- Abscess
- Aspergillosis
- Bacterial infections
- Blastomycosis
- Bone marrow transplant infection
- Cellulitis
- Clostridium difficile infection
- COVID-19 virus disease
- Encephalitis
- Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)
- Fever of unknown origin
- Flu (influenza)
- Fungal infection
- Helicobacter pylori (H. Pylori)
- Histoplasmosis
- Infectious complications with solid tumor
- Infectious disease
- Infectious diseases in lymphoma
- Latent tuberculosis (LTBI)
- Leukemia related infection
- Lymphadenopathy (Enlarged lymph nodes)
- Meningitis
- Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- Mycobacterium infections
- Parasitic infections
- Pneumonia
- Positive QuantiFERON gold test result
- Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB)
- Shingles
- Skin infections
- Skin rash
- Staphylococcal infections
- Urinary tract infection
- Viral infectious disorders
- Wound infection
Danica Mae Palacio, MD
Infectious Diseases
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
MacGregor Infection Medicine and Travel Program
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
My education and training
- Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center
- Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Infectious Disease, 2024
- Internal Medicine, 2021
- American Society of Transplantation, National
- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, International
- Infectious Disease Society of America, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Baghdadi JD, Harris AD, Pineles L, Al-Shanqeeti S, Palacio D, Charles DW, Heil E, Claeys KC, Bork JT, Sommerkamp S, Wilkerson RG, Godwin G, Sutherland ME, Johnson JK, Morgan DJ. Using Probability of Community-Acquired Pneumonia to Tailor Antimicrobials Among Inpatients: A Pragmatic, Randomized Trial , Clin Infect Dis, 82: 2026,954-961
Palacio, D., Imlay, H., Baddley, J.W. Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Solid Organ Transplant. , Pulmonary Aspergillosis: 2024,143–153
Palacio DM, Kates OS, Baddley JW. Tools to improve donor utilization by infectious diseases clinicians , Transpl Infect Dis: 2023
Shulder S, Tamma PD, Fiawoo S, Dzintars K, Escobar D, Livorsi DJ, Malani AN, Palacio D, Spivak ES, Zimmerman M, Bork JT. Infectious Diseases Consultation Associated With Reduced Mortality in Gram-Negative Bacteremia , Clin Infect Dis, 77: 2023,1234-1237
Baghdadi JD, Tripathi R, Pineles L, Harris AD, Palacio D, Charles D, Claeys KC, Heil E, Bork J, Morgan DJ. Developing a diagnosis calculator to estimate the probability of bacterial pneumonia , Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol, 3: 2023,e137
Sowah LA, George N, Doll M, Chiou C, Bhat P, Smith C, Palacio D, Nieweld C, Miller E, Oni I, Okwesili C, Mathur P, Saleeb PG, Buchwald UK. Predictors of in-hospital mortality in a cohort of people living with HIV (PLHIV) admitted to an academic medical intensive care unit from 2009 to 2014: A retrospective cohort study , Medicine (Baltimore), 101: 2022,e29750
Palacio D, Prakash K, Riedel D. Review of Intravesicular Cidofovir for BK Virus Hemorrhagic Cystitis. , Transplant/Immunocompromised Hosts. Curr Treat Options Infect Dis., 13: 2021,100-110
Barton R, Palacio D, Iovine MK, Berger BW. A cytosolic juxtamembrane interface modulates plexin A3 oligomerization and signal transduction , PLoS One, 10: 2015,e0116368