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Robert A. Weinstein, MD

Doctor Robert Weinstein
The C. Anderson Hedberg MD Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, RUSH Medical College
Chairman Emeritus, Department of Medicine, Cook County Health
Founding Chief Operating Officer Emeritus, the outpatient Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center for the Prevention, Care, and Research of Infectious Diseases
Education

AB, Cornell University
MD, Cornell University Medical College
Medical Residency, Barnes Hospital
CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service
Infectious Disease Fellowship, University of Chicago

Research Areas

Weinstein’s clinical and research interests have focused on healthcare-acquired infections (particularly the epidemiology, costs, microbiome, and prevention of antimicrobial resistance and infections in intensive care units), rapid HIV testing, and healthcare costs and outcomes for patients with HIV/AIDS.

Areas of Expertise: Hospital Epidemiology, Multi-drug resistant organisms, Microbiome

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Biography

Weinstein is a past-president of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), a past-chair of the CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), a past member of the IDSA Board of Directors, and a past member of the CDC’s National Center for Infectious Disease Board of Scientific Counselors and Chair of that Board’s Antimicrobial Resistance Working Group. Weinstein currently is a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Combating Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria.

Honors and Activities

Weinstein was a recipient of the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems 1999 Clinical Research Award, the 2005 recipient of the SHEA Lectureship Award, and the 2008 recipient of the SHEA Mentor Award, and was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the CDC in 2010, the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Walter Stamm Mentor Award in 2012, the IDSA Joseph Smadel Named Lecture in 2014, and the 2017 Rush University Mentor of the year award. He also received the prestigious SHEA Senior Scholarship Award at the IDWeek 2019. 

Publications

Weinstein has published over 350 peer-reviewed scientific articles, over 50 book chapters, 2 books, and over 25 CDs and internet educational materials.

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