PGY2 program
Residency Program Director
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Jessica Elefritz, PharmD, BCCCP
- PGY2 Critical Care Residency Program Director, The Ohio state University Wexner Medical Center
- Pharmacy Specialist, Medical Critical Care
- PGY1 Pharmacy Practice/PGY2 Critical Care Residency-The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
- Pharm D, The University of Pittsburgh
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Molly Thompson, PharmD, BCCCP
- Incoming PGY2 Critical Care Residency Program Director, The Ohio state University Wexner Medical Center
- Specialty Practice Pharmacist, Trauma/Surgery/Burn Critical Care
- PGY1 Pharmacy/PGY2 Critical Care Residency – Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta Georgia
- PharmD, The University of Kentucky
Previous Year Residents
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Jacob Counts, PharmD
Specialty Practice Pharmacist Neurocritical Care, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center -
Angad Sodhi, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist Vascular Intensive Care, UF Health Shands Hospital -
Kayla John, PharmD, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacist Neurocritical Care, UNC Hospital -
Eileen Friery, PharmD
ICU Pharmacist, West Virginia University Medicine -
BrookeAnne Magrum, PharmD, BCCCP
Specialty Practice Pharmacist, OSU East Hospital -
Sara Atyia, PharmD, BCCCP
Specialty Practice Pharmacist, OSU East Hospital -
Alexandria Rydz, PharmD, BCCCP
Surgical/Burn ICU Clinical Specialist Pharmacist, University of Missouri Health Care -
Adam Wiss, PharmD, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Saint Thomas West
About the PGY2 Critical Care Residency Program
Residents completing this residency program will have a well-rounded experience in caring for medical, surgical, neurocritical care and cardiovascular critical care populations. The residency program is designed to develop independent critical care pharmacists specialized in providing direct and indirect patient care to critical care patients as a part of an interdisciplinary team. In addition, the resident will learn to independently perform research and process improvement projects, participate in medical emergencies and educate other pharmacists, healthcare professionals, and students
Residency Sites
Residency SitesAs one of America’s top ranked academic medical centers, the mission of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC) is to improve people’s lives through innovation in research, education and patient care. OSUWMC is a 1,506 bed multi-hospital delivery system recognized in 2018 as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” for excellence in ten specialties by US News and World Report based on quality, outcomes, and reputation.
Read about the sitesUniversity Hospital (UH)
University Hospital (UH) is our flagship hospital with over 900 beds. UH is a major referral center for patients throughout Ohio and the Midwest, and is one of the busiest kidney and pancreas transplant centers in the world. UH is also an international center for neuromodulation research and neurological care. In addition, UH is a level 1 trauma center in addition to being the American Burn Associated verified adult burn center for the region.
The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute is one of the nation’s premier centers for the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer. OSUWMC features the world’s most advanced cancer and critical care hospital which opened in December of 2014.
With the opening of the new hospital, our institution boasts an Emergency Department (ED) with over 100 beds and an area dedicated specifically to the care of cancer patients within the ED. Medical Intensive Care, Surgical Intensive Care, Neuro Intensive Care, and Cancer specific ICU patient care areas also exist within the new critical care tower. Between UH and the new ICUs within the James Cancer Hospital, the Medical Center has 4 Medical ICU services, 3 Surgical ICU services, and 1 Neurocritical Care service totaling over 100 ICU beds.
The Ross Heart Hospital
The Ross Heart Hospital is a leader in cardiology and heart surgery and is the only nationally ranked heart hospital in the area. Each floor of the 150-bed hospital is dedicated to a specific service, which helps us provide specialized care for every patient. The Ross is one of the largest centers for the implantation of LVAD devices in the world in addition to providing heart and lung transplants.
University Hospitals East (UHE)
University Hospitals East (UHE) blends the friendly atmosphere of a community hospital with the advantages of being a part of a major academic medical center. Located on the eastern edge of downtown Columbus, University Hospital East offers renowned Ohio State services in orthopedic care, emergency services, cancer care, addiction services, ear, nose and throat care, heart care, radiology and imaging services, rehabilitation and wound healing. University Hospital East has a 19 bed mixed medical/surgical ICU.
The Brain and Spine Hospital
The Brain and Spine Hospital opened in the Fall of 2016 and is a state-of-the-art facility for the advanced management, care and healing of patients with neurological disorders.The hospital consists of 87 private beds and specialized units for stroke and neurovascular, neurotrauma, epilipsy, spine, chronic pain, neuromodulaton, multiple sclerosis, congnitive and movement disorders, as well as an innovative new model for acute spinal cord injuries.
