Monica Donnelley
Contact:
mdonnelley@ucdavis.edu

Titles:

  • Senior Pharmacist, UCD Health, Infectious Diseases
  • PGY2 Infectious Diseases Residency Program Director
  • Assistant Clinical Professor, Touro University, College of Pharmacy
  • Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California, Davis School of Medicine
  • Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy

Education:
PharmD., Touro University, Mare Island, 2010

Post-graduate Training:

  • PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, UC Davis Medical Center, 2010-2011
  • PGY2 Infectious Diseases Residency, UC Davis Medical Center, 2011-2012

Research Interests:
New antimicrobial agents, dosing in the critically ill, improving antimicrobial stewardship services, Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT), and reducing C. difficile infections.

Practice Philosophy:
I am an antimicrobial advisor. My goal is to create customized therapy plans for each patient based on a multitude of factors. Understand that each patient is different from the neonate to someone’s great-grandmother, the gymnast from the linebacker. The world of ID is fascinating and not only is the patient and the drug involved critical to consider in therapy decisions, but we must also consider the “bug” where did it come from, is it resistant, and can we reach it with our therapy.

Rotations Precepted:

  • Infectious Diseases Consult (PGY1 and PGY2)
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship (PGY1 and PGY2)
  • Infectious Diseases Pediatric Consult (PGY2)
  • Additional PGY2 ID rotations precepted please see PGY2 in Infectious Diseases Link

Bio:
Dr. Monica Donnelley is board certified in infectious diseases and pharmacotherapy with added qualifications in infectious diseases. She is also certified as an American Association of HIV Pharmacist. She is a Senior Pharmacist at UC Davis Health. Dr. Donnelley began her pharmacy career at UCDH in 2010 after graduating from pharmacy school. At Touro University College of Pharmacy, she was the recipient of the Mylan Institute Pharmacy Excellency Award and won the California Society of Health System Pharmacist Clinical Skills Competition. She went on to complete a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency and PGY2 Infectious Diseases Residency at UCDH.

Following completion of her ID PGY2 she accepted a position with UCDH, focusing on infectious diseases and medication safety. Concurrently she also began teaching at Touro University (TU), College of Pharmacy in the Clinical Sciences track and obtained a volunteer faculty position as an assistant professor with the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy and the University of California, Davis School of Medicine. In 2013 she was awarded Professor of the Year in Clinical Sciences at TU.

After practicing for five years at UCDH, Dr. Donnelley was promoted to Senior Pharmacist and in 2016 she assumed directorship of the long standing PGY2 infectious diseases residency program upon the retirement of her PGY2 residency director Cinda Christensen. For the 2016–2017 year Dr. Donnelley awarded the Residency Preceptor of the Year and in 2017–2018 she received the Research Preceptor of the Year award. Monica loves to work with learners. She contributes to the care of patients by actively rounding with infectious diseases consult teams, antimicrobial stewardship, research, publications, committee work, guideline development, and by coordinating the Antibiotic Subcommittee.