Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Medicine
·
2023 - 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 CiteCombined Orthopaedic and Infectious Disease Periprosthetic Joint Infection Clinic Enhances Arthroplasty Fellowship Training: A Survey From a Tertiary Center.
Journal Article Arthroplast Today · June 2025 BACKGROUND: The rising incidence of periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) is linked to increasing utilization of total joint arthroplasty and higher rates of obesity, diabetes, and immunosuppression. Despite preoperative risk factor modification and perio ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Evaluation of Duodenoscope Contamination Following Implementation of Disposable Heads at Duke Hospital and Duke GI Endoscopy Clinics
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by North Carolina Society for Gastroenterology · 2021 - 2023Evaluating SARS-CoV2 vaccine effectiveness among health care personnel during early phase vaccination
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2020 - 2021View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Medicine ·
2019
M.P.H.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ·
2013
M.D.