Barbara E Montana MD

Medical Director, Communicable Disease Service New Jersey Department of Health

300 2nd AveLong Branch, NJ 07740
Phone+1 732-923-6540
Fax+1 732-923-6536

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Summary

Dr. Barbara Montana is an infectious disease specialist based in Long Branch, NJ. She earned her MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1987, completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Pennsylvania Hospital, and her fellowship in Infectious Disease at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Additionally, she holds an MPH in Health Systems and Policy from Rutgers School of Public Health. Her work has been published in various medical journals and includes studies on bacterial septic arthritis and measles outbreaks, with several citations in the field.

Education & Training

Rutgers School of Public Health (formerly UMDNJ)MPH, Health Systems and Policy, 2003 - 2006
NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1991 - 1993
Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1990
New York University School of MedicineClass of 1987

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Certifications & Licensure

NJ State Medical License 1993 - 2027
NY State Medical License 1988 - 2001
PA State Medical License 1988 - 1992
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Larry J. Anderson Award for Outstanding Public Health Science Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016
Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2012-2015

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

12 citations
Bacterial septic arthritis infections associated with intra-articular injection practices for osteoarthritis knee pain-New Jersey, 2017.
Kathleen Ross, Jason Mehr, Barbara Carothers, Rebecca Greeley, Isaac Benowitz
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2019-07-17
Notes from the field: Measles outbreaks from imported cases in Orthodox Jewish communities — New York and New Jersey, 2018–2019
Robert McDonald, Patricia Schnabel Ruppert, Maria Souto, Dylan E. Johns, Kevin T McKay
American Journal of Transplantation. 2019-07-01
49 citations
Notes from the Field: Measles Outbreaks from Imported Cases in Orthodox Jewish Communities - New York and New Jersey, 2018-2019.
Robert McDonald, Patricia Schnabel Ruppert, Maria Souto, Dylan E. Johns, Kevin T McKay
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2019-05-17

Journal Articles

Bacterial septic arthritis infections associated with intra-articular injection practices for osteoarthritis knee pain—New Jersey, 2017
Kathleen M. Ross, Jason S. Mehr, Barbara L. Carothers, Rebecca D. Greeley, Isaac Benowitz, David Henry, Lisa A. McHugh, Lisa DiFedele, Eric Adler, Shereen Naqvi, Laura..., ICHE, 7/17/2019