PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program
The Euclid Hospital Pharmacy Residency (PGY-1) is a one-year postgraduate training program based in a community hospital practice setting within the Cleveland Clinic Health-System. Residents will gain experience in developing patient-specific medication treatments and monitoring plans and providing education to patients and healthcare professionals. The residency offers required learning experiences in ambulatory care, critical care, emergency medicine, internal medicine, infectious disease, and pharmacy practice management. Residents will select three electives including: ambulatory care, psychiatric pharmacy, pharmacogenomics, oncology/bone marrow transplant, and other electives based on the resident’s needs and interests.
Residents will complete a research project and manuscript, and present at local and national conferences virtually or in person. To assist with building research skills, the residents will participate in the residency research curriculum that takes place throughout the residency year. Additionally, the Euclid Hospital residency program includes teaching/precepting opportunities for pharmacy students and optional didactic teaching in coordination with Northeast Ohio Medical University’s (NEOMED) teaching certificate. Residents can choose to complete a leadership certificate that focuses in four key areas: essentials of leadership, leading yourself, leading others, and leading the profession of pharmacy.
Department of Pharmacy
The Department of Pharmacy supports 24-hour pharmaceutical services in a decentralized model. Decentralized pharmacists provide pharmaceutical services in the emergency department, medical and surgical floors. Rounding services include critical care, internal medicine, and infectious diseases. Euclid pharmacists precept IPPE and APPE students from regional pharmacy schools. Clinical duties focus on medication histories, medication reconciliation, patient counseling and consult services for dose optimization, vancomycin, and warfarin.
Residency Program Training Site
Type: Hospital
Owner/Affiliate: Cleveland Clinic
Model Type(s): Acute Care Regional Hospital
Tax Status: Non Profit
Professional Staff: 14
Non-Professional Staff: 10
Total Beds: 168
Average Daily Census: 130
Euclid Hospital is a 168-bed acute care community hospital located right on Lake Erie. Euclid serves the local community providing emergency services, general surgeries, acute and sub-acute care, as well as a variety of outpatient services. Euclid Hospital is an accredited stroke center and was awarded the 2021 Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll from the American Heart Association. Euclid Hospital also has Magnet status and the emergency department is an accredited level 3 geriatric center.
Required Learning Experiences: Orientation, ambulatory care, internal medicine, critical care, infectious disease, emergency medicine, pharmacy practice management, and research.
Elective Learning Experiences: Psychiatric pharmacy, teaching/precepting, pharmacogenomics, oncology/bone marrow transplant, and other electives based on needs and interests at other Cleveland Clinic hospitals in a variety of clinical practice areas.
Longitudinal Experiences:Staffing/pharmacy practice (required), research (required), optional didactic teaching (NEOMED).
Leadership: Cleveland Clinic participates in the annual ASHP Visiting Leader program with keynote addresses and small group meetings with significant national figures in pharmacy. Residents also can participate in the leadership certificate program through ASHP.
Staffing requirements: Residents are required to provide staffing for selected weekends throughout the year (every other weekend and a minimum of 20 weekends) and two holidays.
Pharmacy & Therapeutic and Antimicrobial Stewardship Committees: Each resident is assigned a committee to create an agenda, take minutes, and create a PowerPoint and handout for the meetings.
Presentations
As a pharmacy practitioner effective communication skills are integral. Many opportunities will be provided to help develop these skills, including:
- Formal presentations on patient cases, journal clubs, disease states or other topics of interest to be presented to preceptors, students, Euclid Hospital pharmacy staff and/or other individuals from Euclid Hospital.
- Pharmacy or nursing in-services.
- Optional didactic lectures to pharmacy students through a teaching certificate program.
- Resident research project presentations at regional and national conferences.
Application to the Program
Interested applicants must be enrolled or PharmD graduates of accredited college of pharmacy, be eligible for licensure in the State of Ohio (or Florida if applicable), and submit the standard application materials through PhORCAS (i.e. Letter of Intent, CV, the three standard reference forms in PhORCAS, official college transcripts), along with:
- We request a minimum of one (two is preferred) of your three references should come from a preceptor who you have worked with in a clinical setting, related to an APPE in acute or ambulatory care. The clinical preceptor should be able to comment on your scope of responsibility, total patient load, level of autonomy, clinical abilities, and organizational and time management skills. All three reference writers should use the standard PhORCAS template to submit their candidate recommendation.
Please submit all application materials via Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS).
All materials must be received by 11:59pm on the application deadline date to be considered for an interview.
Cleveland Clinic health system residency sites agree that no person at these sites will solicit, accept, or use any ranking-related information from any residency applicant.
Note:
- Appointments of applicants to residency positions are contingent upon the applicants satisfying certain eligibility requirements [e.g., graduating from an accredited college of pharmacy, obtaining a pharmacist license in Ohio (for Ohio sites) or Florida (for Florida sites) within 90 days of the start date, and successful completion of a pre-employment physical and drug screen (including testing for cotinine), and attendance of an onboarding appointment on-site in Ohio, or as otherwise directed by Occupational health at least two weeks prior to the residents start date].
