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Critical Care Specialty Residency Program

Aurora at a Glance

  • Largest not-for-profit health care system in Wisconsin
  • Serving patients throughout eastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois
  • Largest cardiac transplant center in the Midwest
  • Fully integrated health care system encompassing 15 hospitals, numerous ambulatory, diagnostic and treatment centers, home health care, social services agencies, physician clinics, retail pharmacies and more
  • Department of Pharmacy Services is affiliated with Concordia University Wisconsin School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy and Rosalind Franklin University College of Pharmacy

Residency Program

Goal

The PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency Program is structured to provide specialized skills, knowledge and experience in critical care pharmacotherapy. Pharmacists completing this patient care-focused residency will be prepared to practice as clinical specialists in diverse critical care settings. Candidates interested in careers as clinical pharmacists or clinical coordinators in the intensive care unit setting are encouraged to apply.

Rotation Sites

Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
  • Wisconsin’s largest private hospital, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center is internationally known for its expertise in heart care. Located on the south side of Milwaukee, Aurora St. Luke’s also offers exceptional specialty care in areas such as cancer treatment, digestive diseases, abdominal/cardiothoracic transplant and neurology. It is the home of the Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic. Aurora St. Luke’s houses 125 licensed critical care beds throughout five specialized intensive care units.
Aurora Sinai Medical Center
  • A teaching hospital located in downtown Milwaukee, Aurora Sinai Medical Center offers unique pharmaceutical care experiences, including neonatal/perinatal care, geriatrics, Parkinson disease, internal medicine and medical intensive care.
Aurora eICU® Care Center (electronic intensive care unit)
  • Aurora eICU® Care uses telemedicine technology, including early-warning software and advanced video and electronic monitoring, to connect off-site critical care specialists to ICU patients. The system is linked to more than 200 intensive care beds at Aurora’s hospitals throughout eastern Wisconsin, providing patient care around the clock. Pharmacists are on staff 24 hours a day at Aurora eICU® Care to monitor patients and provide drug expertise.

Specific Learning Experiences

The format of the residency is tailored to the interest, experience, aptitude and career goals of the resident. The resident will complete core learning experiences in medical-respiratory, surgical, neurological, cardiovascular, coronary and electronic intensive care, and customize the residency by choosing elective learning experiences based on individual needs and interests.

  • Orientation: Computer systems, drug distribution, personnel, policies, workflow and department structure
Required Learning Experiences
  • Medical-Respiratory ICU at Aurora St. Luke’s
  • Surgical ICU at Aurora St. Luke’s
  • Neurological/Neurosurgical ICU at Aurora St. Luke’s
  • Cardiovascular ICU at Aurora St. Luke’s
  • Coronary ICU at Aurora St. Luke’s
  • Aurora eICU® Care electronic intensive care
Elective Learning Experiences
  • Abdominal Transplant at Aurora St. Luke’s
  • Cardiothoracic Transplant at Aurora St. Luke’s
  • Neonatal ICU at Aurora Sinai
  • Medical ICU at Aurora Sinai
  • Operating Room pharmacy at Aurora St. Luke’s
  • Emergency Department pharmacy at Aurora St. Luke’s
  • Infectious disease at Aurora St. Luke's
Longitudinal Experiences
  • Professional development: Year-long residency project, rotation projects, in-services, staffing, visits to other institutions, professional organizations, teaching and precepting Candidate qualifications

Candidate Qualifications

  • Graduate of an ACPE accredited School of Pharmacy
  • Eligible for pharmacist licensure in Wisconsin
  • U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the U.S.
  • Graduate of a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency
  • The Pharmacy Residency programs at Aurora Health Care participate in the Residency Matching Program (“The Match”). Employment with Aurora Health Care as a pharmacy resident is contingent upon the applicant satisfying Aurora Health Care’s employment eligibility requirements Quality benefits

Quality Benefits

Each resident is eligible for full-time employee benefits. This includes medical/dental insurance, 23 days paid time off and travel support.

Stipend

We update competitive salaries annually. The current stipend is $72,800.

Application Information

Each candidate must submit the following application materials: letter of interest, curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation and pharmacy school transcripts. Letters of recommendation should be sent by the reference directly to the program rather than by the applicant. Pharmacy school transcripts should be sent by the school directly to the program rather than by the applicant. No separate application form is required. All application materials must be received by January 10. Letter of interest must specify which program you are applying for (PGY1 Pharmacy Practice - Milwaukee, PGY1 Pharmacy Practice - Aurora West Allis Medical Center, PGY1 Pharmacy Practice - Green Bay, PGY1 Community Pharmacy Residency, PGY1 and PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration, PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration, PGY2 Oncology, or PGY2 Critical Care). Letter of interest must also specify your career goal, why you are interested in a residency, what you are looking for in a residency, and why you are applying for a residency specifically at Aurora Health Care. Application materials may be submitted electronically to ann.patten@aurora.org or by mail to Ann Patten at the address listed below. Applicants will be contacted for an on-site interview. The Pharmacy Residency programs at Aurora Health Care participate in the Residency Matching Program (“The Match”) and agree that no person at the sites will solicit, accept or use any ranking-related information from any residency applicant.

Contact

Program Co-directors
Ann Patten, Pharm.D. BCPS
Julie Dagam, Pharm.D., BCPS

Vice President of Pharmacy Services
Tom Woller, M.S., FASHP

Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
2900 W. Oklahoma Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53215
Email: ann.patten@aurora.org

Resident 2011-2012

Jeffrey Zimmerman
PGY-2-Critical Care
E-mail: jeffrey.zimmerman@aurora.org

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