TimothyHaroldDellitMD

Interim CEO, UW Medicine; Interim Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs and Interim Dean of the School of Medicine, University of Washington

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Office
C-414, Health Sciences Building
1959 NE Pacific Street, Box 356380
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone+1 206-543-3106
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Education & Training

University of WashingtonFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2001 - 2003
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1997 - 2000
Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 1997

Certifications & Licensure

WA State Medical License 2001 - 2025
NY State Medical License 1998 - 2002
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Bracing for the Storm: One Health Care System's Planning for the COVID-19 Surge.
Christopher S. Kim, Nicholas Meo, Danica Little, Stephen C. Morris, Lisa A. Brandenburg, Michelle Moratti, Cynthia L. Dold, Thomas O. Staiger, Cindy Sayre, J. Richard ...> ;Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2021 Jan 1
16 citations
A Novel Approach for a Novel Pathogen: using a home assessment team to evaluate patients for 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)
Chloe Bryson-Cahn, Jeffrey S. Duchin, Vanessa A. Makarewicz, Meagan Kay, Krista Rietberg, Nathanael Napolitano, Carole Kamangu, Timothy H. Dellit, John B. Lynch> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2020 Nov 19
14 citations
Prolonged persistence of PCR-detectable virus during an outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in an inpatient geriatric psychiatry unit in King County, Washington.
Maria A. Corcorran, Svaya Olin, Golo Rani, Keri Nasenbeny, Cheri Constantino-Shor, Charity Holmes, Laura Quinnan-Hostein, William Solan, Gretchen Snoeyenbos Newman, Al...> ;American Journal of Infection Control. 2021 Mar 1
85 citations
Outbreak Investigation of COVID-19 Among Residents and Staff of an Independent and Assisted Living Community for Older Adults in Seattle, Washington.
Alison C. Roxby, Alexander L. Greninger, Kelly M Hatfield, John B. Lynch, Timothy H. Dellit, Allison E James, Joanne Taylor, Libby C. Page, Anne Kimball, Melissa M. Ar...> ;JAMA Internal Medicine. 2020 Aug 1
47 citations
Prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 infection and outcomes among symptomatic healthcare workers in Seattle, Washington
Nandita S Mani, Jehan Z Budak, Kristine F Lan, Chloe Bryson-Cahn, Allison J. Zelikoff, Gwendolyn E C Barker, Carolyn W Grant, Kristi Hart, Carrie J Barbee, Marissa D S...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2020 Dec 17
25 citations
Western Washington State COVID-19 Experience: Keys to Flattening the Curve and Effective Health System Response.
Steven H. Mitchell, Eileen M. Bulger, Herbert C. Duber, Alexander L. Greninger, Thuan D. Ong, Stephen C. Morris, Lisa D. Chew, Tom M. Haffner, Vicki L. Sakata, John B....> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2020 Jun 16
81 citations
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Among Residents and Staff Members of an Independent and Assisted Living Community for Older Adults - Seattle, Washington, 2020.
Alison C. Roxby, Alexander L. Greninger, Kelly M Hatfield, John B. Lynch, Timothy H. Dellit, Allison E James, Joanne Taylor, Libby C. Page, Anne Kimball, Melissa M. Ar...> ;MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2020 Apr 10
31 citations
One Academic Health System's Early (and Ongoing) Experience Responding to COVID-19: Recommendations From the Initial Epicenter of the Pandemic in the United States.
Christopher S. Kim, John B. Lynch, Seth M. Cohen, Santiago Neme, Thomas O. Staiger, Laura Evans, Steven A. Pergam, Catherine Liu, Chloe Bryson-Cahn, Timothy H. Dellit> ;Academic Medicine. 2020 Apr 9
15 citations
Enhanced Perioperative Care for Major Spine Surgery.
Armagan Dagal, Carlo Bellabarba, Richard Bransford, Fangyi Zhang, Randall M Chesnut, Grant E O'Keefe, David R Wright, Timothy H Dellit, Ian Painter, Michael J Souter> ;Spine. 2019 Jul 1
Enhanced Perioperative Care for Major Spine Surgery.
Dagal, A.,Bellabarba, C.,Bransford, R.,Zhang, F.,Chesnut, R. M.,O'Keefe, G. E.,Wright, D. R.,Dellit, T. H.,Painter, I.,Souter, M. J.> ;Spine. 2019 Jan 03
11 citations
Standardized Review and Approval Process for High-Cost Medication Use Promotes Value-Based Care in a Large Academic Medical System.
Ramani S. Durvasula, Janet L. Kelly, Anneliese M. Schleyer, Bradley D. Anawalt, Shabir Somani, Timothy H. Dellit> ;American Health & Drug Benefits. 2018 Apr 1
Reducing Portable Chest Radiography in the Intensive Care Unit.
Daniel S. Hippe, Bruce E. Lehnert, Ian R. Slade, Timothy H. Dellit, Catherine L. Hough, Astrid B. Schreuder, Wendy A. Cohen, James A. Miklusis, Ronald Pergamit, Herb R...> ;Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2017 Oct 1
4 citations
Hospital Length of Stay Among Patients Receiving Intermittent Versus Prolonged Piperacillin/Tazobactam Infusion in the Intensive Care Units.
Jeannie D. Chan, Timothy H. Dellit, John B. Lynch> ;Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 2018 Feb 1
