Dr. Emily Sydnor Spivak

Emily Sydnor Spivak, MD, MHS, FIDSA, FSHEA, is an infectious diseases physician and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She established and serves as Medical Director and Co-Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs for University of Utah Health and the Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. Her clinical work centers on infectious diseases consultation, antimicrobial stewardship, and healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention. Her research interests include improving the quality and appropriateness of antimicrobial use, measuring patient outcomes associated with different antibiotic strategies, and advancing data-driven stewardship through risk adjustment and benchmarking, including approaches that support more sustainable healthcare delivery.