Pharmacy Residency Program: Pain Management and Palliative Care

Program Type: ASHP Accredited PGY2 Residency
ASHP Match Number: 600473

Purpose: The residency focuses on the development of competencies needed to provide pharmaceutical care to pain and palliative care patients. It is assumed that the resident already possesses basic knowledge and competencies in institutional and clinical pharmacy practice gained through completion of a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency. The specific program for each resident may vary in structure and area of emphasis based on the individual resident’s entering knowledge, skills, and interests.

Program Overview and Objective: This program is designed to provide advanced training in clinical pharmacy practice focusing on patient care, clinical research and education in pain and palliative care. A multidisciplinary approach to inpatient and outpatient pain management and palliative care is used. The majority of the rotations are completed within the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. It contains a 62-bed inpatient oncology floor and a large outpatient clinic and treatment area. The pharmacy staff within the cancer center participates in therapeutic drug monitoring, provision of drug information, educational in-services, continuing education and patient education.
 
Training Experience:

• Experience in various pain syndromes
• Symptom management
• End of life care
• Pharmaceutical care to patients with acute and chronic pain
• Interdisciplinary functions such as Oncology Grand Rounds, Blaustein Pain conference, Palliative Care Rounds, Cancer Pain conference, as well as departmental meetings and educational sessions 

Rotations:

• Core Rotations
  • Orientation/Pharmacy Operations
  • Pain and Palliative Care Clinical Skills
  • Medical Oncology
  • Pain and Palliative Care
  • Pain and Palliative Care Clinic
  • Hospice and Palliative Care
  • Internal Medicine Pain and Palliative Care
• Elective Rotations
  
  • Outcomes Research and Drug Policy
  • Research
  • Interventional Pain Service
  • Pediatric Pain Service
  • Acute Pain Service
  • Inpatient Pain and Palliative Care - Union Memorial Hospital
  • Pharmacy Administration

Benefits: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pharmacy/residents/benefits/index.html

Staffing: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pharmacy/residents/about/staffing.html

On-Call: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pharmacy/residents/about/on-call.html


Application Information:
Letters of recommendation should be emailed to Dr. Suzanne Nesbit at snesbit1@jhmi.edu

Official transcripts should be mailed to Dr. Suzanne Nesbit at the address below.

Link to online application form:
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pharmacy/residents/application/index.html

        Program Director: Suzanne Amato Nesbit, PharmD, CPE
        Titles: Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pain Management
        Research Associate, Department of Oncology
        Clinical Assistant Professor
        University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
        Education: B. S. Pharmacy, Ohio Northern University
        Doctor of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University
        Certification: Certified Pain Educator







Dr. Nesbit is currently on the Pain & Palliative Care Service at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Clinical Specialist in Pain Management with the Department of Pharmacy. She has been practicing in pain management for over 25 years. During her time at Johns Hopkins, she has participated in several research protocols and health systems pain initiatives. She is the co-developer of the Hopkins Opioid Program that is a PDA and web-based application that performs opioid equianalgesic conversions. Dr. Nesbit has served as Chair of the Pain Management Subcommittee of the Maryland Cancer Plan, the Chair of the Pain & Palliative Care PRN of ACCP (American College of Clinical Pharmacy), is the Immediate Past Chair of the ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) Pain and Palliative Care Section Advisory Group, and a Board member of the Maryland Pain Initiative. Currently, Dr Nesbit is serving as the Co-Chair of the Johns Hopkins Pain Management Taskforce which is charged with reviewing the current pain protocols and making any recommendations for improvements in clinical care and staff education regarding pain management. She is also the Residency Director for the PGY2 Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacy Residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.


Contact Information:

Suzanne Amato Nesbit, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pain Management
Clinical Coordinator, Cancer Pain Service,
Research Associate, Department of Oncology
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Department of Pharmacy
600 N. Wolfe Street / Carnegie 180
Baltimore, MD 21287-6180
Phone 410-502-3578
Fax 410-955-0287
Email: snesbit1@jhmi.edu