Key Faculty & Specific Research Interests

Caline Mattar, MD

Caline Mattar, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Dr. Mattar’s interest is in healthcare epidemiology and global health, more specifically in infection prevention in resource limited settings. Additionally, her current work involves bloodtsream and endovascular infections.

 

Jay R. McDonald, MD

Jay R. McDonald, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Dr. McDonalds’s interests are in hospital epidemiology, health care-associated infections, bacterial endocarditis, Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea, surgical site infections, health services research and using administrative data to answer clinical questions.

Sena Sayood, MD

Sena Sayood, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Dr. Sayood performs clinical research with a specific focus on antimicrobial stewardship and clinical decision support.

Maria Cristina Vazquez Guillamet, MD

Maria Cristina Vazquez Guillamet, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Dr. Vazquez Guillamet’s main research interest is in infections caused by mutidrug resistant microbes in critically ill patients. She applies new methods to better stratify and predict the epidemiology, trajectories and outcomes of ICU patients at risk for MDR pathogens

David K. Warren, MD, MPH

David K. Warren, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine

Dr. Warren specializes in clinical research in Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, with a special focus on the epidemiology and prevention of device-related infections and surgical site infections, plus improving diagnostic stewardship of microbiological testing to accurately diagnose infectious diseases.