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

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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