Rachel Bystritsky

Rachel Bystritsky, MD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. She specializes in infectious diseases and serves as Medical Director of the UCSF Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Program. Her clinical activities include outpatient care and inpatient consult services at Parnassus, Mission Bay, and Mount Zion campuses.

Dr. Bystritsky received her MD from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (2012) and completed her Internal Medicine residency at Columbia University Medical Center (2015), where she was Chief Resident. She completed her Infectious Disease Fellowship at UCSF and has remained on faculty since.

Her research focuses on antimicrobial stewardship, infection control, and clinical infectious diseases. Key themes in her work include optimizing antibiotic prescribing practices, improving outcomes in bacterial infections like cellulitis and meningitis, and leveraging machine learning for clinical decision-making. Her publications span topics such as antibiotic resistance, hospital infection control, and molecular characterization of pathogens.

No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the text. She advises no students listed here but collaborates with colleagues on studies and clinical initiatives. She is affiliated with UCSF’s Infectious Disease Clinics and contributes to antimicrobial therapy programs.