Michael Zdenek David - Faculty Biosketch

Michael Zdenek David, MS, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Attending Physician, Good Shepherd Penn Partners

Attending Physician, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Director , Skin and Soft Tissue Infection (SSTI) Clinic at Penn

Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Co-Director, University of Pennsylvania, DBEI, Epidemiology Seminar

Co-Director, Public Health Certificate Program, University of Pennsylvania

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Department: Medicine

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46 Contact information
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423 Guardian Drive
34 707 Blockley Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Email:
michdav@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

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18 Publications
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Links
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82 International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy/APUA
83 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
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78 Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
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13 Education:
21 7 BA 2c (Russian Language and Literature) c
40 Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1992.
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53 Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, 2001.
21 8 PhD 1c (Russian History) c
41 University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 2007.
21 7 MS 2b (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) c
41 University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 2007.
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1f Post-Graduate Training
24 5f Intern, Internal Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, 2001-2002.
24 60 Resident Internal Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, 2002-2004.
24 9d Clinical Scholar, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago IL, 2004-2006.
24 89 Clinical Fellow, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2006-2009.
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17 Certifications
28 47 Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2004.
28 5c Diplomate, Infectious Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2009.
28 47 Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2014.
28 5c Diplomate, Infectious Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2019.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

30 Skin and soft tissue infections
21 Staphylococcal infections
17 MRSA infections
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18 Fungal infections
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Description of Research Expertise

27 Molecular epidemiology
28 Infectious diseases epidemiology
20 Antimicrobial resistance
19 Infection control
18 MRSA epidemiology
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Selected Publications

bd David MZ: MRSA community pneumonia: A global perspective on resistance. Lancet Infect Dis 16(12): 1309-10, Dec 2016.

12b Alam T, Reed T, Sieth J, Kumar N, Miller LG, Eells S, Boyle-Vavra S, Daum RS, David MZ: Transmission and microevolution of USA300 MRSA in U.S. households: Evidence from whole-genome sequencing. mBio 6(2): e00054-15, Mar 2015.

107 David MZ, Dryden M, Gottlieb T, Tattevin P, Gould IM: Recently approved new antibacterials for Gram positive bacteria: The shock of the new. Int J Antimicrob Agents 50(3): 303-307, Sep 2017.

154 Azarian T, Petty L, Steinbeck J, Michel A, Yin Z, Boyle-Vavra S, Daum RS, David MZ: Intrahost evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 among individuals with reoccurring skin and soft-tissue infections. J Infect Dis 214(6): 895-905, Sep 2016.

a2 Carrel M, Perencevich E, David MZ: USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, United States, 2000-2013 44 Emerg Infect Dis 21(11): 1973-80, Nov 2015.

132 Alegre ML, Chen L, David MZ, Bartman C, Boyle-Vavra S, Kumar N, Chong AS, Daum RS: Impact of Staphylococcus aureus USA300 colonization and skin infections on systemic immune responses in humans. J Immunol 197(4): 1118-1126, Aug 2016.

192 David MZ, Siegel JD, Henderson J, Leos G, Lo K, Porsa E, Schumm P, Boyle-Vavra S, Daum RS: A randomized, controlled trial of chlorhexidine-soaked cloths to reduce methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus carriage prevalence in an urban jail. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 35(12): 1466-73, Dec 2014.

169 Miller LG, Eells SJ, Taylor AR, David MZ, Ortiz N, Zychowski D, Kumar N, Cruz D, Boyle-Vavra S, Daum RS : Staphylococcus aureus skin infection recurrences among household members: An examination of host, behavioral, and pathogen level predictors. Clin Infect Dis 60(5): 753-63, Mar 2015.

2ed Shah N, McNulty M, Greenberg JA, Riddell J, Gregg KS, Mangino JE, Weber D, Hebert CL, Marzec NS, Barron MA, Chaparro-Rojas F, Restrepo A, Hemmige V, Prasidthrathsint K, Cobb S, Herwaldt L, Raabe V, Cannavino C, Green Hines A, Bares S, Antiporta PB, Scardina T, Patel U, Reid G, Mohazabnia P, Kachhdiya S, Le BM, Park CJ, Ostrowsky B, Robicsek A, Smith BA, Schied J, Bhatti MM, Mayer S, Sikka M, Murphy-Aguilu I, Patwari P, Abeles SR, Torriani FJ, Abbas Z, Doktor K, Chakrabarti A, Doblecki-Lewis S, Looney DJ, David MZ: Bacterial and viral co-infections complicating severe influenza: Incidence and impact among 507 U.S. patients, 2013-14. J Clin Virol 80(1): 12-19, Jul 2016.

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