Experts shed light on the latest updates in pneumococcal disease and vaccinations, including updated guideline recommendations, how to apply them to different patient populations, and innovations to increase pharmacist administration of vaccines and associated patient education.
Monica Mahoney, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, FCCP, FIDSA, FIDP, FMSHP is a clinical pharmacy specialist in the outpatient infectious diseases and outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) clinics at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. Dr. Mahoney received her PharmD degree from MCPHS University in Boston, Massachusetts. She completed postgraduate year 1 residency and postgraduate year 2 infectious diseases residency at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. She is an active member of many pharmacy and infectious diseases professional organizations, including ASHP, the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. She is an associate editor at Open Forum Infectious Diseases (OFID), section editor at Contagion Live, and on the editorial board for Antimicrobial Stewardship & Hospital Epidemiology (ASHE).
Sarah Parsons, PharmD, BCPPS, FPPA is a clinical pharmacy specialist in pediatric infectious diseases and the co-director of the antimicrobial stewardship program at the Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters. Dr. Parsons received her Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from Virginia Commonwealth School of Pharmacy. She completed a PGY1 with pediatric focus at HCA Health system in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Parsons specializes in the treatment of multi-drug resistant gram negative infections, nontuberculous mycobacterium in cystic fibrosis, COVID/MIS-C, and vaccine preventable diseases in children. She is an active member of many pharmacy, pediatric, and infectious diseases professional organizations, including ASHP, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists, the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, and is a 2025 fellow of the Pediatric Pharmacy Association.
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