UPMC St. Margaret PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency Program

Block Rotations

• Orientation (two weeks).
• Private Practice Outpatient Family Medicine (one half day x 12 weeks).
• Inpatient Family Medicine (two weeks).
• Elective (up to four weeks).

Longitudinal Rotations (each 52 weeks)

• Outpatient Family Health Center.
• Research and Scholarship.
• Faculty Development Fellowship Program.
• Teaching and Learning.
• Advanced Pharmacy Practice - Inpatient Staffing.
• Professional Development with Mentor.

Requirements for Program Completion

• Copy of Updated Curriculum Vitae as of May 30.
• Submit a resident portfolio including a breakdown of and examples of clinical, teaching, and research efforts throughout the academic year.
• Research project (copy of protocol, IRB/AI documents, data, analysis).
• Manuscript completed and provided to Residency Program Director by June 30 with the hope to submit to a peer-reviewed journal.
• Research project presentation (at least two).
• Create a poster pertaining to research project.
• Create or enhance a practice improvement initiative at your primary practice site.
• Complete all tasks associated with Learning experiences and residency documentation in PharmAcademic.
• Complete one presentation at a regional or national conference.
• Achieve objective benchmarks set for residency progression (Q1= 0 to 25%; Q2 26 to 50%; Q3 51 to 75%; Q4 80 to 100%).
• Achieve 80% of all residency goals and objectives by the end of the residency year.

Residency Program Director

• Bobbie Farrah PharmD, BCPS, BCACP

Residency Program Coordinator

• Jennifer Crupie

Preceptors

• Bobbie Farrah, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
• Marianne Koenig, PharmD, BCPS
• Adam Greenfield PharmD
• Heather Sakely, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP
• Gretchen Shelesky, MD, MS, FAAFP
• Alexandria Taylor, PharmD, BCPS
• Maria Osborne, PharmD, BCACP
• Aaron Difilippo, PharmD

Current Residents

• Devon Hess, PharmD
• Camryn Molnar, PharmD
• Diamond Orji, PharmD

Former Residents and First Positions

2025

• Jason Fine PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Pharmacist Specialist – Ambulatory Care, Renown Medical Center, Reno, NV 
  
• Madeline Stanko PharmD – Clinical Pharmacist Specialist – Family Medicine, UPMC Dept of Family Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
• Alexa Wardoclip PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Pharmacist Specialist – Ambulatory Care, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA

2024

• Madison Abbs PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Pharmacist Specialist – Ambulatory Care, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
• Drake Meany PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Primary Care, Great Lakes Integrated Network, Inc. (GLIN), Buffalo, NY
• Taylor Thompson PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine , WVU, Morgantown, WV

2023

• Habib Rahman PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Primary Care, Great Lakes Integrated Network, Inc. (GLIN), Buffalo, NY
• Joseph Rizkalla PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Pharmacist Specialist – Family Medicine, UPMC Dept of Family Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
• Arianna Sprando PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Pharmacist Specialist – Ambulatory Care, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA

2022

•  Alicia Faggioli PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Primary Care - Lorain, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
• Courtney Simpkins PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Ambulatory Care Pharmacist – Specialty Pharmacy, St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Edgewood, KY
• Alexandria Taylor PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Inpatient Family Medicine, UPMC St. Margaret Residency, Pittsburgh, PA

2021

• Amisha Mehta PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Assistant Professor, Fairleigh Dickinson School of Pharmacy, Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey
• Nolan Schmitz PharmD, BCPS – Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist – Primary Care, The University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, Kansas
• Cassidy Williams PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Pharmacist Specialist- Primary Care, St. Tammany Health System, Covington, Louisiana

2020

• Rachael Cardinal PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Pharmacist Specialist – Ambulatory Care, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
• Anne Williams PharmD, BCPS – Clinical Pharmacist Specialist – Ambulatory Care, Frederick Health System, Frederick, MD
• Kevin Wissman PharmD – Assistant Professor, Clinical Pharmacist Specialist – Ambulatory Care, University of Kansas, School of Medicine, Wichita, Kansas

• Eligible candidates will be graduating or have graduated from an accredited school of pharmacy. Candidates must register for the Match – ASHP Residency Matching Program - and submit an application requirement via PhORCAS by January 2. Select candidates will be invited for an interview. All interviews will be conducted virtually for the upcoming recruitment season.
• PGY2 ambulatory care and geriatric residency candidates are identified in the ASHP Residency Matching Program prior to their PGY1 year. Candidates will follow Early Commitment Process in their PGY1 year to confirm acceptance into the PGY2 specialty residency program.
• This residency site agrees that no person at this site will solicit, accept, or use any ranking-related information from any residency candidate.
• Interview requirement virtual.

• Start Date: July 1
• Term of Appointment: Start date through June 30 of following year.

Stipend and Benefit Information

• Yearly Stipend
• Paid Time Off: 20 days
• Benefits (PDF)
• Travel: PGY2 Residents typically travel to a conference in the fall and the STFM Annual Conference in the spring.