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1972 - 1973 Intern- Baylor Affiliated Hospitals, Houston, Texas; 1973 - 1975 Resident in Internal Medicine- Baylor Affiliated Hospitals, Houston, Texas; 1975 - 1976 Fellow in Infectious Diseases- Baylor College of Medicine (BCM); 1976 - 1977 Instructor in Medicine, BCM; 1976 - 2005 Clinical practice of infectious diseases,- Infectious Diseases Consultants, PA; 1977 - 2002 Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, BCM; 1978 - 1981 Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine- Program in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology- University of Texas Health Sciences Center - Houston (UTHSCH); 1978 - 1996 Program Director, Internal Medicine- Memorial Southwest Hospital, Houston, Texas (MSWH); 1978 - 2005 Chief, Infectious Diseases (MSWH); 1980 - 2005 Hospital Epidemiologist (MSWH); 1981 - 1991 Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UTHSCH- Program in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology; 1982 - 1998 Director, Infectious Diseases Program- Memorial Hospital System, Houston, Texas; 1982 - 1984 National Medical Advisor- Home Medical Support Services; 1984 - 1985 National Medical Advisor- HPI Home Health Care Services; 1984 - 1985 Educational Activities Committee- Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America (SHEA); 1984 - 1986 Standards Committee- Association for Practitioners in Infection Control (APIC); 1985 - 1990 Clinical Affairs Committee- Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA); 1986 - 1998 Medical Director, Occupational Health Services- Memorial Healthcare System, Houston, Texas; 1988 - 1989 Editorial Board- Home Health Care in Review; 1988 - 2004 Associate Clinical Professor- Family Practice and Community Medicine, UTHHSC; 1989 - 1990 Senior Medical Consultant- New England Critical Care; 1989 - 1991 Chair, Medical Advisory Council- Greater Houston AIDS Alliance; 1990 - 2004 Medical Director, Memorial Home Health Care Company; 1991 - 1992 National Medical Director (Quality Assurance)- Curaflex Health Services; 1991 - 2008 Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases), University of Texas Medical School Houston; 1991 - 1992 Guidelines Committee, International Association for Health Care- Central Service Material Managers; 1992 - 1994 Texas State Board of Dental Examiners- Expert Review Panel; 1992 - 1995 Faculty Senate, UTHHSC; 1993 - 1998 State Liaison, SHEA; 1994 - 1995 President, Texas Infectious Diseases Society; 1995 - 2002 Medical Operations Consultant, NASA; 1995 - 1998 Board, State and Regional Societies, IDSA; 1995 - Present Editorial Board, Infectious Disease Practice; 1996 - 1998 Chair, State and Regional Societies IDSA; 1996 - 2000 IDSA Program Committee; 1998 - 2005 Medical Director, Infectious Diseases, Occupational Health and Pharmacy- Memorial Hermann Healthcare Systems; 1998 -2001 User Group Governing Committee- Apache Medical Systems; 1999 - 2001 Co-chair, User Group Governing Committee- Apache Medical Systems; 2001 - 2005 Medical Advisory Steering Committee, Houston Task Force on Terrorism; 2002 - 2006 Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, BCM; 2002 - 2005 VHA Taskforce on Surgical Infection Prevention; 2002 - 2005 MRSA Work Group - Texas Department of Health; 2003-2005 Quality Board, Memorial Healthcare System; 2004 - 2008 VHA Faculty - Transformation of the ICU (Sepsis); 2004 - 2008 IDSA Delegate to the American Medical Association; 2004 - Present IDSA Quality Measures Task Force; 2004 - 2005 VHA Taskforce on Healthcare-Associated Infection Reduction; 2006-2007 Medical Director Infectious Diseases and Patient Safety Billings Clinic; 2005-Present Antimicrobial Resistance Work Group IDSA; 2006-Present VHA Faculty-Reduction of Healthcare-Associated Infections; 2006-2009 Board of Directors IDSA; 2005-2007 VHA Faculty, Transformation of the Operating Room; 2006-2007 Medical Director Hyperbaric Medicine Billings Clinic; 2006-2009 Healthcare-Associated Infection Coordination Council; 2007 IHI Executive Patient Safety Officer Program; 2007-2008 Medical Director, Clinical Integration, The Methodist Hospital System; 2007-present Infectious Diseases workgroup Texas Department of Health; 2007-present VHA Leading Practice Advisory Panel; 2008-present Medical Director Infection Prevention and Epidemiology Clinical Service Group HCA Healthcare System; 2008-2009 Chair, Healthcare-Associated Infection Coordination Council; 2008-present FDA Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee; 2008-present Board International Society of Microbial Resistance; 2009-present Affiliate Professor, Distinguished Senior Fellow, School of Public Health, George Mason University; 2009-present Scientific Advisory Committee Center for the Study of International Medical Policies and Practices; 2009-present Clinical Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center; 2009-2010 SHEA Healthcare Worker Influenza Position Paper Working Group; 2010-present SHEA/IDSA Antimicrobial Stewardship Working Group; 2010-present President Texas Infectious Diseases Society
Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University (1968); Medical Doctor, Baylor College of Medicine (1972)
American Board of Internal Medicine; American Board of Infectious Diseases
