Pharmacy Residency Program
Welcome to USA Health—a place to learn, contribute, and grow as a pharmacist.
USA Health, the academic health system of the University of South Alabama, brings together University Hospital, Children’s & Women’s Hospital, Providence Hospital, Mitchell Cancer Institute, and a network of clinics across the Gulf Coast. Together, our facilities support a diverse range of patient care, education, and research while serving communities throughout the region.'
Our pharmacy residency programs are grounded in this academic health system and shaped by a shared commitment to clinical excellence, education, collaboration, and professional growth. Residents learn from experienced pharmacists and other healthcare professionals while becoming active members of teams dedicated to advancing patient care.
Whether you are beginning your postgraduate training through our PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at University Hospital or pursuing advanced specialization through our PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency, USA Health offers an environment where pharmacists can strengthen their expertise, expand their perspective, and grow into the practitioners they aspire to become.
We invite you to explore USA Health Pharmacy Residency and discover a place where you can learn, contribute, and grow.
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at USA Health University Hospital
Build clinical confidence. Expand your perspective. Make an impact.
From emergency medicine to intensive care units, and from medication reconciliation to infectious diseases, residents practice pharmacy across the spectrum of acute and complex care at a regional academic referral center.
The USA Health University Hospital PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program builds on Pharm.D. education to develop clinical pharmacists who are prepared to provide patient-centered medication-related care, practice as independent members of interprofessional teams, and pursue the next step in their professional development.
Located in Mobile, Alabama, USA Health University Hospital is an academic medical center and regional referral center serving a diverse Gulf Coast population. Residents develop their clinical skills in a setting that includes Level I trauma, burn, stroke, cardiovascular, and other specialized services, providing opportunities to care for patients with a broad range of acute and complex medical conditions.
Broad Clinical Training with Depth in High-Acuity Care
Residents develop a strong clinical foundation through required learning experiences in orientation, administration, acute care, medical intensive care, and pharmacy informatics. These experiences progressively build pharmacotherapy knowledge, clinical decision-making, patient care skills, interprofessional collaboration, and an understanding of pharmacy practice within an academic health system.
Residents can then tailor their experience through elective learning opportunities in ambulatory care with a family medicine focus and emergency medicine; burn, neuroscience, pediatric, and surgical trauma intensive care; infectious diseases; and general pediatrics. This breadth allows residents to explore diverse patient populations and practice environments while developing the adaptability, clinical judgment, and confidence needed to pursue their individual career goals.
Practice, Teach, Lead
As members of an academic health system, residents learn alongside pharmacists, physicians, nurses, students, and other healthcare professionals. Residents develop communication, leadership, teaching, and precepting skills through patient care, presentations, learner interactions, and other educational activities.
Residents also have the opportunity to participate in Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy's Resident Teaching and Learning Program, developing skills as educators and building a foundation for future opportunities in academic pharmacy.
Prepared for What Comes Next
By the end of the residency year, graduates are prepared to provide comprehensive medication-related care, contribute effectively to interprofessional teams, demonstrate leadership and teaching skills, and pursue their individual career goals—including board certification, PGY2 pharmacy residency training, or clinical pharmacy practice.
At USA Health University Hospital, your PGY1 year is designed to help you become the pharmacist you want to be—and the clinician your patients and team can count on.
PGY2 Program
The ambulatory care PGY2 program at the USA Health Family Medicine Center will help the resident develop expert-level, evidence-based knowledge in the area of chronic disease management. Residents are exposed to a variety of disease states including diabetes, weight loss and nutrition, hypertension, dyslipidemia, anticoagulation, respiratory disease, heart failure and transitions of care practice. This program will also prepare residents to conduct research in practical areas of the ambulatory care pharmacy practice and foster relationships between multiple health care disciplines to carry out robust research design. We strive to develop the knowledge, attitudes, training and skills necessary to cultivate pharmacists who are competent and compassionate practitioners capable of working on an interdisciplinary team within a large healthcare system and serving as a leader in the field. Residents, who successfully complete our residency program, are well prepared for an advanced patient care practice or an academic position to pursue board certification in ambulatory care.
Rotational Learning Experiences (5 weeks duration)
Required Learning Experiences
- Orientation
- Administration
- Acute Care I
- Acute Care II
- Medical Intensive Care Unit
- Pharmacy Informatics
Elective Learning Experiences (Choose 3)
- Ambulatory Care — Family Medicine Focus
- Emergency Medicine
- Burn Intensive Care Unit
- Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Surgical Trauma Intensive Care Unit
- Infectious Diseases
- General Pediatrics
Longitudinal Experiences (≥ 12 weeks duration)
Required
- Ambulatory Care — one half-day clinic session every other week (August–June)
- Research Project and Medication Use Evaluation (August–June)
- Institutional Pharmacy Practice (August–June)
- One 5-hour shift every other week
- Every third weekend
- One holiday: Thanksgiving or Christmas
Optional
- Teaching and Learning Certificate — Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy Resident Teaching and Learning Program
Incoming Residents
- Laila Mando, PharmD
2024-2025
- Angelique Holmes, PharmD, BCPS, Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy
- Kennadi Johnson, PharmD, William Carey University School of Pharmacy
2023-2024
- Kathryn “Kate” Dorsten Watterson, PharmD, Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy
- Julia Goudeau Faurie, PharmD, BCPS, University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy
2022-2023
- Amanda Sweat, PharmD, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy
- Linda Tran, PharmD, BCPS, Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy
2021-2022
- Leah Croft, PharmD, Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy
- Macy Wigginton, PharmD, Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy
PGY1 Contact Information:
Amanda Altstatt, PharmD, BCACP
PGY1 Program Director
USA Health University Hospital
2451 University Hospital Dr., Mobile, AL 36617
P: 251-471-7388
Email: aaltstatt@health.southalabama.edu
PGY2 Contact Information:
Sean Smithgall, PharmD, BCACP, MBA
PGY2 Program Director
P: 251-445-9313
Email: ssmithgall@health.southalabama.edu