Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center
Georgia Cancer Center
PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency
About our PGY2 Oncology Care Pharmacy Residency
Residents who successfully complete an accredited PGY2 pharmacy residency are prepared for advanced patient care, academic, or other specialize positions, along with board certification, if available.Overview
PGY2 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in specialized areas of practice. PGY2 residencies provide residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both to the provision of patient care or other advance practice settings. This PGY2 residency program provides the resident with advanced clinical training in hematology/oncology and supportive care pharmacotherapy, as well as numerous opportunities for teaching and scholarship. Upon completion of this residency, the pharmacist will be a competent clinical pharmacy practitioner who engages in multidisciplinary collaboration, demonstrates advanced critical thinking skills, and promotes patient advocacy. Graduates of this program will be adequately prepared to enter oncology pharmacy practice as a clinical specialist and/or academician.- Applications are to be submitted through PhORCAS and require a letter of intent, complete pharmacy transcripts, curriculum vitae and at least three professional references (minimum 1 each from preceptor and supervisor).
- Supplemental application is to be sent to the Residency Program Director via email before application deadline.
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About Wellstar Georgia Cancer Center
Every person is unique. At Wellstar Georgia Cancer Center, we understand that getting through a cancer diagnosis and treatment affects every aspect of your life. That’s why our multidisciplinary team of cancer care experts design a treatment plan just for you. Our world-class researchers and clinicians come together to foster innovation and care focused on providing the best possible outcomes. Click here to visit our Pharmacy Residency Programs overview page.About Wellstar Health System
At Wellstar Health System, we make a difference every day by improving quality and access to healthcare in communities, big and small. With locations across metro Atlanta and beyond, Wellstar is one of the largest health systems in Georgia. Learn more about us.Core/Elective Experiences
Rotational- Inpatient malignant hematology
- Inpatient bone marrow transplant
- Outpatient hematology/BMT clinics
- Outpatient solid tumor clinics I & II
- Administration
- Oncology investigational drug service
- Infusion services
- Pediatric hematology/oncology
- Academia
- Gynecology Oncology Clinic
- Research
- Pharmacy Practice
- Any core experience
- Precepting emphasis can be added to core rotation
Program Materials
Program Director
Amber Bradley Clemmons, Pharm.D., BCOP, FHOPA
PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency Program Director
Clinical Professor, University of Georgia Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, Augusta /Hematology-Oncology Pharmacist
[email protected]
Amber is a 2009 PGY1 graduate of our residency program, who returned to Augusta as a full-time faculty member at the rank of Clinical Assistant Professor for UGA in August 2011; currently at the rank of Clinical Professor. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, completed a University of Georgia College of Pharmacy Teaching Certificate during her PGY1 year at MCG Health/UGA, and PGY2 Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy residency at the University of North Carolina (UNC Hospitals and Clinics), Chapel Hill NC. Amber serves as a clinical pharmacy specialist for the adult bone marrow transplantation (BMT)/malignant hematology team. She is a highly active member of the Hematology Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) and the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) Pharmacy Special Interest Group (SIG), as well as a member of ASHP, GSHP, and the Georgia Cancer Center. Dr. Clemmons has received the STaR (Southern Translational Education and Research) Young Investigator of the Year Award (2011), the ASTCT Pharmacy SIG New Practitioner of the Year Award (2014), the GSHP Young Health-System Pharmacy Practitioner of the Year Award (2014), Teacher of the Year Award at the UGA College of Pharmacy (2016), the HOPA New Practitioner Award (2017) and received HOPA fellow status (FHOPA) in 2022. Dr. Clemmons serves as the Residency Program Director for the UGA/Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy program.
Her UGA faculty profile can be accessed here.
Program Coordinator
Katherine (Katie) Saunders, Pharm.D., BCOP
Oncology Pharmacist, Solid Tumor Clinic / Hematology-Oncology
Oncology Pharmacy Services Supervisor
[email protected]
Katie Saunders received her Pharm.D. from Mercer University College of Pharmacy in 2015. Following graduation, she completed her PGY1 at Grady Health System in Atlanta, GA. Katie then traveled to the University of Wisconsin in Madison and completed her PGY2 in Oncology Pharmacy with UW Health. Her primary area of practice is ambulatory oncology, specifically within the solid tumor clinics at the Georgia Cancer Center- Laney Walker. Katie serves as the preceptor for two clinic-based learning experiences within the PGY2 Oncology program (solid tumors, gynecologic oncology) as well as for ambulatory oncology experiences within the PGY1 Pharmacy and PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy residencies. In 2021, she was promoted to a new role as the Oncology Supervisor to help develop our patient care services and pharmacist practitioners in our oncology service line. Katie is passionate about teaching and is also a preceptor for APPE students from the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy. She is involved in the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacist Association (HOPA) and a member of the BCOP Oversight Committee.
