PGY2 Residency Programs

Welcome to the PGY2 Residency Programs at ETSU Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy. Our accredited programs in Internal Medicine and Ambulatory Care are designed to provide advanced clinical training and academic excellence under the guidance of experienced preceptors. With primary practice sites at Johnson City Medical Center, Ballad Health Medical Associates, and ETSU Family Medicine Clinics, residents gain hands-on experience in diverse health care settings. Our rigorous curriculum, including required and elective rotations, prepares pharmacists to excel in their specialized fields.

Explore our program offerings, benefits, and application process below, and join us in advancing your pharmacy career.

Internal Medicine Program

• Program Overview

  Led by Dr. Kelly Covert, PharmD, BCPS, in this comprehensive training experience IM residents spend a significant portion of time working with full-time internal medicine faculty members as well as with clinical specialists at Johnson City Medical Center, a teaching hospital and Level 1 trauma center affiliated with the East Tennessee State University. Residents are expected to participate in the Department of Family Medicine Transitions of Care Clinic once per week and staff at Johnson City Medical Center one weekend per month.  

  Residents will also instruct students in didactic, active learning, and experiential settings. The resident will be mentored to independently precept pharmacy students by the end of the residency year. 

• Required Rotations 

  Residents are required to complete 8 months of required rotations - 1 month-long rotation in each of the following areas: 

  • Orientation
  • Inpatient Family Medicine
  • Inpatient Internal Medicine
  • Infectious Disease
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Cardiology
  • Inpatient Medicine Precepting
  • Hospitalist Medicine
• Elective Rotations

  Residents must complete an additional 4 rotations which they can ellect from the following areas:

  • Trauma
  • Academia
  • Oncology
  • Pediatrics
  • Nutrition
  • Psychiatry
• Longitudinal Experiences

  Residents are required to complete the following longitudinal experiences:

  • Ambulatory care (1 afternoon/ week)
  • Clinical staffing (1 weekend/ month)
• Clinical Practice Sites

  Johnson City Medical Center (JCMC) is a 445-bed tertiary referral center located in Northeastern Tennessee. JCMC is one of five Level 1 Trauma Centers in the state of Tennessee and is a Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center. JCMC is part of Ballad Health, an integrated healthcare delivery system serving 29 counties in Northeastern Tennessee, Southwestern Virginia, Northwestern North Carolina, and Southeastern Kentucky.
• Academic Practice Sites

  ETSU Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy

 

Ambulatory Care Program

• Program Overview

  Led by Dr. Brandi Dahl, PharmD, BCACP in this comprehensive training experience ambulatory care residents spend a significant portion of time working with full-time and adjunct faculty members in the College of Pharmacy in ambulatory / primary care. A teaching certificate is available but not required. Significant opportunity exists to serve rural and underserved patients. 

  Residents will also instruct students in didactic, active learning, and experiential settings. The resident will be mentored to independently precept pharmacy students by the end of the residency year.

  Qualifications: Doctor of pharmacy degree, completion of ASHP accredited PGY1 residency, eligible for licensure in Tennessee

  Application Requirements: PHORCAS application, curriculum vitae, letter of intent, 3 references submitted via PHORCAS

• Required Rotations 

  Resident must complete the following rotations: 

  • Orientation (1 month)
  • Family Medicine I (2 months)
  • Family Medicine II (2 months)
  • Family Medicine III (2 months)
  • Private Practice (1 month)
• Elective Rotations

  Resident must complete 4 rotations selected from the following areas:

  • Academia (1 month)
  • Addiction Medicine (1 month)
  • Advanced Diabetes Management (1 month)
  • Advanced Family Medicine (1 month)
  • Global and Underserved Populations (1 month)
  • Oncology (1 month)
  • Private Practice II (1 month)
  • Psychiatry (1 month)
  • Special Projects (1 month)
• Longitudinal Experiences

  Resident must complete the following longitudinal rotations:

  Ambulatory Care Practice Management (1 half day per week; 6 months)
  
  Longitudinal Teaching and Learning Experience (1 half day per week; 12 months)
   
  Resident must complete 1 elective longitudinal rotation which can be customized based on career interests. Examples include:

  Ambulatory Care Practice Management II (1 half day per week; 6 months)
  
