Dr. Elissa Rennert-May

Biography

Elissa Rennert-May is an Infectious Diseases physician and an assistant professor at the University of Calgary in the Departments of Medicine, Community Health Sciences, and Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. She is a co-investigator on a Government of Alberta grant for the Alberta One Health Consortium.

Education and Training

Elissa Rennert-May completed her medical degree at the University of Toronto and specialty training in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the University of Alberta. She also completed an advanced fellowship in Antimicrobial Stewardship at the University of Calgary. Her Master of Science degree in Health Economics was completed at the University of Calgary.

Research Interests and Expertise

Dr. Rennert-May does research related to health economics and health services particularly in the areas of antibiotic stewardship/antibiotic resistance and infection prevention and control. She is currently working on projects exploring prevention of surgical site infections and the economic burden associated with these infections

Contact

elissa.rennertmay@ucalgary.ca

Key Publications

Rennert-May, E., Chew, D., Lu, S., Chu, A., Kuriachan, V., Somayaji, R. (2020). Epidemiology of cardiac implantable electronic device infections in the United States: A population-based cohort study. Heart Rhythm, doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2020.02.012 Chew, D.S., Somayaji, R., Exner, D., Conly, J., Rennert-May, E. (2019). Timing of device reimplantation and reinfection rates following cardiac implantable electronic device infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis BMJ Open 2019;9:e029537. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029537 Rennert-May, E., Conly, J., Smith, S., Puloski, S., Henderson, E., Au, F., Manns, B. (2019). A cost-effectiveness analysis of decolonization for Staphylococcus aureus prior to hip and knee arthroplasty in Alberta, Canada compared to standard of care. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control, 8(113), doi: 10.1186/s13756-019-0568-5. (A top European journal in infection prevention and control, antimicrobial stewardship and hospital epidemiology) Rennert-May, E., Dalton, B., Chen, G., Conly, J. (2019). Clinical outcomes in patients admitted to a hospitalist service exposed to an antimicrobial stewardship program – a retrospective matched cohort study. Antimicrob Resist Infect Contro, 8(85), doi: 10.1186/s13756-019-0542-2. Rennert-May, E., Chew, D.S., Conly, J., Guirguis, M., Slobodan, J., Fryters, S., Bresee, L. (2019). Clinical practice guidelines for creating an acute care hospital-based antimicrobial stewardship program – A systematic review. Am J Infect Control, 47(8), 979-993. Rennert-May, E., Conly, J., Dersch-Mills, D., Kassam, A., LeMay, M., Vayalumkal, J., Constantinescu, C. (2018). Development of a competency based medical education curriculum for antimicrobial stewardship. JAMMI, doi:10.3138/jammi.2018-0020. Rennert-May, E., Conly, J., Smith, S., Puloski, S., Henderson, E., Au, F., Manns, B. (2018). The cost of managing complex surgical site infections following primary hip and knee arthroplasty: A population based cohort study in Alberta, Canada. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 39(10), 1183-1188. Rennert-May, E., Manns, B., Smith, S., Puloski, S., Henderson, E., Au, F., Bush, K., Conly, J. (2018). Validity of administrative data in identifying complex surgical site infections from a population based cohort following primary hip and knee arthroplasty in Alberta, Canada. Am J Infect Control, 46(10), 1123-1126. Rennert-May, E., Conly, J., Leal, J., Smith, S., Manns, B. (2018). Economic evaluations and their use in infection prevention and control: A narrative review. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control, 7(31), doi: 10.1186/s13756-018-0327-z.