Emily R.M. Sydnor Spivak,
MD, MHS
Languages Spoken: English
Dr. Spivak is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases. 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 Public Policy and Government Affairs Committee and the Antibiotic Stewardship Committee. She is a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and serves as Vice 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, and is Co-Chair of the Vizient Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee.
Clinical Locations
Infectious Diseases, Clinic 1A
801-585-2031
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Internal Medicine
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Associate Professor (Clinical) |
| Academic Divisions | Infectious Diseases |
| Board Certification | American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine) American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Infectious Disease) |
Dr. Spivak is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases. 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 Public Policy and Government Affairs Committee and the Antibiotic Stewardship Committee. She is a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and serves as Vice 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, and is Co-Chair of the Vizient Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee.
Academic Locations
801-585-7447
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Internal Medicine
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Associate Professor (Clinical) |
| Academic Divisions | Infectious Diseases |
| Board Certification | American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine) American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Infectious Disease) |
Education History
| Graduate Training | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Clinical Investigation M.H.S. |
| Fellowship | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Infectious Diseases Fellow |
| Chief Resident | Osler Medical Service, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Internal Medicine Chief Resident |
| Residency | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Internal Medicine Resident |
| Internship | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Internal Medicine Intern |
| Professional Medical | University of Virginia School of Medicine Medicine M.D. |
| Undergraduate | The College of William and Mary Biology B.S. |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Timbrook TT, McKay L, Sutton JD, Spivak ES (2020). Disproportionality Analysis of Safety With Nafcillin and Oxacillin With the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS). Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 64(3), e01818-19.
- Rhoads JLW, Willson TM, Sutton JD, Spivak ES, Samore MH, Stevens VW (2020). Epidemiology, Disposition and Treatment of Ambulatory Veterans With Skin and Soft Tissue Infections. Clin Infect Dis.
- Sutton JD, Carico R, Burk M, Jones MM, Wei X, Neuhauser MM, Goetz MB, Echevarria KLSpivak ES, Cunningham FE Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Medication Use Evaluation Group (2020). Inpatient Management of Uncomplicated Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in 34 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers: A Medication Use Evaluation. . Open Forum Infect Dis, 7(1), ofz554.
- Erickson RM, Tritle BJ, Spivak ES, Timbrook TT (2019). Impact of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Bundle for Uncomplicated Gram-Negative Bacteremia. . Open Forum Infect Dis, 6(12).
- Ihm C, Sutton JD, Timbrook TT, Spivak ES (2019). Treatment Duration and Associated Outcomes for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Patients With Obesity or Heart Failure. Open Forum Infect Dis, 6(6), ofz217.
- Buss BA, Baures TJ, Yoo M, Hanson KE, Alexander DP, Benefield RJ, Spivak ES (2018). Impact of a Multiplex PCR Assay for Bloodstream Infections With and Without Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention at a Cancer Hospital. Open Forum Infect Dis, 5(10), ofy258.
- Doernberg SB, Abbo LM, Burdette SD, Fishman NO, Goodman EL, Kravitz GR, Leggett JE, Moehring RW, Newland JG, Robinson PA, Spivak ES, Tamma PD, Chambers HF (2018). Essential Resources and Strategies for Antibiotic Stewardship Programs in the Acute Care Setting. Clin Infect Dis, 67(8), 1168-1174.
- Benefield RJ, Slechta ES, Gast CM, Spivak ES, Hanson KE, Alexander DP (2018). Comparison of the drug-drug interaction potential of daptomycin in combination with rifampin in healthy adult volunteers. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, Epub ahead.
- Spivak ES, Burk M, Zhang R, Jones MM, Neuhauser MM, Goetz MB, Cunningham FE (2017). Management of Bacteriuria in Veterans Affairs Hospitals. Clin Infect Dis, 65(6), 910-917.
- Gruninger RJ, Johnson RA, Das SK, Nelson EJ, Spivak ES, Contreras JR, Faruque AS, Leung DT (2017). Socioeconomic Determinants of Ciprofloxacin-resistant Shigella Infections in Bangladeshi Children. Pathog Immun, 2(1), 89-101.
