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757 Westwood Plz
Los Angeles, CA 90095Phone+1 310-267-9643Fax+1 310-825-8918- Is this information wrong?
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
- University of CA, San DiegoBS, Biology, 1992 - 1996
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2006 - 2024
- MN State Medical License 2002 - 2007
- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
- University of California Center for Healthcare Quality and Innovation Fellowship 2012
- Outstanding Tutor Award 2008, 2009, 2010
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Implementation of contact precautions for multidrug-resistant organisms in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era: An updated national Emerging Infections Network (EIN) survey.Beekmann, S., Howard-Anderson, J., Gottlieb, L., Polgreen, P., Jacob, J., Uslan, D.> ;Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2024 Feb 14
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection prevention practices that exceed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance: Balancing extra caution again...Shruti K Gohil, Edward Septimus, Kenneth E Sands, Eunice Jackie Blanchard, Julia Moody, Annabelle de St Maurice, Deborah Yokoe, Jennie Kwon, Jonathan Grein, Stuart Coh...> ;Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2023 Dec 1
- Utilizing new subdefinitions to improve the identification of preventable central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs).Leon Hsueh, Annabelle de St Maurice, Daniel Z Uslan> ;Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2023 Mar 1
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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
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Variability in Clinical Features of Early Versus Late Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Pocket Infections.Welch M, Prutkin JM, Greenspon AJ, Sohail MR, Vikram HR, Baddour LM, Danik SB, Peacock J, del Rio A, Miro JM, Waidelich L, Naber C, Carrillo RG, Hellinger W, Tseng C, ..., AHA
- Prior Antibiotic Allergies and Adverse Reactions: Results from a Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study.Weisenberg SA, Braykov N, Schweizer M, Morgan D, Johannsson B, Kelesidis T, Uslan DZ, Young H, Cantey J, Perencevich E, Srinivasan A, Septimus E, Laxminarayan R, ID Week
- The Frequency of Antibiotic De-Escalation Over Six US Hospitals: Results from a Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study.Morgan D, Johannsson B, Schwewizer M, Braykov N, Weisenberg SA, Uslan DZ, Kelesidis T, Young H, Cantey J, Septimus E, Srinivasan A, Perencevich E, Laxminarayan R, ID Week
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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
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External Links
- UCLA Antimicrobial Stewardship Programhttp://www.asp.mednet.ucla.edu
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