Iowa City VA Health Care System

Pharmacy Residency Program - Iowa City

Program Overview

Iowa City VA's residency will provide a challenging and comprehensive program designed to improve the residents' clinical, educational, research, and practice management skills. The program will develop the residents' ability to transform accumulated knowledge and clinical experience into improved patient care.

The residency focus is in ambulatory care with experiences in anticoagulation clinic, geriatrics, lipid clinic, medication management, and primary care. Residents will also have the opportunity to gain experience in the areas of acute care, cardiology, general medicine, oncology, pain, psychiatry, and surgery. Besides clinical activities, the residents will participate in patient and staff education, present formal lectures and case discussions, and precept University of Iowa pharmacy clerkship students. In addition, residents will conduct a research project, present results, and produce a manuscript suitable for publication.

Program Information (bullets link to MS Word documents)

• General Program Information
• Application Procedures
• Description of Required Experiences
• Residency Preceptors Biographies 
• Current Residents Biographies
• Sample Resident Monthly Schedule

Contact Information

Residency Program Director

Nancee Waterbury, Pharm.D.
VA Medical Center
Pharmacy Service (119)
601 Hwy 6 West
Iowa City, Iowa 522462208
(319) 3380581
ext 5115
Fax: (319) 8874951
Email: nancee.waterbury@va.gov

Chief of Pharmacy

Kathy Rinehart, Pharm.D.
VA Medical Center
Pharmacy Service (119)
601 Hwy 6 West
Iowa City, Iowa 522462208
(319) 3380581
ext 5102
Fax: (319) 8874951