Advancing Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) remains an important public health threat, underscoring the critical role of health care personnel in promoting appropriate antibiotic use and implementing effective infection prevention and control (IPC) practices. This webinar will provide an overview of antibiotic use trends and highlight the role that health systems can play in ambulatory care delivery and improving outpatient antibiotic prescribing practices. Participants will learn about updates to CDC’s Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Programs and explore practical strategies for implementing the updated guidance within health systems. The webinar will discuss real-world examples, current gaps in outpatient stewardship, and opportunities to strengthen stewardship efforts moving forward. This session is intended for health care and public health professionals interested in advancing outpatient antibiotic stewardship and optimizing outpatient antibiotic use to improve patient outcomes and help combat antimicrobial resistance.

Marisa Holubar, MD, MS

Marisa Holubar, MD, MS, is a clinical professor of infectious diseases at Stanford University School of Medicine, medical director of Stanford’s Antimicrobial Safety & Sustainability Program, and Co-Director of Stanford’s WHO Collaborating Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship. She is also the current chair of SHEA’s Antimicrobial Stewardship committee which is currently developing a white paper outlining research needs for outpatient antimicrobial stewardship.

Payal Patel, MD, MPH

Payal Patel, MD, MPH, is an associate professor of infectious diseases at Intermountain Health and the enterprise-wide director of antimicrobial stewardship. She is an infectious diseases physician and is passionate about improving antimicrobial stewardship in the US and across the globe. She is a voting member on the Presidential Advisory Council on Combatting Antibiotic Resistance and has over 100 peer-reviewed publications in the field of antimicrobial stewardship and has mentored over 40 medical students, residents, fellows, PhD students and faculty in her career.

Emily McDonald, MD, MPH

Emily McDonald, MD, MPH, is a Medical Officer in CDC’s Office of Antibiotic Stewardship. She is a board-certified physician in Public Health and Preventive Medicine, and her work focuses on improving antibiotic prescribing and patient safety in outpatient care.

Sarah Kabbani, MD, MSC

Sarah Kabbani, MD, MSC, is an adult infectious diseases physician and Director of CDC’s Office of Antibiotic Stewardship. In her role, she helps guide national efforts to improve antibiotic use and advance antibiotic stewardship across healthcare settings through public health action.

Erica Kaufman West, MD

Erica Kaufman West, MD, completed her undergraduate degrees at Valparaiso University in Indiana. She received her medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine. She finished her Internal Medicine residency and her chief resident year at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She stayed to complete her fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the West LA VA/Cedars-Sinai/Olive View-UCLA Medical Center program. She has been working in the Midwest since then, focusing on acute inpatient as well as outpatient care in HIV, Hepatitis C and wound care. She now works as the AMA’s Director of Infectious Diseases while maintaining her clinical practice.

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