Leadership

My work is focused on the impact of antimicrobial stewardship programs in children’s hospitals. We have developed a large national collaborative of stewardship programs, SHARPS, dedicated to the appropriate use of antibiotics for hospitalized children. This network is working to demonstrate the importance and needed research to improve antimicrobial use.

Rana El Feghaly, MD is a pediatric infectious diseases physician, the infectious diseases clinical director, quality improvement director, and the director of the outpatient antibiotic stewardship program at Children’s Mercy Kansas City. She is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. With her expertise in quality improvement, El Feghaly’s research focuses on judicious use of antibiotics and diagnostic tests in the outpatient setting, and health equity in antimicrobial prescribing.

Dr. Gerber’s research focuses on observational studies to determine the epidemiology and outcomes associated with antimicrobial use in children as well as interventions designed to improve antimicrobial use based on established guidelines.

Dr. Hersh received his medical degree and doctoral degrees from Dartmouth Medical School, and completed his Pediatrics residency and Fellowships in Infectious Diseases and General Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. He is currently an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. His clinical interests include all aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases among patients ranging from infants to young adults. His academic interests are in the areas of health services research and clinical epidemiology.