1 citations
Cleaning practices in the hospital setting: Are high-touch surfaces in isolation and standard precaution patient rooms cleaned to the same standard?
Allison J. Zelikoff, Timothy H. Dellit, John B. Lynch, Elizabeth McNamara, Vanessa A. Makarewicz> ;American Journal of Infection Control. 2016 Nov 1
33 citations
Successful implementation of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy at a medical respite facility for homeless patients
Alison Beieler, Timothy H. Dellit, Jeannie D. Chan, Shireesha Dhanireddy, Leslie Enzian, Tamera J. Stone, Edward Dwyer‐O'Connor, John B. Lynch> ;Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2016 Aug 1
1743 citations
Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Tamar F. Barlam, Sara E. Cosgrove, Lilian M. Abbo, Conan MacDougall, Audrey N. Schuetz, Edward Septimus, Arjun Srinivasan, Timothy H. Dellit, Yngve Falck-Ytter, Neil O...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2016 May 15
270 citations
Executive Summary: Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology...
Tamar F. Barlam, Sara E. Cosgrove, Lilian M. Abbo, Conan MacDougall, Audrey N. Schuetz, Edward Septimus, Arjun Srinivasan, Timothy H. Dellit, Yngve Falck-Ytter, Neil O...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2016 May 15
53 citations
Predictors of infection after 754 cranioplasty operations and the value of intraoperative cultures for cryopreserved bone flaps.
Ryan P. Morton, I. Josh Abecassis, Josiah F. Hanson, Jason Barber, John D. Nerva, Samuel Emerson, Chibawanye I. Ene, Michelle M. Chowdhary, Michael R. Levitt, Andrew L...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2016 Jan 15
41 citations
Impact of rapid influenza PCR testing on hospitalization and antiviral use: A retrospective cohort study.
Helen Y. Chu, Janet A. Englund, Dandi Huang, Emily E. Scott, Jeanne D. Chan, Rupali Jain, Paul S. Pottinger, John B. Lynch, Timothy H. Dellit, Keith R. Jerome, Jane Ku...> ;Journal of Medical Virology. 2015 Dec 1
11 citations
Epidemiology and Microbiology of Sepsis Syndromes in a University-Affiliated Urban Teaching Hospital and Level-1 Trauma and Burn Center.
Luis G. Tulloch, Jeannie D. Chan, David Carlbom, Mary Jo Kelly, Timothy H. Dellit, John B. Lynch> ;Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 2017 May 1
2 citations
Shared Hoppers: A Novel Risk Factor for the Transmission of Clostridium difficile
Julie A. Choudhuri, Jeannie D. Chan, Astrid B. Schreuder, Matthew J. Hafermann, Charlotte Fulton, Elizabeth Melius, Elizabeth McNamara, Ronald Pergamit, John B. Lynch,...> ;Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2014 Oct 1
36 citations
High incidence of discontinuations due to adverse events in patients treated with ceftaroline.
Rupali Jain, Jeannie D. Chan, Lisa Rogers, Timothy H. Dellit, John B. Lynch, Paul S. Pottinger> ;Pharmacotherapy. 2014 Jul 1
28 citations
Reduction in Clostridium difficile infections among neurosurgical patients associated with discontinuation of antimicrobial prophylaxis for the duration of external ve...
Timothy H. Dellit, Jeannie D. Chan, Charlotte Fulton, Ronald Pergamit, Elizabeth McNamara, Louis J. Kim, Richard G. Ellenbogen, John B. Lynch> ;Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2014 May 1
67 citations
Improved analgesia, sedation, and delirium protocol associated with decreased duration of delirium and mechanical ventilation.
Christopher R. Dale, Delores Kannas, Vincent S. Fan, Stephen Daniel, Steven Deem, N. David Yanez, Catherine L. Hough, Timothy H. Dellit, Miriam M. Treggiari> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2014 Mar 27
Re:imagine: A Report on the UHC Annual Conference 2012
Cindy White, Jacob J. Groenewold, Richard P. Lofgren, Steven J. Meurer, Steven Johnson, Max Rogers, Charles Campbell, Haley Barbour, Donna Brazile, John Ondrasik, Ann ...> ;American Journal of Medical Quality. 2013 Mar 1
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Journal Articles

Outbreak Investigation of COVID-19 Among Residents and Staff of an Independent and Assisted Living Community for Older Adults in Seattle, Washington
Alison C Roxby, Timothy H Dellit, Nimalie Stone, Sujan C Reddy, Seth A Cohen, Jeffrey S Duchin, Santiago Neme, JAMA Internal Medicine

Authored Content

Outbreak Investigation of COVID-19 Among Residents and Staff of an Independent and Assisted Living Community for Older Adults in Seattle, WashingtonMay 2020
Outbreak Investigation of COVID-19 Among Residents and Staff of an Independent and Assisted Living Community for Older Adults in Seattle, WashingtonMay 2020
Outbreak Investigation of COVID-19 Among Residents and Staff of an Independent and Assisted Living Community for Older Adults in Seattle, WashingtonMay 2020

Press Mentions

At Least 175,000 UW Medicine Patients Could Soon Lose in-Network Coverage [The Seattle Times]May 20th, 2023
UW Medical School to End Participation in U.S. News RankingsJanuary 26th, 2023
Health Officials Urge Return to Masking as Viruses CirculateDecember 9th, 2022
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Hospital Affiliations

UW Medicine/Harborview Medical CenterSeattle, Washington