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Erin McCreary, PharmD
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ID Pharmacist & Director of Infectious Diseases Improvement, UPMC 👩‍⚕️🏥
President, SIDP 🦠
Host, Breakpoints 🎶
Nora’s mom 🐶
Passionate about travel, food, Pittsburgh, and our patients
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Register now for the SIDP & SHEA’s joint webinar on Dec 16 at 3pm ET. We’ll cover the state of the industry and how our organizations are collaborating to strengthen stewardship and infection prevention for the communities we serve.

Free registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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featuring @sidpharm.bsky.social member Krista Gens as a Chair for this amazing webinar! tune in today! #idsky #amrsky
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💊Be sure to join the first webinar of our 4-part series leading up to World AMR Awareness Week 2025. This opening event next Tues, 28 Oct will explore #AMR in conflict and crisis zones diving into the geopolitical facet of combating AMR.

Register today: https://ow.ly/uPJG50XfpK3

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October 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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🎙️ Just published: Communicable E38: Why do you have to be so complicated? The 2025...

Hosted by @angelahuttner.bsky.social & @erinmccreary.bsky.social

w/ invited guests: Barbara Trautner @bwtrautner.bsky.social & Valéry Lavergne

Listen on Communicable:

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Communicable E38: Why do you have to be so complicated? The 2025 IDSA Complicated UTI Guidelines
In this episode of Communicable, Erin McCreary and Angela Huttner are...
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October 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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The 2nd #Communicable & #Breakpoints collaboration drops on 19 Sept! Hosts @angelahuttner.bsky.social & @erinmccreary.bsky.social invite BALANCE trial leads Nick Daneman & Robert Fowler to discuss everything from the trial's humble start to its meteoric impact in clinical practice.
#IDSky #clinmicro
Screenshot of Communicable & Breakpoints hosts Erin McCreary & Angela Huttner with guests Rob Fowler and Nick Daneman.
September 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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🎙️ Just published: Commun...

Hosted by @angelahuttner.bsky.social & @erinmccreary.bsky.social

w/ invited guests: Nick Daneman & Rob Fowler (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)

Listen on @sidpharm.bsky.social: https://sidp.pinecast.co/

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Communicable E36: Finding BALANCE in antibiotic durations—the BALANCE trial
In this second-ever collaboration between SIDP’s Breakpoints and...
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September 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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📣 New #Communicable drops Mon 8 Sep! @angelahuttner.bsky.social & @erinmccreary.bsky.social host titans of the #vaccines world, Barney Graham & Gary Kobinger for a discussion on vaccines, including their current projects, value of public perception & their hopes for the future...🎙️

#IDSky #clinmicro
September 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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🎙️ Just published a new #Communicable episode: Communicable E35: From...

Hosted by Angela Huttner @angelahuttner.bsky.social
Erin McCreary @erinmccreary.bsky.social

with invited guests:
Barney Graham (Atlanta, USA)
Gary Kobinger (Galveston, USA)

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Communicable E35: From Ebola to COVID-19 - Graham and Kobinger on building vaccines
In this episode of Communicable, Angela Huttner and Erin McCreary invite...
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September 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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🚀 It's official! We are launching an open call for editorial fellows to join us at #CMIComms and #Communicable. Everything you need to know: www.cmi-comms.org/article/S295...

🌱 Join our journey as we grow the journal and podcast! Apply by 15 Sept!

#IDSky #clinmicro #MedSky
CMI Communications: An open call for editorial fellows to grow—and grow with—the journal and Communicable
As it enters its second year of life, CMI Communications (CMI Comms) is pleased to follow the excellent example of its sister journal, Clinical Microbiology and Infection [1], and launch its first edi...
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July 31, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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Thrilled to share my team is recruiting for TWO full-time pharmacists to start an innovative program at UPMC that essentially stewards the ID consult service. Report to me, WFH and schedule flexibility, best team ever.

#idsky #amssky #pharmsky

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Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, UPMC
Apply for Clinical Pharmacist Specialist at UPMC
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July 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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#TeachId #idsky #idmeded #meded #stewardship #antibiotics #idfellows #idfellowship Antibiotic Myths: one of my fav episode: great for new ID learners/faculty podcasts.apple.com/gr/podcast/w... @erinmccreary.bsky.social @jgpharmd.bsky.social
Who You Gonna Call? Mythbusters! Antibiotic Myths for Infectious Diseases Clinicians
Podcast Episode · Breakpoints · 15/09/2023 · 1h 1m
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July 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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so energized and excited to share that @sidpharm.bsky.social is partnering with @mad-id.bsky.social to bring you a pharmacist-led annual spring meeting to meet the needs of our members and associated medical professional friends. save the date for May 14-17, 2026 💙💜 #idsky #amssky
July 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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the first ever @sidpharm.bsky.social and @escmid.bsky.social PK PD workshop is in full swing and it’s AMAZING

so many brilliant minds in this room with the highest quality presentations

#idsky #medsky #amssky
June 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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It's here! The inaugural PKPD Workshop starts today. Thank you to our gold and silver level sponsors for making this workshop happen.

