PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency

Jessica Millen
Program Director

Allie Rivera, PharmD, MHSA, BCPPS
Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist

Tanya Makhlouf
Program Coordinator

Tanya Makhlouf, PharmD, BCPPS
Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist

Message from the Director

Thank you for your interest in our program!

Our pediatric preceptors at Cone Health strive to provide challenging learning experiences that are tailored to the needs and interests of the resident. Our goal is to help you further evolve skills you already have, use evidence-based medicine in clinical decision-making, and develop collaborative relationships with interdisciplinary teams. Our residents are indispensable members of the team, both in the pharmacy and beyond, and are immediately integrated into systemwide decision-making.

We are truly proud of every resident who completes this program. Our focus each year is to help residents establish their own practice style and reach their goals from board certification to landing dream positions right out of residency.

Allie Rivera, PharmD, MHSA, BCPPS
Residency Program Director

Questions? Contact Allie at allie.rivera@conehealth.com

Program Purpose

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.

Program Overview and Rotations

Program Overview

Cone Health has a legacy of pharmacy residency training since 1968 and has trained pediatric clinical specialists for over 25 years – initially with a NICU fellowship, then the only ASHP approved PGY2 NICU Residency Program, and now an ASHP Accredited PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency Program. We are located within the Women’s and Children’s Center at Moses Cone Hospital which opened in February 2020. Our year-long program is designed to prepare the resident to develop advanced knowledge, clinical skills, and expertise to serve as a pediatric pharmacy specialist on a multidisciplinary team. Mentorship by pharmacists, physicians and administrators throughout the year gives our residents a unique training experience.

The resident will work closely with the program director and coordinator to develop a schedule that is tailored to match the resident’s personal goals and residency requirements. In addition to core rotations listed below, our collaborative relationships with nearby tertiary centers allow the resident to experience a variety of specialty patient populations including ECMO, hematology/oncology, transplant, and pediatric infectious diseases. The program structure will remain flexible throughout the year to ensure that all goals and learning opportunities are accomplished.

Required Experiences:
  • Orientation
  • General Pediatrics
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit I
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit II
  • High Risk Obstetrics
  • Pediatric Intensive Care (offsite)
  • Pediatric Administration
  • Pediatric Emergency Department
  • Research
Longitudinal Rotations:
  • Pharmacy Practice Management ​
    • Staffing every fourth weekend​
    • On-Call Program​
    • Pediatric and neonatal code response​
  • Project Management (Flipped Research Model) ​
  • Medication Safety and Quality​
  • Teaching and Precepting ​
  • Ambulatory Pediatric Specialists Complex Care Clinic
  • Pediatric Population Health
Elective Opportunities:
  • Advanced Precepting
  • Infectious Disease
  • Ambulatory Pediatric Specialists Endocrinology Clinic
  • Repetition of Core Rotation(s) at Advanced Level
  • Additional experiences may be offered based on resident interest and preceptor availability

Preceptors

Our Team

  • Andrea Angel, PharmD
  • Mei Bell, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS
  • Julie Cline, PharmD
  • Victoria Forrest, PharmD, BCPPS
  • Catie Harper, PharmD, BCACP, CPP
  • Kendall Heetderks, PharmD
  • Mindy Holcombe, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS
  • Tanya Makhlouf, PharmD, BCPPS
  • Shannon McGrath, PharmD, MSPH, BCPPS
  • Collette Meehan, MD
  • Tiffany Midkiff, PharmD, BCPPS
  • Allie Rivera, PharmD, MHSA, BCPPS
  • Stephanie Wolfe, MD, MPH

Current Resident

Application

Application Deadline is January 2nd, 2026

All Cone Health pharmacy residencies participate in the National Matching Service (NMS) match program. Applicants should register and apply through the central residency application, ASHP’s PhORCAS. Our program ASHP Match code is 36085.

Please visit the Cone Health PGY2 Pediatrics Pharmacy ASHP residency listing, found here, to obtain the NMS match code needed to apply.

When applying through PhORCAS, prospective residents should complete the following:

  • Provide a current curriculum vitae and letter of intent.

  • Request an official transcript of your grades to be forwarded directly to the PhORCAS Transcripts Department.

  • Ask three preferably clinical or faculty references who are familiar with your professional and academic background to complete reference documents in PhORCAS.

Residency Recruitment Information

  • The Cone Health Pediatric Pharmacy residency program has decided to early commit for the 2026-2027 year.

Alumni List

2024-2025

Amanda Kan, PharmD

Pediatric/NICU/OB Clinical Pharmacist

St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

2023-2024

Michelle Gronski, PharmD, BCPPS

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pediatric ICU and Children's Emergency Department

Leigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA

2022-2023

Thomas Jacky, PharmD, BCPPS

Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist

Atrium Wake Forest Baptist, Brenner Children's, Winston Salem, NC

2021-2022

Shannon McGrath, PharmD, MSPH, BCPPS

Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist

Cone Health, Greensboro, NC

2020-2021

Allie Rivera, PharmD, BCPPS, MHSA

Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist

Cone Health, Greensboro, NC

2019-2020

Susannah Franco, PharmD

Neonatal and Pediatric Senior Clinical Pharmacist

SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York, NY

2018-2019

Victoria Forrest, PharmD, BCPPS

Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist

Cone Health, Greensboro, NC

2017-2018

Giang Le, PharmD

Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

2016-2017

Caitlin Schwirian, PharmD

NICU Clinical Pharmacist

Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH

2015-2016

Roshni Patel, PharmD, BCPPS

Neonatal Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

Bon Secours Health System, Richmond, VA