Selected Publications

Kaya Patel, MD, Olivia Duffield, B.S, Sara K Schultz, MD FACP FIDSA, Stephanie Spivack, MD: 2-year Follow-up on Patients Who Inject Drugs (PWID) Diagnosed with Infective Endocarditis (IE). ID Week Los Angeles, CA October 2024.

Kaya Patel, MD, Stephanie Spivack, MD, Flora Yan, MD, Noah Thorntan, n/a, Karl Whitley, MD, Ahmed Soliman, MD, Sara K Schultz, MD FACP FIDSA: Characterizing Deep Neck Infections (DNI) at a Tertiary Care Center in Philadelphia with a High Population of People Who Inject Drugs (PWID). ID Week Los Angeles, CA October 2024.

Patel K, Nakagami P, Morita K, Gallagher J, Schultz S. Dalbavancin: Usage in Patients Who Inject Drugs. ID Week, Boston, MA October 2023 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Duffield O, Patel K, Spivack S, Schultz S.: Plan PDD (Patient Directed Discharge): Oral Contingency Plans for People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia (SAB). ID Week, Boston, MA October 2023 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Duffield O, Patel K, Spivack S, Schultz S. : Improvements in Antibiotic Stewardship for Patients Who Use Injection Drugs: Subgroup analysis of patients with Bacteremia. ID Week, Boston, MA. October 2023 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Patel K, Duffield O, Spivack S, Schultz S. Multidisciplinary Endocarditis Team (MET): : Establishing a Baseline of Infective Endocarditis in People Who Use Injection Drugs (PWID). ID Week, Boston, MA October 2023 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Patel K, Nakagami P, Morita K, Gallagher J, Schultz S. : Dalbavancin Usage in the Temple Patient Population Sol Sherry Research Symposium. Philadelphia, PA June 2023 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Verghese A, Bharaniabirami R, Karaisz F, Ho J, Patel K, Grodsky, M, Gandhi S, Wang X, & Lev Y. : Improving the Utilization of SGLT-2 Inhibitors in the Inpatient Setting. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital House Staff Quality and Safety Conference Philadelphia, PA May 2022 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Qamar Z, Spacek L, Coppock D, Patel K, L’Etoile N, Huang J, Arya A, Flomenberg P. : Diagnostic Stewardship of Clostridioides difficile Testing. ID Week, Virtual (Pandemic) September 2021.

DiMemmo L, Varano A, Haulenbeek J, Liang Y, Patel K, Dukes M, Zheng S, Hubert M, Piccoli S, and Kelly D. : Real-Time Observation of Protein Aggregates in Pharmaceutical Formulations Using Liquid Cell Electron Microscopy Lab on a Chip 17(2): 315-22, October 2017.