The UPMC Shadyside PGY1 Pharmacy Residency trains pharmacists for a wide array of practice and educational settings. UPMC Shadyside offers the breadth of a large academic tertiary care teaching hospital combined with the primary care provider base of a community hospital.
Site/Location
UPMC Shadyside, Pittsburgh, PA
Program Purpose
PGY1 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification, and eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.
Our residents will become confident, effective practitioners of pharmacotherapy. Residents will focus on ensuring application of safe, effective and evidence-based medicine practices to individual patients and in populations across the health system. These practitioners will demonstrate competency in educating their patients as well as present and future health care professionals. Additional areas of concentration will include enhancing communication skills, professionalism and applying project management skills to practice-based scholarly activities.
Mission
The UPMC Shadyside PGY1 Pharmacy Residency trains pharmacists for a wide array of practice and educational settings. UPMC Shadyside offers the breadth of a large academic tertiary care teaching hospital combined with the primary care provider base of a community hospital.
What makes us unique?
A variety of learning experiences
Shadyside residents will develop clinical skills in a variety of settings, with a high degree of rotation flexibility for personalization. Unique learning opportunities at UPMC Shadyside include 6-month longitudinal elective experiences in antimicrobial stewardship or ambulatory care family medicine, a wide variety of on-site block electives including Emergency Medicine and Oncology, as well as access to learning experiences throughout the larger UPMC system.
Additionally, our unique longitudinal learning experience for research and hospital operations provides additional structure and customized attention from experienced mentors. In addition to these required longitudinal rotations residents may elect to participate in the Mastery of Teaching program at the University of Pittsburgh.
Program Overview
- Learning Experiences
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Required Blocks
• Orientation
• Inpatient Rounding Service – Family Medicine
• Outpatient Primary Care – Family/Internal Medicine
• Decentralized Clinical Services (Unit-Based)
• Practice Management
• Infectious Diseases
• Critical Care (Medical or Cardiothoracic Unit)Required Longitudinal
• Hospital Pharmacy Operations (Inpatient staffing and professional development)
• Shadyside ResearchOn-Site Electives
• Antimicrobial Stewardship (Longitudinal)
• Emergency Medicine
• Family Health Center (Longitudinal)
• Geriatrics
• International Primary Care
• Nutrition
• Oncology
• Student PreceptingIn Association with the University of Pittsburgh
• Mastery of Teaching program
• Pharmacotherapy Updates: Lecture Series & Continuing Education (PULSE) presentation
• Pharmacy student lectures
• Lab and practicum facilitation
• Resident Research Day - Requirements for Program Completion
- Manual/Policy and Procedures
- Meet Our Team
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Residency Program Director
Michele F. Hebda, PharmD, BCPS, CTTS
Clinical Pharmacist-Family Medicine
Director-PGY1 Pharmacy Residency
Faculty-Family Medicine Residency
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (Shadyside campus)Preceptors
- Veronica Bader, PharmD
- Stephanie Ballard, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
- Madalyn Bates, RPh
- Timothy Brenner, PharmD, BCOP
- Holly Filip, PharmD, BCCCP
- Tom Glowa, PharmD, BCPS
- Michele F. Hebda, PharmD, BCPS
- Ronald Heisel, PharmD, BCCCP
- Allison R. Lauver, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
- Sarah McKeegan, PharmD, BCPS
- Trisha Miller, PharmD, BCACP
- Casey O’Brien, PharmD, BCPS
- Louise-Marie Oleksiuk, PharmD, BCPS
- Michael Perry, PharmD, BCPS
- Christine Ruby, PharmD, BCPS
- Brent Scott, PharmD, BCCCP
- Erin Suhrie, PharmD, BCPS, CGP
- Michael Trisler, PharmD, BCIDP
- Brian R. Tuttle, PharmD, MBA
- Linda Zandier, RPh
Current Residents
- Igor Naumovski, PharmD
- Michael P Hair, PharmD
Past Residents and First Positions
- Hannah Madara, PharmD, Pharmacist UPMC Shadyside
- Julena Maurer, PharmD, PGY2 Ambulatory Care-Global Health
- Shawn Meehl, PharmD, Pediatric Oncology Pharmacist
- Lindsay Courtney, PharmD, MS, BCACP, Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
- Dodi Zenilman, PharmD, BCACP, CDTM Ambulatory Care Pharmacist at NYC Health + Hospitals/NCB
- Andrew Garcia, PharmD
Employment Information
Start Date: July 1st
Term of Appointment: 52 week appointment ending week of June 30th
Stipend and Benefit Information
Yearly Stipend : $54,117 (2025-2026)
Paid Time Off: 20 days
Benefits: UPMC Graduate Medical Education Benefits
Travel: Meeting travel not required as travel funding determined yearly and not guaranteed
Application/Interview Information
To apply please submit the standard application requirements via PhORCAS by January 2nd .
Standard requirements for an application include: letter of intent, curriculum vitae, official transcripts, and three recommendations using the PHORCAS template.
PhORCAS: #1322 Match Code: #132213
Applicants must be eligible for pharmacy licensure in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Three letters of reference must include at least 1 from a clinical preceptor and 1 from a preceptor/supervisor/etc. with an established professional relationship of 1+ years.
In letter of intent, please address why you want to do a PGY1 residency, why at UPMC Shadyside, and any future interests and career plans.
A select number of candidates will be invited to a virtual interview with the option of attending an onsite tour and meet-and-greet. Most interviews will be conducted in the month of February.
