Johnson City Medical Center
About Us
Learning Experiences
Precepting
Professional Development
Research
Contact Us
PGY1 Acute Care
Learning Experiences
Required Rotations
Elective Rotations
PGY2 Critical Care
Learning Experiences
Required Rotations
ElectiveRotations
Staffing
PGY1 Acute Care
- Staff every other weekend
- One week day off compensation time
- One major holiday (Thanksgiving or Christmas)
PGY2 Critical Care
- Clinical staffing coverage every fourth weekend
- One-half day office day compensation time
- Clinical coverage on Christmas Day
Current Research Projects
- MUE: Time to antibiotic administration in septic patients
- Research: Duration of antimicrobial therapy based on resistance phenotype
- MUE: Zolpidem dosing in the elderly and women
- Research: Incidence and outcomes of patients on multiple SSRI or SNRIs at admission
- MUE: Evaluation of antimicrobial therapy for Stenotrophomonas
- Research: Ealuation of enoxaparin dosing using aXa monitoring in trauma
Get to know... Johnson City
Get to know... our residents!
Brady Ratliff, PharmD
- Clinical Interests: Critical care, pediatrics, internal medicine
Natalee Chornak, PharmD
- Clinical Interests: Critical care, emergency medicine
Robert Berger, PharmD
- Hometwon: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Clinical Interests: Internal medicine, infectious disease, cardiology
Where are they now?
PGY1 graduates
PGY2 graduates
Critical/Emergency Response Preceptor: Jacquelyn Roe, PharmD, BCCCP
Trauma-Surgical Critical Care Preceptor: Vera Wilson, PharmD, BCCCP
The Trauma Service is responsible for the care of critically ill trauma patients as well as consulted surgical patients located within the intensive care unit (ICU.) The Trauma Service includes an attending trauma surgeon, surgery residents, an advanced practice provider, nurses, and a clinical pharmacy specialist. This learning experience will allow the pharmacy resident to provide clinical pharmacy services to the Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Service under the supervision of the clinical pharmacy specialist.
PGY1 Acute Care: standard model
PGY2 Critical Care: flipped model
Current Projects
Community Teaching Hospital
Level 1 Trauma
Level 3 NICU
Location: Johnson City, TNBeds: 445Positions: 2 PGY1 Acute Care1 PGY2 Critical CareEarly commitment
Current Residents
Previous Residents
PGY2 Critical Care
PGY1 Acute Care
Staffing
Family Medicine Preceptor: Kelly Covert, PharmD, BCPS
The family medicine service cares for acute care patients with a variety of disease states and levels of acuity. The family medicine interprofessional team is comprised of an attending physician, medical residents, a pharmacist, medical students, and pharmacy students. The attending physicians change weekly, and the medical residents change every 4-weeks. The resident will work with the Family Medicine team during rounds and will be responsible for designing and implementing pharmacotherapy plans, including providing recommendations on drug therapy changes, dose adjustments, and duration of therapy (when applicable). Further, the resident will also be responsible for facilitating transitions of care via admission and discharge medication reconciliations, patient discharge counseling, and assisting with medication affordability when needed. Finally, the resident will provide drug information and pharmacy education to the members of the Family Medicine team.
Let's talk about the path to your dream career.
PGY1 Program Director: Cameron Lanier Cameron.Lanier@balladhealth.org PGY2 Program Director: Jen Tharp Jen.Tharp@balladhealth.org
Follow us @jcmc_rx_res
Infectious Disease Preceptor: David Cluck, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVP, FIDSA
The Infectious Diseases Elective is a month long learning experience at Johnson City Medical Center. The elective experience augments the concepts previously introduced during the core infectious diseases learning experience. The second learning experience should prepare the resident for an expanded role in infectious diseases as either a clinical pharmacist or for additional training in a PGY-2 or fellowship program.
The pharmacy resident will be responsible for identifying and resolving medication therapy issues in conjunction with the infectious diseases consult service. The resident is expected to function at a higher degree of autonomy. The resident will provide and document therapeutic drug monitoring services and will work toward assuming care of all service patients throughout the learning experience.
