Associate Professor of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Dr. Chanu Rhee is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Center for Sepsis Epidemiology and Prevention Studies (SEPSIS) at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. He is also a practicing infectious disease and critical care physician and serves as Medical Director of Infection Control at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Rhee is internationally recognized for his expertise in the epidemiology, surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment of sepsis, with a particular focus on leveraging electronic health record data to inform clinical practice, quality improvement, and public health policy. His areas of focus also include infection prevention and control, antimicrobial resistance and stewardship, infections in immunocompromised patients, and the care of critically ill patients. He has led sepsis quality improvement initiatives across the Mass General Brigham healthcare system and has participated in numerous national committees dedicated to advancing sepsis care, including in his current role as Chair of the IDSA Sepsis Advisory Panel. He has served as principal investigator on multiple federally funded studies, has authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles, and is recognized by ScholarGPS as one of the world’s most highly cited and influential sepsis researchers.