Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) Pharmacy Residency

The Sentara Martha Jefferson residency experience is designed to provide the resident with the knowledge, abilities, experience, attitude, and critical thinking skills necessary to become a leader in integrated health system pharmacy practice. Rotations are designed to enhance the expertise of the resident in the application and management of drug therapy in a variety of patient care areas; in the provision of drug information services; and in practice management as it relates to the overall direction and integration of pharmacy services. The program is sufficiently flexible to allow the resident to develop skills in many areas based on individual need and preference.

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During pharmacy rotations, the resident assumes the responsibility for all aspects of patient drug therapy including: conducting patient interviews and patient medication counseling; advising physicians, nurses, and patients on appropriate drug use; attending rounds and conferences; pharmacokinetic consulting; and providing lectures on drug therapy to medical, nursing, and pharmacy staff. Required rotations include orientation (5 weeks), internal medicine (5 weeks), critical care (5 weeks), administration (5 weeks), drug information/medication safety (5 weeks), service component (longitudinal, 11 months), and teaching and learning certificate (longitudinal, 11 months). Elective rotations include emergency medicine (5 weeks), oncology (5 weeks), internal medicine II (5 weeks), critical care II (5 weeks), and transitions of care (5 weeks).

During resident training, valuable experience is obtained in the many integrated aspects of a pharmacy service including quality improvement programs, medication use evaluation programs, and regulatory compliance. These experiences enable the resident to develop the skills needed to communicate effectively; to organize, prioritize, and manage pharmacy services; and to plan for and implement new programs.

Eligibility and selection

Qualifications:

• Pharm.D. degree or equivalent experience from an ACPE-accredited program
• Virginia licensure by August 15

Application Process

Sentara SMJH will be accepting applications via PhORCAS (Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service). Application deadline is January 2nd.

To apply to the program, please complete all of the following materials in PhORCAS:

• Current curriculum vitae
• Letter of Intent, highlighting your strengths as a candidate
• Official college of pharmacy transcript
• Three letters of recommendation using the PhORCAS Standardized Reference Template

Current resident benefits include a stipend of $50,000, Paid Annual Leave days including vacation, holiday and sick days, medical/dental insurance, professional leave, and travel allowance to attend national and regional meetings.

Margaret N. Taylor, Pharm.D., BCPS

Meg is the Pharmacy Services Team Coordinator and Residency Program Director at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University and successfully completed an ASHP-accredited PGY-1 residency at the University of Virginia Health System. Meg serves as a preceptor to residents and APPE students in drug information/medication safety. Her areas of professional interest include infectious diseases, adult internal medicine, and geriatrics. She served as regional president for the Virginia Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists and was awarded the New Practitioner of the Year Award in 2007. Meg is also a member of the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. 

Emily Dyer, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCEMP

Emily is a clinical pharmacy specialist pharmacist at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, completed a PGY1 residency at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital in 2008, and passed the Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy in 2011. Emily serves as a preceptor to residents in the Emergency Medicine, Orientation, and Staffing learning experiences, and IPPE/APPE VCU students. Emily is actively involved in the Sentara Martha Jefferson Stroke and Stroke Quality Committees, Sentara Martha Jefferson Sepsis Task Force, and Sentara Emergency Medicine Pharmacists Committee. Her areas of professional interest include emergency medicine and public policy. Emily is a member of VSHP and ASHP.

Sarah Lipps, Pharm.D., BCPS

Sarah is a clinical staff pharmacist at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy from Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences in 2020. After graduation, she completed a PGY1 residency at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and continued residency training there with a PGY2 in Internal Medicine. Her professional interests include internal medicine, geriatrics, transitions of care, and infectious diseases. She serves as a preceptor for the Internal Medicine and Transitions of Care rotations.

Brittany Romans, Pharm.D., BCPS

Brittany is a clinical staff pharmacist at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy from Idaho State University/University of Alaska Anchorage. Brittany completed her PGY-1 pharmacy residency at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, and her PGY-2 neurology pharmacy residency at the Veteran's Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health System in Los Angeles, California. She also passed the Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy exam during her second year of residency. Her main professional interest remains in neurology.

David Scott, Pharm.D., BCPS

David is a clinical staff pharmacist at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy from Thomas Jefferson University College of Pharmacy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. David completed his PGY-1 pharmacy residency at Duke Regional Hospital in Durham, North Carolina in 2023. He also passed the Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy exam in 2023. His professional interests include internal medicine, infectious diseases, and psychiatry. David serves as a co-preceptor for the internal medicine rotation.

Chad Weinhold, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCOP

Chad is a clinical pharmacy specialist at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine – Georgia Campus, School of Pharmacy. Chad completed a PGY-1 pharmacy residency at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital in 2015. He is currently a member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and serves as a preceptor for the oncology rotation.

Tiffany White, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCCP

Tiffany is a clinical pharmacy specialist focusing in critical care at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University and completed her PGY1 residency training at Boston Medical Center in 2014. Tiffany received her PGY2 Critical Care residency training at St. Joseph’s-Candler Health System in Savannah, GA in 2015, where she was employed as a clinical pharmacy specialist in emergency medicine prior to joining the Martha Jefferson family. Tiffany serves as primary preceptor to residents in the Critical Care learning experience and to 4th year VCU and Shenandoah University APPE students. Her professional interests include the management of sepsis, pain/agitation/delirium, and infectious diseases in critically ill patients. She is currently serving as the lead pharmacist on the Sentara Critical Care High Performance Team, is chair of the Sentara Critical Care Pharmacists Group and the SMJH Pharmacy Residency Research Committee, and is actively involved with the Sentara Martha Jefferson Sepsis Task Force, and the Sentara Martha Jefferson Critical Care Committee.