Meet our Pharmacists!
Not to toot our own horn too loudly, but we have some pretty amazing pharmacists on our team at Designer Drugs. Not only are they friendly and helpful, they are extremely smart and very much on top of their game. We couldn’t be more excited to introduce them all to you and share their expertise with you through our blog.
Randy Davis
Randy is our owner and a pharmacist. With over 35 years of experience, he is a nationally recognized leader in the art of compounding. He earned his B.S. from Lipscomb University in his hometown of Nashville, TN before attending Samford University in Birmingham, AL for pharmacy school. Randy is passionate about working with physicians and their patients to offer the best choices in personalized medicine. He hopes Designer Drugs can serve as a platform for pharmacists to practice in their own style and develop their own brand. Randy is also an avid supporter of Every Eye Will See Him Ministries, which is a medical mission trip organization that provides eye care to Haitian communities. His wife and three daughters are the loves of his life, and he cares deeply about their individual successes. When he isn’t in the office, Randy enjoys singing on the Praise Team at Clear Creek Church in Hixson, TN.
Tanya Manoni
Tanya is a Chattanooga-native, and she left the Scenic City to pursue a BS in professional chemistry at the University of Utah while also competing as an NCAA Division I soccer player. After two years of research for the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry in the area of Breast cancer research specifically progesterone agonized nucleic transport, she realized she wanted to help patients directly, and decided to leave the PhD track and pursued her Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Utah with an emphasis in food and nutrition. She began compounding in 2002 and quickly saw the benefits compounding BHRT offered in women’s health specifically, and this is when she first developed a passion to bring this to women as it wasn’t being taught in Pharmacy or Medical School. While at the University of Utah, she was awarded the Education Research Development Counsel scholarship for her work in women’s health in the Salt Lake City Community. After graduation, she pursued an exciting pharmacy career with Target, and this fulfilled her teamwork and leadership desires that pushed her so far in her soccer career. She was awarded a Pharmacist Counseling Award by the American Pharmacist Association and was interviewed by Pharmacy Times for her work with OTC specialization and counseling for the community she served. Now that she is a perimenopausal woman in her 40’s with kids, she wanted to get back to the community she first fell in love with, the BHRT compounding community! During her limited free time, you can find Tanya spending time outdoors, snowboarding, hiking, or just relaxing at home with her husband, Jesse, and her two children, 9 and 11.
Cassandra Seang
Cassandra Seang joined the Designer Drugs team in 2015. She is from Chattanooga but earned her BS in Chemistry at Georgia State University and Doctor of Pharmacy at Mercer University in Atlanta, GA. While completing her undergraduate degree, Cassandra was introduced to compounding which led to her interest and eventual profession as a pharmacist. As an intern, she worked in a compounding pharmacy; however, upon receiving her PharmD degree, she worked as both a pharmacy manager and staff pharmacist for a chain pharmacy. She currently leads our CatarActive team and enjoys coordinating care for each of these patients. Cassandra and her husband have four young boys and she enjoys traveling and baking.
Taylor Ashton
Born and raised in Chattanooga, Taylor Ashton has been a member of the Designer Drugs family since 2017. After graduating from Baylor School, she attended the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. She decided to pursue a career in pharmacy after her local pharmacist helped her family navigate medications when her father had a heart attack. Taylor has now worked in the pharmacy industry in some capacity for 14 years. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her partner and four dogs. Her hobbies include reading, cooking, and reading about cooking.
Catherine Needham
Catherine is from Chattanooga and joined the Designer Drug team in 2013 after earning her PharmD at Samford University in Birmingham, AL. Catherine consults with patients regarding their hormone levels and makes recommendations to providers for bio-identical hormone replacement therapy. She is also interested in functional/anti-aging medicine, infertility, and dermatology. In addition to serving as a Samford University preceptor to teach 4th-year pharmacy students, Catherine is a worship leader at her church. She and her husband have three young boys and a dog.
Paige Wattenbarger
Paige is originally from Columbia, TN, but earned her BS in Biology at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, TN and PharmD at Samford University in Birmingham, AL. She worked as both pharmacy manager and staff pharmacist for a regional chain for seven years before joining our team. She enjoys sports of all kinds and cheering on the University of Tennessee Vols. Paige and her husband, who is also a pharmacist, have two young boys and a French Bulldog.