Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency Programs

VA-Chicago, IL-Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Last updated: 10/06/2025

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Laine Ferrill, PharmD, MBA, BCPP
2 years as an RPD
820 S Damen Ave
Chicago, IL 60612
Primary Practice: Outpatient Mental Health
6 PGY1 position
2 PGY2 Psychiatry position
Email: Laine.Ferrill@va.gov

Maximum Number of Positions

  • PGY1: 6
  • PGY2 Psychiatry: 2
  • PGY2 Neurology: 0

Program Details

  • Primary Practice Site: VAMC
  • ASHP Accreditation Status: Yes (code: 41049)
  • NMS Participant: Yes (code: 41049)
  • Program Inception: 2016
  • Application Deadline: unknown
  • Starting Date: 7/1/2026
  • Estimated Stipend: 58,000+
  • Financial Support for AAPP Annual Meeting: Varies/TBD
  • Fringe Benefits: unknown
  • Interviews Required: Yes
  • Offers pre-commitment: Yes, Allow early commitment opportunity to PGY1 residents at Jesse Brown VA

Special Requirements for Application

  • PharmD
  • Completion of PGY1 Residency OR equivalent experience
  • College transcripts
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Letters of recommendation (3)
  • US Citizenship

PGY2 Rotations offered

  • Administration
  • Adult inpatient psychiatry
  • Adult outpatient psychiatry
  • Consultation liaison psychiatry
  • Emergency psychiatry
  • Neurology
  • Pain management
  • Substance abuse

PGY2 Features

  • PGY2 Staffing Component: Yes, Required
  • PGY2 Teaching Component: Yes, Required
  • PGY2 Teaching Certificate Program: Yes, Optional
  • PGY2 Other Features:
  • PGY2 Preceptors: 5 BCPPs, 4 Other Pharmacists, 3 Non-Pharmacists

PGY1 Elective Rotations offered

  • Psychiatry
  • Neurology