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Tamar F Barlam

Associate Professor

Boston University School of Medicine

Dept of Medicine

Infectious Diseases

MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry

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Boston Medical Center Physician Provider Profile

ORCID : 0000-0002-0511-7641

Dr. Barlam is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Section of Infectious Diseases, the Program Director of the Infectious Disease Training Program, and the Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship for the Boston Medical Center. She has close to 30 years’ experience directing antimicrobial stewardship programs. Her research is focused on understanding factors that influence antimicrobial prescribing, and the implementation and impact of stewardship interventions. She has also engaged in policy work to reduce inappropriate use of antimicrobials in food animals and is currently on a national task force to improve antimicrobial use in companion animals. She is the co-chair of a national panel tasked with creating an implementation guideline on antimicrobial stewardship.

Associate Professor
Boston Medical Center
Medicine

BMC Sponsored Research

Evaluating the Effectivness of Alternative Implementation Strategies for Antibiotic Stewardship
05/01/2017 - 04/30/2020 (PI)
Univ of Utah DHHS

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

Morgan JR, Carey KM, Barlam TF, Christiansen CL, Drainoni ML. Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Bronchitis in Children and Impact on Subsequent Episodes of Care and Treatment. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2019 Mar; 38(3):271-274.View Related Profiles.
Morgan, Jake
Carey, Kathleen
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn
Barlam, Tamar
PMID: 29794648.
Barlam TF, Soria-Saucedo R, Ameli O, Cabral HJ, Kaplan WA, Kazis LE. Retrospective analysis of long-term gastrointestinal symptoms after Clostridium difficile infection in a nonelderly cohort. PLoS One. 2018; 13(12):e0209152.View Related Profiles.
Cabral, Howard
Kazis, Lewis
Barlam, Tamar
Kaplan, Warren
PMID: 30557401.
Eby JC, Lane MA, Horberg M, Gentry CN, Coffin SE, Ray AJ, Sheridan KR, Bratzler DW, Wheeler D, Sarumi M, Barlam TF, Kim T, Rodriguez A, Nahass RG. How Do You Measure Up: Quality Measurement for Improving Patient Care and Establishing the Value of Infectious Diseases Specialists. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Sep 25. PMID: 30256911.
Morgan JR, Barlam TF, Drainoni ML. A Qualitative Study of the Real-world Experiences of Infectious Diseases Fellows Regarding Antibiotic Stewardship. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Sep; 5(9):ofy102.View Related Profiles.
Morgan, Jake
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn
Barlam, Tamar
PMID: 30280120.
Luo R, Weinberg JM, Barlam TF. The Impact of Clostridium difficile Infection on Future Outcomes of Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 05; 39(5):563-570.View Related Profiles.
Weinberg, Janice
Barlam, Tamar
PMID: 29553007.
Luo R, Barlam TF. Ten-year review of Clostridium difficile infection in acute care hospitals in the USA, 2005-2014. J Hosp Infect. 2018 Jan; 98(1):40-43. PMID: 29017933.
Barlam TF, Morgan JR, Kaplan WA, Outterson K, Pelton SI. Disproportionate Exposure to Antibiotics in Children at Risk for Invasive Pneumococcal Disease: Potential for Emerging Resistance and Opportunity for Antibiotic Stewardship. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2017 Sep 07.View Related Profiles.
Morgan, Jake
Outterson, Kevin
Pelton, Stephen
Barlam, Tamar
Kaplan, Warren
PMID: 28992176.
Barlam TF, Cosgrove SE. Reply to Macy et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 02 15; 64(4):532-533. PMID: 28172595; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw797;.
Barlam TF, Cosgrove SE. Reply to Macy et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Dec 07. PMID: 27927855.
Barlam TF, Cosgrove SE, Abbo LM, MacDougall C, Schuetz AN, Septimus EJ, Srinivasan A, Dellit TH, Falck-Ytter YT, Fishman NO, Hamilton CW, Jenkins TC, Lipsett PA, Malani PN, May LS, Moran GJ, Neuhauser MM, Newland JG, Ohl CA, Samore MH, Seo SK, Trivedi KK. Executive Summary: Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 May 15; 62(10):1197-1202. PMID: 27118828; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw217;.

