PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy 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 Information
- Pharmacy Orientation (July – 1 month)
- Pediatric Emergency Department (1 month)
- Emergency Medicine Practice Management and Quality Improvement Initiatives (December – 1 month)
- Toxicology (1 month)
- Emergency Medicine - Introduction to Resuscitation and Emergency Management (1 month)
- Emergency Medicine - Trauma and Surgery (1 month)
- Emergency Medicine - Cardiology (1 month)
- Emergency Medicine - Infectious Diseases (1 month)
- Emergency Medicine - Advanced Topics in Resuscitation and Emergency Management (1 month)
Three, month-long rotations; at least 2 ICU
- Cardiothoracic ICU
- Medical Surgical ICU
- Surgical Trauma Burn ICU
- Cardiovascular ICU
- Specialty Medical ICU
- Neurosciences ICU
- Internal Medicine
- Emergency Medicine – Critical Care
- Acute Psychiatry
Longitudinal
- Adult Inpatient On-Call (12 months)
- Medication Use Evaluation (6 months)
- Research Project (12 months)
- Emergency Medicine Staffing (12 months)
- Emergency Medicine Teaching Experiences (12 months)
Required Presentations
- Critical Care Lecture Series (minimum of one)
- MUSC EM Medical Residency Thursday Conference x1
- Pharmacy Resident Case Conference x1
- Staffing 24, 10-hour weekend ED shifts (average of every 4th weekend over 52 weeks)
- Up to 6 weeks of off-site adult clinical on-call
- Research certificate if not completed previously
Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist(s)
Kelsey Billups, Pharm.D., BCPS
billupsk@musc.edu
Daniel Fischer, Pharm.D., BCCCP
fischeda@musc.edu
Sandrah Almond, Pharm.D., BCEMP
almonds@musc.edu
Sarah Elizabeth Davis, Pharm.D., BCEMP
davisara@musc.edu
Hannah Chapman, Pharm.D.
chapmham@musc.edu
Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist(s)
Liz LaScala, Pharm.D., BCPS
lascala@musc.edu
Residency Program Director
Kelsey Billups, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCEMP
PGY2 Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director
Title: Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Education: Virginia Commonwealth University
Post-graduate training: PGY1 and PGY2 Emergency Medicine at The Ohio State University Medical Center
Rotations offered: Emergency Medicine
ORCID Profile
billupsk@musc.edu
Current PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Resident