Medical ICU Preceptor: Jen Tharp, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Critical care medicine is a month long required learning experience designed to allow the resident to develop skills to evaluate, design, recommend, and monitor drug therapy in the critically ill patient. The resident will begin to assume responsibility for patient care and positive drug therapy outcomes.
Trauma-Surgical ICU Preceptor: Vera Wilson, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
The Trauma Service is responsible for the care of critically ill trauma patients as well as consulted surgical patients located within the intensive care unit (ICU.) The Trauma Service includes an attending trauma surgeon, surgery residents, an advanced practice provider, nurses, and a clinical pharmacy specialist. This learning experience will allow the pharmacy resident to provide clinical pharmacy services to the Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Service under the supervision of the clinical pharmacy specialist.
Cardiology Preceptor: Jessica Brumit, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCCP
The Cardiology Services at JCMC consist of three groups of cardiologists and covers a wide range of patients throughout the hospital. This rotation will allow residents to provide clinical pharmacy services to the Cardiology Services teams under the supervision of the clinical pharmacy specialist. Pharmacy residents on this rotation will be responsible for the care of patients on the ETSU Cardiology consult service. The resident will be provided the opportunity to integrate knowledge from didactic coursework and experiential rotations into the resident's general practice of pharmacy through interactions with providers (cardiologists, fellows or residents, mid-level practitioners and other healthcare professionals). Residents will also have the opportunity to counsel patients, with an emphasis on cardiovascular medications.
Located adjacent to East Tennessee State University, JCMC is a teaching hospital with many opportunities to work with medical residents/fellows and pharmacy students from ETSU, University of Tennessee, and more.
Teaching certificate is optional with no additional fee through ETSU.
Medical Critical Care Preceptor: Jen Tharp, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Critical care medicine is a month long learning experience designed to allow the resident to develop skills to evaluate, design, recommend, and monitor drug therapy in the critically ill patient. The resident will begin to assume responsibility for patient care and positive drug therapy outcomes.
The critical care medicine service is a interprofessional team comprised of an attending physician, nurse practitioner, dietician, respiratory therapist, pharmacist, and nurses. As part of the team, the pharmacist is responsible for attending interprofessional daily rounds at 7:30 AM (ECMO, if applicable) and 8:15 (general ICU) followed by seeing patients with the attending physician and nurse practitioner.
PGY2 Previous Residents
2025: Kathleen White, MPH, PharmD, BCPS
- Critical Care - Clinical Specialist, Ballad Health
2024: Jacquelyn Crawford, PharmD
- Critical Care - Clinical Specialist, Ballad Health
2023: Austin Roe, PharmD, BCCCP
- Emergency Department - Clinical Specialist, Ballad Health
2022: Tabitha Brown, PharmD
- Emergency Department - Clinical Specialist, Erlanger
2021: Kimber Lewis, PharmD
Infectious Disease Preceptor: David Cluck, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVP, FIDSA
The infectious diseases rotation is a month long required learning experience. The resident will round with the infectious diseases consult service that consists of infectious diseases attending physicians and fellows. The team is responsible for seeing all patients consulted for an infectious diseases process. The resident is responsible for identifying and resolving medication therapy issues. The resident will provide and document therapeutic drug monitoring services and will work toward assuming care of all service patients throughout the learning experience.
Family Medicine Preceptor: Kelly Covert, PharmD, BCPS
The family medicine service cares for acute care patients with a variety of disease states and levels of acuity. The family medicine interprofessional team is comprised of an attending physician, medical residents, a pharmacist, medical students, and pharmacy students.
Internal Medicine Preceptor: Cameron Lanier, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP
Internal Medicine provides the resident an opportunity to care for patients with the East Tennessee State Univeristy (ETSU) internal medicine teaching team. The team consists of a system of layered learners with a rotating attending physician, a third- and second-year medical resident, as well an intern.
