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DIVISION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE ANNUAL REPORT FY20 DIVISION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES ANNUAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS Message from the Chief 3 Faculty Listing 4 Clinical Activities 7 Quality Improvement Initiatives 11 Clinical Locations 20 Research Activities 22 Grants and Contracts Awarded 48 Teaching Activities 58 One-Year Bibliography 63 Acknowledgments 72 DIVISION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES n FY 2020, the division was challenged by COVID-19 Ibut continued to be successful in achieving its goals through the concerted efforts of its faculty, staff and trainees. John Mellors, MD Chief To address the pandemic, Division faculty and CCID staff helped implement the Convalescent Plasma Project at The continuing goals of the division UPMC. Individuals willing to donate plasma undergo of Infectious Diseases (ID) are to: screening to ensure they are appropriate candidates for • Provide state-of-the-art care that is blood product donation, have been free of COVID-19 symp- easily accessible and responsive to toms for at least 28 days, and have sufficient SARS-CoV-2 the needs of patients and colleagues antibody titers. And, our Division faculty continued to pro- • Mentor fellows in our training pro- vide medical directorship of Infection Prevention at UPMC gram to become the next generation of researchers and clinician educa- Presbyterian and UPMC Mercy Hospital to help combat tors the spread of COVID-19. Throughout the pandemic, faculty • Rigorously train medical students continued to provide exceptional educational opportuni- and residents in the disciplines of ID ties for graduate students, medical students, medical resi- • Develop and perform “cutting-edge” dents, and postdoctoral PhD and MD fellows. basic and clinical research that trans- lates progress into clinical practice To increase the visibility of our Infectious Diseases division and improves the standard-of-care both to other medical providers and the general public, as for diagnosis, treatment and preven- well as highlight our division’s multiple academic and re- tion of infectious diseases search accomplishments, the Center for Infectious Dis- • Protect the public health from epi- demics of infectious diseases includ- ease Outreach (CIDO) was established in 2016. We also ing COVID-19 at present. post information on various topics and current events re- lated to the field of infectious disease, in order to provide education to the general public. This is achieved primarily through the use of social media, specifically Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, our own personalized blog post, and our educational and general Infectious Diseases division webpages. For the 2019-2020 year, the following highlights should be noted: We now have nearly doubled the number of followers for our Infectious Diseases Twitter account, from 810+ to 1338+. Through Twitter, our followers are routinely made aware of recent publications, accomplishments, educational activities, and events pertaining specifically to the division of Infectious Diseases here at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. We have completely revamped our Infectious Disease fellowship webpage in an effort to ensure that accurate, up-to-date information about our training program is made available in a user-friendly manner to all prospective training candidates. Specific additions include high- lighting our new T32 fellowship training grant, outlining our current fellows’ academic accom- plishments, and providing detailed information on both clinical and research track options offered by our training program. 3 Division of Infectious Diseases FACULTY John W. Mellors, MD Karin E. Byers, MD, MS Carolyn R. Fernandes, MD Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases Associate Professor of Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor of Distinguished Professor of Medicine Associate Chief of Clinical Care Medicine Endowed Chair for Global Elimination Clinical Director, Division of Infectious of HIV and AIDS Diseases Nupur Gupta, DO, MPH Director, Surgical Infections Unit Clinical Assistant Professor of Rima Abdel-Massih, MD Medicine Assistant Professor of Medicine Shaoji Cheng, MD, PhD Director, Infectious Diseases Research Associate Professor of Christiane M. Hadi, MD, MPH, Fellowship Program Medicine MSc Director of Telemedicine Clinical Assistant Professor of Madhu Choudhary, MD Medicine Cristian Apetrei, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine Professor of Medicine, Immunology, Ghady Haidar, MD and Infectious Diseases & Cornelius (Neil) J. Clancy, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Microbiology Associate Professor of Medicine Associate Director, Infectious Diseases Associate Chief of VA Pittsburgh Fellowship Program Ricardo Arbulu, MD Healthcare System and Opportunistic Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathogens