Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency Programs

VA-Memphis, TN-Lt. Col. Luke Weathers, Jr. VA Medical Center, Memphis, TN

Last updated: 03/28/2025

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Maximum Number of Positions

• PGY1: 6
• PGY2 Psychiatry: 1
• PGY2 Neurology: 0

Program Details

• Primary Practice Site: VAMC
• ASHP Accreditation Status: Pre-candidate
• NMS Participant: Yes (code: 704766)
• Program Inception: 2025
• Application Deadline: 4/1/2025
• Starting Date: 06/30/2025
• Estimated Stipend: $51,974
• Financial Support for AAPP Annual Meeting: Varies/TBD
• Fringe Benefits: 13 days per year of annual leave. 13 days per year of sick leave. 11 paid Federal Holidays. Up to 3 days paid interview leave; paid leave to attend state/national pharmacy meetings; Participation in VA Plans/Programs (health, liability, etc.); Financial support for required professional membership, to attend one professional meeting, and teaching certificate registration (if applicable). Additional requests on a case-by-case basis may be considered. Funding may be limited by VA Federal Funding.
• Interviews Required: Yes
• Offers pre-commitment: Yes, VAMC Memphis PGY1s, VA National Early Commit

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

PGY2 Rotations offered

• Administration
• Adult inpatient psychiatry
• Adult outpatient psychiatry
• Consultation liaison psychiatry
• Pain management
• Substance abuse
• Other: Primary Care Mental Health Integration, Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program, Mental Health Intensive Case Management, Clozapine Clinic, Pain Coping Group

PGY2 Features

• PGY2 Staffing Component: Yes, Required
• PGY2 Teaching Component: Yes, Required
• PGY2 Teaching Certificate Program: Yes, Optional
• PGY2 Other Features:
• PGY2 Preceptors: 5 BCPPs, 9 Other Pharmacists, 0 Non-Pharmacists

PGY1 Elective Rotations offered

• Psychiatry

Program Philosophy

To build on prior education and training to develop clinical pharmacists in Psychiatry. Residents will have opportunities to function independently and work collaboratively with the healthcare team by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care that optimizes medication therapy.

Site Special Features

Our facility is a Level 1A facility which provides comprehensive medical, surgical, and mental health services to Veterans in a 53-county region of the Tri-State area of Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi. The Mental Health Service provides inpatient, outpatient, residential and a variety of other specialized mental health services to Veterans utilizing an interdisciplinary healthcare model. Our facility’s close partnership with our academic affiliate, the University of Tennessee, provides a robust opportunity for educational collaboration in scholarly activity, didactics, and curriculum development.