Auburn Medical Center Pharmacy Residency

About the program

MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (MAMC) is a non-profit medical center with 195 beds located twenty-six miles south of Seattle. It is part of the MultiCare Health System (MHS). MAMC offers South King County residents a wide range of medical expertise including intensive/critical care, stroke and cardiac services, emergency department, medical surgical, psychiatric care, and ambulatory sites such as oncology, family practice and anticoagulation clinics. MAMC supports a physician family practice residency program. MAMC has been awarded the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s 2025 “Get with the Guidelines” Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.

Meet our team

Yazmin Chan, PharmD, BCPS,
Residency Program Director

Preceptor: Drug Information Formulary Management

Hometown: Puyallup, WA Pharmacy
School: Pacific University
Residency: PGY-1 at Providence St. Peter Hospital
Practicing at MultiCare since 2016
Hobbies: reading, playing piano or ukulele, painting

Sanjin Alajbegovic, PharmD, BCPS

Preceptor: Emergency Medicine and Drug Information

Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Pharmacy School: University of Washington
Residency: PGY-1 at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital
Practicing at MultiCare since 2012.
Hobbies: Traveling, learning languages, spending time with friends and family

Yun Yee Arleen Chong, PharmD

Preceptor: Critical Care

Hometown: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Pharmacy School: Creighton University
Residency: PGY-1 at Alegent Health Bergan Mercy Medical Center, Creighton School of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Practicing at MultiCare since 2007.
Hobbies: Museums, painting, reading, hiking and traveling

Karen Crabb, RPh

Preceptor: IV admixture (USP 797) and central Operations

Hometown: Renton, WA
Pharmacy School: University of Washington
Practicing at MultiCare since 2003
Hobbies: Scuba diving, traveling, wood working

Maninder Kaur, RPh

Preceptor: Staffing

Hometown: India
Pharmacy School: St. John Pharmacy School (Bangalore, India)
Practicing at MultiCare since 2012
Hobbies: Painting, drawing, cooking, volunteering for educational and medical necessity overseas. Member of Public Health Reserve Corp

Tien Vu, PharmD, BCPS

Preceptor: Medical Surgical

Hometown: Renton, WA
Pharmacy School: University of Washington
Residency: PGY-1 at Tripler Army Medical Center
Practicing at MultiCare since 2013
Hobbies: Traveling, photography, rock climbing , reading, playing with my dog

Cassie Zhang, PharmD, BCPS, SIDP

Preceptor: Antimicrobial Stewardship

Hometown: Yinchuan, China
Pharmacy School: University of Washington
Residency: PGY-1 at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital
Practicing at MultiCare since 2013
Hobbies: Travel photography and more recently baby photography, trip planning, baking sweets, swimming, watching all things Marvel, being a muggle

Benjamin Chan, PharmD

Preceptor: Central Pharmacy Operations

Hometown: Auburn, WA
Pharmacy School: University of Florida
Practicing at MultiCare since 2012.
Hobbies: Swimming, biking, hiking

Alyssa Khauv, PharmD

Preceptor: Behavioral Health

Hometown: Bellevue, WA
Pharmacy School: University of Washington
Practicing at MultiCare since 2022
Hobbies: Travelling, hand lettering, puzzles, trying new foods

Neilsen Gazo

Hometown: Waipahu, HI
Pharmacy School: Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy (University of Hawai‘i at Hilo)
Hobbies: Exploring the beautiful hiking trails of the Pacific Northwest, staying active at the gym, playing guitar and piano, and occasionally watching anime

Emma Malone

Hometown: San Jose, California
Pharmacy School: University of Washington
Hobbies: Hiking, yoga, baking, watching romance movies, road trips

How to apply

Application deadline: January 5, 2026
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center PGY1 Pharmacy Residency
PhORCAS & NMS program number = 281113

Eligible candidates will be a graduate (prior or anticipated) of an ACPE-accredited college of pharmacy or Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Committee (FPGEC) certificate and is licensed or eligible for licensure in Washington State. They must satisfy eligibility requirements for employment including acceptable results on a pre-employment drug screen and background check. Please note that MultiCare does not sponsor work visas.

Applicants must register to participate in the ASHP Residency Matching Program. Application materials will be submitted in PhORCAS and include:

Letter of intent
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Three letters of reference
Official transcripts of all professional pharmacy education from an ACPE-accredited pharmacy degree program or FPGEC program

Questions?

For more information on the Auburn Medical Center Residency, please email [email protected]

Want to learn more? Download our Pharmacy Residency Manual.