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Office
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford University Medical Center L134
Stanford, CA 94305Phone+1 650-725-3861Fax+1 650-723-3474- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- I am the Hospital Epidemiologist and Medical Director of the Infection Prevention and Control Department at Stanford Health Care (SHC) and have held this position for more than 30 years. I am also the co-Director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training program in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine/Department of Medicine. I am the Lucy Becker Professor of Medicine (ID) and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
Education & Training
- University of Washington School of MedicineClinical Microbiology, 1977 - 1979
- University of WashingtonFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1976 - 1979
- University of WashingtonResidency, Internal Medicine, 1975 - 1976
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1973 - 1975
- Geisel School of Medicine at DartmouthClass of 1973, MD cum laude
- Georgetown UniversityPhD, Microbiology, 1965 - 1971
- University of DenverBS, Biology , Cum Laude, 1962 - 1963
- Stanford UniversityNo degree, Biology , 1958 - 1961
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1984 - 2025
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Alumni Award Geisel Dartmouth School of Medicine, 2019
- Walter Stamm Mentor Award IDSA, 2010
- Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) AAAS, 2008
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 16 citationsButyrate Differentiates Permissiveness to Clostridioides difficile Infection and Influences Growth of Diverse C. difficile Isolates.Daniel A Pensinger, Andrea T Fisher, Horia A Dobrila, William Van Treuren, Jackson O Gardner, Steven K Higginbottom, Matthew M Carter, Benjamin Schumann, Carolyn R Ber...> ;Infection and Immunity. 2023 Feb 16
- 3 citationsGetting to zero: Impact of a device to reduce blood culture contamination and false-positive central-line-associated bloodstream infections.Lucy S Tompkins, Vivian Tien, Alexandra N Madison> ;Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2023 Sep 1
- 8 citationsClinical Outcomes of Treated and Untreated C. difficile PCR-Positive/Toxin-Negative Adult Hospitalized Patients: a Quasi-Experimental Noninferiority Study.Catherine A Hogan, Matthew M Hitchcock, Spencer Frost, Kristopher Kapphahn, Lucy S Tompkins, Niaz Banaei, Holubar, M.> ;Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2022 Jun 15
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Press Mentions
- Stanford Alum Creates Portable UV-C Phone Case to Promote On-the-Go SanitizationApril 11th, 2021
- Pandemic Thrust Infection Prevention Team into the SpotlightMarch 17th, 2021
- Here’s Why Distribution of the Vaccine Is Taking Longer Than ExpectedDecember 31st, 2020
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Grant Support
- Genetic And Cellular Basics Of H. Pylori PathogenesisNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2006–2010
- Epidemiology Of Emerging Infectious Diseases And BioterrNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2003–2007
- Genetic And Cellular Basis Of H. Pylori PathogenesisNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2001–2005
- Genetic Determinants Of Pathogenicity In LegionellaNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1997–2001
- Genetics And Cellular Basis Of H Pylori PathogenesisNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1996–1999
- Genetic Determinant Of Pathogenicity In LegionellaNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1991–1996
- Genetic Determinants Of Virulence In HelicobacterNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1992–1993
- Genetic Determinants Of Virulence In CampylobacterNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1986–1991
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- SHEAFellow
- American Society of MicrobiologyMember
Hospital Affiliations
- Stanford Health CarePalo Alto, California
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