AnnReneThomasMD

Preventive Medicine • Portland, OR

Public Health & General Preventive Medicine

Freelance Writer

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Office
3132 NE 9th Ave
Portland, OR 97212
Phone+1 503-317-1820
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Summary

I trained in pediatrics and preventive medicine, and I spent 20 years working with CDC's Emerging Infections Program while employed at the state health department in Oregon. I am currently a freelance writer.

Education & Training

Centers for Disease Control and PreventionResidency, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, 1998 - 1999
Children's Hospital Los AngelesResidency, Pediatrics, 1989 - 1992
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 1989

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1990 - Present
OR State Medical License 2000 - 2025
GA State Medical License 1997 - 2001

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

3 citations
Spatial and temporal clustering of patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza in the United States.
Chantel D. Sloan, Rameela Chandrasekhar, Edward F. Mitchel, Danielle Ndi, Lisa Miller, Ann Thomas, Nancy M. Bennett, Shua Chai, Melanie Spencer, Seth Eckel, Nancy L Sp...> ;Epidemics. 2020 Jun 1
Epidemiology of Invasive Group B Streptococcal Infections Among Nonpregnant Adults in the United States, 2008-2016.
Francois Watkins, L. K.,McGee, L.,Schrag, S. J.,Beall, B.,Jain, J. H.,Pondo, T.,Farley, M. M.,Harrison, L. H.,Zansky, S. M.,Baumbach, J.,Lynfield, R.,Snippes Vagnone, ...> ;JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Feb 19
Effects of Influenza Vaccination in the United States during the 2017-2018 Influenza Season.
Rolfes, M. A.,Flannery, B.,Chung, J.,O'Halloran, A.,Garg, S.,Belongia, E. A.,Gaglani, M.,Zimmerman, R.,Jackson, M. L.,Monto, A. S.,Alden, N. B.,Anderson, E.,Bennett, N...> ;Clin. Infect. Dis.. 2019 Feb 05
Epidemiology of Invasive Early-Onset and Late-Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease in the United States, 2006 to 2015: Multistate Laboratory and Population-Based Survei...
Nanduri, S. A.,Petit, S.,Smelser, C.,Apostol, M.,Alden, N. B.,Harrison, L. H.,Lynfield, R.,Vagnone, P. S.,Burzlaff, K.,Spina, N. L.,Dufort, E. M.,Schaffner, W. S.,Thom...> ;JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Jan 15
Assessing the effectiveness of high-dose influenza vaccine in preventing hospitalization among seniors, and observations on the limitations of effectiveness study design.
Robison, S. G.,Thomas, A. R.> ;Vaccine. 2018 Oct 06
Clinical Features and Outcomes of Immunocompromised Children Hospitalized With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza in the United States, 2011-2015.
Collins, J. P.,Campbell, A. P.,Openo, K.,Farley, M. M.,Cummings, C. N.,Kirley, P. D.,Herlihy, R.,Yousey-Hindes, K.,Monroe, M. L.,Ladisky, M.,Lynfield, R.,Baumbach, J.,...> ;J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2018 Oct 26
Obesity, Diabetes, and the Risk of Invasive Group B Streptococcal Disease in Nonpregnant Adults in the United States.
Pitts, S. I.,Maruthur, N. M.,Langley, G. E.,Pondo, T.,Shutt, K. A.,Hollick, R.,Schrag, S. J.,Thomas, A.,Nichols, M.,Farley, M.,Watt, J. P.,Miller, L.,Schaffner, W.,Hol...> ;Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Jul 07
Current Epidemiology and Trends in Invasive Haemophilus Influenzae Disease—United States, 2009–2015
Monica M Farley, Ann Thomas, Lee H Harrison, Ruth Lynfield, William Schaffner> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2018 Mar 07
Effectiveness of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease in children in the USA: a matched case-control study.
Moore, M. R.,Link-Gelles, R.,Schaffner, W.,Lynfield, R.,Holtzman, C.,Harrison, L. H.,Zansky, S. M.,Rosen, J. B.,Reingold, A.,Scherzinger, K.,Thomas, A.,Guevara, R. E.,...> ;Lancet Respir Med. 1900 Jan 01
Prevention of antibiotic-nonsusceptible invasive pneumococcal disease with the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
Tomczyk, S. M.,Lynfield, R.,Schaffner, W.,Reingold, A.,Miller, L.,Petit, S.,Holtzman, C.,Zansky, S. M.,Thomas, A.,Baumbach, J.,Harrison, L. H.,Farley, M. M.,Beall, B.,...> ;Clin. Infect. Dis.. 2016 Feb 26
The Impact of Obesity and Diabetes on the Risk of Disease and Death Due to Invasive Group A Streptococcus Infections in Adults
James Watt, Ann Thomas, Monica M Farley, Ghinwa Dumyati, Mary Louise Lindegren> ;British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2015 Dec 26
57 citations
Pneumonia among adults hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed seasonal influenza virus infection—United States, 2005–2008
