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

  • Assessment of flomoxef combined with amikacin in a hollow-fibre infection model for the treatment of neonatal sepsis in low- and middle-income healthcare settings. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2022 11 28; 77(12):3349-3357.. View in PubMed
  • Individual target pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic attainment rates among meropenem-treated patients admitted to the ICU with hospital-acquired pneumonia. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2022 10 28; 77(11):2956-2959.. View in PubMed
  • Combination Therapy to Kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Its Nonreplicating Persister Phenotype. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2022 10 18; 66(10):e0069522.. View in PubMed
  • Model-Informed Rationale for Early Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Colistin in Critically Ill Patients. J Clin Pharmacol. 2023 01; 63(1):57-65.. View in PubMed
  • Pharmacokinetic modelling of caspofungin to develop an extended dosing regimen in paediatric patients. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2022 07 28; 77(8):2209-2216.. View in PubMed
  • Assessment of Antibiotic Pharmacokinetics, Molecular Biomarkers and Clinical Status in Critically Ill Adults Diagnosed with Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Receiving Intravenous Piperacillin/Tazobactam and Hydrocortisone over the First Five Days of Intensive Care: An Observational Study (STROBE Compliant). J Clin Med. 2022 Jul 16; 11(14).. View in PubMed
  • Flomoxef and fosfomycin in combination for the treatment of neonatal sepsis in the setting of highly prevalent antimicrobial resistance. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2022 04 27; 77(5):1334-1343.. View in PubMed
  • VP Shunt With Recurrent Malfunction in Two Pediatric Patients: Is the Hydrocephalus Truly Idiopathic? Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2022 04 01; 41(4):358-359. Precit MR, Enriquez C, Neely M , Smit M , Bender . View in PubMed
  • Optimal Practice for Vancomycin Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: Position Statement From the Anti-infectives Committee of the International Association of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology. Ther Drug Monit. 2022 02 01; 44(1):121-132.. View in PubMed
  • Evaluating the effect of clofazimine against Mycobacterium tuberculosis given alone or in combination with pretomanid, bedaquiline or linezolid. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2022 Feb; 59(2):106509.. View in PubMed