Conan Macdougall, PharmD, MAS
Professor
Clinical Pharmacy
School of Pharmacy

A member of the School of Medicine’s Academy of Medical Educators, he has been recognized as an Emerging Teaching Scholar by the American Academy of Colleges of Pharmacy and received the Albert B. Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award from the Pharmacy Leadership & Education Institute.

Dr. MacDougall provides clinical service to the Infectious Diseases Consult Service and Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at UCSF Medical Center. His research interests include new approaches for interactive learning around appropriate antimicrobial use and the pharmacoepidemiology of antimicrobial use in hospitals. He is co-author of Antibiotics Simplified, Antimicrobial Section Editor for Goodman & Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, and a chapter author in Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, Poisoning and Drug Overdose, and Emergency Management of Infectious Diseases.

Dr. MacDougall's original research and reviews have been published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Clinical Microbiology Reviews, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Archives of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, and Pharmacotherapy. He currently serves as Chair of the Specialty Council on Infectious Diseases for the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties and is an active member of the Medical Education Community of Practice of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

• Systematic review of drug-drug interactions between rifamycins and anticoagulant and antiplatelet agents and considerations for management.
  Pharmacotherapy 2022 MacDougall C, Canonica T, Keh C, P Phan BA, Louie J
• Investing in the Future: A Role for Professional Societies to Prepare the Next Generation of Healthcare Leaders Through Curriculum Development and Dissemination.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2021 Luther VP, Shnekendorf R, Logan A, Advani SD, Barsoumian AE, Beeler C, Bennani K, Cherabuddi K, Holubar M, Huang M, Ince D, Justo JA, Lee MSL, MacDougall C, Nori P, Ohl CA, Patel PK, Pottinger PS, …
• A Randomized, Crossover Pilot Study of a Novel Web-Based/Mobile Platform for Collaborative Small Group Practice in Therapeutic Reasoning.
  Journal of medical education and curricular development 2020 Gruenberg K, Brock T, Garcia J, MacDougall C
• A Comprehensive Survey of Infectious Diseases Curriculum Among US Pharmacy Schools.
  American journal of pharmaceutical education 2019 Jeffres MN, Kufel WD, Biehle LR, Cho JC, Narayanan N, Gruenberg K, Garcia J, MacDougall C
• Recognizing and Overcoming Resistance to New Beta-Lactam/Beta-Lactamase Inhibitor Combinations.
  Current infectious disease reports 2019 Ho S, Nguyen L, Trinh T, MacDougall C
• Longitudinal Associations Between Grit, Academic Outcomes, and Residency Match Rates Among Pharmacy Students.
  American journal of pharmaceutical education 2019 Gruenberg K, Brock T, MacDougall C
• Comprehensive Assessment of Didactic Curriculum and Career Interest in Infectious Diseases Among Graduating United States Pharmacy Students.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2018 Jeffres MN, Biehle LR, MacDougall C
• Antimicrobial stewardship education in US colleges and schools of pharmacy.
  The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2018 Kufel WD, Jeffres MN, MacDougall C, Cho JC, Marx AH, Williams DM
• Preventing the Post-Antibiotic Era by Training Future Pharmacists as Antimicrobial Stewards.
  American journal of pharmaceutical education 2018 Gallagher JC, Justo JA, Chahine EB, Bookstaver PB, Scheetz M, Suda KJ, Fehrenbacher L, Klinker KP, MacDougall C
• Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas Infections: Hard to Treat, But Hope on the Horizon?
  Current infectious disease reports 2018 Nguyen L, Garcia J, Gruenberg K, MacDougall C
• Sustainable Pharmacy: Piloting a Session on Pharmaceuticals, Climate Change, and Sustainability within a U.S. Pharmacy Curriculum.
  Innovations in pharmacy 2017 Gruenberg K, Apollonio D, MacDougall C, Brock T
• Response to Mok and Romanelli: Identifying Best Practices for and Utilities of the Pharmacy Curriculum Outcome Assessment Examination.
  American journal of pharmaceutical education 2017 MacDougall C, Brock T
• A Novel Teaching Tool Combined With Active-Learning to Teach Antimicrobial Spectrum Activity.
  American journal of pharmaceutical education 2017 MacDougall C
• An Interprofessional Curriculum on Antimicrobial Stewardship Improves Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Appropriate Antimicrobial Use and Collaboration.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2017 MacDougall C, Schwartz BS, Kim L, Nanamori M, Shekarchian S, Chin-Hong PV
• Executive Summary: Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2016 Barlam TF, Cosgrove SE, Abbo LM, MacDougall C, Schuetz AN, Septimus EJ, Srinivasan A, Dellit TH, Falck-Ytter YT, Fishman NO, Hamilton CW, Jenkins TC, Lipsett PA, Malani PN, May LS, Moran GJ, Neuhauser…
• Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2016 Barlam TF, Cosgrove SE, Abbo LM, MacDougall C, Schuetz AN, Septimus EJ, Srinivasan A, Dellit TH, Falck-Ytter YT, Fishman NO, Hamilton CW, Jenkins TC, Lipsett PA, Malani PN, May LS, Moran GJ, Neuhauser…
