Director of Public Health
Department of Veterans Affairs
Dr. Holodniy is Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine) at Stanford University and has been a full-time employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs for over 32 years. He directs the VA Public Health National Program Office, including the national Public Health Reference Laboratory (PHRL). He also serves as the hospital epidemiologist and staff infectious disease physician for the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. His research program focuses on viral evolution, emerging pathogen surveillance, antimicrobial resistance, and clinical trial evaluation of novel diagnostics and antimicrobial compounds.