Description of Research Expertise:
Infection Control
Healthcare Epidemiology
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections
Selected Publications:
Chen AI, Bilker WB, Hamilton KW, O'Donnell JA, Nachamkin I: Blood culture utilization at an academic hospital: Addressing a gap in benchmarking Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 39 (11): 1353-1359,2018.
Lerman DT, Hamilton KW, Byrne D, Lee DF, Zeitler K, Claridge T, Gray J, Minamoto GY: The impact of infection among left ventricular assist device recipients on post-transplantation outcomes: A retrospective review Transplant Infect Dis : e12995,2018.
Luther VP, Shnekendorf R, Abbo LM, Advani S, Armstrong WS, Barsoumian AE, Beeler CB, Bystritsky R, Cherabuddi K, Cohen S, Hamilton KW, Ince D, Justo JA, Logan A, Lynch JB, Nori P, Ohl CA, Patel PK, Pottinger PS, Schwartz BS, Stack C, Zhou Y: Antimicrobial Stewardship Training for Infectious Diseases Fellows: Program Directors Identify a Curriculum Need Clin Infect Dis 67 (8): 1285-1287,2018.
Malhotra NR, Piazza M, Demoor R, McClintock SD, Hamilton K, Sharma N, Osiemo B, Berger I, Hossain E, Borovskiy Y, Maloney E, Smith LJ, Grady MS: Impact of Reduced Preincision Antibiotic Infusion Time on Surgical Site Infection Rates: A Retrospective Cohort Study Ann Surg : 2018.
Huang Kuan-Hsiang G, Cluzet V, Hamilton K, Fadugba O: The Impact of Reported Beta-Lactam Allergy in Hospitalized Patients With Hematologic Malignancies Requiring Antibiotics Clin Infect Dis 67 (1): 27-33,2018.
Gaw CE, Hamilton KW, Gerber JS, Szymczak JE: Physician Perceptions Regarding Antimicrobial Use in End-of-Life Care Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 39 (4): 383-390,2018.
Hamilton K: Miracle cure: The creation of antibiotics and the birth of modern medicine. Emerg Infect Dis : 2018.
Overly S, Hunt LN, Mehta JM, Palermo B, Ketcherside WJ, Chen Y-T, Hamilton KW: Association of prior resistance results with subsequent susceptibility over time ASM Microbe : 2018.
Malhotra NR, Piazza M, DeMoor R, MClintock SS, Hamilton K, Sharma N, Osiemo B, Berger I, Hossain E, Borovskiy Y, Marcotte PJ, Maloney E, Smith LJ, Grady MS: Impact of reduced pre-incision antibiotic infusion time on surgical site infection rates: A retrospective cohort study Ann Surgery : 2018.
Chen AI, Bilker WB, Hamilton KW, O’Donnell JA, Nachamkin I: Analysis of blood culture utilization at an academic hospital: Addressing a gap in benchmarking Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol : 2018.