Emily Henderson, PharmD, LDE is the pharmacy consultant for the Kentucky Hospital Association. Henderson has experience in both the community and hospital pharmacy. She has been a pharmacist for over 20 years and is certified in pharmacist-administered immunizations, MTM and naloxone training. Henderson graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy.
Henderson is the project manager for KYSOS and can also be contacted for pharmacy-related questions.
Melanie Landrum is the senior vice president of data, operations, and innovation with the Kentucky Hospital Association. Landrum can be contacted for any data-related questions for KYSOS.
KYSOS Consultant
Marilyn Connors is a Board-certified family physician with 30 years of clinical experience in primary care. She graduated from University of Pennsylvania and holds a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from Rutgers University. She was chief medical officer (CMO) of the Kentucky Primary Care Association (KPCA) and director of clinical integration. She developed an Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) program and worked under the KORE grant to integrate substance use disorder (SUD) treatment with medication (MOUD/MAT) in multiple primary care clinics throughout the state of Kentucky. Dr. Connors was Medical Director at the Big Sandy maximum security prison in Inez, Kentucky. She owned a private solo practice in Abingdon, Va. Prior to that, she worked in rural upstate New York (Cooperstown) at Bassett Hospital System as a Medical Director and Director of Performance and Quality Improvement.
Connors works with outpatient primary care clinics for the KYSOS program.
KYSOS Consultant
Shanna Jaggers, PharmD graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy in 2005. She has experience in both community and clinical pharmacy practice, and is certified in immunizations and naloxone training.
Jaggers works with outpatient primary care clinics for the KYSOS program.
Mary Beth Ecken, PharmD graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy in 2010. She has experience in community and long-term care pharmacy practice. She is devoted to patient care and working in collaboration with other health care professionals to ensure best practices are met.
Ecken works with the KYSOS ED Bridge Program.
