Heather Cox, PharmD, BCIDP
As Lead Pharmacist for Infectious Diseases and Associate Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship, Dr. Cox has provided ID pharmacotherapy services for both the antimicrobial stewardship and adult infectious diseases consult teams since 2005. In 2018, she cofounded the UVA Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) service in collaboration with ID physician and nurse practitioner colleagues. She received her BS in Chemistry from McGill University and her Doctor of Pharmacy from Nova Southeastern University, while her PGY-1 Pharmacy and PGY-2 Infectious Diseases residencies were completed at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. In addition to directing the PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency Program, she holds a faculty appointment with the UVA Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health and is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy. Dr. Cox maintains an active clinical practice, has co-authored numerous peer-reviewed abstracts, publications, and book chapters, and provides lectures for the UVA School of Medicine and the VCU School of Pharmacy. Beyond UVA, she serves as an invited member of the Safe Antibiotic Stewardship Innovators workgroup of the Virginia Healthcare-Association Infections Advisory Group. Finally, she was recognized with outstanding preceptor awards from the VCU School of Pharmacy (2010) and the UVA Pharmacy Residency Programs (2009, 2014).