Central Virginia Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System

ASHP Accredited

Central Virginia Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System, Richmond, VA

Last updated: 07/25/2025

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Erin Mathis, PharmD, BCPP
RPD since 2020
Mailing address

1201 Broad Rock Blvd.
Richmond, VA 23249
United States


Primary Practice: Central Virginia VA Health Care System
2 PGY2 Psychiatry positions
Phone:
804-675-5000

Maximum Number of Positions

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

Program Details

  • Institution type: VA
  • Primary Practice Site: VAMC
  • ASHP Accreditation Status: accredited (code: 38019)
  • NMS Participant: Yes (code: 2906)
  • Program Inception: 2013
  • PGY2 Required Practice Settings: 20% Inpatient / 80% Outpatient
  • Preceptors: 5 BCPPs; 8 Other pharmacists; 5 Non-pharmacists

Application Details

  • Application Deadline: 1/2/2026
  • Starting Date: 06/29/2026
  • Estimated Stipend: 55,000
  • Fringe Benefits: Option for paid staffing component; federal employee health benefits; option for appointment at VCU School of Pharmacy.
  • Financial Support for AAPP Annual Meeting: Maybe, varies/TBD
  • Interviews Required: Yes
  • Offers pre-commitment: Yes — available for PGY1 pharmacy residents at this facility as well as throughout the VANEC

Special Requirements for Application

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

Other FAQs

For the 2026-27 residency year, we will be open to offering early commitment to any VA PGY1 pharmacy resident via VANEC. Please email the RPD if you are a current VA PGY1 resident interested in early commitment at this facility. Rotation selection/schedules are flexible and can be adjusted based on residents' interests. For example, if a resident had a strong interest in inpatient mental health, could do several rotations focusing on inpatient mental health (not just the one required rotation).

PGY2 Rotations Offered

  • Administration
  • Adult inpatient psychiatry
  • Adult outpatient psychiatry
  • Geriatric psychiatry
  • Neurology
  • Pain management
  • Substance abuse
  • Other

PGY2 Features

  • Staffing Component: Yes, optional
  • Teaching Component: Yes, optional
  • Teaching Certificate Program: Yes, optional
  • PGY2 Other Features: Residents work under preceptors' scope of practice to evaluate and make direct interventions to patients' treatment regimens. Teaching opportunities at VCU School of Pharmacy, as well as with VCU's Psychiatry residency are available throughout the residency year. Longitudinal MH Seminar also offers interdisciplinary learning opportunities.
  • Residents achieving BCPP within 3 years: 100%

Program Philosophy

The goal of this residency program is to transform the resident from a pharmacotherapy generalist into a psychiatry specialist by expanding on the fundamentals learned in the PGY1 year. By conceptualizing and integrating both experiences and teachings, our product will be an independent practitioner who can optimize medication therapy management outcomes in psychiatric patients. Successful completion of the PGY2 program will prepare the resident for attainment of specialty board certification in psychiatry and a career as a psychiatric clinical pharmacy specialist or an academician.

Site Special Features

Level 1A VAMC with specialized programs in Neurology/Parkinson's Disease, Traumatic Brain Injury, Polytrauma, Spinal Cord Injury, and Geriatrics. This facility also has a Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program, Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (SARRTP), Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MHICM), Bipolar Disorder Clinic, and Clozapine Clinic.