Psychiatry/Neurology Residencies & Fellowships

Specific residency and post-graduate opportunities in psychiatric pharmacy are listed below. For more details about each residency, visit the institution’s residency and fellowship website or contact the residency program director listed. Additional information on accredited residencies can be viewed on the ASHP website at
http://www.ashp.org/ResidencyDirectory

University of Southern California/
Los Angeles County Medical
Los Angeles, California
PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency
Director: Julie A. Dopheide
dopheide@usc.edu
http://www.usc.edu/schools/pharmacy/residency_fellows/

University of Southern California/University Hospital
Los Angeles, California
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency (emphasis psychiatry)
Director: Scott Evans and Erin D. Knox
eknox@usc.edu

VA San Diego Healthcare System
San Diego, California
PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency
Director: Jonathan Lacro
jlacro@ucsd.edu

University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, California
PGY-2
Director:  Patrick Finley
finleyp@pharmacy.ucsf.edu

Nova Southern University College of Pharmacy
Residency in Psychopharmacology/Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency or
PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency
Director: Jose A. Rey
joserey@nova.edu

North Florida/South Georgia VHS
Gainesville, Florida
PGY-2 Psychiatry
Director:  Wilfred Acholonu, Jr.
wilfred.acholonu@va.gov

Boise VA Medical Center/Idaho State College of Pharmacy
Boise, Idaho
PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency
Director: Rex Lott
lott@otc.isu.edu

Wishard Health Services/Purdue University
Indianapolis, Indiana
PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency
Director: Carol A. Ott
caott@iupui.edu
vsweb03.wishard.edu/rxresidency/PGY2.aspx

Lexington VA Medical Center
Lexington, Kentucky
PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency
Director: Shelia Botts
sbott2@email.uky.edu

Mental Health Outcomes, University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Fellowship in Mental Health Outcomes
Director: Shelia Botts
bott2@email.uky.edu

University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Baltimore, Maryland
PGY2 Clinical Training in Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice
Director: Bethany DiPaula
bdipaula@rx.maryland.edu

University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview (Riverside Campus)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency (emphasis psychiatry)
Director: Robert Haight
rhaight1@fairview.org

Western Missouri Mental Health Center
Kansas City, Missouri
PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency
Director: Ellie Elliott
ellie.elliott@dmh.mo.gov
http://pharmacy.umkc.edu/New/pharm/Residency-Programs/Other/WesternMoPsych.HTM

Northwest Missouri Psychiatric
Rehabilitation Center
St. Joseph, Missouri
PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency
Director: Ellie Elliott
ellie.elliott@dmh.mo.gov

Rutgers, State University of New Jersey
Piscataway, New Jersey
PGY1 or PGY2 (Neuropsychiatry)
Director:  Bejamin Chavez
bchavez@rci.rutgers.edu

Saint Barnabas Behavioral Health Center
Toms River, New Jersey
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency (psychiatry rotation)
Director: Kim Walsh
kwalsh@sbhcs.com

Buffalo Psychiatric Center
Buffalo, New York
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency (emphasis psychiatry)
Director: Tammy Lee Demler
burxtmd@omh.state.ny.us
http://www.pharmacy.buffalo.edu/pprac_res_fellow.shtml

University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency
Director: M. Lindsey Hedgepeth
mhedgepe@unch.unc.edu
http://www.unchealthcare.org/site/pharmacy_residency/

MeritCare Medical Center
Fargo, North Dakota
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency (psychiatry rotation)
Director: Amy Werremeyer
amy.werremeyer@meritcare.com

Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC
Brecksville, Ohio
PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice Residency
Director:  Matthew A. Fuller
matthew.fuller@va.gov
http://www.cleveland.va.gov/internship/pharmacy/index.asp

Chillicothe VAMC
Chillicothe, Ohio
PGY-1
Director:  Christopher Thomas
chris.thomas2@va.gov

The Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center/
South Carolina College of Pharmacy
Charleston, South Carolina
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency (emphasis psychiatry)
Director: Amy M. VandenBerg
vandena@musc.edu
http://www.musc.edu/pharmacy/residency_programs/pgrms.html

Avera McKennan Hospital and University Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency (emphasis psychiatry)
Director: Glenn Voss
glenn.voss@mckennan.org

Avera Mckennan Hospital and University Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency
Director: Eric Kutscher
eric.kutscher@mckennan.org

The University of Texas College of Pharmacy
and Affiliated Institutions
Austin, Texas
PGY-2
Director:  Tawny Bettinger
tlbettinger@seton.org
http://www.utexas.edu/pharmacy/divisions/pharmaco/postdoc/psych_aus.html

South Texas Veterans Health Care System/
The University of Texas College of Pharmacy
San Antonio, Texas
PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency
Director: Cindy Mascarenas
Cynthia.mascarenas@va.gov
http://www.utexas.edu/pharmacy/divisions/pharmaco/postdoc/psych_sa_va.html

The University of Texas College of Pharmacy
San Antonio, Texas
PGY@ Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency
Director:  Stephen Saklad
saklad@uthscsa.edu
http://www.utexas.edu/pharmacy/divisions/pharmaco/postdoc/psych_sa.html

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
Richmond, Virginia
PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency
Director: Ericka L. Breden
ebreden@mcvh-vcu.edu

Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Salem, Virginia
PGY-1 Psychiatry Pharmacy Practice Residency
Director:  Francine Farnsworth
francine.farnsworth@va.gov

Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice
Morgantown, West Virginia
PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency
Director: Gene Makela
gmakela@hsc.wvu.edu

Residencies Not Reporting as of Fall 2008

Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Director:  Lori VanZile
lori.vanzile@va.gov

BC Mental Health and Addiction Services
Coquitlam, British Columbia
Director:  Sylvia Zerjav
szerjav@bcmhs.bc.ca

The Maryland Psychiatric Research Center (MPRC)
Cantonsville, Maryland
Director:  Deanna Kelly
dkelly@mprc.umaryland.edu

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Director:  Beth Sproule
beth_sproule@camh.net

Texas Tech School of Pharmacy/
Dallas VA Medical Center/
Parkland Health and Hospital Systems
Dallas, Texas
Director:  Monica Mathys
monica.mathys@ttuhsc.edu