Susan K. Seo, MD

Director, Antibiotic Management Program
Assistant Member
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Phone
212-639-7810

Education
MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Residencies
Beth Israel Hospital-Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Fellowship
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Board Certification
Internal Medicine; Infectious Diseases

Academic Appointments
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Hospital Appointments
Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases

Research Interests

Antibiotic Management Program

The Antibiotic Management Program (AMP) is a joint collaboration between the Infectious Disease and Pharmacy services at MSKCC. Dr. Seo works with 2 full-time pharmacists and a data manager to optimize antibiotic utilization on the inpatient services at Memorial Hospital. The AMP is a comprehensive program that provides rapid and rational approval of antibiotic requests as well as to provide advice on the choice and duration of subsequent antibiotic therapy once microbiologic results are available. Objectives include improving the quality of patient care and improving resource utilization.

Recent Publications

Seo SK, Venkataraman L, DeGirolami PC, Samore MH. Molecular typing of coagulase-negative staphylococci from blood cultures does not correlate with clinical criteria for true bacteremia. Am J Med 109;2000:697-704. [PubMed Abstract]

Seo SK, Regan A, Cihlar T, Lin DC, Boulad F, George D, Prasad V, Kiehn TE, Polsky B. Cytomegalovirus ventribuloencephalitis in a bone marrow transplant recipient during maintenance antiviral therapy: clinical and molecular evidence of drug resistance. Clin Infect Dis 33(9); 2001: E105-108. [PubMed Abstract]

Seo SK, Malak SF, Lim S, Eagan J, Sepkowitz KA. Prevalence of measles antibody among young adult healthcare workers in a cancer hospital: 1980s versus 1998-1999. Infect Control Hosp Epid 2002;23:276-278. [PubMed Abstract]

Paskovaty A, Pflomm JM, Myke N, Seo SK. A multidisciplinary approach to antimicrobial stewardship: evolution into the 21st century. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2005; 25:1-10. [PubMedAbstract]

Seo SK. Infectious complications of lung cancer. Oncology. 2005; 19:185-194. [PubMedAbstract]