Dale N. Gerding MD

Healthcare Associated Infections, Microbiology

Professor of Medicine Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Bldg 1 RM C344Hines VA HospitalHines, IL 60141
Phone+1 708-202-5689
Fax+1 708-202-2684

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Education & Training

University of MinnesotaFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1973 - 1975
University of MinnesotaResidency, Internal Medicine, 1971 - 1973
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1968 - 1969
University of Minnesota Medical SchoolClass of 1968

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Certifications & Licensure

MN State Medical License 1969 - 2027
IL State Medical License 1993 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

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Clinical Trials

Optimal Treatment for Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Start of enrollment: 2016 Feb 19
TERMINATED
PHASE4

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Clostridioides difficile colonization of Twin Patients Recovering From Infant Botulism.
Jason R Barash, Susan P Sambol, Andrew M Skinner, Stuart Johnson, Dale N Gerding
Anaerobe. 2026-03-01
clinical diagnostic test methods and results are associated with recovery ofby stool culture.
Andrew M Skinner, Alice Y Guh, Laurica A Petrella, Susan Sambol, Adam Cheknis
Microbiology Spectrum. 2026-02-03
1 citations
Molecular epidemiology and clinical differentiation betweeninfection and colonization across three chicago medical centers.
Andrew M Skinner, Do Young Kim, Adam Cheknis, Michael Lin, Mary K Hayden
Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology. 2026-01-01

Journal Articles

Bezlotoxumab
Dale Gerding, MD, Clinical Infectious Diseases
Original Article Comparative Genomics Analysis of Clostridium Difficile Epidemic Strain DH/NAP11/106
Dale N. Gerding, Dale N. Gerding, Egon A. Ozer, Egon A. Ozer, ScienceDirect
Research Agenda for Microbiome Based Research for Multidrug-Resistant Organism Prevention in the Veterans Health Administration System
Dale N Gerding, Loreen Herwaldt, Daniel J Diekema, Nasia Safdar, Matthew Samore, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Press Mentions

Destiny Pharma : Final ResultsApril 16th, 2021
Epidemiologic Trends in Clostridioides Difficile Isolate Ribotypes in United States from 2011 to 2016May 5th, 2020
Be Careful of Fecal Transplants, Warns FDA, After Patient DeathJune 14th, 2019