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• Reducing Hospitalizations and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms via Regional Decolonization in Hospitals and Nursing Homes.
  Gabrielle M Gussin, James A McKinnell, Raveena D Singh, Loren G Miller, Ken Kleinman, Raheeb Saavedra, Thomas Tjoa, Shruti K Gohil, Tabitha D Catuna, Lauren T Heim, Ju...> ;JAMA. 2024 Apr 1
• Characterizing predictors of COVID-19 vaccine refusal in an urban southern California jail population.
  Qureshi, N., Judge, S., Tran, N., Henderson, S., Miller, L.> ;Vaccine. 2024 Feb 6
• Skin and soft tissue infection incidence before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Prudencio Merino, Deborah Kupferwasser, Evelyn A Flores, Donna Phan Tran, Abisay Ortega, Loren G Miller> ;Epidemiology and Infection. 2023 Nov 6
• 5 citations
  Clinical Impact of Ceftriaxone Resistance inBloodstream Infections: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study.
  Pranita D Tamma, Lauren Komarow, Lizhao Ge, Julia Garcia-Diaz, Erica S Herc, Yohei Doi, Cesar A Arias, Owen Albin, Elie Saade, Loren G Miller, Jesse T Jacob, Michael J...> ;Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2022 Nov 1
• 1 citations
  Comparative Genomics Identifies Features Associated with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Transmission in Hospital Settings.
  Timileyin Adedrian, Stephanie Hitchcock, Lyndsay M O'Hara, Jane M Michalski, J Kristie Johnson, David P Calfee, Loren G Miller, Tracy H Hazen, Anthony D Harris, David ...> ;Msphere. 2022 Jun 29
• 15 citations
  PARIS and SPARTA: Finding the Achilles' Heel of SARS-CoV-2.
  Viviana Simon, Vamsi Kota, Ryan F Bloomquist, Hannah B Hanley, David Forgacs, Savita Pahwa, Suresh Pallikkuth, Loren G Miller, Joanna Schaenman, Michael R Yeaman, Davi...> ;Msphere. 2022 Jun 29
• 3 citations
  Modelling methicillin-resistantdecolonization: interactions between body sites and the impact of site-specific clearance.
  Onur Poyraz, Mohamad R A Sater, Loren G Miller, James A McKinnell, Susan S Huang, Yonatan H Grad, Pekka Marttinen> ;Journal of the Royal Society, Interface. 2022 Jun 1
• 3 citations
  The Effect of Systemic Antibiotics for Suppurative Skin and Soft Tissue Infections on the Skin Microbiome.
  Alfred A Chan, Evelyn A Flores, Marian Navarrete, Donna Phan Tran, Delphine J Lee, Loren G Miller> ;Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2022 May 1
• Post-discharge decolonization of patients harboring methicillin-resistant(MRSA) USA300 strains: secondary analysis of the CLEAR Trial.
  Gabrielle M Gussin, Lauren Heim, Thomas Tjoa, James A McKinnell, Loren G Miller, Daniel L Gillen, Mohamad R A Sater, Yonatan H Grad, Raveena D Singh, Susan S Huang> ;Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2023 Feb 1
• 1 citations
  Treatment barriers in PANS/PANDAS: Observations from eleven health care provider families.
  Angela W. Tang, Heidi J. Appel, Stacie C. Bennett, Leighann H. Forsyth, Susan K. Glasser, Maura A. Jarka, Pierre D. Kory, Amy N. Malik, Andrea I. Martonoffy, Lena K. W...> ;Families, Systems & Health. 2021 Sep 1
• Double-swab 5% versus single-swab 10% iodophor for reducing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with routine chlorhexidine bathing.
  Lauren Heim, Loren G. Miller, Raveena D. Singh, James A. McKinnell, Tabitha D. Catuna, Marlene Estevez, Kaye D. Evans, Tom Tjoa, Gabrielle M. Gussin, Shaun D Dahl, Lin...> ;Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2021 Aug 26
• 6 citations
  Modeling Interventions to Reduce the Spread of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms Between Health Care Facilities in a Region
  Sarah M. Bartsch, Kim F. Wong, Leslie E Mueller, Gabrielle M. Gussin, James A. McKinnell, Thomas Tjoa, Patrick T. Wedlock, Jiayi He, Justin Chang, Shruti K. Gohil, Lor...> ;JAMA Network Open. 2021 Aug 2
• Impact of empiric antibiotics for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection and associated Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) risk: Secondary ...
