TTUHSC Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy Students Celebrate Residency Assignments on Match Day

• By Meaghan Collier
• April 24, 2025
• Education

Fourth-year Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy students interested in completing a residency after they graduate in May have learned where they will spend the next stage of their training during Pharmacy Residency Match Day.

“A pharmacy residency is a post-graduate training program designed to provide knowledge and experience that pharmacy providers need in order to face challenges in today's complex and ever-changing health care environment,” Krystal Edwards, Pharm.D., professor and associate dean for career development, said. “First-year residencies help train pharmacy practitioners by building upon skills gained during pharmacy school and their professional identity; second year residencies foster growth and development of a specialized skill set in a specific area of pharmacy practice.”

A total of 5,681 applicants from across the country applied for one-year postgraduate year (PGY-1) residency programs, and 81% were successfully matched. A combined 36 students from all four TTUHSC Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy campuses participated in the program. In total, 27 students were successfully matched; one student obtained a residency through the Indian Health System outside the match for a total of 28 students who will go on to complete PGY-1 residency training. 

PGY-1 Pharmacy

• Janelle Agolue – Children’s National Hospital, Washington, D.C.
• Aava Azad – Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston
• Chandler Batson – Medical University of South Carolina – MUSC Health, Charleston, S.C.
• Som Bahadory – VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas
• Felicia Chavez – Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, Temple, Texas
• Faith Collum – Methodist Charlton Medical Center, Dallas
• Hannah Gorczyca – UofL Health – UofL Hospital, Louisville, Ky.
• Chloe Grabenhorst – Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas, Dallas
• Irina Gradinaru – Medical City Plano, Plano, Texas
• Taygan Henderson – Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston
• Brayden Key – Covenant Health System, Lubbock, Texas
• Ronnie McCarty – South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio
• Khadijah Mohiuddin – Methodist Richardson Hospital, Richardson, Texas
• Afsana Musharof – Dallas Children’s Medical Center, Dallas
• Alán Nguyen – Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, Norfolk, Va.
• Brenda Ortiz – Cook Children’s Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas
• Olivia Reeb – Dallas Children’s Medical Center, Dallas
• Michaela Reynolds – Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, Temple, Texas
• Senco Selimovic – Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas
• Elijah Singh – Medical City Plano, Plano, Texas
• Atik Syed – Norman Regional Health System, Norman, Okla.
• Kim Tu – JPS Health Network, Fort Worth, Texas
• Sritej Veeramachaneni – Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, Cheyenne, Wyo.
• Patrick Williams – Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas
• Huiyan Yang – Lovelace Medical Center, Albuquerque, N.M.
• Joel Zapata – Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Fla.

PGY-1 Community

• Jamie Nguyen – Baylor Health Enterprises, Dallas

PGY-1 Indian Health Services

• Jonathan Chavez – Northern Navajo Medical Center, Shiprock, N.M.

Additionally, 11 TTUHSC Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy alumni successfully matched with PGY-2 programs. 

PGY-2 Residency

• Vivian Ho – Pediatrics, Cook Children’s Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas
• Bryan Hoang – Oncology, Harris Health System, Houston
• Lindsay Johnson – Critical Care, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
• Parker Lenheiser – Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
• Brandon McCormick – Critical Care, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas
• Traylor Moses – Oncology, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center–Aurora Health Care Metro, Milwaukee, Wis.
• Cheyanna Petty – Pediatrics, Cook Children’s Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas
• Vivian Pham – Solid Organ Transplant, CHI St. Luke’s Health/Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Houston
• Danh Phan – Infectious Diseases, Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center, Houston
• Jacob Sanchez – Critical Care, Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas, Dallas
• Andy Shi – Oncology, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa

“We are all so very excited and extremely proud of our students and alumni who matched,” Edwards said. “They have each put in a lot of work and preparation to get where they are today. I look forward to seeing where they end up and their future accomplishments after their residency training.”