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Daniel J. Morgan, MD, M.S.

Academic Title:

Professor

Primary Appointment:

Epidemiology & Public Health

Secondary Appointment(s):

Medicine

Location:

685 W. Baltimore St., MSTF 334

Phone (Primary):

(410) 706-1734

Phone (Secondary):

(410) 706-0098

Education and Training

BS Psychology, Reed College, Portland, Oregon                             

MD with Distinction in Research, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

MS Clinical Research, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Biosketch

Dan is a physician, epidemiologist and tenured Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine. He directs the Center for Innovation in Diagnosis. He was a founding member and Director of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Research Network, was on the SHEA Board of Directors  and SHEA Chair for IDWeek 2022. At the VA Maryland Healthcare System he directs Epidemiology.

His research explores probability in medicine, medical overuse, diagnostic stewardship, infection prevention and AI. On a NIH New Innovator award for "exceptional scientists pursuing highly innovative approaches to major challenges" he explored clinician risk understanding. This has led to creation of testing wisely

He has continuous federal funding, over 200 publications and his work often appears in the media including the New York Times and Washington Post. 

Highlighted Publications

  1. Harris AD, Pineles L, Belton B, Johnson JK, Shardell M, Loeb M, Newhouse R, Dembry L, Braun B, Perencevich EN, Hall KK, Morgan DJ and the Benefits of Universal Glove and Gown (BUGG) Investigators. Universal glove and gown use and acquisition of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the ICU: a randomized trial. JAMA 2013
  2. Morgan DJ, Brownlee S, Leppin AL, Kressin N, Dhruva SS, Levin L, Landon BE, Zezza MA, Schmidt H, Saini V, Elshaug AG. Setting a research agenda for medical overuse. BMJ. 2015
  3. Morgan DJ, Malani P, Diekema DJ. Diagnostic Stewardship-Leveraging the Laboratory to Improve Antimicrobial Use. JAMA. 2017
  4. Morgan DJ, Pineles L, Owczarzak J, Magder L, Scherer L, Brown JP, Pfeiffer C, Terndrup C, Leykum L, Feldstein D, Foy A, Stevens D, Koch C, Masnick M, Weisenberg S, Korenstein D. Accuracy of clinician estimates of probability of diagnosis before and after testing. JAMA Intern Med. 2021
  5. Goodman KE, Rodman AM, Morgan DJ. Preparing Physicians for the Clinical Algorithm Era. N Engl J Med. 2023

Clinical Specialty Details

Infectious Diseases

Hospital Medicine

Long-term care

Hospital Epidemiology

Awards and Affiliations

NIH Director's New Innovator Award from the Common Fund's High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program 2017

Councilor, Board of Directors, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) 2017-2018

Alvan Feinstein Award for Clinical Epidemiology. American College of Physicians 2023

Grants and Contracts

Diagnostic Stewardship as a 'nudge' to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use for urinary tract infections (PI) 1I01HX002906-01AVA Merit Review Award HSR&D

Using an Electronic Health Record (EHR)-Based Diagnostic Stewardship Intervention to Optimize the Treatment of Respiratory Viral Infections Including COVID-19 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 75D30121D12775

Mentor, PI Claeys “Engaging Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacists in Diagnostic Excellence for Urinary Tract Infections” National Academy of Medicine Scholars in Diagnostic Excellence

CDC 1U54CK000-450  (Harris PI) Epicenters for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections.