Jason Newland, MD, MEd, FPIDS, FIDSA; Division Chief, Pediatric Infectious Disease, Professor of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital/The Ohio State University; Columbus, OH

Jason Newland is a Professor of Pediatrics and the Division Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University. Prior to arriving at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, he was the medical director of the ASPs at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. At both of these hospitals, he implemented effective ASPs that observed significant improvement in antimicrobial use and improvement in patient outcomes.

Dr. Newland is a national and international leader in the field of antimicrobial stewardship. He has served on many important committees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding antimicrobial stewardship and how to best accomplish the goals set forth in the National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. He is the Chair of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society’s Committee on Antimicrobial Stewardship and has led this group since its inception in 2010. His outstanding work in antimicrobial stewardship led to his invite to the 2015 White House Forum on Antimicrobial Stewardship.

Dr. Newland’s research focuses on improving the use of antibiotics in all healthcare settings and aiding hospitals in developing and evaluating their antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP). He has authored over 110 peer-reviewed publication in many of the leading journals on this topic. He is most recognized for his establishment of the Sharing Antimicrobial Reports for Pediatric Stewardship (SHARPS) Collaborative, a quality improvement collaborative comprised of over 60 hospitals dedicated to improving the use of antibiotics. The SHARPS Collaborative provides antimicrobial stewardship physicians and pharmacists with numerous resources to aid in improving and evaluating their program. Lastly, Dr. New land has organized and led the only dedicated Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Conference in the World. This conference began in 2010 as a one day meeting with 30 participants. This meeting has continued to grow annually and has become one of the premiere ASP meetings in the country.