Pain Management & Palliative Care Pharmacy
The PGY2 Pain Management and Palliative Care Pharmacy Residency is designed to provide the resident with a wide array of experiences in pain and symptom management, while affording opportunities for collaboration with renowned clinicians and world class experts in research and education.
About
The program is designed to provide a strong clinical foundation while developing analytical, leadership, teaching, and writing skills. It will also provide experiences in pain pharmacy, palliative care, hospice, and institutional policy around pain management. Upon completion of the program, the resident will be prepared to secure a specialized pharmacist position in pain management, palliative care, or hospice.
Program Purpose
PGY2 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency training to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives for advanced practice areas. Residents who successfully complete PGY2 residency programs are prepared for advanced patient care or other specialized positions, and board certification in the advanced practice area, if available.
This residency program is designed to develop clinician expertise in pain and symptom management pharmacotherapy in order to practice in the inpatient, outpatient, or hospice setting as a clinical pharmacy specialist.
Residency Program Director: Jillian DiClemente, PharmD
- HOPA Pathways Virtual Showcase on Thursday, November 13, 2025, from 1-5 PM EST.
- 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.
- ASHP Midyear Residency Showcase; Monday, December 8th, 1:00-4:00 PM PDT Booth #4010
- Recruitment will occur in-person at ASHP Midyear in Las Vegas, NV through the PPS platform. Virtual PPS slots will be offered for candidates not attending Midyear. If you would like to schedule a virtual PPS session the week of December 15-19, 2025, please send an email with your CV to Abbey Galligan, Residency Program Coordinator at [email protected].
Please see the PGY2 Pain Management and Palliative Care Pharmacy Graduation Requirements Checklist & Program Deliverables. for a list of all program completion requirements.
Required Rotations
- Orientation (1 month)
- Acute Pain Management (1 month)
- Addiction Consult Team (1 month)
- Adult Palliative Care I and II (1 month)
- Ambulatory Pain and Palliative Care (longitudinal –4-hour commitment once a week for a minimum of 12-week duration)
- Hospice I (longitudinal – 4-hour commitment once a week for a minimum of 12-week duration)
- Pain Pharmacy Service (1 month)
- Psychiatry (1 month)
- Institutional Pain Management (2-4 hours per month for a 12-month duration)
Elective Rotations
The program is flexible in design to offer three-to-four months of elective rotations targeted to the resident’s interest. Any of the rotations listed above may be repeated or elective rotations can be tailored specifically to meet an individual resident’s needs, not limited to:
- Academia (1 month)
- Acute Pain Management II (1 month)
- Addiction Consult Team II (1 month)
- Adult Heart Failure/Transplant (1 month)
- Adult Palliative Care III (1 month)
- Hospice II (1 month)
- Inpatient Medical Oncology (1 month)
- Opioid Stewardship (1 month)
- Pediatric Palliative Care (1 month)
- Pharmacogenomics (1 month)
Approximately every third weekend, 1 minor holiday block and 1 major holiday block, and 2 gap days between Christmas and New Year holiday blocks
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 completion of the residency. There may be additional opportunities depending on resident interest. Presentation to the interdisciplinary palliative care research group will also be available.
Residents receive a faculty appointment as Adjunct Clinical Instructor with the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy and have the option of completing a Teaching Certificate Program. Experience in rotation-related precepting and teaching of PharmD students and PGY1 residents is widely available. Opportunities to educate other disciplines (social work, medicine, nursing, etc.) may also be available depending on resident interest.
- Julia Brown, PharmD
- David Cordwin, PharmD, BCCP
- Jillian DiClemente, PharmD
- Abbey Galligan, PharmD, BCPS
- Madison Irwin, PharmD, BCPS
- Alanna Lehman, PharmD, BCOP
- Megan O'Connell, PharmD, BCPP
- Thomas O'Neil, MD
- Amy Pasternak, PharmD
- Michael A Smith, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS
- Amy VandenBerg, PharmD, BCPP
- Kristen Ward, PharmD
- Isabelle Zerfas, PharmD
Jillian DiClemente, PharmD
Program Director & Pain Management Clinical Pharmacist Specialist (ACT)
University of Michigan Health, Department of Pharmacy Services
1500 East Medical Center Drive, B2D301
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5008
[email protected]
Abbey Galligan, PharmD, BCPS
Program Coordinator & Pain Management Clinical Pharmacist Specialist (PPS)
University of Michigan Health, Department of Pharmacy Services
1500 East Medical Center Drive, B2D301
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5008
[email protected]
- Please check out the F.A.Q. for application information & deadlines.
