Stephen J . Cavalieri, PhD

Department

Pathology

Position

Professor

Books

• Reference Module in Biomedical Research
  Cavalieri Stephen J., Corynebacterium Infections [Book Chapter] 2014
• xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference
  Cavalieri Stephen J., Corynebacterium Infections [Book Chapter] 2011
• , Manual of antimicrobial susceptibility testing 2005

Publications

• Curēus (Palo Alto, CA)
  Patel Chirag, An Unusual Discovery of Multi-Opportunistic Organisms in Gastrointestinal Biopsies of a Patient With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Infectious Colitis 2023
• Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
  Destache Christopher J, Assessment of the impact of centralized bioMérieux BACT/ALERT® VIRTUO® blood culture system (VIRTUO) implementation on outcomes in patients with gram-negative bacteremia, p. 116085 2023
• Wisconsin medical journal (Madison, Wis.)
  Jerabek Julie, Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis With Fungemia and Possible Strongyloides Co-infection
  122:3, p. 200 - 204 2023
• Jerabek Julie, Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis With Fungemia and Possible Strongyloides Co-infection 2023
• Curēus (Palo Alto, CA)
  Creech Zachary A, Unusual Freshwater-Related Infections Caused by Haematospirillum jordaniae
  14:5 2022
• Maclean Alyssa K.W., Intrapatient transfer of an uncommon carbapenemase in Nebraska 2022
• American journal of clinical pathology
  Sabri A, Bacillus cereus Bacteremia: An Unusual Case Following Food Poisoning
  156:Supplement_1, p. S132 - S133 2021
• Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
  Cavalieri Stephen J., Effect of antimicrobial stewardship with rapid MALDI-TOF identification and Vitek 2 antimicrobial susceptibility testing on hospitalization outcome
  95:2, p. 208 - 211 2019
• American journal of clinical pathology
  Salas Dongpo, Mycobacterium chimaera Infection: A Case Report and Review of Literature
  152:Supplement_1, p. S131 - S131 2019
• Journal of clinical microbiology
  Miller Melissa B, Clinical Utility of Advanced Microbiology Testing Tools
  57:9 2019
• Cureus
  Dave Amanda M, Verification of Diagnosis in Tuberculosis: A Case Report and Discussion, p. 1650 - 1650 2017
• Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  Ased S., Evaluation of Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia: Academic and Community-Based Management within the Same Health System
  38:6, p. 740 - 742 2017
• Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
  Fowler Randal C., Whole Genome Mapping of the First Reported Case of KPC-2-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 in Nebraska
  79:3, p. 384 - 386 2014
• Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
  Knaak Elizabeth, Does Antibiotic De-Escalation for Nosocomial Pneumonia Impact Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay?
  21:3, p. 172 - 176 2013
• Clinical Pediatrics
  Hoffman Michelle A., Lemierre-like syndrome
  49:9, p. 893 - 896 2010
• Laboratory Medicine
  Carlos E. F. C., Use of 16s rRNA Gene Sequencing to Identify a Case of Pediococcus parvulus Bacteremia in a Patient with Metastatic Testicular Cancer
  41:2, p. 93 - 95 2010
• American Journal of Clinical Pathology
  Cavalieri Stephen J., Comparison of DiaSorin and Bio-Rad Test Kits for the Detection of Hepatitis B Virus Total Core and Surface Antibodies on the Bio-Rad Evolis
