Clinical Pharmacist
Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center
Fuchushi, Tokyo, Japan
Shutaro Murakami, BScPharm, is a Board-Certified Infectious Disease Chemotherapy Pharmacist and Infection Control Pharmacy Specialist in Japan. He is currently employed at Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, a 790-bed, tertiary care hospital in Tokyo.
Mr. Murakami earned his BScPharm degree from Kitasato University School of Pharmacy in 2012. He is a graduate student majoring in public health and pharmacoeconomics. His main role as a clinical pharmacist is in antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) in inpatient settings, including conducting pharmacist-led prospective audit and feedback on broad spectrum antimicrobial use, and monitoring the use of selected antimicrobials.
He is interested in measuring changes in antimicrobial utilization and clinical outcomes following ASP implementation. He and his team have recently published a number of ASP studies which have contributed to improving our understanding of the current state of ASPs in Japan.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.