Residents

PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency

Prisma Health Richland Hospital – University of South Carolina

Current resident

July 2020–June 2021

Carrie Ellison, PharmD

Carrie Ellison is from Auburn, Alabama and received her Doctor of Pharmacy at Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy. She completed her PGY-1 residency at Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama. She chose to pursue a second year residency in internal medicine at Prisma Health Richland Hospital due to the supportive preceptors, positive learning environment, and multiple opportunities to prepare her to be a well-rounded clinician. Her long-term career goals include working as an internal medicine clinical pharmacist where she is able to participate in the care for patients with a variety of disease states and precept students. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with friends and family, playing with her cat Belle, and trying new restaurants. 

Research projects:

• “Impact of pharmacist-led antibiotic discharge service of pneumonia readmission” (PGY1)
• “Evaluation of guideline-directed utilization of intravenous iron in patient with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in an inpatient setting” (PGY2)

Medication use evaluations:

• “Opioid discharging prescribing habits in non-surgical patient” (PGY1)
• “Evaluation of midodrine use for intradialytic hypotension” (PGY2)