Michael Stevens, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA

Professor and Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Medicine

Classification:

Faculty

Pierce J, Stevens MP. The emerging role of telehealth in antimicrobial stewardship: a systematic review and perspective. Curr Treat Options Infect Dis 2021 [in press].

Druckerman DG, Applebaum N, Armstrong-Novak J, Masroon N, Cooper K, Stevens MP, Godbout E, Bearman G, Doll ME. Healthcare worker perceptions on hand hygiene technologies: does technology performance matter? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2021;42: 1519-1502. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.286

Stevens MP, Pierce JW, Pryor R, Doll ME, Bearman GM. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) delta wave: refocusing effort and remaining resilient in the face of evolving infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship challenges. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology 2021; Epub Nov 18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2021.211.

Pierce J, Stevens MP. COVID-19 and antimicrobial stewardship: lessons learned, best practices and future implications. Int J Infect Dis 2021;113:103-108. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.10.001.

Shah H, Srivastava M, Roberson A, Lockhart S, McKinney W, Beavers S, Knowlson S, Currie L, Godbout E, Stevens MP, Bearman G, Cooper K, Doll M. Changes in nursing team composition and risk of device-associated infection in intensive care units. Am J Infection Control 2021 Sep 17; Epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.09.009.

Pierce JW, Kim J, Deja E, Lee K, Doll M, Bearman G, Stevens MP. Electronic distribution of COVID-19 guidelines: a potential tool for antimicrobial stewardship programs. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2021 Sep 22;1-2; Epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.419.

Heil EL, Bork JT, Abbo LM, Barlam TF, Cosgrove SE, Davis A, Ha DR, Jenkins TC, Kaye KS, Lewis JS, Ortwine JK, Pogue JM, Spivak ES, Stevens MP, Vaezi L, Tamma PD. Optimizing the management of Gram-negative bloodstream infections: consensus recommendations using a modified Delphi process. Open Forum Infect Dis 2021;8(10). DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab434.

Mangin E, Bailey P, Cooper K, Pryor R, Vanhoozer G, Godbout E, Hemphill R, Stevens MP, Doll M, Bearman G. Standardization and safety: evaluation of inpatient nurse huddle routines and practices at an academic health care system during the COVID-19 pandemic. J of Nursing and Practice 2021;4(1):272-278.  DOI: 10.36959/545/394.

Assi M, Abbas S, Nori P, Doll M, Godbout E, Bearman G, Stevens MP. Infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship program collaboration during the COVID-19 pandemic: a window of opportunity. Curr Infect Dis Rep 2021;23(10):15. DOI: 10.1007/s11908-021-00759-w.

Walters JH, Stevens MP, Kim J. Evaluation of optimal treatment for urinary tract infections in outpatient clinics at an academic medical center: opportunities for antimicrobial stewardship. Am J Infection Control 2021 Jul 15; Epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.07.005.

Doll M, Guidry JPD, Pryor R, Kellermann AL, Stevens MP. Promoting COVID-19 vaccination: do we need to reframe how we present risk? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2021 Jun 24; Epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.302.

Pryor R, Cooper K, Britton A, Meador N, Doll M, Godbout EJ, Stevens MP, Kellermann L, Bearman G. Riding the third wave: how an academic medical center reduced COVID-19 infections in health care workers. NEJM Catalyst 2021; Epub Apr 13.

Vissichelli NC, Orndahl CM, Cecil JA, Hill EM, Hitchcock M, Sabo RT, Stevens MP, Tassone D, Vaughan LB, Markley JD. Impact of cascade reporting of antimicrobial susceptibility on antimicrobial consumption at a Veterans Affairs medical center. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2021 Apr 6;1-6; Epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.83.

Sterling RK, Shin D, Shin Y, French E, Stevens MP, Bajaj JS, DeWit M, Sanyal AJ. Fibrosis-4 predicts the need for mechanical ventilation in a national multiethnic cohort of coronavirus disease 2019. Hepatol Commun 2021;5(9):1605-1615. DOI: 10.1002/hep4.1737.

