System Pharmacy Coordinator – Antimicrobial Stewardship
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship
Residency Program Director, PGY2 Infectious Diseases Residency
MUSC Health
Mt Pleasant, SC, United States
Krutika Mediwala Hornback has a Bachelor's degree in Genetics from Clemson University, attained a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the South Carolina College of Pharmacy, and completed her PGY1 and PGY2 Infectious Diseases residencies at the University of Kentucky Healthcare. She has been involved in and holds multiple leadership roles in the ACCP ID PRN, Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP), and ASHP New Practitioner Workgroups. After residency she joined Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge in Columbia, SC as their inaugural ID/Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Pharmacist where she had the unique opportunity to build a stewardship program at a community hospital under the guidance of and affiliation with established ID/Antimicrobial Stewardship mentors. In her current role at MUSC Health, she is engaged in coordinating system-wide antimicrobial stewardship initiatives throughout the MUSC Health enterprise, clinical infectious diseases/antimicrobial stewardship practices, academia, leadership, and trainee education and is the current ID PGY2 program director. Her areas of interest include stewardship expansion, beta-lactam allergy desensitization, and Gram-negative mechanisms of resistance. Krutika’s interests outside of pharmacy include trying various cuisines, wildlife conservation, traveling, health and fitness, snowboarding, and spending time with family and friends, and her pup.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
94 - A Day With the Stewardship Pager
Thursday, October 17, 2024
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM US PT
Friday, October 18, 2024
10:42 AM – 10:54 AM US PT