Department of Internal Medicine

Infectious Diseases Faculty

Loreen A. Herwaldt, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Associate Professor of Epidemiology

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

Loreen Herwaldt photo

Medical School:
University of Wisconsin

Residency:
Washington University

Fellowship:
Washington University

Recent 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., cholz, 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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