Erin K. McCreary, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP
Director of Stewardship Innovation, Infectious Disease Connect; Director of Infectious Diseases Improvement and Clinical Research Innovation, UPMC; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Erin McCreary, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP is a Clinical Assistant Professor within the University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and an Infectious Diseases Clinical Pharmacist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and ID Connect, Inc. She received her PharmD from the Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy and completed her PGY1 Pharmacy and PGY2 Infectious Diseases residencies at the University of Wisconsin Health.
Dr. McCreary currently leads the UPMC System COVID-19 Therapeutics Committee and serves as a co-investigator for a global, adaptive, COVID-19 clinical trial. She has published more than 20 peer-reviewed manuscripts. In addition, she has co-authored nearly 40 abstracts at national and international scientific meetings. She has served the profession in numerous roles including most recently: member of ASM Microbe Planning Committee and chair of the SIDP Publications and Podcast committee.
Her practice interests include infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship, antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic optimization, recommending cefazolin, and convincing people to get vaccinated. She is also passionate about professional leadership, mentorship, and preceptorship.
