Kristina K Bryant, MD

Description

Dr. Bryant joined the University of Louisville School of Medicine faculty in 2000 and is currently a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Since 2008, she has directed the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program at U of L. She is currently the President-elect of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, the world’s largest organization of professionals dedicated to the treatment, control, and eradication of infectious diseases affecting children. Dr. Bryant is the hospital epidemiologist at Norton Children’s Hospital and a member of the leadership team that coordinates infection prevention and control efforts at Norton Healthcare. She is active in state-wide efforts to prevent healthcare-associated infections and is a member of  the Kentucky State Regional Infection Prevention and Epidemiology (K-STRIPE) committee. She is a former chair of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Guidelines Committee and has co-authored several infection prevention guideline/guidance documents. She is the co-editor of a book, Handbook of Pediatric Infection Prevention and Control, scheduled for publication this spring. In December 2016, Dr. Bryant was appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), a federal advisory committee that provides advice and guidance to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding strategies for surveillance and prevention and control of health care associated infections in United States health care facilities.