BarbaraDAlexanderMD

Infectious Disease • Durham, NC

Microbiology

Associate Professor, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine

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Office
Duke Medical Ctr
Durham, NC 27710
Phone+1 919-668-0789

Education & Training

Duke University HospitalFellowship, Medical Microbiology, 1998 - 1999
Duke University HospitalFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1996 - 1998
Duke University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1996
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina UniversityClass of 1993

Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 1999 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
American Board of Pathology Medical Microbiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013

Clinical Trials

β-D-Glucan (BDG) Surveillance With Preemptive Anidulafungin vs. Standard Care for Invasive Candidiasis in Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) Patients Start of enrollment: 2008 Jun 01
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Limited utility of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) surveillance for predicting post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders in adult EBV seropositive lung transplant recipie...
Jordan K Mah, Patrick C K Tam, Yeh-Chung Chang, Jennifer H Saullo, Arthur W Baker
Journal of Clinical Virology. 2025-02-01
Is Pathogen Molecular Testing Reshaping Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing?
Barbara D Alexander, William D Irish, Adriana E Rosato, Barry I Eisenstein, Maren S Fragala
American Journal of Medical Quality. 2025-01-10
Association Between the Need to Change Initial Antifungal Therapy and Treatment Costs in Patients With Invasive Aspergillosis.
Barbara D Alexander, Melissa Johnson, Mark Bresnik, Vamshi Ruthwik Anupindi, Lia Pizzicato
Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2025-01-01

Press Mentions

New Bill Could Soon Make Vaccine or Testing Mandatory for Domestic U.S. FlightsOctober 2nd, 2021
Senate Bill Would Require Domestic Flyers to Provide COVID-19 Vaccination ProofOctober 1st, 2021
Domestic Flyers May Need to Show Proof of Vaccination if Senate Bill PassesSeptember 30th, 2021
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Grant Support

Mid-Career Investigator Award: Preventing And Diagnosing Fungal DiseaseNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2007–2011
Core-Analytical And RadioimmunoassayNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2004–2008
Prevention/Diagnosis/Fungal Infections/TransplantationNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2002–2005