Westyn Branch-Elliman | Profiles RNS

Westyn Branch-Elliman, MD, MMSc

Adjunct Instructor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Medicine

General Internal Medicine

MD, Northwestern University School of Medicine
MMS/MMSc, Harvard Medical School
BA, University of California, Berkeley

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ORCID : 0000-0002-9658-5124

I am a physician investigator who focuses on optimizing healthcare resource utilization and expanding infection prevention programs beyond traditional boundaries. My research projects include epidemiologic and economic evaluations of postpartum breast infections, comparative and cost-effectiveness evaluations of preventions designed to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAI), and development of novel electronic tools for improved HAI detection. The majority of my time is dedicated to clinical research. I also see patients and teach medical students, residents and infectious diseases fellows. In my previous role as the Medical Director of Infection Prevention at the Eastern Colorado VA Healthcare System, I dedicated significant effort to administrative responsibilities, including healthcare epidemiology and antimicrobial stewardship.

VA Boston Healthcare System

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Al Lawati HJ, Harvey KL, Shin M, Mull H, Lamkin RP, Golenbock S, Basnet-Thapa D, Strymish JM, Lee M, Gold H, Bidwell Goetz M, Branch-Elliman W. Operationalizing an adverse event detection surveillance system to support antimicrobial stewardship activities: perceptions and insights from the SHEA research network. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Oct 30; 1-4.View Related Profiles.

Mull, Hillary
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 39473228

Kwon JH, Advani SD, Branch-Elliman W, Braun BI, Cheng VC, Chiotos K, Douglas P, Gohil SK, Keller SC, Klein EY, Krein SL, Lofgren ET, Merrill K, Moehring RW, Monsees E, Perri L, Scaggs Huang F, Shelly MA, Skelton F, Spivak ES, Sreeramoju PV, Suda KJ, Ting JY, Weston GD, Yassin MH, Ziegler MJ, Mody L. A call to action: the SHEA research agenda to combat healthcare-associated infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Oct 25; 45(9):1-18. PMID: 39448369; PMCID: PMC11518679; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2024.125;

Branch-Elliman W, Ertem MZ, Nelson RE, Danesharasteh A, Berlin D, Fisher L, Schechter-Perkins EM. Impacts of testing and immunity acquired through vaccination and infection on covid-19 cases in Massachusetts elementary and secondary students. Commun Med (Lond). 2024 Oct 16; 4(1):202.View Related Profiles.

Schechter-Perkins, Elissa
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 39415047; PMCID: PMC11484689; DOI: 10.1038/s43856-024-00619-3;

Hsu VP, Pergam SA, Shenoy ES, Banach DB, Jones Batshon L, Branch-Elliman W, Dumyati G, Haessler S, Jump RLP, Malani AN, Mathew TA, Murthy RK, Weber DJ. SHEA position statement on pandemic preparedness for policymakers: emerging infectious threats. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Jul; 45(7):818-820. PMID: 39028203

Shenoy ES, Banach DB, Batshon LJ, Branch-Elliman W, Dumyati G, Haessler S, Hsu VP, Jump RLP, Malani AN, Mathew TA, Murthy RK, Pergam SA, Seeger MW, Weber DJ. SHEA position statement on pandemic preparedness for policymakers: the role of healthcare epidemiologists in communicating during infectious diseases outbreaks. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Jul; 45(7):808-812. PMID: 38836649

Branch-Elliman W, Banach DB, Batshon LJ, Dumyati G, Haessler S, Hsu VP, Jump RLP, Malani AN, Mathew TA, Murthy RK, Pergam SA, Shenoy ES, Weber DJ. SHEA position statement on pandemic preparedness for policymakers: pandemic data collection, maintenance, and release. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Jul; 45(7):821-825. PMID: 38835230

Weber DJ, Malani AN, Shenoy ES, Banach DB, Batshon LJ, Branch-Elliman W, Dumyati G, Haessler S, Hsu VP, Jump RLP, Mathew TA, Murthy RK, Pergam SA. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America position statement on pandemic preparedness for policymakers: mitigating supply shortages. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Jun 05; 1-5. PMID: 38835229

Banach DB, Mathew TA, Batshon LJ, Branch-Elliman W, Dumyati G, Haessler S, Hsu VP, Jump RLP, Malani AN, Murthy RK, Pergam SA, Shenoy ES, Weber DJ. SHEA position statement on pandemic preparedness for policymakers: building a strong and resilient healthcare workforce. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Jul; 45(7):804-807. PMID: 38835227; PMCID: PMC11439590; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2024.62;

Hsu VP, Haessler S, Banach DB, Batshon LJ, Branch-Elliman W, Dumyati G, Jump RLP, Malani AN, Mathew TA, Murthy RK, Pergam SA, Shenoy ES, Weber DJ. SHEA position statement on pandemic preparedness for policymakers: introduction and overview. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Jul; 45(7):801-803. PMID: 38835222; PMCID: PMC11439591; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2024.66;

Siempos II, Kalil AC, Belhadi D, Veiga VC, Cavalcanti AB, Branch-Elliman W, Papoutsi E, Gkirgkiris K, Xixi NA, Kotanidou A, Hermine O, Porcher R, Mariette X. Immunomodulators for immunocompromised patients hospitalized for COVID-19: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. EClinicalMedicine. 2024 Mar; 69:102472. PMID: 38361992; PMCID: PMC10867612; DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102472;

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Anand ST, Vo AD, La J, Do NV, Fillmore NR, Brophy M, Branch-Elliman W, Monach PA. Severe COVID-19 in Vaccinated Adults With Hematologic Cancers in the Veterans Health Administration. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Feb 05; 7(2):e240288.View Related Profiles.

