Residency Program

Pharmacy

Residency Program

PGY2 Emergency Medicine

The PGY2 emergency medicine pharmacy residency is a full-time training program designed to build on experiences gained in the PGY1 year and to provide a well-rounded experience leading to the development of expert knowledge, skills, and clinical leadership in the practice of emergency medicine pharmacy. This 12-month program through NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital offers training opportunities in emergency medicine pharmacy practice at two academic medical centers and multiple trauma centers that collectively see more than 250,000 ED visits annually. Training sites include Weill Cornell Medical Center (Level I Adult and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center), Columbia University Irving Medical Center/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital (Level I Pediatric Trauma Center), and Brooklyn Methodist Hospital (Level II Adult Trauma Center). Ultimately, the resident will be provided with opportunities to function independently as an emergency medicine practitioner by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care. Upon completion of the program, the resident is expected to demonstrate competency in the area of emergency medicine pharmacotherapy, written and oral communication, and research. Graduates of the program will be prepared to pursue board certification and employment as an emergency medicine specialist within advanced patient care, academic, or other specialized positions.

 

Required Rotations [9 learning experiences]

  • Orientation (3 weeks)
  • Emergency Medicine: General Practice (5 weeks)
  • Emergency Medicine: Trauma Focus (5 weeks)
  • Emergency Medicine: Critical Care Resuscitation Focus (5 weeks)
  • Emergency Medicine: Toxicology Focus (5 weeks)
  • Emergency Medicine: Advanced Practice (5 weeks)
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine (5 weeks)
  • Pre-Hospital Medicine – Emergency Medical Services & Mobile Stroke Unit (2 weeks divided)
  • Adult Critical Care – Cardiac Critical Care Unit, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit, or Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care Unit (5 weeks)

 

Elective Rotations [Select 2 learning experiences] (4 weeks)

  • Burn Unit
  • Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
  • Cardiac Care Unit
  • Emergency Medicine: Administration
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Intensive Care/Spine Surgery Units
  • Medical Intensive Care Unit
  • Mixed Intensive Care Unit
  • Neurosciences Intensive Care
  • Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
  • Surgical Intensive Care Unit

 

Longitudinal Experiences (52 weeks)

  • Critical Care & Emergency Medicine Case Conference (approximately every 2 months)
  • Critical Care & Emergency Medicine Journal Club (approximately every 2 months)
  • Emergency Medicine Case Simulation Development (12 weeks)
  • Grand rounds (1 presentation during the residency year)
  • Case presentations (1 presentation during the residency year)
  • Professional Development (1 day per month)
  • Subcommittee on Emergency Medicine Therapeutics (1 day per month)
  • Weekend/on-call activities (Saturday/Sunday every 3 weekend and on-call 7-day coverage once every 9 weeks)
  • Longitudinal Research (3 dedicated project weeks)
    • Quality Improvement Project
    • Clinical Research Project

 

The resident will develop teaching skills by providing presentations to pharmacy staff/faculty and other health care providers, including but not limited to emergency medicine attending physicians, fellows, and residents along with active participation in Emergency Medicine Conferences. Pharmacy student and resident precepting is expected and anticipated in congruence with learning rotation schedule availability. The resident will also lead case-based clinical discussions and critically evaluate the literature during monthly Emergency Medicine Pharmacotherapy Huddle

Please refer to the Supplementary Information for additional learning experiences PGY2 residents participate in during the residency year.

Compensation and Benefits

Residents earn an annual stipend of $60,000. Paid time off is allotted for vacation/personal time, holidays, interviews, and professional meetings. Additional benefits include travel stipend for professional meetings, comprehensive health insurance, and subsidized housing (pending availability).

This residency participates in the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Residency Matching Program and is currently candidate status by ASHP.

Staffing Coverage

The PGY2 emergency medicine resident will staff every third weekend in the emergency department at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. The resident will be expected to operate as a decentralized emergency medicine pharmacist (responsible for order verification, medication preparation/dispensing, drug information, and clinical inquiries).

To Apply

For more information on the requirements for submitting an application to our program, please visit our To Apply page.

OUR TEAM

Critical Care/Emergency Medicine


Abdalla Ammar, PharmD, FNCS, FCCM, BCCCP, BCPS

Abdalla Ammar, PharmD, FNCS, FCCM, BCCCP, BCPS

Specialty – Adult Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit

Primary Campus: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Pharmacy Education: Purdue University College of Pharmacy
Post Graduate Training:
PGY1: Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
ASHP Foundation Critical Care Traineeship: University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Research/Professional Interests: Anticoagulation reversal, status epilepticus, and alcohol withdrawal syndrome
[email protected]

Judah Brown, PharmD, BCCCP, BCEMP

Judah Brown, PharmD, BCCCP, BCEMP

Specialty – Emergency Medicine

Residency Program Director, PGY2 Emergency Medicine

Primary Campus: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia Irving Medical Center
Pharmacy Education: Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Post Graduate Training:
PGY1: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
PGY2 Critical Care: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Research/Professional Interests: Anticoagulation & reversal strategies, sepsis, infectious diseases, transitions of care
[email protected]

Atul Dilawri, PharmD, BCCCP

Atul Dilawri, PharmD, BCCCP

Specialty – Adult Cardiothoracic Critical Care

Primary Campus: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia Irving Medical Center
Pharmacy Education:  University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Post Graduate Training:
PGY1: Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
PGY2 Critical Care: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Research/Professional Interests: Advanced Heart Failure, Coagulopathies, Cardiovascular Critical Care, and Mechanical Circulatory Support
[email protected]

Meggie Chan, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP, CACP

Meggie Chan, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP, CACP

Specialty – Adult Cardiology Critical Care

Primary Campus: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital /Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Pharmacy Education: St John's University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Post Graduate Training:
PGY1: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital /Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Research/Professional Interests: Acute Coronary Syndrome, Venous Thromboembolism, Anticoagulation
[email protected]

Roxana Dumitru, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Roxana Dumitru, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Specialty – Adult Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit

Primary Campus: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia Irving Medical Center
Pharmacy Education:  Wayne State University
Post Graduate Training:
PGY1: Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
PGY2 Critical Care: University of North Carolina Medical Center
Research/Professional Interests: : Anticoagulation, analgesia and sedation
[email protected]

Alyssa Elicone, PharmD

Alyssa Elicone, PharmD

Specialty – Emergency Medicine

Primary Campus: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia Irving Medical Center
Pharmacy Education:  Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Post Graduate Training:
PGY1: Lenox Hill Hospital
PGY2 Emergency Medicine: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital 
Research/Professional Interests: : rapid sequence intubation, sedation and analgesia
[email protected]

Cindy Kantaris, PharmD

Cindy Kantaris, PharmD

Specialty – Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Primary Campus: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Pharmacy Education:  Long Island University Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy
Post Graduate Training:
PGY1: The Mount Sinai Hospital
PGY2 Emergency Medicine: Maimonides Medical Center 
Research/Professional Interests: Toxicology; Pain & sedation; Trauma; Neurologic emergencies 
[email protected]

Nicholas Kiousenterlis, PharmD, BCPS

Nicholas Kiousenterlis, PharmD, BCPS

Specialty – Adult Critical Care 

Primary Campus: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Allen Hospital 
Pharmacy Education:  Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Post Graduate Training:
PGY1: Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
PGY2 Critical Care: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital 
Research/Professional Interests: Analgesia and sedation in mechanically ventilated patients, mechanical circulatory support, and septic shock
[email protected]

Vivian Kum, PharmD

Vivian Kum, PharmD

Specialty – Emergency Medicine

Primary Campus: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Pharmacy Education:  Northeastern University
Post Graduate Training:
PGY1: Maimonides Medical Center
PGY2 Emergency Medicine: University of Michigan
Research/Professional Interests: Anticoagulation/reversal, trauma resuscitation, ED operations, pediatric emergency medicine 
[email protected]

Joi Yam Yau Lin, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Joi Yam Yau Lin, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Specialty – Adult Critical Care

