Renuga Vivekanandan | Source | Professor and Assistant Dean of Strategy & Accreditation at Creighton University
Renuga Vivekanandan
Dr. Rengua Vivekanandan, M.D., is an infectious disease expert and an award-winning physician whose research and experience position her as a prominent voice on public health, epidemiology, gender equity in health care, organ transplant outcomes and antibiotics stewardship. Dr. Vivekanandan is also the Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship & Hospital Epidemiology at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center – Bergan Mercy.
Dr. Vivekanandan was named a 2021 Champion of Humanistic Care Award winner by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. She earned a Distinguished Faculty Service Award from Creighton University and received The Walter J. O’Donohue, Jr. Award from the Nebraska Chapter of the American College of Physicians. She named a 40 Under 40 Honor by the Midlands Business Journal in 2019.
In addition to publishing numerous research papers and articles, Dr. Vivekanandan is a regular presenter at national conferences, educational webinars and professional seminars. She mentors and collaborates with medical students, residents and fellows.
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“What I’ve thought about during the pandemic; it’s not ‘I,’ it’s ‘us.' I think the public health community have been doing their very best ... communicating that public health message about how we can all work together to make sure every time we have a wave, [we] bring the wave down and protect each other," Dr. Renuga Vivekanandan told Vox.
Link: https://www.vox.com/2022/5/22/23136724/covid-19-pandemic-public-health-response-summer-2022
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Molecular Diagnostics for Bacterial Pneumonia Need Testing Stewardship
Ongoing education and proven outcomes need to aid this form of testing.
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Professor and Assistant Dean of Strategy & Accreditation