PGY1 Acute Care:
- Advancing practice
- Continuing education
- Formulary review
- Medication use evaluation
- Attendance to national conference
PGY2 Critical Care:
- Education boards
- Continuing education
- Quality improvement project
- Departmental education
- Committee participation
- Opportunity for participation in SCCM journal club or national podcast
- Attendance to national conference
Pediatrics Preceptor: Robin Mottern, PharmD, BCPPS
The pediatric service serves patients age premature neonate to 18. These patients have a wide variety of pediatric conditions. The objective is for the resident to master essential elements of pharmaceutical care for this patient population including medication management, pharmacokinetics, drug information and evaluation. The resident completing this learning experience will be an integral part of the interprofessional general pediatric team and pediatric and neonatal intensive care teams.
Emergency Medicine Preceptor: Austin Roe, PharmD, BCCCP
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Johnson City Medical Center
About Us
Learning Experiences
Precepting
Professional Development
Research
Contact Us
PGY1 Acute Care
Learning Experiences
Required Rotations
Elective Rotations
PGY2 Critical Care
Learning Experiences
Required Rotations
ElectiveRotations
Staffing
PGY1 Acute Care
PGY2 Critical Care
Current Research Projects
Get to know... Johnson City
Get to know... our residents!
Brady Ratliff, PharmD
Natalee Chornak, PharmD
Robert Berger, PharmD
Where are they now?
PGY1 graduates
PGY2 graduates
Critical/Emergency Response Preceptor: Jacquelyn Roe, PharmD, BCCCP
Trauma-Surgical Critical Care Preceptor: Vera Wilson, PharmD, BCCCP
The Trauma Service is responsible for the care of critically ill trauma patients as well as consulted surgical patients located within the intensive care unit (ICU.) The Trauma Service includes an attending trauma surgeon, surgery residents, an advanced practice provider, nurses, and a clinical pharmacy specialist. This learning experience will allow the pharmacy resident to provide clinical pharmacy services to the Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Service under the supervision of the clinical pharmacy specialist.
PGY1 Acute Care: standard model
PGY2 Critical Care: flipped model
Current Projects
Community Teaching Hospital
Level 1 Trauma
Level 3 NICU
Location: Johnson City, TNBeds: 445Positions: 2 PGY1 Acute Care1 PGY2 Critical CareEarly commitment
Current Residents
Previous Residents
PGY2 Critical Care
PGY1 Acute Care
Staffing
Family Medicine Preceptor: Kelly Covert, PharmD, BCPS
The family medicine service cares for acute care patients with a variety of disease states and levels of acuity. The family medicine interprofessional team is comprised of an attending physician, medical residents, a pharmacist, medical students, and pharmacy students. The attending physicians change weekly, and the medical residents change every 4-weeks. The resident will work with the Family Medicine team during rounds and will be responsible for designing and implementing pharmacotherapy plans, including providing recommendations on drug therapy changes, dose adjustments, and duration of therapy (when applicable). Further, the resident will also be responsible for facilitating transitions of care via admission and discharge medication reconciliations, patient discharge counseling, and assisting with medication affordability when needed. Finally, the resident will provide drug information and pharmacy education to the members of the Family Medicine team.
Let's talk about the path to your dream career.
PGY1 Program Director: Cameron Lanier Cameron.Lanier@balladhealth.org PGY2 Program Director: Jen Tharp Jen.Tharp@balladhealth.org
Follow us @jcmc_rx_res
Infectious Disease Preceptor: David Cluck, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVP, FIDSA
The Infectious Diseases Elective is a month long learning experience at Johnson City Medical Center. The elective experience augments the concepts previously introduced during the core infectious diseases learning experience. The second learning experience should prepare the resident for an expanded role in infectious diseases as either a clinical pharmacist or for additional training in a PGY-2 or fellowship program. The pharmacy resident will be responsible for identifying and resolving medication therapy issues in conjunction with the infectious diseases consult service. The resident is expected to function at a higher degree of autonomy. The resident will provide and document therapeutic drug monitoring services and will work toward assuming care of all service patients throughout the learning experience.
Medical ICU Preceptor: Jen Tharp, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Critical care medicine is a month long required learning experience designed to allow the resident to develop skills to evaluate, design, recommend, and monitor drug therapy in the critically ill patient. The resident will begin to assume responsibility for patient care and positive drug therapy outcomes.
