WA Branch | Speed networking night
Wed 29 Apr 2026

WA Branch | Speed networking night

Branch

The WA Branch invites you to their Speed Networking Night!

This event is a networking opportunity for pharmacy students and ECPs to explore the different hospital pharmacy avenues. Attendees will be given the opportunity to ask mentors in different fields of practice questions regarding their careers and the day-to-day work each specialty entails.

Time: 6pm-8pm AWST 

Venue: L5 East Collegiate Lounge, Perth Children's Hospital, 15 Hospital Ave, Nedlands 6009

This event is an in-person event. 

Members   

Non-members

Registration price   

$15 incl GST 

$40 incl GST

Operations

Vincent Castejohn - Pharmacist (SCGH)

Vincent is currently working at SCGH as one of the Pre-Admission Clinic Pharmacists. He transitioned to hospital pharmacy in May 2025 after interning in community pharmacy during 2024 and has thoroughly enjoyed the last 10 months as both an Inpatient Dispensary Pharmacist, Acting Inpatient Dispensary Pharmacist in Charge and most recently Ward Pharmacist. This diversity of roles has given him a solid insight in hospital pharmacy operations, medication procurement, policies/legislation, medication safety, mentoring and on the ground clinical training. He looks forward to sharing the amazing and lifelong opportunities that hospital pharmacy can offer!

Izzy Misa - A/Senior Pharmacist, Inpatient Services (RPH)

Izzy began her career as an intern pharmacist at Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) in 2024, gaining experience across clinical pharmacy, inpatient and outpatient dispensaries, and sterile compounding. Following her internship, worked in Infectious Diseases Ambulatory Care at RPH, where she developed a strong interest in antimicrobial stewardship and patient-centred care. She then undertook rural experience across hospitals in the Wide Bay region of Queensland, which strengthened her adaptability and deepened her passion for pharmacy practice.

These experiences led her to her current role as a Senior Pharmacist in Inpatient Pharmacy Services at Royal Perth Hospital. In this role, she combines clinical practice with leadership and management responsibilities, including service development, implementation of procedures, staff training, and workforce coordination.

Ayla Domenech - A/ Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Inpatient Services (SJOG Subiaco)

Ayla is an early career Pharmacist who completed her internship in 2021 at SJOG Subiaco and has since worked across the areas of clinical (surgical), dispensary, and aseptic and cytotoxic compounding.

In February, their Deputy Chief Pharmacist of Inpatient Services went on maternity leave, so she was asked to fill that position until June 2026!

Angela Dennis - A/ Supervisor Pharmacist, Outpatient Pharmacy (SCGH)

Angela is a pharmacist currently working at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.

In 2023, she completed her internship at Northam Hospital, where she gained exposure to a broad range of clinical pharmacy skills in a regional setting.

She commenced her career as a pharmacist at SCGH in 2024, initially working in the inpatient dispensary for approximately 9 months and then transitioned to the outpatient dispensary, where she progressed into a Second-in-Charge (2IC) role after around 3 months.

Since then, she has been acting as a Supervisor Pharmacist for the past 8 months, overseeing daily operations, supporting staff development, and contributing to workflow optimisation within a high-volume outpatient setting. This experience has allowed her to develop leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills, particularly in managing complex dispensing, team coordination, and patient-centered care.

Manufacturing

Renee Ioppolo - Senior Pharmacist, Clinical Trials Lead (SJOG Subiaco)

Renee directs pharmacy services for clinical trials, overseeing procurement, drug storage and distribution, dispensing, and manufacturing. The role is also patient-facing, involving medication history taking during screening activities and medication counselling. Additional responsibilities include managing, reviewing, and/or building clinical trial protocols into the Oncology Information Management System (CHARM) and iPharmacy.

She is also a member of the hospital’s Research Governance Committee, overseeing site feasibility and discussing the appropriateness of trials conducted at the site in line with hospital values.

Holly Dixon - Supervisor Pharmacist, Compounding (FSH)

Holly started her pharmacy career as an intern pharmacist at FSH in 2016 experiencing all the different areas of hospital pharmacy, finding an affinity for operational pharmacy. She worked as a pharmacist in the Outpatient Dispensary, Acute Medical Unit and Compounding pharmacy at FSH over the next 2-3 years and acted in a Senior Pharmacist role in Compounding for just under a year. When the opportunity came up to cover and eventually apply for the Compounding Supervisor role at FSH she was very eager to take part as she had enjoyed the close teamwork and variable work type of compounding pharmacy. She has then worked as the Compounding Supervisor pharmacist since 2019, specialising in cytotoxic and immunotherapy compounding and having an interest in teaching and leadership. She also spent some time acting as the Deputy Chief Pharmacist – Operations for about 18 months recently.
Maddy Steinberg – Senior Pharmacist, Virtual Services (WACHS)

Maddy completed her internship at Royal Perth Hospital in 2019 and spent five years there as a pharmacist before moving to Sydney to work at Royal North Shore Hospital. She has broad experience across inpatient and outpatient dispensaries, clinical trials and SAS, sterile manufacturing, and a range of clinical wards including neurology, spinal rehabilitation, acute medication unit, vascular surgery and plastic surgery.

She also served as the Health Incident Coordination Lead Pharmacist at RPH during the rollout of the COVID‑19 and monkeypox vaccination clinics and acted as Supervising Pharmacist for the sterile manufacturing suites, which has been my primary area of practice.

She is currently working as a virtual clinical pharmacist with WA Country Health Service, providing care across inpatient and outpatient settings and undertaking training in partnered charting.
Lisa Rose – Senior Pharmacist, Virtual Services (WACHS)

Lisa graduated from Curtin University in 2018 and completed her internship at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) in 2019. Following internship, she remained at SCGH until 2025, where she gained broad experience across a range of hospital pharmacy roles.

