Mission Statement of the Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control

    To support the Johns Hopkins’ health system mission of research, teaching, and patient care; to promote patient safety by reducing the risk of acquiring and transmitting infections; and to become a leader in health care epidemiology and infection control.

     Department Functions at The Johns Hopkins Hospital:

Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of Healthcare Associated Infections & Resistant Organisms

  • Investigate and control hospital outbreaks and infection clusters among patients and personnel
  • Develop and maintain infection control policies and procedures for all hospital departments
  • Manage antimicrobial use
  • Develop novel stratigies to survey for healthcare associated infections
Continuing Education and Other Training
  • Educational programs to assure quality of patient care
  • Nursing Unit In-Services
  • Healthcare Associated Infections (School of Hygiene and Public Health, JHU)
  • New Employee Orientation (Nursing and Hospital)
  • Annual 3-day "Fellows Course" Infectious Disease Conference
  • Annual 1-day MICN Conference
 Other Department Functions
  • Measure the incidence of infections and pathogenic organisms
  • Monitor antimicrobial susceptibilites
  • Analyze temporal trends of aggregated data
  • Evaluate new products to be used to control infection throughout the hospital
  • Provide data and statistical analysis for research and publications
  • Provide a safe enviornment for patients

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      Hospital Epidemiology & Infection Control
      Title Hospital Epidemiologist
      Function Oversee the functions of the Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control (HEIC)
      Name Trish M. Perl, MD, MSc
      Email tperl@jhmi.edu
       
      Title Associate Hospital Epidemiologist
      Function Assist the Hospital Epidemiologist with the functions and personnel of the department. Assist research coodinator in directing research activities for the department.
      Name Sara Cosgrove, MD, MS
      Email scosgro1@jhmi.edu
       
      Title Manager-Infection Control Practitioner/Epidemiologist
      Function Oversee Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control (HEIC) operations, co-ordinate and supervise infection control practitioners and manage the daily operations of the HEIC department.
      Name Patricia Rosenbaum, RN, CIC    
      Email prosenb2@jhmi.edu
       
      Title Infection Control Epidemiologists/Practitioners
      Function Plan and implement the infection control program for areas of responsibility: evaluate policies, procedures and practices relating to infection control, develop web-based educational materials, inestigate clusters and outbreaks, monitor nosocomial infection rates and produce summary reports.
      Name
      Karen Bradley, RN, BSN    kbradle3@jhmi.edu
      Lisa Cooper, RN, BSN    lcoope18@jhmi.edu
      Patricia Lawson, RN, MS, MPH    plawson2@jhmi.edu
      Karen Mackie, RN, MA, CIC    kmackie1@jhmi.edu
      Margaret Pass, RN, BSN, MS, CIC    mpass1@jhmi.edu
      Amy Winkler, RN, BSN    awinkle4@jhmi.edu
       
      Title Staff Assistant
      Function Maintain project data, prepare various payroll and personnel forms, answer questions regarding departmental policies and procedures. Coordinate a variety of departmental projects, activities and schedules for the infection control professionals and other staff in the department.
      Name Merle Chandra
      Email mchandra4@jhmi.edu
       
      Title Administrative Assistant
      Function Maintain project data, prepare various payroll and personnel forms, answer questions regarding departmental policies and procedures. Develop and monitor department/cost center operational budgets. Coordinate a variety of departmental projects, activities and schedules for the management team in the department.
      Name Whitney-Beth Messersmith-Foskey
      Email wfoskey1@jhmi.edu
       
      Title Infectious Diseases Fellow
      Function Work with the department on research projects to complete fellowship training
      Name
      Cecilia Johnston, MD    cpark@jhmi.edu
      Lisa Maragakis, MD    lmaraga1@jhmi.edu
       
      Title Web Page Coordinator
      Function Maintain information available on the Hopkins-HEIC web page.
      Name Ann Richards
      Email arichar1@jhmi.edu
       
      Title Research Coordinator
      Function Works with the Hospital Epidemiologists to coordinate and implement clinical research studies for the Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control. Carry out data collection and management of several multi-site studies.
      Name Kathleen Speck
      Email kspeck2@jhmi.edu
       
      Title Research Assistant
      Function Carry out data collection and management of several multi-site studies
      Name
      Amy Banowetz    abanowe1@jhmi.edu
      Ericka Kalp, MPH    ekalp1@jhmi.edu
      Courtney Wilburn    cwilbur1@jhmi.edu
       
      Title Senior Programmer Analyst
      Function Design, develop, and manage databases for epidemiological analysis. Provide statistical analysis of data.
      Name Xiaoyan Song, MD, MSc
      Email xsong@jhmi.edu
       
      Title Programmer Analyst
      Function Design, develop, and manage databases for epidemiological analysis. Provide statistical analysis of data.
      Name Ann Richards
      Email arichar1@jhmi.edu
       
      Title Laboratory Specialist, Molecular Microbioloy and Epidemiology
      Function Support laboratory functions related to infection control, perform molecular typing
      Name Tracy Ross, MT
      Email

      tross@jmhi.edu
       
      Title Program Director
      Function Supervise the Antibiotic Management program, direct activities related to antibiotic utilization
      Name Sara Cosgrove, MD, MS
      Email scosgro1@jhmi.edu
       
      Title Clinical Pharmacist
      Function Direct activities related to antibiotic utilization
      Name Alpa Patel, PharmD
      Email apatel15@jhmi.edu
       
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      Antibiotic Management Program

        Dr. Sara Cosgrove is new Director of the Department of Antibiotic Management. This group works closely with HEIC to monitor and improve antibiotic use at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Both offices are working towards the common goal of reducing antibiotic resistance at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Click Here to get more information on the Antibotic Management Department

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