Sharp Grossmont Hospital PGY1 Pharmacy Residency
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Sharp Grossmont Hospital is part of the Sharp HealthCare System, a large, not-for-profit, integrated regional health care delivery system based in San Diego, California. Sharp Grossmont Hospital is a 562-bed, acute care hospital which serves east county San Diego. Sharp Grossmont Hospital has been awarded Magnet® designation for nursing excellence and Planetree® designation for patient-centered care. The hospital has also been recognized for its commitment to high-quality sepsis management by The Joint Commission, antimicrobial stewardship by the California Department of Public Health, and excellence in stroke care by the American Heart Association. Sharp Grossmont Hospital is a designated Comprehensive Stroke Center and home to the Burr Heart and Vascular Center, providing advanced cardiovascular and neurovascular procedures.
Sharp Grossmont Hospital offers a broad range of services — from advanced cancer care and orthopedic surgery to labor and delivery and emergency care — all centered on supporting our patients and their families throughout the healing process. In addition, 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. Specialized hospital services include hyperbaric medicine, neonatal intensive care, limb preservation services, spine rehabilitation, integrative therapies, and skilled nursing services. 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 List.
Sharp Grossmont Hospital prides itself in providing innovative and comprehensive Clinical Pharmacy services with formal protocols in pharmacokinetic dosing of aminoglycosides and vancomycin, renal dosing, dose and route optimization, anticoagulation, parenteral nutrition, heart failure, transitions of care, and antibiotic stewardship. Our decentralized, unit-based pharmacy practice model places clinical pharmacists alongside physicians and nurses as integral members of the patient care team. Sharp Grossmont also maintains an APPE pharmacy student program and offers an opportunity for pharmacy school faculty affiliation.
About the program
Marie Yu, PharmD, is the Residency Program Director.
This ASHP-accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency program will train pharmacy graduates in providing safe and effective pharmacotherapy in a wide variety of clinical areas primarily in the acute care setting. The primary training site is located at Sharp Grossmont Hospital. Resident preceptors and mentors will guide you to develop the necessary clinical skillsets to care for a diverse patient population in addition to leadership, teaching, research, and practice management skills.
Sharp Grossmont has dedicated clinical pharmacy specialists in behavioral health/psychiatry, emergency medicine, hematology/oncology, infectious diseases, medical intensive care, surgical intensive care, neurosurgery intensive care, operating room, safe medication practice, and transitions of care. You will be joining a well-established and highly valued pharmacy team who consistently make a positive impact on the lives of our patients. Our residency program emphasizes mentorship, professional growth, and progressive autonomy to prepare residents for a wide variety of clinical pharmacy careers.
Learning experiences
Our unique program aims to personalize your residency objectives and experiences, helping you develop confidence and competence in acute patient care, drug information, disease state management and administrative management.
Residents are encouraged to participate in the development of their own residency plan that reflects personal interests and builds upon previous experiences.
Required core learning experiences
- Administration (3 weeks)
- Chief Resident / Leadership (2 quarters)
- Critical Care – Medical, Surgical, and/or Neurosurgical (5 weeks)
- Infectious Diseases (5 weeks)
- Medicine (5 weeks)
- Orientation (4 weeks)
- Pharmacy Practice / Staffing (12 months)
- Research / Advancing Practice (12 months)
- Safe Medication Practice (3 weeks)
- Teaching Certification (12 months)
Elective learning experiences*
- Advanced Critical Care (5 weeks)
- Advanced Emergency Medicine (5 weeks)
- Behavioral Health / Psychiatry (5 weeks)
- Cardiology (5 weeks)
- Emergency Medicine (5 weeks)
- Outpatient Infusion Center / Oncology (5 weeks)
- Perioperative Services (5 weeks)
- Solid Organ Transplant (5 weeks)
- Specialty Pharmacy (5 weeks)
- Transitions of Care (5 weeks)
- Women’s Health / NICU (5 weeks)
*Residents may develop new electives as approved by the residency director and preceptors.
Additional activities
- Committees
You will actively participate in committees such as Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Safe Medication Practice and other supervisory and multidisciplinary committees as appropriate.
- Compensation
The annual base stipend will be an estimate of $62,254 plus benefits. We coordinate with pharmacy leadership to tailor all staffing to the needs of the residency program and the pharmacy department. We will 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 (CSHP, ASHP Midyear, Western States Conference). Sharp also provides continuing pharmacy education, Six Sigma White Belt certification opportunities, career development resources, and access to multidisciplinary education throughout the health system.
- Leadership
Each resident will act as chief resident for two quarters (each is a three-month term), which involves coordinating and scheduling tasks for the residency team, maintaining correspondence with pharmacy administration and preceptors, and performing other program duties as necessary.
- Presentations
Throughout the year, we provide numerous opportunities for 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 will collaborate with system and site pharmacy leadership, preceptors, and co-investigators to develop a high-priority project aligned with your area of interest and Sharp’s strategic needs. You will complete an in-depth, systematic study suitable for publication and presentation as required by ASHP that will help shape institutional clinical practice. Additional projects are completed based on resident interest, departmental priorities, and opportunities that support both professional development and Sharp HealthCare.
- 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. Residents may have the opportunity to work closely with pharmacists in the preceptorship of 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. Additionally, through the San Diego Pharmacy Residency Leadership Program, you will 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 possess a Doctor of Pharmacy degree (PharmD) and must be self-motivated with good interpersonal and communication skills. A California Internship License is required before the start of the residency. Completion of the CPJE and NAPLEX licensure exams is recommended before residency begins, if possible. Pharmacist licensure must be obtained no later than 120 days after start of the residency.
To be considered for an interview, you must complete and submit all application material via PhORCAS by January 2, 2026. If you have any questions, please contact Marie Yu, Pharm.D., Residency Director, or one of the PGY1 Resident Pharmacists: Arman Melikyan, Monica Aziz.
Complete applications should include the following in PhORCAS (National Matching Service code 275813):
- School of pharmacy transcript
- Curriculum Vitae
- Letter of Intent
- 3 References
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