The Department of Pharmacy
The Department of Pharmacy at The OSUWMC is one of the largest in the country. With over 400 employees, and a practice model that includes both clinical pharmacy generalists and clinical pharmacy specialists, our goal is the provision of outstanding, state of the art care. We advise our staff on the best use of medications, develop safeguards for our patients to prevent medication errors and develop transformative pharmacy practice in health-systems. We are guided in this mission by our strategic plan that focuses on five key priorities: optimizing our pharmacy information system, refining our practice model, enhancing our medication safety program, establishing the pharmacy as a workplace of choice in Central Ohio and refining our academic relationships and department scholarship.
Training future generations of pharmacists is a vital part of our mission. Our pharmacists serve as preceptors for our residency programs while providing experiential training for Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) students. Our residency program has a 55-year tradition of excellence with our graduates being well-prepared to work at a high-level in a wide-variety of institutional and ambulatory patient care facilities.
The Department of Pharmacy, in partnership with the Ohio State College of Pharmacy, strives to develop the skills of our residents and provide a residency program that is recognized nationally for the quality and excellence of its graduates.
Key Learning Experiences and Opportunities
Key Learning Experiences and OpportunitiesRequired core, learning experiences are 4 – 5 weeks in length and include:
- Medical Intensive Care
- Medical Hematology/Oncology Critical Care
- Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care
- Surgical/Trauma/Burn Intensive Care
- Neurocritical Care
- Neurocritical Care II
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
Elective learning experiences are 2-5 weeks in length and include (but are not limited to):
- Infectious Diseases
- Emergency Medicine
- Trauma/Nutrition Support
- Burn
- Community Mixed Intensive Care at OSU East Hospital
- Pediatric Intensive Care at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
- Advanced Medical Intensive Care
- Advanced Surgical/Trauma/Burn Intensive Care
- Advanced Neurocritical Care
- Advanced Cardiothoracic Surgery
The program is designed to develop the resident’s clinical expertise in critical care and provide the necessary skills in teaching, quality improvement, and management of medical emergencies. In addition, this residency has a significant focus on clinical outcomes research. To improve research abilities, the resident will interact with clinicians with extensive research experience and participate in the Pharmacy Research Series. The PGY2 Critical Care Resident will be expected to design, implement and prepare a manuscript suitable for publication for their chosen research project. Additional opportunities for research and publication are available if the resident desires.
Other key experiences during the residency will include completion of a longitudinal quality project, active reporting and follow up of medication safety events for an assigned critical care area, as well as both operational and clinical staffing weekends throughout the residency year. In addition, the resident will prepare and deliver at least one formal didactic lecture at The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy and precept both APPE and IPPE students from The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. The goal of the program is to develop independent pharmacy practitioners who will become integral members of the critical care team by exposing residents to a breadth of experiences throughout the residency year. The resident will also have the opportunity to attend the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, the Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress and other local or regional educational seminars/conferences as applicable.
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Key Preceptors
Josh Arnold, PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS
Hematology/Oncology Medical Intensive Care
Kari Cape, PharmD, BCPS
Medical Intensive Care
Jacob Counts, PharmD, BCCCP
Neurocritical Care
Bruce Doepker, PharmD, BCPS
Medical Intensive Care
Jessica Elefritz, PharmD, BCCCP
Hematology/Oncology Medical Intensive Care
Tony Gerlach, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM, FCCP
Surgical/Trauma Critical Care
Casey May, PharmD, BCCCP, FNCS
Neurocritical Care
BrookeAnne Magrum, PharmD, BCCCP
Mixed Medical/Surgical Critical Care, OSU East
Claire Murphy, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM
Surgical/Trauma/Burn Critical Care
Megan Phelps, PharmD, BCCCP
Mixed Medical/Surgical Critical Care, OSU East
Alan Rozycki, PharmD, BCCCP
Cardiovascular Intensive Care
Lindsay Ryder, PharmD, BCPS
Medical Intensive Care
Victoria Williams, PharmD, BCCCP
Medical Intensive Care
Molly Thompson, PharmD, BCCCP
Surgical/Trauma/Burn Critical Care
Selected Resident Research
- Early initiation of vasopressin reduces organ failure and mortality in shock. Shock. 2022 [Epub ahead of print] – Rydz AC, Elefritz JL, Conroy M, Disney KA, Miller CJ, Porter K, Doepker BA.
- Evaluation of dexmedetomidine dosing in obese critically ill patients. Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 2021 [Epub ahead of print] – Atyia SA, Smetana KS, Tong MC, Thompson MJ, Cape KM, May CC.
- Assessment of fluid resuscitation on time to hemodynamic stability in obese patients with septic shock. Journal of Critical Care. 2020 [Epub ahead of print] – Kiracofe-Hoyte BR, Doepker BA, Rhia HM, Wilkinson R, Rozycki E, Adkins E, Lehman A, Van Berkel MA.
- Evaluation of rectal vancomycin irrigation for treatment of Clostridiodes difficle infection in patients post-colectomy for toxic colitis. Surgical Infections. 2019; 20 (5): 411-15. – Feeney ME, Thompson M, Gerlach AT, Rushing A, Evans DC, Eiferman DS, Murphy CV.
- The impact of serum zinc normalization on clinical outcomes in severe burn patients. Burns 2019 [Epub ahead of print]. – Olson LM, Coffey R, Porter K, Thomas S, Bailey JK, Jones LM, Murphy CV.
- Impact of a nursing-driven sedation protocol with criteria for infusion initiation in the surgical intensive care unit. J Crit Care. 2019 [Epub ahead of print]. – Kaplan JB, Diferman DS, Porter K, MacDermott J, Brumbaugh J, Murphy CV
- Impact of serum phosphate in mechanically ventilated patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. J Intensive Care Med. 2018; 50: 195-200. – Miller CJ, Doepker BA, Springer AN, Exline MC, Phillips G, Murphy CV.
- Association between chloride content of intravenous fluids and acute kidney injury in critically ill medical patients with sepsis. J Crit Care. 2018; 44:363-7. – Jaynes MP, Murphy CV, Ali N, Krautwater A, Lehman A, Doepker BA
- Tiered protocol implementation improves treatment of hypoglycemia in a neurosciences critical care and surgical intensive care unit. Int Crit Care Nurs. 2017; 43:6-11. Van Berkel MA, MacDermott J, Dungan KM, Cook CH, Murphy CV.
- Efficacy and safety of a colistin loading dose, high-dose maintenance regimen in critically ill patients with multidrug resistant gram-negative pneumonia. J Int Care Med. 2017;32:487-493. Elefritz J, Bauer K, Jones C, Mangino JE, Porter, K, Murphy CV.
- Increased incidence of clinical hypotension with etomidate compared to ketamine for intubation in septic patients: A propensity matched analysis. J Crit Care 2017;38:209-14. – Van Berkel MA, Exline MC, Cape KM, Ryder LP, Phillips G, Ali NA, Doepker BA.
- High-dose dexmedetomidine for sedation in the intensive care unit: an evaluation of clinical efficacy and safety. Ann Pharmacother 2011;45:740-7. – Jones GM, Murphy CV, Gerlach AT, Goodman EM, Pell LJ.
- Nephrotoxicity Associated with Intravenous Colistin in Critically Ill Patients. Pharmacotherapy. 2011;31:1257-64.– Doshi NM, Mount KL, and Murphy CV.
- Impact of early methadone initiation in critically ill burn patients: a pilot study. J Burn Care Res. 2013;34;342-348. – Jones GM, Porter K, Coffey R, Miller SF, Cook CH, Whitmill ML, Murphy CV.
- Adjunctive aerosolized colistin for multi-drug resistant gram-negative pneumonia in the critically ill: a retrospective study. BMC Anesthesiology. 2013;13:45. – Doshi NM, Cook CH, Mount KL, Stawicki SP, Frazee EN, Personett HA, Schramm GE, Arnold HM, Murphy CV.
- Impact of Late Fluid Balance on Clinical Outcomes in the Critically Ill Surgical and Trauma Population. J Crit Care. 2015;30:1338-43. – Elofson KA, Eiferman DA, Porter K, Murphy CV.
- Medication induced and spontaneous hypoglycemia carry the same risk of hospital mortality in critically ill patients. J Critical Care. 2016; 36:13-17.- Saliba L, Cook CH, Dungan KM, Porter K, Murphy CV.
- Colistin combination therapy improves microbiologic cure in critically ill patients with multi-drug resistant gram-negative pneumonia. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2016;35:1433-9.- Parchem NL, Bauer KA, Cook CH, Mangino JE, Jones CD, Porter K, Murphy CV
Benefits and Additional Requirements
Application Deadline: December 30
Start Date: July 1
Annual Salary – $48,500
Vacation Days – 10 days
Staffing Requirement – 20 weekends per year
Completion of a Major Research Project
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