Portrait of Michael J. Hendrix, MD

Michael J. Hendrix, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Dr. Hendrix specializes in antimicrobial stewardship and clinical infectious disease with a special focus on COVID-19 and bone marrow transplant (BMT) recipients.

Dr. Michael Hendrix is an infectious diseases physician and assistant inpatient medical director for WashU Medicine Infectious Diseases at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital and Missouri Baptist Medical Center. Dr. Hendirx also serves as medical director for infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital. His clinical interests include general infectious diseases, complex bacterial infections, antimicrobial stewardship, and infection prevention.

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Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital

  • Mailing Address: 10 Barnes West Drive
    Medical Office Building 2, Suite 200
    Creve Coeur, MO 63141
  • Phone: 314-996-3880
  • Fax: 855-202-2372

Located one mile west of I-270 on Olive Boulevard in Creve Coeur, Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures, including colorectal, urology, orthopedics, ENT, digestive diseases, bariatrics and ophthalmology.

Education
  • BA in Science, Biology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ (2010), Suma cum Laude
  • MD, University of Arkansas College of Medicine, Little Rock, AR (2015), Suma cum Laude
  • Residency Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (2018)
  • Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (2020)
Recognition
  • Northern Arizona University
    • Arizona Board of Regent’s High Honors Tuition Scholarship
      (2006-2010)
    • Dean’s List (2006-2010)
  • University of Arkansas College of Medicine
    • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society (2013-2015)
    • Dean’s List (2011-2015)
    • Knowlton Incentive for Excellence Award (2020)
Selected Publications
  1. Livorsi DJ, Thompson AM, Green MS, Hoelscher AC, Chu KK, Neuner E, Burnett Y, Hopkins T, Walter E, Dave R, Tripathi R, Lohmar H, Dysangco A, Percival K, Ince D, Kolkmeyer J, Newland H, Hendrix MJ, Clore G, Poe C, O’Shea A, Tholany J, Prasidthrathsint K, Rachmiel E, Bongu J, Bewley A, Hsueh K. Prospective Audit and Feedback by Antibiotic Stewardship Teams to Reduce Antibiotic Overuse at Hospital Discharge: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Jan 2;9(1):e2549655. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.49655. PMID: 41511774; PMCID: PMC12789953.
  2. Hendrix MJ, Larson L, Rauseo AM, Rutjanawech S, Franklin AD, Powderly WG, Spec A. Voriconazole Versus Itraconazole for the Initial and Step-down Treatment of Histoplasmosis: A Retrospective Cohort. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Dec 6;73(11):e3727-e3732. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1555. PMID: 33070192; PMCID: PMC8664467.
  3. Franklin AD, Larson L, Rauseo AM, Rutjanawech S, Hendrix MJ, Powderly WG, Spec A. A comparison of presentations and outcomes of histoplasmosis across patients with varying immune status. Med Mycol. 2021 Jan 13:myaa112. doi: 10.1093/mmy/myaa112. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33443574.
  4. Hendrix MJ, Walde C, Findley K, Trotman R. Absence of Apparent Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Two Stylists After Exposure at a Hair Salon with a Universal Face Covering Policy — Springfield, Missouri, May 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020;69:930-932. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6928e2.

Bibliography – Michael J. Hendrix