Specialty Pharmacy PGY-2 Residency
We are a PGY-2 ACPE accredited program offering one position for the 2025 Match cycle.
The primary focus of the residency is to become a successful clinical specialty care pharmacist capable of leading and managing specialty pharmacy services within a health care system.
Apply to our programClinical training at UW prepares residents for diverse practice settings.
Residents in our program deliver exceptional medication systems and operations care to a high acuity and medically complex patient population at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics — ranked #1 in Wisconsin for 12 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.
- Flexibility in tailoring the program to resident interests
- Several specialty ambulatory clinics with pharmacist involvement facilitating resident rotation options and service development opportunities
- Triple accredited specialty pharmacy
- Received URAC Pioneer in Performance Measurement award 2022
- State of the art specialty pharmacy remodel
- Support from a department with 29 residents and more than 400 pharmacy staff members
Why UW?
This program will develop experts in the business, operational, and clinical components of health system specialty pharmacies. Residents completing this program will have the knowledge and resources to oversee and lead all aspects of a health system specialty pharmacy, including complex disease state management, business strategies, specialty pharmacy marketplace analyses, pharmacy operations, and budgeting/finance. Additionally, as a specialty pharmacy that is triple accredited, the resident will be required to understand and oversee compliance with specialty pharmacy accreditation standards.
Required Rotations
- Specialty Pharmacy Operations
- Specialty Pharmacy Leadership
- Supply Chain and 340B
- Specialty Clinic Leadership
- Interim Manager
- Finance and Budgeting
- Revenue Cycle
Longitudinal:
- Accreditation
- Personnel Management
- Major Research Project
- Staffing
Elective Rotations
- Prior Authorization Leadership
- Cardiology Clinic
- Dermatology Clinic
- Pulmonary Clinic
- Rheumatology Clinic
- Neurology Clinic
- Transplant Clinics (Abdominal, Heart or Lung)
- Immunology/HIV Clinic
- Oncology Clinics
- Infusion Center
- Home Infusion
- Informatics
- Academia
- Drug Policy
Residency Program Director
Jim Langley
What makes UW Health’s Specialty Pharmacy Residency Program unique?
This is a highly specialized residency program focused on the development of specialty pharmacy practice and patient care. We provide future leaders the opportunities to explore different aspects of specialty pharmacy including operations, patient management, informatics support, 340b/fiscal responsibility, and the maintenance of specialty accreditations.
What goals do you have for residents who complete your residency program?
Graduates of the PGY2 specialty pharmacy residency program at UW Health are prepared to serve in leadership roles for specialty pharmacies across the nation.
What is your best advice for prospective residency candidates?
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take -Wayne Gretzky
Contact Information
Jim Langley, PharmD, MS, CSP
Pharmacy Manager - Specialty Pharmacy
PGY-2 Specialty Pharmacy Residency Program Director
UW Health Department of Pharmacy
3185 Deming Way, Middleton, WI 53562
(608) 263-1292 | JLangley2@uwhealth.org
Professional Development Activities
- Participation in weekly resident seminars facilitated by residency directors, pharmacy directors, speakers discussing clinical and administrative topics
- Participation in weekly Pharmacy Grand Rounds
- Assist in the development of guidelines and protocols
- Attend and facilitate applicable journal clubs and topic discussions
- Participation in clinically-focused, patient care committees
- Opportunities to interact with 29 other residents in PGY1 and PGY2 programs
Teaching Opportunities
- Clinical instructor status at the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy
- Assist in precepting of fourth-year students and pharmacy practice residents on clinical rotations at the health-system
- Elective academia block rotation with a School of Pharmacy faculty member
Presentation Experiences
- Educational presentations and in-services on clinical rotations
- Group presentations with other UW pharmacy practice and administrative residents
- ACPE-accredited Pharmacy Grand Rounds
- Longitudinal research project will be presented at national and regional conferences
- Presentations at interprofessional meetings
Stipend/Benefits
Travel
Support to attend one national conference
- ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting OR
- National Association of Specialty Pharmacy Annual Meeting OR
- Asembia Conference OR
- APhA Annual Meeting
AND choice of one local conference
- Great Lakes Pharmacy Residents Conference OR
- Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin Educational Conference
AND resident trips
- Pharmacy Administration Residency Exchange (PARE)
- HSPAL/MSOPAL trip to attend/tour various hospital systems and operations sites for 3 days
UW School of Pharmacy
Example Previous Resident Projects
Assessing and Implementing Specialty Pharmacy Data Aggregation within an Academic Medical Center
Specialty Pharmacy Telehealth Services Design and Implementation
Specialty Pharmacy Space and Workflow Redesign to Improve Operational Efficiency
Developing the Infrastructure and Processes for a Specialty Pharmacy Outcomes Reporting and Research Program
Pharmacy Practice Model and Staffing
The department is a leader in the areas of technology assessment, automation, information technology, regulatory compliance, and business development. A hybrid drug distribution model is used on the inpatient side. The pharmacy department also manages 14 community pharmacies, a long-term care consulting service, a rural hospital pharmacy management business, full PBM managed care services, a hospice pharmacy program, and a medication therapy management mail order program. The resident will staff as a pharmacist over the course of the residency year. On average, the resident will staff 24 hours every two weeks.
Ready to Join our Resident Class?
Apply Now Application Deadline: Jan 2nd, 2025Program Start Date: Jul 7th, 2025