Amy Mathers, MD

Dr. Mathers is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology at the University of Virginia. She is the Clinical Director of the Adult Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and Director for Clinical Microbiology Sequencing and Associate Director of Clinical Microbiology for the University of Virginia Medical Center.

Dr. Mather’s research has focused on antimicrobial resistance in gram-negative pathogens over the last decade. She has utilized whole genome sequencing applications to understand hospital pathogen transmission including the hospital environment. Her clinical research has focused on molecular detection of resistance in clinical microbiology and mechanisms for turning results into change for patients via antimicrobial stewardship paired interventions. With additional interest in antimicrobial susceptibility testing and its relation to antimicrobial use and stewardship.

Dr. Mathers is a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, current voting member of the Clinical Laboratory and Standards Institute (CLSI) Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Committee and co-chair of the breakpoint working group. She is the Infectious Diseases Society of America liaison for the CLSI. She is a reviewer for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) including the Antimicrobial Resistance Leadership Group (ARLG) Diagnostics Committee. She has received funding from both Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as NIH.