  133:1, p. 110 - 113 2010
• Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  Hanson Nancy D., Surveillance of community-based reservoirs reveals the presence of CTX-M, imported AmpC, and OXA-30 beta-lactamases in urine isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli in a US community
  52:10, p. 3814 - 3816 2008
• Laboratory Medicine
  Novak Deborah Joan, Neisseria sicca/subflava
  38:6, p. 363 - 364 2007
• Shock (Augusta, Ga.)
  Cavalieri Stephen J, AN ATLAS OF THE CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES: VOLUME 1: BACTERIAL AGENTS
  22:4, p. 393 2004
• Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  Sanders W. Eugene, Jr., Potential impact of the VITEK 2 system and the advanced expert system on the clinical laboratory of a university-based hospital
  39:7, p. 2379 - 2385 2001
• Infectious diseases in clinical practice (Baltimore, Md.)
  Boken José Daniel, SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS BACTEREMIA: FOUR CASES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
  7:6, p. 286 - 291 1998
• Liver transplantation
  Dominguez E, An outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in liver transplant recipients
  3:6, p. 586 - 590 1997
• Pediatric research
  Romero José R, POTENTIAL HEALTH CARE COST SAVINGS FROM PCR-BASED RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF ENTEROVIRAL MENINGITIS. † 821
  39, p. 139 - 139 1996
• Journal of clinical microbiology
  Biehle J R, Novel method for rapid identification of Nocardia species by detection of preformed enzymes
  34:1, p. 103 - 107 1996
• Journal of clinical microbiology
  Biehle J R, Evaluation of Etest for susceptibility testing of rapidly growing mycobacteria
  33:7, p. 1760 - 1764 1995
• Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
  Cavalieri S J, Synergistic activities of clarithromycin and antituberculous drugs against multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  39:7, p. 1542 - 1545 1995
• Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
  Jones R N, PREVALENCE OF IMPORTANT PATHOGENS AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF PARENTERAL DRUGS AT NUMEROUS MEDICAL-CENTERS IN THE UNITED-STATES .1. STUDY ON THE THREAT OF EMERGING RESISTANCES - REAL OR PERCEIVED
  19:4, p. 203 - 215 1994
• Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
  Biehle Jon R., Comparative evaluation of the E test for susceptibility testing of Nocardia species
  19:2, p. 101 - 110 1994
• Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
  Sanders C C, Failure to adopt new interpretive criteria for ticarcillin-clavulanic acid could prove fatal
  36:6, p. 1343 - 1344 1992
• Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
  Cavalieri S J, Influence of beta-lactamase inhibitors on the potency of their companion drug with organisms possessing class I enzymes
  35:7, p. 1343 - 1347 1991
• Journal of clinical microbiology
  Sanders C C, Relevant breakpoints for ticarcillin-clavulanic acid should be set primarily with data from ticarcillin-resistant strains
  28:4, p. 830 - 831 1990
• The American journal of medicine
  Cavalieri Stephen J., Group a streptococcal peritonitis associated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
  87:4, p. 487 1989
• Clinical microbiology newsletter
  Cuevas Thomas A., Recovery of Vibrio alginolyticus from a scalp infection following head injury in a saltwater environment
  9:19, p. 154 - 156 1987

