CURRICULUM VITAE Suzane Silbert, PhD 1. PERSONAL DATA Name: Suzane Silbert Sex: Female Date of Birth: October 27, 1968 Place of Birth: Porto Alegre, Brazil Marital Status: Married E-mail addresses: ssilbert@tgh.org Present Address: Esoteric Testing Laboratory Clinical Lab/Pathology Department Tampa General Hospital One Tampa General Circle Tampa, Florida 33606-3571 2. EDUCATION Biological Sciences: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. From: 1986 to 1990. Master Degree: Thesis: Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Molecular Typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from CF patients. [Avaliação do Perfil de Sensibilidade a Antimicrobianos e Tipagem Molecular de Pseudomonas aeruginosa isoladas de pacientes portadores de Fibrose Cística]. Infectious and Parasitologic Diseases Program. Federal University of São Paulo. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. From: 1997 to 1999. Ph.D Degree: Thesis: Molecular Typing of Non-Fermentative Gram-Negative Bacilli: Applicability of Different Techniques. [Tipagem Molecular de Bacilos Gram-Negativos Não-Fermentadores: Comparação e Aplicabilidade de Diferentes Técnicas]. Infectious and Parasitologic Diseases Program. Federal University of São Paulo. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. From: 2000 to 2004. 3. PROFESSIONAL TITLES AND LICENSES: Certified as a Specialist in Microbiology and Molecular Biology: Conselho Regional de Biologia 1 Região (Brazilian Biology Board), 2005. Certified as a Medical Technologist: Board of Directors, American Medical Technologists, AMT, 2008. ID Number: 239644 Certified as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist in Microbiology: Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel Licensure, 2009. License Number: TN 42190 1
4.1. POSITIONS AND EMPLOYMENT Microbiologist of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Pathology Department - Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. September 1991 to June 1997 Microbiologist of the Sexual Transmitted Diseases Laboratory Pregnant Women HIV Clinic - Federal University of São Paulo EPM São Paulo, SP, Brazil. October 1997 to March 1999 Supervisor of the Special Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Infectious Diseases Division - Federal University of Sao Paulo EPM São Paulo, SP, Brazil. June 2000 to March 2004 Lab Technical Coordinator Department of Clinical Pathology Albert Einstein Hospital (Certified by Joint Commission International) São Paulo, SP, Brazil. March 2004 to June 2007 Molecular Typing Lab Section Coordinator Infectious Diseases Division - Federal University of Sao Paulo EPM São Paulo, SP, Brazil. June 2000 to August 2007 Clinical Microbiologist Investigator Infectious Disease Section Bay Pines VA Healthcare System VHCS Bay Pines, FL. USA. November 2007 to May 2009 Clinical Scientist Esoteric Testing Laboratory - Clinical Lab/Pathology Department Tampa General Hospital. June 2009 to present 4.2. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Genetic Department Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. August 1986 to July 1987 Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Clinical Pathology Department - Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. April 1988 to May 1991 Micology Laboratory Dermatology Service - Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. June to August 1991 Microbiology Laboratories Royal Brompton Hospital and Central Public Health Laboratory London, UK. October 1992 Laboratory of Hospital Infection Central Public Health Laboratory London, UK. March 1995 2
Molecular Epidemiology and Fungus Testing Lab Pathology Department - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City, IA, USA. April 1999 to May 2000 5. PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 5.1. Silbert, S, Rosa, D, Matte, U, Goldim, JR, Barcellos, S, Procianoy, R. Staphylococcus sp. coagulase negative from blood cultures of newborn patients: infection versus contamination. Jornal de Pediatria. May, 1997. 5.2. E. Sprinz, R.Mallman, S.Barcellos, S.Silbert, G.Schestatsky and Bem David. Aids-related cryptosporidial diarrhoea: an open study with roxithromycin. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 41, Suppl.B, 85-91.1998. 5.3. Roland, RK; Mendes, RE; Silbert, S; Bolsoni, AP. Sader, HS. In vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Piperacillin/Tazobactam in Comparison With Other Broad Spectrum ß-Lactams. The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 4 (5): 226-235. 2000. 5.4. Silbert, S.; Barth AL; Sader, HS. Heterogeneity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Brazilian Cystic Fibrosis Patients. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 39 (11): 3976-3981. 2001. 5.5. Cereda, R.F.; Gales, AC; Silbert, S; Jones, RN; Sader, HS. Molecular Typing and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) in Brazil. Infection Control Hospital Epidemiology. 23(1): 19-22. 2002. 5.6. Sejas, LM; Silbert, S; Reis, AO; Sader, HS. Evaluation of the quality of the antimicrobial agents disks used in disk-diffusion tests commercially available in Brazil. Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia. 39 (1): 27-35, 2003. 5.7. Gales, AC; Menezes, LC; Silbert, S; Sader, HS. Dissemination in distinct Brazilian regions of an epidemic carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing SPM metallo- -lactamase. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 52: 699-702, 2003. 5.8. Silbert, S; Boyken, L; Hollis, RJ; Pfaller, MA. Improving Typeability of Multiple Bacterial Species Using Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Thiourea. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 47 (4): 619-621, 2003. 5.9. Castanheira, M; Jones, RN; Silbert, S; Brandileone, MCC; Sader, HS. Typing and Molecular Characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae with Reduced Susceptibility to Cefotaxime Isolated in Latin America. Microbial Drug Resistance Mechanisms Epidemiology and Disease. 9 (4): 345-351, 2003. 5.10. Tosin, I; Silbert, S; Sader, HS. The use of Molecular Typing to Evaluate the Dissemination of Antimicrobial Resistance among Gram-negative Rods in Brazilian Hospitals. The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 7(6): 360-369, 2003. 5.11. Cordeiro, JCR; Silbert, S; Reis, AO; Sader, HS. Inter-Hospital Dissemination of Glycopeptide Resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Brazil. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 10(3): 260-262, 2004. 5.12. Silbert, S.; Pfaller MA; Hollis RJ; Barth AL; Sader HS. Evaluation of Three Molecular Typing Techniques for Nonfermentative Gram-Negative Bacilli. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 25(10): 847-851, 2004. 5.13. Barbosa D; Lima L; Silbert, S.; Sader HS; Cendoroglo M; Draibe S; Camargo L; Vianna L; A. Belasco; Sesso R. Evaluation of the prevalence and risk factors for colonization by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus among patients on dialysis. Am Journal of Kidney Diseases. 44(2): 337-343, 2004. 3
5.14. Tognin MC; Andrade SS; Silbert, S.; Gales AC; Jones RN; Sader HS. Resistance trends of Acinetobacter spp. in Latin America and characterization of international dissemination of multi-drug resistant strains: five-year report of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program. International Journal of Infectious Diseases.8: 284-291, 2004. 5.15. Sader HS; Reis AO; Silbert, S; Gales AC. IMPs, VIMs and SPMs: the diversity of metallo-betalactamases in a Brazilian hospital. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 11: 73-76, 2005. 5.16. Ribeiro J; Mendes RE; Domingos R; França E; Silbert, S; Jones RN; Sader HS. Microbiological and Epidemiological Characterization of Imipenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains from a Brazilian Tertiary Hospital: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program. Journal of Chemotherapy.18: 461-467, 2006. 5.17. Freitas, MC; Pacheco-Silva, A; Barbosa D; Silbert, S; Sader HS; Sesso R; Camargo, LFA. Prevalence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus fecal colonization among kidney transplant patients. BMC Infectious Diseases (Online). 6: 133, 2006. 5.18. Tognin MC; Gales AC; Penteado A; Silbert, S; Sader HS. Dissemination of IMP-1 Metallo-Beta- Lactamase-Producing Acinetobacter spp. in a Brazilian Teaching Hospital. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 27 (7): 742-747, 2006. 5.19. Zavascki, A., Soares, F., Superti, S., Silbert, S., Silva, F. M., Barth AL. Stable carbapenem susceptibility rates among multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter spp. strains in a setting of high prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 30: 187-189, 2007. 5.20. R. Sitnik, H. Sette Jr., R.A.F. Santana, L.C. Menezes, C.H.N. Graça, G.T.F. Dastoli, S. Silbert, J.R.R. Pinho. Hepatitis B virus genotype E detected in Brazil in an African patient who is a frequent traveler. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 40 (12): 1689-92, 2007. 5.21. Almeida, M. T. G., Rubio, F. G., Garcia, D. O., Pavarino-Bertelli, E. C., Rossit, A. R. B., Bando, S. Y., Silbert, S., Goloni-Bertollo, E. M., Soares, M. M. C. N., Martinez, M. B. Genetic relatedness among clinical strains of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in tertiary care hospital settings in Sao Paulo State, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology,38: 278-284, 2007. 5.22. d'azevedo, P. A., Furtado, G., Medeiros EAS, Santiago, K. A., Silbert, S, Pignatari ACC. Molecular characterization of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci strain eight years apart from its first isolation in São Paulo, Brazil. Journal of the São Paulo Institute of Tropical Medicine [Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo], 50: 195-198, 2008. 5.23. Silva, F.M., Carmo, M.S., Silbert, S., Gales, A.C. SPM-1-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Analysis of the Ancestor Relationship Using Multilocus Sequence Typing, Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, and Automated Ribotyping. Microbial Drug Resistance, 17 (2): 215-20, 2011. 5.24. Monteiro, J., Widen, R., Kubasek, C., Pignatari, A.C.C., Silbert, S. Rapid detection of carbapenemase genes by multiplex real-time PCR. J Antimicrob Chemother, doi:10.1093/jac/dkr563. Jan, 2012. 6. BOOK CHAPTER 6.1. Sitnik, R; Silbert, S; Pinho, JRR. Viral Resistance: Genotyping, Phenotyping and Virtual Phenotyping. [Resistência Viral: Genotipagem, Fenotipagm e Fenotipagem Virtual]. In: Roberto Focaccia. (Org.) VERONESI - Tratado de Infectologia. 3 ed. São Paulo: Atheneu, 2005, 1: 242-263. 4
7. AD HOC REVIEWER 7.1. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Since: 2005. 7.2. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. Since: 2007. 7.3. American Journal of Infection Control. Since: 2007. 7.4. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. Since: 2011 7.5. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Since: 2012. 7.6. Journal of Medical Microbiology. Since: 2012. 7.7. Journal of Virological Methods. Since: 2012. 7.8. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. Since: 2012. 7.9. Molecular Biology Reports. Since: 2012. 8. INVITED LECTURES, COURSES MINISTRATED AND CONFERENCES PRESENTATION Total: 40 9. POSTER PRESENTATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS Total: 75 10. SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP American Society for Microbiology: Membership # 55402267 Since: 1998 11. PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS, SYMPOSIUMS AND COURSES Sixty-three participations in meetings, symposiums and courses, most of them about Clinical Microbiology and Molecular Biology. Updated: Dec, 2012 5