• Pensacola’s First PGY1 Residency Program

• 2003 we welcomed our first class of residents (Our 20th Year!)

• 72 residents have graduated from our program (25 program graduates have remained part of our team since 2015)

• Part of the nation’s largest Catholic non-profit healthcare system

• Faith is at the center of our care

• Each resident and our preceptors are at the heart of our program. 

Our Mission

At Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola, our mission is to train the next generation of pharmacists with high-quality, well respected preceptors who offer diverse learning experiences. Our aspiration as a program, through a system of excellence, is for each resident to become the best version of themselves and achieve outcomes surpassing that of their preceptors.  In the end, both resident and preceptor have a common mission to promote optimized pharmaceutical care, the advancement of our pharmacy profession, and to be one of the top PGY1 pharmacy residency programs in the nation.

Number of PGY1 Positions: 

• 4 Adult Patient focused
  

  1 *Pediatric Patient focused (Seeking to add a second pediatric position for 2024_2025)

*Also now in pre-candidate status to meet the new ASHP Standard.  With our new pediatric resident(s) next year we will change to candidate status.

Salary and Benefits:  $47,500 + benefits**

**Benefits:  Paid time off (12 days); full health, dental, and vision benefits (if the resident elects coverage); Paid attendance to ASHP Midyear meeting and the Florida Residency Conference.

Interview Required: Yes 

Offering both in person and virtual interviews

Adult PGY1 In Person Interview Dates: 

• Friday, January 26, 2024

• Monday, January 29, 2024

• Monday, February 6, 2024

Adult PGY1 Virtual Interview Date:

• Friday, February 9, 2024

Pediatric PGY1 In Person Interview Dates:

• Friday, February 2, 2024

Pediatric PGY1 Virtual Interview Dates:

• Monday, February 12, 2024

PGY1 Adult Phase Two Virtual Interview Date

• Monday, March 25, 2024

PGY1 Pediatric Phase Two Virtual Interview Date

• Friday, March 29, 2024

Application Deadline

January 3, 2024

Application Requirements

• Prospective candidates must hold or anticipate graduation with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree, eligible for Florida Intern & Pharmacist license, and be committed to fulfilling all the requirements of the program.

Completed Applications include 

• Curriculum vitae 
  

  Pharmacy school transcripts

• Three (3) letters of recommendation

• Letter of intent declaring interest in a specific program (PGY1 Adult, PGY1 Pediatric, etc.)  

• Applicants please choose only one program of interest.   

Starting Date: Our 52 week residency program begins 6/16/2024

Residency Special Features:  Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola offers a wide variety of clinical rotations that provide extensive pharmaceutical care experiences.  

Program Structure (Link)

Contact Information

Ernie Cyr, PharmD, BCPS

PGY1 Residency Program Director (Adult and Pediatric Programs)

Email: Ernie.Cyr@ascension.org

Office: 850-416-4677

Glenn Grantner, PharmD, BCPS

Clinical Staff Pharmacist

PGY1 Residency Program Coordinator - Adult

Email: Glenn.Grantner@ascension.org

Keyosha Stallworth, PharmD, BCPPS

Pediatric Clinical Staff Pharmacist

PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency Coordinator - Pediatrics 

Email:  Keyosha.smart@ascension.org

Resident Learning Experiences

Program Requirements 

Residency certificate will be issued upon successful completion of the following activities:

Resident Research 2023

A dedicated research committee oversees resident research

• Apixaban for VTE treatment in severe renal impairment Ascension multi-center research

• Impact of an Infectious Diseases Pharmacist Led Culturing Stewardship Intervention on Blood Culture Contamination Rates in the Emergency Department

• Impact of Entresto formulary management on patient compliance outcomes 

• Impact of rapid diagnostics plus antimicrobial stewardship in blood culturing

• Evaluation of the efficacy of intravenous ketorolac dose capping for acute pain in a pediatric tertiary care center