Dr. Vance Fowler

Dr. Fowler, MD, is an infectious diseases physician and academic leader who serves as the Florence McAlister Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and a faculty member of the Duke Clinical Research Institute at Duke University School of Medicine. He practices at Duke University Hospital and the Duke Infectious Diseases Clinic in Durham, North Carolina. His clinical focus centers on antimicrobial resistance, bloodstream and intravascular infections, and device-associated infections. Dr. Fowler’s research interests include multicenter clinical trials in antibacterial resistance, host-pathogen genomics and immune profiling, and the development of novel anti-infective therapeutics and advanced diagnostics. His work emphasizes optimizing antimicrobial use while improving outcomes for patients with serious infections. A nationally and internationally recognized physician-scientist, Dr. Fowler is the Contact Principal Investigator of the NIAID Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group, co-founder of the International Collaboration on Endocarditis, and founder and director of the Duke SAB Group Repository. His honors include the Hamao Umezawa Award, the Maxwell Finland Lecture Award, the Oswald Avery Award, and Duke’s Translational Research Mentoring Award, and he has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher. He earned his MD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, completed his internal medicine residency and infectious diseases fellowship at Duke University Medical Center, and also received a Master of Health Sciences in Clinical Research from Duke University.