  Anastasiia S. Weiland, Julia Y. Lu, Caleb S. Chen, Thomas Tjoa, Raveena D. Singh, James A. McKinnell, Loren G. Miller, Susan S. Huang> ;Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2021 Apr 16
• 30 citations
  Staphylococcal Skin and Soft Tissue Infections.
  Timothy J. Hatlen, Loren G. Miller> ;Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. 2021 Mar 1
• 5 citations
  Risk factors for transmission of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales to healthcare personnel gloves and gowns in the USA.
  Lyndsay M. O’Hara, M.H. Nguyen, David P. Calfee, Loren G. Miller, Lisa Pineles, Laurence S. Magder, Jennifer K. Johnson, Daniel J. Morgan, David A. Rasko, Anthony D. H...> ;The Journal of Hospital Infection. 2021 Mar 1
• 1 citations
  Sociodemographic factors associated with patients hospitalised for coccidioidomycosis in California and Arizona, State Inpatient Database 2005-2011.
  D Kupferwasser, L G Miller> ;Epidemiology and Infection. 2021 Jan 1
• 3 citations
  Detection of carbapenem resistant enterobacteriace from fomite surfaces.
  Evelyn A Flores, Bryn Launer, Loren G. Miller, Kaye D. Evans, Dennys Estevez, Susan S. Huang, James A. McKinnell> ;American Journal of Infection Control. 2021 Jan 1
• Draft Genome Sequences of Five Diverse Klebsiella Species Isolates from Intensive Care Unit Patients.
  Tracy H. Hazen, Stephanie Hitchcock, Lyndsay M. O’Hara, Jane Michalski, J. Kristie Johnson, David P. Calfee, Loren G. Miller, Anthony D. Harris, David A. Rasko> ;Microbiology Resource Announcements. 2020 Nov 19
• 5 citations
  A multifaceted intervention improves antibiotic stewardship for skin and soft tissues infections.
  Larissa S May, Megan Nguyen, Renee P. Trajano, Daniel J. Tancredi, Elmar R. Aliyev, Benjamin A. Mooso, Chance Anderson, Susan Ondak, Nuen Yang, Stuart Cohen, Jean A. W...> ;The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2021 Aug 1
• 6 citations
  Epidemiologic and Microbiologic Characteristics of Hospitalized Patients Co-colonized With Multiple Species of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in the United St...
  Timileyin Adediran, Anthony D. Harris, J. Kristie Johnson, David P. Calfee, Loren G. Miller, M. Hong Nguyen, Daniel J. Morgan, Katherine E Goodman, Stephanie Hitchcock...> ;Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2020 Oct 1
• 7 citations
  Performance of PCR/Electrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry on Whole Blood for Detection of Bloodstream Microorganisms in Patients with Suspected Sepsis
  Kristoffer Strålin, Richard E. Rothman, Volkan Özenci, Kieron Barkataki, David Brealey, Neelam Dhiman, Lara Poling, Michael C. Kurz, Ajit P. Limaye, Frank LoVecchio, K...> ;Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2020 Aug 24
• 1 citations
  Examination of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from the Gloves and Gowns of Intensive Care Unit Health Care Workers.
  Timileyin Adedrian, Stephanie Hitchcock, Lyndsay M. O’Hara, Jane Michalski, J. Kristie Johnson, David P. Calfee, Loren G. Miller, Tracy H. Hazen, Anthony D. Harris, Da...> ;Microbiology Resource Announcements. 2020 Aug 6
• 7 citations
  Antibiotic Duration, but Not Abscess Size, Impacts Clinical Cure of Limited Skin and Soft Tissue Infection After Incision and Drainage.
  Jason G Lake, Loren G. Miller, Stephanie A. Fritz> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2020 Jul 27
• 8 citations
  Oral fosfomycin use for pyelonephritis and complicated urinary tract infections: a 1 year review of outcomes and prescribing habits in a large municipal healthcare sys...
