PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency
Thank you for your interest in the PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency program at Baystate Medical Center. We have early committed our position for the 2026-2027 residency year and will not be interviewing further candidates.
The PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy residency program at Baystate Medical Center offers a high-quality learning experience that builds upon your PGY-1 pharmacy practice skills. The program is designed to develop a healthcare practitioner with advanced skills in various practice settings.
In our residency, you will:
- Make pharmacotherapy decisions for chronic disease states
- Hone your practice style and patient education methods
- Be prepared to graduate as a competent practitioner and able to practice in a high volume ambulatory clinic
Our graduates can expect to be prepared for positions such as, ambulatory pharmacists specializing in chronic disease state management, pharmacy clinical coordinators, or faculty member.
Training is Focused, Yet Flexible
Our PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency consists of both longitudinal and focused experiences concentrating on many aspects of ambulatory pharmacy practice.
Your training focuses on developing the ability to deal with a range of diseases that occur in the ambulatory patient.
Program incorporates time at the end of your residency to combine your knowledge from experiences throughout the year and practice in a setting of your choice.
PGY2 Purpose Statement
PGY2 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) 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 the specialized practice area (when board certification for the practice area exists).
The PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy residency program is in candidate status by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Program-at-a-Glance
The Baystate Medical Center PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency Program is designed for the resident. We strive to offer flexibility and customization to accommodate resident career goals and interest areas. We participate in the ASHP Resident Matching Program and are in candidate status by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
The PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency conducted by Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA is accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Meet Our Team
Senior Director of BH Pharmacy Services:
Patricia Hite, MBA-HA, BS-Pharm, RPh
Residency Program Director:
Jared Ostroff, PharmD, MBA, BCACP
E-mail: Jared.Ostroff@baystatehealth.org
Phone: 413-795-0327
By the Numbers
Program and Department Statistics
- Length of Program: 12 months
- Residents Accepted into Program: 1
- Start Date: July 1
- Total Number of Pharmacy Staff: 130+
Baystate Health Statistics
- Four hospitals
- Accredited by the Joint Commission and a Magnet Facility
- Fully integrated prescriber order entry clinical information system
- Primary care clinics and health centers located throughout western MA
- Pharmacists credentialed as advanced practitioners working under collaborative practice
Resident Salary & Benefits
- Estimated stipend: $57,000.00
- 18 Paid Time Off Days (Holiday, Vacation and Sick)
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Additional time for to attend an Ambulatory care-related conference and ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
- Travel stipend
Curriculum Summary
- Core Required Rotations-
- Clinic/Pharmacy Orientation (4 weeks)
- Administration & Leadership (assigned projects and discussions over 4 weeks)
- Clinical Rotations throughout the year
- Anticoagulation (1 day per week in the morning over 24 weeks)
- Renal/Transplant (1 day per week over 20 weeks)
- Transitions of Care (1 day per week over 24 weeks)
- Cardiology (Heart Failure) (1 day per week over 24 weeks)
- Endocrine (1 day per week over 20 weeks)
- Specialty Pharmacy (1 day per week over 16 weeks)
- Interim Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner (1 day per week over 8 weeks)
- Longitudinal Learning Experiences
- Primary Care (Urban -Springfield, MA) (1 day per week year round)
- Primary Care (Rural -Greenfield, MA) (1 day per week year round)
- Research project (longitudinal) -Determined based on preceptor topic proposals, resident interest, and feasibility of project completion.
- Admin Time (1/2 day per week over 24 weeks)- It’s encouraged that the resident utilize admin time for clinic prep, note completion, research, or other academic & scholarly activities. Location of admin time will be agreed upon by the RPD & resident on a weekly basis.
- Elective Opportunity – Based on the resident's interest, experiences in academia may be arranged with either Western New England University or Mass College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences. This may include lab based courses & didactic teaching.
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