VA North Texas Health Care System

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VA North Texas Health Care System

Last updated: 07/31/2026

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Chinedu Diokpa, PharmD, BCPP
7 PGY1, 1 PGY2 Psychiatry positions

Maximum Number of Positions

  • PGY1: 7
  • PGY2 Psychiatry: 1
  • PGY2 Neurology: 0

Program Details

  • Institution type: VA
  • Primary Practice Site: VAMC
  • ASHP Accreditation Status: accredited (code: 74052)
  • NMS Participant: Yes (code: 688866)
  • PGY2 Required Practice Settings: 23% Inpatient
  • Preceptors: 11 BCPPs; 3 Non-pharmacists

Application Details

  • Application Deadline: First week of January annually
  • Starting Date: July 1, 2027
  • Estimated Stipend: $57,186
  • Fringe Benefits: 11 paid federal holidays, 13 days each vacation and sick leave, professional conference support, and health insurance
  • Financial Support for AAPP Annual Meeting: Maybe, varies/TBD
  • Interviews Required: Yes
  • Offers Early Commitment: Yes — Local early commitment and VA National Early Commitment (VANEC)

Special Requirements for Application

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

PGY2 Rotations Offered

  • Adult inpatient psychiatry
  • Adult outpatient psychiatry
  • Consultation liaison psychiatry
  • Geriatric psychiatry
  • Substance abuse

PGY2 Features

  • Staffing Component: No
  • Teaching Component: Yes, required
  • Teaching Certificate Program: Yes, required
  • PGY2 Other Features: Other program activities include a major and minor residency project, committee involvement, teaching activities (teaching certificate program required if not already completed during PGY1), grand rounds CE presentation, didactic education, and psychopharmacology review.

Program Philosophy

The 12-month program is designed to lead the resident through an assortment of rotational and longitudinal learning experiences in a variety of practice settings. By the end of the program, the resident should feel competent practicing in both inpatient and outpatient settings involving psychopharmacology. The residency includes core rotations that are chosen to establish a strong base in mental health and neuropsychopharmacology. Core disorders within this residency include depression, anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, dementia, personality disorders, and substance use disorders. The resident may choose electives based on their career goals. Although the residency is designed around core and elective rotational and or longitudinal learning experiences, the focus of the training will be to master each of the diseases and conditions established within the ASHP required competency areas, goals, and objectives for PGY2 psychiatry pharmacy residencies.