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Pediatric Pharmacy Residency PGY2

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PGY-2 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and PGY-1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in specialized areas of practice. PGY-2 residencies provide residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care or other advanced practice settings. Residents who successfully complete an accredited PGY-2 pharmacy residency are prepared for advanced patient care, academic, or other specialized positions, along with board certification (BCPPS).

Emphasis will be placed on evidence-based medication management, communication, lifelong learning, leadership and patient safety in the unique setting of a children’s hospital (rotations will be primarily at the Akron campus but with opportunities at the Mahoning Valley campus as well).

  • Assist with precepting pharmacy students from Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)
  • Staffing component on every third weekend and two four-hour evening shifts per month including coverage of one major and one minor holiday
  • One position available
  • Prepare for a clinical pharmacy specialist position within a pediatric setting
  • Submitted for ASHP Pre-Candidate status

Core Rotations:

  • Orientation (4 weeks)
  • Emergency Medicine (Akron and Mahoning Valley for a total of 6 weeks)
  • General Pediatrics (4 weeks)
  • Hematology/Oncology (4 weeks)
  • Infectious Diseases (4 weeks)
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Akron, 4 weeks)
  • Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (4 weeks)
  • Research (3 weeks)
  • Electives (three 4-week rotations)

Longitudinal Core Rotations:

  • Ambulatory Care clinic (one 4-hour clinic once a week, 12 months)
  • Medication Safety (longitudinal experiences for 4 scheduled weeks throughout the year)
  • NEOMED Teaching Certificate – Track 2 (12 months)
  • Pharmacy Staffing (12 months)
  • Research (12 months)

Potential Elective Rotations (based on availability):

The director and preceptors recognize the importance of tailoring the experiences to the resident’s personal career goals. Potential elective rotations include:

  • Academia
  • Ambulatory Care/Specialty Pharmacy
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Bone Marrow Transport
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (at Aultman in Canton or Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Office Building of Boardman)
  • Pharmacy Management/Leadership
  • Repeat core rotation

Longitudinal Activities:

  • BLS (Basic Life Support) and PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support)
  • ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support, optional)
  • Two journal club presentations (fall and spring)
  • Two formal 60-minute presentations (patient case and controversial topic)
  • Research project
  • Drug use evaluation or clinical guideline (determined by needs of department)

Click below to RSVP for our Nov.15 virtual open house to learn more about our program, meet our preceptors and ask questions. 

Chelsea Cooley, PharmD, BCPPS

  • Role at ACH: PGY-2 Pediatric Residency Program Director & Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Emergency Medicine (Akron)          
    • Rotations precepted: Emergency Medicine (Akron, co-preceptor)
  • Colleges/Universities Attended:
    • Seton Hill University, Greensburg, Pennsylvania; B.S. in Biology
    • Lake Eric College of Osteopathic Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Eric, Pennsylvania; Doctor of Pharmacy
  • Postgraduate Training:
    • PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at Parkview Health, Fort Wayne, Indiana
    • PGY-2 Pediatrics Residency at Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • Clinical Interests: Sedation, Traumatic Brain Injury, Sepsis, Infectious Disease

Jennifer Bonvechio, PharmD, BCPPS

  • Role at ACH: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Medication Safety
    • Rotations precepted: Medication Safety (Longitudinal)
  • Colleges/Universities Attended: 
    • Ohio Northern University, Raabe College of Pharmacy, Ada, Ohio; Doctor of Pharmacy
  • Clinical Interests: Medication Safety, Infusion Pumps, Quality Improvement, Interdisciplinary Teams

Jamee Colucci, PharmD

  • Role at ACH: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Pediatric Pulmonary
  • Colleges/Universities Attended:
    • Kent State University, Kent, Ohio; Bachelor of Science
    • Northeast Ohio Medical University, College of Pharmacy, Rootstown, Ohio; Doctor of Pharmacy
  • Postgraduate Training:
    • PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron, Ohio
  • Clinical Interests: High-risk asthma, cystic fibrosis

Kyle Finnerty, PharmD, MBA, MS

  • Role at ACH: Ambulatory Pharmacy Services Manager
    • Rotations precepted: Pharmacy Management & Leadership (elective)
  • Colleges and Universities Attended:
    • University of Findlay, College of Pharmacy, Findlay, OH; Doctor of Pharmacy
    • University of Findlay, College of Business, Findlay, OH; Master of Business Administration
    • University of Utah, College of Pharmacy, Salt Lake City, UT, Masters of Science – Health System Administration
  • Post-Graduate Training
    • PGY-1: Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Residency, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT
    • PGY-2: Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Residency, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Management interests: Operations, Ambulatory Care, Specialty Pharmacy, Transitions of Care, Population Health, 340B management

Natalia Gawelda, PharmD, BCPPS

  • Role at ACH: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Akron/Aultman)
    • Rotations precepted: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Akron/Aultman, elective)
  • Colleges/Universities Attended:
    • Midwestern University, Downers Grove, Illinois; Doctor of Pharmacy
  • Postgraduate Training:
    • PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois
    • PGY-2 Pediatrics Residency at OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois, Peoria, Illinois
  • Clinical Interests: Congenital heart defects, nutrition support, neonatal sedation/withdrawal management

Sarrah Hein, PharmD, BCPPS

  • Role at ACH: Pharmacy Manager – Mahoning Valley; Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Boardman)
    • Rotations precepted: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (St Elizabeth’s Boardman, elective), Pharmacy Management & Leadership (elective)
  • Colleges/Universities Attended:
    • Ohio Northern University, Raabe College of Pharmacy, Ada, Ohio; Doctor of Pharmacy
  • Postgraduate Training:
    • PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at University of Florida Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville, Florida
    • PGY-2 Pediatrics Residency at John Hopkins All Children’s Hosptial, Saint Petersburg, Florida
  • Clinical Interests: Neonatal Opiate Withdrawal Syndrome, Neonatal Antimicrobial Stewardship, Medication Safety, Continuity of Care

Katie Hood, PharmD

  • Role at ACH: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Pediatric Intensive Care
    • Rotations precepted: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
  • Colleges/Universities Attend:
    • Shenandoah University, Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy, Winchester, VA; Doctor of Pharmacy
  • Postgraduate training:
    • PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at HCA Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, Richmond, Virginia
    • PGY-2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Queens, New York
  • Clinical Interests: Nutrition Support, Sedation/Withdrawal, Cardiology/Cardiothoracic Surgery, ECMO, Medication Safety

Jennifer Kim, PharmD, BCPPS

  • Role at ACH: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Emergency Medicine (Mahoning Valley)            
    • Rotations precepted: Emergency Medicine (Mahoning Valley, co-preceptor)
  • Colleges/Universities Attended:
    • Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia; Bachelor of Science
    • Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Pharmacy, Richmond, Virginia; Doctor of Pharmacy
  • Postgraduate Training:
    • PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Albany, Georgia
  • Clinical Interests: Emergency Medicine, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Medication Safety

Chelsey Miles, PharmD, BCPS

  • Role at ACH: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Emergency Medicine (Akron)   
    • Rotations precepted: Emergency Medicine (co-preceptor)
  • Colleges/Universities Attended:
    • Ohio Northern University, Raabe College of Pharmacy, Ada, Ohio; Doctor of Pharmacy
  • Postgraduate Training:
    • PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center, Chardon, Ohio
  • Clinical Interests: Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care

Nicholas Selle, PharmD, BCPS

  • Role at ACH: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Emergency Medicine – Mahoning Valley           
    • Rotations precepted: Emergency Medicine (Mahoning Valley, co-preceptor)
  • Colleges/Universities Attended:
    • University of Akron, Akron, Ohio; Pharmacy prerequisites
    • Northeast Ohio Medical University, College of Pharmacy, Rootstown, Ohio; Doctor of Pharmacy
  • Postgraduate Training:
    • PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at Cleveland Clinic – Akron General, Akron, Ohio
  • Clinical Interests: Toxicology, Infectious Disease, Code Response

John Standish, PharmD, BCPS

  • Role at ACH: Pharmacy Operations Manager – Akron             
    • Rotations precepted: Pharmacy Staffing (Longitudinal); Pharmacy Management & Leadership (elective)
  • Colleges/Universities Attended:
    • University of Pittsburgh, School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Doctor of Pharmacy
  • Postgraduate Training:
    • PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware
  • Clinical Interests: Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacogenomics, Pediatric Critical Care, Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

JoEllen Weilnau, PharmD

  • Role at ACH: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant               
    • Rotations precepted: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; Bone Marrow Transplant (elective)
  • Colleges/Universities Attended:
    • Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Doctor of Pharmacy
  • Postgraduate Training:
    • PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, West Virginia
    • PGY-2 Pediatric Residency at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
  • Clinical Interests: Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant Supportive Care, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Research, Quality Improvement

Kelly Williamson, PharmD, BCIDP

  • Role at ACH: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Pediatric Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship               
    • Rotations precepted: Antimicrobial Stewardship/Infectious Diseases
  • Colleges/Universities Attended:
    • The University of Montana, Missoula, Montana; Doctor of Pharmacy
  • Postgraduate Training:
    • PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at The University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio
    • PGY-2 Infectious Diseases Residency at the Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Clinical Interests: Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, Gram negative resistance

  • Competitive pay
  • Travel allowance for attendance to ASHP Midyear Meeting and Spring Conference for final residency presentation
  • Paid Vacation
  • Family and Sick Leave
  • Healthcare Coverage

Contact Human Resources regarding specifics and additional benefits.

Requirements for application include a PharmD from an ACPE accredited college of pharmacy and/or equivalent experience, completion of a PGY1 pharmacy residency program, and Ohio licensure by October 1, 2023.

Application materials must be submitted via PhORCAS and should include a letter of intent, curriculum vitae, 3 letters of recommendation, and transcripts. Application deadline is Dec. 29, 2023.

In your letter of intent (max 2 pages), please address at least the following questions:

  1. Why are you choosing to complete a PGY2 residency in pediatrics and what do you have to offer Akron Children’s Hospital?
  2. What specific goals do you want to accomplish during your PGY2 residency and how do you think Akron Children’s Hospital will help you to accomplish your goals?
  3. What would you describe as your strengths and weaknesses?

Please address all correspondence/questions to:

Chelsea Cooley, PharmD, BCPPS
PGY-2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency Program Director
Akron Children’s Hospital
Department of Pharmacy
One Perkins Square
Akron, OH 44308
ccooley@akronchildrens.org

 

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