PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency
ASHP accredited Matching Program Code # 185113
JAMES J. PETERS VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER
BRONX, NEW YORK
A one year, full-time program providing training for the development of competence in the following areas of Pharmacy Practice: Acute Patient Care, Ambulatory Patient Care, Long-term Patient Care, Critical Care, Drug Information and Drug-Use Policy Development, and Practice Management.
Number of Positions: 4 PGY-1 Pharmacy Residencies Start Date: July 1, 2013
Requirements: Pharm.D. degree, US Citizenship Stipend: $46,339
CONTACT: Rosina M. Stamati, RPh, MPA, CGP, BCPS
Director, Pharmacy Practice Residency Program
James J Peters VA Medical Center Phone: (718) 584-9000 ext. 5884
130 West Kingsbridge Road (119) Fax: (718) 741-4406
Bronx, New York 10468 E-mail:
Affiliated with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy, the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center is a modern, tertiary care facility comprised of 230 beds, a 120 bed Nursing Home, a General Medical Research Annex, Community Based Outpatient Clinics in Westchester County (2) and in Queens (1). A full range of adult services is provided: Ambulatory Care, Primary Care, Dental, Medicine, Neurology, Nuclear Medicine, Psychiatry, Radiation Therapy, Pain Management, Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine, Spinal Cord Injury, and Surgery. Alcohol and Drug Dependence Treatment is also provided. The Medical Center is a clinical training site for medical, nursing and pharmacy students.
The Pharmacy Program provides comprehensive computerized, automated distribution services: Unit Dose, I.V. Additives and Nutrition, Cancer Chemotherapy and Outpatient prescriptions. Pharmaceutical care is provided by pharmacy practitioners and specialists in Ambulatory Care/Primary Care (Pharmacist Managed/Assisted Clinics: Anticoagulation, Primary Care, Diabetes, Hepatitis C, HIV, Lipid, Renal/Dialysis), Medication Use Evaluations, Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Critical Care, Acute Care/Internal Medicine, Investigational Drugs, Geriatrics, Long Term Care, Psychiatry, Spinal Cord Injury and Nutrition Support.
PGY-2 residencies for Infectious Diseases and Geriatrics are available for those seeking advanced practice training.
LOCATED NORTH OF THE BRONX ZOO & YANKEE STADIUM, THE JAMES J PETERS VAMC IS CONVENIENTLY ACCESSED FROM MANHATTAN, LONG ISLAND AND WESTCHESTER COUNTIES NEW JERSEY, AND CONNECTICUT VIA PUBLIC TRANSIT AND AUTO.