Pierce J, Dalton J, Stevens MP, Godwin M, Hill A, Doern CD, Bryson AL. Photo Quiz: A 28-year-old man with an organism extracted from the eyelid. Clin Infect Dis 2021;72(11):2049-2051. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1841.

Bobb L, Balance LR, Abbate A, Bain JC, Sime PJ, Moeller FG, Lessard MK, Montpetit AJ, Harmon MP, Stevens MP, Diaz Granados D. Center for Clinical and Translational Research COVID-19 clinical trial committee: the development of a review and prioritization matrix during a pandemic. J Clin Transl Sci 2021;5(1):e80. DOI: 10.1017/cts.2021.4.

Assi M, Doll M, Pryor R, Cooper K, Bearman G, Stevens MP. Impact of COVID-19 on healthcare-associated infections: an update and perspective. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2021 March 12; Epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.92.

Nori P, Patel P, Stevens MP. Pandemic stewardship: reflecting on new roles and contributions of antimicrobial stewardship programs during COVID-19. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2021 April 16; Epub ahead of print.  DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.172.

Reagan KA, Chan DM, Vanhoozer G, Pryor RJ, Doll ME, Godbout EJ, Stevens MP, Bearman GM. Resistors and constipators: financial impact in an academic medical center, a mathematical model. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2021 Feb 24;1-3. Epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.34.

Rader TS, Stevens MP, Bearman G. Syndromic multiplex polymerase chain reaction (mPCR) testing and antimicrobial stewardship: current practice & future directions. Curr Infect Dis Rep 2021;23(4):5. DOI: 10.1007/s11908-021-00748-z.

Nestler M, Godbout E, Lee K, Kim J, Noda AJ, Taylor P, Pryor R, Markley JD, Doll M, Bearman G, Stevens MP. Fungal superinfection in patients with COVID-19: role of antifungal stewardship? Am J Infection Control 2021;49(2):279-280. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.11.015.

Pakyz AL, Orndahl CM, Johns A, Harless DW, Morgan DJ, Bearman G, Hohmann SF, Stevens MP. Impact of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sepsis core measure on antibiotic use. Clin Infect Dis 2021;72(4):556-565.  DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa456.

Nori P, Patel PK, Stevens MP. Rational allocation of COVID-19 vaccines to healthcare personnel and patients: a role for antimicrobial stewardship programs? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2020 Dec 16;1-6; Epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.1393.

Godbout EJ, Pryor R, Harmon M, Montpetit A, Greer J, Bachmann LM, Doll M, Stevens MP, Bearman G. Severe acute respiratory Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) seroprevalence among healthcare workers in a low prevalence region. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2020 Dec 14;1-3; Epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.1374.

Haessler S, Martin EM, Scales ME, Kang L, Doll M, Stevens MP, Uslan DZ, Pryor R, Edmond MB, Godbout E, Abbas S, Bearman G. Stopping the routine use of contact precautions for management of MRSA and VRE at three academic medical centers: an interrupted time series analysis. Am J Infection Control 2020 Dec 48(12):1466-1473. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.06.219.

Pryor RJ, Doll M, Stevens MP, Cooper K, Godbout EJ, Hess O, Bearman G. Healthcare associated COVID-19: the experience of an academic medical center. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2020 Dec 7:1-3; Epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.1357.

Patel PK, Nori P, Stevens MP. Antimicrobial stewardship and Bamlanivimab: opportunities for outpatient preauthorization. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2020 Nov 20;1-3; Epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.1343.

Mazdeyasna H, Bernard S, Kang L, Godbout E, Lee K, Noda AJ, Kim J, Markley JD, Doll M, Bearman G, Stevens MP. A Descriptive analysis of outpatient antibiotic use for urinary tract infections in Virginia. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2021;42(3):361-362. DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.1301.

