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Dr. Weinstein is Chairman, Department of Medicine, Cook County Health and Hospitals System (formerly Cook County Hospital); Chief Operating Officer, the outpatient Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center for the Prevention, Care, and Research of Infectious Diseases; and the C. Anderson Hedberg MD Professor of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center – all in Chicago IL. Dr. Weinstein’s clinical and research interests focus on healthcare-acquired infections (particularly the epidemiology, costs, and prevention of antimicrobial resistance and infections in intensive care units), rapid HIV testing, and healthcare costs and outcomes for patients with HIV/AIDS.
Dr. Weinstein is a past-president of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and a past-chair of the CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). He was a recipient of the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems 1999 Clinical Research Award, the 2005 recipient of the SHEA Lectureship Award, and the 2008 recipient of the SHEA Mentor Award, and was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the CDC in 2010 and the Infectious Disease Society of America Mentor Award in 2012. Dr. Weinstein has published over 290 peer-reviewed scientific articles, over 50 book chapters, 2 books, and over 25 CDs and internet educational materials. Dr. Weinstein is deeply committed to trainee education. Internal medicine residents learn from him regularly when he attends on the inpatient HIV/Infectious Disease and infectious disease consult services. He also conducts departmental morning report for County residents every Monday and Wednesday. It is in this setting that he interacts with every resident on a personal level. |
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