Pharmacy Management Team

Amber Ng, Pharm.D.

Assistant Director of Operations – Sterile Compounding

Education and Training:

  • Doctor of Pharmacy: Rutgers University – Piscataway, NJ
  • PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency: The Mount Sinai Hospital – New York, NY
  • PGY-2 Oncology Residency: Emory Healthcare – Atlanta, GA

Joined Mount Sinai Hospital: 2011

Melissa Brega, Pharm.D.

Assistant Director of Pharmacy Operations – Inpatient, Operating Rooms, and Emergency Department

Education and Training:

  • Doctor of Pharmacy: Northeastern University – Boston, MA

Joined Mount Sinai Hospital: 2012

John Choi, PharmD

Assistant Director of Pharmacy Operations – Automation & Distribution

Education and Training:

  • Rutgers University, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy – Piscataway, NJ
  • PGY-1: Hunterdon Medical Center – Flemington, NJ
  • PGY-2 HSPAL: Yale New Haven Hospital – New Haven, CT

Joined Mount Sinai Hospital: 2021

David Ong, Pharm.D.

Assistant Director of Operations – Ambulatory Infusion Pharmacy

Education and Training:

  • St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences – Queens, NY

Joined Mount Sinai Hospital: 2011

Peter Paxos, MS, BCPS

Director of Pharmacy Operations

Education and Training:

  • Bachelors of Pharmacy: St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences – Queens, NY
  • Masters of Pharmacotherapeutics – St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences – Queens, NY

Joined Mount Sinai Hospital: 1996

Gina Caliendo, Pharm.D., BCPS

Senior Director of Pharmacy

Education and Training:

  • Bachelors in Pharmacy, St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences – Queens, NY
  • Doctor of Pharmacy, St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences – Queens, NY
  • Drug Information Residency, Roche Laboratories – Nutley, NJ

Joined Mount Sinai Hospital: 1993

Alina Fain, Pharm.D.

Assistant Director of Pharmacy Operations - Perioperative Services

Education and Training:

  • Doctor of Pharmacy, Long Island University, The Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy - Brooklyn, NY

Joined Mount Sinai Hospital: 2018

Sara Radparvar, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCCP

Director, PGY1 Pharmacy Residency
Director, Clinical Pharmacy Services

Education and Training:

  • Doctor of Pharmacy: Rutgers University - Piscataway, NJ
  • PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - Worcester, MA
  • PGY-2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center - Worcester, MA

Joined Mount Sinai Hospital: 2018

Grace Jiang, Pharm.D., BCOP

Assistant Director of Operations - Ambulatory Infusion Pharmacy

Education and Training:

  • Doctor of Pharmacy: University of the Sciences – Philadelphia, PA
  • PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency: The Mount Sinai Hospital – New York, NY

Joined Mount Sinai Hospital: 2012

Shaydul Hassan, B. S. , Pharm.D.

Assistant Director of Pharmacy Operations - Perioperative Services

Education and Training:

  • Doctor of Pharmacy, South College School of Pharmacy - Knoxville, TN
  • PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency: The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

Joined Mount Sinai Hospital: 2016

Ashley Iacoviello, Pharm.D., MSCM, MSOL

Assistant Director of Pharmacy Operations - Adult Satellites

Education and Training:

  • Doctor of Pharmacy, MSPHS University School of Pharmacy - Worcester, MA
  • PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency: Baystate Medical Center - Springfield, MA
  • PGY-2 Pharmacy Residency: Baystate Medical Center - Springfield, MA

Joined Mount Sinai Hospital: 2024