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Medical School: Columbia University
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

American Society of Microbiology (ASM), National European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), International Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), National Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), National

Hospital Privileges:

• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
• Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
• Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Description of Research Expertise:

microbial ecology; next-generation sequencing; respiratory tract microbiome; ventilator-associated infection; antimicrobial resistance; Clostridium difficile infection

Selected Publications:

Jillian Baron, Alexis Schwartz, Ebony Davis, Julie Uspal, Brendan J. Kelly: Long-Term Impact of an HIV Testing Program on High-Risk HIV Screening in the Emergency Department Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Annual ID Week 2019 : 2019.

Berry ASF, Kelly BJ, Barnhart D, Kelly DJ, Beiting DP, Baldassano RN, Redding LE: Gut microbiota features associated with Clostridioides difficile colonization in puppies PloS One 14 (8): e0215497,2019.

Ziegler M, Han JH, Landsburg D, Pegues D, Reesey E, Gilmar C, Gorman T, Bink K, Moore A, Kelly BJ: Impact of Levofloxacin for the Prophylaxis of Bloodstream Infection on the Gut Microbiome in Patients With Hematologic Malignancy Open Forum Infect Dis 6 (7): ofz252,2019.

Kelly BJ, Lautenbach E, Han JH: The authors reply Crit Care Med 47 (3): e275-e276,2019.

Knecht VR, McGinniss JE, Shankar HM, Clarke EL, Kelly BJ, Imai I, Fitzgerald AS, Bittinger K, Bushman FD, Collman RG: Molecular analysis of bacterial contamination on stethoscopes in an intensive care unit Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol : 1-7,2018.

Ziegler M, Han JH, Landsburg D, Pegues D, Reesey E, Gilmar C, Gorman T, Bink K, Moore A, Kelly BJ: Impact of levofloxacin for the prophylaxis of bloodstream infection on the gut microbiome in patients with hematologic malignancy Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Annual ID Week 2018 : 2018.

Weingart MF, Vecker RF, Fitzpatrick R, Lautenbach E, Pegues DA, Kelly BJ: Electronic records of daily subglottic suctioning predict infectious and non-infectious adverse ventilator-associated events during critical care Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Annual ID Week 2018 : 2018.

Clarke E, Reesey E, Lautenbach E, Wernovsky E, Kelly BJ: Modeling changes in gastrointestinal and respiratory tract bacterial community diversity attributable to common antibiotic exposures during long-term acute care Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Annual ID Week 2018 : 2018.

Kelly BJ, Lautenbach E, Nachamkin I, Coffin SE, Gerber JS, Fuchs BD, Garrigan C, Han X, Bilker WB, Wise J, Tolomeo P, Han JH: Combined Biomarkers Predict Acute Mortality Among Critically Ill Patients With Suspected Sepsis Crit Care Med 46 (7): 1106-1113,2018.

Agarwal R, Bartsch SM, Kelly BJ, Prewitt M, Liu Y, Chen Y, Umscheid CA: Newer glycopeptide antibiotics for treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections: a systematic review, network meta-analysis and cost analysis Clin Microbiol Infect 24 (4): 361-368,2018.

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