PGY-2 Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacy Residency Program

Hennepin County Medical Center | Minneapolis, Minnesota

Residency Director: Tracy Anderson-Haag, Pharm.D, BCPS

Purpose

Provide residents the opportunity to accelerate their growth beyond entry-level professional competence in patient-centered care and in pharmacy operational services focusing on clinical and professional skills necessary to be a successful transplant pharmacist; and to further the development of leadership, research and teaching skills that can be applied in any position or practice setting related to solid organ transplant including clinical practice, coordination, industry, fellowship or academia.

Through this experiential training, the specialty resident will:

• Develop advanced knowledge and skills in the area of kidney transplantation therapeutics
• Advance their knowledge and understanding of additional solid organs including heart and other organs at collaborating institutions
• Contribute to an interdisciplinary patient care team offering patient-specific therapeutic interventions to prevent, treat, cure, rehabilitate and alleviate medical conditions and diseases
• Enhance skills in providing drug information, detecting and reporting adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, patient-specific drug selection and dosage adjustment, and therapeutic drug monitoring
• Advance their knowledge and understanding of pharmacy systems
• Develop advanced precepting and teaching skills , and
• Continue to evolve clinical research skills to be a productive member of a clinical research team.

Activities involving direct patient interaction in an inpatient and ambulatory setting, physician consultation, teaching and clinical research are major components of this specialized solid organ transplantation residency.

Hennepin County Medical Center Transplant Program

Hennepin County Medical Center’s transplant program was established in 1963. It was the first transplant center in the Upper Midwest and one of the first successful programs in the country. Clinical pharmacists have been an active part of this treatment team since 1985. Approximately 90 kidney transplants are performed each year, with an increasing percentage involving living donors.  More than 2600 kidney transplants have been performed to date. Experience, along with the use of new therapies, diagnostic tools, and surgical  procedures,  allow  HCMC  to  give  transplant  patients  and  living  donors the best

possible care.

Residency Rotation Requirements

PGY-2 goals/objectives are achieved over a 12 month period. As a teaching and research-based hospital, medical resident and pharmacy student teaching and precepting is emphasized throughout the year in addition to residency project research. Flexibility in the length and amount of elective rotations allows the resident to tailor this program to their specific needs.

Clinical Rotation Requirements

• Inpatient Kidney Transplant
• Ambulatory Kidney Transplant
• Inpatient Heart Failure/Transplant
• Abbott Northwestern Hospital
• Ambulatory Heart/Kidney Clinic                
• Abbott Northwestern Hospital
• Hospital Orientation/Operations
• Practice Leadership
• Academia
• Research
• Hospital Pharmacy Practice

Clinical Elective Opportunities

• Abdominal Transplant                                
• Mayo Clinic
• Surgical Intensive Care
• Nephrology
• Infectious Disease/HIV
• Specialty Pharmacy Services
• United States Renal Data System (USRDS) Research/Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR)

Additional Opportunities

• Abstract submission/presentation at a National Pharmacy or Transplant Conference
• Attendance at a National Transplant Conference
• Presentation of Residency Research Project at University Health Consortium Meeting and Midwest Resident’s Conference
• Teach/ co-precept PGY-1 Residents on Transplant Rotations and Pharm.D IV Students on Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences
• Contribute to didactic lectures at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy
• Provide educational programs to hospital, pharmacy and nursing staff as requested
• Attend and participate on hospital committee

Stipend: Approximately $42,000

Staffing: Approximately every 4^th weekend 

Benefits    

• Individual Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance Available
• Vacation and professional days
• Reimbursement stipend for travel to professional conference(s)
  

Program Requirements

• Pharmacy degree from an ACPE Accredited College of Pharmacy
• Successful completion of an ASHP Accredited PGY-1 Residency Program
• Eligibility for Minnesota Licensure
• On-site interview

Application Materials

• Curriculum vitae
• Three letters of Recommendation
• Completed Application
• Academic Transcript

For more information regarding this residency program, please contact Tracy Anderson-Haag at teresa.andersonhaag@hcmed.org or (612) 347-7797.