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Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) 

Chesapeake Regional Healthcare’s Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) Pharmacy Residency Program strives to help new clinical pharmacists develop their patient care practice. The 12-month program will develop clinical pharmacists who display professional competence and the ability to self-evaluate and grow as a practitioner. It builds on the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education to expand training and experience. The program will help prepare those eligible for board certification and postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training. 

Phase I Application Due Date: January 4, 2026
Use Code: 38904
Program Length: 52 weeks
Start date: July 1, 2026
Number of positions: 1

Program Details

A PGY1 residency will allow resident to practice patient-oriented care and serve a variety of patients across the care continuum. Those responsible for medication-related patient care will develop professional practice skills including clinical judgement, patient-centered care, safety, problem-solving strategies and leadership. Residents will have the opportunity to work with a highly motivated group of preceptors who will provide a dynamic learning environment to enhance skills.  

This residency agrees that no person at this residency will solicit, accept, or use any ranking-related information from any residency applicant.

Learning Experiences

Required

  • Orientation
  • Internal Medicine I
  • Internal Medicine II
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Critical Care
  • Transitions of Care
  • Sterile Compounding-Parenteral Nutrition
  • Emergency Medicine

Elective (Choice of 2)

  • Pharmacy Informatics
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship II
  • Critical Care II (Neurocritical Care)
  • Administration II 

Longitudinal 

  • Professional Communication
  • Pharmacy Staffing
  • Medication Use Evaluation and Research
  • Administration
  • Teaching and Learning Certificate

Requirements

Candidates must have:

  • Graduated from an ACPE-accredited college of pharmacy
  • Applied through PhORCAS
  • Virginia Pharmacist License issued no later than last Friday in August 


Application Process

1.    Complete the online application through PhORCAS (http://www.ashp.org/phorcas)
2.    Applicants must provide the following (submitted via PhORCAS):

  • Letter of intent
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Pharmacy school transcript
  • Three letters of recommendation

3.    Interview required
 

Benefits 

  • Competitive Stipend 
  • Personal Health Benefits
  • Paid Annual Leave 
  • Educational Travel Allowance 
  • Virginia Commonwealth University Teaching and Learning Certificate 

Program Contact

Ryan Titus, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP
Clinical Pharmacist Educator | PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program Director
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
736 North Battlefield Blvd. 
Chesapeake, VA 23320
(757) 312-6112
Ryan.Titus@ChesapeakeRegional.com

Preceptors

Corey L. Bradley, PharmD | Clinical Pharmacist
Education and Training:
•    Undergraduate: Bowie State University 
•    Pharmacy School: Shenandoah University School of Pharmacy

Learning experience:  Internal medicine 1

 

Sharon Dilaura RPh | Clinical Pharmacist
Education and Training:
•    Undergraduate:  Mary Washington College, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
•    Pharmacy School: VCU Medical College of Virginia

Learning experience:  Sterile Compounding-Parenteral Nutrition
 

Deshawnda Gilliam, PharmD, MBA | Pharmacy Operations Manager
Education and Training:
•    Undergraduate: Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Grantham University
•    Pharmacy School: University of the Pacific

Learning experience:  Pharmacy Staffing

 

David Hobbs, PharmD | Clinical Pharmacy Manager
Education and Training:
•    Undergraduate: Anderson University
•    Pharmacy School: University of Tennessee

Learning experience:  Transitions of Care
 

Philip Jan, PharmD, MBA, BCPS | Clinical Pharmacist

Education and Training:
•    Undergraduate: Rutgers University School of Engineering
•    Graduate: Rutgers Business School
•    Pharmacy School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy

Learning experience: Pharmacy staffing

 

Mary S Lauer, RPh | Clinical Pharmacist
Education and Training:

•    Undergraduate: College of William and Mary 
•    Pharmacy School: Virginia Commonwealth University

Learning experience: Sterile Compounding – Parenteral nutrition

 

Yao Hua Lin, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP | Director of Pharmacy
Education and Training:
•    Undergraduate: The University of Texas at Austin
•    Pharmacy School: University of Houston
•    PGY1: Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital
•    PGY2: University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy

Learning experiences:  Transitions of Care, Pharmacy Informatics, Administration 1 & 2

 

Katherine Martin, PharmD | Clinical Pharmacist
Education and Training:

•    Undergraduate: Augusta University 
•    Pharmacy School: University of Georgia

Learning experience:  Sterile Compounding-Parenteral Nutrition 

 

Darren McGlaughlin, PharmD | Clinical Pharmacist
Education and Training:
•    Pharmacy School: University of Pittsburgh
•    PGY1:  West Virginia University – Jefferson Medical Center

Learning experience:  Internal Medicine II

 

Andrew Rowe, PharmD | Clinical Pharmacy Specialist: Emergency Medicine
Education and Training:
•    Undergraduate: James Madison University 
•    Pharmacy School: Virginia Commonwealth University
•    PGY1: The University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital

Learning experience: Emergency Medicine

 

Ted Sindlinger, PharmD| Pharmacy Regulatory Officer
Education and Training:

•    Undergraduate: Duquesne University
•    Pharmacy school: Duquesne University Mylan School of Pharmacy
•    PGY1: Martha Jefferson Hospital

Learning Experiences:  Internal medicine 1, Critical Care 1 & II (Neurocritical Care)

 

Tyler Thompson, PharmD | Clinical Pharmacy Specialist: Critical Care
Education and Training:

•    Undergraduate: Elizabeth City State University 
•    Pharmacy School: Campbell University
Learning Experiences: Critical Care 1 & II (Neurocritical Care)
 

Ryan Titus, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP | Clinical Pharmacist Educator | Residency Program Director
Education and Training:

•    Pharmacy School:  Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Learning experiences:  Orientation, Professional Communication, Medication Use Evaluation and Research

 

Neal Vasist, PharmD, MPH, BCPS | Clinical Pharmacy Specialist: Infectious Disease
Education and Training:

•    Undergraduate: The Ohio State University
•    Pharmacy School: University of Maryland

Learning experiences:  Antimicrobial Stewardship I & II

Residents

Jennifer Jacobson, PharmD (Class of 2025-2026)
Taylor Bernas, PharmD (Class of 2024-2025)
Brittany Post, PharmD (Class of 2023-2024)
Madison Sodikoff, PharmD (Class of 2022-2023)
Mallory Daniels, PharmD, MS, BCPS (Class of 2021-2022)

Program Information Session

Applicants interested in learning more about the Chesapeake Regional Healthcare PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program may request a virtual/in-person information session by reaching out to the program contact above!