Mary K. Hayden, MD

Professor of Medicine and Pathology, ID Division Chief, Director of Clinical Microbiology
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Mary Hayden, MD is the James Lowenstine Professor of Medicine and a Professor of Pathology in Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL. She completed a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. She received a medical degree from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota; completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Chicago; and completed a fellowship in infectious diseases at Rush University Medical Center, both in Chicago, IL. Her research focuses on the epidemiology and prevention of healthcare associated infections, especially those cased by antibiotic resistant organisms; Dr. Hayden has over 150 publications in peer-reviewed journals. Recent projects have investigated the genomic epidemiology and control of carbapanemase-producing Enterobacterales and Candida auris in long-term care facilities and across regions, and delineation of factors associated with transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare settings. She has served on US federal public health advisory committees including the CDC Healthcare Infection Control and Prevention Advisory Committee (HICPAC) and the Board of Scientific Counselors for the CDC Office of Infectious Diseases. Dr. Hayden is a Fellow of the Society of Healthcare Epicemiology of America (SHEA) and a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). She was the 2021 president of the Board of Trustees of SHEA, and 2022 president of the SHEA Education and Research Foundation. Dr. Hayden is past chair of the IDSA Diagnostics Committee, and is current chair of the IDSA Rapid Guidance on SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostics Committee.

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentation(s):

• 88 - Increasing Bioburden of Candida auris Body Site Colonization is Associated with Environmental Contamination

  Thursday, October 20, 2022
  11:00 AM – 11:15 AM US ET

• 175 - Updates in Diagnostics

  Friday, October 21, 2022
  1:45 PM – 3:00 PM US ET