Program Director: Linda W. Kam, Pharm.D., BCPS. Click here to see Director's Biography.
Program Goal: Resident will learn the clinical role of a specialized pharmacist in an Infectious Diseases practice using a direct patient care model.
Core Areas of Practice
- Inpatient Infectious Disease consult service
- Critical care (Surgical, Medical, Cardiac)
- Internal medicine
- Polytrauma
- Nursing home
- Transplant, Burn (Tampa General Hospital)
- Bone Marrow Transplant, Oncology (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center)
- Outpatient Infectious Disease clinics including, but not limited to:
- HIV and HCV drug management
- Management of chronic infections
- Management of IV therapy in an outpatient/home based setting
- Public Health Initiatives (immunizations, screenings, etc.)
- Drug Policy Management in areas of Infectious Disease
- Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship program
- Infection Control activities
- Foundations in microbiology laboratory
Available Electives
- Tampa General Hospital (4 weeks)
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center (4 weeks)
- Hillsborough County Health Department (4 weeks)
Dr. Tomasz Z. Jodlowski who completed the PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency at James A. Haley VA Hospital in 2005-2006, published an article in the AJHP of Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency in 2007. Click here to read the article and his personal perspective