  Timothy J Hatlen, Richard Flor, Megan Nguyen, Grace H. Lee, Loren G. Miller> ;The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2020 Jul 1
• 17 citations
  High Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Organism Colonization in 28 Nursing Homes: An "Iceberg Effect".
  James McKinnell, Loren G. Miller, Raveena D. Singh, Gabrielle M. Gussin, Ken Kleinman, Job Mendez, Bryn Laurner, Tabitha D. Catuna, Lauren Heim, Raheeb Saavedra, James...> ;Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2020 Jun 16
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Journal Articles

• Lack of Uniformity Among United States Recommendations for Diagnosis and Management of Acute, Uncomplicated Cystitis  
  Loren G Miller, David A Haake, Shlomo Raz, International Urogynecology Journal
• Patient Contact Is the Main Risk Factor for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Contamination of Healthcare Workers’ Gloves and Gowns in the Intensive Care Unit  
  J Kristie Johnson, Anthony D Harris, Loren G Miller, David P Calfee, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
• Meningitis in the Elderly: An approach to diagnosis and treatment in an era of antimicrobial resistance.  
  Miller LG, Choi C, Clinical Geriatrics 1998;6:13-31
• Adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy: a synthesis of the literature and clinical implications for practice.  
  Miller LG, Hays RD, AIDS Reader 2000;10:177-85
• Measuring Adherence to Antiretroviral Medications in Clinical Trials.  
  Miller LG, Hays RD, HIV Clinical Trials 2000,1:36-46
• Treatment of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections in an Era of Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance.  
  Miller LG, Tang AW, Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2004; 79: 1048-1054
• Hepatitis C inflection in dialysis patients: a link to poor clinical outcome?  
  Kalantar-Zadeh K, Daar ES, Eysselein VE, Miller LG, Int Urol Nephrol 2006; 39:247-59
• Colonization, Fomites, and Virulence: Rethinking the Pathogenesis of Community-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection.  
  Miller LG, Diep BA, Clin Infect Dis 2008; 46:752–60
• Managing an Elusive Pathogen: How Can Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Be Contained?  
  Miller LG, Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice 2011; 19: 3-7
• What is the relevance of antiretroviral therapy that does not include protease inhibitors?  
  Miller LG, Goetz MB, Clinical Infectious Diseases 1998;27:1386-9
• Where We Are with Community-Associated Staphylococcus aureus Prevention -- And In the Meantime What to do We Tell Our Patients?  
  Miller LG, Clinical Infectious Diseases 2012; 54:752- 4
• Ataxia and slurred speech after artesunate treatment for falciparum malaria.  
  Miller LG, Panosian CB, New England Journal of Medicine, 1997; 336:1328
• Staphylococcus aureus meningitis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.  
  Miller LG, Mathisen GE, Chang S, Mayo Clinic Proceedings 1998;73:1083-4
• HIV Infection Refractory to Antiretroviral Therapy or Denial of Poor Adherence?: A Case Study.  
  Miller LG, Chang ES, AIDS Patient Care and STDs 2002; 16: 355-59
• High-risk sexual behavior in Los Angeles: who receives testing for HIV?  
  Miller LG, Simon PA, Miller ME, Long A, Yu EI, Asch SM, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology 1999;22:490-497
• A population-based survey of tuberculosis symptoms: how atypical are atypical presentations?  
  Miller LG, Asch SM, Yu EI, Knowles L, Gelberg L, Davidson P, Clinical Infectious Diseases 2000; 30:293-299
• A Comparison Study of Multiple Measures of Adherence to HIV Protease Inhibitors.  
  Liu H, Golin CE, Miller LG, Hays RD, Beck CK, Sanandaji S, Christian J, Maldonado T, Duran D, Kaplan AH, Wenger NS, Annals of Internal Medicine 2001; 134: 968-77
• Empirical therapy for uncomplicated urinary tract infections in an era of increasing antimicrobial resistance: a decision and cost analysis.  
