Critical Care Pharmacy

University of Michigan Health Virtual Residency Showcase (VIRTUAL) November 20, 2025, 7:00-8:00 PM EST

• Candidates must pre-register on or before November 20th.  

Please see the PGY2 Critical Care Graduation Requirements Checklist & Program Deliverables for a list of all program completion requirements. 

Required (1 month block each)  

• Orientation*
• Nutrition Support - August
• Critical Care Medicine Unit (CCMU)
• Surgical ICU (SICU) I
• Cardiovascular ICU (CVICU) I
• Cardiac ICU (CCU)
• Neurosurgery/Neurology ICU
• Trauma-Burn ICU (TBICU)
• Emergency Medicine (AES) - January  

Elective (1 month block each unless otherwise noted)  

• Infectious Diseases Consult
• Solid Organ Transplantation
• Pain Management
• Cardiovascular ICU (CVICU) II
• Neurosurgery/Neurology ICU II
• Post-ICU Clinic (longitudinal, 11 months, recurring time TBA)
• Surgical ICU (SICU) II
• Others can be discussed with RPD   

The resident will receive a faculty appointment as Adjunct Clinical Instructor at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy. Teaching responsibilities and assignments make change on a yearly basis depending on the needs of the College, but may include courses structured in a team-based learning format, patient care laboratory work, and/or didactic teaching related to critical care pharmacy. The resident will have the opportunity to help precept students on clinical rotations. A teaching certificate program is available through the College of Pharmacy.  

Through the research and writing requirements of the program, the resident has the potential to produce at least two manuscripts suitable for peer-reviewed publication by the end of the residency. The resident will participate in the development and implementation of a research study protocol that is relevant to critical care. Experience in protocol writing, data collection and analysis, manuscript preparation and publication will be provided. The resident will also participate in the Residency Research Series.  

A second project suitable for publication, including either a review article or secondary research project, will also be completed by the resident. Further development of writing and presentation skills is fostered through the writing of research papers and review articles, providing on-site professional verbal presentations and written communications to healthcare professionals, and presentations to Pharmacy and other healthcare professionals at local, regional, and national meetings. 

Opportunity to become involved on a professional committee (local, state or national).  

The resident will complete 4 major topic presentations and several journal clubs to the critical care and cardiology preceptor groups. Other major topic presentations will be done in collaboration with the PGY2 Cardiology and Emergency Medicine pharmacy residents.  

• Up to 15 weekends per year: Mix of pharmacokinetics, nutrition support and anticoagulation (2/3 of weekends) and ED staffing (1/3 of weekends)
• Required to work one major and one minor holiday block
• Code pager coverage
• ACLS certification offered  

• Sarah Adie, PharmD, BCCP
• Danielle Burghardt, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
• Simona Butler, PharmD
• Angie Clark, PharmD, BCPS
• Sabrina Dunham, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP
• Nicholas Farina, PharmD, BCCCP
• David Hensler, PharmD, BCCCP
• Megan Ingebrigston, PharmD, BCCCP
• Michael Kenes, PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS
• Jim Miller, PharmD, BCCCP
• Rima Mohammad, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS
• Sarah Nordbeck, PharmD, BCNSP
• Elizabeth VanWert, PharmD, BCPS
• Other selected preceptors for elective rotations.  

Minimum qualifications include graduation from an ACPE-accredited college of pharmacy with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and successful completion of a PGY1 Pharmacy residency.   

James T. Miller, PharmD, BCCCP
Residency Program Director - PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Surgical Critical Care
College of Pharmacy Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor 
Email: [email protected]
Office: 734.936.8208       
Address:
Michigan Medicine | University of Michigan College of Pharmacy
1111 E. Catherine St. | Victor Vaughan Bldg., Rm 337 | Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2054