Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Medicine
·
2022 - Present
Medicine, Infectious Diseases,
Medicine
Recent Publications
A comparison of blood culture diagnostic stewardship across three emergency departments in a healthcare network.
Journal Article Am J Emerg Med · July 2025 BACKGROUND: Blood culture (BCx) diagnostic stewardship is essential for reducing unnecessary treatments, minimizing false-positive results, and improving patient outcomes and hospital resource utilization. The objective of this study was to compare the eff ... Full text Link to item CiteA 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 CiteRespiratory syncytial virus: an under-recognized healthcare-associated infection.
Journal Article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · May 16, 2025 OBJECTIVE: Prior reports of healthcare-associated respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) have been limited to cases diagnosed after the third day of hospitalization. The omission of other healthcare settings where RSV transmission may occur underestimates the t ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
RFTOP 2022 Domain 5-E003 Strategic Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Social Determinants of Health Data in National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Measures to Promote Health Equity
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2022 - 2025Chlorhexidine Effectiveness Assessment in Non-Intensive Care Unit Hematology-Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation Units (CLEAN-HEME)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Rush University Medical Center · 2022 - 2024Optimization of detection and monitoring of environmental fungal contamination to establish baseline contamination rates (BAA-75D301-22-R-72097 ) OPTION YEAR TWO
ResearchProject Leader Assistant · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2022 - 2024View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Georgetown University, School of Medicine ·
2014
M.D.