Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood, FL

Last updated: 09/20/2023

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Alberto Augsten, PharmD, BCPP, DABAT
8 years as an RPD
3501 Johnson Street
Hollywood, FL 33021
Primary Practice: Memorial Regional Hospital
1 positions reported
Phone: 954-265-5520
Fax: 954-265-9774
Email: aaugsten@mhs.net
Web: https://www.mhs.net/medical-prof...

Maximum Number of Positions

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

Program Details

  • Primary Practice Site: Community hospital
  • PGY2 Required Practice Settings: 75% Inpatient / 25% Outpatient
  • ASHP Accreditation Status: Yes (code: 33090)
  • NMS Participant: Yes (code: 734066)
  • Program Inception: 2016
  • Application Deadline: 01/12/2024
  • Starting Date: unknown
  • Estimated Stipend: $56,000
  • Financial Support for CPNP Annual Meeting: Partial Support
  • Fringe Benefits: Vacation, sick, holiday & educational paid leave Medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance Access to Electronic Drug References Free onsite parking
  • Interviews Required: Yes
  • Offers pre-commitment: Yes, PGY1 residents at MRH are eligible to apply for early commit

Special Requirements for Application

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

PGY2 Rotations offered

  • Administration
  • Adult inpatient psychiatry
  • Adult outpatient psychiatry
  • Child and adolescent psychiatry
  • Consultation liaison psychiatry
  • Emergency psychiatry
  • Psychopharmacology lab and PK
  • Specialty clinic
  • Substance abuse

PGY2 Features

  • PGY2 Staffing Component: Yes, Required
  • PGY2 Teaching Component: Yes, Optional
  • PGY2 Teaching Certificate Program: Yes, Optional
  • PGY2 Other Features: Residency involves teaching PharmD students and teaching certificate is offered.
  • PGY2 Preceptors: 4 BCPPs, 4 Other Pharmacists, 3 Non-Pharmacists

Program Philosophy

This specialty residency balances direct patient care, research, and teaching opportunities. Primary service responsibilities include rounding with the interdisciplinary team (inpatient/outpatient) to design, recommend, monitor, and evaluate patient-specific and programmatic therapeutic regimens that incorporate the principles of evidence-based medicine. The resident will gain experience in the adult, child and adolescent psychiatry, longitudinal clinic for serious mental illness (long-acting injection clinic), maternal addiction treatment, chemical/substance dependence, integrated primary care and original research.

Site Special Features

Residency involves practice at multiple pharmacist-run clinics including a Long Acting Therapy (LAT) clinic, esketamine clinic, and Medication assisted treatment clinic.