Loyola University Medical Center Pharmacy Residency Program

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Loyola University Medical Center offers a one-year PGY1 Pharmacy Residency (9 positions), a one-year PGY-2 Solid Organ Transplant Residency (1 position), and a one-year PGY-2 Critical Care Residency (2 positions). Our programs give residents the opportunity to practice in a nationally recognized academic health system. Residents will have the opportunity to train in countless specialty areas, including adult and pediatric critical care, abdominal and thoracic solid organ transplant, burn and trauma critical care, emergency medicine, as well as general medicine, transplant and general infectious diseases, hematology/oncology, and cardiology.

Our programs are designed to encourage residents to develop the knowledge and leadership skills necessary to become leaders in the pharmacy profession. Residents will work closely with physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals on multidisciplinary teams that provide a dynamic environment in which residents will develop confidence in their critical thinking skills and become an integral part of the interdisciplinary team.

Residents will be guided through their residency by preceptors and a mentor of their choice, who will provide support while encouraging them to work and think independently. Residents will also gain research experience by completing a research project under the direction of a preceptor. Furthermore, several required Grand Rounds lectures will help residents develop their presentation skills throughout the year. Finally, with a unique Teaching Certificate Program and with many preceptors also accepting pharmacy students on rotation, residents will also gain valuable teaching experience.

The goal of our training program is to develop well-rounded clinicians with the skills to practice in a diversity of patient-care settings.

Application Process

Qualified candidates must have, or will have, completed a PharmD at an accredited College of Pharmacy or equivalent degree. All residents must be licensed by the Illinois Board of Pharmacy by August 1.

Important Dates With Interviews:

Application deadline for next year's PGY1 program: January 3
Application deadline for next year's PGY2 programs: January 5
Interviews begin soon after the application deadline

Required Application Materials (to be completed in PhORCAS):

Completed PhORCAS application
Curriculum Vitae
Letter of intent
Official transcripts for pharmacy education
Three letters of recommendation
Answers to supplemental questions below (applies to PGY1 program only)

Outline your short-term (5 year) and long-term (10 year) career goals.
What about the Loyola PGY1 Residency program aligns with your goals in pursuing residency training?
What about the Loyola PGY1 Residency program is least consistent with your career goals?
Describe an intervention you made on a recent rotation. What did you learn from this experience?

For further information, please contact:

LUMC Pharmacy Residency
Loyola University Medical Center, Department of Pharmacy
2160 S. First Ave.
Maywood, IL 60153
kevin.chang001@luhs.org
Phone: 708-216-3875

Learn more by reading our pharmacy residency program FAQs.