Presentations

• Impact of Centralized bioMrieux BacT/Alert Virtuo Blood Culture System (Virtuo) Implementation on Outcomes in Patients with Gram-Negative Bacteremia. 2023
• Clinical Microbiology Factors Impacting Management of Bloodstream Infections 2023
• Bacillus cereus Bacteremia: An Unusual Case Following Food Poisoning 2021
• Our Journey to the Laboratory Diagnosis of COCID-19, Pathology Department Grand Rounds, Omaha NE 2020
• A putative case of pericarditis caused by Histoplasma leading to tamponade; College of American Pathologists CAP'20 Abstracts, (Virtual). 2020
• "First case of Candida auris in Nebraska from a patient with leg fracture." College of American Pathologists CAP'20 Abstracts, (Virtual). 2020
• Salas DM, Cavalieri S. "Mycobacterium chimaera Infection: A Case Report and Review of Literature". American Society for Clinical Pathology. Phoenix, Arizona, September 2019. 2019
• "Effect of Antimicrobial Stewardship with Rapid MALDI-TOF Identification and Vitek 2 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing on Hospitalization Outcome." ID Week; San Francisco, CA 2018
• Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; ; Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Symposium, Center for Research in Antiinfectives and Biotechnology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 2018
• MRSA and Clostridium difficile; ; Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Symposium, Center for Research in Antiinfectives and Biotechnology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 2018
• Clostridium difficile Infections: Can We Solve the Diagnostic Dilemma? Creighton University Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Omaha, NE 2018
• Evaluation of the Management of ESßL Producing Enterobacteriaceae Infections: CHI Health Omaha. Infectious Disease Society of America, IDWeek. San Diego, California, October 2017. 2017
• Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Symposium, Center for Research in Antiinfectives and Biotechnology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 2017
• Quiz Busters; ASM Microbe, New Orleans, LA 2017
• MRSA - Taming a Super Bug; Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Symposium, Center for Research in Antiinfectives and Biotechnology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 2017
• Clinical Impact of Rapid Identification of Microorganisms Causing Respiratory Infections; Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Omaha, NE 2017
• A Comparison of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia (SAB) Diagnosis and Management-ifferences Between Academic and Community Hospital Settings. Infectious Disease Society of America, IDWeek. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 2016 2016
• Central Nervous System Nocardia Granulomas: A Rare but Classic Presentation. College of American Pathologists CAP16 Abstracts, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 2016 2016
• HIV Update, CUSOM Ddepartment of Medicine Grand Rounds, Omaha, NE 2016
• Laboratory Diagnosis of Upper Respiratory Infections; lecture for pathology residents, CUSOM, Omaha, NE 2016
• Microbiology Pearls; lecture for pathology residents, CUSOM, Omaha, NE 2016
• MRSA - Taming a Superbug; Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Symposium, Center for Research in Antiinfectives and Biotechnology, Creighton University 2016
• Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Symposium, Center for Research in Antiinfectives and Biotechnology, Creighton University 2016
• Rapid Diagnosis of Infectious Meningitis & Encephalitis; Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Omaha, NE 2016
• Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV Infection - An Update; Infectious Disease Symposium, Omaha, NE 2016
• Blood-Borne Pathogens; Stericycle Educational Online Modules 2016
• Exposure Control Plan; Stericycle Educational Online Modules 2016
• Journal Club presentation with Dr. Xu: Over diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infection in the Molecular Test Era (CUMC-OMA) 2015
• Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis as a Cause of Fetal Demise and Maternal Death. College of American Pathologists CAP'15 Abstracts, Nashville, Tennessee, October 2015. 2015
• Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV Infections - An Update, Southwestern Association of Clinical Microbiology (SWACM), Shreveport, LA 2015
• Use of Czapek Agar for the Differentiation of Candida dubliniensis from Candida albicans, Abstract for American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, New Orleans, LA 2015
• Clinical Impact of Rapid Identification of Microorganisms Causing Infectious Diarrhea - Creighton University Department of Pathology Grand Rounds; Omaha, NE 2015
• Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing - Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Symposium, Center for Research in Antiinfectives and Biotechnology, Creighton University 2015
• MRSA Issues - Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Symposium, Center for Research in Antiinfectives and Biotechnology, Creighton University 2015
• Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing - Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Symposium, Center for Research in Antiinfectives and Biotechnology, Creighton University 2014
• Clinical Impact of Rapid Identification of Microorganisms Causing Sepsis - Collaborative Antimicrobial Stewardship Education Symposia (CASES), Omaha, NE 2014
• Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV Infections - An Update - BioRad Continuing Education Series, invited presentation: Nashville, Tennessee. 2014
• Clinical Impact of Rapid Idetnification of Microorganisms Causing Sepsis, Creighton University Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Omaha, NE 2014
• MRSA - Taming a Superbug; BioRad Scientific Exchange Program, Hercules, CA 2013
• Whole Genome Mapping of the First Reported Case of KPC-2 positive Klebsiella pneumoniae in Nebraska. Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Abstracts, Denver, Colorado, September 2013. 2013
• Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV Infections - An Update, BioRad Continuing Education Series, Syracuse, NY 2013
• Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV Infection - An Update, Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Omaha, NE 2013
• Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV Infections - An Update, BioRad Continuing Education Series, Anaheim, CA 2013
• Microbial Identification - An Update, Nebraska Society for Clinical Laboratory Science Annual Conference, Omaha, NE 2012
• Microbial Identification - An Update; University of Iowa Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Iowa City, IA 2011
• Antibiotic De-Escalation for ICU Pneumonia: What is the impact? Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Chicago, Illinois, September 2011. 2011
• What's New in Microbial Identification; (jointly with Dr. Joseph Knezetic) Creighton University Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Omaha, NE 2011
• Differential Induction of blaSME-1and ampC in a Clinical Isolate of Serratia marcescens and its Mutant. American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 2011 2011
• Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV Infections - An Update; Minnesota Interlaboratory Microbiology Association Fall Meeting, Minneapolis, MN 2010
• MRSA - Laboratory Diagnosis and Screening; Creighton University Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Omaha, NE 2010
• Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Hepatitis; American Society for Microbiology Teleconference 2009
• Comparison of treatment efficacy with metronidazole monotherapy or metronidazole + oral vancomycin for Clostridium difficileassociated diarrhea (CDAD). American College of Clinical Pharmacy 30th Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California. October 2009. 2009
• Improved Recognition and Detection of Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcuscoccus aureus(MRSA) from Non-Nasal Clinical Specimens Using BioRadMRSASelect™. Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Abstracts, San Francisco, California, September 2009. 2009
• Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Hepatitis; Regional Infection Control Practitioners Quarterly Meeting, Spring Valley, IL 2009
• Comparison of DiaSorin Versus Bio-Rad Test Kits for the Detection of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Total Core and Surface Antibodies on the Bio-Rad Evolis™. American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 2009. 2009
• Laboratory Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infections; Creighton University Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Omaha, NE 2009
• Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Hepatitis, Bixby Infectious Disease Symposium, Overland Park, KS 2008
• Lyme Disease in Nebraska; Creighton University Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Omaha, NE 2008
• Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Hepatitis - An Update, BioRad Continuing Education Series, Fort Lauderdale, FL 2008
• Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Hepatitis - An Update, BioRad Continuing Education Series, Indianapolis, IN 2008
• Bioterrorism; Fourth Annual Forensic Science Symposium, Lincoln, NE 2007
• Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV, HBV and HCV Infections, BioRad Continuing Education Series, Nashville, TN 2007
• Diagnostic Virology, BioRad Continuing Education Series, Nashville, TN 2007
• Molecular Methods for Rapid and Accurate Diagnosis in Clinical Microbiology; Clinical Microbiology Symposium, invited speaker, 2 hour lecture, Military General Hospital, Beijing, China, 2006
• Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Current Resistance Trends" Clinical Microbiology Symposium, invited speaker, 2 hour lecture, Military General Hospital, Beijing, China 2006
• Imported AmpC ß-Lactamases (iAmpCs) can Cause False Positive ESBL Confirmatory Disk Tests (CDTs). Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Abstracts, San Francisco, California, September 2006. 2006