  Le TP, Miller LG, Clinical Infectious Diseases 2001; 33: 615-21
• A Prospective Evaluation of Predictors of Adherence to Combination Antiretroviral Therapy.  
  CE, Liu H, Hays RD, Miller LG, Beck CK, Ickovicks J, Kaplan AH, Wenger NS, Journal of General Internal Medicine 2002;17:756-65
• Fourteen Patients With Community-Associated Necrotizing Fasciitis Associated With Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.  
  Miller LG, Pedreau-Remington F, Rieg G, Mehdi S, Perlroth J, Bayer AS, Tang AW, Phung TO, Spellberg B, New England Journal of Medicine 2005; 352: 1445-53
• Diagnostic Discordance for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Hemodialysis Patients: Role of Malnutrition and Inflammation.  
  Miller LG, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Daar ES, American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2005; 46: 290-300
• Incidence of and Risk Factors for Clinically Significant MRSA Infection in a Cohort of HIV infected adults.  
  Mathews C, Caperna J, Barber E, Torriani F, Miller LG, May S, McCutchan JA, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology, 2005 ;40:155-160
• Higher Coronary Calcification Scores Improve Adherence to Cardiac Risk-Factor Modifying Behaviors.  
  Kalia NK, Miller LG, Nasir K, Blumethal R, Budoff MJ, Athererosclerosis 2006; 185: 394–399
• Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention to Enhance Adherence to ART: A Randomized Clinical Trial (CCTG 578).  
  GJ, Kanouse DE, Golinelli D, Miller LG, Daar ES, Witt MD, Diamond C, Tilles JG, Kemper CA, Larsen R, Goicoechea M, Haubrich R, and the California Collaborative Treatme..., AIDS 2006; 20: 1295-1302
• Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Causing Healthcare-associated Infections.  
  Maree C, Daum RS, Boyle-Vavra S, Matayoshi K, Miller LG, Emerging Infectious Diseases 2007; 13: 236-42
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Books/Book Chapters

• Emerging Infections 8. 
  Chapter: Community-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus 
  Page 229 - 256Miller LG, Eells SJEditors: Scheld WM, Hammer SM, Higher JM.American Society of Microbiology Press, Washington D.C
• Antimicrobial Drug Resistance: Beyond the Breakpoint. (Volume 6 from the series "Issues in Infectious Diseases"). 
  Chapter: Community-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus 
  Page 1 - 20Miller LGEditors: Weber JT.Karger, Basel, Switzerland

Abstracts/Posters

• Tuberculosis in Los Angeles: The relationship of Clinical Symptomatology with Demographic and Clinical Information (Abstract 372-Sa).
  Miller LG, Yu E, Asch S, 36th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, Denver
• Providers' Estimates of Adherence Overestimate Reports from Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS) for Patients on Protease Inhibitors (PIs).
  Miller L, Liu H, Hays R, Beck K, Golin C, Ickovicks J, Kaplan A, Christian J, Duran D, Maldonado T, Wenger N, Abstract 97, 6th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Chicago
• A Population-based Survey of tuberculosis Symptoms: Insight into the Utility of Symptom-Based Screening for Active Disease.
  Miller LG, Yu E, Asch S, Department of Veterans Affairs Seventeenth Annual Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D).., Washington D.C
• Self-Reported Adherence to Protease Inhibitors Substantially Overestimates an Objective Measure.
  Golin C, Liu H, Hays R, Ickovics J, Beck K, Miller L, Kaplan A, Wenger N, Abstract 95, 6th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Chicago
• How best to measure medication adherence?
  Liu HH, Wenger NS, Golin C, Miller L, Hays RD, Beck K, Sanandiji S, Christian J, Maldonado T, Duran D, Kaplan A, J Gen Intern Med 1999; 14 (Supp 2):50, 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco
• Patient factors associated with and self-reported reasons for nonadherence to antiretroviral therapy.
  Golin C, Kaplan A, Liu HH, Miller L, Beck K, Ickovics J, Wenger NS, J Gen Intern Med 1999; 14 (Supp 2):35, 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco
• High-risk sexual behavior in Los Angeles: who receives testing for HIV?
