Pharmacy Residency Preceptors
Amanda Altstatt, PharmD, BCACP
Amanda Altstatt, PharmD, BCACP, received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Sciences, with a minor in Spanish, from the University of South Alabama before earning her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy. Following graduation, she completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, where she also completed a Teaching and Learning Certificate Program through the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy. She then returned to the Alabama Gulf Coast to complete a PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency with USA Health Physicians Group, with a focus in Family Medicine.
Dr. Altstatt currently serves as a Clinical Pharmacist at USA Health University Hospital, where she leads the pharmacy’s Transitions of Care program. She also serves as the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program Director, supporting resident development and contributing to the clinical and educational mission of the pharmacy department.
Her professional interests include pharmacy education, anticoagulation, infectious diseases, and ambulatory care, with a focus on optimizing medication therapy for patients with diabetes, heart failure, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. She is passionate about advancing pharmacist-led patient care, developing future pharmacy practitioners, and fostering meaningful learning experiences for students and residents.
Rotation(s) precepted: Orientation; Residency Program Director, providing overall leadership, oversight, and mentorship for the pharmacy residency program
Hallie Bates, PharmD
Hallie Butler, Pharm.D., is a clinical pharmacist specializing in critical care at USA Health University Hospital. Her primary practice site is the neuroscience intensive care unit (NSICU). She currently serves as a primary preceptor for the adult critical care (NSICU) learning experience.
Butler received her Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Mississippi in 2019 and her Doctor of Pharmacy, magna cum laude, from the University of Mississippi College of Pharmacy in 2022. After graduation, she completed a PGY-1 pharmacy residency at CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Her professional interests include critical care, internal medicine, and infectious diseases. In her spare time, she enjoys playing with her two dogs, Milo and Touie, and planning vacations.
Rotation(s) precepted: Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit
Cammie Burgess, BBA, PharmD, MS
Cammie Burgess, B.B.A, PharmD, M.S., is the Clinical Programmer-Pharmacy, Manager, in the Information Technology Department USA Health. She leads the pharmacy IT group and is responsible for maintaining the build of the pharmacy functions for electronic health records and the automated dispensing cabinets.
Burgess earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with an emphasis in accounting and a Doctorate of Pharmacy degree from the University of Louisiana Monroe. She also completed a Master of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which included American Society of Health-System Pharmacy combined PGY1 and PGY2 residencies for Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership.
Before coming to USA Health, she held pharmacy supervisory and managerial roles in other university health systems.
Rotation(s) precepted: Pharmacy Informatics
Allison M. Chung, PharmD, BCPPS, FCCP, FPPA
Dr. Allison Chung is a Clinical Professor for the Department of Pharmacy Practice, at Auburn University, Harrison College of Pharmacy (AUHCOP) and an Adjunct Professor for the Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine at the University of South Alabama (USA) in Mobile, Alabama. She graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Pharmacy and completed her PGY1 residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Subsequently, she completed a Fellowship in Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology/Toxicology at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, OH. She is a Board-Certified Pediatric Pharmacotherapy Specialist.
Dr. Chung has an active clinical practice with the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Chung’s education and scholarly activities have involved optimizing medication dosing and utilization in the PICU and highlighting innovative pediatric education. Her area of expertise or research interests include pediatric pharmacotherapy (asthma, critical care, trauma, supplement use, probiotics, vancomycin, iron), diversity/equity and the Asian American experience, seizure pharmacotherapy, medication adherence, HIV medications, pediatric education and the use of immersive virtual reality in pharmacy education.
She is originally from Hawaii and has an 11-year-old silver labrador.
Rotation(s) precepted: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Olivia Fairley, PharmD
Olivia Fairley, PharmD, is an inpatient pharmacist at USA Health University Hospital. She currently serves as a primary preceptor for Institutional Pharmacy Practice Experience.
Fairley received her Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in 2020. She then completed her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in 2023. Upon graduation, she joined USA Health in her current role.
Her professional interests include oncology, process and quality improvement, and internal medicine. In her free time, she enjoys embroidery, gardening, and spending time with her family—four-legged members included!
Rotation(s) precepted: Institutional Pharmacy Practice
Julia Goudeau Faurie, PharmD, BCPS
Julia Goudeau, PharmD, BCPS, is a clinical pharmacist with burn care and inpatient internal medicine services at USA Health University Hospital. She currently serves as a preceptor for acute care medicine I and adult critical care (BICU) learning experiences.
Goudeau received her Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Mississippi in 2020 and her Doctor of Pharmacy, cum laude, from the University of Mississippi College of Pharmacy in 2023. After graduation, she completed a PGY1 pharmacy residency at USA Health University Hospital. She is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist.
Her professional interests include trauma/burn, internal medicine, and critical care. In her free time, she enjoys playing with her dog Serling, and needlepoint.
Rotation(s) precepted: Acute Care Medicine I, Burn Intensive Care Unit
Ashley Hawthorne, PharmD, BCCCP
Ashley Hawthorne, PharmD, BCCCP, is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy's Mobile Campus. She maintains an active clinical practice in the Trauma ICU at USA Health University Hospital. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy and has practiced in both community and academic health system settings.
Prior to joining Auburn University, she held faculty appointments in pharmacy education and maintained clinical practice in intensive care.
Her professional interests include infectious diseases, anticoagulation, medication safety, and critical care outcomes research. Dr. Hawthorne is an active member of several national organizations, including the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and has served in a variety of leadership and professional service roles.
