PGY-1 Pharmacy Program


Program Director

Kevin Chang, PharmD, BCCCP

Kevin Chang, PharmD, BCCCP
PGY1 Residency Program Director
Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator
Clinical Pharmacist, Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Education: PGY2 Critical Care Residency, University of North Carolina Medical Center; PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Illinois at Chicago; PharmD, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy

 


Program Coordinator

Kelli Covington

Kelli Covington, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS
PGY1 Residency Program Coordinator 
Residency Education Committee Co-Chair
Clinical Pharmacist, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit/Pediatrics
Education: PGY2 Pediatrics (Critical Care), Children's National Medical Center; PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Children's National Medical Center; PharmD, University of Florida College of Pharmacy
 

 

 


Program Committee Chairs

Shannon Kuhrau, PharmD, BCCCP

Shannon Kuhrau, PharmD, BCCCP
Residency Research & MUE Committee Co-Chair
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

 


Jordan Meckel

Jordan Meckel, PharmD, BCCCP
Residency Research & MUE Committee Co-Chair
Clinical Pharmacist, Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit
Education: PGY2 Critical Care Residency, University of California at Davis Medical Center; PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of California at Davis Medical Center; PharmD, University of Texas at Austin
 


Claire Schmidt

Claire Schmidt, PharmD
Residency Education Committee Co-Chair
Clinical Pharmacist, Abdominal Transplant and Hepatology
Education: PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant Residency, Loyola University Medical Center; PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Penn State Health Milton S Hershey Medical Center; PharmD, Creighton University
 

 


Pamela Nicoski

Pamela Nicoski, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS
Residency Professional Development & Wellness Committee Co-Chair
Clinical Pharmacist, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Education: PGY2 Pediatric Residency, Medical University of South Carolina; PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Duke University Medical Center; PharmD, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy
 

 


Erica Konopka

Erica Konopka, PharmD
Residency Professional Development & Wellness Committee Co-Chair
Clinical Pharmacist, Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Education: PGY2 Cardiology/Critical Care Specialty Residency, University of Southern California; PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, University of Southern California; PharmD, University of Florida
 

Required Rotations

  • Orientation
  • Pharmacy Administration
  • General Medicine
  • Critical Care (Medical Intensive Care Unit, Surgical-Trauma Intensive Care Unit, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit, or Burn Intensive Care Unit)
  • Acute/Critical Care Specialty (Cardiology, Hepatology, Hematology/Oncology, 2nd ICU, or Emergency Medicine)
  • Infectious Diseases or Transplant Infectious Diseases
  • Pediatrics (General Pediatrics/Pediatric Intensive Care Unit or Neonatal Intensive Care Unit)
  • Transplant (Abdominal Transplant, Heart Transplant/Advanced Heart Failure, Lung Transplant, or Bone Marrow Transplant)
  • Research (December)
  • Pharmacy Operations (longitudinal)

Elective Rotations

  • Advanced General Medicine
  • Outpatient heart transplant/advanced heart failure
  • Pharmacy informatics
  • Medication Safety
  • Poison Center/Toxicology (offsite if available)
  • MacNeal Hospital Emergency Medicine (offsite if available)
  • MacNeal Hospital Intensive Care Unit (offsite if available)
  • Any rotation listed under Required Rotations not previously taken
  • LVAD longitudinal clinic (6 months, 1 day every other week – see description below)

    *No travel funding provided for offsite rotations