Brigham and Women’s Hospital PGY-2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency
Hospital and
Department Overview Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
located in Boston’s Longwood Medical
Area, is a 793-bed nonprofit teaching
affiliate of Harvard Medical School and
a founding member of Partners
HealthCare, Inc. In 2015-2016, BWH
was named the 6th best hospital in the
United States by US News & World
Report’s Honor Roll of America’s Best
Hospitals. The Department of
Pharmacy provides services to
inpatient, outpatient, and satellite
clinic locations throughout the Metro
Boston area. The department is
regarded as an innovator and leader in
medication safety technology, clinical
information systems, and clinical
pharmacy services at the local and
national level.
General Information
The Department of Pharmacy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital offers a specialized residency in
critical care pharmacy practice. This one-year program is designed to provide advanced training in
the area of critical care pharmacotherapy and research.
Program Fundamentals
The primary emphasis of the critical care residency is to develop clinicians with expertise in
pharmacotherapy of critical care patient management. Over the course of the year, the resident will
gain experience in the management of critical care patients, lead a comprehensive research project,
strengthen his or her communication skills through formal and informal presentations and
interactions with other healthcare providers in a variety of settings, and participate in critical care
and pharmacy-related interdisciplinary hospital committees. In addition, the resident will enhance
his or her teaching skills by precepting pharmacy practice residents and students on critical care
rotations.
General Information
The Department of Pharmacy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital offers a specialized residency in
critical care pharmacy practice. This one-year program is designed to provide advanced training in
the area of critical care pharmacotherapy and research.
Program Fundamentals
The primary emphasis of the critical care residency is to develop clinicians with expertise in
pharmacotherapy of critical care patient management. Over the course of the year, the resident will
gain experience in the management of critical care patients, lead a comprehensive research project,
strengthen his or her communication skills through formal and informal presentations and
interactions with other healthcare providers in a variety of settings, and participate in critical care
and pharmacy-related interdisciplinary hospital committees. In addition, the resident will enhance
his or her teaching skills by precepting pharmacy practice residents and students on critical care
rotations.
Accreditation
o Non-accredited residency
Positions Available
o Variable
Duration
o July 1st – June 30th
Stipend
o ~$52,000
Benefits
o Benefit Time for vacation, holidays, personal reasons,
severe weather emergencies, family or personal short-
term illness
o Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
o 403(b) retirement plan
Application Information
o Curriculum vitae, letter of intent, recommendation
letters due by January 4, 2019
o Please send documents to BWH Residency
Coordinator via email at
o On-site interviews by invitation only
Prerequisites and Licensure
o Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited
school or college of pharmacy
o Completion of a PGY-1 pharmacy practice residency
o Massachusetts pharmacist licensure required within
90 days of starting the program
o US citizenship or permanent resident visa
Meetings
o Funding is generally provided for the resident to
attend one to two professional meetings. Examples
include ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, Society of
Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress, American
Thoracic Society International Conference, and New
England Critical Care Symposium
Staffing Requirements
o Residents are scheduled to staff every other to every
third weekend and approximately one evening shift
every other week
o Residents are scheduled to staff holidays on a
rotating basis
o Additional staffing responsibilities are subject to
departmental needs and may include participation in
clinical programs
Rotation
Requirements
Required
Medical ICU
Surgical ICU
Burn/Trauma ICU
Cardiac Surgery ICU
Coronary Care ICU
Neuroscience ICU
Thoracic Surgery ICU
Emergency Department
Infectious Disease
Elective
Bone Marrow Transplant
Solid Organ Transplant
Hemostatic and
Antithrombotic Stewardship
Neonatal ICU
Allergy
Expectations
Expectations of the Resident
The resident is expected to plan, design, and submit two
manuscripts to peer-reviewed journals, including one original
research publication and one therapeutic review, clinical
consult, clinical update, or the like.
The resident is expected to plan, design, and complete at least
one major research project with guidance from preceptors and
submit an abstract to a professional organization meeting.
The resident is expected to complete at least one secondary
research, local guideline or policy, and drug information
project according to departmental needs.
The resident is expected to participate in rotational projects
according to preceptor assignments.
The resident is expected to submit a clinical pearl for
consideration at the Council of Boston Teaching Hospitals
Pharmacy Grand Rounds and the New England Critical Care
Symposium.
The resident is expected to author at least one Drug Administration Guideline.
The resident is expected to contribute to departmental staff education through a CEU presentation
to the Department of Pharmacy staff, 10-12 daily clinical meeting presentations, two case conference
presentations, and participation in the departmental journal surveillance program.
The resident is expected to contribute to multidisciplinary staff education through critical care topic
education to fellows, residents, interns, and nurses on pain, agitation, and delirium management,
glucose control, and therapeutic hypothermia.
The resident is expected to participate in internal journal clubs within the department and in
MICU/SICU Noon Conference and external journal clubs through SCCM’s Clinical Pharmacy and
Pharmacology Section upon invitation.
