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Ambulatory Care Residency Program
Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital offers a twelve-month American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) accredited, ambulatory care PGY-2 residency program for one residency candidate. The program begins July 1st and ends June 30th.
William Beaumont University Hospital residency programs are conducted in accordance with the ASHP accreditation standards. All programs have achieved the maximum 8-year accreditation cycle. Each program is individualized for each resident, considering previous experience and pre-existing strengths and weaknesses. Each learning experience has specific objectives allowing the resident a clear understanding of performance expectations. This process provides ongoing feedback to assist the resident with skill development and goal attainment. William Beaumont University Hospital pharmacy residents participate in a longitudinal leadership and development program. Residents have the option to pursue a teaching and learning certificate. Residents enhance their precepting skills by a layered learning model on rotations with pharmacy students on rotation. William Beaumont University Hospital employs 20 clinical pharmacy specialists, the majority of whom hold adjunct faculty appointments with neighboring colleges of pharmacy (Wayne State University and the University of Michigan) and the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine.
Program purpose
PGY2 pharmacy residency programs build on doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in advanced or specialized practice. PGY2 residencies provide residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care that improves medication therapy. Residents who successfully complete an accredited PGY2 pharmacy residency should possess competencies that qualify them for clinical pharmacist and/or faculty positions and position them to be eligible for attainment of board certification in that practice area (when board certification for the practice area exists).
The purpose of the PGY-2 ambulatory care program is to prepare the resident to obtain a position as an ambulatory care clinical specialist. Residents will take full responsibility for the care of each patient served. Residents will provide necessary education for both medical professionals practicing in the outpatient clinic as well as all patients treated. All pharmacotherapy and disease state issues will be addressed and resolved while taking into account potential barriers in the implementation of the pharmacotherapy plan (i.e. patients' socioeconomic status, insurance status, and/or cultural barriers). Residents will practice pharmacy and communicate with other healthcare professionals in a manner that displays commitment to the profession and importance of a clinical specialist in the outpatient setting.
Program overview
Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital offers a twelve-month American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) accredited, ambulatory care PGY-2 residency program for one residency candidate. The program begins July 1st and ends June 30th.
The PGY-2 ambulatory care resident must meet the following requirements for employment at Corewell Health as well as:
- Licensed pharmacist or eligible for licensure in the State of Michigan (including controlled substance license)
- Successful completion of a PGY-1 ASHP accredited residency
Longitudinal requirements
- Active participation and support of residency recruitment activities
- Demonstrate ownership of all aspects of research project and submit new research project idea to residency research committee
- Complete scheduled presentations including pharmacy noon conferences (2), physician noon conferences or nursing in-services (2)
- Update and maintain Collaborative Drug Therapy Management document
- Update and maintain residency binder and complete resident development plan on quarterly basis
- Precepting of doctor of pharmacy students and PGY-1 pharmacy residents
- Present 1 CE to pharmacy staff
- Transitions of care-service requirement
- Participate in pharmacy or health care related community outreach events (4) as determined by RPD
- Presentation of residency project at regional pharmacy residency conference
- Submission of manuscript to peer reviewed journal as per discussion with RPD
- Approval by the research committee of final manuscript for residency project
- Tracking of appendix documents quarterly
- Achievement for residency of 90% of the objectives for the required goals and have no educational objectives remaining in which the last assessment was recorded as needs improvement
Rotations and Preceptors
| Rotations | Rotation Preceptor |
| Core Longitudinal Clinics | Sarah Muench, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES Colleen Lauster, PharmD, BCPS, CDCES |
| Core Pharmacist Clinic | Sarah Muench, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES Colleen Lauster, PharmD, BCPS, CDCES |
| Family Medicine | Kenneth Fill, PharmD, BCACP |
| Ambulatory Pharmacy Administration | Various |
| Research Project 1, 2, 3, 4 | Various |
| Infectious Disease Clinic | Christy Yost, Pharm, BCIDP |
| Academics | Maureen Smythe, PharmD, Various |
| Specialty Pharmacy | Noor Al-Bassam, PharmD, BCPS |
| Population Health | Kenneth Fill, PharmD, BCACP |
| High-Risk OB | Colleen Lauster, PharmD, BCPS, CDCES |
| Pediatric Ambulatory Care (Neurology) | Veena Rajanna, MS, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS |
| Patient Care Lab | Shelia Wilhelm, PharmD |
| Transitions of Care - Service Requirement | Sarah Muench, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES |
| Orientation - Outpatient Clinics | Sarah Muench, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES Colleen Lauster, PharmD, BCPS, CDCES |
Rotations
The PGY-2 ambulatory care residency program strives to meet the needs of the resident based on previous PGY-1 residency experience, interests, and individual goals of the candidate. The residency program is divided into four 3-month blocks, with the first block devoted to orientation to the diabetes, outpatient clinic anticoagulation service, high-risk OB, pharmacist, and discharge transition clinics. This will allow the resident to establish a presence and build a rapport with the nursing and physician staff as well as with patients of the outpatient clinic.
