Canadian Pharmacy Residency Board

Address:
2075 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5

Director:
Dr. Danette Beechinor, BSc Pharm, Pharm D, CHPE, CD
Director of Pharmacy; Co-Director of Precision Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Phone: 416-480-4494
Fax: 416-480-5887
Mobile: 437-224-1184

Coordinator/Contact: 
Dr. Mark Pasetka, BSc, BSc Pharm, Pharm D, CES, RPh
Oncology Pharmacy Clinical Practice Lead
Pharmacy Residency Coordinator (Year 1) - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Adjunct Assistant Professor - University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy
Phone: 416-480-6100 ext. 83692

Program

Type: General 

Focus: There is no particular practice focus; however, the program can be tailored to meet the needs of the individual resident, depending on their area(s) of interest.

Established In: 1973

Number of Positions: 3

Application Deadline: As per PRAMS

Start Date: September 2, 2025

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):

The program at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre does require a cover letter (maximum 250 words) to be submitted as part of the application package.

Estimated Stipend: $45,000

Benefits Included: Medical, dental

Vacation/Holiday Leave: 10 days

Education/Conference Leave: 5 days

Program highlights: The Pharmacy Practice Residency Program at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is a one-year post-baccalaureate training program focusing on the contemporary clinical practice of hospital pharmacy.  Emphasis is given to areas for which the Department has considerable resource and expertise, such as provision of pharmaceutical care, drug information and administration.  As well, the residents will be exposed to a spectrum of contemporary hospital pharmacy services (e.g., clinical research, education, and ambulatory practice clinics).

Residents are involved in the educational activities of the Department during their program.  Attendance at inter- and intra-departmental meetings, seminar presentations, preparation of drug information newsletters and discussions at clinical and administrative journal clubs are designed to enhance the resident's knowledge of institutional practice and increase one's ability to communicate clinical practice information, both verbally and in written format.  An opportunity is provided to attend educational programs outside the hospital (e.g., OB CSHP Annual General Meeting, CSHP Professional Practice Conference, etc.) and other continuing education programs offered in the Toronto area.

Core/Required Rotations: 

Non-Clinical

• Teaching and Learning
• Drug Information
• Administration
• Research/Project
• Distribution

Clinical

• Elective Clinical Rotations (five)
• General Internal Medicine (mandatory final rotation)

Elective Rotations: 

• Neonatal ICU
• Cardiology
• Nephrology (Ambulatory, Inpatient)
• Oncology (Ambulatory, Inpatient)
• Complex Malignant Haematology* (Ambulatory, Inpatient)
• Critical Care (ICU)
• General Internal Medicine
• Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Infectious Diseases**
• Psychiatry (Inpatient)
• Geriatrics/Palliative Care
• Ambulatory Patient Care Clinics (e.g., Family health team, ambulatory acute care clinic)

*Prerequisite required; **Antimicrobial Stewardship is required as a prerequisite

Required Credentials:  Must be a graduate of a school of pharmacy in which the curriculum meets the standards established by the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada or have completed the Canadian PEBC exams and eligible for licensing as a Part A pharmacist in Ontario.

Residents must be licensed as a pharmacist at the earliest possible opportunity during their program and must be licensed prior to awarding a residency certificate.

Acceptance into the program by the Hospital Pharmacy Residency Forum of Ontario on recommendation by the CPRB PRAMS.

Organization

Type: Academic Hospital

Number of Beds: 1200+

Sites: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre - Bayview Campus possibly others depending on clinical rotations.

Affiliation: University of Toronto

Graduates

2023-2024	Melissa Hubscher Noor Shahab Leona Spasik
2022-2023	Jenna-Rose Melanson Camille Angle
2021-2022	Denielle Mara Shreeya Thakrar
2020-2021	Daniela Fernandes Linda (Xuan) Li
2019-2020	Siamak Badie Danielle Porter
2018-2019	Melika Bozorgi Kiasaraei Stephanie Rankin
2017-2018	Erin Bezzina Vivian Bui
2016-2017	Nathan Ma Jacqueline Brunton
2015-2016	Gloria Lau Michael Wan
2014-2015	Alexandra Cooper Melanie Cormier
2013-2014	Heather Bannerman Monique Potvin
2012-2013	Julia Maslikowska Francine Kwee
2011-2012	Julianne Kim Kaila MacMillan
2010-2011	Laura Schultz Diane Vella
2009-2010	Jennifer Do Lesley Palmay
2008-2009	Marion Visser Heather Moon
2007-2008	Francesca Le Piane Lindsay van de Vijsel
2006-2007	Laura Tsang Emily Ng
2005-2006	Lisa Zhu Ravinder Minhas
2004-2005	Romina Marchesano Jennifer Korman
2003-2004	Ami Kamdar
2002-2003	Samantha Yau George Banman
2001-2002	Stephanie Ong Sharon Yeung
1999-2000	Jennifer Drynan
1998-1999	Marisa Battistella Natalie Schinners
1997-1998	Ann Tran Garth Yelland
1996-1997	Katherine Nabzdyk Angie Wong
1995-1996	Anne Nguyen Angie Giotis
1994-1995	Sayeh Radpay Tracey Lawson
1993-1994	Bill Perks Mary Helen Keane
1992-1993	Taffik Choudhury Chris Usaty
1991-1992	Todd Spencer Nancy Fritsch
1990-1991	Debbie Kwan Pina Morra
1989-1990	Carrie Fung Benita Birkhans
1988-1989	Dave Gardiner Fran Paradiso
1987-1988	Patti Madorin Beth Geisberger
1986-1987	Sandra Lynch Barb Gobis Toni Karsikas
1985-1986	Diane Hindman Sandra Knowles Sharon Yamashita John Dorsey
1984-1985	Camille Lemieux Vida Stankus Mary Vecchio
1983-1984	Cindy Girvan Lynne Levesque Jana Lazor
1982-1983	Leanne Krekorian Judy Carter Lee Dupuis
1981-1982	Carlo DeAngelis Joanne Willoughby
1980-1981	Patti White Teresa Fabian
1979-1980	Brian Hardy Susan Fockler
1978-1979	David Edwards Andrea Broostad
1977-1978	Scott Walker
1976-1977	Karen Adamson Lauren (Flay) Charbonneau
1975-1976	William Cornish Elizabeth Crichton Velnis Muizniek
1974-1975	Donald Frazer Pearl Isaac
1973-1974	Edward Winkle Vera Smith