Anthony M Casapao, PharmD, MPH, FIDSA

Anthony M. Casapao received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Wingate University in Wingate, North Carolina. He then pursued post-graduate training at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida, by completing an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, or ASHP, -accredited pharmacy practice residency. Casapao continued his post-graduate training at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pennsylvania, completing an ASHP-accredited specialty practice residency in infectious diseases. Upon completion of his residency, he maintained his interest in infectious diseases and pursued an American College of Clinical Pharmacy peer reviewed pharmacotherapy fellowship in infectious diseases and health outcomes. After achieving five years post-graduate training, Casapao served as an assistant professor in the department of pharmacy practice at Husson University School of Pharmacy in Bangor, Maine. Casapao joined the University of Florida in October 2017, as a clinical assistant professor in the department of pharmacotherapy and translational research and transitioned to the department of pharmacy education and practice. He was promoted to clinical associate professor in 2022.

Casapao’s research interest focuses on pharmacoepidemiology, antimicrobial resistance and health outcomes. Specifically, he is interested in the clinical implications in anti-infective resistance, using stochastic modeling to determine appropriate antibiotic selection and infectious diseases surveillance and epidemiology.