Infectious Diseases
Preceptor Information

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Kate DeSear, PharmD, BCIDP, AAHIVP, FIDSA

Kate DeSear, PharmD, BCIDP, AAHIVP, FIDSA is a clinical specialist in infectious diseases at UF Health Shands Hospital. She is also a clinical assistant professor at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy and serves as the program director of the Infectious Disease residency program. She currently serves on the executive board as Treasurer for the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP). 

Dr. DeSear received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Florida. She completed her pharmacy practice residency at Bay Pines Veterans Affairs Hospital and a specialty residency in infectious diseases at the University of Florida Shands Hospital.

Her areas of interest include gram negative resistance, novel stewardship measures relating antimicrobial use to clinical or process outcomes.


Kayihura  Manigaba, PharmD BCIDP

Dr. Kayihura Manigaba received his doctor of pharmacy degree from the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy in Memphis, TN. He then completed an ASHP-accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency, followed by an ASHP-accredited PGY2 Residency in Infectious Diseases at UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida.

Dr. Manigaba is board certified in infectious diseases pharmacy, and his professional and research areas of interest include infectious diseases, therapeutic drug monitoring, treatment of multidrug-resistant pathogens, and antimicrobial stewardship. He is a member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.


Barbara Santevecchi, PharmD, BCIDP, BCPS

Barbara Santevecchi, PharmD, BCIDP, BCPS is a clinical specialist in infectious diseases at UF Health Shands Hospital. She is also a clinical assistant professor at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy.

Dr. Santevecchi received her Doctor of Pharmacy from Wingate University School of Pharmacy. She completed her pharmacy practice residency and infectious diseases specialty residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. Following residency training, she worked as a clinical pharmacist in infectious diseases at Atrium Health (Carolinas HealthCare System) in Charlotte, NC. 

Her areas of interest include HIV/AIDS, microbiology and rapid diagnostics, and antimicrobial stewardship.


Veena Venugopalan, PharmD, BCIDP, BCPS

Veena Venugopalan is a pharmacy clinical specialist in infectious diseases at UF Health Shands Hospital and a clinical associate professor at the University Florida College of Pharmacy.

Dr. Venugopalan received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. She completed her pharmacy practice residency and infectious diseases specialty residency at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.

Her research and patient care activities focus on health care associated infections, multi-drug resistant gram-negative infections and antimicrobial stewardship. She is an active member of the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.


Lisa Vuong, PharmD

Lisa Vuong, PharmD is a clinical specialist in infectious diseases at UF Health Shands Hospital.

She received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of California, San Francisco. She completed her pharmacy practice residency and infectious diseases specialty residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Her areas of interest include implementation science, transitions of care, and antimicrobial stewardship.


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