Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship
University of Utah, Division of Infectious Disease
Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Dr. Spivak is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at University of Utah School of Medicine. She established and serves as Co-Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs at University of Utah Health and the Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. She completed her residency and fellowship training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and earned a Masters in Health Sciences in Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Spivak's research interests focus on understanding patterns and drivers of antimicrobial use, methods to assess appropriateness, and development and evaluation of methods to improve antimicrobial use. She has led clinical research focused on evaluating patient outcomes related to various antibiotic use strategies. She is also involved with national Veterans Affairs efforts to evaluate antimicrobial use, develop tools to improve use and dissemination and evaluation of these resources.
She is a member of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology (SHEA) where she serves on the Antibiotic Stewardship Committee and the Research Committee. She is a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and serves as Chair of the IDSA Antimicrobial Resistance Committee. She also serves as a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors to the Office of Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM US ET
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM US ET
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
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Friday, October 21, 2022
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Friday, October 21, 2022
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