- Yarbrough PM, Kukhareva PV, Spivak ES, Hopkins C, Kawamoto K (2015). Evidence-based care pathway for cellulitis improves process, clinical, and cost outcomes. J Hosp Med, 10(12), 780-6.
- Spivak ES, Kendall B, Orlando P, Perez C, De Amorim M, Samore M, Pavia AT, Hersh AL (2015). Evaluation of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy at a Veterans Affairs Hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 36(9), 1103-5.
- Spivak ES, Kendall B, Orlando P, Perez C, De Amorim M, Samore M, Pavia AT, Hersh AL (2015 May). Evaluation of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy at a Veterans Affairs Hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 26, 1-3.
- Dufresne SF, Marr KA, Sydnor E, Staab JF, Karp JE, Lu K, Zhang SX, Lavalle C, Perl TM, Neofytos D (2014 Jun). Epidemiology of Candida kefyr in patients with hematologic malignancies. J Clin Microbiol, 52(6), 1830-7.
- Sydnor ER, Bova G, Gimburg A, Cosgrove SE, Perl TM, Maragakis LL (2012). Electronic Eye Faucets: Legionella spp. Contamination in Healthcare Settings. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 33(3), 235-40.
- Emily RM Sydnor MD, MHS, Amy Greer PhD, Alicia P Budd MPH, Miriana Pehar RN, Supriya Munshaw PhD, Dionissios Neofytos MD, Trish M Perl MD, MSc, Alexandra Valsamakis MD, PhD (2012). An outbreak of human parainfluenza virus 3 infection in an outpatient hematopoietic stem cell transplantation clinic. Am J Infect Control, 40(7), 601-5.
- Sydnor ER, Lenhart A, Trollinger B, Avdic E, Maragakis LL, Carroll KC, Cosgrove SE (2011). Antimicrobial Prescribing Practices in Response to Different Clostridium difficile Diagnostic Methodologies. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 32(11), 1133-6.
- Tamma PD, Turnbull AE, Milstone AM, Lehmann CU, Sydnor ER, Cosgrove SE (2011). Ventilator-associated tracheitis in children: does antibiotic duration matter? Clin Infect Dis, 52(11), 1324-31.
- Manabe YC, Campbell JD, Sydnor E, Moore RD (2007). Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: risk factors and treatment implications. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 46(4), 456-62.
Review
- Timbrook TT, Spivak ES, Hanson KE (2018). Current and Future Opportunities for Rapid Diagnostics in Antimicrobial Stewardship. [Review]. Med Clin North Am, 102(5), 899-911.
- Sutton JD, Sayood S, Spivak ES (2018). Top Questions in Uncomplicated, Non-Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia. [Review]. Open Forum Infect Dis, 5(5), ofy087.
- Spivak ES, Hanson KE (2018). Candida auris: an Emerging Fungal Pathogen. [Review]. J Clin Microbiol, 56(2), e01588-17.
- Spivak ES, Cosgrove SE, Srinivasan A (Sep 2016). Measuring Appropriate Antimicrobial Use: Attempts at Opening the Black Box. [Review]. Clin Infect Dis, 63(12), 1639-1644.
- Lynch L, Spivak ES (2015 Aug). The pregnant healthcare worker: fact and fiction. [Review]. Curr Opin Infect Dis, 28(4), 362-8.
- Sydnor E, Perl TM (2014 Aug 27). Healthcare providers as sources of vaccine-preventable diseases. [Review]. Vaccine, 32(38), 4814-4822.
- Sydnor ER, Perl TM (2011). Hospital epidemiology and infection control in acute-care settings. [Review]. Clin Microbiol Rev, 24(1), 141-73.
- Spivak AM, Sydnor ER, Blankson JN, Gallant JE (2010). Seronegative HIV-1 infection: a review of the literature. [Review]. AIDS, 24(10), 1407-14.
Editorial
- Spivak ES (2019). Antibiotic Use in Dentistry-What We Know and Do Not Know. 2(5), e193881.