  Other Clinical Elective (1 half day per week; 6 months)

• Clinical Practice Sites

  Designated site for majority of training year:

  • ETSU Health Family Medicine Clinics

  Other sites:

  • State of Franklin Health Care Associates
  • Ballad Health Medical Associates
• Academic Practice Sites

  ETSU Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy

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Highlights include:

• ASHP accredited PGY2 programs
• Programs in ambulatory care and internal medicine
• Focus in academic pharmacy

Current Residents

Previous Residents

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• 2024-25 Residents

  

  Christian Brown, PharmD

  Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident

  PharmD: University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy 
  PGY1: Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Healthcare System (Charleston, SC)
  PGY2: Ambulatory Care, ETSU Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: Clinical assistant professor, University of Texas at Tyler Ben and Maytee Fisch College of Pharmacy. 
   

  

  Morgan Thomas ('23), PharmD

  Internal Medicine Resident

  PharmD: ETSU Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  PGY1: Erlanger (Chattanooga, TN)
  PGY2: Internal Medicine, ETSU Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)

  First Position: Internal medicine specialist, Atrium Health Navicent Hospital in Macon, Georgia

• 2023-24 Resident

  

  James Elliott ('20), PharmD

  Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident

  PharmD: ETSU Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  PGY1: Community Pharmacy, University Hospitals (Cleveland, OH)
  PGY2: Ambulatory Care, ETSU Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: Medication Therapy Management Specialist, Ballad Health (Johnson City, TN)

• 2022-2023 Resident

   

  

  Dawnna Metcalfe (’21), PharmD
  

  Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident

  PharmD: ETSU Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  PGY1: Mission Hospital (Asheville, NC)
  PGY2: Ambulatory Care, ETSU Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: Ballad Health Medical Associates (Kingsport, TN)

   

• 2021-2022 Residents

   

  

  Payton Tipton (’20), PharmD

  Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident

  PharmD: ETSU Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  PGY1: Cape Fear Valley Health System (Fayetteville, NC)
  PGY2: Ambulatory Care, ETSU Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: Ballad Health Medical Associates (Bristol, TN)

  

  Brittney Bright, PharmD 

  Internal Medicine Resident

  PharmD: University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis, TN)
  PGY1: University of Louisville Hospital (Louisville, KY)
  PGY2: Internal Medicine, ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist (Winston-Salem, NC)

   

• 2020-2021 Residents

   

  

  Kennedy Gambill,PharmD

  Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident

  PharmD: Medical University of SC (Charleston, SC)
  PGY1: Spartanburg Medical Center (Spartanburg, South Carolina)
  PGY2: Ambulatory Care, ETSU Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: Ballad Health Medical Associates (Kingsport, TN)

  

  Natasha Herzig, PharmD 

  Internal Medicine Resident

  PharmD: University of Toledo College of Pharmacy (Toledo, OH)
  PGY1: ProMedica Flower Hospital (Toledo, OH)
  PGY2: Internal Medicine, ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: Blanchard Valley Health System (Findlay, OH)
  
  
  

• 2019-2020 Residents

  

  Lindsey Foltanski, PharmD 

  Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident

  PharmD: Medical University of SC (Charleston, SC)
  PGY1: Moses Cone Hospital (Greensboro, NC)
  PGY2: Ambulatory Care, ETSU Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: UpStream Care (Greensboro, NC)

  

  Corey Guidry, PharmD  

  Internal Medicine Pharmacy Resident

  PharmD: University of Louisiana Monroe (Monroe, LA)
  PGY1: University of Tennessee Medical Center (Knoxville, TN)
  PGY2: Internal Medicine, ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy (Oklahoma City, OK)

• 2018-2019 Residents

  

  Wade Tugman, PharmD
  

  Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident

  PharmD: ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  PGY1: Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (Nashville, TN)
  PGY2: Ambulatory Care, ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Novant Health (Winston-Salem, NC)

  

  Cameron Lanier, PharmD, MS

  Internal Medicine Pharmacy Resident

  PharmD: Campbell University (Buies Creek, NC)
  MS: University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI)
  PGY1: Campbell University/Harnett Health (Lillington, NC)
  PGY2: Internal Medicine, ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: Clinical Pharmacist, Johnson City Medical Center (Johnson City, TN)

