Meet our team

ITPA E Board Members

2024-2025

Meghan Walsh, PharmD, BCTXP

Past President

Meghan received her PharmD from UIC College of Pharmacy. She completed her PGY1 residency and her SOT PGY2 at RUSH University Medical Center in Chicago, IL. She is currently pracicing as an abdomial transplant pharmacist at Loyola University Medical Center. 

Claire Schmidt PharmD, 

Current President

Claire received her PharmD from Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions. She completed her PGY1 residency at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and PGY-2 at Loyola University Medical Center. She is currently practicing as an abdomial transplant pharmacist at Loyola University Medical Center. 

Rachel Christensen, PharmD

Vice President

Rachel received her PharmD from Wayne State University. She completed her PGY1 residency and her SOT PGY2 at UIC in Chicago, IL. She is currently practicing as a transplant pharmacist at UIC. 

Jamie Benken, PharmD, BCPS

Secretary and Treasurer

Jamie graduated from *** and completed her PGY1 at ***, and her PGY2 in SOT at ***.  She is currently a transplant pharmacist at UIC.

Brendan Steiner, PharmD

Secretary and Treasurer

Brendan graduated from Wilkes Univeristy Nesbitt,  and completed his PGY1 at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and PGY2 in SOT at UCM.  He is currently a transplant pharmacist at UIC.

Abbigale Hampton,

PharmD

PGY-2 Trainee Member

Paula graduated from the Ohio Northern Raabe College of Pharmacy, completed her PGY1 at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center,  and is currently completing her PGY2 in SOT at Rush. 

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