Cone Health Pharmacy Residency Program

More than 13,000 employees work throughout Cone Health’s comprehensive network of exceptional care. Cone Health has more than 150 locations, including six ambulatory care centers, three outpatient surgery centers, eight urgent care centers, two retirement communities, more than 120 physician practice sites, multiple centers of excellence, and five hospitals: Alamance Regional Medical Center (238 beds), Annie Penn Hospital (110 beds), Behavioral Health Hospital (80 beds), Moses Cone Hospital (628 beds), and Wesley Long Hospital (175 beds). Together, we offer a seamless continuum of lifesaving and life-enhancing care while providing an exemplary environment conducive to pharmacy and medical residency learning. Through association with Piedmont Area Health Education Center (AHEC) and the Schools of Medicine at UNC, Duke, and Wake Forest, we provide residency training for physicians in family practice, internal medicine, sports medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, emergency medicine, and psychiatry. 

The current strategic plan of keeping the patient at the center of all decisions has transformed the culture of the organization and elevated performance to the highest levels. We are also committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) by partnering with people inside and outside of our organization to ensure that we are embedding DEI into everything we do. Our progress on this journey is a deep reflection of our promise to be right here with all those we serve. You can find out more about our DEI strategic priorities. 

Cone Health is Great Place to Work-Certified which recognizes exceptional employee experience. Within our state, Cone Health is recognized by Forbes as a Best-in-State Employer and Moses Cone Hospital was included on Business North Carolina's best hospitals in the state. Cone Health hospitals have been recognized as high-performing by U.S. News & World Report and are nationally recognized for patient safety by Leapfrog. Cone Health maintains nationally recognized certifications in heart failure, chest pain management, atrial fibrillation, stroke, oncology, orthopedics, trauma, and bariatric surgery. 

Our integrated multi-campus pharmacy division works as a strategic partner with providers to drive medication-related evidence-based clinical care decisions and business outcomes. We educate all members of the clinical team on appropriate and safe medication use. Pharmacists are active participants in the Cone Health Centers of Excellence in cardiology, oncology, neurosciences, behavioral health, and women’s health. Decentralized, service-based pharmacists integrate obtaining electronic medication admission histories and pharmaceutical care with managing drug therapy; teaching patients, pharmacy learners, and physicians; and conducting research in HIV, oncology, critical care, and cardiology. Projects for the upcoming year include optimizing pharmacy operations in our state-of-the-art facility, enhancing robotics in the sterile products area, implementing Lean principles intended to reduce waste and improve patient experiences, advancing collaborative pharmacist-physician practice throughout our system-wide specialty pharmacy division, and expanding meds-to-bed transitions of care program. Cone Health pharmacy departments offer PGY2 residency training in cardiology, critical care, infectious diseases, oncology, pediatrics, and a PGY1/PGY2 health-system pharmacy administration and leadership program that grants an M.S. degree from the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy. 

Cone Health combines the best features of innovation and education from its many teaching programs with the atmosphere of a community hospital setting. You will find Greensboro to be a warm, community-focused city nestled in the lush beauty of North Carolina. The mountains are only two hours west and the coast only three hours east, providing weekend getaways within easy driving distance.