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Barlam TF, Cosgrove SE, Abbo LM, MacDougall C, Schuetz AN, Septimus EJ, Srinivasan A, Dellit TH, Falck-Ytter YT, Fishman NO, Hamilton CW, Jenkins TC, Lipsett PA, Malani PN, May LS, Moran GJ, Neuhauser MM, Newland JG, Ohl CA, Samore MH, Seo SK, Trivedi KK. Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 May 15; 62(10):e51-77. PMID: 27080992; PMCID: PMC5006285; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw118;.
Barlam TF, Soria-Saucedo R, Cabral HJ, Kazis LE. Unnecessary Antibiotics for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections: Association With Care Setting and Patient Demographics. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016 Jan; 3(1):ofw045.View Related Profiles.
Cabral, Howard
Kazis, Lewis
Barlam, Tamar
PMID: 27006968; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw045;.
Bender JB, Barlam TF, Glore RP, Gumley N, Grayzel SE, Hoang C, Murphy MJ, Papich MG, Sykes JE, Watts JL, Whichard JM. The AVMA Task Force for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Companion Animal Practice responds. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2015 Apr 1; 246(7):727-8. PMID: 25958435.
Valencia-Rey P, Weinberg J, Miller NS, Barlam TF. Coagulase-negative staphylococcal bloodstream infections: Does vancomycin remain appropriate empiric therapy? J Infect. 2015 Jul; 71(1):53-60.View Related Profiles.
Weinberg, Janice
Miller, Nancy
Barlam, Tamar
PMID: 25725152; DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2015.02.007;.
Barlam TF, Morgan JR, Wetzler LM, Christiansen CL, Drainoni ML. Antibiotics for respiratory tract infections: a comparison of prescribing in an outpatient setting. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Feb; 36(2):153-9.View Related Profiles.
Christiansen, Cindy
Morgan, Jake
Wetzler, Lee
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn
Barlam, Tamar
PMID: 25632997; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2014.21;.
Barlam TF, Gupta K. Antibiotic Resistance Spreads Internationally Across Borders. J Law Med Ethics. 2015; 43 Suppl 3:12-6.View Related Profiles.
Gupta, Kalpana
Barlam, Tamar
PMID: 26243237; DOI: 10.1111/jlme.12268;.
Cosgrove SE, Hermsen ED, Rybak MJ, File TM, Parker SK, Barlam TF. Guidance for the knowledge and skills required for antimicrobial stewardship leaders. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Dec; 35(12):1444-51. PMID: 25419765; DOI: 10.1086/678592;.
Lazar HL, Barlam T, Cabral H. The effect of topical vancomycin applied to sternotomy incisions on postoperative serum vancomycin levels. J Card Surg. 2011 Sep; 26(5):461-5.View Related Profiles.
Lazar, Harold
Cabral, Howard
Barlam, Tamar
PMID: 21951032; DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01300.x;.
Vergidis P, Hamer DH, Meydani SN, Dallal GE, Barlam TF. Patterns of antimicrobial use for respiratory tract infections in older residents of long-term care facilities. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Jun; 59(6):1093-8.View Related Profiles.
Hamer, Davidson
Barlam, Tamar
PMID: 21539527; PMCID: PMC3325608; DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03406.x;.
Holtzman C, Whitney D, Barlam T, Miller NS. Assessment of impact of peptide nucleic acid fluorescence in situ hybridization for rapid identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci in the absence of antimicrobial stewardship intervention. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Apr; 49(4):1581-2.View Related Profiles.
Miller, Nancy
Barlam, Tamar
PMID: 21270213; PMCID: PMC3122789; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02461-10;.
