Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases
Wellstar Cobb Medical Center
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Sahand Golpayegany is an infectious diseases clinical pharmacy specialist at Wellstar Cobb Hospital in Austell, Georiga. He graduated from the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy and completed his PGY1 and PGY2 pharmacy residency training at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta. He currently leads his hospital's antimicrobial stewardship program and works closely with physicians and pharmacists to establish various quality improvement projects to promote appropriate antimicrobial utilization, reduce surgical site and C. difficile infections, and rounds with the infectious diseases consult team. Sahand is an avid coffee drinker, enjoys trying new foods, traveling to different countries, and collects unique decks of playing cards.