• 2017-2018 Residents

  

  Emily A. Russell, PharmD

  Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident

  PharmD: Belmont University School of Pharmacy (Nashville, TN)
  PGY1: James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Mountain Home, TN)
  PGY2: Ambulatory Care, ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: Cookeville Veterans Primary Care Clinic (Cookeville, TN)

  

  Carley DeVee, PharmD  

  Internal Medicine Pharmacy Resident

  PharmD: ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN) 
  PGY1: Saint Joseph East Hospital (Lexington, Kentucky) 
  PGY2: Internal Medicine, ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN) 
  First Position: Presbyterian College of Pharmacy (Clinton, SC) 

• 2016-2017 Residents

  

  Elicia White, PharmD

  Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident

  PharmD: ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  PGY1: W.G. Hefner Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Salisbury, NC)
  PGY2: Ambulatory Care, ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: Mountain States Medical Group (Kingsport, TN)

  

  Regan Sevinsky, PharmD
  
  

  Internal Medicine Pharmacy Resident

  PharmD: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Boston, MA)
  PGY1: Intermountain Medical Center (Murray, UT)
  PGY2: Internal Medicine, ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA)

• 2015-2016 Residents

  

  Sean Smithgall, PharmD

  Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident

  PharmD: ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  PGY1: Geisinger Medical Center (Danville, PA)
  PGY2: Ambulatory Care, ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy (Mobile, AL)

  

  Desirae E. Lindquist, PharmD

  Internal Medicine Pharmacy Resident    

  PharmD: Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (Buies Creek, NC)
  PGY1: University of Tennessee Medical Center (Knoxville, TN)
  PGY2: Internal Medicine, ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: University of Tennessee Medical Center (Knoxville, TN)

• 2014-2015 Residents

  

  Brooklyn Nelson, PharmD

  Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident   

  PharmD: Purdue University College of Pharmacy (West Lafayette, IN)
  PGY1: Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (Buies Creek, NC)
  PGY2: Ambulatory Care, ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: Mountain States Medical Group (Johnson City, TN)

  
  

  

   Abby Ricket, PharmD
  
  

  Internal Medicine Pharmacy Resident   

  PharmD: Ohio Northern University (Ada, Ohio)
  PGY1: Saint Joseph East (Lexington, Kentucky)
  PGY2: Internal Medicine, ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: Manchester University (Fort Wayne, IN)

• 2013-2014 Residents

  

  Jennifer Sorah, PharmD

  Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident

  PharmD: McWhorter School of Pharmacy at Samford University (Birmingham, AL)
  PGY1: Memphis VA Medical Center (Memphis, TN)
  PGY2: Ambulatory Care, ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy, Shenandoah University (Winchester, VA)

  

  Robert Wood, PharmD

  Internal Medicine Pharmacy Resident

  PharmD: ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy, Johnson City, TN
  PGY1: James H. Quillen VA Medical Center (Mountain Home, TN)
  PGY2: Internal Medicine, ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: James H. Quillen VA Medical Center (Mountain Home, TN)

• 2012-2013 Residents

  

  McKenzie Highsmith, PharmD

  Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident

  PharmD: ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy, Johnson City, TN
  PGY1: VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (Nashville)
  PGY2: Ambulatory Care, ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)

  

  Phillip Lee, PharmD
  
  

  Internal Medicine Pharmacy Resident

  PharmD: University of Tennessee (Memphis, TN)
  PGY1: University of Tennessee Medical Center (Knoxville, TN)
  PGY2: Internal Medicine (ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: Auburn University (Auburn, AL)

• 2011-2012 Residents

  

  Michelle Vaughn, PharmD

  Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident

  PharmD: University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC)
  PGY1: McGuire VA Medical Center (Richmond, VA)
  PGY2: Ambulatory Care, ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (Juneau, AK) 

  

  Jessica Freshour, PharmD
  
  

  Internal Medicine Pharmacy Resident

  PharmD: ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy, Johnson City, TN
  PGY1: University of Tennessee Medical Center (Knoxville)
  PGY2: Internal Medicine, ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)
  First Position: ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy (Johnson City, TN)