Nongnooch Poowanawittayakom, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Email: nongnooch@nospam.wustl.edu
Dr. Poowanawittayakom interests are in bone and joint infection, infection prevention/control, hepatitis C, emerging infectious diseases, and global health.
Dr. Poowanawittayakom is the Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH), where she is committed to advancing patient safety and infection prevention within healthcare environments. With a strong focus on infectious diseases, she collaborates closely with medical teams and infection preventionists to implement effective strategies that reduce infection transmission.
Prior to her role at BJH, Dr. Poowanawittayakom gained valuable experience in clinical quality and patient safety improvement, as well as in investigating hospital-acquired infections and outbreaks.
She is a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA) and a member of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). As a mentor, Dr. Poowanawittayakom is dedicated to nurturing the next generation of healthcare professionals, guiding students, residents, and junior faculty in infection prevention and clinical research, particularly in emerging diseases, surgical site infections, and microbiome-related Clostridioides difficile infections.
Infectious Diseases Clinic
- Physical Address: 620 South Taylor Avenue, St. Louis, MO, United States
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Mailing Address:
620 South Taylor Ave., Suite 100
St. Louis, MO 63110
- Mahidol University Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand (2009)
- Internship/Residency Internal Medicine, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, IL (2015)
- Infectious Diseases Fellowship, University of Massachusetts–Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA (2017)
- Master of Public Health, University of Massachusetts, Amherst-Worcester, MA (2020)
- Global Health Certificate, University of Massachusetts, Amherst-Worcester, MA (2022)
- Executive Healthcare Leadership Certificate, Cornell University, NY (2023)
- Clinical Investigation Certificate program, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (2024)
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Subspecialty of Infectious Diseases
- Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA)
- IDWeek Program Committee: Clinical Infectious Diseases (2025-2027)
- IDSA Society awards committee (2025-2027)
- Pi C, Adah O, Cholli PA, Martines R, Abate G, Hainaut L, Seipel E, Isbell TS, Frankel R, Poowanawittayakom N. Relapsed Mpox Keratitis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Jul;30(7):1406-1409. doi: 10.3201/eid3007.240388. PMID: 38916573; PMCID: PMC11210637.
- Madoff L.C., & Poowanawittayakom N (2022). Infectious arthritis. Loscalzo J, & Fauci A, & Kasper D, & Hauser S, & Longo D, & Jameson J(Eds.), Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 21e.McGraw-Hill Education. https://accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=3095§ionid=265415361
- Poowanawittayakom N, Dutta A, Stock S, Touray S, Ellison RT 3rd, Levitz SM. Reemergence of Intravenous Drug Use as Risk Factor for Candidemia, Massachusetts, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Apr;24(4):631–7. doi: 10.3201/eid2404.171807. PMID: 29553923; PMCID: PMC5875264.
- Bosch W, Poowanawittayakom N, Chaikriangkrai K, Mendez J, Hellinger WC, Gonwa TA, Krishna M, Pungpapong S. Tuberculous hepatitis in renal transplant recipients following alemtuzumab induction therapy. Transpl Infect Dis. 2013 Feb;15(1):E33-9. doi: 10.1111/tid.12048. Epub 2012 Dec 26. PMID: 23278987.