Topic
ID Myths/Antimicrobial Stewardship
Speaker
Emily R.M. Sydnor Spivak, MD, MHS
Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine
University of Utah
Hybrid Event
About the Speaker
Dr. Emily Spivak is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases. She established and serves as Co-Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs at University of Utah Health and the Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. She completed her residency and fellowship training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Prior to that, she earned a Masters in Health Sciences in Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Spivak’s research interests focus on understanding patterns and drivers of antimicrobial use, methods to assess appropriateness, and development and evaluation of methods to improve antimicrobial use. She has led clinical research focused on evaluating patient outcomes related to various antibiotic use strategies. Dr. Spivak is also involved with national Veterans Affairs efforts to evaluate antimicrobial use, develop tools to improve use and dissemination and evaluation of these resources.
Dr. Spivak is a member of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology (SHEA). There she serves on the Public Policy and Government Affairs Committee and the Antibiotic Stewardship Committee. An Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Fellow, Dr. Spivak serves as Vice Chair of the IDSA Antimicrobial Resistance Committee. She also serves as a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors to the Office of Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Spivak is also Co-Chair of the Vizient Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee.