Theoklis Zaoutis
Adjunct Professor, Paediatrics
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School of Medicine
Adjunct Faculty
Academic Qualifications
| Qualification | Year | Awarding Institution | Department | Thesis title (Optional Entry) |
| BS | 1985 | State University of New York at Stonybrook | Biology | |
| MCM | 1987 | Hahnemann University | Clinical Microbiology | |
| MD | 1996 | Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University | Medicine | |
| PhD | 2014 | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | School of Medicine (Medicine) | |
| MSCE | 2005 | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
Employment History
| Period of employment | Employer | Location | Position | |
| From | To | |||
| 2003- | 2009 | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Assistant Professor of Paediatrics |
| 2006- | 2009 | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Secondary) | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Secondary) | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology |
| 2009- | 2013 | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Secondary) | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Secondary) | Associate Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology |
| 2009- | 2013 | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, | Associate Professor of Paediatrics’ |
| 2011- | present | University of Athens School of Medicine | University of Athens School of Medicine | Visiting Associate Professor of Paediatrics |
| 2013- | present | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Secondary) | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Secondary) | Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology |
| 2013- | present | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Professor of Paediatrics |
| 2004- | 2010 | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program |
| 2004- | 2010 | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | CHOP | Fellowship Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Training Program |
| 2008- | 2014 | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Division of Infectious Diseases | Associate Chief |
| 2010- | present | NICHD | NICHD | Co-Director, Pediatric Pharmacoepidemiology Training Grant (T32), |
| 2013- | present | NIAID | NIAID | Co-Director, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Training Grant (T32), |
| 2014- | present | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Division of Infectious Diseases | Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases |
| 2011- | present | Collaborative Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research (CLEO) | CLEO | Scientific Director of CLEO |
| 2018- | present | Penta Foundation PENTA ID | PENTA ID | Chief Scientific Officer |
Publications
| Ref. Number | Year | Title | Other authors | Journal and Publisher / Conference | Vol. | Pages |
| 1 | 2019 | Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules: United States, 2019. | COMMITTEE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES. | Pediatrics | 143(3) | pii: e20190065. |
| 2 | 2018 | Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules: United States, 2018 | COMMITTEE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES. | Pediatrics | 141(3) | pii: e20180083. |
| 3 | 2017 | Association of Broad- vs Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotics With Treatment Failure, Adverse Events, and Quality of Life in Children With Acute Respiratory Tract Infections. | Gerber JS, Ross RK, Bryan M, Localio AR, Szymczak JE, Wasserman R, Barkman D, Odeniyi F, Conaboy K, Bell L, Zaoutis TE, Fiks AG. | JAMA | 318(23) | 2325-2336. |
| 4 | 2017 | Antifungal stewardship considerations for adults and pediatrics. | Hamdy RF, Zaoutis TE, Seo SK. | Virulence | 8(6) | 658-672. |
| 5 | 2016 | Comparative effectiveness of echinocandins versus fluconazole therapy for the treatment of adult candidaemia due to Candida parapsilosis: a retrospective observational cohort study of the Mycoses Study Group (MSG-12) | Chiotos K, Vendetti N, Zaoutis TE, Baddley J, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Pappas P, Fisher BT. | J Antimicrob Chemother. | 71(12) | 3536-3539. |
| 6 | 2016 | T2Candida Provides Rapid and Accurate Species Identification in Pediatric Cases of Candidemia | Hamula CL, Hughes K, Fisher BT, Zaoutis TE, Singh IR, Velegraki . | Am J Clin Pathol. | 145(6) | 858-61 |
| 7 | 2016 | Antibiotic Exposure During the First 6 Months of Life and Weight Gain During Childhood. | Gerber JS, Bryan M, Ross RK, Daymont C, Parks EP, Localio AR, Grundmeier RW, Stallings VA, Zaoutis TE. | JAMA | 315(12) | 1258-65 |
| 8 | 2016 | Bloodstream Infections in Hospitalized Children: Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities | Larru B, Gong W, Vendetti N, Sullivan KV, Localio R, Zaoutis TE, Gerber JS. | Pediatr Infect Dis J. | 35(5) | 507-10 |
| 9 | 2016 | Comparative effectiveness of fungicidal vs. fungistatic therapies for the treatment of paediatric candidaemia. | Vendetti N, Bryan M, Zaoutis TE, Damianos A, Fisher BT. | Mycoses. | 59(3) | 173-8. |
| 10 | 2015 | Variation in Antibiotic Prescribing Across a Pediatric Primary Care Network. | Gerber JS, Prasad PA, Russell Localio A, Fiks AG, Grundmeier RW, Bell LM, Wasserman RC, Keren R, Zaoutis TE. | J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. | 4(4) | 297-304 |
Exhibitions
| Ref. Number | Date | Topic | International / Local | Location* | Role in Exhibition |
| 1 | Oct, 2016 | Common Community-Acquired Infections in Children," P and A Kyriakou Children's Hospital | 30th Annual Seminar on Emergency and Intensive Care Pediatrics, | Athens, Greece | Speaker |
| 2 | May, 2015 | ESPID/PIDS Joint Symposium: Infections in the Pediatric Transplant Patient | European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases Meeting | Leipzig, Germany | Moderator |
