VA - Milwaukee, WI - Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center

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VA - Milwaukee, WI - Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI

Last updated: 09/30/2025

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Matthew Haas, PharmD, BCPP
RPD since 2012
Mailing address

5000 W. National Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53295
United States


Primary Practice: Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center
1 PGY2 Psychiatry position
Phone:
(414) 384-2000 x41150
Fax:
(414) 389-4276

Maximum Number of Positions

  • PGY1: 0
  • PGY2 Psychiatry: 1
  • PGY2 Neurology: 0

Program Details

  • Institution type: VA
  • Primary Practice Site: VAMC
  • ASHP Accreditation Status: accredited (code: 45025)
  • NMS Participant: Yes (code: 6792)
  • Program Inception: 2013
  • PGY2 Required Practice Settings: 50% Inpatient / 50% Outpatient
  • Preceptors: 3 BCPPs; 2 Other pharmacists

Application Details

  • Application Deadline: 1/2/2026
  • Starting Date: 6/29/2026
  • Estimated Stipend: $52,000+
  • Fringe Benefits: Medical/dental insurance, 11 Federal holidays, 13 vacation days, 13 sick days, tuition and travel support for professional conferences, free parking, office space, opportunity to work for pharmacist wage on off-duty time
  • Financial Support for AAPP Annual Meeting: Yes, partial support
  • Interviews Required: Yes
  • Offers pre-commitment: Yes — We participate in the Veterans Affairs National Early Commitment (VANEC) proces

Special Requirements for Application

  • PharmD
  • Completion of PGY1 Residency OR equivalent experience
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Letters of recommendation (3)
  • US Citizenship

PGY1 Rotations Offered

  • Psychiatry
  • Neurology

PGY2 Rotations Offered

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

PGY2 Features

  • Staffing Component: Yes, optional
  • Teaching Component: Yes, required
  • Teaching Certificate Program: Yes, optional
  • PGY2 Other Features: The Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency is designed to offer didactic and clinical experiences leading to the development of a practitioner with expert knowledge in the area of psychiatric pharmacotherapy. Training will include experiences in acute inpatient psychiatry, inpatient consult/liaison psychiatry, outpatient mental health clinic, mental health residential rehabilitation treatment program, substance use disorder clinic, immediate mental health access clinic, and neurology. Longitudinal experiences will include primary care mental health integration team, eConsults, residency administration, and research. Elective experiences include extending required rotations, academia, internal medicine, pharmacy administration, and pain management. In addition, the resident will be involved in mentoring 4th year APPE students and PGY1 residents.
  • Residents achieving BCPP within 3 years: 66%

Program Philosophy

To provide a well-rounded experience in psychiatric pharmacy by tailoring an interdisciplinary approach to meet the resident's needs.

Site Special Features

The Milwaukee VA is a teaching institution with residents, interns, and medical students from the Medical College of Wisconsin. The Medical Center is also an established teaching center for the University of Wisconsin – Madison, Concordia University Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, and various other Schools of Pharmacy.

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