Daniel J Morgan
 

Daniel J Morgan M.D.

Academic Title: Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment: Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Secondary Appointments: Medicine
dmorgan@epi.umaryland.edu
Location: 100 N. Greene St, Lower Level
Phone: (410) 706-1734
Phone: (410) 706-0098

Personal History

1996: B.S., Psychology. Reed College, Portland, OR
2001: M.D. distinction in Research, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
2005-2006: Research Fellow in International Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY/Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
2007-2008: Clinical Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

Research Interests

I'm an infectious disease physician and hospital epidemiologist at the VA Maryland Healthcare System. My research interests focus on exploring pragmatic issues related to the control of infectious diseases. Specific interests include Multi-drug resistant bacteria, patient isolation and patient safety.

Clinical Speciality

* Infectious Diseases
* Internal Medicine

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Morgan DJ, Vargas SL, Reyes-Mugica M, Walterspiel JN, Carver W & Gigliotti F. Identification of Pneumocystis carinii in the lungs of infants dying of sudden infant death syndrome. Pediatr Infect Dis J, 2001;20:306-9.

Powers JM, Rosenblatt DS, Schmidt RE, Cross AH, Black JT, Moser AB, Moser HW, Morgan DJ. Neurological and neuropathologic heterogeneity in two brothers with Cobalamin C deficiency. Ann Neurol. 2001;49:396-400.

Morgan J, Cano MV, Rodriquez E, Feikin D, Bronstein DE, Lindsley M, Iqbal N, Morgan DJ, Kirkman L, Mirza S, Warnock DW, Kuri P, Hajjeh RA. An outbreak of Histoplamosis among college students—Acapulco, Mexico 2001. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003; 69:6:663-70.

Guerreiro JB, Santos SB, Morgan DJ, Porto AF, Muniz AL, Ho JL, Teixeira AL Jr, Teixeira MM, Carvalho EM. Levels of serum chemokines discriminate clinical myelopathy associated with human T lymphotropic vírus type 1 (HTLV-1)/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) disease from HTLV-1 carrier state. Clin Exp Immunol. 2006;145(2):296-301.

Santos SB, Porto AF, Muniz AL, Luna T, Nascimento MC, Guerreiro JB, Oliveira-Filho J, Morgan DJ, Carvalho EM. Modulation of T Cell Responses in HTLV-1 Carriers and in Patients with Myelopathy Associated with HTLV-1. Neuroimmunomodulation. 2006;13(3):75-81.

O’Neal S, Guimaraes LH, Machado PR, Alcantara L, Morgan DJ, Passos S, Carvalho EM. Influence of helminth infections on the clinical course of and immune response to Leishmania braziliensis cutaneous leishmaniasis. J Infect Dis. 2007;195(1):1142-8. 

Morgan DJ, Newlove T, Guimaraes LH, Carvalho EM. A committed technician making a difference in Corte de Pedra, Brazil (Letter), Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007;76(4):607.

Morgan DJ, Guimaraes LH, Lago EL, Machado PR, Dutra WO, D’Oliveira A, Carvalho EM. Cutaneous leishmaniasis during pregnancy—exuberant lesions and potential fetal complications. Clin Infect Dis. 2007;45(4):478-82.

Caskey MF, Morgan DJ, Porto MAF, Giozza SP, Muniz AL, Orge MG, Travassos MJ, Baron Y, Carvalho EM, Glesby MJ. Clinical manifestations associated with HTLV-I infection: a case-control study. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2007;23(3):365-71

Morgan DJ, Oliveira-Filho, J, Abbeheusen C, Caskey MF, Porto MAF, Muniz AL, Glesby MJ, Carvalho EM. Magnetic resonance imaging does not discriminate between HTLV-I carrier state and HAM/TSP. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2007;23(12):1499-504.

Morgan DJ, Diekema DJ, Sepkowitz K, Perencevich EN. Adverse outcomes associated with contact precautions: a review of the literature. Am J Infect Control. 2009;37(2):85-93.

Morgan DJ, Weisenberg SA, Augenbraun M, Calfee DP, Currie BP, Furuya EY, Holzman R, Montecalvo MA, Phillips M, Polsky B, Sepkowitz K. Multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in New York City -- 10 years into the epidemic. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009;30(2):196-7.

Unger A, O'Neal S, Machado PRL, Guimaraes LH, Morgan DJ, Schriefer A, Bacellar O, Glesby MJ, Carvalho EM. Association of Treatment of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Prior to Ulcer Development with High Rate of Failure in Northeastern Brazil. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2009;80 574-579

Morgan DJ*, Weisenberg SA*, Espinal-Witter R, Larone DH. Clinical outcomes of patients with KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae following treatment with imipenem or meropenem. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2009; Apr 1 (Epub) (*first two authors contributed equally)

Guimaraes LH, Machado PRL, Lago EL, Morgan DJ, Schriefer A, Bacellar O, Carvalho EM. Atypical manifestations of Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in a transmission area of Leishmania braziliensis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. In press.




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