Betsy Hirsch, PharmD (TLOAS)

Very excited to share the IDSA cUTI guidelines are out, after starting work on these almost 6 years ago! Learning this process & from #UTI experts has been a career highlight! ✨Very indebted to our co-chairs, Drs. @bwtrautner.bsky.social and Valéry Lavergne for their leadership! #IDSky #Pharmsky

Helen Branswell was a dedicated and trusted voice in infectious diseases reporting. We are grateful for her dedication to science and public health. She will be deeply missed. https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/helen-branswell-stat-reporter-obituary/

I just need to keep saying that this is completely insane. A contagious illness that spreads easily but is preventable by a safe and readily available vaccine... should not have a death toll in 2026. I mourn each one of these cases.

Had the best cheer 📣 squad with very clever signs during my half marathon yesterday! Hope others enjoyed them too!🎉 Thanks to @melaniernicol.bsky.social and @draphilbrick.bsky.social for the support! #IDsky #UTIsky #medsky #pharmsky

I’m on the video platforms a lot lately and trying to explain all the ✨outbreaks✨ we’ve had lately!

Have y'all seen the new @idsainfo.bsky.social Board of Directors candidate slating? FINALLY there is a PharmD amongst the slating (and WHAT a PharmD too! @jaycdoesid.bsky.social 👏) Fasted yes vote I ever did cast!

Dr. Amy Mathers recognizing Dr. Jim Lewis during his last CLSI meeting as Vice chair holder of the AST Subcommittee. First ever PharmD chair holder of the AST subcommittee!👏 Amy presents Jim with a Texas sized belt buckle #Medsky #pharmsky #microbiology

🎓️ Congratulations to the PharmD Class of 2026! Your dedication, resilience, and commitment to patient care have brought you to this incredible milestone. We look forward to seeing the impact you'll making in the future of pharmacy. Welcome to the profession!

ID Pharmacists play an essential role in health systems. This #IDPharmacistsDay, learn five ways that pharmacists are being #AntibioticsAware via SIDP. For more sharable resources, visit https://sidp.org/AMSToolkit.

Excited to share our new paper in JAC! Used 96h hollow fiber infection models with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolates to compare aztreonam/avibactam vs aztreonam+ceftazidime/avibactam. Assessed killing durability and blaL1/blaL2 expression. Thanks to the team! academic.oup.com/jac/article-...

It’s #IDPharmacistsDay! Today we recognize the vital role ID pharmacists play in patient care, research, and stewardship. IDSA is proud to be the professional home for ID and to expand opportunities for pharmacists to engage, connect, and lead.

🦠 Happy Infectious Diseases Pharmacists Day!💊 Today, we celebrate the ID pharmacists helping optimize antimicrobial therapy, combat resistance, and improve patient care every day. Thank you for the impact you make in healthcare! 👏 #IDpharmacistDay #AntimicrobialStewardship #PharmGradWishlist

Congrats to the 2026 SIDP Fellows!

Congrats to the SIDP Award winners this year!

🚨🚨This is not a drill! We will have SIX ID PharmD positions at BILH recruiting in the next 5 months🚨🚨 Posted (new position) Immunocompromised ID (Dana Farber merger): jobs.bilh.org/jobs/antimic... Posted (replacing Ryan 🙁) BIDMC stewie: jobs.bilh.org/jobs/antimic... Coming soon (see next post):

FDA: We think the vaccine killed 10 children, but we have no data or evidence to back it up nor will we ever elaborate FDA: [blocks large scale studies with evidence showing safety]

🌏 Celebrating the contributions of Asian American pharmacists! Your work strengthens communities and inspires future pharmacy leaders. Share a pharmacist who motivates you! #AsianAmerican #PacificIslander #PharmGradWishlist #DiversityinHealthcare

We are back from a short hiatus and have been working hard behind the scenes! ⭐️ Looking forward to keep growing #PharmGradWishlist and supporting new grads with resources, insights, and opportunities. #PharmGradWishlist #pharmacy #DiversityinHealthcare

Had a chance to share some thoughts 🧠 on new IV 💉🧫 fosfomycin research presented by Drs. Zhanel and Karlowsky and colleagues at @escmid.bsky.social Global. Thanks to Infectious Disease Special Edition for the interview! www.idse.net/Bacterial-In... #IDsky #UTIsky #Medsky #SauceforMason

Thrilled to share the 2026 @bsacandjac.bsky.social #OPAT Good Practice Recs are published! academic.oup.com/jacamr/artic... Honored to have been invited by @mgilchrist123.bsky.social & co to participate Come hear Ann Noble (& Mark) present at @sidpharm.bsky.social @mad-id.bsky.social in 2 weeks!

