Allana Sucher, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCIDP

Dr. Allana Sucher is a Board-Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and one of the first Board-Certified Infectious Diseases Pharmacists in the country. Dr. Sucher primarily teaches  infectious diseases in the Integrated Pharmacotherapy Sequence, a part of the School of Pharmacy's integrated Team-Based Learning curriculum. Dr. Sucher practices as an infectious disease/antimicrobial stewardship pharmacist at St. Anthony North Health Campus, where she also precepts fourth-year pharmacy students.

She is a section advisor for the American Pharmacists Association DrugInfoLine and has been quoted several times in articles in Pharmacy Today. Additionally, Dr. Sucher's publications and abstracts have appeared in such journals as The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, U.S. Pharmacist, and The Consultant Pharmacist. Her research interests include antimicrobial stewardship, scholarship of teaching and learning, and evidence-based medicine for the treatment of infectious diseases. Her main goal as a teacher and preceptor is for students to not only understand and retain information, but to develop critical thinking skills that will enhance their ability to perform as effective practitioners.