Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Medicine
·
2023 - Present
Medicine, Infectious Diseases,
Medicine
Recent Publications
A change of heart: Limitations of National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) and Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) surveillance strategies in identifying surgical site infections after heart transplant surgery.
Journal Article Am J Infect Control · July 2025 Surgical site infections (SSI) surveillance after heart transplantation is critical for preventing SSI. We analyzed the accuracy of 3 SSI surveillance systems: National-Healthcare-Safety-Network (NHSN), Society-of-Thoracic-Surgeons (STS), and detailed manu ... Full text Link to item CiteEpidemiology of Healthcare Facility-Associated Nontuberculous Mycobacteria From 2012 Through 2020 in a 10-Hospital Network in the United States.
Journal Article Clin Infect Dis · May 13, 2025 BACKGROUND: Data on the epidemiology of healthcare facility-associated (HCFA) nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are sparse. We performed a multicenter longitudinal cohort study of HCFA NTM epidemiology. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed positive culture ... Full text Link to item CiteHOPE in every breath and heartbeat: Understanding transplant eligibility, access barriers, and clinical outcomes in thoracic transplantation in persons with HIV.
Journal Article JHLT Open · May 2025 BACKGROUND: Persons with human immunodeficiency virus (PWH) are living longer, leading to increased end-organ disease from chronic illness. Organ transplantation improves survival in patients with end-organ disease yet remains a constrained resource due to ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Combined Use of Statistical Process Control and Whole Genome Sequencing to Detect and Investigate Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Clusters and Outbreaks (K08)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2021 - 2026Transplant Infectious Diseases Interdisciplinary Research Training Grant (TIDIRTG)
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024ARISE-A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, active comparator, multicenter study to validate patient-reported outcome instruments in adult subjects with newly diagnosed nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung infection caused by MAC.
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Insmed · 2021 - 2024View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2015
M.P.H.
University of Kentucky, College of Medicine ·
2008
M.D.