Hess OCR, Armstrong-Novak JD, Doll M, Cooper K, Bailey P, Godbout E, Stevens MP, Bearman G. The impact of COVID-19 on provider use of electronic hand hygiene monitoring technology. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2021;42(8):1007-1009. DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.1336.

Taylor W, Abbate A, Tchoukina I, Stevens MP. Chryseobacterium bacteraemia in a patient with heart failure: case report and literature review. Eur Heart J Case Rep 2020;4(6):1-6. DOI: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytaa338

SPECIAL AWARDS AND HONORS

Selected as one of the Top Doctors in Richmond (for Infectious Diseases), Richmond Magazine (selected by peers); April 2021, April 2020, April 2019, April 2017, April 2016, April 2015

Selected as one of the Top Doctors in Richmond (for Public Health and Tropical Medicine), Richmond Magazine (selected by peers, highest vote recipient); April 2021, April 2020

2019 Five-Star Provider (In the Star Ratings and Patient Reviews Program; “in recognition of receiving a perfect five-star rating from more than 50+ patients surveyed”). Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia; January 29, 2020

Excellence as a Clinician-Educator Award, Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Internal Medicine, Richmond, Virginia; February 8, 2019

Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Internal Medicine, Richmond, VA (selected by Internal Medicine residents); June 16, 2018

Selected as one of the Top Doctors in Virginia (for Infectious Diseases), Virginia Living Magazine (selected by peers); March 2018

Fellow, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; April 2017

Outstanding Mentor Award, Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Internal Medicine, Richmond, Virginia; February 3, 2017

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC OR PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

2016-present    American College of Physicians, Fellow

2015-2019        Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine

2012-present    Stewardship Interest Group of Virginia, Founding Member

2012-present    International Society of Travel Medicine

2008-present    International Society for Infectious Diseases

2008-present    HIV Medicine Association, Member

2008-present    Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Fellow

2008-present    Infectious Diseases Society of America, Fellow

2007-present    Gold Humanism Honor Society

2007-present    Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society

Michael Stevens, MD, MPH, FSHEA, FIDSA, FACP is a Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases. He is WVU Health System's System Healthcare Epidemiologist and is the Medical Co-Director for the Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center.  Dr. Stevens’ research interests focus on pragmatic approaches to infection prevention. He has contributed to over 100 research abstracts presented at national and international conferences and has authored over 130 peer-reviewed papers. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

Grants and Contracts:

Co-Principal Investigator on a Virginia Department of Health grant to create a Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center. Award $6,000,000. July 2021-June 2023.

Site Investigator. Study to Evaluate the Safety and Antiviral Activity of Remdesivir (GS-5774) in Patients with Moderate Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Compared to Standard of Care Treatment; NCT04292730. Sponsor = Gilead Sciences. March 2020-June 2020.

Site Investigator. Study to Evaluate the Safety and Antiviral Activity of Remdesivir (GS-5734) in Patients with Severe Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Compared to Standard of Care Treatment; NCT04292899. Sponsor = Gilead Sciences. March 2020-June 2020.

Co-recipient of a Virginia Commonwealth University Presidential Research Quest Fund (PeRQ Fund) award for $44,540 to study the Impact of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Sepsis Core Measures on Hospital-level Broad-spectrum Antibiotic Use. July 1, 2017-December 31, 2018.

Co-recipient of a Virginia Commonwealth University Global Impact Grant for $2,500 to purchase an ultrasound machine to be used for clinical care and training in the context of VCU’s Global Health & Health Disparities Program (GH2DP) outreach efforts in Yoro, Honduras. October 2017.

 

Research Advising and Mentoring:

Details available upon request. To date have mentored students, residents, fellows and faculty on 87 different research projects.

Medical Specialties

• Infectious Diseases
• Internal Medicine

Board Certifications

• Infectious Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine