Keith Steven Kaye MD, MPH

Dr. Kaye is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medicine at Wayne State University and Detroit Medical Center. He is the Corporate Medical Director of Hospital Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Stewardship at Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University. Dr. Kaye’s particular academic interests and skills are infections in the elderly; epidemiology of and outcomes associated with multi-drug resistant bacteria; surgical site infection and intravascular catheter-related infections. Dr. Kaye oversees all Infection Prevention and Antibiotic Stewardship-related activities at Detroit Medical Center, an 8 hospital health system that has over 2000 beds and that includes both community and tertiary care hospitals.

Dr. Kaye received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania and served his Internal Medicine residency and was an Infectious Diseases fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. During the fellowship, Dr. Kaye earned a Masters in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. He is Board Certified in Infectious Diseases. Dr. Kaye has authored over 90 peer-reviewed articles and 8 book chapters, including a chapter in Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, and has presented numerous abstracts at national conferences. Dr. Kaye has been a national leader in infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship.