Pharmacy Residency Program Year 2

Located just 8 miles west of Manhattan, Hackensack University Medical Center is a nonprofit teaching and research hospital that is the largest provider of healthcare services in the state of New Jersey with 775 inpatient beds. It is a Level-2 Emergency trauma center that sees over 111,000 patients per year and admits 1,283 trauma patients per year from the ED. An additional 34,000 patients visit the Pediatric Emergency Department annually. It is also a Stroke Center and a STEMI catherization center with full cardiothoracic surgical capabilities.

The programs primary goal is to offer advanced training in Emergency Medicine pharmacy with an emphasis on the following areas:

• Assessment and evaluation of the pharmacological treatment of patients presenting to the ED
• Development and enhancement of teaching skills through didactic and experiential teaching of Doctor of Pharmacy students
• Development and enhancement of written and oral communication skills
• Development of research skills

Rotations Offered

Orientation	1 month
Emergency Medicine	6 months
New Jersey Poison Control Center	1 month
Critical Care (MICU or SICU)	1 month
Pediatric Emergency Medicine	1 month
Infectious Diseases	1 month

Electives

Medical/Cardiac Intensive Care
Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Psychiatry
Repeat of required rotation
Other interests as identified

Longitudinal

Research Project
Staffing

Teaching Requirements

Experiential
The resident is required to be the primary preceptor for a minimum of 2 APPE students.

Didactic
There may be opportunities to teach in both small group and large lecture hall settings. Formal conference lectures for the Emergency Medicine Residents are also required.

Teaching Certificate
Opportunity to earn a teaching certificate at Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy.

Responsibilities

Though certain responsibilities of the resident are required, the program has the flexibility to develop activities consistent with the resident’s background and career goals. In general, the resident’s responsibilities include:

• Perform daily patient care activities at Hackensack University Medical Center and make appropriate recommendations to interdisciplinary treatment teams
• Design, monitor, and evaluate treatment goals for Emergency Department patients that consider patient-, disease-, and drug-specific information and ethical considerations
• Present educational in-services on pharmacy topics to patients, pharmacy staff, and interdisciplinary treatment team
• Supervise pharmacy students on clerkship
• Complete a research project, as well as present this research at a conference

Preceptors

Gabrielle L. Procopio, Pharm.D., BCPS
Emergency Medicine (EM) Pharmacy Specialist and PGY2 EM Pharmacy Residency Director, Hackensack University Medical Center; Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University; Clinical Adjunct Professor, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University. Pharm.D., Philadelphia College of Pharmacy; PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Hackensack University Medical Center; PGY2 EM Pharmacy Residency, The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Practice Area: Emergency Medicine

Keri Bicking, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCNSP
Surgical Critical Care Pharmacy Specialist, Hackensack University Medical Center; Clinical Adjunct Professor, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University; B.S. Pharmacy, Duquesne University; Pharm.D., Rutgers University College of Pharmacy; Critical Care Residency, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Practice areas: Surgery/ Trauma Intensive Care, Nutrition Support.

Ruchi Jain, Pharm.D., BCCCP
Medical-Cardiac Critical Care Pharmacy Specialist and PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program Director, Hackensack University Medical Center; Clinical Adjunct Professor, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, Pharm.D., University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy; Pharmacy Practice Residency, Temple University Hospital; Critical Care Residency, The John Hopkins Hospital.
Practice area: Medical Critical Care.

Danielle Tompkins, Pharm.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University; Critical Care Pharmacy Specialist, Hackensack University Medical Center; Pharm.D., Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University; PGY1 Pharmacy and PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy
Practice Areas: Surgery/Trauma Intensive Care.

Siddharth Swamy, Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Assistant Professor, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University; Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Specialist, Hackensack University Medical Center; Pharm.D., Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy of Rutgers University; PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Saint Michael’s Medical Center; PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency, SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
Practice Areas: Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Outreach Clinic, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program

Patrick Lake, Pharm.D.
Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Specialist, Hackensack University Medical Center; Pharm.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University; Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University; PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Hackensack University Medical Center; PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
Practice Areas: Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Outreach Clinic, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program.

Pooja Shah, Pharm.D., BCPPS
Clinical Assistant Professor, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University; Pediatric Pharmacy Specialist, Hackensack University Medical Center; Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University; CoAdjunct Professor at the School of Nursing at Rutgers University; Pharm.D., Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University; PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Hackensack University Medical Center; PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency, The University of Chicago Medicine.
Practice Areas: Neonatal Intensive Care, General Pediatrics.

Jewell Thomas, Pharm.D.

Marija Markovic, Pharm.D.
Psychiatric Pharmacy Specialist, Hackensack University Medical Center; Pharm.D., Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University; PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, Monmouth Medical Center; PGY2 Psychiatry Pharmacy Residency, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University.
Practice Areas: Psychiatry, Internal Medicine.

Jincy Abraham, PharmD., MBA
Operations Manager, Pharmacy Inpatient, Hackensack University Medical Center; Clinical Adjunct Professor, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS); PharmD, Temple University; MBA, University of Phoenix.
Practice areas: Pharmacy Operations Inpatient and Outpatient, Practice Management, Planning Staffing, Staff Orientation and Training, Staff Development, Performance Improvement, Patient Safety and Quality, Clinical Research Support.

Toxicology

Bruce Ruck, Pharm.D., DABAT
Director of Drug Information and Professional Education
New Jersey Poison Information and Education System

Benefits

Residents receive a comprehensive benefits package from Hackensack University Medical Center. The resident will have on-site parking, lab coat, and meal card support. Financial support is provided for residents to attend ASHP’s Midyear Clinical Meeting and the Eastern States Residency Conference. Financial support may be provided for additional educational conferences as deemed necessary by the residency advisory committee.