TTUHSC Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy Students Celebrate Residency Assignments on Match Day

TTUHSC Pharmacy Academic Classroom building on the Amarillo campus.

A combined 25 students from all four TTUHSC Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy campuses were successfully matched.

Fourth-year Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy students interested in completing a residency after they graduate in May, learned Wednesday (March 13) where they would spend the next stage of their training during the Pharmacy Residency Match Day.

“A pharmacy residency is a post-graduate training program designed to provide knowledge and experience that pharmacy providers need in order to face challenges in today's complex and ever-changing health care environment,” Krystal Edwards, Pharm.D., professor and associate dean for career development, said. “First-year residencies help train pharmacy practitioners by building upon their pharmacy schooling skills and professional identity; second year residencies foster growth and development of a specialized skill set in a specific area.”

A total of 5,690 fourth-year pharmacy students from across the country applied for one-year postgraduate year (PGY-1) residency programs, and 74.7% were successfully matched. A combined 32 students from all four TTUHSC Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy campuses participated in the program; 25 students were successfully matched. 

 

PGY-1 Pharmacy 

  • John Ike Achonye- VA Boston Healthcare System
  • Raktima Bhattacharya- BSA Hospital
  • Jenna Do- West Texas Veterans Affairs Medical Center
  • Mya Doan- Midland Memorial Hospital
  • Vivian Ho- Cook Children’s Medical Center
  • Bryan Hoang- Harris Health System
  • Lindsay Johnson- Medical City Plano
  • Parker Lenheiser- Froedtert Hospital and Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Brandon McCormick- Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas
  • Traylor Moses- Covenant Health System
  • Alysha Patel- Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
  • April Peterson- Medical City Arlington
  • Cheyanna Petty- Cook Children’s Medical Center
  • Vivian Pham- CHI St. Luke’s Health/Baylor St. Luke’s Med Center
  • Danh Phan- Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital
  • Kathryn Phelan- West Texas Veterans Affairs Medical Center
  • Jacob Sanchez- Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas
  • Hong Tran- Harris Health System
  • Hiep Trinh- BSA Hospital
  • Faith Windham- Midland Memorial Hospital

 

PGY-1 Community 

  • Ramsha Akhtar- Baylor Health Enterprises
  • Gracie Daniels- Baylor Health Enterprises

 

PGY-1/2 Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership with Masters

  • Megan Bareis- Texas Children’s Hospital
  • Kristin Etuk- Houston Methodist Hospital
  • Elaina Spriggs- Phoenix Indian Medical Center 

 

Additionally, 22 TTUHSC Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy alumni successfully matched with PGY-1 and PGY-2 programs. 

“We are all so very excited and extremely proud of our students who matched,” Edwards said. “They have each put in a lot of work and preparation to get where they are today. I look forward to seeing where they end up and their future accomplishments after their residency training.”

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