International Pharmacy Residency Programs
International Residency
Stats
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49 Years of excellence in pharmacy residency training.
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300 Pharmacists successfully trained in our ASHP- accredited first-year-post-graduate program.
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100 Graduated in our various specialized pharmacy residencies that encompass a wide range of fields that is second to none.
Location
Pharmacy residency training programs are held within the College of Pharmacy at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health). The Department of Pharmacy Practice, the home department of all residency trainees, is the most comprehensive unit of its type in the United States and continues a tradition of exemplary service through its mission of providing quality education, research, and patient care. The department educates and trains students, residents, and fellows as well as practicing pharmacists to become recognized for their leadership, knowledge and competence in practice, research, and teaching.
Upcoming International Sessions
None at this time.
Program Information
This residency site agrees that no person at this site will solicit, accept, or use any ranking-related information from any residency applicant.
General
Clinical
To assist the Hospital in providing 24-hour, clinical pharmacy coverage to all UIC patients, PGY1 residents participate in the On-Call Program, which provides overnight and weekend clinical services. On-call activities typically include responding to “codes,” evaluating antibiotic therapies and adverse drug reactions; monitoring pharmacokinetics; and providing nutrition support and patient counseling services. Residents discuss their on-call cases during daily resident report meetings. Former UIC residents and fellows often identify this program as the most rewarding aspect of the pharmacy practice residency and the greatest contributing factor to their clinical skills development.
Teaching
- Experiential teaching and precepting of P1-P4 students
- ACPE-accredited seminar
- One lecture in either grand Rounds or Experiential Course
- In-services (as needed)
- Teaching certificate program
- Required one month Academic rotation
Research
- At least one main project to be presented at Great Lakes
- Participation in ongoing clinical research as desired
- Manuscript development and submission
Requirements
- The PGY1 Residency requires a PharmD degree from an ACPE accredited program
- Licensure in Illinois
- Ability to start the residency on July 1.
Training Site & Faculty
With more than 90 clinical faculty members associated with the program, the Pharmacy Practice Residency offers rotation opportunities at a diverse range of practice sites.
REQUIRED ROTATIONS
- Internal Medicine (2 months)
- Critical Care
- Academia
- Drug Information
- Pharmacy Systems
- Ambulatory Care Clinic (Longitudinal)
- Specialty Medicine (i.e. BMT, Cardiology, Clinic block, ED, Liver, Med Onc)
ELECTIVE ROTATIONS – Resident may choose 4 from the following sites:
Inpatient
- Academia
- Administration
- Internal Medicine
- BMT
- MICU
- Cardiology
- Neonatology
- Clinical Research
- Neurosurgery
- Coronary Care Unit
- Oncology
- CT Surgery
- Drug Information
- Organ Transplant
- Emergency Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Gastroenterology
- PICU
- Infectious Disease
- Toxicology
Ambulatory Care
- Anticoagulation
- Cardiology
- Community Health
- Dialysis
- Family Practice
- General Medicine
- HIV/Infectious Diseases
- MTMS
- Neurology
- Oncology
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonology
- Women’s Health
preceptors
Academia
Cardiology
Robert J. DiDomenico, PharmD, BCPS (AQ-Cardiology), FCCP, FHFSA, FACC
Erika Hellenbart, PharmD, BCPS
Critical Care
Scott T. Benken, PharmD, BCPS (AQ-Cardiology)
Keri Kim, PharmD, MS CTS, BCPS
Jeffrey J. Mucksavage, PharmD, BCPS
Eljim P. Tesoro, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Drug Information
Rachel Brunner
Honey Joseph
Laura Koppen
Courtney Krueger, PharmD, BCPS
Faria Munir
Jennifer Phillips, PharmD, BCPS
Jackie Wasynczuk
Emergency Medicine / Toxicology
Frank Paloucek, PharmD, DABAT, FASHP
Renee Petzel Gimbar, PharmD, FAACT
Infectious Disease
Jenna Adams
Melissa Badowski, PharmD, MPH, FCCP, BCIDP, BCPS, AAHIVP
Rodrigo Burgos, PharmD, AAHIVP
Emily Drwiega
Alan Gross, PharmD, BCPS (AQ ID), BCIDP
Sarah Michienzi, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVP
Internal Medicine
Annesti Elmasri
Sally Falahat
Emily Hanners
Geoff Pucci
Oncology
Mike Buerge
Christina Haaf, PharmD, BCOP, BCPS
Noor Naffakh
Mark Pulver
Pediatrics
Kirsten Ohler, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS
Jennifer Pham, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS
Solid Organ Transplant
Maya Campara, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, FAST
Rachen Christensen
Lynley Heinrich
Dana Pierce
Brendan Steiner
Cassie Stromayer Muran, PharmD, BCPS
Mia Schmiedeskamp-Rahe, PharmD, PhD
Keaton Tauer
Benito Valdepenas
Ambulatory Care
Angeo Belen
Beatrice Drambarean, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
Katie Kaczmarski, PharmD, BCACP, AE-C
Shiyun Kim, PharmD, CDE, BCACP, BCPP
Michelle Martin, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, BCACP
Nancy Shapiro, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP
John Shilka, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
Daphne Smith Marsh, PharmD, CDE
Paul Stranges, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
Elizabeth Van Dril, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
Lori Wilken, PharmD, AE-C, BCACP, TT-S
Surgery Services
Nivan Khair
Family Medicine
Eva Stachler
current resident
| Year | Resident | School | |
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| 2025 – 2026 | Fatimah Al Doughan | Medical University of South Carolina | faldough@uic.edu |
History
Since 1969, the tradition of excellence in pharmacy residency training at UIC has contributed to the national advancement of clinical pharmacy practice. Over 300 pharmacists successfully trained in our ASHP- accredited first-year-post-graduate program. In addition, we have graduated over 100 individuals in our various specialized pharmacy residencies that encompass a wide range of fields that is second to none. The goal of this unique PGY1 Pharmacy Residency for International Graduates is to continue to influence and expand clinical pharmacy practice by preparing international graduates to take their skills beyond our national borders. Our diverse faculty, in combination with the numerous progressive practice sites, provides our residents with an experience like no other. Our residency alumnae hold prominent positions within pharmacy academia, industry, and professional organizations nationwide and are leaders in the world of pharmacy practice. We are proud of our tradition, our outcomes and our graduates, and we are confident that our residency programs will grow to meet the universal challenge of providing excellent clinical pharmacy care.
Past Residents
| Year | Resident | School | First Position |
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| 2024-2025 | Abdulrahman Khormi | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | PGY2 Investigational Drug Services Pharmacy Resident, Brigham and Women's Health |
| 2023-2024 | Yiwen Chung | Ohio State University | PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Resident, Houston Methodist Hospital |
| 2021 – 2022 | Mohammed Al Zahrani | St. Louis College of Pharmacy | |
| 2020 – 2021 | Tracy (Xunjie) Zhang | Ohio State University | PGY2 Oncology, UIC |
| 2019 – 2020 | Yiwei Yin | University of Michigan |
Clinical Pharmacist, Shanghai Chest Hospital |
| 2018 – 2019 | Nancy (Lan Hsi) Lin | University of Buffalo |
Clinical Pharmacist, Koo-Foundation SunYat-Sen Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2017 – 2018 | Po Hung Lin | UIC |
PGY2 Oncology, UIC |
| 2016 – 2017 | Vicky (Yu Hsueh) Wu | UIC |
Clinical Pharmacist, Critical Care, Wanfang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan |
Peggy Choye, Pharm.D., BCPS
Director, PGY1 International Pharmacy Residency Program
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clinical Pharmacist, Internal Medicine
