Susan M. Kellie, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine

Division of Infectious Diseases

University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Hospital Epidemiologist,

University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

New Mexico Veterans’ Administration Healthcare System

2211 Lomas NE, MSC 105550

Albuquerque, NM 87131

Tel: 505-272-1670

skellie@salud.unm.edu

            Susan M. Kellie, MD, MPH, is a graduate of Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed her training at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases in 1992. After seven years in private practice, she joined the faculty of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in 1999 and completed a master’s degree in Public Health at the University of New Mexico (UNM) in 2005. Dr. Kellie is the Hospital Epidemiologist for UNM Health Sciences Center and the New Mexico VA Healthcare system. Her interests include methicillin-resistant S. aureus  (MRSA), prevention of surgical site infection, and influenza. She oversees a large database of digitally stored pulsed-field gel electrophoresis typing of MRSA isolates from both facilities. As the only academic hospital epidemiologist in the state of New Mexico, she has given numerous lectures to local groups and participates in state-wide infection prevention collaboratives. She was named Infection Control Educator of the Year for 2006 by Infection Control Today. She was also awarded the 2005 Award of Excellence, by the New Mexico Chapter of the Association of Professionals in Infection Control.