Kim Feese, RPh, MHA
Market Director of Pharmacy, St. Joseph Health
[email protected]
P: 979-776-2507
Kimberly Feese is the Director of Pharmacy for the St. Joseph Health market, encompassing pharmacy services at two acute care hospitals, St. Joseph Health Regional Hospital and College Station Hospital and three critical access hospitals in Caldwell, Navasota and Madisonville. She earned her Bachelor of Science, Pharmacy degree from the University of Maryland and her Masters in Healthcare Administration from New England College. She has diverse management experience in many pharmacy settings including community, long-term care, critical access hospital, and acute care hospital pharmacy with responsibilities including oversight of operations, performance improvement, regulatory compliance, automation optimization, multidisciplinary collaboration, 340b programs, budget management and purchasing.
She enjoys spending her free time with family, especially her four adorable grandchildren.
Jessica Jones, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Manager, Residency Program Director and Preceptor
Dr. Jones received her Bachelor degree in Chemistry from Texas A&M University and a Doctor of Pharmacy from University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy. She completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency in Tucson, Arizona at the Southern Arizona Veteran’s Affair Health Care System. Afterwards, she returned to her home town and joined St. Joseph Health as a clinical staff pharmacist in 2010, advancing to the role of critical care pharmacy specialist in 2012 and then clinical pharmacy manager in 2016.
Jessica is a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist with specialized interest in critical care and infectious disease. She leads the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and Pain Management Program at St. Joseph Health, as well as facilitating Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee meetings. Her clinical practice involves multidisciplinary rounding with the trauma surgery/critical care multidisciplinary team and well as being a member of Critical Care Committee, Cardiac Service Line committee, Maternal-Child Committee, NICU Multi-disciplinary Committee, and Nutrition Committee. Additionally, she is engaged in pharmacy practice development on a national level as a contributing member to CommonSpirit System Clinical Pharmacy Team, and Infectious disease/ASP System Clinical Pharmacy and Critical Care System Clinical Pharmacy subcommittees.
She is an adjunct clinical assistance professor at Texas A&M University Rangel College of Pharmacy, precepting students in infectious disease and trauma/critical care rotations. She also serves the university by being a participating member of Experiential Education Committee and Preceptor Advisory Committee.
In addition to her passion for pharmacy, she enjoys watercolor painting, tailgating at Aggie football games and spending time with her family.
Derek Harvick, PharmD
Pharmacy Operations Manager Residency Preceptor
Dr. Harvick received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Science from Texas A&M University and a Doctor of Pharmacy from University of Houston. In 2012, he joined St. Joseph Health as a Clinical Staff Pharmacist, and since 2014, he has served as Pharmacy Operations Manager at St. Joseph Health Regional Hospital. As pharmacy operations manager, he is responsible for pharmacy workflow, staffing productivity, process improvement, medication safety, and regulatory compliance. He is a graduate of the Six Sigma Lean Black Belt program and involved member of our Process Improvement team, teaching lean processes and leading others through process improvement projects.
Additionally, he is an adjunct assistant professor at Texas A&M University Rangel College of Pharmacy and precepts students in pharmacy administration, advanced institutional pharmacy, and introductory hospital rotations. His interests center around leadership development, management and process improvement.
Derek enjoys various sporting activities, driving winding roads, and, most of all, spending time in the outdoors.
Jency Varickattu, PharmD, BCPS
Critical Care, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Residency Preceptor
Dr. Varickattu received a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from MCPHS in Boston, Massachusetts after initially earning a Bachelor of Pharmacy from Manipal College of Pharmacy in India. She is currently licensed to practice pharmacy in Texas, Michigan, and Ontario, Canada. Jency is a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist as well as a certified ASHP Sterile Compounding Instructor.
Her clinical practice is specialized in critical care and trauma, as well as contributing in multidisciplinary rounding with stroke services and palliative care team. She serves as an integral member of the Critical Care Committee and the Pain Management Committee.
She enjoys her free time taking evening walks with her husband and learning Odissi, an Indian classical dance.
Koren Dunn, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Internal Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor with Pharmacy Practice Texas A&M University, Rangel College of Pharmacy
Dr. Dunn received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University and Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Texas A&M College of Pharmacy. She completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency in Temple, Texas at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center. Afterwards, she completed an Academic Pharmacy Fellowship at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy.
Dr. Dunn is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Texas A&M College of Pharmacy and an Internal Medicine Clinical Pharmacist at St. Joseph Health. Her clinical practice involves multidisciplinary rounding with the family medicine team. She also serves as a member of the Anticoagulation Stewardship Program and Residency Advisory Committee.
Dr. Dunn is passionate about developing the next generation of pharmacists by combining teaching, research, and patient care. Her clinical interests include internal medicine, cardiology, and infectious diseases. Her research interests include expansion of clinical pharmacy services, quality improvement in the hospital setting, innovative teaching and assessment strategies, and professional identity formation in student pharmacists.
In addition to her passion for pharmacy, Dr. Dunn enjoys spending time with her family and dog, watching A&M sports, traveling, and doing activities outdoors such as hiking, kayaking, and paddleboarding.
Nephy Samuel, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Assistant Professor with Pharmacy Practice, Texas A&M University College of Pharmacy Faculty, Residency Preceptor, St. Joseph Health
Dr. Samuel received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Texas &M Health Science Center, Rangel College of Pharmacy in 2014 and completed a PGY1/PGY2 Pharmacotherapy Specialty Residency at Texas Tech University Health Center. She is a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Texas A&M University, Rangel College of Pharmacy. With a passion for developing students and residents through innovative teaching and research, she currently rounds with our family medicine team at St. Joseph Health and concentrates her clinical interests in adult internal medicine, neurology and pain management.
McKinsey Ford, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist, Sterile Compounding, Adjunct Assistant Professor with Pharmacy Practice Texas A&M University, Rangel College of Pharmacy
Dr. Ford received her Bachelor of Science degree in biomedical science with a minor in psychology from Texas A&M University in 2010 and a Doctorate of Pharmacy from University of Houston in 2014.
Her career has been quite diverse in a short period of time, beginning in retail pharmacy as a Pharmacist-in-Charge with Target before then serving as Director of Pharmacy for two different inpatient behavioral health hospitals and eventually landing at St. Joseph Regional initially as a Clinical Pharmacist I and now her current role as IV room pharmacist. She is passionate about medication safety, process improvement, and well-being and resiliency. In addition, she is very passionate about teaching and serves as an adjunct assistant professor at Texas A&M University Rangel College of Pharmacy precepting students in advanced institutional pharmacy as well as providing guest lectures at the college upon request and assisting with the sterile compounding course lab.
During her free time, McKinsey enjoys spending quality time with her fiancé, family, and friends, as well as reading, baking, dancing, running, playing pickleball, and watching various sporting activities.
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