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Kyle Petersen, DO, Infectious Disease, Bethesda, MD, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

KylePetersenDO

Infectious Disease Bethesda, MD

International Health, Travel & Tropical

Sanford Chair in Tropical Medicine Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine Uniformed Services University

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Summary

  • I am a medical educator. I teach tropical medicine, travel medicine, infectious diseases and internal medicine to MPH, MD students and housestaff. I attend at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital on ID and at Walter Reed on ID and IM.

Education & Training

  • Naval Medical Center (San Diego)
    Naval Medical Center (San Diego)Fellowship, Infectious Disease, 2000 - 2002
  • Naval Medical Center (San Diego)
    Naval Medical Center (San Diego)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 2000
  • Naval Medical Center (Portsmouth)
    Naval Medical Center (Portsmouth)Internship, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1995
  • Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine
    Des Moines University College of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 1994
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    Worcester Polytechnic InstituteB.S., Biotechnology, 1990

Certifications & Licensure

  • VA State Medical License
    VA State License 1995 - 2026
  • MD State Medical License
    MD State License 2017 - 2019
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2008
  • Fellow Infectious Disease Society of America, 2008
  • Top 36 U.S Travel Health Specialists Conde Nast Traveler Magazine, 2007
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Japanese Encephalitis: A Review of Clinical Guidelines and Vaccine Availability in Asia  
    Batchelor T, Petersen K, Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 1/1/2015
  • Characterization of a novel international clonal complex (CC32) of Acinetobacter baumannii with epidemic potential  
    Da Silva G, van der Reijden T, Domingues S, Mendonça N, Petersen K, Dijkshoorn L, Epidemiol Infect, 1/1/2014
  • Repurposing screens identify rifamycins as potential broad spectrum therapy for multidrug resistant A baumannii and select agent microorganisms  
    Chromy B, Elsheikh M, Livingston D, Petersen K, Bearinger J and Hoeprich P, Future Microbiol, 1/1/2012
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • ASTMH Peru: thinking globally and acting locally to disseminate global health research results and train young scientists.
    Lescano RA, Bausch DG, Cabezas C, Petersen K, Goraleski K, Lanata CF, Magill AJ, Gotuzzo E, Bejar V, Gonzalez S, Lescano AG, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Meeting, 1/1/2014
  • ESBL-producing enterobacteriaceae isolated from health care workers’ cell phones in five Peruvian intensive care units: Antibiotic resistance patterns and molecular ch...
    Loyola S, Gutierrez L, Horna G, Osada J, Lescano AG, Petersen K, Tamariz J, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Meeting, 1/1/2014
  • Clonal Complex 32 (European clone IV): Another Clone of Acinetobacter baumannii with Epidemic Potential.
    Dijkshoorn L, Petersen K, van der Reijden T, Mendonça N, Domingues S, Da Silva G, Acinetobacter, 1/1/2013
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Lectures

  • Atypical Skin & Soft Tissue Infections. 
    George Washington University - 1/1/2016
  • Infections in Combat Amputations. 
    Lima, Peru - 1/1/2012
  • MRSA and Acinetobacter infections. 
    USAF School of Aviation Medicine, San Antonio, TX - 1/1/2011
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Other

  • Accelerated Decompression from Saturation at 132 feet of sea water with Isobaric Oxygenation at 60 feet of sea water. 
    Petersen K, Dainer HM, Fahlman A, Mahon RT, Naval Medical Research Center Technical Report 2009-01

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Spanish

Hospital Affiliations