MORGANTOWN – The WVU Health System announced on Tuesday the appointment of Dr. Michael Stevens as chief quality officer.
Stevens had been serving as interim chief quality officer. He joined the Health System in 2022 as its inaugural chief epidemiologist. He also holds a faculty appointment at the WVU School of Medicine, where he serves as chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases.
Stevens previously held several clinical and academic posts concurrently, including medical co-director of the Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center (VCUMC) in Richmond.; interim hospital epidemiologist at VCUMC; professor of internal medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine; and associate chair, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, VCU School of Medicine.
Earlier clinical and academic leadership posts included director of VCUMC’s antimicrobial stewardship program, associate program director for global health for VCUMC’s internal medicine residency program, and director of VCU Health System’s Travel and Tropical Medicine Clinic.
“We’re excited that Mike will be taking on this new role for the Health System and are grateful for his outstanding work and leadership since joining us in 2022,” said Dr. Mike Edmond, chief medical officer of the WVU Health System.
As the Health System’s chief epidemiologist, Stevens worked closely with epidemiologists and other clinical leaders to build consistency in surveillance and control measures and reduce healthcare-associated infections.
“I am thrilled and grateful for the opportunity to work with and support our great teams across the health system in this new role,” Stevens said.
Stevens received his medical degree from the VCU School of Medicine and completed his residency and chief residency in internal medicine at VCU. He stayed at VCU to complete fellowships in infectious diseases and hospital epidemiology and a Master of Public Health degree.
His clinical and research interests focus on pragmatic infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship approaches. He has contributed to more than 130 research abstracts presented at national and international conferences, authored more than 140 peer-reviewed papers, and written more than 10 book chapters. He has also spoken nationally and internationally on infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship.
He was selected by Virginia Living Magazine as one of the Top Doctors in Virginia (for Infectious Diseases) in 2018 and named one of the Top Doctors in Richmond (for Infectious Diseases) by Richmond Magazine in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.
