PGY2 Pain Management and Palliative Care Pharmacy Residency
The ASHP accredited PGY2 Pain Management and Palliative Care residency offers a unique experience for the clinical pharmacist who desires advanced training emphasizing patient-centered pharmacotherapy focused on the interdisciplinary approach to symptom management.
PGY2 Pain Management and Palliative Care Pharmacy Residency Program
The PGY2 Pain Management and Palliative Care residency conducted by Summa Health System in Akron, Ohio offers a unique experience for the clinical pharmacist who desires advanced training emphasizing patient-centered pharmacotherapy focused on the interdisciplinary approach to symptom management. The resident will gain experience through interactions with a wide range of interdisciplinary healthcare professionals devoted to providing optimal care to patients with life-limiting illnesses. Activities include inpatient rounds with palliative care, acute pain, geriatric psychiatry, and addiction medicine inpatient consult services, on the 12-bed Acute Palliative Care/Hospice Unit, and inpatient pain stewardship. Weekly activities include involvement with the outpatient palliative care clinic conducting patient visits under a collaborative practice agreement with a pharmacy preceptor who holds a DEA license, participating as an essential member of a hospice interdisciplinary group meeting, and preparation of home hospice medications for delivery. Electives are available in trauma/critical care, emergency medicine, and service line development to enhance and customize the experience. The resident will train alongside medical fellows completing an accredited Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program.
Program Details
Required 1 Month Learning Experiences
- Orientation to Pharmacy Operations & Residency
- Inpatient Introductory Palliative Care & Hospice
- Inpatient Advanced Palliative Care & Hospice
- Inpatient Pain Stewardship
- Inpatient Pain Consult Service
- Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry
- Palliative Oncology
- Inpatient Chemical Dependency
- Geriatric Care
- Inpatient Palliative Care Consult Service
- Precepting* applied to month(s) with scheduled learner
Required Longitudinal 1 year Learning Experiences
- Longitudinal Home Hospice
- Longitudinal Medication Safety
- Longitudinal Practice Leadership
- Longitudinal Project Management
- Longitudinal Education
- Longitudinal Palliative Care Clinic
Elective 1 month Learning Experiences
- Critical Care
- Service Line Development
- Ambulatory and Home-Based Palliative Care
- Other elective learning experiences may be developed based on resident interest and preceptor availability
Elective Longitudinal Learning Experience
- Longitudinal Pharmacy Operations
ASHP Accreditation
The PGY2 Pain Management and Palliative Care Pharmacy Residency conducted by Summa Health System-Akron Campus in Akron, Ohio is accredited by ASHP
Preceptors
Pamela Moore, PharmD, BCGP
Residency Program Director (RPD)
Clinical Lead Pharmacist – Pain & Palliative Care
Susan Fosnight, RPh, BCPS, BCGP
Clinical Lead Pharmacist - Geriatrics
Susanna Petiya, PharmD
Medication Safety Pharmacist
Jacqueline Ewald, PharmD, BCPS
Education, Investigational and Clinical Manager
John Bon, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Lead Pharmacist – Critical Care
Jessica Cather PharmD, BCPS, BCPP
Clinical Lead Pharmacist – Psychiatry
Christopher Kingsland, PharmD, BCGP
Clinical Lead Pharmacist – Pain & Palliative Care
Rachael Macko, PharmD, MBA, BCPS
Pharmacy Supervisor
Joe Marchiano, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP
Clinical Lead Pharmacist - Geriatrics
Jon Belvo, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Lead Pharmacist – Pain Stewardship
Rhianna Godios, PharmD, BCACP, CACP
Program Coordinator, Anticoagulation