Rebekah Torchon, PharmD

Rebekah T., PharmD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, where she teaches psychiatric pharmacy courses and facilitates journal clubs and clinical skills laboratories. In addition to her academic role, she maintains a clinical practice site at Eastern Shore Hospital Center, a state psychiatric hospital in Maryland. There, she is helping develop the institution’s first advanced-practice pharmacist role, working closely with interdisciplinary teams to enhance psychiatric medication management and patient outcomes.

Dr. Rebekah’s clinical focus centers on psychiatric pharmacy, with particular expertise in antipsychotic therapeutic monitoring and clozapine management, including ANC monitoring. She provides nursing and patient education, offers evidence-based clinical recommendations to providers, and contributes to policy alignment and formulary oversight through committee work, including participation in the PNC committee. Her professional philosophy emphasizes lifelong learning, collaborative practice, and advancing pharmacy’s role within mental health care systems.

She completed her PGY1 pharmacy residency at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, followed by a PGY2 residency in psychiatric pharmacy at Eskenazi Health in collaboration with Purdue University. Dr. Rebekah earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and holds a Master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences from Liberty University. An active member of the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP), she remains committed to clinical scholarship, mentorship, and the continued advancement of psychiatric pharmacy practice.

• University of Maryland Eastern Shore - Doctor's Degree, Pharmacy
• Liberty University - Master's degree, Biomedical Sciences, General
• Pharmacy Intern - CVS Pharmacy · Part-time
• PGY-1 Pharmacy Resident - University of Rochester Medical Center
• PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Resident - Eskenazi Health

• AAPP