Primary Campus: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital /Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Pharmacy Education:   Long Island University Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy
Post Graduate Training:
PGY1: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
PGY2 Critical Care: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Research/Professional Interests: Pain/agitation/sedation/delirium, anticoagulation, antimicrobial stewardship
[email protected]

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Justin Muir, PharmD, BCCCP

Specialty – Adult Critical Care

Residency Program Director, PGY2 Critical Care

Primary Campus: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia Irving Medical Center
Pharmacy Education: Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Post Graduate Training:
PGY1: James J. Peter VA Medical Center (Bronx VA)
PGY2 Critical Care: University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Research/Professional Interests: Sedation, mechanical ventilation, acid-base disorders, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
[email protected]

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Kaitlyn Pinkos, PharmD, BCCP

Specialty – Adult Cardiothoracic Critical Care

Primary Campus: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Pharmacy Education: University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Post Graduate Training:
PGY1: University of Chicago Medicine
PGY2 Cardiology: University of Chicago Medicine
Research/Professional Interests: Mechanical circulatory support, advanced heart failure and hemodynamics, acute coronary syndrome, anticoagulation and antiplatelets  
[email protected]

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Teresa Poon, PharmD, BCCCP

Specialty – Adult Critical Care

Primary Campus: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Lower Manhattan Hospital
Pharmacy Education: Long Island University Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy
Post Graduate Training:
PGY1: Mount Sinai Beth Israel
PGY2 Critical Care: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Research/Professional Interests: Vasoactive agents, septic shock, COPD, PAD
[email protected]

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Liz G. Ramos, BS, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Specialty – Adult Critical Care

Primary Campus: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Pharmacy Education: St Johns’ University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Post Graduate Training:
Critical Care Residency: Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center
Research/Professional Interests: Sedation/Analgesia/Delirium in MV patients, systemic anticoagulation and reversal and acute alcohol withdrawal
[email protected]

Niahve Rivera, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Niahve Rivera, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Specialty – Adult Surgical Critical Care

Primary Campus: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital /Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Pharmacy Education:  Long Island University Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy
Post Graduate Training:
PGY1:  NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital /Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
PGY2 Critical Care: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital /Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Research/Professional Interests: Pain/agitation/sedation/delirium, neurology, antimicrobial stewardship
[email protected]

Jenny Shah, PharmD, BCCCP

Jenny Shah, PharmD, BCCCP

Specialty – Adult Cardiology Critical Care

Primary Campus: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia Irving Medical Center
Pharmacy Education:  Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Post Graduate Training:
PGY1: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
PGY2 Critical Care: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Research/Professional Interests: anticoagulation, pharmacokinetic changes in critically ill patients, heart failure, analgesia/sedation management
[email protected]

Caroline E. Vizzi, PharmD

Caroline E. Vizzi, PharmD

Specialty – Emergency Medicine

Primary Campus: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital /Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Pharmacy Education:   Thomas Jefferson University College of Pharmacy
Post Graduate Training:
PGY1: Temple University Hospital
PGY2 Emergency Medicine: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Research/Professional Interests:  infectious disease, neurology, cardiology, toxicology
[email protected]

Helen Y. Wang, PharmD, BCCCP

Helen Y. Wang, PharmD, BCCCP

Specialty – Adult Cardiothoracic Critical Care

Primary Campus: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital /Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Pharmacy Education:   Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Post Graduate Training:
PGY1: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital /Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
PGY2 Critical Care: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Research/Professional Interests:   pain/agitation/sedation, shock states, anticoagulation & anticoagulation reversal, ACLS and post-cardiac arrest care
[email protected]

Julia Weiner, PharmD, BCCCP

Julia Weiner, PharmD, BCCCP

Specialty – Adult Surgical Critical Care

Primary Campus:  NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Pharmacy Education:   SJU, Philadephia College of Pharmacy
Post Graduate Training:
PGY1: Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System
PGY2: Critical Care: Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Research/Professional Interests: Pain/agitation/delirium, infectious disease in surgical patients, trauma related coagulopathy
[email protected]

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NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Department of Pharmacy

Judah Brown, PharmD, BCCCP, BCEMP
Program Director, PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency