PGY2 Emergency Medicine Residency

PGY2 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency training to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives for advanced practice areas. Residents who successfully complete PGY2 residency programs are prepared for advanced patient care or other specialized positions, and board certification in the advanced practice area, if available.

Why Train at LRH?

Lakeland Regional Health is among the largest hospitals in Florida and home to one of the busiest stand-alone Emergency Departments in the nation with 165 total beds (including 16 critical and 33 pediatric) and designations as a comprehensive stroke center, primary chest center, and level 1 trauma center. The PGY-2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency provides an immersive and challenging training experience that exposes residents to an exceptional range of patients, disease states, and high-acuity clinical scenarios. Additionally, the program’s close collaboration with Graduate Medical Education fosters a rich interdisciplinary learning environment and prepares residents to excel as integral members of the emergency care team. Under the mentorship of board-certified preceptors, residents complete a focused and rigorous curriculum that cultivates advanced clinical reasoning, teaching, leadership, and research skills. Upon graduation, residents are well equipped to pursue board certification and succeed as highly skilled emergency medicine clinical pharmacy specialists.

Experiences

Intensification of any core required experience can be made available as an elective based on the resident’s interest and preceptor availability (1 month)

Adult Emergency Medicine I and II
Orientation
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Trauma

Pre-Hospital 
Presentations 
Professional Development
Research 
Staffing 
Toxicology

Adult Emergency Medicine III
Critical Care
Infectious Disease
Pain Management

Preceptors

Wendy Bailey, PharmD, BCPPS, CPh

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pediatrics

  • Rotations Precepted: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Pharmacy School: Mercer College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
  • At LRH since 2014

Jessica Cobian, PharmD, BCIDP

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases

Director, PGY1 Pharmacy Residency

  • Rotations Precepted: Infectious Diseases
  • Pharmacy School: University of Florida
  • Residency: PGY1 & PGY2 Infectious Diseases Residencies at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
  • At LRH since 2012

Kyle Dillon, PharmD, BCCCP

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Critical Care & Trauma

Director, PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency

  • Rotations Precepted: Critical Care, Trauma
  • Pharmacy School: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
  • Residency: PGY1 Residency at HSHS St. Johns Hospital, Springfield, IL & PGY2 Critical Care Residency at LRH
  • At LRH since 2017

Natalia Figueroa, PharmD, BCEMP

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Emergency Medicine

  • Rotations Precepted: Adult Emergency Medicine, Pre-hospital Medicine, Research, Toxicology
  • Pharmacy School: University of Florida
  • Residency: PGY1 Residency at South Miami Hospital, Miami, FL & PGY2 Emergency Medicine Residency at LRH
  • At LRH since 2023

Rebecca Rich, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Critical Care & Trauma

Center for ILD & PH Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

  • Rotations Precepted: Critical Care, Trauma
  • Pharmacy School: University of Florida
  • Residency: PGY1 & PGY2 Critical Care Residencies at Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, FL
  • At LRH since 2013

Heather Schucker, PharmD, BCEMP

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Emergency Medicine

  • Rotations Precepted: Adult Emergency Medicine, Pre-hospital Medicine, Research, Toxicology
  • Pharmacy School: Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
  • Residency: PGY1 Residency at Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA & PGY2 Emergency Medicine Residency at Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
  • At LRH since 2023

Michael Semanco, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Critical Care & Trauma

  • Rotations Precepted: Critical Care, Trauma
  • Pharmacy School: Duquesne University
  • Residency: PGY1 Residency at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA & PGY2 Critical Care Residency at York Hospital, York, PA
  • At LRH since 2006

June Vasquez, PharmD, BCPS

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Pain Management & Palliative Care

Director, PGY2 Pain Management & Palliative Care Pharmacy Residency

  • Rotations Precepted: Pain Management
  • Pharmacy School: University of Florida
  • Residency: PGY1 & PGY2 Pain Management & Palliative Care Residencies at LRH
  • At LRH since 2011

Kayla Wilson, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCEMP

Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator, Emergency Medicine

Director, PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency

  • Rotations Precepted: Adult Emergency Medicine, Pre-hospital Medicine, Research, Toxicology
  • Pharmacy School: University of Florida
  • Residency: PGY1 & PGY2 Emergency Medicine Residencies at LRH
  • At LRH since 2013

Program Benefits and Highlights

  • Competitive benefits package
  • Earned-time-off
  • Annual salary ~$64,000
  • Teaching Certificate
  • Conference attendance (pending administration approval)
    • ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
    • Florida Residency Conference
    • American College of Emergency Physicians, American Academy of Emergency Medicine, or Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting
  • Monogrammed lab coat
  • Resident Office space
  • Free parking

For More Information Please Contact

Kayla Wilson, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCEMP

Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator – Emergency Medicine Services
Director, PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency

863.687.1100 extension 2728
kayla.wilson@myLRH.org