Senior Advisor for Long-term Care Partnerships
CDC
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Dr. Stone is a Senior Advisor for Long-term Care Partnerships within CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. She is a Board-certified infectious disease physician with over 10 years of experience developing guidance, surveillance resources, and programs to track and prevent infections and antibiotic resistant pathogens in post-acute and long-term care settings. She completed her internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins University followed by an infectious disease fellowship at Emory University.
In her role at CDC, Dr. Stone works closely with long-term care providers, state and local health departments and other stakeholders to implement infection prevention and control practices and increase quality and safety for residents and staff in long-term care settings. Dr. Stone and her colleagues have been leading the development of guidance, education and implementation resources for COVID-19 prevention and response activities in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.
