The University of Toledo

Diane M. Cappelletty

Diane M. Cappelletty, Pharm.D. Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy Practice Co-Director The Infectious Disease Research Laboratory 419.383.1957 HEB 114C dcappel@utnet.utoledo.edu

Dr. Cappelletty received her bachelors of science in pharmacy and doctor of pharmacy degrees from Ohio State University. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in infectious diseases Wayne State University in Detroit, MI.

Dr. Cappelletty co-directs the Department’s infectious disease and critical care fellowship program. She coordinates and lectures in the Immunology Pathophysiology and Pharmacotherapy (PPT) course, and lectures in the Infectious Disease PPT course and Immunology and Microbiology (MBC 3800) course.

Dr. Cappelletty has a practice with the infectious diseases service at The University of Toledo Medical Center. Her research interests focus on infections in all patient populations, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of antimicrobials, and resistance to antimicrobials. She has been the recipient of research awards from the Society of Infectious Disease Pharmacists and The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.

Dr. Martin founded the Infectious Disease Research Laboratory in 1999, and it is currently co-directed with Dr. Cappelletty. The laboratory is involved in all aspects of microbiologic and infectious disease research, and serves as both a research as well as teaching laboratory for the College.

Dr. Cappelletty is a member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, the American Society for Microbiology, the Infectious Disease Society of America, the Society of Infectious Disease Pharmacists, and the Ohio Society of Health Systems Pharmacists the Toledo Area Society of Health Systems Pharmacists chapter. She is a past Chair of the SIDP Research Awards Committee, and has served on the SIDP Board of Directors as Secretary/Treasurer.

Recent Publications (2000-2003):

Cappelletty DM. Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Pharmacotherapy Self-Assessment Program, 4th edition, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, 2001.

Smythe M, Cappelletty DM. Anaphylactoid reaction to levofloxacin. Pharmacotherapy 2000;20(12):1520-1523.

Cappelletty DM. Critical pathways or treatment algorithms in infectious diseases: do they really work? Pharmacotherapy 1999;19(5):672-674.

Cappelletty DM. Evaluation of several dosing regimens of cefepime with various simulations of renal function against clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a pharmacodynamic infection model. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1999;43(1):148-151.