Shelly Goyal, PharmD, BCTXP
PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant Program Director
Clinical Pharmacist – Abdominal Transplant
Education: PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant Residency, Loyola University Medical Center; PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Loyola University Medical Center; PharmD, University of Texas at Austin
Email: shelly.goyal@luhs.org
Program Coordinators
Claire Ekweariri, PharmD, BCTXP
PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant Program Coordinator
Education Committee Co-Chair
Clinical Pharmacist – Abdominal Transplant
Education: PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant Residency, Loyola University Medical Center; PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Penn State Medical Center; PharmD, Creighton University
Jennifer Novak, PharmD Jennifer Novak, PharmD
PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant Program Coordinator
Clinical Pharmacist – Thoracic Transplant
Education: PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant Residency, Northwestern Memorial Hospital; PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Northwestern Memorial Hospital; PharmD, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy
Required Rotations (4 weeks unless otherwise specified)
- Orientation (2 weeks for internal candidates, 4 weeks for external)
- Abdominal Transplant
- Abdominal Transplant – Outpatient
- Heart Transplant/ Advanced Heart Failure
- Lung Transplant
- Hepatology
- Transplant Infectious Diseases
- At least one advanced inpatient organ rotation per resident preference:
- Advanced Abdominal Transplant – Inpatient
- Advanced Lung Transplant
- Heart Transplant/ Advanced Heart Failure II
Elective Rotations (4-5 weeks unless otherwise specified, residents complete a total of 16 to 18 weeks of elective rotations)
- Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
- Medical Intensive Care Unit
- Surgical-Trauma Intensive Care Unit
- Abdominal Transplant Elective – Inpatient
- Abdominal Transplant Elective – Outpatient
- Advanced Abdominal Transplant – Outpatient
- Advanced Heart Failure/ Cardiac Transplant/ Lung Transplant Clinic
- Pediatric Transplant (2-4 weeks)
- Transplant Nephrology
Required Longitudinal Experiences
- Continue Education Seminar (15 weeks); a total of 4-5 weeks dedicated to project time
- Pharmacy Clinical Staffing (52 weeks); two 8-hour staffing shifts every 3rd weekend
- Practice Management/ Pharmacy Improvement (52 weeks); a total of 4-5 weeks dedicated to project time
- Research Project (51 weeks); a total of 4-5 weeks dedicated to project time
- Solid Organ Transplant Conference (49 weeks); meets for 1 hour weekly
- Teaching and Learning Certificate (6 months) [if not completed as PGY1]
