UVA Health is a 1000 bed integrated academic health system, including the flagship University Medical Center, three community hospitals, a specialty rehabilitation hospital, and an integrated network of primary and specialty care clinics throughout Virginia.  University Medical Center is a level 1 trauma center, NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center, comprehensive transplant center, comprehensive stroke center, and #1 Children's Hospital in the Commonwealth of Virginia with a level IV NICU. The Pharmacy Enterprise consists of 23 licensed pharmacies across acute care, infusion, community, and specialty areas.  

UVA PGY1/PGY2 HSPAL Residency with MSHA

UVA Health offers an ASHP accredited PGY1/PGY2 Combined Health-System Pharmacy Administration and 
Leadership (HSPAL) Pharmacy Residency program with a Master of Science in Health 
Administration (MSHA). The purpose of the program is to train dynamic leaders capable of managing through the demands of the changing healthcare environment and create meaningful practice change. The program offers a robust PGY1 clinical pharmacy experience and diverse management and leadership experience during the second year. Residents can expect involvement within acute care, infusion, ambulatory, specialty, and system services such as supply chain, 340B, informatics, and medication use policy. Additionally, residents will have longitudinal experiences managing clinical and operational teams and budgeting for the Department of Pharmacy.

Program Highlights:

• Robust clinical PGY1 experience with experiences across continuum of care 
• Well-rounded leadership rotation experiences with innovative senior leaders in inpatient, infusion, ambulatory, specialty, and executive administration areas
• Master of Science in Health Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University
• Flexible experiences tailored to the areas of interest of the resident
• Meaningful interim manager experience in a pharmacy area 
• Travel to national pharmacy leadership conferences
• Opportunities for national quality and research project presentations

Residency Website: PGY1-Pharmacy / PGY2-Health System Pharmacy Administration & Leadership / MSHA - Pharmacy Services 

PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Resident

The University of Virginia Health is recruiting for a PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Resident for the 2025-2026 residency year beginning on July 1, 2025 and ending on June 30, 2026. The PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Resident will rotate through five required learning experiences within adult medicine services including hospitalist services, teaching services, and a medical intensive care unit rotation, as well as four elective learning experiences based on the resident’s interest areas. Additional components of the residency experience include a longitudinal clinic experience, didactic teaching experiences, research experience, and a service component primarily in a decentralized clinical role.

Pharmacy residency policies can be referenced on the UVA pharmacy website at: https://www.medicalcenter.virginia.edu/pharmacy/residency-info/

Requirements:

• Complete an ASHP-accredited PGY-1 pharmacy residency
• Be a graduate of an ACPE-accredited advanced pharmacy program
• Be a licensed pharmacist in the Commonwealth of Virginia by September 1, 2025

Applicants must upload application materials into PhORCAS by January 2, 2025

PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacy Resident

The Charles O. Strickler Transplant Center at the University of Virginia (UVA) Health is the only 
comprehensive transplant center in Virginia. UVA Health performed 345 transplants across all programs 
in 2022. The distribution of transplants in 2022 is as follows: 185 kidney, 85 liver, 1 pancreas-alone, 11 
kidney/pancreas, 34 heart, and 29 lung transplants. Although the majority of patients are adults, there is a 
growing program in pediatric liver, kidney, and heart transplantation. UVA has an active living donor 
kidney transplant program and living donor liver transplant program. 

This residency prepares residents with the experience, pharmaceutical knowledge, and clinical skills to 
provide comprehensive care for adult liver, kidney, pancreas, heart and lung transplant patients, as well as 
pediatric heart, liver, and kidney transplant. Residents are provided opportunities in the delivery of highquality patient-centered care, medication use policy, leadership, clinical research project management, 
health care provider and trainee education, and medical emergency management. Program graduates will 
be qualified for advanced patient care, academic, or other specialized positions in solid organ 
transplantation, along with board certification.

Pharmacy residency policies can be referenced on the UVA pharmacy website at: https://www.medicalcenter.virginia.edu/pharmacy/residency-info/

Requirements:

• Complete an ASHP-accredited PGY-1 pharmacy residency
• Be a graduate of an ACPE-accredited advanced pharmacy program
• Be a licensed pharmacist in the Commonwealth of Virginia by September 1, 2025

Applicants must upload application materials into PhORCAS by January 2, 2025

About UVA Health

UVA Health is a world-class Magnet Recognized academic medical center and health system with a level 1 trauma center. 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” guide rates UVA Health University Medical Center as “High Performing” in 5 adult specialties and 14 conditions/procedures. We are one of 70 National Cancer Institute designated cancer centers. UVA Children’s is named by 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report as the best children's hospital in Virginia with 9 specialties ranked among the best in the nation. Our footprint also encompasses 3 community hospitals and an integrated network of primary and specialty care clinics throughout Charlottesville, Culpeper, Northern Virginia, and beyond.

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