Amy Carr, PharmD, BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Manager, Infectious Diseases
Critical Care

Overview
Amy L. Carr, PharmD is a board-certified infectious diseases pharmacist practicing as the Clinical Pharmacy Manager and PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program Director at AdventHealth Orlando. She earned her B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Arkansas followed by her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from University of Florida College of Pharmacy – Gainesville. Dr. Carr completed PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, followed by a PGY2 Infectious Diseases Residency at Ascension Dell Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas. Dr. Carr is passionate about ensuring patients receive the best antimicrobial regimens with emphasis on effective antibiotic selection, optimal dosing, and risk reduction (such as therapeutic drug monitoring, screening for drug-drug interactions, etc.). She loves that her role gives her the opportunity to share her passion for ID/antimicrobial stewardship with colleagues in nearly every discipline across the hospital. Her clinical and research interests include antimicrobial PK/PD, mechanisms of gram negative resistance, early postmarketing experience with new antimicrobials, and antimicrobial stewardship in large health systems.
Articles
Pharmacist-Driven Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing for Pneumonia
ANNALS OF PHARMACOTHERAPY
2022
Cefiderocol for the Treatment of Adult and Pediatric Patients With Cystic Fibrosis and Achromobacter xylosoxidans Infections
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
2021
ICU outcomes and survival in patients with severe COVID-19 in the largest health care system in central Florida
PloS one
2021
Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System Antagonism in 2019 Novel Coronavirus Acute Lung Injury
OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES
2021
Clinical Utility of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Screening for Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Review of Current Literature
PHARMACOTHERAPY
2018
Evaluating predictors of invasive candidiasis in patients with and without candidemia on micafungin.
Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center)
2018
Education & Training
Education
University of Florida College of Pharmacy – Gainesville
Residency
Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas
Ascension Dell Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas