Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Medicine
·
2021 - 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 CiteImplementation of Bundled Interventions to Reduce Surgical Site Infections in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Quality Improvement Project.
Journal Article AORN J · February 2025 Pediatric patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery are at increased risk for health care-associated infections, especially surgical site infections (SSIs). Delayed sternal closures are associated with prolonged lengths of stay and contribute to infection ... Full text Link to item CiteComparative epidemiology of hospital-onset bloodstream infections (HOBSIs) and central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) across a three-hospital health system.
Journal Article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · August 2024 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the comparative epidemiology of hospital-onset bloodstream infection (HOBSI) and central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI). DESIGN AND SETTING: Retrospective observational study of HOBSI and CLABSI across a three-hospita ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Model-Driven Surveillance and Intervention Evaluation in Highly Stochastic Healthcare Settings
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Washington State University · 2017 - 2020Epicenter IV: Harvard Pilgrim-UCI Center for HAI Prevention (CLUSTER and Sepsis)
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. · 2016 - 2020The Impact of Multi-Drug Resistant Gram Negative Infections in Community Hospitals
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 2014 - 2016View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Virginia ·
2008
M.D.