Allied Healthcare: Pharmacy Services

Residency Program Personnel

Janjri Desai, Pharm.D., MBA, DPLA.  PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Residency Program Director.
Janjri received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree and MBA from University of the Pacific in 2011. She then pursued a PGY-1 general pharmacy practice residency at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System and remained there as an Inpatient/Outpatient Clinic Pharmacist, after which she took a Medicine/Surgery Pharmacist position at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. Janjri joined Stanford Health Care in December 2015 and is the now the Administrative Director of Pharmacy.

Douglas Del Paggio, Pharm.D., MPA is the Assistant Director overseeing all inpatient hospital operations, and the BOP-designated Pharmacist-in-Charge at Stanford Hospital. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Ohio State University, completed his residency at the Queen’s Medical Center, and received his master’s degree at the University of San Francisco. He transitioned from providing direct clinical services to now overseeing pharmacy in management for over 20 years. He has had the unique opportunity to help open two new hospitals, including Stanford Health Care’s 500P Hospital.

Mark Klanjac, Pharm.D., BCPS, received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from University of the Pacific in 2005. He then pursued a PGY-1 general pharmacy practice residency at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and remained there as an Inpatient Clinical Pharmacist, after which he took an ICU/OR Lead Pharmacist position.  In 2013, Mark became the Residency Program Director and in 2022 became the  Manager Director of Professional Development for the SHC and SHC TriValley Health System.

Jamie Kuo, Pharm.D., BCCCP is the Director of Drug Utilization Management. Her primary focus is driving value-based care and bending the cost curve to ensure affordability and access to the most effective drug therapies for all patients receiving care at Stanford Health Care and Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley. She oversees formulary management in collaboration with the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee (P&T) Committee and Subcommittees. She also has experience in managing pharmacy clinical effectiveness and clinical pharmacy programs. She completed her PGY-1 pharmacy practice residency and PGY-2 critical care specialty residency at Stanford Health Care. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of California, San Francisco.

Cherwyn Nguyen, Pharm.D., BCCCP received her undergraduate degree from University of California, Berkeley and her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from University of California, San Francisco. She completed her pharmacy practice residency and critical care residency at Stanford Health Care. She worked as a critical care pharmacist before transitioning to her current role of medication safety pharmacist.

Elizabeth Oyekan, Pharm.D., FCSHP, CPHQ received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Southern California and Bachelors of Science in Biochemistry from Loma Linda University. She also completed an Administrative and Clinical Residency at Kaiser Permanente and Executive Leadership Program at Harvard University. Elizabeth is a Faculty Member at the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IH). Elizabeth had various executive roles at Kaiser Permanente including Regional Vice President of Operations and Quality, National Quality Leader for Pharmacy, Director of Pharmacy, Administrator for Surgical & Perioperative Services and Population Health Management.  She joined Stanford Health Care in July 2022 and is the Chief Pharmacy Officer for Stanford Health Care and Stanford Health Care-Valley Care