  Miller LG, Simon PA, Miller ME, Long A, Yu EI, Asch SM, Clin Infect Dis 1999; 29: 1028, 37th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, Philadelphia
• How accurate are clinicians' estimates of adherence to HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy)?
  Miller L, Liu H, Beck K, Golin C, Hays R, Christian J, Duran D, Maldonado T, Kaplan A, Wenger N, Presented at the Eight Annual UCLA AIDS Institute Scientific Symposium.
• Association Between Knowledge of Antiretroviral Regimen Dosing and Adherence to HAART.
  Miller L, Liu H, Hays R, Golin C, Ye Z, Beck K, Kaplan A, Wenger N, Eighteenth Annual Universitywide AIDS Research Program Investigators’ Meeting, Los Angeles
• Development of a Measure of Adherence Complexity.
  Miller L, Weidmer B, Hays R, Eighteenth Annual Universitywide AIDS Research Program Investigators’ Meeting, Los Angeles
• Empiric Therapy for Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections in an Era of Antimicrobial Resistance: A cost-minimization analysis.
  Miller LG, Le TP, J Investig Med 2001; 49(2):184A, Washington DC
• of Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Positive Patients.
  Huffman HB, Hays RD, Wenger NS, Liu HH, Golin C, Beck CK, Kaplan AH, Miller LG, Short Term Training Program (STTP) Meeting, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
• Association Between Knowledge of Medication Dosing and Adherence to HAART.
  Miller L, Liu H, Hays R, Golin C, Ye Z, Beck K, Kaplan A, Wenger N, Clin Infect Dis 2001; 33: 1209, Abstract 710, 39th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, San Francisco
• Knowledge of Medication Dosing Predicts Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy.
  Miller LG, Hays RD, Golin CE, Liu H, Ye Z, Beck CK, Kaplan AH, Wenger NS, J Investig Med 2002; 50(2)., Clinical Research, Baltimore
• Model Based Estimate of ROC Curves for Repeated Measures Design.
  Liu, HH, Hays RD, Wenger NS, Kaplan A, Golin C and Miller L, (First Annual) Hawaii International Conference on Statistics and Related Fields, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Intermittent HIV Viremia (“blips”): Is Adherence to Blame?
  Miller LG, Wenger NS, Golin CE, Liu HH, Hays RD, Hua J, Kaplan AH, J Investig Med 2003; 53(suppl 2):S387, Clinical Research 2003, Baltimore
• Accumulation of Antiretroviral Resistance in Treatment-Experienced Patients: The Impact of Medication Adherence.
  Miller L, McCutchan JA, Keiser P, Kemper C, Witt M, Leedom J, Forthal D, Hellmann N, Richman D, Seefried E, Rigby A, Haubrich R and the California Collaborative Treatm..., XIIth International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop, Los Cabos, Mexico
• Transient HIV Viremia (“Blips”) Are Not Associated with Drops in Medication Adherence.
  Miller LG, Wenger NS, Golin CE, Liu HH, Hays RD, Hua J, Kaplan AH, Abstract 761. Antiv Ther 2003;8 (Suppl 1): S396, International AIDS Society Meeting, Paris, France
• Accumulation of Antiretroviral Resistance in Treatment-Experienced Patients: The Impact of Medication Adherence.
  Miller L, McCutchan JA, Keiser P, Kemper C, Witt M, Leedom J, Forthal D, Hellmann N, Richman D, Seefried E, Rigby A, Haubrich R and the California Collaborative Treatm..., Abstract 833. Antiv Ther 2003;8 (Suppl 1): S418-9, International AIDS Society Meeting, Paris, France
• Predictors of Candiduria Resolution in Hospitalized Patients: A Prospective Multi-center Investigation.
  Miller LG, Man D, Lee C, Lee JY, Dismukes WE, Kauffman CA and the Mycoses Study Group of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 43rd Annual International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Chicago
• Good Penetration of Levofloxacin into a Renal Cyst In a Patient with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease and Group B Streptococcus Infection.
  Miller LG, Pashayan S, Hiyama L, 43rd Annual International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Chicago
• Repeated Measures Longitudinal Analyses of Adherence to Antiretroviral Medications.
