Pharmacy residency program at Kingwood
The pharmacy residency programs at HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood offer our residents the ability to learn, grow, and develop in the largest full-service, acute-care, teaching facility within the HCA Houston Healthcare hospital system.
As part of our comprehensive pharmacy residency programs, each resident will gain unique exposure to high-quality patient-centered care, medication safety, facility and division leadership and practice management, project management, quality and regulatory projects and education of healthcare providers and trainees.
HCA Houston Kingwood is proud to offer the following pharmacy residency programs:
The current Graduate Medical Education (GME) General Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Surgery, and Podiatry Residencies are an academic partnership with the University of Houston College of Medicine, which was established in 2020. It is just the start of an ever-expanding higher education collaboration between our two powerhouses.
Our clinical pharmacist team has an integral impact working in tandem with our physicians in our Antimicrobial Management Program, with pharmacists encouraged to become certified by the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists Antimicrobial Stewardship Certificate. As a result of our efforts, our institution has been designated by the Infectious Diseases Society of America as a Center of Excellence that delivers consistently high-quality care and serves as the gold standard for executing novel Antimicrobial Stewardship principles.
Additionally, HCA Houston Kingwood is equipped with a Level II Trauma Center, an Accredited Chest Pain Center, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and is accredited by DNV - Healthcare as the only Comprehensive Stroke Center in Northeast Houston. To learn more about who we are, visit the About Us page.
Kingwood PGY1 Pharmacy Residency
HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood offers a 12-month PGY1 Pharmacy residency program. The purpose of the program is to build on Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for the medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, who are eligible for board certification, as well as postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.
Learning Experiences
Program duration: 12 months, beginning early July
Rotation duration: 5-week blocks except for a 6-week orientation period
Required longitudinal rotations:
- Service and Patient Care
- Research
- Projects and Presentations
Required core rotations:
- Hospital Pharmacy Practice
- Pharmacy Practice Management
- Internal Medicine
- Advanced Internal Medicine
- Critical Care - Medical ICU
- Infectious Diseases
Elective rotations (3):
- Internal Medicine II
- Antimicrobial Management Program
- Critical care – Cardiovascular and neuro ICU
- Critical care – Pediatrics and neonatal ICU
- Emergency Medicine
- Medication Use Policy
- Information Technology
- Leadership and Clinical Services at HCA Gulf Coast Division
Staffing requirements
Weekend distributive functions provide necessary training for the resident and are a requirement of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists (ASHP) residency accreditation standard. During the residency year, residents work in various areas in the department including IV admixtures, operations, and centralized and decentralized clinical coverage. The commitment is every third weekend.
Longitudinal experiences
- Various longitudinal projects such as a discharge counseling, quality improvement projects, outcomes-based research project, and medication use evaluations.
Teaching opportunities
- Residents have the option of participating in University of Houston College of Pharmacy's Teaching and Scholarship in Academia Program to earn a teaching certificate
- Residents co-precept students on clinical rotations
- Texas A&M University College of Pharmacy
- Texas Southern University College of Pharmacy
- University of Houston College of Pharmacy
- University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
- Residents must obtain their preceptor license once eligible
- Contribute to Graduate Medical Education (GME) residency programs in General Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Surgery, and Podiatry
Kingwood PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Residency
Graduates of the program will receive a postgraduate year two (PGY2) certificate from HCA Houston Kingwood. During this time, residents are involved in high-quality patient-centered care, medication safety, facility and division leadership and practice management, project management, quality and regulatory projects, and education of healthcare providers and trainees.
Learning Experiences
Number of positions: One per year
Program duration: 12 months, beginning end of June
Rotation duration: 5-week blocks except for a 6-week orientation period
Required rotations:
- Advanced management
- Clinical management
- Division leadership
- Finance
- Human resources
- Informatics and automation
- Operations management
- Regulatory and quality
Elective rotations: (3 - 1 administrative, 1 direct patient care, and 1 open choice)
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
- Cardiology (strongly preferred)
- Critical care – Cardiovascular and neuro ICU
- Critical care – Pediatrics and neonatal ICU
- Emergency Medicine
- Formulary Management
- Leadership and Clinical Services at HCA Gulf Coast Division
- Repeat or advanced version of required rotation
Other elective learning experiences may be developed based on resident interest and preceptor availability.
Staffing requirements
- Staffing every third weekend
- The annual service commitment includes two holidays
Longitudinal experiences
- Medication safety
- Human resources
Management experiences
- Lead and plan Pharmacy Week experience for the department
- Manage area of preference and pharmacy interns
- Manager-on-call rotation
- Chief resident
Teaching and presentation opportunities
- May participate in Teaching and Scholarship in Academia Program to earn a teaching certificate
- Residents’ co-precept students from University of Houston College of Pharmacy (COP), Texas Southern University COP or University of Texas at Austin COP, as able
- Present three seminars to GME residents
- Present one seminar to pharmacy technicians
- Platform presentations for longitudinal research project
- Medication use evaluation (MUE) or quality improvement (QI) project
- Continuing education seminar
Qualifications
Applicants must:
- Graduate from an ACPE-accredited college of pharmacy by the start of the residency year
- Completion of an ASHP-accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency program
- Be a licensed pharmacist in the state of Texas by August 31 of the program year
- Participate in the ASHP Resident Matching Program
- NMS Match Code #719563
- Submit intent to apply for early commit by November 15 to RPD and RPC
- Curriculum vitae
- Letter of intent
- One letters of recommendations from a preceptor at current facility
- Curriculum vitae
- Letter of intent
- Official college of pharmacy transcript
- Three letters of recommendations from preceptors, advisors, or managers
- Stipend of approximately $60,000
- Premium medical, dental and vision insurance
- PTO accrual
- Free parking
- Discounted meals
- Scrubs and white coat
- BLS, ACLS, and PALS certification
- Professional leave for meeting attendance
- ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
- ALCALDE regional residency conference
Early committee application for PGY1 residents in HCA:
Submit the following by November 30:
Non-early committee applicants must upload the following to PhORCAS by January 5 of each year:
Residency benefits
Contact us
PGY1/PGY2/MS Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Residency
Mallory Gessner-Wharton, PharmD, MS, BCPS
Residency Program Director and Director of Pharmacy
Stephanie Crowley, PharmD, MS, BCPS
Residency Program Coordinator and Pharmacy Operations Manager
HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood, Department of Pharmacy
22999 US Hwy 59 N, Kingwood, TX, 77339
Phone: (281) 348-8431