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Kathleen O'Neil Degnan, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Attending Physician, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship, HUP Cedar Campus
Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine

Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3 Silverstein Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA (Business Administration)
University of Notre Dame, 2006.
PostBac (Pre-medical)
Bryn Mawr College, 2007.
MD
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 2012.
Post-Graduate Training
Postbaccalaureate Pre-Medical Certificate, Bryn Mawr College, 2006-2007.
Intern in Internal Medicine , Brigham and Women's Hospital , 2012-2013.
Resident in Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2013-2015.
Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship Fellowship Track, 2015-2017.
Measey Medical Education Fellow, Perelman School of Medicine, 2016-2017.
Certifications
Board Certified, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2015.
American Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, 2017.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

Antimicrobial Stewardship
Transplant Infectious Diseases
General Infectious Diseases
COVID-19

Description of Research Expertise

Antimicrobial Stewardship
Undergraduate Medical Education

Selected Publications

Serletti L, Dutcher L, Degnan KO, Szymczak JE, Cluzet V, David, MZ, Cressman L, Glassman LW, Hamilton, KW : Analysis of seasonal variation of antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract diagnoses in primary care practices. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology 3(1): e147, September 2023.

Anesi GL, Degnan K, Dutcher L, Saw S, Maguire C, Binkley A, Patel S, Athans V, Barton TD, Binkley S, Candeloro CL, Herman DJ, Kasbekar N, Kennedy L, Millstein JH, Meyer NJ, Talati NJ, Patel H, Pegues DA, Sayre PJ, Tebas P, Terico AT, Murphy KM, O'Donnell JA, White M, Hamilton KW.: The Penn Medicine COVID-19 Therapeutics Committee-Reflections on a Model for Rapid Evidence Review and Dynamic Practice Recommendations During a Public Health Emergency. Open Forum Infect Dis. 10(8): ofab231, August 2023.

Kathleen O. Degnan; Stephen Saw; Tiffany Lee; Vasilios Athans; Sonal Patel; Shawn Binkley; Joy Uzoma; Keith W. Hamilton; David Do; Lauren Dutcher. : Impact of a Real-Time Electronic Alert on Antibiotic Treatment Duration for Pneumonia in Hospitalized Patients ID Week October 2022 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Sara Rendell, Eric Goren, Keith W. Hamilton, Kathleen O. Degnan. : Accessible Antibiotic Stewardship: Development of an Open-source, Interactive Online Curriculum ID Week October 2022 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Dutcher L, Degnan K, Adu-Gyamfi AB, Lautenbach E, Cressman L, David MZ, Cluzet V, Szymczak JE, Pegues DA, Bilker W, Tolomeo P, Hamilton KW. : Improving Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing for Respiratory Tract Infections in Primary Care: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial. Clinical infectious diseases IDSA 74(6): 56-63, March 2022.

Degnan KO, Cluzet V, David MZ, Dutcher L, Cressman L, Lautenbach E, Hamilton KW: Development and validation of antibiotic stewardship metrics for outpatient respiratory tract diagnoses and association of provider characteristics with inappropriate prescribing. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 43(1): 56-63, Jan 2022.

Bar KJ, Shaw PA, Choi GH, Aqui N, Fesnak A, Yang JB, Soto-Calderon H, Grajales L, Starr J, Andronov M, Mastellone M, Amonu C, Feret G, DeMarshall M, Buchanan M, Caturla M, Gordon J, Wanicur A, Monroy MA, Mampe F, Lindemuth E, Gouma S, Mullin AM, Barilla H, Pronina A, Irwin L, Thomas R, Eichinger RA, Demuth F, Luning Prak ET, Pascual JL, Short WR, Elovitz MA, Baron J, Meyer NJ, Degnan KO, Frank I, Hensley SE, Siegel DL, Tebas P.: A randomized controlled study of convalescent plasma for individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia. The Journal of Clinical Investigation 131(24): e155114, December 2021.

Wang R, Degnan KO, Luther VP, Szymczak JE, Goren EN, Logan A, Shnekendorf R, Hamilton KW: Development of a Multifaceted Antimicrobial Stewardship Curriculum for Undergraduate Medical Education: The Antibiotic Stewardship, Safety, Utilization, Resistance, and Evaluation (ASSURE) Elective. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 8(6): ofad428, June 2021.

Skalijic M, Agarwal A, Smith RJ, Nguyen CV, Xu X, Shahane A, Degnan K, Greenblatt J, Rosenbach M.: A hydralazine-induced triumvirate: Lupus, cutaneous vasculitis, and cryptococcooid Sweet Syndrome. JAAD Case Rep 5(11): 1006-1009, Nov 2019.

Dutcher L, Degnan K, Lautenbach E, Pegues D, David M, Cluzet V, Cressman L, Bilker W, Tolomeo P, Adu-Gyamfi A, Hamilton K, for the CDC Prevention Epicenters Program: Improving Outpatient Antimicrobial Prescribing for Respiratory Tract Infections. IDWeek Annual Scientific Conference, Washington, DC October 2019 Notes: Poster Presentation.

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