Barlam TF, DiVall M. Antibiotic-stewardship practices at top academic centers throughout the United States and at hospitals throughout Massachusetts. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Jul; 27(7):695-703. PMID: 16807844.
Barlam TF. Expedited treatment for partners of patients with gonorrhea and/or chlamydial infection: impact on rates of persistence or recurrence. Postgrad Med. 2005 May; 117(5):6. PMID: 15948359.
Barlam TF. Cytomegalovirus DNA: a common finding in the hearts of patients with fatal myocarditis. Postgrad Med. 2005 May; 117(5):8. PMID: 15948361.
Barlam TF, McCloud E. Severe gastrointestinal illness associated with olestra ingestion. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2003 Jul; 37(1):95-6. PMID: 12827015.
Barlam T, Moellering R. Urinary tract infections and a multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli clonal group. N Engl J Med. 2002 Feb 14; 346(7):535-6. PMID: 11858221.
Segal R, Poznansky MC, Connors L, Sands K, Barlam T. Changing patterns of presentations of patients with HIV-related disease at a tertiary referral centre and its implications for physician training. Int J STD AIDS. 2001 Jul; 12(7):453-9.View Related Profiles.
Connors, Lawreen
Barlam, Tamar
PMID: 11394981.
Leder KS, Barlam TF. A case of paraspinal abscess and diskitis due to Peptostreptococcus micros. Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Mar; 30(3):622-3. PMID: 10722468.
Mylonakis E, Barlam TF, Flanigan T, Rich JD. Pulmonary aspergillosis and invasive disease in AIDS: review of 342 cases. Chest. 1998 Jul; 114(1):251-62. PMID: 9674477.
Singer MV, Haft R, Barlam T, Aronson M, Shafer A, Sands KE. Vancomycin control measures at a tertiary-care hospital: impact of interventions on volume and patterns of use. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1998 Apr; 19(4):248-53. PMID: 9605273.
Race EM, Adelson-Mitty J, Kriegel GR, Barlam TF, Reimann KA, Letvin NL, Japour AJ. Focal mycobacterial lymphadenitis following initiation of protease-inhibitor therapy in patients with advanced HIV-1 disease. Lancet. 1998 Jan 24; 351(9098):252-5. PMID: 9457095.
Galil K, Thurer R, Glatter K, Barlam T. Disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection resulting in endocarditis. Clin Infect Dis. 1996 Dec; 23(6):1322-3. PMID: 8953086.
Monahan SJ, Barlam TF, Crumpacker CS, Parris DS. Two regions of the herpes simplex virus type 1 UL42 protein are required for its functional interaction with the viral DNA polymerase. J Virol. 1993 Oct; 67(10):5922-31. PMID: 8396660; PMCID: PMC238012.
Minamoto GY, Barlam TF, Vander Els NJ. Invasive aspergillosis in patients with AIDS. Clin Infect Dis. 1992 Jan; 14(1):66-74. PMID: 1571465.
Prince AS, Barlam T. Isolation of a DNA fragment containing replication functions from IncP2 megaplasmid pMG2. J Bacteriol. 1985 Feb; 161(2):792-4. PMID: 3968043; PMCID: PMC214958.
Barlam T, Neu HC. Pyridinium 2-azo-p-dimethylaniline chromophore, a chromogenic reagent for beta-lactamase testing compared to nitrocefin. Eur J Clin Microbiol. 1984 Jun; 3(3):185-9. PMID: 6332017.
Barlam T, Neu HC. In vitro comparison of the activity of RU 28965, a new macrolide, with that of erythromycin against aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1984 Apr; 25(4):529-31. PMID: 6732223; PMCID: PMC185573.

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

Bar chart showing 36 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2015 and 2016 and 2018

Bar chart showing 36 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2015 and 2016 and 2018

Year	Publications
1984	2
1985	1
1992	1
1993	1
1996	1
1998	3
2000	1
2001	1
2002	1
2003	1
2005	2
2006	1
2011	3
2014	1
2015	4
2016	4
2017	3
2018	4
2019	1

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