Pharmacy residency
About Children’s Health℠
Our mission: make life better for children.
As the flagship hospital of Children’s Health, Children's Medical Center Dallas is a private, not-for-profit hospital, and is one of the largest pediatric healthcare providers in the nation. Children's provides patient care ranging from basic medical care to specialized treatment in areas such as cardiology, hematology-oncology and cystic fibrosis (CF). In addition, Children's is a major pediatric kidney, liver, intestine, heart and bone marrow transplant center. As the primary pediatric teaching facility for The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, the medical staff at Children's conducts research that is instrumental in developing treatments, therapies, and greater understanding of pediatric diseases.
Key metrics
- Licensed for 472 beds
- Nationally ranked in all 11 major specialties, with over 50+ subspecialty programs
- Teaching hospital associated with UT Southwestern
- The only pediatric Level I Trauma Center in North Texas
- Fully renovated two-story, 50,000-square-foot Emergency Department
- 47-bed Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- State-of-the-art Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and dedicated Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU)
- The only pediatric heart transplant program in North Texas
- Advanced simulation laboratory used to train care teams on complex patient scenarios
- Extensive social work, child life and pet therapy programs
Pharmacy at Children’s Medical Center Dallas
The pharmacy department at Children’s Medical Center leads the nation in the development, application and utilization of technology and pharmacy automation to provide the best and safest care to our patients and their families. As an integral part of the patient care team, the pharmacists at Children’s Medical Center serve in a variety of practice areas including:
- Acute care services
- Emergency department
- Critical care
- NICU
- Hematology-oncology
- Solid organ transplant
- Investigational drug services
- Ambulatory services
- Inpatient operations
- Outpatient and specialty pharmacy
As specialists in pediatric medication therapy management and pediatric drug compounding, pharmacists utilize automated drug dispensing systems, pharmacy robotics, point-of-care drug administration and documentation, CPOE and bar-coding technology from pharmacy to bedside. In addition, pharmacists at Children’s Health are involved in research, education, and performance improvement.
Wellness and support
Children’s Medical Center Dallas provides a supportive and encouraging environment to complete pharmacy residency training. At the organizational level, Children’s Health offers an Employee Assistance Program for free access to emotional, financial, legal and personal support. In addition, Children’s Health has created several collaborative employee work groups, all committed to advancing diversity and creating an equitable and inclusive workplace.
Within the pharmacy department, residents are supported by over 30 highly qualified preceptors who precept learning experiences and serve as mentors via a formal mentorship program. The Pharmacy Residency Wellness Committee promotes the wellbeing of both residents and preceptors with events throughout the year. Additionally, all residents are assigned project mentors for their longitudinal research project.
Virtual open house
Please join us for a virtual open house! This is your opportunity to speak directly with residency program directors, preceptors, and current residents. Please fill out the survey link for additional information.
Our residency programs
PGY1 Pharmacy Residency
PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency
Combined PGY1 PGY2 Pharmacy Residency
Contact information
PGY1 pharmacy residency director
Courtney Long, PharmD, BCPPS
Phone: 214-456-1781
Fax: 214-456-0187
Email: Courtney Long
PGY2 pediatric pharmacy residency director
Karisma Patel, PharmD, BCPPS, BCIDP
Phone: 214-456-6747
Fax: 214-456-0187
Email: Karisma Patel
PGY1/PGY2 pharmacy administration and leadership residency director
director, clinical pharmacy services
Jay Ramos, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Phone: 214-456-1532
Fax: 214-456-0187
Email: Jay Ramos
Senior director of pharmacy operations
Jordan Whitehill, PharmD, BCPPS
Phone: 214-456-5744
Fax: 214-456-0187
Email: Jordan Whitehill