La, Jennifer
Brophy, Mary
Fillmore, Nathanael
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 38393725; PMCID: PMC10891464; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.0288;

Livorsi DJ, Branch-Elliman W, Drekonja D, Echevarria KL, Fitzpatrick MA, Goetz MB, Graber CJ, Jones MM, Kelly AA, Madaras-Kelly K, Morgan DJ, Stevens VW, Suda K, Trautner BW, Ward MJ, Jump RLP. Research agenda for antibiotic stewardship within the Veterans' Health Administration, 2024-2028. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Feb 02; 1-7. PMID: 38305034; PMCID: PMC11294492; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2024.6;

Langford BJ, Branch-Elliman W, Nori P, Marra AR, Bearman G. Confronting the Disruption of the Infectious Diseases Workforce by Artificial Intelligence: What This Means for Us and What We Can Do About It. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Mar; 11(3):ofae053. PMID: 38434616; PMCID: PMC10906702; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae053;

Monach PA, Anand ST, Fillmore NR, La J, Branch-Elliman W. Underuse of Antiviral Drugs to Prevent Progression to Severe COVID-19 - Veterans Health Administration, March-September 2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2024 Jan 25; 73(3):57-61.View Related Profiles.

La, Jennifer
Fillmore, Nathanael
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 38271286; PMCID: PMC10824546; DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7303a2;

Mull HJ, Foster MV, Higgins MCSS, Sturgeon DJ, Hederstedt K, Bart N, Lamkin RP, Sullivan BA, Ayeni C, Branch-Elliman W, Malloy PC. Development and Validation of an Electronic Adverse Event Model for Patient Safety Surveillance in Interventional Radiology. J Am Coll Radiol. 2024 May; 21(5):752-766.View Related Profiles.

Mull, Hillary
Foster, Marva
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 38157954; PMCID: PMC11257375; DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2023.12.022;

Harvey LH, Branch-Elliman W, Boudreau J, Sliwinski SK, Gifford AL, Ho MQ, Dinges E, Hyde J. Harm reduction stories: leveraging graphic medicine to engage veterans in substance use services within the VA. Harm Reduct J. 2023 Dec 06; 20(1):177.View Related Profiles.

Gifford, Allen
Hyde, Justeen
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 38057789; PMCID: PMC10702088; DOI: 10.1186/s12954-023-00886-8;

Shenoy ES, Doron S, Branch-Elliman W. Universal Masking in Health Care Settings. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Dec; 176(12):eL230351. PMID: 38109747

Anand ST, Vo AD, La J, Brophy M, Do NV, Fillmore NR, Branch-Elliman W, Monach PA. Risk of severe coronavirus disease 2019 despite vaccination in patients requiring treatment with immune-suppressive drugs: A nationwide cohort study of US Veterans. Transpl Infect Dis. 2024 Feb; 26(1):e14168.View Related Profiles.

La, Jennifer
Brophy, Mary
Fillmore, Nathanael
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 37966134

Trottier CA, La J, Li L, Fillmore NR, Monach PA, Doron S, Branch-Elliman W. Longitudinal trends in 30-day mortality attributable to SARS-CoV-2 among vaccinated and unvaccinated US veteran patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Mar; 45(3):393-395.View Related Profiles.

La, Jennifer
Fillmore, Nathanael
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 37960943

Fillmore NR, La J, Wu JT, Corrigan JK, Branch-Elliman W, Monach P, Brophy MT, Do NV, Munshi NC. Even after SARS-CoV-2 booster, there is increased COVID-19 breakthrough infection in patients with plasma cell disorders. Blood Adv. 2023 Nov 14; 7(21):6767-6770.View Related Profiles.

La, Jennifer
Brophy, Mary
Fillmore, Nathanael
Munshi, Nikhil C.
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 37647600; PMCID: PMC10659994; DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023011063;

Trottier C, La J, Li LL, Alsoubani M, Vo AD, Fillmore NR, Branch-Elliman W, Doron S, Monach PA. Maintaining the Utility of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic Severity Surveillance: Evaluation of Trends in Attributable Deaths and Development and Validation of a Measurement Tool. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Nov 11; 77(9):1247-1256.View Related Profiles.

La, Jennifer
Fillmore, Nathanael
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 37348870; PMCID: PMC10640692; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad381;

Wu JT, Shenoy ES, Carey EP, Alterovitz G, Kim MJ, Branch-Elliman W. ChatGPT: Increasing accessibility for natural language processing in healthcare quality measurement. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Jan; 45(1):9-10. PMID: 37946379

Young S, Mull HJ, Golenbock S, Stolzmann K, Shin M, Lamkin RP, Linsenmeyer KD, Epshtein I, Kalver E, Strymish JM, Branch-Elliman W. Factors associated with uptake of guideline-recommended cardiovascular implantable electronic device management: a nationwide, retrospective cohort study. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023; 3(1):e187.View Related Profiles.

Mull, Hillary
Linsenmeyer, Katherine
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 38028909; PMCID: PMC10654937; DOI: 10.1017/ash.2023.422;

Al Lawati H, Shin M, Lamkin R, Thompson T, Epshtein I, Mull H, Basnet Thapa D, Drekonja D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Xu TH, Gold H, Elwy AR, Strymish J, Branch-Elliman W. Engaging patients in antimicrobial stewardship: co-designed educational tool to improve periprocedural care through de-implementation of guideline-discordant antimicrobial use. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023; 3(1):e163.View Related Profiles.

Elwy, A. Rani
Mull, Hillary
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 38028930; PMCID: PMC10644164; DOI: 10.1017/ash.2023.420;

Doron S, Branch-Elliman W. Pandemic scientific data sharing recommendations: examining and re-imagining pre-print servers after the end of the world-wide emergency. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023; 3(1):e141. PMID: 37663450; PMCID: PMC10468715; DOI: 10.1017/ash.2023.410;

Branch-Elliman W, Elwy AR, Chambers DA. Embracing dynamic public health policy impacts in infectious diseases responses: leveraging implementation science to improve practice. Front Public Health. 2023; 11:1207679.View Related Profiles.

Elwy, A. Rani
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 37663826; PMCID: PMC10469790; DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1207679;

Ertem Z, Nelson RE, Schechter-Perkins EM, Al-Amery A, Zhang X, Branch-Elliman W. Condition-Dependent and Dynamic Impacts of Indoor Masking Policies for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Mitigation: A Nationwide, Interrupted Time-Series Analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Jul 26; 77(2):203-211.View Related Profiles.

