The Pharmacy Residency Programs at Endeavor Health NorthShore Hospitals (an operating division of Endeavor Health Clinical Operations) develop well-rounded, compassionate pharmacists through rigorous training, dedicated mentorship and hands-on clinical experience in diverse practice settings. Our six ASHP-accredited programs offer broad exposure to patient care, informatics, ambulatory services, oncology, leadership and research across four hospitals and specialty clinics.
PGY1 Purpose
PGY1 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and outcomes to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives. Residents who successfully complete PGY1 residency programs will be skilled in diverse patient care, practice management, leadership, and education, and be prepared to provide patient care, seek board certification in pharmacotherapy (i.e., BCPS), and pursue advanced education and training opportunities including postgraduate year two (PGY2) residencies.
PGY2 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.
Endeavor Health NorthShore Hospitals offers six pharmacy residency programs:
- PGY1 Pharmacy
- PGY1 Community-Based Pharmacy
- PGY1/PGY2 Informatics Pharmacy
- PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy
- PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership
- PGY2 Pharmacogenomics
Each program is designed to cultivate highly competent practitioners prepared for board certification and career advancement in clinical, community and/or administrative pharmacy settings. Residents have experiences at Evanston, Glenbrook, Highland Park, and Skokie Hospitals throughout the 52-week residency year. Travel between sites is the responsibility of the resident.
Residents benefit from:
- A collaborative academic environment
- Diverse patient populations across inpatient and ambulatory settings
- Access to cutting-edge pharmacogenomics, informatics and oncology services
- Direct mentorship from board-certified pharmacists
- Teaching certificate programs and student preceptorship
- Opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration
Open house
Learn more about our pharmacy residency programs via open conversation.
Upcoming Endeavor Health pharmacy residency open house events:
- Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025: 5-6 pm CST (PGY2 Oncology, Virtual)
- Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025: 5-7 pm CST (PGY2 Pharmacogenomics, Virtual)
- Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025: 5-7 pm CST (Live at Glenbrook Hospital)
- Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025: 5-6 pm CST (PGY1 programs, Virtual)
- Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025: 12-4 pm CST (PGY2 Oncology, Virtual)
- Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025: 5-6:30 pm CST (All programs, Virtual)
To sign up and receive directions and login information, contact Hina Patel, PharmD, BCPS at hina.patel [at] endeavorhealth.org (hina[dot]patel[at]endeavorhealth[dot]org).
Program structure & curriculum
- Required Learning Experiences (5 weeks unless otherwise noted):
- Orientation (6weeks)
- Hospital Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Critical Care
- Emergency Medicine
- Surgery
- Pharmacy Administration
- Electives Learning Experiences (select 2) (5 weeks):
- Ambulatory care
- Cardiology
- Cardiac ICU
- Infectious Disease Consult
- Informatics
- Investigational Drug Service
- Medication Safety
- Neonatology
- Oncology/Hematology
- Pain
- Pharmacogenomics
- Longitudinal Learning Experiences:
- Teaching certificate
- Service Commitment (staffing)
- Drug Policy
- Medication Safety
- Longitudinal Project
- Staffing:
- Inpatient pharmacy: 2 shifts every other weekend (days/evenings), 3 major holidays, 12 weekdays throughout the year
- Number of positions: 10 (candidates will be matched to a home hospital (EV-3; GB-4; HP-3), but rotations can be at any of the Endeavor Health NorthShore Hospitals sites)
- Start date: 06/29/2026
- Required Longitudinal Learning Experiences:
- Anticoagulation Clinic
- Population Management
- General Medicine
- Pharmacy Management
- Patient-Centered Dispensing (Staffing)
- Heart Failure Clinic
- Medication Safety
- Major Project
- Medication Use Evaluation/Quality Improvement Project
- Professional Development and Personal Wellness
- Medication Management
- CardioDiabetes Clinic
- Teaching Certificate Program
- Required Concentrated Learning Experiences:
- Orientation
- Oncology (outpatient clinical review and infusion)
- Elective Learning Experiences:
- Pharmacy Administration
- Transitions of Care
- Community engagement:
- Health and wellness screenings
- Vaccination clinics
- Medication Take-back events
- Staffing:
- Hospital outpatient pharmacies:
- One weekday per week and every other Saturday. During the weekday staffing shifts, the resident will typically staff at their home site. During the weekend staffing shifts, the residents will rotate among the outpatient pharmacies.
- In addition, the resident will staff two to three full weeks during the year.
- The resident is expected to work a minimum of 59 staffing shifts during the residency year.
