Michael N. Neely, MD

Professor of Pediatrics (Clinical Scholar)

CHLA Division Chief of Infectious Diseases

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Overview

Dr. Neely’s research and clinical interests are in pediatric clinical pharmacometrics, including population pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling, pharmacogenomics, simulation, and most importantly, use of models to optimize therapy for individual patients. Although Dr. Neely primarily works in the therapeutic area of infectious diseases on antiviral, antiretroviral and antifungal compounds, he has experience with other therapeutic areas. He is currently board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and he is the co-Director of the Laboratory of Applied Pharmacokinetics in the University of Southern California (USC) Keck School of Medicine, working with multidisciplinary faculty collaborators in the Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Preventive Medicine, in the Schools of Pharmacy and Mathematics, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. With expertise in computerized drug-response modeling, he is applying his research interests to the care of his patients by operating the first HIV therapeutic drug management service at LAC+USC, which is available to all HIV providers. He also provides out- and inpatient pharmacologic consultation for a wide range of therapeutically challenging cases. In the fall of 2010, he will complete a Master’s of Science program in Clinical and Biomedical Investigations at USC, with a focus on applied Bayesian approaches to clinical trial design and pharmacokinetic modeling, and he has recently been appointed to the United States Food and Drug Administration Anti-infective Drug Advisory Committee. He has received NIH funding for most of his post-doctoral career, is the author of numerous papers and abstracts, and he is invited to give talks and workshops on dose individualization and optimization worldwide.

Research Funding

  • Optimizing Multi-drug Mycobacterium tuberculosis Therapy for Rapid Sterilization and Resistance Suppression
    NIH · R01AI173238 · Jan 25, 2023 – Dec 31, 2027 · Role: Co-Investigator
  • Precision Dosing for Critically Ill Children
    NIH · R01HD107687 · Aug 17, 2022 – Apr 30, 2026 · Role: Principal Investigator
  • Systems-based pharmacologic modelling to elucidate beta-lactam clinical pharmacodynamics and define optimal dosing regimens in severe pneumonia
    NIH · R01AI158530 · Jul 11, 2022 – Jun 30, 2027 · Role: Co-Investigator
  • Diagnosis and management of pediatric tracheostomy-associated infections
    NIH · R01HS027619 · Aug 1, 2021 – Jul 31, 2026 · Role: Co-Investigator
  • OTA-21-015A Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Initiative: NYU Langone Health Clinical Science Core, Data Resource Core, and PASC Biorepository Core
    NIH · OT2HL161847 · May 24, 2021 – May 23, 2023 · Role: Co-Investigator
  • PBPK and Population Modeling Seamlessly Linked to Clinical Trial Simulation in an Open-Source Software Platform
    NIH · U01FD006549 · Sep 1, 2018 – Aug 31, 2021 · Role: Principal Investigator
  • Sequestration and deactivation of anthracycline by adipocytes in the leukemia microenvironment
    NIH · R01CA213129 · Aug 15, 2017 – Jul 31, 2022 · Role: Co-Investigator
  • Ontogeny of Voriconazole Pharmaockinetics and Metabolism
    NIH · R01HD070886 · Feb 22, 2012 – Jan 31, 2019 · Role: Principal Investigator
  • Plasma and Genital HIV Dynamics in Women
    NIH · K23AI076106 · Aug 15, 2007 – Aug 29, 2011 · Role: Principal Investigator
  • Population Pharmacokinetic Modeling and Dual Optimal Control
    NIH · R01GM068968 · Jun 15, 2003 – Aug 31, 2017 · Role: Principal Investigator

Publications

  • Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic target attainment with continuous infusion piperacillin in patients admitted to the ICU with hospital-acquired pneumonia. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2026 02 04; 70(2):e0176025.. View in PubMed
  • Critical threshold target attainment rates for tazobactam combined with piperacillin among patients admitted to the ICU with hospital-acquired pneumonia. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2026 02 04; 70(2):e0176625.. View in PubMed
  • A Matched Case-Control Study to Evaluate Predicted Drug Exposures and Neutropenia during Valganciclovir Prophylaxis in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. Transpl Infect Dis. 2026 Jan-Feb; 28(1):e70146.. View in PubMed
  • Analyzing Pharmacodynamic Count Data That Rapidly Decrease to Zero. CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol. 2026 Jan; 15(1):e70140.. View in PubMed
  • A Nonparametric Population Pharmacokinetic Model of Selumetinib in Pediatric Patients Diagnosed With Neurofibromatosis-I or Plexiform Neurofibromas. CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol. 2026 Jan; 15(1):e70156.. View in PubMed
  • An Open-Source Framework for Virtual Bioequivalence Modeling and Clinical Trial Design. CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol. 2025 12; 14(12):1932-1948.. View in PubMed
  • Adipocytes Impair Mitoxantrone Cytotoxicity Against Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. EJHaem. 2025 Oct; 6(5):e70140.. View in PubMed
  • Population pharmacokinetics of meropenem-vaborbactam in acutely ill hospitalized patients with various degrees of renal dysfunction including continuous renal replacement therapy. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2025 07 02; 69(7):e0010825.. View in PubMed
  • Individual target pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic attainment rates among cefepime-treated patients admitted to the ICU with hospital-acquired pneumonia with and without ECMO. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2025 06 04; 69(6):e0010225.. View in PubMed
  • Multiple Model Optimal Sampling Promotes Accurate Vancomycin Area-Under-the-Curve Estimation Using a Single Sample in Critically Ill Children. Ther Drug Monit. 2025 Jan 23; 47(4):512-519.. View in PubMed