Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Medicine
·
2022 - Present
Medicine, Infectious Diseases,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Mixed-methods multicenter assessment of healthcare workers' knowledge, perceptions, and practices related to blood culture utilization in hospitalized adults.
Journal Article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · December 20, 2024 OBJECTIVE: To understand healthcare workers' (HCWs) beliefs and practices toward blood culture (BCx) use. DESIGN: Cross-sectional electronic survey and semi-structured interviews. SETTING: Academic hospitals in the United States. PARTICIPANTS: HCWs involve ... Full text Link to item CiteConsideration of Antifungal Coverage in Treating Infections Related to Delayed Esophageal Perforation from Anterior Cervical Spine Hardware.
Journal Article Infect Dis Rep · October 23, 2024 (1) Background/Objectives: Delayed esophageal perforation following anterior cervical (spine) discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is rare but can lead to serious infectious complications. The treatment usually involves hardware explanation and prolonged intraveno ... Full text Link to item CiteRacial disparities in Clostridioides difficile testing in three southeastern US hospitals.
Journal Article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · April 2024 OBJECTIVE: To analyze Clostridioides difficile testing in 3 hospitals in central North Carolina to validate previous racial health-disparity findings. METHODS: We completed a retrospective analysis of inpatient C. difficile tests from 2015 to 2021 at 3 uni ... 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.