Schechter-Perkins, Elissa
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 37072937

Doron S, Monach PA, Brown CM, Branch-Elliman W. Improving COVID-19 Disease Severity Surveillance Measures: Statewide Implementation Experience. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Jun; 176(6):849-852. PMID: 37186921; PMCID: PMC10308638; DOI: 10.7326/M23-0618;

Harvey LH, Sliwinski SK, Flike K, Boudreau J, Gifford AL, Branch-Elliman W, Hyde J. The integration of harm reduction services in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA): a qualitative analysis of barriers and facilitators. J Addict Dis. 2023 May 08; 1-9.View Related Profiles.

Gifford, Allen
Hyde, Justeen
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 37154222; PMCID: PMC10630529; DOI: 10.1080/10550887.2023.2210021;

Reyes Dassum S, Mull HJ, Golenbock S, Lamkin RP, Epshtein I, Shin MH, Strymish JM, Blumenthal KG, Colborn K, Branch-Elliman W. A Novel Informatics Tool to Detect Periprocedural Antibiotic Allergy Adverse Events for Near Real-time Surveillance to Support Audit and Feedback. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 May 01; 6(5):e2313964.View Related Profiles.

Mull, Hillary
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 37195660; PMCID: PMC10193175; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.13964;

Branch-Elliman W, Monach PA. Moving towards a precision approach for prevention of severe COVID-19. Lancet. 2023 Apr 29; 401(10386):1423-1424. PMID: 37120280; PMCID: PMC10139313; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00443-9;

Monach PA, Branch-Elliman W. More data needed on efficacy and safety of monovalent vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants. Lancet Infect Dis. 2023 Jun; 23(6):654-655. PMID: 37119830; PMCID: PMC10132782; DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00274-8;

Branch-Elliman W, Fisher L, Doron S. The next 'pandemic playbook' needs to prioritize the needs of children-and a clear roadmap for opening schools. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023; 3(1):e82. PMID: 37179759; PMCID: PMC10173290; DOI: 10.1017/ash.2023.154;

Shenoy ES, Babcock HM, Brust KB, Calderwood MS, Doron S, Malani AN, Wright SB, Branch-Elliman W. Universal Masking in Health Care Settings: A Pandemic Strategy Whose Time Has Come and Gone, For Now. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Jun; 176(6):859-861. PMID: 37068281; PMCID: PMC10111407; DOI: 10.7326/M23-0793;

Beaudette-Zlatanova B, Lew RA, Otis JD, Branch-Elliman W, Bacorro E, Dubreuil M, Eyvazzadeh C, Kaur M, Lazzari AA, Libbey C, Monach PA. Pilot Study of Low-dose Naltrexone for the Treatment of Chronic Pain Due to Arthritis: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Crossover Clinical Trial. Clin Ther. 2023 May; 45(5):468-477.View Related Profiles.

Lazzari, Antonio
Eyvazzadeh, Caroline
Libbey, Caryn
Otis, John
Dubreuil, Maureen
Lew, Robert
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 37045708

Schrank GM, Branch-Elliman W, Leekha S, Baghdadi J, Pineles L, Harris AD, Morgan DJ. Perceptions of Health Care-Associated Infection Metrics by Infection Control Experts. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Apr 03; 6(4):e238952. PMID: 37074719; PMCID: PMC10116362; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.8952;

Larnard J, Stead W, Branch-Elliman W. Considering Patient, Family, and Provider Goals and Expectations in a Rapidly Changing Clinical Context: A Framework for Antimicrobial Stewardship at the End of Life. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2023 Mar; 37(1):139-151. PMID: 36805010

Bart N, Mull HJ, Higgins M, Sturgeon D, Hederstedt K, Lamkin R, Sullivan B, Branch-Elliman W, Foster M. Development of a Periprocedure Trigger for Outpatient Interventional Radiology Procedures in the Veterans Health Administration. J Patient Saf. 2023 Apr 01; 19(3):185-192.View Related Profiles.

Mull, Hillary
Foster, Marva
Higgins, Mikhail
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 36849447; PMCID: PMC10050130; DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000001110;

Higgins MCSS, Seren A, Foster MV, Sturgeon DJ, Bart N, Hederstedt K, Friefeld A, Lamkin RP, Sullivan BA, Branch-Elliman W, Mull HJ. Arteriovenous Graft Failure in the Veterans Health Administration: Outcome Disparities Associated with Race. Radiology. 2023 May; 307(3):e220619.View Related Profiles.

Friefeld, Alex
Seren, Alex
Mull, Hillary
Foster, Marva
Higgins, Mikhail
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 36809217; PMCID: PMC11262058; DOI: 10.1148/radiol.220619;

Branch-Elliman W, Sundermann AJ, Wiens J, Shenoy ES. The future of automated infection detection: Innovation to transform practice (Part III/III). Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023; 3(1):e26. PMID: 36865708; PMCID: PMC9972533; DOI: 10.1017/ash.2022.333;

Shenoy ES, Branch-Elliman W. Automating surveillance for healthcare-associated infections: Rationale and current realities (Part I/III). Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023; 3(1):e25. PMID: 36865706; PMCID: PMC9972536; DOI: 10.1017/ash.2022.312;

Branch-Elliman W, Sundermann AJ, Wiens J, Shenoy ES. Leveraging electronic data to expand infection detection beyond traditional settings and definitions (Part II/III). Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023; 3(1):e27. PMID: 36865709; PMCID: PMC9972537; DOI: 10.1017/ash.2022.342;

Dassum SR, Ferguson R, Woods P, Flynn M, Visnaw K, Holmberg E, Schiller S, Shannon C, Brophy M, Monach P, Leatherman S, Branch-Elliman W. Patient- reported reasons for non-participation in a COVID-19 therapeutics clinical trial: Findings from a multi-center investigation. Contemp Clin Trials. 2023 Mar; 126:107082.View Related Profiles.

Brophy, Mary
Leatherman, Sarah
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 36632925; PMCID: PMC9827740; DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2023.107082;

La J, Fillmore NR, Do NV, Brophy M, Monach PA, Branch-Elliman W. Factors associated with the speed and scope of diffusion of COVID-19 therapeutics in a nationwide healthcare setting: a mixed-methods investigation. Health Res Policy Syst. 2022 Dec 14; 20(1):134.View Related Profiles.

La, Jennifer
Brophy, Mary
Fillmore, Nathanael
Van Do, Nhan
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 36517793; PMCID: PMC9749626; DOI: 10.1186/s12961-022-00935-x;

Fillmore NR, Szalat RE, La J, Branch-Elliman W, Monach PA, Nguyen V, Samur MK, Brophy MT, Do NV, Munshi NC. Recent common human coronavirus infection protects against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection: A Veterans Affairs cohort study. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Nov 16; 119(46):e2213783119.View Related Profiles.

La, Jennifer
Brophy, Mary
Fillmore, Nathanael
Van Do, Nhan
Munshi, Nikhil C.
Szalat, Raphael
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 36343242; PMCID: PMC9674225; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2213783119;

Wang S, Quan L, Chavarro JE, Slopen N, Kubzansky LD, Koenen KC, Kang JH, Weisskopf MG, Branch-Elliman W, Roberts AL. Associations of Depression, Anxiety, Worry, Perceived Stress, and Loneliness Prior to Infection With Risk of Post-COVID-19 Conditions. JAMA Psychiatry. 2022 Nov 01; 79(11):1081-1091. PMID: 36069885; PMCID: PMC9453634; DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.2640;

Vo AD, La J, Wu JT, Strymish JM, Ronan M, Brophy M, Do NV, Branch-Elliman W, Fillmore NR, Monach PA. Factors Associated With Severe COVID-19 Among Vaccinated Adults Treated in US Veterans Affairs Hospitals. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Oct 03; 5(10):e2240037.View Related Profiles.

La, Jennifer
Brophy, Mary
Fillmore, Nathanael
Van Do, Nhan
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 36264571; PMCID: PMC9585432; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.40037;

Kalver E, Branch-Elliman W, Stolzmann K, Wachterman M, Shin MH, Schweizer ML, Mull HJ. Prevalence of One-Year Mortality after Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Placement: An Opportunity for Palliative Care? J Palliat Med. 2023 Feb; 26(2):175-181.View Related Profiles.

Mull, Hillary
Wachterman, Melissa
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 36067080; PMCID: PMC9894597; DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0205;

Fisher L, Nelson RE, Ertem Z, Schechter-Perkins EM, Oster E, Branch-Elliman W. Lack of Association Between Pandemic School Mode Policy and Pediatric Body Mass Index Percentile Over Time. Child Obes. 2023 Sep; 19(6):423-427.View Related Profiles.

Schechter-Perkins, Elissa
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 36036724

Oster E, Schechter-Perkins EM, Branch-Elliman W. Reply to Klein and Harris. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 24; 75(1):e312-e313.View Related Profiles.

Schechter-Perkins, Elissa
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 35253850

La J, Wu JT, Branch-Elliman W, Huhmann L, Han SS, Brophy M, Do NV, Lin AY, Fillmore NR, Munshi NC. Increased COVID-19 breakthrough infection risk in patients with plasma cell disorders. Blood. 2022 Aug 18; 140(7):782-785.View Related Profiles.

La, Jennifer
Brophy, Mary
Fillmore, Nathanael
Van Do, Nhan
Munshi, Nikhil C.
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 35605185; PMCID: PMC9130311; DOI: 10.1182/blood.2022016317;

Jones M, Khader K, Branch-Elliman W. Estimated Impact of the US COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign-Getting to 94% of Deaths Prevented. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jul 01; 5(7):e2220391. PMID: 35793090; PMCID: PMC9531754; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.20391;

Corrigan JK, La J, Fillmore NR, Do NV, Brophy M, Doron S, Monach PA, Branch-Elliman W. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalization metrics that do not account for disease severity underestimate protection provided by severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccination and boosting: A retrospective cohort study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Jan; 44(1):149-151.View Related Profiles.

La, Jennifer
Brophy, Mary
Fillmore, Nathanael
Van Do, Nhan
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 35599374; PMCID: PMC9171062; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2022.79;

Wang S, Quan L, Ding M, Kang JH, Koenen KC, Kubzansky LD, Branch-Elliman W, Chavarro JE, Roberts AL. Depression, worry, and loneliness are associated with subsequent risk of hospitalization for COVID-19: a prospective study. Psychol Med. 2023 Jul; 53(9):4022-4031. PMID: 35586906; PMCID: PMC9924056; DOI: 10.1017/S0033291722000691;

Schechter-Perkins EM, Doron S, Johnston R, Hay J, Berlin D, Ciaranello A, Nelson SB, Gormley JM, Smole SC, Brown CM, Madoff LC, Branch-Elliman W. A Test-to-Stay Modified Quarantine Program for COVID-19 in Schools. Pediatrics. 2022 May 01; 149(5).View Related Profiles.

Schechter-Perkins, Elissa
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 35132435

Branch-Elliman W, Elwy AR, Lamkin RL, Shin M, Engle RL, Colborn K, Rove J, Pendergast J, Hederstedt K, Hawn M, Mull HJ. Assessing the sustainability of compliance with surgical site infection prophylaxis after discontinuation of mandatory active reporting: study protocol. Implement Sci Commun. 2022 Apr 25; 3(1):47.View Related Profiles.

Elwy, A. Rani
Mull, Hillary
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 35468871; PMCID: PMC9036843; DOI: 10.1186/s43058-022-00288-0;

Belyayev LA, Foroushani SM, Wiener DC, Branch-Elliman W, Marshall MB, Khalil HA. Bronchopleural fistula due to cavitary pneumonia after SARS-CoV-2 infection treated with open thoracostomy. J Surg Case Rep. 2022 Apr; 2022(4):rjac076.View Related Profiles.

Wiener, Daniel
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 35422997; PMCID: PMC9004406; DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjac076;

van den Berg P, Schechter-Perkins EM, Jack RS, Epshtein I, Nelson R, Oster E, Branch-Elliman W. Corrigendum to: Effectiveness of 3 Versus 6 ft of Physical Distancing for Controlling Spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Among Primary and Secondary Students and Staff: A Retrospective, Statewide Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Mar 23; 74(6):1127-1129.View Related Profiles.

