Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC

Last updated: 07/22/2025

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Callie Lavinghousez
4 years as an RPD
109 Bee Street 119
Charleston, SC 29401
Primary Practice: VA Hospital
4 PGY1 position
2 PGY2 Psychiatry position
Email: calleen.lavinghousez@va.gov

Maximum Number of Positions

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

Program Details

  • Primary Practice Site: VAMC
  • PGY2 Required Practice Settings: 30% Inpatient / 70% Outpatient
  • ASHP Accreditation Status: Yes
  • NMS Participant: Yes
  • Program Inception: 2017
  • Application Deadline: 1/15
  • Starting Date: 7/1
  • Estimated Stipend: 54,000
  • Financial Support for AAPP Annual Meeting: Full Support
  • Fringe Benefits: All government holidays off and paid, full benefits available
  • Interviews Required: Yes
  • Offers pre-commitment: Yes, Early commitment available

Special Requirements for Application

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

PGY2 Rotations offered

  • Adult inpatient psychiatry
  • Adult outpatient psychiatry
  • Consultation liaison psychiatry
  • Geriatric psychiatry
  • Neurology
  • Pain management
  • Specialty clinic
  • Substance abuse

PGY2 Features

  • PGY2 Staffing Component: Yes, Required
  • PGY2 Teaching Component: Yes, Required
  • PGY2 Teaching Certificate Program: Yes, Optional
  • PGY2 Other Features: Dual appointment offered (staffing hours are paid separately from resident stipend), expect to staff 8-16 hours/month Teaching certificate offered Opportunity to work with PharmD students and other residents Opportunity to present didactic lecture at local College of Pharmacy
  • PGY2 Preceptors: 8 BCPPs, 3 Other Pharmacists, 0 Non-Pharmacists

PGY1 Elective Rotations offered

  • Psychiatry
  • Neurology

Site Special Features

Residency practice site is at the VA.