- While staffing, the resident is responsible for all aspects of pharmaceutical care.
- For one quarter of the residency year, the resident may staff 2 days per week and every other weekend.
- Hospital outpatient pharmacies:
- Number of positions: 3 (home-based at Glenbrook Hospital)
- Start date: 06/29/2026
- Required Learning Experiences:
- Orientation
- Ambulatory EHR and Ambulatory Pharmacy Applications & Technology
- Clinical Decision Support
- Database and Applications
- Integrated Electronic Healthcare Record
- Major Project
- Medication Ordering
- Pharmacy Operations and Technology
- Reporting and Analytics
- Service Commitment
- Training and User Support
- Elective Learning Experiences:
- Medication Safety
- Oncology Pharmacy Informatics
- Pharmacy Informatics Administration
- Staffing:
- Inpatient pharmacy:
- Year 1: see PGY1 Pharmacy.
- Year 2: 1 weekend per month plus 12 floating shifts plus 2 holidays Longitudinal service commitment in informatics projects.
- Inpatient pharmacy:
- Number of positions:
- Combined 2 year program:
- Year 1: 1
- Year 2: 1
- Combined 2 year program:
- Start date:
- Same as PGY1 Pharmacy for Year 1
- Year 2 starts immediately following completion of Year 1
- Required Learning Experiences:
- Orientation
- Breast Cancer
- GI Cancers
- Genitourinary Cancers
- Gynecologic Cancers
- Hematologic Cancers
- Head Neck Lung Cancers
- Neuro-oncology
- Sarcomas
- Skin Cancers
- Longitudinal Learning Experiences:
- Drug Use and Safety
- Pharmacogenomics and Precision Medicine in Oncology
- Research
- Service Commitment (staffing)
- Symptom Management
- Teaching
- Staffing:
- Cancer Center infusion pharmacy: Two days a week, which includes 1-2 days a month in the oral chemotherapy monitoring clinic.
- Number of positions: 1
- Start date: 07/06/2026
- Required Learning Experiences:
- Orientation
- Pharmacy Operations and Technology
- Ambulatory-Outpatient Services
- Inpatient Clinical services
- Medication Safety
- Residency Coordination
- Longitudinal Learning Experiences:
- Finance and Resource Management
- Pharmacy Informatics
- Health System Administration
- Drug Policy
- Major Project
- Staffing:
- 1 weekend per month plus 12 floating shifts plus 2 holidays.
- On-call manager responsibilities monthly.
- Number of positions: 1
- Start date: 07/06/2026
- Required Experiences (concentrated rotations):
- Orientation
- Clinical Operations
- Clinical Decision Support and Informatics
- Internal Medicine
- PGx Administration and Leadership
- Pain Management
- Required Longitudinal Experiences:
- Pharmacogenomic Stewardship
- Academia and Education
- Major Project
- Elective Experiences:
- Oncology and Target Molecular Therapy
- Psychiatry
- Vascular medicine
- Community pharmacy
- Genetic medicine
- Bioinformatics
- Staffing: Coverage of PGx clinic and Precision Medicine consults
- Number of positions: 1
- Start date: 07/06/2026
Eligibility
- Graduate of an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)-accredited PharmD program or FPGEC certificate holder from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) prior to the start date of the residency program. At a minimum, the program must be a five-year pharmacy degree program.
- Licensed or eligible for pharmacist licensure in Illinois
- PGY2 applicants must have completed an ASHP-accredited PGY1 residency prior to the first day of residency and submit proof of completion. PGY2 programs may early commit candidates from within the PGY1 programs.
- All candidates must also be able to work legally as a full-time salaried employee in the United States on their own accord. Any visas that the candidate has must be inclusive of all days in the residency year, and it is the responsibility of the candidate to maintain active legal status. All residency candidates will need to supply documents as requested on Form I-9 (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) prior to hire.
- This residency site agrees that no person at this site will solicit, accept, or use any ranking-related information from any residency applicant.
Application requirements
Submit the following via PhORCAS:
- Personal statement (tailored to the specific program, including why applying to this program, how training will be used in the future, and characteristics unique to the candidate). Address the letter to the Residency Program Director name, Endeavor Health NorthShore Hospitals, 2650 Ridge Ave, Evanston, IL 60201.
- Three letters of recommendation (PhORCAS form) (including one from a clinical preceptor and one from an employer, preferably a pharmacist).
- CV with rotations by date, name/type, location, preceptor name, and experience details, including future scheduled rotations. Include titles and locations/audiences of presentations and publications where appropriate.
- Pharmacy school transcript with grades and current GPA
- ASHP Match registration
Deadlines
- PGY1 Pharmacy: January 5
- PGY1 Community-Based Pharmacy: January 5
- PGY1/PGY2 Informatics, PGY2 Oncology, PGY2 HSPAL, PGY2 Pharmacogenomics: see ASHP Directory listing for specific date
Interview timelines
- Interviews held January–March (varies by program)
Training occurs across pharmacy settings at multiple campuses and specialized centers at Endeavor Health NorthShore Hospitals:
- Evanston Hospital
- Glenbrook Hospital
- Highland Park Hospital
- Skokie Hospital
- Teaching experiences at Rosalind Franklin University
Residency Program Directors:
- Hina Patel, PharmD, BCPS – PGY1 Pharmacy
- Ksenia Hankewych, PharmD – PGY1 Community-Based
- Lynn Boecler, PharmD, MS – PGY1/2 Informatics
- Jeff Thiel, PharmD, MS – PGY2 HSPAL
- Wendy Hui, PharmD, BCOP – PGY2 Oncology
- Dyson Wake, PharmD, BCPS – PGY2 Pharmacogenomics
Our programs share over 65 preceptors who mentor pharmacy residents for each experience. Typically, each preceptor has one resident at a time for concentrated experiences within a layered learning model.
Life as a resident
From competitive stipends and wellness benefits to hands-on learning and a supportive culture, our residency programs are structured to help you thrive both professionally and personally. Resident experiences are scheduled with resident preferences in mind. Projects and presentations are required throughout the year. Residents from different programs may work with each other occasionally to accomplish common learning or projects.
Pharmacy residents are full-time, salaried employees of Endeavor Health Clinical Operations. Salaries are highly competitive with other Chicago-area residency programs, with benefits including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, plus access to Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
Residents train at modern clinical sites including Evanston, Glenbrook, Highland Park and Skokie Hospitals. Facilities include onsite inpatient, outpatient, and infusion pharmacies and full Epic EMR integration across all settings. Free parking and remote access to resources are provided. A specified resident office space is available at each site.
All residents participate in academic days, teaching certificate programs (including precepting students) and longitudinal Quality Improvement or research projects. Program support is partially provided for attending conferences such as the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and the Illinois Pharmacy Resident Conference.
Pharmacy residents receive 22 days of paid time off (PTO) per year. Endeavor Health offers robust wellness resources to support emotional, physical and financial well-being, along with complimentary access to fitness facilities.
Free hospital-provided parking is available at all Endeavor Health sites. Training locations in Evanston, Glenview, Highland Park and Skokie are accessible by car or public transit from across the North Shore and Chicago.
For program-specific inquiries, contact the Residency Program Director:
- PGY1 Pharmacy: Hina Patel, PharmD, BCPS – hina.patel [at] endeavorhealth.org (hina[dot]patel[at]endeavorhealth[dot]org)
- PGY1 Community-Based Pharmacy: Ksenia Hankewych, PharmD– ksenia.hankewych [at] endeavorhealth.org (ksenia[dot]hankewych[at]endeavorhealth[dot]org)
- PGY1/2 Informatics Pharmacy: Lynn Boecler, PharmD, MS – lynn.boecler [at] endeavorhealth.org (lynn[dot]boecler[at]endeavorhealth[dot]org)
- PGY2 HSPAL: Jeff Thiel, PharmD, BCOP – jeff.thiel [at] endeavorhealth.org
- PGY2 Oncology: Wendy Hui, PharmD, BCOP – yingciwendy.hui [at] endeavorhealth.org (yingciwendy[dot]hui[at]endeavorhealth[dot]org)
- PGY2 Pharmacogenomics: Dyson Wake, PharmD, BCPS – dyson.wake [at] endeavorhealth.org (dyson[dot]wake[at]endeavorhealth[dot]org)
Program Location
Evanston Hospital
2650 Ridge Ave.
Evanston, IL 60201
(Primary practice site for PGY1 Pharmacy and PGY2 programs; supporting practice site for PGY1 Community-Based Pharmacy)
Glenbrook Hospital
2100 Pfingsten Rd.
Glenview, IL 60026
(Primary practice site for PGY1 Community-Based Pharmacy; and supporting practice site for PGY1 Pharmacy and PGY2 programs)
Highland Park Hospital
777 Park Ave. West
Highland Park, IL 60035
(Supporting practice site for all programs)
Skokie Hospital
9600 Gross Point Rd.
Skokie, IL 60076
(Supporting practice site for all programs)
All residents complete a majority of their residency experiences at the primary practice site.
