Kathryn E. Schlaffer, MD
- Academic Title: Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Medicine
- Administrative Title: Program Director of the Fellowship Program
- Additional Title: Assistant Professor, Division of Clinical Care and Research, Institute of Human Virology Assistant Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship
- Email: kschlaffer@ihv.umaryland.edu
Education and Training
Dickinson College, BS Spanish & Biology
Temple University School of Medicine, MD
University of Maryland Medical Center, Internal Medicine Residency
Mercy Medical Center, Internal Medicine Chief Resident
University of Maryland Medical Center, Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Highlighted Publications
Claeys KC, Schlaffer KE, Heil EL, Leekha S, Johnson JK. Validation of an antimicrobial stewardship-driven Verigene blood-culture Gram-negative treatment algorithm to improve appropriateness of antibiotics. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2018 Oct 5;10, p. ofy233.
Claeys KC, Schlaffer K, Smith R, Hitchcock S, Jiang Y, Evans S, Johnson JK, Leekha S. Day at the races: comparing BioFire FilmArray blood culture ID panels with Verigene blood culture panel in Gram-negative bloodstream infections using DOOR-MAT analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2021 Sep 15;73(6):1103-6.