Based on resident’s interest and individual training plan, the resident can choose up to 2 elective learning experiences during the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarters. All elective experiences are longitudinal. The resident will maintain a longitudinal practice in the core longitudinal clinics (diabetes, outpatient clinic anticoagulation service, internal medicine, and discharge transition clinics) as well as the core pharmacist clinic.
The sequence of learning experiences is dependent upon preceptor availability.
Required learning experiences
- Orientation - Outpatient clinics (longitudinal - 3 month experience)
- Core longitudinal clinics (longitudinal - 9 month experience)
- Outpatient clinic anticoagulation service
- Diabetes clinic
- Discharge transition clinic
- Internal medicine clinic
- Core pharmacist clinic (longitudinal 6 - month experience)
- Ambulatory pharmacy administration (longitudinal - 6 month experiences)
- Research 1, 2, 3, and 4 (sequential longitudinal - 3 month experiences)
- Continuing education program 1 (development) and, 2 (delivery), sequential - 1 month experiences
- Transitions of care - service requirement (longitudinal - 12 month experience)
Elective learning experiences
- Academics (longitudinal - 3 month experience)
- Family medicine (longitudinal - 3 month experience)
- Infectious disease clinic (longitudinal - 3 months experiences)
- Pediatric ambulatory care (neurology) (longitudinal-3 month experiences)
- Specialty pharmacy (longitudinal - 3 month experience)
- Population health (longitudinal - 3 month experience)
- High-risk OB (longitudinal - 3 month experience)
- Patient care lab (longitudinal - 3 month experience)
Preceptors
Noor Al-Bassam, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical pharmacy specialist, specialty pharmacy
noor.al-bassam@beaumont.org
Rotation: Specialty pharmacy
Training: PGY1 pharmacy practice residency – Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital, Royal Oak
Education: PharmD – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Practice/research interests: Internal medicine, cardiology, gerontology
Colleen Lauster, PharmD, BCPS, CDCES
Clinical pharmacy specialist, ambulatory care
colleen.lauster@corewellhealth.org
Rotation: Orientation - outpatient clinic, core longitudinal clinics, high-risk OB, core pharmacist clinic
Training: Pharmacy practice residency- University of Illinois at Chicago; ambulatory care specialty residency- Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital, Royal Oak
Education: BS pharm – Wayne State University, Detroit; PharmD – Wayne State University, Detroit
Practice/research interests: Diabetes
Sarah Muench, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES
Clinical pharmacy specialist, ambulatory care
Program director, PGY2 ambulatory care pharmacy
sarah.muench@corewellhealth.org
Rotation: Core longitudinal clinics, core pharmacist clinic, orientation - outpatient clinics, transitions of care-service requirement
Training: Ambulatory care specialty residency – Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital, Royal Oak
Education: BS pharmacy & PharmD – Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Practice/research interests: Diabetes, anticoagulation, and transitions of care
Veena Rajanna, MS, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS
Clinical pharmacy specialist, pediatric ICU & neonatal ICU
veena.rajanna@corewellhealth.org
Rotation: Pediatric ambulatory care (neurology)
Training: PGY1 & PGY2 health system administration residency – University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, Minneapolis
Education: PharmD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, MS – University of Minnesota
Practice/research interests: General pediatrics, pediatric critical care
Christy Yost, PharmD, BCIDP
Clinical pharmacy specialist, infectious diseases; PGY 2 infectious disease residency director
christine.yost@corewellheath.org
Rotation: Infectious diseases clinic
Training: PGY1 pharmacy residency - University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH and PGY2 infectious disease residency - University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY
Education: PharmD – Palm beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FLPractice/research interests: Antimicrobial stewardship and antimicrobial resistance
Maureen A. Smythe, PharmD, FCCP
Professor (clinical), Wayne State University, department of pharmacy practice
maureen.smythe@wayne.edu
Rotation: Academics
Training: Critical care fellowship – Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Education: BS pharmacy & PharmD – Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Practice/research interests: Anticoagulation
Program benefits
Health benefits
Coverage includes:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Prescription drug
- Life and disability insurance
General benefits
- Library access
- Resident office with individual workspace
- Personal computer access
- Pharmacy continuing education
- Free parking
Travel
Approved travel to conferences is at the discretion of the organization. Previously attended conferences have included the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and a regional pharmacy residency conference if travel funding is available. If travel approved, paid travel expenses (hotel, registration, transportation) for each conference will typically be approved up to $3,000. If expenses are expected to exceed $3,000, approval will be determined on a per-case basis.
Compensation
The anticipated salary for incoming PGY2 residents is approximately $61,000/year.
Time off
Residents will accrue paid time off (PTO) throughout the year. Residents can take 2 weeks of vacation throughout the year however no more than 5 days can be taken per any one rotation. Vacation time requires prior approval and must be taken before June 15.