Sahly, H.M., Septimus, E., Soini, H., Septimus, J., Musser, J.M. and Graviss, E.A. Mycobacterium simiae Pseudo-Outbreak Resulting from Contaminated Hospital Water Supply in Houston, Texas. Clin Infect Dis 2002; 35:802-807; Septimus, J.D. and Septimus, E.J. Treatment of Serious MRSA Infections. Infect Dis Practice 2002; 134-136; Gonzales O.Y., Musher D.M., Brar I., Furgeson S., Boktour, M.R., Septimus, E.J., Graviss E.A., and Hamill, R.J. The Spectrum of BCG Infection after Intravesical BCG Immunotherapy. Clin Infect Dis 2003; 36:140-148; Septimus, E. J. Treatment of Infections Due to Nocardia. Infectious Disease Practice 2003; 315-317; Septimus, E.J. Osteomyelitis in Rakel & Bope ed. Conn’s Current Therapy 2004 Elsevier, 2004:1050-1053; Septimus, E.J. Pleural Effusion and Empyema in Mandell, Bennett & Dolan ed. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases Elsevier, 2005:845-853; Septimus, E.J. Osteomyelitis in Rakel & Bope ed. Conn’s Current Therapy 2005 Elsevier, 2005:1145-1149; Christenson, M., Hitt, J.A., Septimus, E.J., and Iversen, N. Improving Patient Safety: Resource Availability and Application for Reducing Healthcare-associated Infections in Community Hospitals Infect Control and Hosp Epidemiol 2006;27:245-251; Hitt, J.A. and Septimus, E.J. Weathering the Infectious Storm in Intensive Care Advance in Respiratory Care 2005; 14:22-23; Berenholtz, S.M., Pronovost, P.J., Ngo, K., Barie, P.S., Kuti, J.L., Septimus, E.J., Lawler, N., Schilling, L., Forman, T. Developing Quality Measures for Sepsis Care in the ICU Jt Comm J Qual Saf 2007; 33:559-568; Septimus, E Automated Data Mining Surveillance: Transforming The Practice of Infection Control and Prevention Managing Infect Control 2005; 5:50-52; Mohr, JF, McKinnon, PS, Peymann, PJ, Septimus, E, Okhuysen, PC A Retrospective, Comparative Evaluation of Dysglycemias in Hospitalized Patients Receiving Gatifloxacin, Levofloxacin, Ciprofloxacin, or Ceftriaxone Pharmacotherapy 2005; 25:1303-1309; Septimus, EJ and Hitt Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment Managing Infect Control 2006; 6:34-41; Septimus, J and Septimus E Candida Prostatitis Infect Dis Clin Pract 2006; 14:239; Septimus, EJ Reducing MRSA Infections Infection Control Practice 2007; 562-563; Polgreen PM, Septimus EJ, Parry MF, et al. Relationship of Influenza Vaccination Declination Statement and influenza Vaccination Rates in 22 U.S. Hospitals Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2008; 29:675-677; Septimus EJ International Conference on Healthcare- Associated Blood Stream Infections Am J Infect Control 2008; 36:S167-S170; Septimus, EJ Bacterial Pneumonia In Conn’s Current Therapy 2009; 261-264; Associate Editor: Improving Medication Use and Outcomes with Clinical Decision Support. A Step by Step Guide to be published by HIMSS (Healthcare Information Management Systems Society) 2009; Kuper K, Septimus EJ. Navigating the Legislative Land- scape of Healthcare-Associated Infections Am J Health-Syst Pharm 2009;66:; Septimus, EJ Pleural Effusion and Empyema in Mandell, Bennett & Dolan ed. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases Elsevier, 2009 917-924; Septimus EJ, Kuper K, Clinical Challenges in Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance in the 21st Century. Cl Pharm and Therap 2009; 86:336-339; Cormier S, Septimus E, Moody J, Perlin J; A Community Health System Response to the Pandemic of Novel H1N1 World Medical and Health Policy J 2009;1:35-46; Platt R, Takvoriau SU, Septimus E, et al. Cluster Randomized Trials in Comparative Effectiveness Research: Randomizing hospitals to test methods for prevention of healthcare-associated infections Medical Care 2010; 48:S52-S57; Nicogossian A, Ebadirad N, Septimus E, et al. Influenza Vaccination: Communicating Evidence In an Era of Confusion In press Septimus E, and Moody J. Strategies to Eliminate Healthcare-Associated Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Adults Managing Infect Control 2010; 10:48-58; Nicogossian A, Ebadirad N, Zimmerman T, Septimus E. Influenza Immunization: Synthesizing and Communicating the Evidence World Medical and Health Policy J 2010; 2:1-34; Polgreen PM, Septimus E, Talbot TR, et al. Results of a National Survey of Infectious Diseases Specialists Regarding Influenza Vaccination Programs For Healthcare Workers Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2010; 31:1063-1065; Talbot T, Babcock H, Cotton C, Maragakis L, Poland G, Septimus E, Tapper M, Weber D Revised SHEA Position Paper: Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2010; 31:987-995
Fellow, American College of Physicians; Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America; Fellow, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; John S. Dunn, Sr. Outstanding Teaching Award 2009, 2010 and 2011; Award for Excellence 2006-2007 Montana Residency Program; IDSA Annual Clinician Award (first recipient), 1993; AMA Physician Recognition Award 1980, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992; UTHHSC, Best Fourth-Year Elective 1982, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1995; UTHHSC Residency Program; Outstanding Education Award 1983-1986; Physician of the Year, Memorial Southwest Hospital 1995; Alpha Epsilon Delta (Honorary Pre-Medical Society); President's Scholarship Award, Ohio State University
Married 40 years, two adult sons
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