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

  • Intra-individual Pharmacokinetic Variability of Intravenous Busulfan in Hematopoietic Stem Cell-Transplanted Children. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2020 08; 59(8):1049-1061.. View in PubMed
  • Development of Population and Bayesian Models for Applied Use in Patients Receiving Cefepime. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2020 08; 59(8):1027-1036.. View in PubMed
  • Population Pharmacokinetics of Imipenem in Critically Ill Patients: A Parametric and Nonparametric Model Converge on CKD-EPI Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate as an Impactful Covariate. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2020 07; 59(7):885-898.. View in PubMed
  • Antimicrobial therapeutic drug monitoring in critically ill adult patients: a Position Paper. Intensive Care Med. 2020 06; 46(6):1127-1153.. View in PubMed
  • How to design a study to evaluate therapeutic drug monitoring in infectious diseases? Clin Microbiol Infect. 2020 Aug; 26(8):1008-1016. Märtson AG, Sturkenboom MGG, Stojanova J, Cattaneo D, Hope W, Ma . View in PubMed
  • Development of a methodology to make individual estimates of the precision of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry drug assay results for use in population pharmacokinetic modeling and the optimization of dosage regimens. PLoS One. 2020; 15(3):e0229873.. View in PubMed
  • Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Can Improve Linezolid Dosing Regimens in Current Clinical Practice: A Review of Linezolid Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics. Ther Drug Monit. 2020 02; 42(1):83-92.. View in PubMed
  • Use of Simulation Strategies to Predict Subtherapeutic Meropenem Exposure Caused by Augmented Renal Clearance in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients With Sepsis. J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther. 2020; 25(5):413-422.. View in PubMed
  • Nonparametric Population Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Isoniazid in Colombian Patients With Tuberculosis. Ther Drug Monit. 2019 12; 41(6):719-725.. View in PubMed
  • In vitro antimicrobial combination testing of and evolution of resistance to the first-in-class spiropyrimidinetrione zoliflodacin combined with six therapeutically relevant antimicrobials for Neisseria gonorrhoeae. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019 12 01; 74(12):3521-3529.. View in PubMed