Shikha Garg, Seema Jain, Fatimah S. Dawood, Michael A. Jhung, Alejandro Pérez, Tiffany D'Mello, Arthur Reingold, Ken Gershman, James Meek, Kathryn E. Arnold, Monica M....> ;BMC Infectious Diseases. 2015 Aug 26
Effect of use of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children on invasive pneumococcal disease in children and adults in the USA: analysis of multisite, popula...
Moore, M. R.,Link-Gelles, R.,Schaffner, W.,Lynfield, R.,Lexau, C.,Bennett, N. M.,Petit, S.,Zansky, S. M.,Harrison, L. H.,Reingold, A.,Miller, L.,Scherzinger, K.,Thomas...> ;Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 Feb 07
Does influenza vaccination modify influenza disease severity? Data on older adults hospitalized with influenza during the 2012-13 season in the United States.
Arriola, C. S.,Anderson, E. J.,Baumbach, J.,Bennett, N.,Bohm, S.,Hill, M.,Lindegren, M. L.,Lung, K.,Meek, J.,Mermel, E.,Miller, L.,Monroe, M. L.,Morin, C.,Oni, O.,Rein...> ;J. Infect. Dis.. 2015 Mar 31
Epidemiology of infant meningococcal disease in the United States, 2006-2012.
MacNeil, J. R.,Bennett, N.,Farley, M. M.,Harrison, L. H.,Lynfield, R.,Nichols, M.,Petit, S.,Reingold, A.,Schaffner, W.,Thomas, A.,Pondo, T.,Mayer, L. W.,Clark, T. A.,C...> ;Pediatrics. 2015 Jan 15
Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Disease in Adults ≥65 Years, United States, 2011.
Blain, A.,MacNeil, J.,Wang, X.,Bennett, N.,Farley, M. M.,Harrison, L. H.,Lexau, C.,Miller, L.,Nichols, M.,Petit, S.,Reingold, A.,Schaffner, W.,Thomas, A.,Clark, T.,Coh...> ;Open Forum Infect Dis. 2015 Mar 04
Complications Among Adults Hospitalized With Influenza: A Comparison of Seasonal Influenza and the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic.
Reed, C.,Chaves, S. S.,Perez, A.,D'Mello, T.,Daily Kirley, P.,Aragon, D.,Meek, J. I.,Farley, M. M.,Ryan, P.,Lynfield, R.,Morin, C. A.,Hancock, E. B.,Bennett, N. M.,Zan...> ;Clin. Infect. Dis.. 2014 May 03
Child, household, and caregiver characteristics associated with hospitalization for influenza among children 6-59 months of age: an emerging infections program study.
Dharan, N. J.,Sokolow, L. Z.,Cheng, P. Y.,Gargiullo, P.,Gershman, K.,Lynfield, R.,Morin, C.,Thomas, A.,Meek, J.,Farley, M. M.,Arnold, K. E.,Reingold, A.,Craig, A. S.,S...> ;Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2014 Mar 20
Association between use of statins and mortality among patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza virus infections: a multistate study.
Vandermeer, M.L., Thomas, A.R., Kamimoto, L., Reingold, A., Gershman, K., Meek, J., Farley, M.M., Ryan, P., Lynfield, R., Baumbach, J., Schaffner, W., Bennett, N., Zan...> ;J Infect Dis. 2012 Jan 1
Complementary and alternative medicine use in chronic liver disease patients.
Ferrucci, L.M., Bell, B.P., Dhotre, K.B., Manos, M.M., Terrault, N.A., Zaman, A., Murphy, R.C., Vanness, G.R., Thomas, A.R., Bialek, S.R., Desai, M.M., Sofair, A.N.> ;J Clin Gastroenterol. 2010-02-01
Influenza testing and antiviral prescribing practices among emergency department clinicians in 9 states during the 2006 to 2007 influenza season.
Mueller, M.R., Smith, P.J., Baumbach, J.P., Palumbo, J.P., Meek, J.I., Gershman, K., Vandermeer, M., Thomas, A.R., Long, C.E., Belflower, R., Spina, N.L., Martin, K.G....> ;Ann Emerg Med. 2010 Jan
Evaluation of universal antenatal screening for group B streptococcus.
Van Dyke, M.K., Phares, C.R., Lynfield, R., Thomas, A.R., Arnold, K.E., Craig, A.S., Mohle-Boetani, J., Gershman, K., Schaffner, W., Petit, S., Zansky, S.M., Morin, C....> ;N Engl J Med. 2009-06-18
Population snapshot of emergent Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A in the United States, 2005.
Moore, M.R., Gertz, R.E., Woodbury, R.L., Barkocy-Gallagher, G.A., Schaffner, W., Lexau, C., Gershman, K., Reingold, A., Farley, M., Harrison, L.H., Hadler, J.L., Benn...> ;J Infect Dis. 2008 Apr 1
13 citations
Deaths from chronic liver disease and viral hepatitis, Multnomah County, Oregon, 2000.
Ann Thomas, Atif Zaman, Beth P. Bell> ;Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 2007 Oct 1
Invasive pneumococcal disease among infants before and after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
Poehling, K.A., Talbot, T.R., Griffin, M.R., Craig, A.S., Whitney, C.G., Zell, E., Lexau, C.A., Thomas, A.R., Harrison, L.H., Reingold, A.L., Hadler, J.L., Farley, M.M...> ;JAMA. 2006 Apr 12
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Press Mentions

OHA Working with Federal Partners Amid Gresham Company’s Frozen Strawberry RecallMarch 21st, 2023
OHA Sees Flu Cases Dip in Oregon After SpikeJanuary 24th, 2020
Two More Measles Cases in OregonOctober 27th, 2019
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