Division of General Internal Medicine

Division of General Internal Medicine
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Joshua P. Metlay, MD, Ph.D

Associate Professor of Medicine
Senior Scholar
Senior Fellow
Co-Director
Program Leader
Senior Fellow
Department: Medicine

Contact information
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
712 Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
Office: 215-898-1484
Fax: 215-573-0198
Graduate Group Affiliations
Education
B.A. (Biology)
Yale University, 1984.
Ph.D. (Immunology)
Rockefeller University, 1990.
M.D.
Cornell University, 1991.
Sc.M. (Health Policy and Management)
Harvard School of Public Health, 1997.
Post-Graduate Training
Chief Resident, The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 1994-1995.
Clinical and Research Fellow in Medicine, General Internal Medicine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1995-1997.
Resident in Medicine, The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 1992-1994.
Intern in Medicine, The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 1991-1992.
Certifications
American College of Epidemiology, 2000.
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1994.
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Description of Research Expertise

Epidemiology
Antimicrobial Drug Resistance
Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
Antibiotic Prescribing
Streptococcus pneumoniae

Selected Publications

Metlay JP, Strom BL, Asch DA: Prior antimicrobial drug exposure: A risk factor for trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole resistant urinary tract infections. J Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 51: 963-970, 2003.

Metlay JP, Fine MJ: Testing strategies in the initial management of patients with commnity-acquired pneumonia. Annals Intern Med 138: 109-118, 2003.

Fu SS, Ma GX, Tu XM, Siu PT, Metlay JP: The influence of acculturation on cigarette smoking among Chinese Americans. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 5(6): 803-811, 2003.

Metlay JP, Hardy C, Strom BL: Agreement between patient self-report and VA national pharmacy database for identifying recent exposures to antibiotics. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 12: 9-15, 2003.

Gooneratne NS, Metlay JP, Guo W, Pack FM, Kapoor S, Pack AI: The validity and feasibility of saliva pharmacy database for identifying recent exposures to antibiotics. Journal of Pineal Research 34: 88-94, 2003.

Green RJ, Metlay JP, Propert K, Catalano PJ, Macdonald JS, Mayer RJ, Haller DG: Surveillance for second primary colorectal cancers after adjuvant chemotherapy: an analysis of intergroup-0089. Annals Intern Med 136: 261-269, 2002.

Metlay JP, Shea JA, Crossette LB, Asch DA: Tensions in antibiotic prescribing: Pitting social concerns against the interest of individual patients. J Gen Intern Med 17: 87-94, 2002.

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