• Beyond Susceptible and Resistant, Part III: Treatment of Infections due to Gram-Negative Organisms Producing Carbapenemases.
  The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG 2016 Narayanan N, Johnson L, MacDougall C
• Effect of an electronic medical record alert for severe sepsis among ED patients.
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2015 Narayanan N, Gross AK, Pintens M, Fee C, MacDougall C
• Knowledge and attitudes of doctor of pharmacy students regarding the appropriate use of antimicrobials.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2014 Justo JA, Gauthier TP, Scheetz MH, Chahine EB, Bookstaver PB, Gallagher JC, Hermsen ED, DePestel DD, Ernst EJ, Jacobs DM, Esterly JS, Suda KJ, Olsen KM, Abbo LM, MacDougall C
• Beyond Susceptible and Resistant, Part II: Treatment of Infections Due to Gram-Negative Organisms Producing Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases.
  The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG 2014 Curello J, MacDougall C
• The nonpharmacologic basis of therapeutics: to get to the next level in interprofessional patient care, pharmacists need to recognize the social and interpersonal aspects of medical decision making.
  Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA 2012 MacDougall C
• Empiric antifungal therapy in patients with febrile neutropenia.
  Pharmacotherapy 2011 Ferrara JJ, MacDougall C, Gallagher JC
• Beyond Susceptible and Resistant, Part I: Treatment of Infections Due to Gram-Negative Organisms With Inducible β-Lactamases.
  The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG 2011 Macdougall C
• National estimates and predictors of prescription medication sample use in the United States, 1999-2005.
  Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA 2010 Macdougall C, Udkow T, Guglielmo BJ, Vittinghoff E, Martin J
• Topical antacid therapy for capsaicin-induced dermal pain: a poison center telephone-directed study.
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2010 Kim-Katz SY, Anderson IB, Kearney TE, MacDougall C, Hudmon KS, Blanc PD
• Cethromycin: a promising new ketolide antibiotic for respiratory infections.
  Pharmacotherapy 2010 Rafie S, MacDougall C, James CL
• Daptomycin therapy for vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteremia: a retrospective case series of 30 patients.
  Pharmacotherapy 2009 Gallagher JC, Perez ME, Marino EA, LoCastro LG, Abrardo LA, MacDougall C
• Insights from the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists on antimicrobial stewardship guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
  Pharmacotherapy 2009 Drew RH, White R, MacDougall C, Hermsen ED, Owens RC, Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists
• Trends in antibacterial use in US academic health centers: 2002 to 2006.
  Archives of internal medicine 2008 Pakyz AL, MacDougall C, Oinonen M, Polk RE
• Variability in rates of use of antibacterials among 130 US hospitals and risk-adjustment models for interhospital comparison.
  Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2008 MacDougall C, Polk RE
• Update on prevalence and treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.
  Expert review of anti-infective therapy 2007 Loffler CA, Macdougall C
• Discordance between ambulatory care clinic and community pharmacy medication databases for HIV-positive patients.
  Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA 2007 Robinson CA, Cocohoba J, MacDougall C, John MD, Guglielmo BJ
• Measurement of adult antibacterial drug use in 130 US hospitals: comparison of defined daily dose and days of therapy.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2007 Polk RE, Fox C, Mahoney A, Letcavage J, MacDougall C
• Analysis of empiric antimicrobial strategies for cellulitis in the era of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
  The Annals of pharmacotherapy 2007 Phillips S, MacDougall C, Holdford DA
• Dextromethorphan abuse in adolescence: an increasing trend: 1999-2004.
  Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2006 Bryner JK, Wang UK, Hui JW, Bedodo M, MacDougall C, Anderson IB
• Antimicrobial stewardship programs in health care systems.
  Clinical microbiology reviews 2005 MacDougall C, Polk RE
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and fluoroquinolone use.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2005 MacDougall C, Harpe SE, Powell JP, Johnson CK, Edmond MB, Polk RE
• Hospital and community fluoroquinolone use and resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli in 17 US hospitals.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2005 MacDougall C, Powell JP, Johnson CK, Edmond MB, Polk RE
• Antimicrobial drug prescribing for pneumonia in ambulatory care.
  Emerging infectious diseases 2005 MacDougall C, Guglielmo BJ, Maselli J, Gonzales R
• Pharmacokinetics of valaciclovir.
  The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2004 MacDougall C, Guglielmo BJ
• Recent advances in antifungal pharmacotherapy for invasive fungal infections.
  Expert review of anti-infective therapy 2004 Gallagher JC, MacDougall C, Ashley ES, Perfect JR