PGY1 Pharmacy Residency
The pharmacy residency is a one-year experience that offers extensive exposure to all aspects of pediatric pharmaceutical care. Daily activities for all residents include, but are not limited to participating in multidisciplinary rounds, providing drug information to other health care professionals, consulting on pharmacokinetics, conducting nutritional evaluations, medication safety management, patient and caregiver counseling, and topic and patient discussions with preceptors. Two PGY1 positions are available.
Rotations
Core rotations
- Orientation
- General pediatric medicine/surgery
- Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)
- Cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) or cardiology
- Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
- Hematology/oncology
- Infectious diseases
- Precepting
- Administration
Elective rotations
- Academia
- Emergency medicine
- Investigational drug services
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Psychiatry
- Repeat core rotation
Longitudinal rotations
- Clinical practice management
- Research
- Service (second-shift staffing twice in four-week blocks and every fourth weekend)
- Teaching and learning
Additional Activities
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification
- Teaching certificate
- Formal presentations and journal clubs
- Newsletter article
- Drug monographs and Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee involvement
- Platform presentation of research project at Pediatric Pharmacy Association (PPA) annual meeting
- Medication use evaluation (MUE) poster presentation
- State and national meeting attendance
- Code and trauma response
Salary and Benefits
All pharmacy residents are eligible for full employee benefits through Norton Healthcare. Each PGY1 resident is salaried and receives a stipend of $48,000 plus benefits. Each position requires a one-calendar-year commitment. Estimated start date for residents is the last week of June.
Benefits at a glance
- Medical insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Office space with computer for each resident
- Travel stipend available for various professional meetings
- Free parking
- PALS certification
Program Alumni
Class of 2020
Mason Holt, Pharm.D.
Current practice: PGY2 Pediatric Oncology Resident
Norton Children’s Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky
Amy Kennedy, Pharm.D.
Current practice: Clinical Pediatric Pharmacy Generalist
WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital, Morgantown, West Virginia
Class of 2019
Stephanie Johnson, Pharm.D.
Current practice: CICU Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Norton Children’s Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky
Charlie Johnson, Pharm.D.
Current practice: Neonatal Critical Care Pharmacist
University of Alabama at Birmingham Women & Infants Center
Class of 2018
Alexandra Ferrante, Pharm.D.
Current practice: PICU/NICU Pharmacist
Children’s Hospital New Orleans, Louisiana
Lisa Infanti, Pharm.D., BCCCP
Current practice: Clinical Pharmacist – ICU Float
Norton Children’s Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky
Class of 2017
Kendra Hays, Pharm.D., BCPPS
Current practice: NICU Clinical Pharmacist Specialist
Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana
Savannah Gulley, Pharm.D., BCPPS
Current practice: Pediatric Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee
Class of 2016
Hillary Orr, Pharm.D.
Current practice: Pediatric Critical Care and Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Specialist
Memorial Hermann Health System, Houston, Texas
Deni Trone, Pharm.D.
Current practice: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
Class of 2015
Sarah Shields, Pharm.D.
Current practice: Clinical Specialist – Informatics
Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Bethany Wattles, Pharm.D.
Current practice: Clinical Pharmacist – Child and Adolescent Health Research Design Support Unit
University of Louisville
Class of 2014
Christy Fisher, Pharm.D.
Current practice: Clinical Pharmacist
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Class of 2013
Jordan Klein, Pharm.D.
Current practice: Pediatric Pharmacist
St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
Anthony Zacheretti, Pharm.D., BCPPS
Current practice: Pediatric Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky
Class of 2012
Ashley Casper, Pharm.D.
Current Practice: Clinical Pharmacist
Norton Children’s Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky
Lindsay Cunningham, Pharm.D.
Current practice: Clinical Pharmacist
Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
Class of 2011
Jordan Anderson, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCPPS
Current practice: Pediatric Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
University of Missouri Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Columbia, Missouri
Sarah Jacobson, Pharm.D., BCPPS
Current practice: NICU Clinical Pharmacist
Norton Children’s Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky
Class of 2010
Hannah Dyk, Pharm.D., BCPPS
Current practice: Pediatric Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Banner Desert Medical Center, Mesa, Arizona
Rachel Mathews, Pharm.D., BCPPS
Current practice: Pediatric Clinical Specialist
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Class of 2009
Andrea Chamberlain, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCPPS
Current practice: PICU Pharmacy Clinical Specialist
Cincinnati Children’s, Cincinnati, Ohio
Courtney Edwards, Pharm.D.
Current practice: Clinical pharmacist
Medical University of South Carolina Children’s Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina
Class of 2008
Madeline O’Bryan, Pharm.D., BCPPS
Current practice: NICU Clinical Specialist
Norton Children’s Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky
Class of 2007
Sarah Sobotik, Pharm.D., BCPS
Current practice: Clinical Pharmacist
Methodist Children’s Hospital of South Texas, San Antonio, Texas
Class of 2006
Melissa Hunt, Pharm.D.
Current practice: Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist
Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children, Huntsville, Alabama
Class of 2005
Kendra Bosley, Pharm.D.
Current practice: Pediatric Pharmacy Coordinator
The Children’s Hospital at TriStar Centennial, Nashville, Tennessee