Rotation(s) precepted: Surgical-Trauma Intensive Care Unit, Research and Project Management
Bobby Helmer, PharmD, BCPS
Bobby Helmer, PharmD, BCPS. is an associate clinical professor in the department of pharmacy practice at the Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy (HCOP) Mobile Campus. At University Hospital, Dr. Helmer practices as a clinical pharmacist with the inpatient internal medicine services. He precepts both Acute Care Medicine I and II for the PGY1 program in addition to many IPPE and APPE students.
Dr. Helmer is a 2010 graduate of the South Carolina College of Pharmacy at MUSC in Charleston, South Carolina. After earning a Doctorate of Pharmacy degree, he completed a combined 24 month PGY1/PGY2 pharmacotherapy residency at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, TN.
His professional interests include liver diseases, infectious disease, and experiential education.
Rotation(s) precepted: Acute Care Medicine I and II
Rachel Lee, PharmD, MBA
Rachel Lee, Pharm.D., M.B.A., is the director of pharmacy at USA Health University Hospital. In this role, she oversees pharmacy services for University Hospital, Mitchell Cancer Institute, in Mobile and Baldwin counties, and USA Commons Infusion Center.
Lee received a bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama and her Doctorate of Pharmacy degree from Samford University’s McWhorter School of Pharmacy. After graduation, she completed a PGY-1 pharmacy residency in Mobile and came to USA Health as the clinical coordinator for University Hospital.
She completed a Master of Business Administration degree at the University of South Alabama Mitchell College of Business in 2013.
She enjoys kayaking, fishing and traveling.
Rotation(s) precepted: Pharmacy Administration
Callie Seales, PharmD, BCPS
Callie Seales, Pharm.D., B.C.P.S., is a clinical pharmacist specializing in infectious diseases at USA Health University Hospital. She primarily works with the inpatient infectious diseases consult team and performs antimicrobial stewardship surveillance throughout the hospital. She will serve as the preceptor for the ID learning experience.
Seales received her Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from Auburn University in 2019 and her Doctor of Pharmacy, summa cum laude, from Auburn University’s Harrison College of Pharmacy in 2022. After graduation, she completed a combined PGY-1/PGY-2 pharmacotherapy residency at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, TX. She is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist, and her areas of interest include infectious diseases, internal medicine, and academia.
Rotation(s) precepted: Infectious Diseases
Sean Smithgall, PharmD, MBA, BCACP
Sean Smithgall, PharmD, MBA, earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy in 2014 and later completed a Master of Business Administration at Auburn University. He completed a PGY1 at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania, in 2015 and a PGY2 in Ambulatory Care at East Tennessee State University in 2016, with a focus on transitions of care. Dr. Smithgall subsequently joined the Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy, where he currently serves as an Associate Clinical Professor.
Dr. Smithgall practices in ambulatory care family medicine at the University of South Alabama Family Medicine Clinic, where he focuses on chronic disease management and improving care transitions across healthcare settings. His clinical interests include chronic disease management, and his research interests include interprofessional education and Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) syndrome.
Rotation(s) precepted: Ambulatory Care Longitudinal, Ambulatory Care Intensive (Family Medicine focus)
Nina Stewart, PharmD
Nina Stewart, PharmD is the clinical pharmacist at USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital in Mobile, Alabama. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy in 2022 and completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. During her residency, she completed the Resident Teaching Certificate Program through the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Stewart provides clinical pharmacy services across a broad range of pediatric patient populations and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams throughout the hospital. Her professional interests include general pediatric medicine, pediatric intensive care, medication safety, and quality improvement. She leads initiatives focused on policy development, medication-use processes, and staff education to enhance patient care and safety. Stewart is actively involved in professional pharmacy organizations at the local, state, and national levels, currently serving as Treasurer of the Bay Area Health-System Pharmacy Society.
Rotation(s) precepted: General Pediatrics
Linda Tran, PharmD, BCPS
Linda Tran, Pharm.D., B.C.P.S., is a clinical pharmacist specializing in critical care at USA Health University Hospital. Her primary practice site is the medical intensive care unit (MICU). She currently serves as a primary preceptor for the adult critical care (MICU) learning experience and a co-preceptor for the emergency medicine learning experience.
Dr. Tran received her Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from Auburn University in 2019 and her Doctor of Pharmacy, summa cum laude, from the Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy in 2022. After graduation, she completed a PGY1 pharmacy residency at USA Health University Hospital. She is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist.
Her professional interests include critical care, emergency medicine, infectious diseases, informatics, and academia. She is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, Alabama Society of Health-System Pharmacists, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.
Rotation(s) precepted: Medical Intensive Care Unit
Kate Dorsten Watterson, PharmD
Kate Dorsten Watterson, Pharm.D., is a clinical pharmacist specializing in emergency medicine at USA Health University Hospital, the region’s level 1 trauma center and certified stroke center. She currently offers an emergency medicine learning experience.
She received her Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences with a minor in Sport Coaching from Auburn University in 2020 and her Doctor of Pharmacy from Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy in 2023. After graduation, she completed a PGY1 pharmacy residency at USA Health University Hospital, where she discovered her passion for critical care, process improvement, and informatics. During this time, she completed the Harrison College of Pharmacy’s Resident Teaching and Learning Program, Academic Track. Watterson also served as a member of the American Society of Health System Pharmacist’s New Practitioners Forum on the Personal Development Advisory Group.
In her free time, she enjoys teaching group fitness classes and baking bread.
Rotation(s) precepted: Emergency Medicine