At SCGH, she rotated through several clinical areas, with a primary focus on ICU, Emergency Department, and General Medicine, working as a partnered charting pharmacist. She also spent time in the Aseptic Services Unit, where she was involved in the preparation and coordination of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and total parenteral nutrition (TPN).

She currently works with WA Country Health Service (WACHS) as a Virtual Clinical Pharmacist. In this role, she delivers clinical pharmacy services to rural and remote communities, supporting improved access to care and enhancing healthcare outcomes in regional areas.

Clinical

Niki Ferreira - Virtual Clinical Pharmacist (WACHS)

Having worked in hospital pharmacy for over 10 years, Niki naturally transitioned from a clinical pharmacist into quality improvement roles where she experienced the value of developing therapeutic relationships with patients, carers and providers in all care settings across public and private sectors and evolved her practice to pharmacy service design, scope of practice evolution, quality improvement (QI), and education.

With her passion for patient-centred care and governance, her first formal project role involved creating and implementation of the WA Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Statewide Pharmacy Service (SWPS) – a unique pharmacy service and established the specialised VAD pharmacist role. More recently at WACHS, she extended her experience in change management and clinical re-design. Leaning into digitalisation of health services, she championed the eMedication rollout in the Palliative Care team and designed and implemented the Essential Medications for Palliative Patients Accessing Treatment at Home (EMPPATH) project utilising existing regional WACHS and community pharmacy networks within a tight budget and limited human resources.

Her experience in pharmacy projects ranges from exploring new ideas, writing winning pitches and business case to project planning, implementing and evaluation.

John Soggee - Deputy Chief Pharmacist (PCH)

John is a paediatric oncology pharmacist and currently a Deputy Chief Pharmacist at Perth Children’s Hospital, where he leads across quality and safety, clinical services, and research. His portfolio spans medicines information, investigational drugs, medication safety, community services, infectious diseases, mental health, oncology and haematology, and medical and surgical specialties. A big focus of his role is shaping positive workplace culture through values-based leadership, alongside supporting safe, high-quality care across the health service. He has been fortunate to gain experience across east, north and south metropolitan health services in WA, which has really shaped how he approaches patient care and collaboration. Along the way, he has also had opportunities to be involved in research and present at conferences, as well as visit and collaborate with leading international centres like St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Tennessee, SickKids in Canada, and Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York. He has been very lucky to have strong networks and mentors who have supported and guided development throughout my career, and to work alongside an incredible pharmacy team who are among the best in the profession. His journey hasn’t been perfectly smooth – it’s taken persistence, learning from setbacks, and saying yes to opportunities – but he has found a career he genuinely loves. What keeps him motivated is being part of a team that helps kids get back to just being kids living their healthiest life, and he is passionate about supporting the next generation of pharmacists to find their own path in a profession with so many possibilities.

Alice Hashiguchi - Clinical Pharmacist (RPH)

Alice is a clinical pharmacist at Royal Perth Hospital with experience in specialist roles including Infectious Diseases, Medicines Information Centre, Drugs and Therapeutics Committee, now working in the Intensive Care Unit.
Amelia Santoro – Senior Pharmacist, Emergency Medicine (FSH)

Amelia is currently the Emergency Medicine Specialist Pharmacist at Fiona Stanley Hospital. She has extensive hospital pharmacy experience across a wide range of areas including emergency medicine, intensive care, general and specialty wards, aseptic compounding and electronic medication management. Her areas of interest include critical care, emergency medicine, and leadership.

Leadership

Katie Jodrell - Acting Chief Pharmacist (SJOG Subiaco)

Katie started out exactly where many of you are—working in community pharmacy here in Perth—before heading over to the UK to dive into clinical life within some of the busiest NHS hospitals.

When she returned to Perth,  she specialised in clinical pharmacy and Antimicrobial Stewardship but eventually realised that her favourite part of the job was helping others grow. That led her to establish our staff development role and move into leadership; She is currently the Acting Chief Pharmacist after a stint as Deputy Chief.

She is a big believer in staying involved with the wider profession, so have also spent time:

· Working as a sessional academic and an intern preceptor.

· Developing APC intern exams and acting as an AHPRA examiner.

· Working at the Poisons Information Centre, conducting Home Medicines Reviews, reviewing pharmacy textbooks and as an accreditation assessor for pharmacy programs.

Vaughan Clark – Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Clinical Services (SCGH)

Vaughan  is the Deputy Chief Pharmacist (Clinical Services) at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, where he provides strategic and operational leadership across a broad range of inpatient and specialty clinical pharmacy services. He has a strong interest in medication safety, quality improvement, and service redesign in complex tertiary health settings. Vaughan works closely with multidisciplinary teams to support evidence‑based practice, workforce capability, and the delivery of high‑quality patient‑centred care.

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Kelly Ditchburn – Supervisor Pharmacist, Virtual Clinical Services (WACHS)

Kelly is a Supervisor Pharmacist with the Virtual Clinical Pharmacy (VCP) team at WA Country Health Services (WACHS), with experience across hospital, regional, and rural pharmacy practice in Western Australia, as well as interstate and overseas settings. In her current role, Kelly supports the delivery of virtual clinical pharmacy services to regional hospitals, contributing to medication safety, clinical workflows, and the coordination of care through models such as telehealth and pharmacist‑partnered charting.

Kelly has worked across a variety of hospital environments and enjoys supporting pharmacy students, interns, and early‑career pharmacists as they explore hospital pharmacy careers. She has a strong interest in leadership development, building confidence in clinical practice, and helping others understand the diverse and evolving opportunities within hospital and virtual pharmacy.

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