Miranda So

BScPhm, PharmD
University Health Network and University of Toronto

Brief Bio

Miranda So is a Pharmacotherapy Specialist of the Sinai Health System-University Health Network Antimicrobial Stewardship Program. She is an Assistant Professor (Status-Only), at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, where she received her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degrees. From 2012 to 2018, she was the founding Faculty Coordinator of the Year 3 elective “Introduction to Antimicrobial Stewardship” in the PharmD Program. Her main clinical and research interests are antimicrobial stewardship in immunocompromised patients. She has been an invited speaker at many local, national and international infectious disease and pharmacy conferences. Miranda has been a recipient of several local and national research grants. She is also the Chair of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists Foundation Education Grant Committee. She is an active member of the American Society of Transplantation, and the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation.

Miranda is currently pursuing a Master of Public Health (MPH-Epidemiology) degree at the Harvard School of Public Health. In her spare time, she loves to run, knit, and is equally happy to talk a good yarn, as she would with antibiotics!

Alliance Presentations

Antimicrobial Stewardship

Antimicrobial Stewardship: Improving Transplant Outcomes and the Patient Experience

Thursday, June 04, 2020, at 3:00pm

Antimicrobial stewardship is a quality improvement initiative that promotes the appropriate use of antimicrobials to reduce emergence of microbial resistance and to mitigate the risk of adverse events experienced by the patient due to antimicrobials. This webinar will provide a current overview of key concepts in antimicrobial stewardship as it applies to solid organ transplant programs. The presentation will focus on the need for antimicrobial stewardship in solid organ transplant programs as a means of improving the quality of care and the patient experience. Join us to hear from two leading experts as they discuss the infrastructure of transplant-centered antimicrobial stewardship programs and the best practices associated with implementing antimicrobial stewardship in solid organ transplant programs.

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