Schechter-Perkins, Elissa
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 35170734; PMCID: PMC9125402; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab1049;

Branch-Elliman W, Ferguson R, Doros G, Woods P, Leatherman S, Strymish J, Datta R, Goswami R, Jankowich MD, Shah NR, Taylor TH, Page ST, Schiller SJ, Shannon C, Hau C, Flynn M, Holmberg E, Visnaw K, Dhond R, Brophy M, Monach PA. Subcutaneous sarilumab for the treatment of hospitalized patients with moderate to severe COVID19 disease: A pragmatic, embedded randomized clinical trial. PLoS One. 2022; 17(2):e0263591.View Related Profiles.

Doros, Gheorghe
Brophy, Mary
Dhond, Rupali
Leatherman, Sarah
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 35213547; PMCID: PMC8880885; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263591;

Wu JT, La J, Branch-Elliman W, Huhmann LB, Han SS, Parmigiani G, Tuck DP, Brophy MT, Do NV, Lin AY, Munshi NC, Fillmore NR. Association of COVID-19 Vaccination With SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Patients With Cancer: A US Nationwide Veterans Affairs Study. JAMA Oncol. 2022 02 01; 8(2):281-286.View Related Profiles.

Tuck, David
La, Jennifer
Brophy, Mary
Fillmore, Nathanael
Van Do, Nhan
Munshi, Nikhil C.
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 34854921; PMCID: PMC8640949; DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.5771;

Branch-Elliman W, Jack RS, Schechter-Perkins EM, van den Berg P, Epshtein I, Oster E, Nelson R. Reply to Author. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 01 29; 74(2):370-371.View Related Profiles.

Schechter-Perkins, Elissa
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 33988221

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Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 35093104; PMCID: PMC8800400; DOI: 10.1186/s13012-022-01186-8;

Li LL, Zheng C, La J, Do NV, Monach PA, Strymish JM, Fillmore NR, Branch-Elliman W. Impact of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection on incidence of hospitalization and adverse events following mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccination: A nationwide, retrospective cohort study. Vaccine. 2022 02 16; 40(8):1082-1089.View Related Profiles.

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Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 35078665; PMCID: PMC8768509; DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.01.026;

Branch-Elliman W, van den Berg P, Dong SW, Kapoor AK, Merchant EA, Schechter-Perkins EM. A pilot model of a public-private partnership for implementation of a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) diagnostic testing program to facilitate a safe school reopening. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2022; 2(1):e4.View Related Profiles.

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Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 36310804; PMCID: PMC9614916; DOI: 10.1017/ash.2021.249;

Fillmore NR, La J, Zheng C, Doron S, Do NV, Monach PA, Branch-Elliman W. The COVID-19 hospitalization metric in the pre- and postvaccination eras as a measure of pandemic severity: A retrospective, nationwide cohort study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Dec; 43(12):1767-1772.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 35012694; PMCID: PMC9021586; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2022.13;

Harvey L, Boudreau J, Sliwinski SK, Strymish J, Gifford AL, Hyde J, Linsenmeyer K, Branch-Elliman W. Six Moments of Infection Prevention in Injection Drug Use: An Educational Toolkit for Clinicians. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Feb; 9(2):ofab631.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 35097153; PMCID: PMC8794071; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab631;

Ertem Z, Schechter-Perkins EM, Oster E, van den Berg P, Epshtein I, Chaiyakunapruk N, Wilson FA, Perencevich E, Pettey WBP, Branch-Elliman W, Nelson RE. Author Correction: The impact of school opening model on SARS-CoV-2 community incidence and mortality. Nat Med. 2022 Jan; 28(1):212.View Related Profiles.

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Branch-Elliman, Westyn

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van den Berg P, Schechter-Perkins EM, Jack RS, Epshtein I, Nelson R, Oster E, Branch-Elliman W. Effectiveness of 3 Versus 6 ft of Physical Distancing for Controlling Spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Among Primary and Secondary Students and Staff: A Retrospective, Statewide Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 11 16; 73(10):1871-1878.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 33704422; PMCID: PMC7989511; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab230;

Ertem Z, Schechter-Perkins EM, Oster E, van den Berg P, Epshtein I, Chaiyakunapruk N, Wilson FA, Perencevich E, Pettey WBP, Branch-Elliman W, Nelson RE. The impact of school opening model on SARS-CoV-2 community incidence and mortality. Nat Med. 2021 12; 27(12):2120-2126.View Related Profiles.

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Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 34707317

Branch-Elliman W, Schechter-Perkins EM, Jack RS, van den Berg P, Epshtein I, Nelson R, Oster E. Reply to Authors. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 09 15; 73(6):e1405-e1407.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 33895805

Monach PA, Branch-Elliman W. Reconsidering 'minimal risk' to expand the repertoire of trials with waiver of informed consent for research. BMJ Open. 2021 09 14; 11(9):e048534. PMID: 34521663; PMCID: PMC8442055; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048534;

Earle W, Bonegio RGB, Smith DB, Branch-Elliman W. Plazomicin for the treatment of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella bacteraemia in a patient with underlying chronic kidney disease and acute renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Aug 19; 14(8). PMID: 34413038; PMCID: PMC8378394; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-243609;

Monach PA, Branch-Elliman W. Aspirin Dosing in Cardiovascular Disease. N Engl J Med. 2021 Aug 19; 385(8):764. PMID: 34407351

Ertem Z, Schechter-Perkins E, Oster E, van den Berg P, Epshtein I, Chaiyakunapruk N, Wilson F, Perenchevich E, Pettey W, Branch-Elliman W, Nelson R. The Impact of School Opening Model on SARS-CoV-2 Community Incidence and Mortality: A Nationwide Cohort Study. Res Sq. 2021 Jul 15.View Related Profiles.

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Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 34282412; PMCID: PMC8288150; DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-712725/v1;

Woods P, Flynn M, Monach P, Visnaw K, Schiller S, Holmberg E, Leatherman S, Ferguson R, Branch-Elliman W. Implementation of documented and written informed consent for clinical trials of communicable diseases: Lessons learned, barriers, solutions, future directions identified during the conduct of a COVID-19 clinical trial. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2021 Sep; 23:100804.View Related Profiles.

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Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 34222708; PMCID: PMC8234262; DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2021.100804;

Asundi A, Resnik J, Benedict PA, Shin M, Rani Elwy A, Branch-Elliman W. How Are Emerging Data Translated Into Clinical Practice? A Mixed Methods Investigation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Institutional Treatment Protocols. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Apr; 8(4):ofab072.View Related Profiles.

Asundi, Archana
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 33855102; PMCID: PMC8026152; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab072;

Branch-Elliman W, Sturgeon D, Karchmer AW, Mull HJ. Association Between Diabetic Foot Infection Wound Culture Positivity and 1-Year Admission for Invasive Infection: A Multicenter Cohort Study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Jul; 8(7):ofab172.View Related Profiles.

Mull, Hillary
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 34631923; PMCID: PMC8496129; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab172;

Schechter-Perkins EM, van den Berg P, Branch-Elliman W. The Science Behind Safe School Re-opening: Leveraging the Pillars of Infection Control to Support Safe Elementary and Secondary Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Mar; 9(3):ofab134.View Related Profiles.

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Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 35141343; PMCID: PMC7989186; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab134;

Suzuki H, Clore GS, Perencevich EN, Hockett-Sherlock SM, Goto M, Nair R, Branch-Elliman W, Richardson KK, Gupta K, Beck BF, Alexander B, Balkenende EC, Schweizer ML. Development of a fully automated surgical site infection detection algorithm for use in cardiac and orthopedic surgery research. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 10; 42(10):1215-1220.View Related Profiles.

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Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 33618788; PMCID: PMC8506349; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.1387;

Branch-Elliman W, Safdar N, Nelson R. Economic Considerations in Infectious Diseases Emergency Response Preparedness: It's All About the Point of View. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 01 23; 72(1):148-152. PMID: 32379858; PMCID: PMC7454343; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa541;

Branch-Elliman W, Monach PA. Not What Anyone Signed up for: Unnecessary and Insurmountable Barriers Encountered in Conducting Clinical Trials in COVID-19. Narrat Inq Bioeth. 2021; 11(1):8-15. PMID: 34334456

Strymish JM, O' Brien W, Itani K, Gupta K, Branch-Elliman W. What Is the Primary Driver of Preoperative Vancomycin Use? It's Not Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-or Allergy. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 12 17; 71(10):2732-2735.View Related Profiles.

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Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 32337589; PMCID: PMC7744972; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa475;

Branch-Elliman W, Elwy AR, Monach P. Bringing New Meaning to the Term "Adaptive Trial": Challenges of Conducting Clinical Research During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic and Implications for Implementation Science. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Nov; 7(11):ofaa490.View Related Profiles.

Elwy, A. Rani
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 33204763; PMCID: PMC7654375; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa490;

Mull HJ, Stolzmann KL, Shin MH, Kalver E, Schweizer ML, Branch-Elliman W. Novel Method to Flag Cardiac Implantable Device Infections by Integrating Text Mining With Structured Data in the Veterans Health Administration's Electronic Medical Record. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 09 01; 3(9):e2012264.View Related Profiles.

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Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 32955571; PMCID: PMC7506515; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.12264;

Gupta K, O'Brien W, Gallegos-Salazar J, Strymish J, Branch-Elliman W. How Testing Drives Treatment in Asymptomatic Patients: Level of Pyuria Directly Predicts Probability of Antimicrobial Prescribing. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 07 27; 71(3):614-621.View Related Profiles.

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Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 31504317; PMCID: PMC7384311; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz861;

Branch-Elliman W, Lehmann LS, Boden WE, Ferguson R, Monach P. Pragmatic, adaptive clinical trials: Is 2020 the dawning of a new age? Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2020 Sep; 19:100614.View Related Profiles.

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Boden, William

PMID: 32724866; PMCID: PMC7366075; DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2020.100614;

Asundi A, Stanislawski M, Mehta P, Mull HJ, Schweizer ML, Barón AE, Ho PM, Gupta K, Branch-Elliman W. Development and Validation of a Semi-Automated Surveillance Algorithm for Cardiac Device Infections: Insights from the VA CART program. Sci Rep. 2020 03 24; 10(1):5276.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 32210289; PMCID: PMC7093485; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62083-y;

Branch-Elliman W, Araujo-Castillo RV, Snyder GM, Sullivan BF, Alonso CD, Wright SB. Identification of a norovirus outbreak on a hematopoietic stem cell transplant unit and development and implementation of a novel infection prevention algorithm for controlling transmission. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 04; 41(4):472-476. PMID: 32091351; PMCID: PMC7483699; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.21;

Mull HJ, Stolzmann K, Kalver E, Shin MH, Schweizer ML, Asundi A, Mehta P, Stanislawski M, Branch-Elliman W. Novel methodology to measure pre-procedure antimicrobial prophylaxis: integrating text searches with structured data from the Veterans Health Administration's electronic medical record. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2020 01 30; 20(1):15.View Related Profiles.

Asundi, Archana
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Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 32000780; PMCID: PMC6993312; DOI: 10.1186/s12911-020-1031-5;

Lee MSL, Ramakrishna B, Moss AC, Gold HS, Branch-Elliman W. Successful treatment of fulminant Clostridioides difficile infection with emergent fecal microbiota transplantation in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia and prolonged, severe neutropenia. Transpl Infect Dis. 2020 Feb; 22(1):e13216.View Related Profiles.

Moss, Alan
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 31769569

Branch-Elliman W, Gupta K, Rani Elwy A. Factors influencing uptake of evidence-based antimicrobial prophylaxis guidelines for electrophysiology procedures. Am J Infect Control. 2020 06; 48(6):668-674.View Related Profiles.

Gupta, Kalpana
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 31806236; PMCID: PMC7247944; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.10.020;

Branch-Elliman W, O'Brien W, Gupta K. Ideal Total Joint Arthroplasty Antibiotic Prophylaxis Unknown-Reply. JAMA Surg. 2019 12 01; 154(12):1169.View Related Profiles.

Gupta, Kalpana
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 31461137

Branch-Elliman W, Yassa DS, Wright SB. Oseltamivir prophylaxis for the prevention of influenza in healthy healthcare workers: Tolerability and compliance challenges. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 11; 40(11):1328-1329. PMID: 31426883

Linsenmeyer K, Branch-Elliman W, Kalver E, Mull HJ. Surgical site infections in outpatient surgeries: Less invasive procedures contribute substantially to the overall burden. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 10; 40(10):1191-1193.View Related Profiles.

Mull, Hillary
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Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 31426875; PMCID: PMC7328464; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.233;

Schrank GM, Snyder GM, Davis RB, Branch-Elliman W, Wright SB. The discontinuation of contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus: Impact upon patient adverse events and hospital operations. BMJ Qual Saf. 2020 10; 29(10):1-2. PMID: 31320496

Branch-Elliman W, O'Brien W, Strymish J, Itani K, Wyatt C, Gupta K. Association of Duration and Type of Surgical Prophylaxis With Antimicrobial-Associated Adverse Events. JAMA Surg. 2019 07 01; 154(7):590-598.View Related Profiles.

Gupta, Kalpana
Itani, Kamal
Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 31017647; PMCID: PMC6487902; DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.0569;

Asundi A, Stanislawski M, Mehta P, Baron AE, Mull HJ, Ho PM, Zimetbaum PJ, Gupta K, Branch-Elliman W. Real-world effectiveness of infection prevention interventions for reducing procedure-related cardiac device infections: Insights from the veterans affairs clinical assessment reporting and tracking program. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 08; 40(8):855-862.View Related Profiles.

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Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 31159895; PMCID: PMC7239318; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.127;

Branch-Elliman W, Schweizer M. Real-world challenges in infection prevention: Differential implementation between stable and unstable patients may influence clinical effectiveness of interventions. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 06; 40(6):736-737. PMID: 30973120

Branch-Elliman W, Pizer SD, Dasinger EA, Gold HS, Abdulkerim H, Rosen AK, Charns MP, Hawn MT, Itani KMF, Mull HJ. Facility type and surgical specialty are associated with suboptimal surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis practice patterns: a multi-center, retrospective cohort study. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2019; 8:49.View Related Profiles.

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Charns, Martin
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Branch-Elliman, Westyn

PMID: 30886702; PMCID: PMC6404270; DOI: 10.1186/s13756-019-0503-9;

Gallegos Salazar J, O'Brien W, Strymish JM, Itani K, Branch-Elliman W, Gupta K. Association of Screening and Treatment for Preoperative Asymptomatic Bacteriuria With Postoperative Outcomes Among US Veterans. JAMA Surg. 2019 03 01; 154(3):241-248.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 30540346; PMCID: PMC6439639; DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.4759;

Dasinger EA, Branch-Elliman W, Pizer SD, Abdulkerim H, Rosen AK, Charns MP, Hawn MT, Itani KMF, Mull HJ. Association between postoperative opioid use and outpatient surgical adverse events. Am J Surg. 2019 04; 217(4):605-612.View Related Profiles.

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Mull, Hillary
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PMID: 30639132; PMCID: PMC6664793; DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.12.068;

Michener A, Heath B, Crnich CJ, Moehring R, Schmader K, Mody L, Branch-Elliman W, Jump RLP. Infections in Older Adults: A Case-Based Discussion Series Emphasizing Antibiotic Stewardship. MedEdPORTAL. 2018 09 21; 14:10754. PMID: 30800954; PMCID: PMC6346280; DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10754;

Asundi A, Stanislawski M, Mehta P, Barón AE, Gold H, Mull H, Ho PM, Gupta K, Branch-Elliman W. Prolonged antimicrobial prophylaxis following cardiac device procedures increases preventable harm: insights from the VA CART program. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 09; 39(9):1030-1036.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 30226128

Mull HJ, Gellad ZF, Gupta RT, Valle JA, Makarov DV, Silverman T, Branch-Elliman W. Factors Associated With Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Admissions After Invasive Outpatient Procedures in the Veterans Health Administration. JAMA Surg. 2018 08 01; 153(8):774-776.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 29801049; PMCID: PMC6584308; DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.0874;

Schrank GM, Wright SB, Branch-Elliman W, LaSalvia MT. A retrospective analysis of adverse events among patients receiving daptomycin versus vancomycin during outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 08; 39(8):947-954. PMID: 29893658

Branch-Elliman W, Snyder GM, King AD, Baldini LM, Dooley KM, Yassa DS, Wright SB. Correlation of Hand Hygiene Compliance Measured by Direct Observation with Estimates Obtained from Product Usage. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 06; 39(6):746-749. PMID: 29606156

Branch-Elliman W, Ripollone J, O'Brien W, Itani K, Strymish J, Gupta K. Combination antimicrobial prophylaxis for hysterectomy: harm without the benefit? Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018 05; 218(5):536-537.View Related Profiles.

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Schrank G, Branch-Elliman W. Breaking the Chain of Infection in Older Adults: A Review of Risk Factors and Strategies for Preventing Device-Related Infections. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2017 Dec; 31(4):649-671. PMID: 29079154

Pindyck T, Gupta K, Strymish J, Itani KM, Carter ME, Suo Y, Bessesen MT, Topkoff J, Steele AS, Barón AE, Gundlapalli AV, Branch-Elliman W. Validation of an electronic tool for flagging surgical site infections based on clinical practice patterns for triaging surveillance: Operational successes and barriers. Am J Infect Control. 2018 02; 46(2):186-190.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 29031434

Branch-Elliman W. A Roadmap for Reducing Cardiac Device Infections: a Review of Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Actionable Risk Factors to Guide the Development of an Infection Prevention Program for the Electrophysiology Laboratory. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2017 Aug 16; 19(10):34. PMID: 28815459

Branch-Elliman W, Ripollone JE, O'Brien WJ, Itani KMF, Schweizer ML, Perencevich E, Strymish J, Gupta K. Risk of surgical site infection, acute kidney injury, and Clostridium difficile infection following antibiotic prophylaxis with vancomycin plus a beta-lactam versus either drug alone: A national propensity-score-adjusted retrospective cohort study. PLoS Med. 2017 Jul; 14(7):e1002340.View Related Profiles.

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Mittenzwei SE, Topkoff JL, Bessesen MT, Porter CA, Rai GS, Branch-Elliman W. When Sterile Processing Goes Down: An Economic Analysis of Alternative Strategies for Supporting the Service. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 Aug; 38(8):1002-1004. PMID: 28625181

Acuna-Villaorduna C, Branch-Elliman W, Strymish J, Gupta K. Active identification of patients who are methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonized is not associated with longer duration of vancomycin therapy. Am J Infect Control. 2017 Oct 01; 45(10):1081-1085.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 28629753

LaSalvia MT, Branch-Elliman W, Snyder GM, Mahoney MV, Alonso CD, Gold HS, Wright SB. Does Adjunctive Tigecycline Improve Outcomes in Severe-Complicated, Nonoperative Clostridium difficile Infection? Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017; 4(1):ofw264. PMID: 28480257; PMCID: PMC5413996; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw264;

Mehrotra P, Gupta K, Strymish J, Kramer DB, Lambert-Kerzner A, Ho PM, Branch-Elliman W. Implementation of Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship in Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratories: Results from the SHEA Research Network. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 Apr; 38(4):496-498.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 28103958; PMCID: PMC5550107; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.309;

Kirby JE, Branch-Elliman W, LaSalvia MT, Longhi L, MacKechnie M, Urman G, Baldini LM, Muriel FR, Sullivan B, Yassa DS, Gold HS, Wagner TK, Diekema DJ, Wright SB. Investigation of a Candida guilliermondii Pseudo-outbreak Reveals a Novel Source of Laboratory Contamination. J Clin Microbiol. 2017 Apr; 55(4):1080-1089. PMID: 28100597; PMCID: PMC5377835; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02336-16;

Branch-Elliman W, Stanislawski M, Strymish J, Barón AE, Gupta K, Varosy PD, Gold HS, Ho PM. Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratories: A Potential Target for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Quality Improvement? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Sep; 37(9):1005-11.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 27322021; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.116;

Branch-Elliman W, Savor Price C, Bessesen MT, Perl TM. Using the Pillars of Infection Prevention to Build an Effective Program for Reducing the Transmission of Emerging and Reemerging Infections. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2015 Sep; 2(3):226-35. PMID: 26231500; PMCID: PMC7099308; DOI: 10.1007/s40572-015-0059-7;

Branch-Elliman W, Wright SB, Howell MD. Determining the Ideal Strategy for Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Prevention. Cost-Benefit Analysis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Jul 1; 192(1):57-63. PMID: 25871807; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201412-2316OC;

Branch-Elliman W, Strymish J, Kudesia V, Rosen AK, Gupta K. Natural Language Processing for Real-Time Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Surveillance: Results of a Pilot Implementation Trial. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Sep; 36(9):1004-10.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 26022228; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.122;

Branch-Elliman W, Perumalswami P, Factor SH, Sled SM, Flamm SL. Rates of recurrent variceal bleeding are low with modern esophageal banding strategies: a retrospective cohort study. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2015; 50(9):1059-67. PMID: 25865440; DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2015.1027263;

Branch-Elliman W, Savor Price C, McGeer A, Perl TM. Protecting the frontline: designing an infection prevention platform for preventing emerging respiratory viral illnesses in healthcare personnel. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Mar; 36(3):336-45. PMID: 25695176; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2014.52;

Branch-Elliman W, Strymish J, Itani KM, Gupta K. Using clinical variables to guide surgical site infection detection: a novel surveillance strategy. Am J Infect Control. 2014 Dec; 42(12):1291-5.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 25465259; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.08.013;

Branch-Elliman W, Strymish J, Gupta K. Development and validation of a simple and easy-to-employ electronic algorithm for identifying clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Jun; 35(6):692-8.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 24799646; DOI: 10.1086/676437;

Branch-Elliman W, Robillard E, McCarthy G, Gupta K. Direct feedback with the ATP luminometer as a process improvement tool for terminal cleaning of patient rooms. Am J Infect Control. 2014 Feb; 42(2):195-7.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 24485376; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.08.012;

Branch-Elliman W, Lee GM, Golen TH, Gold HS, Baldini LM, Wright SB. Health and economic burden of post-partum Staphylococcus aureus breast abscess. PLoS One. 2013; 8(9):e73155. PMID: 24039877; PMCID: PMC3764182; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073155;

Branch-Elliman W, Wright SB, Gillis JM, Howell MD. Estimated nursing workload for the implementation of ventilator bundles. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013 Apr; 22(4):357-61. PMID: 23431219; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001372;

Strymish J, Branch-Elliman W, Itani KM, Williams S, Gupta K. A clinical history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a poor predictor of preoperative colonization status and postoperative infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Nov; 33(11):1113-7.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 23041809; DOI: 10.1086/668026;

Branch-Elliman W, Weiss D, Balter S, Bornschlegel K, Phillips M. Hepatitis C transmission due to contamination of multidose medication vials: summary of an outbreak and a call to action. Am J Infect Control. 2013 Jan; 41(1):92-4. PMID: 22632822; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.01.022;

Branch-Elliman W, Golen TH, Gold HS, Yassa DS, Baldini LM, Wright SB. Risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus postpartum breast abscess. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Jan 1; 54(1):71-7. PMID: 22052894; DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir751;

Walewski JL, Gutierrez JA, Branch-Elliman W, Stump DD, Keller TR, Rodriguez A, Benson G, Branch AD. Mutation Master: profiles of substitutions in hepatitis C virus RNA of the core, alternate reading frame, and NS2 coding regions. RNA. 2002 May; 8(5):557-71. PMID: 12022223; PMCID: PMC1370277

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 131 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 29 publications in 2023

Bar chart showing 131 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 29 publications in 2023

Year	Publications
2002	1
2011	1
2012	2
2013	2
2014	3
2015	5
2016	1
2017	9
2018	6
2019	12
2020	8
2021	14
2022	24
2023	29
2024	14

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