Erin McCreary, PharmD, BCPS is an antimicrobial stewardship/infectious diseases clinical pharmacist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). Prior to joining the UPMC team, she worked as an adult and pediatric infectious diseases pharmacist and served as the Education and Development Coordinator for the University of Wisconsin (UW) Health, where she oversaw the training and professional growth of students, residents, and pharmacists. She received her PharmD from the Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy (War Eagle!) and completed her PGY1 Pharmacy and PGY2 Infectious Diseases residencies at UW Health.
Erin is a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist. She has served the pharmacy profession in numerous roles including: executive board member and committee chair of the ACCP ID Practice and Research Network, lead mentor for the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin Adherence Competence Collaborative, and member of the SIDP Inter-organizational Engagement committee, SIDP Social Media committee, and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Section of Inpatient Care Practitioners’ Advisory Group on Pharmacy Practice Experiences.
Her practice interests include infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship in immunocompromised hosts, antimicrobial resistance and combination therapies, antimicrobial pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic optimization, and convincing people to get vaccinated. She is also passionate about professional leadership, mentorship, and preceptorship.
You can find her on Twitter @erinmccreary
ARTICLES
An Antibiotic Study Table Comparing VRE Drugs: Daptomycin, Linezolid, and Tigecycline
So…You’re An APPE: A PGY1’s Reflection About The Road To Residency [article mentor]
Five Medication-Related Interventions Every Pharmacist Should Know About Clostridium Difficile
Five Little Things That Make A Big Difference In Professional Networking