Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacy Residency FAQs

There is one PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant resident. Other BIDMC residency programs include four PGY1 residents, two PGY2 critical care residents, two PGY2 Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship residents and one PGY2 Ambulatory Care resident.

No. While attendance at the meeting provides a direct opportunity to meet and discuss our program, we recognize that not everyone is able to attend. Selections for interviews will be based on our review of the submitted applications through PHORCAS.

Completed applications will be reviewed by members of the Residency Advisory Committee, to determine candidates that most closely match the BIDMC program goals and opportunities. Your letter of intent, CV, scholastic record and letters of recommendation weigh highly in the review process. We also consider work experience, career goals, leadership activities, teaching experience and involvement in professional activities as important factors in our selection process.

Interviews will likely be virtual this year. The process entails about a half-day of meetings with the Residency Director, clinical preceptors, transplant physicians and ancillary staff. Each applicant will be asked to present a 15 minute clinical case during the interview day.

The salary for the 2021-2022 Residency Program is $54,000.

Residents will staff approximately 30 shifts during the residency year. This will include primarily weekend shifts covering the transplant practice site.

Residents must be licensed at the start of the residency; or eligible for licensure (reciprocity or examination) on initiation of the program and licensed in Massachusetts within 90 days from the start of the residency.

Each resident will attend a general hospital orientation and is followed by a general orientation and training program within the central pharmacy. This training will prepare the resident for the service component of the residency as well as provide insight into the operational workflow and policies and procedures of the pharmacy and medical center. Orientation to MCPHS University will be coordinated during this time.

Required rotations provide the resident a broad experience in core elements of transplant care. A range of elective rotations allows the residents to customize the rest of their year to meet their specific training needs. Opportunities for elective rotations such as heart and lung transplant would be coordinated with affiliated transplant residency programs.

BIDMC’s affiliation with MCPHS University provides the resident with a number of teaching opportunities. The resident will facilitate therapeutic seminars/patient case discussions at MCPHS. Didactic teaching opportunities, additional preceptor activities and departmental in- services all serve to enhance the teaching skills of the resident.

Our past PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant residents have accepted positions as Transplant Pharmacists in academic medical centers. The majority of our PGY1 residents are practicing as clinical pharmacists in the inpatient care setting of various medical institutions across the country, or practicing as full or adjunctive faculty in the academic setting. Numerous prior BIDMC PGY1 residents have chosen transplant pharmacy as a career path and are working in major academic teaching hospitals across the country.