Trauma-Surgical ICU Preceptor: Vera Wilson, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
The Trauma Service is responsible for the care of critically ill trauma patients as well as consulted surgical patients located within the intensive care unit (ICU.) The Trauma Service includes an attending trauma surgeon, surgery residents, an advanced practice provider, nurses, and a clinical pharmacy specialist. This learning experience will allow the pharmacy resident to provide clinical pharmacy services to the Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Service under the supervision of the clinical pharmacy specialist.
Cardiology Preceptor: Jessica Brumit, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCCP
The Cardiology Services at JCMC consist of three groups of cardiologists and covers a wide range of patients throughout the hospital. This rotation will allow residents to provide clinical pharmacy services to the Cardiology Services teams under the supervision of the clinical pharmacy specialist. Pharmacy residents on this rotation will be responsible for the care of patients on the ETSU Cardiology consult service. The resident will be provided the opportunity to integrate knowledge from didactic coursework and experiential rotations into the resident's general practice of pharmacy through interactions with providers (cardiologists, fellows or residents, mid-level practitioners and other healthcare professionals). Residents will also have the opportunity to counsel patients, with an emphasis on cardiovascular medications.
Located adjacent to East Tennessee State University, JCMC is a teaching hospital with many opportunities to work with medical residents/fellows and pharmacy students from ETSU, University of Tennessee, and more.
Teaching certificate is optional with no additional fee through ETSU.
Medical Critical Care Preceptor: Jen Tharp, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Critical care medicine is a month long learning experience designed to allow the resident to develop skills to evaluate, design, recommend, and monitor drug therapy in the critically ill patient. The resident will begin to assume responsibility for patient care and positive drug therapy outcomes. The critical care medicine service is a interprofessional team comprised of an attending physician, nurse practitioner, dietician, respiratory therapist, pharmacist, and nurses. As part of the team, the pharmacist is responsible for attending interprofessional daily rounds at 7:30 AM (ECMO, if applicable) and 8:15 (general ICU) followed by seeing patients with the attending physician and nurse practitioner.
PGY2 Previous Residents
2025: Kathleen White, MPH, PharmD, BCPS
- Critical Care - Clinical Specialist, Ballad Health
2024: Jacquelyn Crawford, PharmD- Critical Care - Clinical Specialist, Ballad Health
2023: Austin Roe, PharmD, BCCCP- Emergency Department - Clinical Specialist, Ballad Health
2022: Tabitha Brown, PharmD- Emergency Department - Clinical Specialist, Erlanger
2021: Kimber Lewis, PharmDInfectious Disease Preceptor: David Cluck, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVP, FIDSA
The infectious diseases rotation is a month long required learning experience. The resident will round with the infectious diseases consult service that consists of infectious diseases attending physicians and fellows. The team is responsible for seeing all patients consulted for an infectious diseases process. The resident is responsible for identifying and resolving medication therapy issues. The resident will provide and document therapeutic drug monitoring services and will work toward assuming care of all service patients throughout the learning experience.
Family Medicine Preceptor: Kelly Covert, PharmD, BCPS
The family medicine service cares for acute care patients with a variety of disease states and levels of acuity. The family medicine interprofessional team is comprised of an attending physician, medical residents, a pharmacist, medical students, and pharmacy students.
Internal Medicine Preceptor: Cameron Lanier, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP
Internal Medicine provides the resident an opportunity to care for patients with the East Tennessee State Univeristy (ETSU) internal medicine teaching team. The team consists of a system of layered learners with a rotating attending physician, a third- and second-year medical resident, as well an intern.
PGY1 Acute Care:
PGY2 Critical Care:
Pediatrics Preceptor: Robin Mottern, PharmD, BCPPS
The pediatric service serves patients age premature neonate to 18. These patients have a wide variety of pediatric conditions. The objective is for the resident to master essential elements of pharmaceutical care for this patient population including medication management, pharmacokinetics, drug information and evaluation. The resident completing this learning experience will be an integral part of the interprofessional general pediatric team and pediatric and neonatal intensive care teams.
Emergency Medicine Preceptor: Austin Roe, PharmD, BCCCP