Sharp Memorial Hospital PGY1 Pharmacy Residency
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Sharp Memorial 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 Memorial Hospital is a 656-bed, acute-care hospital and Level II trauma center and has been awarded Magnet® designation for nursing excellence and Planetree® designation for patient-centered care. 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 and received Cardiac Electrophysiology Accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission. The hospital is known for its outstanding programs in other areas such as cancer care, orthopedic and neurological services, physical rehabilitation, robotic surgery and organ transplantation. Additional, unique services include trauma, brain and spinal cord cancer treatment, heart valve surgery, spinal rehabilitation, transplant and weight loss (bariatric) surgery services.
Designed to promote comfort and healing, the hospital features all private patient rooms and state-of-the-art surgery suites. It is designated as a Level II trauma center with the largest emergency and trauma center in San Diego and recognized by Newsweek on its list of 2023 World's Best Hospitals. Additionally, Sharp Memorial Hospital is an accredited Network of Excellence in Robotic Surgery site, awarded from the Surgical Review Corporation to the Sharp HealthCare System. Sharp Memorial Hospital prides itself in providing a comprehensive Clinical Pharmacy program which includes formal protocols in pharmacokinetic dosing of aminoglycosides and vancomycin, renal dosing, anticoagulation, parenteral nutrition and antibiotic stewardship. Floor pharmacists are unit-based and decentralized. The program also provides clinical pharmacy services in transplant care, which is unique to the hospital. Furthermore, the Clinical Pharmacy program provides preceptorship to APPE pharmacy students, including track rotations in critical care, emergency medicine, general hospital practice, infectious diseases, internal medicine, oncology and transplant, and also provides an opportunity for pharmacy school faculty affiliation.
About the program
Daryush Tabatabai Asl, PharmD, is the Residency Program Director.
This ASHP accredited Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) Pharmacy Residency will help you develop skills in providing safe and effective pharmacotherapy in a wide variety of settings. This PGY1 residency program primarily trains pharmacy graduates in general acute-care practice. The hiring and primary training site is located at Sharp Memorial.
As a resident, you will work under the mentorship of pharmacy resident advisors and preceptors. This program will help enhance your communication and leadership skills, while practicing principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Unique to this program is a wide variety of learning experiences that will provide invaluable opportunities for professional development.
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 an asset to the pharmacy community.
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 / Practice Management (11 months)
- APPE Student Precepting (4 weeks)
- Chief Resident Leadership (1 quarter)
- Critical Care (5 weeks)
- Emergency Medicine (5 weeks)
- Infectious Diseases (5 weeks)
- Inpatient Practice (11 months)
- Internal Medicine (5 weeks)
- Orientation / Intro to Inpatient Practice (5 weeks)
- Research / Advancing Practice (12 months)
- Staffing / Pharmacy Operations (11 months)
- Teaching Certification (10 months)
Elective learning experiences *
- Advanced Administration
- Advanced Critical Care / Trauma
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit / Women's Health Services
- Oncology
- Outpatient Infusion Center
- Palliative Care
- Psychiatry
- Solid Organ Transplant
- Others may be developed by the resident as approved by the RPD and preceptors.
*Elective learning experiences are commonly 5 weeks but concentrated electives may be considered.
Additional activities
- Committees
You will actively participate in committees such as Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T), Safe Medication Practice and other supervisory and multidisciplinary committees as appropriate.
- Compensation
Your annual base stipend will be an estimate of $62,254 plus benefits. We coordinate with pharmacy managers 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 and Six Sigma White and Yellow Belt certification opportunities.
- Leadership
Each resident will act as chief resident for one quarter (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 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 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. As a resident, you will work closely with pharmacists in 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 of Health Sciences. Additionally, residents will have the opportunity to participate in a UCSD Case Conference, developing and deploying case-based therapeutics learning to 3rd year pharmacy students at the University of California at San Diego. Through the San Diego Pharmacy Residency Leadership Program, you will obtain a teaching certification upon completion and participate in preceptor development sessions and various professional workshops.
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- Wednesday, 11/18/26 from 5:00-6:00pm
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 in PhORCAS by January 2, 2027. If you have any questions, please contact Daryush Tabatabai Asl, PharmD, Residency Program Director, or one of the current PGY1 Resident Pharmacists: Amanda Matthe, Wendy Trinh.
Complete applications should include the following in PhORCAS (National Matching Service code 282313):
- School of pharmacy transcript
- Curriculum Vitae
- Letter of Intent
- 3 References
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