: San Fernando Valley, California
PharmD, University of Texas 
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Hillcrest Medical Center, Tulsa, OK
PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency, IU Health, Indianapolis, IN

Fun Fact: Collects mugs from every city visited