UAMS College of Pharmacy students are going places…nationally and professionally! On April 22, our college celebrated these students and their match-day achievements with a symbolic “pinning of the map” ceremony.

Match days and residencies are usually synonymous with medical students, but the frequency of pharmacy students choosing more training instead of hitting the job market right after earning their pharmacy degree, has grown across the country in the past decade. As recent as 2007, there were only 10 pharmacy residency positions in Arkansas. Now, there are 30. The UAMS College of Pharmacy itself offers nearly 10 residencies, including community, managed care, policy, and public health focuses.

In previous years, the UAMS College of Pharmacy has seen the number of its students accepted for residencies hover in the high single digits and mid-teens, but this year 20 students are headed to residency programs across the state and country. The following Class of 2016 soon-to-be graduates have accepted the following PGY1 opportunities:

Postgraduate Education – Class of 2016 PGY1 Matches

Brett J. Bailey, Pharmacy Practice Residency,
UAMS

Kaitlin Ann Bates, Community Pharmacy Residency,
Kroger/UAMS

Brandi Bowers, Pharmacy Practice Residency,
St. Louis College of Pharmacy and Mercy Hospital

Brandy Cooper, Pharmacy Practice in Underserved Populations and Public Health,
UAMS

Jessica Rose Enderlin, Pharmacy Practice Residency,
VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System

Grant Thomas Florer, Pharmacy Practice Residency,
Mercy Hospital-Joplin

Eric Paul Hamilton, Pharmacy Practice Residency,
UAMS

Cora Leigh Housley, Pharmacy Practice Residency,
University of Missouri Health Care

Brady Webb Lewis, Pharmacy Practice Residency,
Mercy Hospital-Joplin

Tamela McGraw, Pharmacy Practice Residency,
University of Cinicinnati Medical Center

Leslie Moore, Community Pharmacy Residency,
Harps Pharmacy and UAMS

Rose Elizabeth Ruth Pennick, Pharmacy Practice Residency,
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

Brooklyn Pruett, Pharmacy Practice Residency,
UAMS

Morgan Ramey, Pharmacy Practice Residency,
Baptist Health Medical Center

Catherine Elizabeth Renna, Pharmacy Practice Residency,
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

Jordan Meredith Rowe, Pharmacy Practice Residency,
University of Tennessee Medical Center

Alicia Sutterfield, Pharmacy Practice Residency,
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

Olivia Victoria Parsons Turansky, Pharmacy Practice Residency,
Baptist Health Medical Center

Claire Eileen Vines, Pharmacy Practice Residency,
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Tessa Wiley, Pharmacy Practice Residency,
Nebraska Medicine