The resident is expected to actively participate on at least one institutional multidisciplinary
committee.
The resident is expected to precept and teach pharmacy students and PGY-1 residents.
The resident is expected to participate in the recruitment of succeeding PGY-2 critical care residents.
Rotation Preceptors
Medical ICU Paul Szumita, PharmD FCCM FASHP BCCCP BCPS
Jeremy DeGrado PharmD BCCCP BCPS
Kevin Dube PharmD BCCCP BCPS
Kevin Anger PharmD BCPS
Burn/Trauma ICU Krystina Geiger PharmD BCCCP BCPS
Surgical ICU Rebecca Nashett PharmD BCCCP BCPS
Cardiac Surgery ICU Rhynn Malloy PharmD BCCP BCPS
Thoracic Surgery ICU Gaspar Hacobian PharmD BCPS
Coronary Care ICU Danielle Knowles, PharmD BCPS CACP
Bryan Cook PharmD BCCP BCPS
Neuroscience ICU Patricia Krause PharmD BCPS
Infectious Diseases Jeffrey Pearson PharmD BCIDP
Emergency Department Sarah Culbreth PharmD BCPS
David Nickerson PharmD BCPS
Neonatal ICU Sara Rostas PharmD BCPPS
Brittini Allain PharmD
Hemostatic and
Antithrombotic
Stewardship
Jessica Rimsans PharmD BCPS
Katelyn Sylvester PharmD CACP BCPS
Hematology/Oncology Anne McDonnell PharmD BCOP BCPS
Daniel Voit PharmD
Solid Organ Tranplant Steven Gabardi PharmD FCCP BCPS
Miae Kim PharmD MSc BCPS
Keri Townsend PharmD BCPS
Academia Stephanie Sibicky PharmD BCGP BCPS
Allergy Kathleen Marquis PharmD PhD BCPS
Rebecca Nashett Krystina Geiger
Gaspar Hacobian
David Nickerson Sarah Culbreth
Danielle Knowles Bryan Cook
Rhynn Malloy
Patricia Krause
Kevin Dube Jeremy DeGrado
Current BWH PGY-2 Critical Care Residents
Previous BWH PGY-2 Critical Care Residents
2017 - 2018
Robert Dannemiller PharmD BCPS
Current Practice Site: Senior Pharmacist, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Boston, MA
Kaitlin Crowley PharmD BCPS
Current Practice Site: Senior Pharmacist, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Boston, MA
Natasha Romero PharmD BCPS
Current Practice Site: Senior Pharmacist, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Boston, MA
Kevin McLaughlin PharmD BCPS
Current Practice Site: Senior Pharmacist, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Boston, MA
2016 – 2017
Megan Barra PharmD BCCCP BCPS
Current Practice Site: Clinical Pharmacist in Neurocritical
Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Mary Kovacevic PharmD BCCCP BCPS
Current Practice Site: Senior Pharmacist, Brigham and
Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
James Schurr PharmD BCPS
Current Practice Site: MD Candidate, Stony Brook University
School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY
Melanie Goodberlet,
PharmD BCPS
PGY1: Brigham and
Women’s Hospital
Abdulrahman Alshaya,
PharmD
PGY1: Brigham and
Women’s Hospital
2015 – 2016
Kevin Dube PharmD BCCCP BCPS
Current Practice Site: Senior Pharmacist, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Boston, MA
Benjamin Hohlfelder PharmD BCCCP BCPS
Current Practice Site: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Critical Care,
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
2014 – 2015
Rebecca Nashett PharmD BCCCP BCPS
Current Practice Site: Senior Pharmacist, Brigham and
Women’s Hospital
Brianne Ritchie, PharmD MBA BCCCP BCPS
Current Practice Site: Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist, Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, MN
Kimberly Terry PharmD BCCCP BCPS
Current Practice Site: Clinical Pharmacist Cardiothoracic and
Surgical ICU, University of Utah Health Care, Salt Lake City, UT
2013 – 2014
James Gilmore PharmD BCCCP BCPS
Current Practice Site: Pharmacy Manager, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
Los Angeles, CA
2012 – 2013
Abdullah Alhammad PharmD BCPS
Current Practice Site: Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, King
Saud University & Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Critical Care, King
Khalid University Hospital
Nicole Glasser-Schroeder PharmD BCCCP BCPS
Current Practice Site: MSL, Clinical Development and Medical Affairs,
Boehringer Ingelheim, Ridgefield, CT
2011 – 2012
David Reardon PharmD BCPS
Current Practice Site: Consulting Director for Vizient
Pharmacy Advisory Solutions
2010 – 2011
Heather Torbic PharmD BCCCP BCPS
Current Practice Site: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in
Critical Care, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Paul Szumita PharmD FCCM FASHP BCCCP BCPS
PGY-2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency Director
Department of Pharmacy Services
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
75 Francis Street, PBB –A4
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Fax: (617) 566-2396
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