Oh yeah. Through some series of inexplicable events this game is published by Sanford Guide and we are back in stock baby! www.sanfordguide.com/products/ant...

Curious if we can treat Pseudomonas bacteremia with shorter durations? Dapto use and dosing for MSSA got you puzzled? 🤔 Join us tomorrow at 12pm CT for this month’s @accpinfdprn.bsky.social Learner-led Journal Club with Drs. Moreno & Stephens. Check email for login info, hope to see you there!

Join Dr. Melanie Nicol at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 as she discusses key drug-drug interactions with dolutegravir! Among those below 4xPAIC90, most achieved viral suppression or low viral loads. Twice daily dolutegravir may be an option for individuals with HIV receiveing 1HP for latent TB infection.

“Antibiograms - patters of S/IR” here are some of the notes I took from a presentation at #ESCMIDglobal2026 …I will be posting more vid like this as 1/4 official SM ambassadors for the congress 🙏 so please share, follow, like and use the official hashtag when posting!! 1/n @escmid.bsky.social

🪦Mortality outcomes can require huge participant numbers, other things matter. #ESCMIDglobal2026 …I will be posting more videos like this as 1 of 4 official social media ambassadors for the congress 🙏 so please share, follow, like and use the official hashtag when posting!! 2/n @escmid.bsky.social

POV: you show up to teach class the hour after your former ID course co-director @draphilbrick.bsky.social , a fellow Swiftie, and last year you made your course TS themed. Pretty good TS-themed trolling here🤩 #UMNPharmacy #Pharmsky #TaylorSwift

@ebhirsch.bsky.social et al: ID pharmacist review of outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) plans at the time of discharge from acute care likely translates to cost avoidance for patients enrolled in value-based-care (VBC) health plans.

It’s oyster 🦪season! Almost asked if I could purchase this chandelier for @mmpharmd.bsky.social The restaurant was full of them

@ebhirsch.bsky.social et al: A national survey representing 607 ID/AMS pharmacists showed most of this workforce is female, <40yo. PharmD with formal ID/AMS job responsibilities had more frequently completed specialized PGY2 ID training, performed ID-related activities.

New version of Empiric is available and it is the best one yet. www.sanfordguide.com/products/ant...

"I'm not scared of a germ... I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats." This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people. news.sky.com/story/robert...

New signage seen around the neighborhood #ICEout #MN #Minneapolis

The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Yall outside of MN need to know that observers are STILL out protecting their neighbors. Right now. They know the news and they’re still out there.

They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

Call to Action: This Friday, Minnesota is being called to stand together in real, visible solidarity. Labor unions, faith leaders, and community organizers are urging people across the state to plan ahead and take part in a Minnesota Economic Blackout do not work, do not attend school, and do not

The assault on Minnesota is insane. apnews.com/article/boun...

I guess I do think if you participated in the arrest of a five-year-old you are probably just fundamentally incompatible with society. That you are not a safe person for humanity to be around, generally

guys minneapolis is a living hell today. they've tear-gassed so many people, tear-gassed a park, beaten people up in front of me. greg bovino is rolling around to gas stations and posing in front of them, trying to cause a riot.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino is seen deploying a gas canister at Mueller Park in south Minneapolis this afternoon. Video by Ben Luhmann.

His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.

Still waiting on my paycheck 🧐 #MN #Minnesota #ICEout

I am not exaggerating when I say ICE functions as a terrorist organization in the Twin Cities. The goal seems to be to harass and frighten people (the ones who are lucky enough to not be abducted, at least) and it's deeply unsettling when you learn they're in your neighborhood.

Any Democratic votes to fund DHS later this month as Minneapolis is being terrorized by DHS is going to be a major slap in the face to Americans living here. Demand major reforms or shut the government down.