Record Numbers of SU Pharmacy Students Apply For Post-Graduate Residences

Posted June 12, 2009:

Approximately Twenty SU Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy students are matched or accepted to post-graduate residencies or fellowships.

Three post-graduate students from SU's Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy (left to right) Vanessa Taylor, PharmD, Valley Health System; Nony Nwaneri, PharmD, Martinsburg VAMC; and Christina Chang, PharmD, Valley Health System, participated in residences during the 2008/09 academic year.

Shenandoah University’s Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy is pleased to announce that approximately 20 pharmacy graduates have applied for and were matched with fellowship, residency or post-graduate positions this year.

“The number of PharmD graduates participating this year is quite impressive, given that there were record numbers of students applying and the field is quite competitive,”said Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice Mark Johnson, who directs the pharmacy school’s post-graduate education program.

Nationally, about 15 to 20 percent of graduates go on to complete residency programs in pharmacy. From the numbers of students who applied this year, it appears the number of SU pharmacy graduates engaged in residency programs will be slightly above that average.

According to Johnson, graduates apply to their residency of choice, but they have to be selected by that organization. Below is a list of pharmacy graduates who were matched or accepted to the programs of their choices.

“The number of students participating this year is quite impressive, given that there were record numbers of students applying and the field is quite competitive,”said Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice Mark Johnson.

Fellowship:

  • Austin Combest: Two-Year Drug Development Fellowship at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.

 

Post-Graduate Year One (PGY1) Residencies:

  • Sarah M. Anthony: Inova Fairfax, Fairfax, Va.
  • Renee Bogdan: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C.
  • Eva Christian: Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo, Mich.
  • Kimberly Flynn: Norton Healthcare, Louisville, Ky.
  • Anne-Marie Harper: Huntington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Huntington, W.Va.
  • Heather Houseknecht: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pa.
  • Sriuma "Tammy" Jearanai: Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Fayetteville, N.C.
  • Jeanette Kao: Managed care residency at Hill Physicians Medical Group/PriMed Management
  • Consulting Services, Inc., San Ramon, Calif.
  • Brandon "Jason" Liao: Martinsburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Martinsburg, W.Va.
  • Sarah McDonald: Martinsburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Martinsburg, W.Va.
  • Angie McGraw: St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, Tenn.
  • Thien "Paul" Nguyen: American Health Care, Rocklin, Calif.
  • Heather N. Papageorgeon: MultiCare Health System (Tacoma General & M.B. Children's Hospital), Tacoma, Wa.
  • Joshua Perry: Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg, Va.
  • Melissa Ruble: Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Fla.
  • Michael Ruble: Morton Plant Mease Hospital, in Clearwater, Fla.
  • Joyce Yung: Kaiser Permanente, Marin/Sonoma, Calif.

 

PGY1 Residencies and are matched with Post-Graduate Year Two (PGY2) Residencies:

  • Tony M. Abramczyk: PGY2 in primary care/family medicine at James A. Haley VA in Tampa, Fla.
  • Ananth Anthes: PGY2 in critical care at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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