Hilary M. Babcock, MD, MPH

Hilary M. Babcock, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine

Dr. Babcock is BJC Healthcare vice president and chief quality officer with the BJC Center for Clinical Excellence. She is responsible for BJC quality programs, including oversight of BJC-wide measurement systems and quality improvement initiatives. She also has physician executive responsibility for BJC patient safety and infection prevention efforts and occupational health. Dr. Babcock is also a member of the CDC Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.

Dr. Babcock is a past president of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and co-chair of the CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). She is the former co-chair of AWAM (Advancing Women in Academic Medicine) and on the steering committee of AWAM and FWIM (Forum for Women in Medicine).

Dr. Babcock specializes in prevention of infection transmission in healthcare settings, both operationally and through her research, with a particular focus on respiratory viral infections. Her research has focused on healthcare worker and patient risks for infections, including studies of aerosol generation and risks for pathogen transmission in collaboration with engineering partners. She attends on the Bone and Joint/Orthopedic Infection inpatient consult service.

Dr. Babcock mentors students, residents, fellows and junior faculty who are interested in infection prevention, occupational health and clinical research in those areas, as well as those interested in orthopedic infections.