PGY-2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency

Our residency program has a long-standing history of producing highly qualified pharmacists able to practice in a variety of clinical areas within critical care.  Preceptors with specialized knowledge and training in a variety of practice areas are dedicated to the teaching and training of residents and students from local colleges of pharmacy.

General Information:

  • ASHP Accreditation Status: Accredited 
  • Program Code Number: 41044
  • National Matching Services Code: 682652
  • Number of Residents: 1
  • Hospital Size: 651 beds
  • Salary: Competitive with other Chicago-area programs
  • Staffing: Clinical staffing in ICU or ED every 3rd weekend and select holidays (rotating AM and PM shifts)
  • Vacation Days: 10
  • Health Benefits: at employee costs
  • Free parking
  • ACLS/BLS and PALS certification
  • Stipend for expenses to attend ASHP Mid-year or SCCM

Required Learning Experiences

  • Orientation
  • Medical and Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
  • Advanced Medical and Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
  • Surgical Intensive Care Unit
  • Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Adult Infectious Diseases

Elective Learning Experiences

  • Advanced Emergency Medicine
  • Advanced Emergency Medicine (EM at CMC)
  • Advanced Neurosurgical Intensive Care
  • Advanced Surgical Intensive Care Unit
  • Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU at CMC)
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
  • Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
  • Toxicology (IPC)
  • VPS Parenteral Nutrition

Required Longitudinal Learning Experiences:

  • Staffing Component
  • Major Year Long Project

Application deadline: January 2nd

Resident qualifications:

At minimum, the resident candidates must meet the following criteria to be considered for selection:

  • Expected to complete an ASHP-accredited or candidate PGY1 pharmacy residency without remediation and able to provide the certificate at the start of the PGY2 program
  • Must have graduated from an ACPE-Accredited College of Pharmacy in the United States
  • Currently a citizen of the United States (ALGH does not sponsor H1B or equivalent Work Visas)

Application submission via Phorcas must include:

  • At minimum, 3 Letters of Recommendation
  • Transcripts from College of Pharmacy
  • Personal Statement/Letter of Intent
  • Updated Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Pre-registered for the ASHP “Match” program

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital utilizes PhORCAS for all application material submission.

Address Correspondence To:

Jill H. Starykowicz, Pharm.D. BCCCP
Critical Care Residency Program Director
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Medical and Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
1775 West Dempster Street
Park Ridge, IL 60068
Phone 847-723-0132
FAX 847.723.0118
Jill.starykowicz@advocatehealth.org