Infection Prevention Practitioner
Loyola University Medical Center
Michael Bauer, BS MLS, is an Infection Prevention Practitioner at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, IL. He began his career in Infection Prevention and Control at Loyola in April 2022, but he has been with the organization since 2015. Michael's background is in microbiology, and he graduated from the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse in 2013 with degrees in microbiology and clinical laboratory science, following an internship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He worked in the microbiology lab at Northwestern Memorial Hospital from 2013-2015 until he joined the microbiology lab at Loyola, where he worked from 2015-2022. In his free time, Michael enjoys putting his microbiology knowledge to use by brewing mead for his friends and family.