Daniel Z Uslan MD MBA
Healthcare Associated Infections, International Health, Travel & Tropical
Chief Infection Prevention Officer, UCLA Health
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Summary
- Dr. Daniel Z. Uslan serves as Chief Infection Prevention Officer for UCLA Health. His research is on infection prevention, antibiotic use, medical device infections including pacemaker infections, and epidemiology of infections. Dr. Uslan's clinical interests include Clostridioides difficile (C diff) including fecal transplant, bloodstream infections, surgical infections, endocarditis and other cardiovascular infections.
Dr. Uslan received his medical degree from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He also earned an MS in Biotechnology from Northwestern University and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Business. Dr. Uslan completed his internship, residency, and Infectious Diseases fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He is Board Certified in Infectious Diseases by the American Board of Internal Medicine and has numerous presentations and publications to his credit. Dr. Uslan was elected a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
Education & Training
Clinical Research Training Program, Mayo ClinicCertificate, Clinical Research, 2005 - 2006
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Infectious Disease, 2004 - 2006- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2001 - 2004
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 2001
Northwestern UniversityMS, Biotechnology, 1996 - 1997
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2006 - 2028
MN State Medical License 2002 - 2007
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014-2017
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Cefepime and Mortality-A Dosing Problem, Not a Drug Problem.Daniel Z Uslan, Ethan A Smith
JAMA Network Open. 2026-09-01 - Clinical utility of serial plasma cell-free DNA metagenomic next-generation sequencing assays.Ishminder Kaur, Bennett Shaw, Ashrit Multani, Sanchi Malhotra, Huan Vinh Dong
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2026-03-01 - Clinical and operational impact of a four-year-long bronchoscopy-associated pseudo-outbreak of.Kavitha Prabaker, Ran Zhuo, Sanchi Malhotra, Shangxin Yang, Colette Match
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2026-02-09
Journal Articles
- Initial increase in the cryoglobulin level after rituximab therapy does not indicate failure of response.Ghobrial IM, Uslan DZ, Call TG, Witzig TE, Gertz MA, American Journal of Hematology
- Case-control study comparing de novo and Daptomycin-nonsusceptibleEnterococcus Infections.Kelesidis T, Chow ALP, Humphries R, Uslan DZ, Pegues DA, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Timing of the Most Recent Device Procedure Influences the Clinical Outcome of Lead-Associated Endocarditis: Results from the Multicenter Electrophysiologic Device Infe...Greenspon AJ, Prutkin J, Sohail MR, Vikram HR, Baddour LM, Danik SB, Peacock J, Falces C, Miro J, Blank E, Naber C, Carrillo R, Uslan DZ, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Frequency of Electrophysiologic Cardiac Device Infection in Patients with Gram-negative Bloodstream Infection.Uslan DZ, Sohail MR, Friedman PA, Hayes DL, Wilson WR, Steckelberg JM, Baddour LM, Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Infections Following Cardiac Rhythm Management Device Replacement: Results From the REPLACE Registry.Uslan DZ, Gleva MJ, Holcomb R, Mela T, Chung M, Gottipaty V, Shinn T, Dan D, Warren D, Poole J, IDSA
- Clinical Predictors of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device-Related Infective Endocarditis.Le KY, Sohail MR, Friedman PA, Uslan DZ, Cha SS, Hayes DL, Wilson WR, Steckelberg JM, Baddour LM, IDSA
Press Mentions
The 19th Explains: What to Know About Monkeypox and Its SymptomsJuly 12th, 2022- The No. 1 Sign Your Flu Symptoms Are Actually COVID, Doctors SayOctober 6th, 2021
- Is It Flu or Covid-19? It’s Harder to Tell the Symptoms Apart This YearOctober 4th, 2021
External Links
- UCLA Antimicrobial Stewardship Programhttp://www.asp.mednet.ucla.edu
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