• Surveillance of Community-Based Reservoirs Reveal the Co-Production of a CMY-2 AmpC ß-Lactamase (BL) and a CTX-M-14 Extended Spectrum ß-Lactamase (ESBL) in Isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) and Escherichia coli (Ec). Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Abstracts, San Francisco, California, September 2006. 2006
• Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV, HBV and HCV Infections, BioRad Continuing Education Series, Denver, CO 2006
• Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV, HBV, and HCV Infections; Creighton University Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Omaha, NE 2006
• Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV, HBV and HCV Infections, BioRad Continuing Education Series, Orlando, FL 2006
• Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV, HBV and HCV Infections, BioRad Continuing Education Series, Greensboro, NC 2006
• Diagnostic Virology, BioRad Continuing Education Series, Greensboro, NC 2006
• Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV, HBV and HCV Infections, BioRad Continuing Education Series, Newton, MA 2006
• Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV, HBV and HCV Infections, BioRad Continuing Education Series, Glendale, CA 2006
• Detection of Influenza Viruses Using Roche Lightcycler® and Artus® (Qiagen) Real Time PCR Influenza Assay. Clinical Virology Symposium, Clearwater, Florida, April 2006. 2006
• Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV, HBV and HCV Infections, BioRad Continuing Education Series, Dallas, TX 2005
• Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV, HBV and HCV Infections, BioRad Continuing Education Series, New York, NY 2005
• West Nile Virus - The Nebraska Experience; Creighton University Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Omaha, NE 2004
• Wake Forest University Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC - Common and Cost-Effective Uses of Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing in Clinical Microbiology (invited lecture). 2003
• Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV Infection; Creighton University Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Omaha, NE 2002
• Optimizing Use of Rapid Antigen Tests and Shell Vials for the Detection of Respiratory Viruses. Poster at 99th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, 1999
• HealthPartners, Inc. Symposium on Community Acquired Pneumonia - Laboratory Diagnosis of Community Acquired Pneumonia, Minneapolis, MN, February 13, 1999 1999
• Interpretation of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Data; Nebraska Association for Professionals in Infection Control, Papillion, NE 1998
• Laboratory Diagnosis of Tuberculosis; Creighton University Department of Medicine Conference, Omaha, NE 1998
• Diagnostic Microbiology: An Update; 18th Annual Infectious Disease Symposium (invited lecture), Omaha, NE 1998
• Clinical Evaluation of Vidas CDA II Assay Compared with Reference Cytotoxicity Assay for the Detection of Clostridium difficile Toxin in Stool Specimens. Clinical Virology Symposium, Clearwater, Florida, April 1998 1998
• The Application of Amplified Probes of DNA Testing in Infectious Diseases; Nebraska Society for Clinical Laboratory Science Annual Conference (invited lecture), Omaha, NE 1998
• Nasopharyngeal (NP) Colonization of Adults and Children with Penicillin Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in a Child Care Center (CCC). Second International Pediatric Infectious Disease Conference, Napa Valley, California, September 1997 1997
• Effect of Penicillin (PCN) Susceptibility on Hospitalization Length and Mortality in S. pneumoniae Infections. Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Abstracts, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 1997 1997
• Emerging Pathogens Causing Infectious Diseases; Nebraska Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, Omaha, NE 1997
• Assessment of Pyuria as a Screen for Urinary Tract Infection Using the International Remote Imaging System (IRIS). American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, Miami Beach, Florida, May 1997 1997
• Early Detection of Clostridium difficile Cytotoxicity from Stool Specimens Using a Four Hour Incubation of the Conventional Cell Culture Method. American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, Miami Beach, Florida, May 1997 1997
• Evaluation of MicroScan® Investigational Dried Overnight Panels with Expanded Dilution Ranges for Susceptibility Testing of Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria. American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1996 1996
• Use of MicroScan® Identification Panels for Rapid Identification of Rhodococcus, Gordona, Oerskovia, and Actinomadura by Detection of Preformed Enzymes. American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1996 1996
• Potential Health Care Cost Savings from PCR-Based Rapid Diagnosis of Enteroviral Meningitis. Pediatric Academic Societies Abstracts, Washington, DC, May 1996 1996
• Rapid Identification of Nocardia Species by Use of Chromogenic Substrates. Missouri Valley Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, Omaha, Nebraska, March 1996 1996
• Malassezia furfur Colonization in Two Neonatal Intensive Care Settings. Infectious Disease Society of America Abstracts, San Francisco, California, September 1995 1995
• Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance; Nebraska Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (invited lecture), Omaha, NE 1995
• Use of MicroScan® Identification Panels for Rapid Identification of Nocardia by Detection of Preformed Enzymes. American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, Washington, DC, May 1995 1995
• Evaluation of Gen-Probe Pace® 2 Probe Competition Assay for the Verification of Specimens Positive for Chlamydia trachomatis & Neisseria gonorrhoeae. American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, Washington, DC, May 1995 1995
• Comparison of Spin Amplification (shell vial) Versus Traditional Tube Culture Method for the Recovery of Varicella-Zoster Virus. American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, Washington, DC, May 1995 1995
• Evaluation of the BioStar Optical Immunoassay for the Rapid Diagnosis of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis. Nebraska Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, Omaha, Nebraska, April 1995 1995
• Evaluation of the E Test for Susceptibility Testing of Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria. Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Abstracts, Orlando, Florida, October 1994 1994
• Evaluation of MicroScan® Dried Overnight GramNegative Panels for Determining MICs of Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria. Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Abstracts, Orlando, Florida, October 1994 1994
• Comparison of Ampicillin-Sulbactam Regimens Simulating 1.5g and 3.0g Human Doses in the Treatment of Escherichia coli Bacteremia in Mice. Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Abstracts, Orlando, Florida, October 1994 1994
• Cavalieri SJ, Hostetter MK, Rupp ME, Dominguez EA. Synergy Studies on and Therapy for Multiply Antibiotic Resistant Enterococcus faecium from a Recent Outbreak. Infectious Disease Society of America Abstracts, Orlando, Florida, October 1994 1994
• Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Current Resistance Trends; Nebraska Teleconference Network Medical Technology Television Continuing Education Series, (invited lecture), Omaha, NE 1994
• Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Current Resistance Trends; Department of Pathology Seminar, Creighton University,Omaha, NE 1994
• Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Current Resistance Trends; Merck Continuing Education Program, (invited lecture),Omaha, NE 1994
• Parasitology Review; Nebraska Teleconference Network Medical Technology Television Continuing Education Series, (invited lecture), Omaha, NE 1994
• Antimycobacterial Activity of Clarithromycin" Department of Medical Microbiology Seminar, Omaha, NE 1993
• Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing: An Adjunct to Antimicrobial Management" Art of Antimicrobial Management Symposium,Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE 1993
• Comparative Evaluation of the E-Test Against 30 Isolates of Nocardia Species. Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Abstracts, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1993 1993
• Expanded Spectrum Oral Cephalosporins: Comparative Activity and Efficacy; Department of Pathology Seminar, Creighton University,Omaha, NE 1993
• Synergistic Activity of Clarithromycin and Antituberculous Drugs Against Multi-Drug Resistant M. tuberculosis. American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, Atlanta, Georgia, May 1993 1993
• Comparative Efficacy of Cefdinir, Cefixime and Cefuroxime Against ß-lactam Resistant Bacteria in a Mouse Model of lethal Infection. American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, May 1993, Atlanta, GA 1993
• Microbiology of Rochalimaea henselae and its role in Neurological Disease; Clinical Neurosciences Conference,Omaha, NE 1993
• Impact of CLIA '88 on POLs; Omaha Mid-West Clinical Society, 60th Annual Postgraduate Assembly Omaha, NE 1992
• Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Haemophilus influenzae - An Update; Department of Pathology Seminar, Creighton University,Omaha, NE 1992
• In vitro Susceptibility of Mycobacterium kansasii to Clarithromycin and Isoniazid. American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1992 1992
• Comparison of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Media for Haemophilus influenzae. Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Abstracts, Chicago, Illinois, September 1991 1991
• Influence of Therapeutic Apheresis on the Pharmacokinetics of Ceftriaxone. Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Abstracts, Chicago, Illinois, September 1991 1991
• In vitro Activity of Cefdinir (CI-983, FK 482) Versus Pediatric Bacterial Pathogens. Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Abstracts, Chicago, Illinois, September 1991 1991
• Effect of Various Testing Conditions on the in vitro Activity of Cefdinir (CI-983, FK 482). Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Abstracts, Chicago, Illinois, September 1991 1991
