Pharmacy Residency Program – Bristol

About Ballad Health and Bristol Regional

Bristol Regional Medical Center is a community teaching hospital licensed for 348 beds. It offers a comprehensive range of services for the region. The hospital is a level III trauma center, a nationally certified stroke center offering around-the-clock neurological coverage, and a certified joint center.

Bristol Regional is part of Ballad Health, which is an integrated community health improvement organization serving 29 counties of the Appalachian Highlands in Northeast Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, Northwest North Carolina, and Southeast Kentucky. The health system includes 21 hospitals.

The mission of Ballad Health is to honor those we serve by delivering the best possible care. We have a vision to build a legacy of superior health by listening to and caring for those we serve.

About the pharmacy

The Bristol Regional pharmacy is a full service inpatient pharmacy with a staff of 31 pharmacists and 33 technicians.

Pharmacy services provided at Bristol Regional include:

  • Decentralized clinical monitoring and rounding
  • Pharmacokinetic dosing service
  • Anticoagulation therapy management
  • Sterile compounding
  • Outpatient infusion services
  • Education to nursing and physician staff

The pharmacy department is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In addition, the Bristol Regional pharmacy is responsible for order verification for surrounding hospitals that do not have 24/7 pharmacist coverage.

Bristol Regional serves as an introductory and advanced practice site for East Tennessee State University’s Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy and Appalachian College of Pharmacy.

Learn about wide range of learning experiences offered by the pharmacy residency program.

Residency benefits

Bristol Regional’s program offers competitive salaries and a wide range of benefits, including availability of medical, pharmacy, dental and vision coverage. A variety of other offerings are also included in Ballad’s extensive benefits package.

Highlights of the benefits available for pharmacy residents include:

  • $41,600 stipend
  • 403-B retirement plan
  • PTO (paid time off) plan
  • Health, dental and vision insurance
  • Paid travel allowance for professional meetings
  • Professional development opportunities

Educational leadership

Residency Program Director – Abby Singleton, PharmD, BCPS

Abby Singleton is an internal medicine clinical pharmacist at Bristol Regional. She is also a co-funded faculty member at East Tennessee State University’s Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy.

Dr. Singleton obtained her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Ohio Northern University. She completed her PGY1 at Saint Joseph East in Lexington, KY, and her PGY2 at East Tennessee State University in internal medicine with a focus in academia.

Other preceptors

  • Robert Bailey, RPh
  • Brandy Combs, PharmD
  • Brandi Dahl, PharmD, BCPS
  • Cindy Guthrie, RPh
  • Ann Hylton, PharmD, BCPS
  • Dustin Mabe, PharmD
  • Gerry Miller, PharmD
  • Lou Testerman, PharmD, BCPS
  • Jennifer Trotter, PharmD
  • Jeff Watkins, PharmD
  • Kristen Wood, PharmD, BCPS

Bristol and the Tri-Cities region

Bristol is part of the growing Tri-Cities region of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, which offers an abundance of exciting cultural and recreational outdoor activities while maintaining its mountain heritage and small-town charm.

Low costs of living and a strategic location within a day’s drive of 70 percent of the population of the U.S. make the Tri-Cities region the perfect place to start your pharmacy career.

Learn more

For more information and additional resources, including how to apply for the pharmacy residency program at Bristol Regional: