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Kate DeSear, PharmD, BCIDP, AAHIVP, FIDSA (she/her/hers)

Clinical Infectious Diseases Pharmacist
UF Health Shands Hospital
Gainesville, FL, United States

Kate DeSear, PharmD, BCIDP, AAHIVP, FIDSA is a clinical specialist in infectious diseases at UF Health Shands Hospital, an 1,162 bed academic medical center, and co-leads the antimicrobial stewardship program with the program’s physician director. She serves as the residency program director of the Infectious Diseases PGY-2 residency. She is also a clinical assistant professor at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy.

She received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Florida. She completed her pharmacy practice residency at Bay Pines Veterans Affairs Hospital and a specialty residency in infectious diseases at the University of Florida Shands Hospital. Her areas of interest include antimicrobial stewardship, novel stewardship measures relating antimicrobial use to clinical or process outcomes, and gram negative resistance.

She is an active member of IDSA, serving previously on the Recognitions and Awards Committee. She is also an active member of the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists and currently serves as the treasurer of the society.

Disclosure(s): AbbVie Inc: Advisor/Consultant (Terminated, May 10, 2024); Basilea Pharmaceutica: Advisor/Consultant (Terminated, July 1, 2023); GSK: Advisor/Consultant (Terminated, January 8, 2024); La Jolla (Entasis): Advisor/Consultant (Terminated, July 1, 2023); Melinta Therapuetics: Advisor/Consultant (Terminated, June 21, 2023)

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