Megan Cheatham, PharmD, BCIDP

Dr. Megan R. Cheatham is currently an Associate Director, Clinical Content at Wolters Kluwer Health. She is board-certified in infectious diseases, and her practice interests include antimicrobial stewardship, antimicrobial dose optimization, quality improvement, clinical decision support enhancements, diagnostic stewardship, and program leadership.

Dr. Cheatham received her Doctor of Pharmacy from Butler University in 2009. Her post-doctoral training included completion of a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency and PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency at Franciscan Health - Indianapolis in Indiana.

Following completion of residency, Dr. Cheatham spent 11 years leading antimicrobial stewardship programs and practicing infectious diseases in a variety of settings, including community hospitals and academic medical centers. During that time, she was also a dedicated preceptor to many pharmacy students and residents and held an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine appointment with the Indiana University School of Medicine.

Dr. Cheatham has also been active in multiple areas of research including, utilization of clinical decision support tools to improve antimicrobial use, antimicrobial resistance, and pharmacokinetics/ pharmacodynamics with a primary focus on special patient populations (primarily obesity) and alternative antimicrobial dosing strategies. She has co-authored 9 original research publications and she has presented over 25 abstracts at scientific meetings.