- Residency applicants must be authorized for employment in the United States at the time they apply for the residency. Cleveland Clinic Pharmacy does not sponsor applicants for work visas.
- Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate OPT (Optional Practical Training) visas for the Cleveland Clinic Pharmacy Residency Program as the program extends beyond 12 months. TN (Trade NAFTA) visas are acceptable, however, the candidate is responsible for the application process and all necessary fees. Cleveland Clinic cannot extend the candidate an employment letter until the candidate has matched with the Cleveland Clinic program and signed an acceptance letter. Any employment letter will state the length of the program (12 months if PGY1 or PGY2, 24 months if HSPAL or Pharmacotherapy).
- Graduates of international pharmacy schools will be considered if they meet the ASHP criteria for application to residency (“To be eligible for pharmacist licensure, candidates must be graduates or candidates for graduation from an ACPE accredited degree program (or one in the process of pursuing accreditation) or have a Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination Committee (FPGEC) certificate from the NABP”).
More Information
Please direct further questions regarding the PGY1 program at Euclid Hospital to:
Greg Hauler, PharmD, BCPS
PGY-1 Residency Program Director
Euclid Hospital, Department of Pharmacy
18901 Lake Shore Blvd., Euclid, Ohio 44119
Email: haulerg@ccf.org
Benefits
The Pharmacy Practice Residency Program provides a wide array of benefits to you during your experience as a resident.
General
- Personalized lab coats and business cards.
- Resident office space.
- Laptop computer and cellphone.
- Professional membership.
- Online library access.
- BLS/ACLS/PALS certification.
- Continuing education.
- Immunizations.
- Free parking.
- Cleveland Clinic discounts at various event venues.
Health benefits
- Standard comprehensive medical coverage.
- Prescription drug benefit.
- Life insurance.
- Disability.
- Dental.
- Vision.
Preceptors
Greg Hauler, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Residency Program Director
Clinical Coordinator Pharmacy Services
Preceptor: Critical Care, Advanced Critical Care
Education & Training
- PharmD – Northeast Ohio Medical University (Rootstown, OH)
- PGY1 Pharmacy Residency – Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital (Canton, OH)
Erik Wasowski, PharmD, BCPS
Residency Program Coordinator
Clinical Pharmacist
Preceptor: Internal Medicine, Advanced Internal Medicine, NEOMED TLC
Education & Training
- PharmD – The University of Toledo (Toledo, OH)
- PGY1 Pharmacy Residency – University Hospitals Geauga Hospital (Chardon, OH)
Abbi Smith, PharmD, MBA, BCPS
Director of Pharmacy
Preceptor: Pharmacy Practice Management
Education & Training
- PharmD – The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
- PGY1 Pharmacy Residency – Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital (Mayfield Heights, OH)
- MBA – Indiana Wesleyan University (Marion, IN)
Alex Hoffman, PharmD, BCPS, CDCES
Pharmacy Clinical Specialist
Preceptor: Ambulatory Care, Advanced Ambulatory Care
Education & Training
- PharmD – Ohio Northern University (Ada, OH)
- PGY1 Pharmacy Residency – Kaiser Permanente (Ohio)
Melissa Albert, PharmD, BS
Infectious Diseases Clinical Specialist
Preceptor: Infectious Disease, Advanced Infectious Disease
Education & Training
- PharmD – University of South Florida Taneja Collect of Pharmacy (Tampa, FL)
- PGY1 Pharmacy Residency – James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital (Tampa, FL)
- PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency – James A Haley Veterans’ Hospital (Tampa, FL)
Taylor Elias, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist
Preceptor: Decentralized Unit-based Pharmacy
Education & Training
- PharmD – Northeast Ohio Medical University (Rootstown, OH)
- PGY1 Pharmacy Residency – Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital (Cleveland, OH)
Tasha Bastian, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist Emergency Medicine
Preceptor: Emergency Medicine, Advanced Emergency Medicine
Education & Training
- PharmD – Ohio Northern University (Ada, OH)
- PGY1 Pharmacy Residency – The Jewish Hospital Mercy Health (Cincinnati, OH)
Olga Zirka, PharmD, LPN
Clinical Pharmacist Emergency Medicine
Preceptor: Emergency Medicine, Advanced Emergency Medicine
Education & Training
- PharmD – Northeast Ohio Medical University (Rootstown, OH)
- PGY1 Pharmacy Residency – Southwest General Health Center (Middleburg Heights, OH)
Additional Resources
- ASHP-Required Residency Policies.
- Learn more about Cleveland.
- Cleveland Clinic Facts + Figures.
- Cleveland Clinic Pharmacy Facts + Figures 2020.
- Cleveland Clinic Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
- Cleveland Clinic Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Health.
- Pharmacy Recruitment Events (Stay tuned for upcoming events).
