PCHC Graduates Pharmacy Residents, Welcomes New
We are pleased to announce the addition of six new residents to its accredited Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) Community Pharmacy Residency Program. PCHC welcomes Matthew Christie, PharmD, Kathryn Cunniff, PharmD, Irene Madrigal, PharmD, Nicholas Michaud, PharmD, Shilpa Nair, PharmD, and Meagan Rusby, PharmD. PCHC recently graduated Jessica Bates, PharmD, Michela Fiori, PharmD, and Charles-Gregor Flores Derupe, PharmD from the PGY1 program. Karilynn Dowling, PharmD, and Chelsea Magee, PharmD recently completed PCHC’s Postgraduate Year Two (PGY2) Residency Program in Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Charles-Gregor Flores Derupe, PharmD will now advance to the PGY2 Program.
PCHC is pleased that Chelsea Magee, PharmD, PGY2 graduate, is transitioning into a full-time PCHC Pharmacy Operations Manager and PGY1 graduates Jessica Bates, PharmD, and Michela Fiori, Pharm D, will remain with PCHC as per-diem pharmacists.
Felicity Homsted, PharmD, BCPS, Chief Pharmacy Officer, who oversees the program, states, “It is with great excitement that we receive our largest class of residents yet. Each year, we build on the accomplishments put in place by prior residency classes. PCHC pharmacy residents are able to directly impact and improve the lives of our patients though increased access to comprehensive pharmacy services.”
PCHC hosts the only pharmacies among Maine’s 19 Federally Qualified Health Centers and has four pharmacies embedded in its practices at Penobscot Community Health Center, Helen Hunt Health Center, Brewer Medical Center, and Seaport Community Health Center that fill over 120,000 prescriptions per year. PCHC’s Pharmacy Department has been recognized as a leading practice site nationally for its 340B program and is host to a Residency Program accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and the American Pharmacists Association. PCHC also offers an ASHP accredited Postgraduate Year Two (PGY2) Pharmacy Practice Residency in Health Systems Administration.
The Pharmacy Residency Program’s goal is to develop a professional maturity through compassionate direct patient care, project management, communication, and leadership skills. Residents work collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams to ensure safe and effective medication usage in a cost-effective manner. After completion of the residency program, residents are well prepared to pursue a PGY2 residency program or clinical pharmacist position.