Key Faculty & Specific Research Interests

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Madeline McCrary, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Sept 2023)

Dr. McCrary specializes in clinical infectious diseases and addiction medicine with a special focus on the infectious complications of substance use, such as Hepatitis C and Serratia endocarditis, and related quality improvement initiatives.

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Sena Sayood, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Dr. Sayood performs clinical research with a specific focus on antimicrobial stewardship and clinical decision support. As a core faculty member of the ID Fellowship Training Program, Dr. Sayood is the Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Track.

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Barbara W. Trautner, MD, PhD

Gerald and Judith Medoff Professor of Infectious Diseases, Professor of Medicine, Co-Chief, Infectious Diseases Division

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.

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M. Cristina Vazquez Guillamet, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Dr. Vazquez Guillamet is a core faculty member of the ID Fellowship Program, serving as Director of the ID/Critical Care Pathway. Her main research interest is in infections caused by multi-drug resistant microbes in critically ill patients. She applies new methods to better stratify and predict the epidemiology, trajectories and outcomes of ICU patients at risk for MDR pathogens.