Department of Internal Medicine
Infectious Diseases Faculty
Medical School:
University of Wisconsin
Residency:
Washington University
Fellowship:
Washington University
Loreen A. Herwaldt, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Hospital Epidemiologist
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Hospital Epidemiologist
Dr. Herwaldt's research interests include: the pathogenesis of and risk factors for staphylococcal infections, the epidemiology of important nosocomial pathogens, the epidemiology of noninfectious adverse outcomes of medical care, and narrative of illness.
Honors, Awards, and Organizations
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- American College of Physicians
- American Society Microbiology
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Society for Health Care Epidemiologists of America
- Society for Health Care Epidemiologists of America Young Investigator Award
- Executive Leadership Training Program for Women in Academic Medicine (ELAM)
- Dr. Lewis D. Holloway Award for Research in Health Sciences Education, 2003
- Best Doctors in America
Select Publications
- Herwaldt, L.A., Cullen J.J., French, P, Hu, J., Pfaller, M., Wenzel, R.P., Perl, T. Preoperative Risk Factors for Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 25(6):8319, 2004.
- Herwaldt, L.A., Boyken, L.D., Coffman, S., Hochstetler, L., Flanigan, M.J. Sources of Staphylococcus aureus for patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Peritoneal Dialysis International. 23(3):237-41, 2003.
- Herwaldt, L.A., Swartzendruber, S.K., Zimmerman, M.B., Scholz, D.A., Franklin, J.A., Caldarone, C.A. Hemorrhage after coronary artery bypass graft procedures. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 24(1):44-50, 2003.
- Herwaldt, L.A., Pottinger, J.M., Coffman, S., Tjaden, J. Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Veterasn Administration Medical Center. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 23(9):502-5, 2002.
- Perl, T.M., Cullen, J.J., Wenzel, R.P., Zimmerman, M.B., Pfaller, M.A., Sheppard, D., Twombley, J., French, P.P, Herwaldt, L.A., Mupirocin and the Risk of Staphylococcus Aureus Study Team. Intranasal mupirocin to prevent postoperative Staphylococcus aureus infections. Multicenter study. New England Journal of Medicine. 346(24):1871-7, 2002.
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