Sharp HealthCare PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency 

Helping you enhance your abilities and grow your passion.   

At Sharp HealthCare, it is our mission to improve the health of everyone we serve. As San Diego's leading health care provider, we're proud to touch the lives of more individuals in our community than any other health care system. Sharp is a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering the highest quality patient-centered care, the latest medical technology and superior service. Every day, our approximately 3,000 affiliated physicians and 19,000 employees work to provide our patients and their families with the extraordinary level of care that we call The Sharp Experience. Sharp HealthCare celebrates diversity and embraces people of all backgrounds and was named one of America’s Best Employers for Diversity and Best-In-State Employers by Forbes Magazine.  

Our PGY2 Critical Care Residency Program is an ASHP accredited, comprehensive program that includes three acute care hospital locations – Sharp Memorial Hospital, Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center; all of which have been awarded Magnet® designation for nursing excellence and Planetree® designation for patient-centered care and recognized by the American Heart Association for excellent stroke care. 

Sharp Grossmont Hospital is a 562-bed facility and the home site for the PGY2, which is located in East San Diego County. It is the largest, not-for-profit, full-service acute care hospital in the region. The hospital’s Emergency and Critical Care Center is among the most technologically advanced in the nation and has one of the busiest emergency departments in California, serving 118,000 patients annually, with 24/7 ED pharmacist coverage. Sharp Grossmont Hospital has been recognized with the 2026 Lantern Award from the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), one of the highest honors in emergency nursing. The Burr Heart and Vascular Center, a Comprehensive Stroke Center, offers more advanced cardio and neurovascular procedures. In 2025, Sharp Grossmont Hospital for Neuroscience expanded access to advanced neurosurgical, neurological and spine care and Sharp HealthCare was recognized in Becker’s 100 Great Neuroscience and Spine Programs.

Sharp Memorial Hospital is a 656-bed facility in San Diego and located on our Sharp Metro Campus. As a level II trauma center, the hospital is known for its transplant program, which pioneered the first heart transplant surgery in San Diego. Additional transplant services include kidney and pancreas. The hospital has also been recognized by the American Heart Association for excellent stroke and cardiovascular care.  Additionally, Sharp Memorial Hospital received certification by the Joint Commission as a Comprehensive Cardiac Center and Advanced Primary Stroke Center.  Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns is also part of the Sharp Metro Campus specializing in the unique care of women and newborns. It provides advanced care for high-risk pregnancies and a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, which is recognized as one of the world’s best. 

Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center is a 449-bed facility located in San Diego’s South Bay and provides the largest selection of health care services in the South Bay with the most advanced technologies and state-of-the-art facilities.  The hospital received certification by the Joint Commission as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center and has also been recognized by the American Heart Association for excellent stroke and cardiovascular care. Unique services include bloodless surgery and pulmonary care.  The addition of a new tower, built in 2020, offers 10 additional critical care and state-of-the art surgical suites, and the region’s only hybrid procedure room for advanced cardiovascular procedures.

About the program   

Tahnee Marginean, PharmD, BCCCP, is the Residency Program Director. 

This PGY2 residency program will train pharmacy graduates in interdisciplinary, critical care practice through a variety of intensive care unit settings. Our residents will be joining a well-established and highly valued pharmacy team who consistently make a positive impact on the lives of our patients. 

The pharmacy resident will receive training to accelerate growth and competence in patient care, leadership skills, teaching skills, research and practice management skills through precepting pharmacy students, conducting clinical research projects, and assisting in the integration and utilization of clinical pharmacists to improve patient care. For those interested in further developing their teaching skills, participation in a teaching certificate program is available through the San Diego Pharmacy Residency Leadership Teaching Program. 

You will participate in the development of your own residency plan, which will reflect your interests and build upon your previous experiences. Upon successful completion of our program, you will be equipped with the knowledge to become a valuable asset to the critical care pharmacy community. 

Learning experiences 

Our unique program aims to personalize your residency objectives and experiences, helping you develop confidence and competence in critical care, drug information, disease state management, research and administrative management. 

Required core learning experiences 

• Emergency Medicine I (5 weeks)
• Inpatient Practice (12 months) 
• Medical ICU I (5 weeks) 
• Medical ICU II (5 weeks) 
• Neuro ICU (5 weeks)
• Orientation / Intro to Inpatient Practice (5 weeks) 
• Research / Advancing Practice (12 months)
• Surgical ICU (5 weeks) 
• Trauma / Surgical ICU (5 weeks) 

Elective learning experiences 

• Emergency Medicine II (5 weeks) 
• Infectious Diseases (5 weeks) 
• Neonatal ICU (5 weeks)
• Perioperative Services (OR) (5 weeks) 
• Others available upon request 

Additional activities 

• Committees 

You will actively participate in committees such as Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Critical Care Supervisory, System Critical Care Pharmacy, Code Blue and other supervisory and multidisciplinary committees as appropriate. 

• Compensation 

Your annual base stipend will be an estimate of $67,122 plus benefits. We coordinate with pharmacy managers to tailor all staffing to the needs of the residency program and the pharmacy department. Additional financial support for educational opportunities may be available. If there’s a need, we’ll help provide financial support for approved educational opportunities, conferences and travel. 

• Educational opportunities 

We’ll provide you with ongoing educational opportunities through professional meetings and conferences (ASHP Midyear and SCCM). Sharp also provides continuing pharmacy education and Six Sigma White and Yellow Belt certification opportunities. 

• Presentations 

Throughout the year, we provide numerous opportunities for our residents to present to medical and nursing staff, pharmacy students and pharmacy staff, in addition to the required rotational and formal seminar presentations. 

• Projects 

You are required to collaborate with system and site pharmacy leadership, your residency project preceptor and a co-investigator to select an area of interest also of high priority to Sharp. You will complete an in-depth, systematic study suitable for publication and presentation, as required by ASHP. Additional projects are completed as requested by the resident, preceptors, system and site pharmacy departments and as deemed beneficial for both your development and for Sharp. 

• Teaching 

At Sharp, we integrate teaching experiences into patient care activities and through the provision of educational support to pharmacy students and staff, nursing and medical staff members and others. As a resident, you will work closely with pharmacists in precepting pharmacy students on clinical learning experiences from various colleges of pharmacy — including Creighton University, Keck Graduate Institute, Touro University, University of California at Irvine, University of California at San Diego, University of Pacific, University of Southern California and Western University, as well as precenting PGY1 residents. Additionally, through the San Diego Pharmacy Residency Leadership Program, you may obtain a teaching certification upon completion and participate in preceptor development and various workshops. 

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How to apply 

Sharp HealthCare fosters a diverse and inclusive environment through the care we offer and the people we employ. 

Applicants must have a Pharm.D. degree from an ACPE-accredited program, must be enrolled in or have completed an ASHP Accredited PGY1 Residency and must have current or be eligible for licensure in California (licensure in California is required prior to start of the residency). 

To be considered for an interview, you must complete and submit all application material via PhORCAS by January 2, 2027. If you have any questions, please contact: Tahnee Marginean, PharmD, BCCCP, Residency Program Director or Kevin Pham, PharmD, PGY2 Critical Care Resident. 

Complete applications should include the following in PhORCAS (National Matching Service Code 690352): 

• School of pharmacy transcript 
• Curriculum Vitae 
• Letter of Intent
• 3 References

For more information

Learn about other residency programs affiliated with Sharp: 

• Sharp Grossmont Hospital PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency
• Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center PGY1 Pharmacy Residency 
• Sharp Memorial Hospital PGY1 Pharmacy Residency 
• Sharp Grossmont Hospital PGY1 Pharmacy Residency