Elias K. Halvas, PhD Medicine Director, Mycology Program Research Associate Professor of Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Chief, Infectious Diseases Section, VA Medicine Program, Pittsburgh Healthcare System UPMC Mercy Lee H. Harrison, MD Matthew J. Culyba, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine and Hassan Badrane, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine Epidemiology Research Assistant Professor of Associate Chief of Epidemiology and Medicine Joshua C. Cyktor, PhD Education Research Assistant Professor of Head, Infectious Diseases James J. Baran, MD Medicine Epidemiology Research Unit Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine Brooke K. Decker, MD Ken S. Ho, MD, MPH Medical Director - Anal Dysplasia Clinical Assistant Professor of Assistant Professor of Medicine Clinic Medicine Medical Director, Pitt Men’s Study, Director, Infection Prevention, VA Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study J. Ryan Bariola, MD Pittsburgh Healthcare System Medical Director, Project Silk Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacovigilance Safety Officer Medicine Dimiter S. Dimitrov, PhD Director, UPMC Antimicrobial Professor of Medicine Jana L. Jacobs, PhD Stewardship Director, Center for Antibody Research Assistant Professor of Outreach Program Therapeutics Medicine Tatiana Bogdanovich, MD, PhD, Yohei Doi, MD, PhD Dontcho V. Jelev, PhD MSc Associate Professor of Medicine Research Associate Professor of Clinical Assistant Professor of Director, Center for Innovative Medicine Medicine Antimicrobial Therapy Deputy Director, Center for Antibody Director, Fecal Microbiota Transplant Therapeutics Program Bonnie A. Falcione, PharmD Associate Professor of Medicine Tina Khadem, PharmD Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine Associate Director, UPMC Anti- microbial Stewardship Outreach 4 Department of Medicine 2020 Annual Report Eun Jeong Kwak, MD Mustapha M. Mustapha, MBBS, Ryan K. Shields, PharmD, MS Associate Professor of Medicine PhD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine Transplant ID, Protocols and Research Assistant Professor in Performance Improvement Director Medicine Fernanda P. Silveira, MD, MS Associate Professor of Medicine Sui Kwong Li, MD Sowmya Nanjappa, MBBS, MD Director of Clinical Operations, Clinical Assistant Professor of Clinical Assistant Professor of Transplant Infectious Diseases Medicine Medicine Coordinator of Education, Division of Infectious Diseases Wei Li, PhD Minh-Hong Nguyen, MD Assistant Professor Professor of Medicine Nina Singh, MD Assistant Director, Center for Director, Transplant Infectious Professor of Medicine Antibody Therapeutics Diseases Transplant Infectious Diseases, VA Director, Antimicrobial Management Pittsburgh Healthcare System Shihui Liu, MD, PhD Program Associate Professor of Medicine Nicolas P. Sluis-Cremer, PhD Principal Investigator, Aging Institute Urvi M. Parikh, PhD Professor of Medicine Assistant Professor of Medicine Associate Chief of Research and Bernard J. C. Macatangay, MD Associate Director, Microbicides Trials Outreach Associate Professor of Medicine Network Director of Laboratory Research, Associate Director, University of Associate Director, Virology Core Division of Infectious Diseases Pittsburgh Immunology Specialty Lab Laboratory (ACTG) Graham M. Snyder, MD, MS Christian O. Perez, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Jane W. Marsh, PhD Clinical Assistant Professor of Medical Director, Infection Prevention Research Associate Professor of Medicine Medicine Giraldina J. Trevejo-Nunez, MD Sharon A. Riddler, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Elise M. Martin, MD, MS Professor of Medicine Assistant Professor of Medicine Director, Clinical Research, Infectious Daria Van Tyne, PhD Associate Medical Director of Diseases Assistant Professor of Medicine Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology Palash Samanta, MBBS, MD Peter J. Veldkamp, MD, MS Clinical Assistant Professor of Professor of Medicine Sarah K. McBeth, MD, MPH Medicine Director of Education, Division of Clinical Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases Medicine Neel B. Shah, MD Director of Travel Health, Division of Medical Director, Pittsburgh Aids Task Clinical Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases Force, Medicine East Liberty Clinic Associate Director, Infectious Diseases J. Alex Viehman, MD Fellowship Program Clinical Instructor of Medicine Kevin D. McCormick, PhD, MS Research Instructor in Medicine Kathleen R. Sheridan, DO Peter J. Volpe, MD Clinical Associate Professor of Clinical Assistant Professor of Deborah K. McMahon, MD Medicine Medicine Professor of Medicine Director, Outpatient Parenteral Clinical Director, HIV/AIDS Care Center Antibiotic Mohamed H. Yassin, MD, PhD Therapy Program Associate Professor of Medicine Director of Infection Control, UPMC Mercy 5 Division of Infectious Diseases CHIEF'S MESSAGE Due to the interviewing