Post your pictures of yourself/friends while at the conference! We love to see our members actively learning and networking.
June 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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🎙️ Just published a new #Communicable episode: Communicable E28: Late-breaker trials at ESCMID Global: Should they change ...

Hosted by Josh Davis @gurujosh.bsky.social
Erin McCreary @erinmccreary.bsky.social
Emily McDonald @dremilymcd.bsky.social

Listen here:

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Communicable E28: Late-breaker trials at ESCMID Global: Should they change your practice? - part 2
Editors of CMI Comms, Josh Davis, Erin McCreary and Emily McDonald...
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June 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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📣The next #Communicable drops Mon, 2 June! CMI Comms editors Josh Davis @gurujosh.bsky.social, @erinmccreary.bsky.social & @dremilymcd.bsky.social return for round 2 discussing key late-breaker trials presented at #ESCMIDGlobal & whether they should change your practice 🔍

#IDSky #clinmicro #MedSky
May 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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an absolutely crazy week capped off with an NDM and an OXA-48 at two different community hospitals seems like the perfect way to say happy (belated) ID pharmacists day to the best and coolest humans out there @sidpharm.bsky.social. I love this job so much 😍
May 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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To kick off a new series ID/AMS Reading Lists series, SIDP is here to help you "Hit 'Em with Your Best Nudge"! Check out this noticeable (and unnoticed) nudge comments in AMS! #IDSky #rxsky #pharmsky #AMSsky #medsky #SIDP #EvidenceBasedMedicine #IDPharmacy #Microbiology #Nudge #NudgeComments
May 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Happy ID Pharmacist's Day! Thanks to everyone who shared their story with us! Congrats to the Share Your Story winner, Eva Littringer, and our runner-up, Aleena Issac!

Pharmacists lead innovation in ID & make a huge impact on patient care! Don't forget to join us today from 12-1PMEST to celebrate!
May 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Implementing microlearning via ABX Pearls emailed to clinicians and trainees weekly at our hospital. 81% reported an impact on their practice, across multiple stewardship domains. 👇🏻

Library here:
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#IDPharmacistsDay #medEd #AMSsky
May 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Q4: Very curious to see where AI takes ASP efforts in the future.
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May 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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🆕 Episode of #Breakpoints:

Drs. Amy Crockett, Ben Ereshefsky, & Pamela Bailey join Dr. Julie Ann Justo to discuss new treatment strategies for management of intraamniotic infections. Is it time to move away from amp + gent + clinda?

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May 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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📅 Today is #IDPharmacistsDay! 🦠 This day recognizes the importance of ID pharmacists and the contributions they make to patient care. Thank you for all you do! 👏 @sidpharm.bsky.social

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#SIDPAdvocacy, #FutureOfIDPharmacy, #PharmacistsLeadingChange
May 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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🎙️ Just published a new #Communicable episode: Communicable E27: Late-breaker trials...

Hosted by Marc Bonten @marcbonten.bsky.social
Josh Davis @gurujosh.bsky.social
Erin McCreary @erinmccreary.bsky.social
Emily McDonald @dremilymcd.bsky.social

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Communicable E27: Late-breaker trials at ESCMID Global: Should they change your practice? - part 1
This episode of Communicable takes on a special format where editors of...
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May 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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I really can't stress enough just how critical ID pharmacists are in improving patient care

Over 6 months, 10 ID pharmacists were "curbsided" w/ 1,518 Qs, 3/4 from ID attendings

89% of answers led to changes in management!!!

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You’ve Got a Friend in Me: Curbside Questions Infectious Diseases Clinicians Ask Infectious Diseases Pharmacists
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May 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The next #Communicable episode drops Monday, 19 May! CMI Comms editors @marcbonten.bsky.social @gurujosh.bsky.social @erinmccreary.bsky.social & @dremilymcd.bsky.social discuss key latebreaker trials presented at #ESCMIDGlobal & whether they should change your practice 🔍

#IDSky #MedSky #clinmicro
May 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM