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This solid organ transplant pharmacy residency is a one-year ASHP-accredited residency designed to provide in-depth inpatient and ambulatory experiences in solid organ transplantation.  The University of Kentucky Transplant Center performs more than 200 procedures each year including kidney, pancreas, liver, heart, lung, and multi-organ transplantation.  The primary emphasis is placed on the development of clinical practice skills while delivering patient-focused care.  Core learning experiences combined with electives built around the resident’s prior experiences and multiple longitudinal experiences provide a well-rounded learning experience.  Longitudinal experiences include clinical research, staffing, as well as teaching and precepting.  

The transplant residents participate in clinical research activities that are presented at national meetings and are submitted for publication. The program is affiliated with a nationally-recognized college of pharmacy which provides residents with opportunities to engage in educational activities including precepting Doctor of Pharmacy students and facilitating group discussions and presenting didactic lectures.  Upon completion of the program, residents are expected to demonstrate competency in the areas of clinical transplant pharmacy practice, clinical research, and teaching. 

Excellent Benefits: 

15 vacation days (not including professional leave), 10 holidays, 4 bonus holidays, professional development travel funding 

Option to contribute to 403B Retirement, 5% of salary + 10% match, vested after 3 years 

Application Deadline: 

01/02/2025 

Program Website 

I will be available for on-site and virtual interviews at PPS during Midyear. You do not have to be registered for Midyear or PPS to participate. Click here to apply through PPS or email tre234@uky.edu to request an interview.

About The University of Kentucky HealthCare

UK Healthcare is a 1100 bed tertiary care center located in the heart of the Bluegrass in Lexington, KY. It serves as a primary care center for the citizens of Kentucky (#1 hospital in KY by US News & World Report) and includes services such as a Level 1 Trauma Center, TJC certified comprehensive stroke and epilepsy centers, an ECMO Center of Excellence, active kidney, liver, heart, and lung transplant centers, and an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. The Department of Pharmacy is composed of over 550 pharmacists within practice settings ranging from Critical Care, Internal Medicine, and Transplant to Infusion Centers, Retail Pharmacy, and Specialty Pharmacy. Pharmacy service integration across the enterprise provides pharmacy residents countless opportunities to advance patient care and facilitate service growth.UK HealthCare is committed to the pillars of academic health care—research, education and clinical care. Dedicated to the health of the people of Kentucky, we will provide the most advanced patient care and serve as an information resource. We will strengthen local health care and improve the delivery system by partnering with community hospitals and physicians. We will support the organization’s education and research needs by offering cutting edge services on par with the nation’s best providers. The vision of UK HealthCare is to achieve national recognition as a Top 20 public academic health center, providing optimal multidisciplinary health care and developing advanced medical therapeutics for the people of Kentucky and surrounding regions.

Doctor of Pharmacy degree, PGY1 Pharmacy Residency or equivalent, licensure (or eligibility for licensure) in the state of Kentucky

About PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant Residency Program University of Kentucky HealthCare

The University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy Community Pharmacy Residency Program (CPRP), established in 2001, is dedicated to developing community practitioners who are providers of direct patient care services and innovators in the advancement of community pharmacy practice. The program will equip the residents to: provide direct patient care in community pharmacy settings, effectively communicate with/educate student pharmacists, pharmacists, patients, and other healthcare professionals, manage advanced patient care practices, be a leader and role model for pharmacists, other healthcare professionals, and student pharmacists in advancing the profession of pharmacy, and utilize core management skills to effectively operate a community pharmacy.

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