Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine 2016 - 2017
  • Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine 2014 - 2015
  • Internal Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2011 - 2014
  • M.D., Duke University School of Medicine 2011
  • M.P.H., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2010
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine 2018 - 2020
  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine 2017 - 2018
  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2015 - 2017
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • IPA Sara Hoffman awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2019
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  External Relationships

  • Infection Control Education for Major Sports, LLC
  • Prime Education
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Hunt, Christine M., Jimmy T. Efird, Thomas S. Redding, Andrew D. Thompson, Ashlyn M. Press, Christina D. Williams, Christopher J. Hostler, and Ayako Suzuki. “Medications Associated with Lower Mortality in a SARS-CoV-2 Positive Cohort of 26,508 Veterans.” J Gen Intern Med 37, no. 16 (December 2022): 4144–52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-022-07701-3.
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    • Vasudevan, Lavanya, Rebecca Bruening, Anna Hung, Sandra Woolson, Adrian Brown, Susan N. Hastings, Tammy Linton, et al. “COVID-19 vaccination intention and activation among health care system employees: A mixed methods study.” Vaccine 40, no. 35 (August 19, 2022): 5141–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.07.010.
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    • Mack, Christina D., Erin B. Wasserman, Christopher J. Hostler, Gary Solomon, Deverick J. Anderson, Patti Walton, Kalyani Hawaldar, et al. “Effectiveness and use of reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction point of care testing in a large-scale COVID-19 surveillance system.” Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 31, no. 5 (May 2022): 511–18. https://doi.org/10.1002/pds.5424.
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    • Mack, Christina D., Erin B. Wasserman, Marie E. Killerby, Rieza H. Soelaeman, Aron J. Hall, Adam MacNeil, Deverick J. Anderson, et al. “Results from a Test-to-Release from Isolation Strategy Among Fully Vaccinated National Football League Players and Staff Members with COVID-19 - United States, December 14-19, 2021.” Mmwr Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 71, no. 8 (February 25, 2022): 299–305. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7108a4.
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    • Anderson, D., and C. Hostler. “Monkeypox: Recognition and prevention in sports.” British Journal of Sports Medicine, January 1, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2022-106342.
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    • Madaras-Kelly, Karl, Christopher Hostler, Mary Townsend, Emily M. Potter, Emily S. Spivak, Sarah K. Hall, Matthew Bidwell Goetz, et al. “Impact of Implementation of the Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Within Veterans Health Administration Emergency Departments and Primary Care Clinics on Antibiotic Prescribing and Patient Outcomes.” Clin Infect Dis 73, no. 5 (September 7, 2021): e1126–34. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1831.
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    • Suzuki, Ayako, Jimmy T. Efird, Thomas S. Redding, Andrew D. Thompson, Ashlyn M. Press, Christina D. Williams, Christopher J. Hostler, and Christine M. Hunt. “COVID-19-Associated Mortality in US Veterans with and without SARS-CoV-2 Infection.” Int J Environ Res Public Health 18, no. 16 (August 11, 2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168486.
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    • Baker, Arthur W., Jason E. Stout, Deverick J. Anderson, Daniel J. Sexton, Becky Smith, Rebekah W. Moehring, Kirk Huslage, Christopher J. Hostler, and Sarah S. Lewis. “Tap Water Avoidance Decreases Rates of Hospital-onset Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria.” Clin Infect Dis 73, no. 3 (August 2, 2021): 524–27. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1237.
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    • Mack, Christina DeFilippo, Michael Osterholm, Erin B. Wasserman, Natalia Petruski-Ivleva, Deverick J. Anderson, Emily Myers, Navdeep Singh, et al. “Optimizing SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance in the United States: Insights From the National Football League Occupational Health Program.” Ann Intern Med 174, no. 8 (August 2021): 1081–89. https://doi.org/10.7326/M21-0319.
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    • Warren, David K., Katelin B. Nickel, Christopher J. Hostler, Katherine Foy, Jennifer H. Han, Pam Tolomeo, Ian R. Banks, Victoria J. Fraser, Margaret A. Olsen, and Margaret A. CDC Prevention Epicenter Program. “Surgeon choice in the use of postdischarge antibiotics for prophylaxis following mastectomy with and without breast reconstruction.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 42, no. 4 (April 2021): 467–70. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.462.
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    • Mack, Christina D., Erin B. Wasserman, Cria G. Perrine, Adam MacNeil, Deverick J. Anderson, Emily Myers, Sabrina Smith, et al. “Implementation and Evolution of Mitigation Measures, Testing, and Contact Tracing in the National Football League, August 9-November 21, 2020.” Mmwr Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 70, no. 4 (January 29, 2021): 130–35. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7004e2.
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    • Shoff, Christopher J., Mary L. Townsend, L Gayani Tillekeratne, Ryan D. Schulteis, Michael E. Yarrington, Nicholas A. Turner, Christopher W. Woods, and Christopher J. Hostler. “Improved empiric antibiotic prescribing for acute cystitis with use of local urinary antibiogram and clinical decision support system.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 41, no. 11 (November 2020): 1351–53. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.357.
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    • Hostler, Christopher J., J Bradford Bertumen, Lawrence P. Park, Susan B. Wilkins, and Christopher W. Woods. “Differences in time-to-testing and time-to-isolation between community-onset and hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile cases at a tertiary care VA medical center.” Am J Infect Control 48, no. 10 (October 2020): 1148–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2019.12.008.
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    • McRae-Siebenbrodt, Christy, Hans L. Tillmann, and Christopher J. Hostler. “How to Obtain a Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimen.” N Engl J Med 383, no. 3 (July 16, 2020): e14. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2015949.
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    • Warren, David K., Katelin B. Nickel, Jennifer H. Han, Pam Tolomeo, Christopher J. Hostler, Katherine Foy, Ian R. Banks, Victoria J. Fraser, Margaret A. Olsen, and Margaret A. CDC Prevention Epicenter Program. “Postdischarge antibiotic use for prophylaxis following spinal fusion.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 41, no. 7 (July 2020): 789–98. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.117.
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    • Bari, Shahla, Jameel Muzaffar, Austin Chan, Sanjay R. Jain, Ahmad M. Haider, Marjorie Adams Curry, and Christopher J. Hostler. “Outcomes of Programmed Cell Death Protein 1 (PD-1) and Programmed Death-Ligand 1(PD-L1) Inhibitor Therapy in HIV Patients with Advanced Cancer.” J Oncol 2019 (2019): 2989048. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/2989048.
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    • Bari, Shahla, Jameel Muzaffar, Austin Chan, Sanjay R. Jain, Ahmad M. Haider, Marjorie Adams Curry, and Christopher J. Hostler. “Corrigendum to "Outcomes of Programmed Cell Death Protein 1 (PD-1) and Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Inhibitor Therapy in HIV Patients with Advanced Cancer".” J Oncol 2019 (2019): 7921582. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/7921582.
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    • Hostler, Christopher J., Rebekah W. Moehring, Elizabeth S Dodds Ashley, Melissa Johnson, Angelina Davis, Sarah S. Lewis, Daniel J. Sexton, Deverick J. Anderson, and Deverick J. CDC Prevention Epicenters Program. “Feasibility and Value of Developing a Regional Antibiogram for Community Hospitals.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 39, no. 6 (June 2018): 718–22. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2018.71.
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    • Hostler, Christopher J., and Luke F. Chen. “Fidaxomicin for treatment of clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea and its potential role for prophylaxis.” Expert Opin Pharmacother 14, no. 11 (August 2013): 1529–36. https://doi.org/10.1517/14656566.2013.802307.
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