2026-2027 Program Director
Shannon Kuhrau, PharmD, BCCCP
PGY2 Critical Care Residency Program Coordinator
Residency Research Co-coordinator
Clinical Pharmacist, Burn Intensive Care Unit
Education: PGY2 Critical Care Residency, Loyola University Medical Center; PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Loyola University Medical Center; PharmD, Midwestern University College of Pharmacy, Downers Grove Campus
Program Coordinator
Kaley Deichstetter, PharmD, BCCCP
PGY2 Critical Care Residency Program Coordinator
Clinical Pharmacist, Critical Care
Education: PGY2 Critical Care Residency, Rush University Medical Center; PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Rush University Medical Center; PharmD, University of Cincinnati James L Winkle College of Pharmacy
Required Rotations (4-5 weeks unless otherwise specified)
- Orientation (2 weeks for internal candidates, 4 weeks for external candidates)
- Burn Intensive Care Unit
- Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
- Emergency Medicine
- Infectious Diseases (if not completed as a PGY1)
- Medical Intensive Care Unit
- Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit
- Surgical- Trauma Intensive Care Unit
- Elective Rotations (4-5 weeks unless otherwise specified, residents complete a total of 14 to 19 weeks of elective rotations)
Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant
- Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
- Infectious Diseases
- Intensive Care Unit Float
- Lung Transplant
- MacNeal Intensive Care Unit (offsite if available)
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Nutrition (2 weeks)
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Poison Center/Toxicology (offsite if available)
- Repeat any required rotation
- Required Longitudinal Experiences
- Continuing Education Seminar (15 weeks); a total of 4-5 weeks dedicated to project time
- Critical Care Conference (49 weeks); weekly one hour sessions
- Emergency Response (26 weeks); Alternating weeks covering 8 hour shifts of either code blue or code stroke pager response
- Medication Use Evaluation (39 weeks); a total of 4-5 weeks dedicated to project time
- Pharmacy Improvement (18 weeks); a total of 4-5 weeks dedicated to project time
- Pharmacy Operations (52 weeks)
- Two 8 hour staffing shifts every 3rd weekend
- Emergency Department On Call Staffing (5PM-10PM) rotating between PGY1 and PGY2 Critical Care residents
- Research Project (51 weeks); a total of 4-5 weeks dedicated to project time
- Teaching and Learning Certificate [if not completed as a PGY1] (6 months); weekly hour long lectures
Additional details regarding the program structure can be found within Appendix 2 of the Residency Manual located on the FAQ page.