  Miller L, Kaplan A, Hays R, Wu T, Golin C, Wenger N, Liu H, Investigators' Meeting and Conference on AIDS Research (Universitywide AIDS Research Program), Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA
• Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Adult Women: A Monte Carlo Model of Treatment Strategies, Outcomes, and Efficacy.
  Miller LG, Bharadwa K, Vongkulluksn W, J Investig Med 2004; 52:S391, Abstract 83. Clinical Research 2004, Chicago
• Association between Hepatitis C Infection and Malnutrition-Inflammation Complex Syndrome in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients.
  Miller LG, Daar ES, Kopple J, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Abstract V-789, 44th Annual International Conference on Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Washington DC
• Fourteen Patients With Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Community-Onset MRSA in Los Angeles.
  Miller L, Pedreau-Remington F, Mehdi S, Perlroth J, Phung T, Rieg G, Tang A, Spellberg B, Abstract 1453, 42nd Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, Boston
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Lectures

• New Clinical Manifestations of community-acquired S. aureus and MRSA. 
  Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance CA, 2005
• Hepatitis C infections in hemodialysis. 
  Division of Nephrology and Hypertension Grand Round
• New Developments in HIV/AIDS Treatment. 
  All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
• U.S. Experience with Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART). 
  All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
• An Emerging Epidemic: Community-MRSA infections. 
  Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles CA
• Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Update. 
  Kaiser Medical Center, Bellflower, CA
• Community-acquired MRSA infections. 
  Downey Community Hospital, Noon Conference Series, Los Angeles, CA
• Update on the Treatment of MRSA Infections. 
  Glendale Adventist Medical Center – Glendale, CA
• Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy: Old and New Insights. 
  Division of HIV Medicine Noon Conference Series, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance CA
• Community-Associated MRSA: The New Epidemic. 
  Riverside Physicians Network, Riverside CA
• Infection Control in the 21st Century: What Every Clinician Needs to Know. 
  Multiple Location, 2007, 2008
• Community-associated MRSA infections: An emerging epidemic in the HIV community. 
  Los Angeles County-University of Southern California (LAC-USC) HIV Lecture Series, Los Angeles CA
• MRSA and Cellulitis: Is There an Overlap? 
  Harbor-UCLA Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Torrance CA
• Infection Control Jeopardy. 
  Multiple Location, 2008, 2010
• Infection Control Update. 
  Harbor-UCLA Department of Nursing Leadership Counsel, Torrance CA
• Research in the Pediatric Emergency Department: Cellulitis. 
  Harbor-UCLA Department Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Torrance CA
• MRSA Update. 
  Harbor-UCLA Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Conference Series, Torrance CA
• Treatment of Avoidable Infections in the Hospital. 
  Tenth National Kaiser Permanente Hospital Medicine Conference, Huntington Beach CA
• ID Workshop: Community Acquired MRSA & Other Tough Critters. 
  Tenth National Kaiser Permanente Hospital Medicine Conference, Huntington Beach CA
• Infection Control Precautions Review and Problem Solving. 
  Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Nursing Leadership Counsel, Torrance CA
• Community-associated MRSA Infections: What Every Dermatologist Should Know. 
  Harbor-UCLA Division of Dermatology Grand Rounds, Torrance CA
• Meet-the-Consultants: Community-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA- MRSA). 
  Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), 19th Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego CA
• Infection Control Jeopardy 2. 
  Harbor-UCLA Divisions of Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Didactic Course. Torrance CA, 2009
• Community-Associated MRSA. 
  American Society of Microbiology 109th General Meeting, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
• Healthcare Acquired Infections. 
  St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA
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Other

• Strategies for clinical management of MRSA in the community: Summary of an experts’ meeting convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
  Gorwitz RJ, Jernigan DB, Powers JH, Jernigan JA, and Participants in the CDC-Convened Experts’ Meeting on Management of MRSA in the Community
  http://www.ccar-ccra.com/english/pdfs/CAMRSA_ExpMtgStrategies.pdf
• Management of MRSA in the Community Setting: Getting it Right the First Time. 
  Miller LG, MedscapeCME Infectious Diseases
  http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/708160