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FACULTY Department Members By Category Laboratories Faculty Robert Salata, MD Chief Donald Anthony, MD, PhD Keith Armitage, MD Eric Arts, PhD David Bobak, MD Robert Bonomo, MD W. Henry Boom, MD David Canaday, MD Michael Cho, PhD Curtis Donskey, MD Scott Fulton, MD Yong Gao, MD, PhD Barbara Gripshover, MD Marion Helfand, MD Christina Hirsch, MD Marta Jakubowycz, MD Wei Jiang, MD John L Johnson, MD Michael Lederman, MD Tracy Lemonovich, MD Michelle Lisgaris, MD Amy Ray, MD Louis Rice, MD Benigno, Rodriguez, MD Roxana Rojas, MD Scott Sieg, PhD Richard Silver, MD Usha Stiefel, MD Zahra Toossi, MD Gopal Yadavalli, MD Research Staff Administrative Staff SEARCH: RELATED SITES:	Curtis Donskey, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Phone: (216) 791-3800 ext 5115 Fax: (216) 231-3482 E-mail: curtis.donskey@med.va.gov Education MD - Medical College of Wisconsin, 1990 Residency and Chief Residency- Brown University, 1993 Infectious Diseases- Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, 1999 Research My basic research focuses on the mechanisms by which the normal intestinal microflora inhibit colonization by nosocomial pathogens. My clinical research focuses on the role of the intestinal tract as a source for transmission of nosocomial pathogens. NIH Biosketch Selected References: • Donskey, CJ, Chowdhry TK, Hecker MT, Hoyen CK, Hanrahan JA, Hujer AM, Hutton-Thomas RA, Whalen CC, Bonomo RA, Rice LB. Effect of antibiotic therapy on the density of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in the stool of colonized patients. New England Journal of Medicine. 2000;343:1925-32. • Ray AJ, Pultz NJ, Bhalla A, Aron DC, Donskey CJ. Coexistence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci and Staphylococcus aureus in the intestinal tracts of hospitalized patients. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2003;37:875-881. • Stiefel U, Pultz NJ, Harmoinen J, Koski P, Lindevall K, Donskey CJ. Oral administration of recombinant ß-lactamase prevents piperacillin-induced overgrowth of nosocomial pathogens in the intestinal tract of mice. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2003;188:1605-9. • Hecker MT, Aron DC, Patel NP, Lehmann MK, Donskey CJ. Unnecessary use of antimicrobials in hospitalized patients: Current patterns of misuse with an emphasis on the antianaerobic spectrum of activity. Archives of Internal Medicine 2003;163:972-978.


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