PGY2 Infectious Diseases Residency

Purpose

PGY2 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in specialized areas of practice. PGY2 residencies provide residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care or other advanced practice settings. Residents who successfully complete an accredited PGY2 pharmacy residency are prepared for advanced patient care, academic, or other specialized positions, along with board certification, if available.

Program Structure

The Postgraduate Year Two (PGY2) Infectious Diseases (ID) Pharmacy Residency Program at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Health is a specialized residency consisting of 12 months of training and experience in various practice areas in infectious diseases, antimicrobial stewardship (ASP), and immunocompromised hosts. It is designed to develop accountability; practice patterns; habits; and expert knowledge, skills, attitudes, and abilities in the respective advanced area of pharmacy practice. The ID PGY2 program builds upon the broad-based competencies achieved in a PGY1 residency, deepening the resident's ability to provide care in the most complex of cases or in the support of care through practice leadership. The program allows sufficient flexibility to adapt to the interests and needs of the individual resident, yet provides the basic foundation for quality clinical practice in infectious diseases. The resident will have the opportunity to gain clinical, research, and teaching experience in infectious diseases. Therefore, the program provides residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and transforming both into improved medication therapy for patients.

Required Learning Experiences

• Orientation (1 month, July)
• Antimicrobial Stewardship I and II (1 month each)
• Foundations in Clinical Microbiology (1 month)
• Adult Infectious Diseases Consult A-Service and B-service (1 month each)
• Transplant Infectious Diseases Consult Service (1 month)
• Research Month (1 month)
• Tele-Antimicrobial Stewardship (1 month)
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases Consults/ASP (1 month)
• ASP Quality & Practice Management (1 month)
• Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) and Ambulatory ASP (1 month)

Other Residency Experiences

• Longitudinal
  • Decentralized Clinical Staffing: 1 weekend/month
  • NTM Clinic (5 months)
  • HIV Clinic (5 months)
  • ASP On-call (remote): 1 weekend/month
• Projects
  • Medication Use Evaluation (5 months)
  • Research and Manuscript (1 year)
• Presentation
  
  • Seminar (1 per year)
• Elective Learning Experiences
  
  • Infectious Diseases Academia (1 month or longitudinal)
  • Precepting Add On (as applicable for each rotation)
  • Lecture or Teaching (as applicable)
  • Additional Research Opportunities
    • Multicenter studies
    • Prospective, observational studies
    • Grant-funded research
    • Research collaborations with the microbiology laboratory 

Core Preceptors

Krutika Mediwala Hornback, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCIDP
System Pharmacy Coordinator, Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship
mediwala@musc.edu

Gustavo Alvira-Arill Pharm.D., BCPPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship – Pediatrics
alviraar@musc.edu

Rachel F. Burgoon, Pharm.D., BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship
burgoonr@musc.edu

Zach Gruss, Pharm.D., BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship and OPAT
gruss@musc.edu

Aaron C. Hamby, Pharm.D., BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship
hambya@musc.edu

Josh Knight, Pharm.D., BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Inpatient Tele-Antimicrobial Stewardship
knightjo@musc.edu

Abby Kosharek, Pharm.D.
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Inpatient Tele-Antimicrobial Stewardship
kosharek@musc.edu

Taylor Morrisette, Pharm.D., MPH
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship
morritay@musc.edu

Wendy Bullington, Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pulmonary/NTM Clinic
bullingw@musc.edu

Hayley Davis, Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, HIV Clinic
davisha@musc.edu

Stephanie Kirk, Pharm.D., CDCES, BCACP, AAHIVP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, HIV Clinic
kirks@musc.edu

Lisa Steed, Ph.D.
Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
steedll@musc.edu