Barbara W. Trautner, MD, PhD
Gerald and Judith Medoff Professor of Infectious Diseases, Professor of Medicine, Co-Chief, Infectious Diseases Division
- Phone: 314-454-8354
- Email: trautner@nospam.wustl.edu
Barbara W. Trautner, MD, PhD joined WashU Medicine as the Co-Chief of the Infectious Diseases (ID) Division in the Department of Medicine, effective July 1, 2025.
Dr. Trautner’s research focuses on diagnostic and antibiotic stewardship, particularly for urinary tract infections (UTIs). She has led trials to disseminate successful antibiotic stewardship interventions, improve the diagnosis and treatment of UTIs in men, develop bacteriophage therapy for UTIs in individuals with spinal cord injuries, and to reduce overdiagnosis of catheter-associated UTI. She serves as a reviewer for the NIH and for VA Health Systems Research Merit Awards. She is also an author for UpToDate on catheter-associated UTIs and prostatitis. Additionally, she serves as the co-chair of the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s Guidelines Committee for UTIs and is recognized nationally and internationally as an expert in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of UTIs, as well as in antimicrobial stewardship and the prevention of antimicrobial resistance. She is an extremely active clinical and translational investigator, a passionate educator, and a caring and dedicated clinician. She has been a mentor to many medical students, residents, and fellows.
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- Co-Chief, Infectious Diseases Division
- A.B., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Summa Cum Laude, Princton University, Princeton, New Jersey (1991)
- M.D., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia (1995)
- Residency, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas Internal Medicine (1998)
- Chief Resident, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (1999)
- Fellowship in Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (2002)
- PhD, Clinical Investigation, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (2007)
Journal Editorial Boards
Author, UpToDate (chapters on CAUTI and prostatitis) (2024-present)
- Editorial Advisory Board Member, Journal of Surgical Research (2018-2022)
- Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) member, Clinical Infectious Diseases
(2020-2022)
Elected Positions/Invited Memberships
- Co-chair of Infectious Disease Society of America’s International Guidelines Committee for urinary tract infection 2018-present
- IDSA Clinical Practice Guidelines Panel for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria 2015-2018
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Executive Committee of the Houston Health Department (2018-2023)
- Member of the AHRQ Technical Expert Panel (TEP) of the National Implementation of the Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP) to Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI). (2012-2014)
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Subspecialty of Infectious Diseases
- American Society for Clinical Investigation, Elected April 2023
- Baylor College of Medicine Women of Excellence Awards, 2021
- Barbara and Corbin J. Robertson, Jr. Presidential Award for Excellence in Education, 2019
- Annual Excellence in Service IQuESt Faculty Award, Baylor College of Medicine, 2018
- Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award, for Enduring Educational Materials, 2018
- Ben and Margaret Love Foundation Bobby Alford Award for Academic Clinical Professionalism, Baylor College of Medicine, 2017
- Fulbright & Jaworski LLP Faculty Excellence Award, Educational Leadership, 2012
- Above and Beyond Award, MEDVAMC HSR&D Center of Excellence, 2011
- Infectious Diseases Annual Best Teaching Faculty, awarded by ID Fellows, 2009
- Fulbright & Jaworski LLP Faculty Excellence Award, Teaching and Evaluation, 2009
- Barbara W Trautner, Larissa Grigoryan, Nancy J Petersen, Sylvia Hysong, Jose Cadena, Jan E Patterson, Aanand D Naik. Effectiveness of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Approach for Urinary Catheter-Associated Asymptomatic Bacteriuria. JAMA Intern Med 2015 Jul;175(7):1120-7. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.1878.
- Larissa Grigoryan, Michael K Paasche-Orlow, Osvaldo Alquicira, Lindsey Laytner, Matthew Schlueter, Richard L Street, Juanita Salinas, Kenneth Barning, Hammad Mahmood, Thomas W Porter, Fareed Khan, Jean L Raphael, Fabrizia Faustinella, Barbara W Trautner. Antibiotic Use Without a Prescription: A Multisite Survey of Patient, Health System, and Encounter Characteristics. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Aug 22;77(4):510-517. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad241.
- Sabrina I Green, Justin R Clark, Haroldo H Santos, Kyle E Weesner, Keiko C Salazar, Saima Aslam, J William Campbell, Sarah B Doernberg, Emily Blodget, Michele I Morris, Gina A Suh, Karam Obeid, Fernanda P Silveira, Andrey A Filippov, Katrine L Whiteson, Barbara W Trautner, Austen L Terwilliger, Anthony Maresso. A Retrospective, Observational Study of 12 Cases of Expanded-Access Customized Phage Therapy: Production, Characteristics, and Clinical Outcomes. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Oct 13;77(8):1079-1091. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad335.