About the Program
The PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency Program is based in Hartford Hospital, one of the largest teaching hospitals in New England. Residents will learn how to care for a variety of high acuity patients including special populations such as mechanical circulatory support and solid organ transplant. Expertise in critical care pharmacotherapy will be developed through core rotations in dedicated ICUs for cardiology, medicine, surgery, and neurology. Teaching skills will be harnessed through opportunities in precepting pharmacy residents and students, and providing didactic lectures to various healthcare providers. The program will prepare residents to practice as clinical specialists in critical care and serve as preceptors.
Residency Learning Experiences
Required
- Orientation
- Medical ICU I
- Medical ICU II
- Surgical ICU
- Cardiac Care Unit
- Cardiology II
- Neuro ICU
- Emergency Department
- Project
Required Longitudinal
- Research
- Staffing and Code Response – Every third weekend and 2 holiday shifts
Elective
- Repeat of a required rotation
- Infectious Disease
- Community critical care (Hospital of Central Connecticut)
- Toxicology
- ICU layered learning – PGY1 and student
- Build a service (float ICU)
Benefits
- Stipend: $61,624
- Eligible for health insurance
- 15 days paid time off, not including holidays
- Education days for ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress
- Free parking
Program Information
- ASHP Accreditation Status: Pre-Candidate
- Number of Positions: 1
- Start Date: July 13, 2026
Residency Program Director:
Miranda Raguindin, PharmD, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Critical Care
Miranda.Raguindin@hhchealth.org
Residency Program Coordinator:
Caitlyn Fraielli, PharmD, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Critical Care
Caitlyn.Fraielli@hhchealth.org
Application Information
- Application Deadline: January 5, 2026
- Applications should be submitted via the Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS) (link: https://portal.phorcas.org/)
Application requirements:
- Formal letter of intent
- A current curriculum vitae
- Three letters of recommendation (at least 2 from preceptors of PGY1 program)
- Official transcripts