Avella Specialty Pharmacy began as a single pharmacy in Scottsdale, Arizona in 1996. It has since expanded to become one of the fastest-growing healthcare companies in the nation, licensed in all 50 states with 2 central fill, 9 retail, and 2 503(b) compounding sites. Through it all, Avella has stayed true to our steadfast vision: facilitating a hands-on, patient and physician focused approach to the dynamic and growing arena of specialty pharmaceuticals. The ASHP-APhA accredited PGY1 Community Pharmacy Residency is a 12-month post-graduate program designed to provide a unique community practice environment to help develop expertise in Specialty Pharmacy.

The residency program is based at the National Distribution Center headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, with mild temperatures year-round that allow for sports, dining, festivals and outdoor activities nearly year round. This site offers a variety of patient care services to support chronic, complex specialty disease states such as: Oncology, Hepatitis C, HIV, Autoimmune (Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriasis, Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis and Lupus), Asthma, Pain and Fertility. Residents will work with clinical pharmacists, manufacturers, third party payors and other healthcare professionals to manage patient medication therapy and help to improve patient outcomes. 

Learning experiences include: Specialty Patient Care, Specialty Pharmacy Management (Managed Care, Industry, Regulatory and Executive), Staffing, rural HIV Ambulatory Clinic, Teaching (including teaching an elective class, working with APPE rotation interns, and obtaining a teaching certificate) and a Research Project.

Avella Specialty Pharmacy provides postgraduate training to pharmacists with a focus in specialty pharmacy to implement and expand existing clinical patient services, develop strategies for specialty pharmacy business and to become leaders within the pharmacy profession. The purpose of this PGY1 community residency is to prepare pharmacist clinician graduates to apply for specialty clinical patient care or business positions or pursue PGY2 training in an area of a specialty disease state.