Sinai Health

Address:
600 University Avenue
Toronto, ON, M5G 1X5

Director: 
Andrew Wyllie, BScPhm, ACPR, PharmD, RPh (VAQS)
Senior Director, Pharmacy
Residency Program Director
andrew.wyllie@sinaihealth.ca
416-586-4800 ext. 8582

Coordinator: 
Angelo Panganiban, BScPhm, PharmD, RPh
Clinical Practice Leader - Education and Staff Development
Department of Pharmacy
angelomari.panganiban@sinaihealth.ca
416-586-4800 ext. 8982

Program

Type: General

Established In: 1980

Number of Positions: 2

Application Deadline: as per PRAMS deadline

Starting Date: First Tuesday after Labour Day

PRAMS (Additional PRAMS requirements to complete the Pharmacy Residency Application and Matching Service (PRAMS) application should be sent through PRAMS when applying by the application deadline): 

  • A program specific cover letter (maximum 500 words) 

Estimated Stipend: $39,600 per annum + benefits

Vacation/Holiday Leave: 2 weeks

Education/Conference Leave: 1-2 conferences 

Program Highlights: General program that emphasizes the development and application of advanced practice skills in the provision of direct patient care.  The resident will have the opportunity to be an active participant in many of our multidisciplinary health teams and promote the integration of evidence into the decision making process for the patients they are responsible for.  Mandatory rotations include medicine, rehabilitation care (Bridgepoint campus), surgery, cardiology, infectious disease, neonatology, drug information, clinical teaching, administration and drug distribution. The last rotation of  the Residency  is a liaison rotation where the resident is the primary pharmacist for a service.  This serves to help bridge the resident into practice.

Required Rotations:

  • Distribution: 2 weeks
  • Administration: 1 week
  • Drug Information: 3-4 weeks
  • General Medicine: 4 weeks
  • General Surgery (IBD) + TPN: 4 weeks
  • Cardiology: 4 weeks
  • Rehabilitative Care: 2 weeks
  • Infectious Disease: 3 weeks
  • Perinatology: 4 weeks
  • Clinical Teaching: 3 weeks
  • Project: 6 weeks
  • Liaison: 4 weeks
  • Perinatology-NICU: 4 weeks

Elective Rotations:
Resident generally has a choice of 2 electives

  • Psychiatry: 3 weeks
  • Emergency Medicine: 3 weeks
  • Critical Care: 3 weeks
  • Oncology: 3 weeks
  • Geriatric Medicine: 3 weeks
  • Family Health Team: 3 weeks
  • Complex Rehabilitative Care: 3 weeks
  • Perinatology- High Risk Obstetrics: 2-3 weeks

Minimum Required Credentials: BScPhm or PharmD plus eligibility for licensure in Ontario

 

Organization

Type: Tertiary care teaching hospital

Number of beds: 442 Acute and 474 Rehab/Complex Continuing Care

Sites: Mount Sinai Hospital, Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital

Affiliation: University of Toronto

 

Graduates
2023-2024 Mary Andraws
Richard Granholm
2022-2023

Laurie Lam 
Kyla Stewart-Arsenault 
2021-2022

Bridgett Hyland
Madeline Powers

2020-2021

Simona Miljanic
Clarence Lam

2019-2020

Xing (Linda) Liu
Josephine Vu

2018-2019

Huyee Chan
Dario Moscoso

2017-2018

Monique Eisa
Raymond Melika

2016-2017

Ashlie McGuire
Sarah McKenna

2015-2016

Najla Tabbara
2014-2015 Stephanie Lovering
Wenya Miao
2013-2014 Tara Farquharson
Kristina Principe
2012-2013 Natalia Persad
Michelle Yang
2011-2012 Anthony Amadio
Ruby Liang
2010-2011 Katie Mok
Christine Truong
2009-2010 Christine Li
Jennifer Teng
2008-2009 Mark McIntyre
Katherine Seto
2007-2008 Catherine Goulding
Nabeel Syed
2006-2007 Claudia Summa
David Tung
2005-2006 Shelley Winn
2004-2005 Erin Reid
Sarah Rowe
2003-2004 Anjana Sengar
2002-2003 Rakhi Goel
Jiten Jani
Christine Howe
2001-2002 Jennifer Taylor
2000-2001 Alice Hogg
Cindy Wong