| 3 | Nov, 2016 | "Cohort Studies," | 2016 SHEA Antimicrobial Stewardship Research Workshop, | San Diego, CA | Speaker |
| 4 | Nov, 2016 | "Newer Technologies for the Diagnosis of Candida," | 7th Seminar of the Hellenic Society of Medical Mycology, | Athens, Greece | Speaker |
| 5 | Nov, 2016 | "Antimicrobial Resistance, Use and Stewardship in Pediatrics," | Symposium, Evidenced Based Medicine Update, | Jersey Shore University Medical Center: | Speaker |
| 6 | Nov, 2016 | "Antibiotic Use in the Outpatient Setting for Common Infections," | 9th European Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases supported Teaching Course | Brasov, Romania | Speaker |
| 7 | Oct, 2015 | Antimicrobial Stewardship in Paediatrics Strategic Planning Session, | AAP National Conference and Exhibition | Washington, DC | Chair |
| 8 | May, 2016 2018 | ESPID Research Master Class | European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) | Brighton, UK Malmo, Sweden | Organizing Faculty member |
| 9 | Jun, 2016 | Health System Challenges and Priorities in the Balkans and the Mediterranean, | Fifth Annual Stavros Niarchos Foundation International Conference on Philanthropy. | Thessaloniki, Greece | Panel Moderator |
| 10 | Jun, 2016 | "Prevention and Treatment of Infection in the Immunocompromised Child and Adolescent | ", American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Microbe 2016 Meeting | Boston, MA | Symposium Convener |
| Oct, 2016 | Poster Discussion Rounds, Antimicrobial Stewardship: Pediatrics Plus, | ID Week 2016 | New Orleans, LA | Group Leader | |
| Oct, 2016 | Oral Abstract Session, Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship: Controlling the Bugs and Dollars, | ID Week 2016 | New Orleans, LA | Co-moderator | |
| Nov, 2016 | 2016 SHEA Antimicrobial Stewardship | SHEA Small Group Session, Research Workshop | San Diego, CA | Moderator | |
| Nov, 2016 | 2016 SHEA Antimicrobial Stewardship Research Workshop | 2016 SHEA Antimicrobial Stewardship Research Workshop | San Diego, CA | Planning Committee |
Research Projects
| Ref. Number | Date | Title | Funded by | Project Role* |
| 1 | 2011-now | From July 2012 through December 2015, CLEO’s work made waves in the sector of hospital infection prevention and control, resulting in a higher level of hospital care for the pediatric patients at the “Aghia Sophia” and the “Panagiotis and Aglaia Kyriakou” hospitals. | Niarchos Foundation | Scientific Director of CLEO |
| 2 | 2018 | PENTA-ID representative of c4c (Collaborative Network For European Clinical Trials For Children). | PENTA ID | Chief Scientific Officer for the Penta Foundation, |
| 3 | 2018 | Health Initiative project. | Niarchos Foundation | Medical consultant committee |
| 4 | 2018 | World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe in Greece | WHO | WHO representative member |
| 5 | 2018 | Antibiotic Resistance and Prescribing in European Children (ARPEC) Working Group and the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID). | PENTA ID | Chief Scientific Officer for the Penta Foundation, |
| 6 | ongoing | Short Course Therapy for Urinary Tract Infections in Children (SCOUT) study is a Phase 2, multi-center, centrally randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled non-inferiority clinical trial that is investigating whether halting antimicrobial therapy in subjects who have exhibited clinical improvement five days after starting antibiotic therapy (short course therapy) have the same failure rate through test of cure (TOC) (visit Day 11-14) as subjects who continue to take antibiotics for an additional five days (standard course therapy). | National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) | CPCE Director and CHOP Division Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases |
Academic Consulting Services/Councils/Boards/Editorial Committees
| Ref. Number | Period | Organization | Title of Position or Service |
| 1 | 2012-Present | European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) | Member of ESPID Master Class Committee 2015-Present |
| 2 | 1996-present | American Academy of Paediatrics | Member |
| 3 | 2013-Present | World Society of Pediatric Infectious Disease | (Board Member) |
| 4 | 2005-Present | European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Mycoses Study Group Committee for the development of definitions of invasive fungal infections | (Member of Working Group) |
| 5 | 2013-Present | World Society of Pediatric Infectious Disease | Global Pediatric Antimicrobial Prescribing and Efficacy in Neonates and Children Working Group (Member of Working Group) |
Awards/International Recognition
| Ref. Number | Date | Title | Awarded by: |
| 1 | 2008 | Excellence in Teaching Epidemiology Award, | Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
| 2 | 2009 | Pediatric Investigator Award | Society for Healthcare Epidemiology |
| 3 | 2010 | Top 10 Papers in Medical Mycology | 50th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy |
| 4 | 2012 | ID Week 2012 Program Committee Choice Award for best accepted Abstract (senior author) | ID Week 2012 Program Committee |
| 5 | 2013 | Top 10 Papers in Infectious Diseases | 53th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy |
| 6 | 2013 | Thomas Frederick McNair Scott Endowed Chair in Paediatrics | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
| 7 | 2014 | Elected Member | The American Society for Clinical Investigation |
| 8 | 2015 | Werner and Gertrude Henle Endowed Chair in Paediatrics | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
| 9 | 2015 | Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Distinguished Service Award | Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society |