VA Loma Linda Healthcare Network

ASHP Accredited

VA Loma Linda Healthcare Network, Loma Linda, CA

Last updated: 12/12/2025

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Risa Ishino, Pharm.D., BCPP, BCPS
RPD since 2015
Mailing address

Pharmacy Service (119)
11201 Benton St.
Loma Linda, CA 92357
United States


Primary Practice: VA Loma Linda Healthcare System
4 PGY1, 2 PGY2 Psychiatry positions
Phone:
909-825-7084
Fax:
909-894-7986

Maximum Number of Positions

  • PGY1: 4
  • PGY2 Psychiatry: 2
  • PGY2 Neurology: 0

Program Details

  • Institution type: VA
  • Primary Practice Site: VAMC
  • ASHP Accreditation Status: accredited (code: 92089)
  • NMS Participant: Yes (code: 698866)
  • Program Inception: 2014
  • PGY2 Required Practice Settings: 50% Inpatient / 50% Outpatient
  • Preceptors: 6 BCPPs; 6 Other pharmacists

Application Details

  • Application Deadline: 01/02/2026
  • Starting Date: 06/29/2026
  • Estimated Stipend: $61,324
  • Fringe Benefits: 13 days paid annual leave; 11 paid holidays; 13 days sick leave; medical and life insurance available; authorized leave for attending meetings
  • Financial Support for AAPP Annual Meeting: Maybe, varies/TBD
  • Interviews Required: Yes
  • Offers pre-commitment: Yes — current VA PGY1 residents

Special Requirements for Application

  • PharmD
  • Completion of PGY1 Residency OR equivalent experience
  • Eligible for state licensure
  • College transcripts
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Letters of recommendation (3)

PGY1 Rotations Offered

  • Psychiatry

PGY2 Rotations Offered

  • Administration
  • Adult inpatient psychiatry
  • Adult outpatient psychiatry
  • Consultation liaison psychiatry
  • Chronic/intermediate/extended inpatient psychiatry
  • Emergency psychiatry
  • Geriatric psychiatry
  • Pain management
  • Specialty clinic
  • Substance abuse

PGY2 Features

  • Staffing Component: No
  • Teaching Component: Yes, required
  • Teaching Certificate Program: Yes, optional
  • PGY2 Other Features: Precepting Pharm.D. students and PGY1 residents; geriatric emphasis
  • Residents achieving BCPP within 3 years: 75%

Program Philosophy

The PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency at VA Loma Linda Healthcare System is a one-year program designed to provide a comprehensive educational and practical experience in psychiatric pharmacy practice. Pharmacists completing the program will be competent to serve as an authoritative resource on psychopharmacology to treat individuals with psychiatric disorders with emphasis in the geriatric population.

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