Current resident
Megan MacLean, PharmD
Hometown: Grosse Pointe Park, MI
Pharmacy degree: Doctor of pharmacy, Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
PGY1 residency: Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital, Royal Oak, MI
Clinical interests: Anticoagulation, diabetes, hypertension and psychiatry
Personal interests: Reading or listening to books, trying new restaurants, spending time with family and friends
Past residents
2025
Min Ji Park, PharmD
First position after residency: Pharmacy specialist in anticoagulation, Christiana Care, Delaware
2024
Alanah Bratley, PharmD, BCACP
First position after residency: Ambulatory care clinical specialist, Henry Ford Health Systems, Michigan
2023
Chelsea Dezfuli, PharmD, BCACP
First position after residency: Ambulatory care pharmacy specialist, Yale New Haven, Connecticut
2022
Randi Katz, PharmD, BCACP, BCPS
First position after residency: Ambulatory care pharmacist, Henry Ford Genesys, Michigan
2021
Patricia Lee, PharmD, BCACP
First position after residency: Ambulatory care clinical specialist, Henry Ford Health Systems, Michigan
2020
Bianca Mayzel, PharmD, BCACP
First position after residency: Ambulatory care pharmacist internal medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
2019
Kaylin Braekevelt, PharmD , BCACP
First position after residency: Clinical pharmacist, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Michigan
2018
Katie Kish, PharmD, BCACP
First position after residency: Primary care clinical pharmacy specialist, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
2017
Whitney Aultman, PharmD, BCACP
First position after residency: Ambulatory care clinical pharmacist with State of Franklin Healthcare Associates and assistant professor with East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, Tennessee
2016
Nadia Aneese, PharmD, BCACP
First position after residency: Ambulatory care clinical specialist, Corewell Sterling Heights Family Medicine Center, Michigan
2015
Jenny Lin (Leung), PharmD, BCACP
First position after residency: Ambulatory care clinical specialist, Henry Ford Health System, Michigan
2014
Adina Feng, PharmD, BCACP
First position after residency: Ambulatory care clinical specialist, Henry Ford Health System, Michigan
2013
Elaine Ng, PharmD, BCACP
First position after residency: Anticoagulation specialist, Northshore University Health System, Illinois
2012
Jiz Thomas, PharmD, BCACP
First position after residency: Pharmacist, INMED Program, Honduras
2011
Holly Chiu, PharmD, BCACP
First position after residency: Ambulatory care clinical specialist, Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan
2010
Deborah Virant-Young, PharmD, BCACP
First position after residency: Assistant clinical professor of pharmacology and toxicology, Michigan State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan
2009
Kristina Rowley, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES
First position after residency: Assistant professor-Ferris State University with a clinical appointment at Michigan State University/Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Michigan
2007
Ericka Ridgeway, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES
First position after residency: Ambulatory care clinical specialist, Trinity Health Oakland, Michigan
2002
Colleen Lauster, PharmD, BCPS, CDCES
First position after residency: Clinical specialist, internal medicine, Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan
2001
Sarah Muench, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES
First position after residency: Clinical specialist, ambulatory care, Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan
Residency projects
Completed residency projects:
- Impact of a Lipid Management Service in an Internal Medicine Clinic
- The Impact of Pharmacist Interventions in the Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis in an Internal Medicine Clinic
- The Effect of the Asthma Collaborative Treatment (ACT) Clinic on Patient Outcomes
- Evaluation of a Standardized Warfarin Education Program
- Warfarin Use in Patients with Malignancy
- Transitions of Care: Impact of Pharmacist Education in Heart Failure Patients
- Evaluation of a Pharmacist-Driven Insulin Educational Intervention Program on Internal Medicine Resident Knowledge
- Impact of Pharmacist Education on Patient Comprehension of Insulin Use and Injection Technique
- Evaluation of a Pharmacist Managed Diabetes Clinic
- Assessment of an Educational Program's Impact on Medical Resident Knowledge and Comfort Level with Urine Drug Test Interpretation
- Creation, Implementation, and Evaluation of Pharmacist-Led Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Events
- Impact of Pharmacist Education on Inhaler Technique and Adherence in an Outpatient Clinic
- Multimodal Antimicrobial Stewardship Strategies in an Urgent Care Setting
- Impact of Pharmacist Involvement in Transitional Care Management and a Discharge Transition Clinic
- Pharmacist Provided Educational Intervention and its Impact on Medical Resident Knowledge and Confidence Level with Continuous Glucose Monitors
- Pharmacist Led Management of Glucogon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists
Contact us/apply
Residency candidates must be a graduate of a college of pharmacy accredited in the United States and must be eligible for licensure in the State of Michigan. Candidates must have successfully completed an ASHP accredited PGY-1 residency. In addition, candidates must register for the ASHP Matching Program and have a National Matching Services (NMS) applicant number.
Interested candidates must submit the following information via Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS):
Deadline for applications: January 5, 2026.
Completed residency packets will be reviewed. Upon favorable review, residency candidates will be contacted to schedule an interview.
Sarah Muench, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES
Residency program director, PGY2 ambulatory care
Clinical pharmacy specialist, ambulatory care
Tel: 248.551.7594
Fax: 248.898.4046
Contact us
Sarah Muench, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES
Residency program director, PGY2 ambulatory care pharmacy
Clinical pharmacy specialist, ambulatory care
Tel: 248.551.7594
Fax: 248.898.4046
Sarah.Muench@corewellhealth.org