Pediatric PGY-2 Residency 

 

Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent 
Ascension St. Vincent Women and Infants Hospital

Welcome!

We are happy you are here. At Peyton Manning Children's Hospital and Ascension St. Vincent Women and Infants Hospital, we pride ourselves on providing quality and compassionate care to the children in our community. The PGY-2 Pediatric Pharmacy residency is designed to aid the resident's growth in pediatric pharmacotherapy knowledge while caring for a diverse pediatric population.
Program Director Jamalyn Casey: jamalyn.casey@ascension.org
  • Purpose
    PGY-2 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and PGY-1 pharmacy residency training to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives for advanced practice areas. Residents who successfully complete PGY-2 residency programs are prepared for advanced patient care or other specialized positions, and board certification in the advanced practice area, if available.
  • Program Description
    The purpose of the ASHP-accredited PGY-2 Pediatric Residency at Ascension St. Vincent  is to build on the competencies achieved in a PGY-1 residency and develop clinical pharmacists who provide competent, safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, and highly reliable pharmacotherapy to infants and children. Achievement of a teaching certificate along with required multidisciplinary educational activities will provide the foundation upon which the resident can further develop his/her teaching skills in diverse didactic and clinical settings. Upon completion of the PGY-2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency Program, the resident will be prepared to attain board certification and secure a hospital-based position in pediatrics or an affiliated academic position with a College of Pharmacy.
  • Practice Sites

    Peyton Manning Children's Hospital

    Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent is a non-profit, four-story pediatric hospital dedicated to the care of children and offers all private rooms, overnight accommodations for parents, and a child-friendly setting designed to allow caregivers and families to work together to improve children’s health.

    Features:

    • 47-bed Pediatric Inpatient Unit with 24/7 hospitalist coverage

    • 20-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) with 24/7 board certified intensivists

    • Level 1 trauma and burn center

    • 18 comprehensive outpatient clinics

    • ECMO services

     

    Ascension St. Vincent Women and Infants Hospital

    Ascension St. Vincent Women and Infant Hospital is the largest free-standing comprehensive women’s health service hospital in Indiana and physicians deliver more multiples and high-risk babies than any other hospital in the state. Connected to Peyton Manning Children's Hospital, the pediatric pharmacy satellite provides 24/7 pharmacy coverage for Peyton Manning Children's and the Women's and Infants Hospital. Special features: maternal fetal medicine, labor and delivery services for high-risk mothers and babies as well as uncomplicated pregnancies, newborn intensive care, breast, gynecological, urological and plastic surgeries and full-service diagnostic imaging (ultrasound, MRI). The Center for Women's Health provides services and education to women of all ages.

    Features:

    • 272,000 square feet

    • 109 private NICU Rooms

    • 15 Labor & Delivery Rooms

    • 30 Mother Baby Rooms

    • 20 High Risk OB Rooms

    • 3 C-Section Rooms

    • 8 PICU Bed Unit

    • 15 Beds Pediatric Emergency Department  

    • Rooftop Heliport with 2 Helipads


  • Required Learning Experiences 

    Orientation Learning Experience

    The orientation rotation is designed to allow the resident to become comfortable in the pharmacy and the hospital by providing them with the opportunity to participate in daily staffing responsibilities of both a distributive and clinical nature.  The resident will have the opportunity to observe preceptors modeling effective patient monitoring and education as well as ordering, validating in the electronic health record and dispensing medications.  The resident will also have sessions of a didactic nature focusing on various clinical topics including antimicrobial stewardship, kinetics, nutrition, anticoagulation, and code participation.

    Pediatric Critical Care Learning Experiences

    The PICU Learning Experiences are designed to provide the resident with the opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills about the clinical course, manifestations, and therapy of common pediatric critical care diseases. Residents will provide recommendations to attending physicians during multi-disciplinary team rounds and actively participate in code/ECMO situations. Focused projects such as formal drug information responses and educational in services to nursing and physicians may also be required. 

    Neonatal Critical Care Learning Experiences

    The NICU Learning Experiences provide exposure to the entire spectrum of neonatal care, from the well newborn to infants born extremely preterm and who are critically ill. The resident will have the opportunity to learn about disease states seen only in babies, as well as those chronic conditions which can affect patients throughout childhood and beyond. Residents work very closely with the attending neonatologists and other members of the healthcare team to provide high-level, evidence-based, family-centered care.  

    General Pediatric Learning Experiences

    The General Pediatrics Learning Experiences are designed to provide the resident with the opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills required to care for patients from birth to age 18. These Learning Experiences will focus on the clinical course, manifestations, and therapy of common pediatric disease states through active participation on daily resident-run, multi-disciplinary rounds, and will require the completion of mini-projects related to pediatrics. 

    Infectious Diseases Learning Experience

    The Infectious Diseases Learning Experience is designed to allow the resident to gain knowledge and experience in caring for patients with various infectious diseases. Residents will care for patients being following by the pediatric infectious diseases team both inpatient and outpatient. The resident will gain experience in the development of a pediatric focused antibiogram. 

     
  • Longitudinal Learning Experiences

    Ambulatory Care Clinic 

    During the ambulatory care experience, the resident will spend half a day each week for six months in a clinic of the resident’s interest. Residents will have the opportunity to apply common acute/chronic pediatric disease state knowledge through participation in multidisciplinary patient care at the pediatric outpatient clinics, including working with various healthcare providers in managing social and medical aspects of patient care.

    Practice Management

    The resident will be required to:

    • Facilitate a committee or work-group
    • Actively participate in the activities of the Pediatric Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee as a as ad hoc participation in other relevant groups 
    • Develop and/or update a neonatal/pediatric policy, order set, and drug shortage plan
    • Will gain technology experience with electronic health records, order sets, and Alaris pump technology
    • A quality improvement project as related to pediatric pharmacy operations
    • Actively participate in the therapeutic initiatives for an Ascension National Pediatric Committee such as a Pediatric and Maternal Expert Review Panel or Ascension Health Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee

    Didactic and Experiential Teaching 

    • If not achieved during Pharmacy Practice (PGY-1) Resident, the resident will participate in the Indiana Teaching Certificate Program
    • The resident will have opportunities to teach in small group facilitation and lectures through Butler, Manchester, and Purdue universities
    • The resident will develop an educational legacy project for pharmacists, pharmacy residents, and pharmacy students. Past legacy projects include Iatrogenic Weaning Protocol and Pharmacokinetic Training Guide 
    • The resident will be required to:
      • Give 1 formal Grand Rounds
      • Give 1 interactive lecture as part of the pediatric medical resident didactic sessions
      • Precept at least 1 month of PharmD students/ PGY-1 residents with the potential to precept more as desired
      • Present a variety of presentations including patient cases, journal clubs, and nursing-in-services
      • Create a preceptor development activity

    Resident Project

    The resident will have the opportunity to complete and present a residency project and poster to a local, regional or national meeting. The project will be tailored around the interests of the resident as well as the organization.

    Service Commitment 

    • Staffing responsibilities include both distributive and clinical staffing
      • Weekend staffing: Every 3 weeks
      • Evening Staffing: One evening every 4 weeks 
    • The resident will actively participate in 2 volunteer activities, 1 that is pharmacy related, during the residency
    • The resident will participate in interdisciplinary pediatric mock code simulations once a quarter 

     

  • Elective Learning Experiences
    • Emergency Medicine
    • Hematology/ oncology
    • Psychiatry
    • Women's Health
    • Other practice areas based on resident interest
  • Current and Past Residents

    Current Resident

    • Chantel Nelson, PharmD, is the PGY-2 Pediatric Pharmacy Resident t Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent in Indianapolis, IN. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Kentucky in May 2023 and her PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at Ascension St. Vincent, Indianapolis in 2024. Chantel is excited to complete her PGY-2 year at Ascension and explore pediatric specialties through her rotations to guide her future career.

    Past Residents

    • Kaylee Evans, PharmD, BCPPS completed her PharmD at the University of Southern Illinois Edwardsville. She complete both her PGY-1 and PGY-2 residencies at Ascension St. Vincent and Peyton Manning Children's Hospital. Kaylee is currently working as a pediatric outpatient clinical pharmacy specialist at Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health. 
    • Kasia Los, PharmD, BCPPS completed her PharmD at Drake University.  She complete both her PGY-1 and PGY-2 residencies at Ascension St. Vincent and Peyton Manning Children's Hospital. Kasia is currently a pediatric clinical pharmacist at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.
    • McKenzie Packard, PharmD, BCPPS completed her PharmD at Drake University. She completed her PGY-1 pharmacy practice residency at MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center and PGY-2 pediatric pharmacy resident at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital. McKenzie is currently a pediatric clinical pharmacist at Atrium Health Wake Forest Medical Center.
    • Emily Garries, PharmD, BCPPS completed her PharmD at Purdue University. She complete both her PGY-1 and PGY-2 residencies at Ascension St. Vincent and Peyton Manning Children's Hospital. Emily is currently a pediatric hematology/oncology pharmacy specialist at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital.
    • Kendyl Miller, PharmD, BCPPS completed her PharmD at Purdue University. She complete both her PGY-1 and PGY-2 residencies at Ascension St. Vincent and Peyton Manning Children's Hospital. Kendyl is currently a pediatric generalist at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital.
  • Preceptors
    • Jamalyn Casey, PharmD, BCPPS is a Neonatal Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Ascension St. Vincent Women and Infants Hospital. Jamalyn received her Doctor of Pharmacy from Butler University. She completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Community Health and a Pediatric PGY-2 Specialty Residency at Riley Children’s Hospital at Indiana University Health. After her residency, Jama worked as a Neonatal Clinical Pharmacist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, OH prior to coming to Ascension St. Vincent. Jamalyn is a board-certified Pediatric Pharmacotherapy Specialist and her current areas of interest include infectious disease, surgical disease states, nutrition, and pulmonary hypertension. Jamalyn is the current PGY-2 Pediatric Residency Director. Contact: jamalyn.casey@ascension.org

    • Patricia Burch, PharmD, BCPPS is a General Pediatrics Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent. Patricia received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She completed her PGY-1 and PGY-2 residencies at Ascension St. Vincent and Peyton Manning Children's Hospital. Patricia is a board-certified Pediatric Pharmacotherapy Specialist and her current areas of interest include pain and sedation, surgical states, and transitions of care. 

    • Emily Garries, PharmD, BCPPS is a Pediatric Oncology/Hematology Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent. Emily received her Doctor of Pharmacy in 2021 from Purdue University. She completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Ascension St. Vincent Indianapolis and a PGY-2 Pediatrics Pharmacy Residency at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent. Her areas of interest include pediatric oncology and infectious diseases. 

    • Kendyl Miller, PharmD, BCPPS is a pediatric generalist at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent. Kendyl received her Doctor of Pharmacy in 2022 from Purdue University. She completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Ascension St. Vincent Indianapolis and a PGY-2 Pediatrics Pharmacy Residency at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent and Ascension St. Vincent Women and Infants Hospital. Her areas of interest include pain and sedation, infectious disease, and toxicology.

    • Melissa Neglia, PharmD is a High Risk Obstetrics/ Women's Health Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Ascension St. Vincent Women and Infants Hospital.  Melissa received her Doctor of Pharmacy from Purdue University. She completed her PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, TN. Her areas of interest include high risk maternal care and vaccine administration.

    • Jennifer Tobison, PharmD, BCPPS is a Pediatric Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent. Jennifer received her Doctor of Pharmacy from Butler University. She complete both her PGY-1 and PGY-2 residencies at Ascension St. Vincent and Peyton Manning Children's Hospital. Jennifer is a board-certified Pediatric Pharmacotherapy Specialist and current areas of interest include pediatric nephrology, anticoagulation, and the Ketogenic diet.

    • Maria Whitmore, PharmD, BCPPS is a Pediatric Critical Care/Emergency Department Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent. Maria received her Bachelor of Pharmacy from University of Toledo and Doctor of Pharmacy from University of Kentucky. She completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice residency at Indiana University Health and a Pediatric PGY-2 Specialty Residency at Riley Children’s Hospital at Indiana University Health. Maria is a Board Certified Pediatric Pharmacotherapy Specialist and current areas of interest include analgesia and sedation, infectious disease, congenital heart disease, and ECMO.