• Emergence of Resistance in Response to Therapy with Expanded-Spectrum ß-lactams (ESßL). Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Abstracts, Chicago, Illinois, September 1991 1991
• Parasitology Update; Nebraska Society for Medical Technology Spring Meeting, (invited lecture), Omaha, NE 1991
• Effect of Ciprofloxacin on the Maintenance of Virulence Plasmids in Escherichia coli. American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, Dallas, Texas, May 1991. 1991
• Rapid Identification of Mycobacteria from BACTEC 13A Blood Cultures Using the Non-Isotopic, SNAP DNA Probe. American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, Dallas, Texas, May 1991. 1991
• Effect of Ciprofloxacin on the Virulence of Microorganisms: Another Mechanism of Efficacy? Department of Pathology Seminar, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 1991
• Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Haemophilus influenzae - An Update; Nebraska Society for Medical Technology Spring Meeting, (invited lecture), Omaha, NE 1991
• Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing - An Update; Nebraska Veterans Affairs Medical Technology Continuing Education Series, (invited teleconference), Omaha, NE 1991
• Update on Blood Cultures; Nebraska Veterans Affairs Medical Technology Continuing Education Series, (invited teleconference), Omaha, NE 1990
• In Vitro and In Vivo Studies on Beta-Lactamase Inhibitors; Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Omaha, NE 1989
• Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Ticarcillin/ Clavulanate and Amoxicillin/Clavulanate Against Ampicillin Resistant Escherichia coli: Activity, Correlation of Methods and Potential Mechanisms of Resistance. Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Abstracts, Houston, Texas, September 1989. 1989
• Influence of ß-lactamase Inhibitors on the Potency of their Companion Drug with Organisms Possessing Class I Enzymes. American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1989. 1989
• A Community Outbreak of Serious Infections Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, Miami Beach, Florida, May 1988. 1988
• Office Microbiology: The Cost of Convenience; Omaha Mid-West Clinical Society 56th Annual Postgraduate Assembly, (invited lecture), Omaha, NE, May 1988 1988
• Detection of Bacteremia in Patients on Antimicrobial Therapy; Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Omaha, NE 1988
• Beta-lactamases: Role in Bacterial Resistance and Clinical Significance; Department of Pathology Grand Rounds, Omaha, NE 1987
• Characterization of the Immunological Response to Hemolytic Escherichia coli. American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, Washington, DC, March 1986. 1986
• In vitro Activity of Enoxacin (CI-919, AT 2266) Against Multiply Resistant, Gram Negative Bacteria. Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Abstracts, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 1983. 1984
• Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Gram Negative Clinical Isolates Using the AutoMicrobic System. American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 1983 1984
• Escherichia coli Alpha-Hemolysin: Copurification of Hemolytic and Leukotoxic Activities. American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1982. 1982
• Effect of Escherichia coli Alpha-Hemolysin on Human Peripheral Blood Leukocytes in vitro." 7th Sigma Xi Research Colloquium, West Virginia University Chapter, Morgantown, West Virginia, April 1981 1981
• Effect of Escherichia coli Alpha-Hemolysin on Human Leukocytes and Uroepithelial Cells. American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, Dallas, Texas, March 1981. 1981
• Purification and Cytotoxicity of Escherichia coli Alpha- Hemolysin. American Society for Microbiology Abstracts, Miami Beach, Florida, May 1980. 1980
• Purification and cytotoxicity of Escherichia coli alpha- hemolysin. Allegheny Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, March 1980. 1980
• Effect of Escherichia coli Alpha-Hemolysin on Procaryotic and Eucaryotic Cells. Allegheny Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, March 1980 1980
• Inhibitors of Escherichia coli Alpha-Hemolysin. Allegheny Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, Erie, Pennsylvania,March 1979 1979

Awards

• 30 year service award
  30 year service award; Creighton University.
  Creighton University
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  Recognition for Service to Pathology Residency Program
  Creighton University - SOM - Graduate Medical Education Committee
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  Outstanding Resident Teaching Award
  Creighton University - SOM - Department of Pathology
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  Outstanding Resident Teaching Award
  Creighton University - SOM - Department of Pathology

Consulting

• Abstract Reviewer
  ASM Microbe
  2018 - 2018
• Consultant
  Presenter/Advisor
  Hepatisis Scientific Advisory Board - BioRad Laboratories, Daytona, FL
  BioRad Laboratories
  2013 - 2013
• Inspector
  College of American Pathologists, Laboratory Accreditation Program
  College of American Pathologists, Laboratory Accreditation Program
  1987 - 1987