DanielJoseEscobarMD

Healthcare Associated Infections

Assistant Clinical Professor; Associate Medical Director, Hospital Epidemiology & Infection Prevention

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Dr. Daniel Escobar is an infectious disease specialist in San Francisco, CA and is affiliated with UCSF Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and has been in practice 6 years. In addition to his clinical infectious diseases work, he is the current associate medical director of hospital epidemiology and infection prevention at UCSF.

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2019 - 2021
University of MarylandChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 2017 - 2018
University of MarylandResidency, Internal Medicine, 2014 - 2017
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityClass of 2014, MD
The Johns Hopkins UniversityMS, Cell and Molecular Biology , 2008 - 2009
The Johns Hopkins UniversityBA, Biology & Romance Languages and Literature , 2004 - 2008

Inductee Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
Outstanding Clinical Fellow in Infectious Diseases Award Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2021

PubMed

7 citations
Infectious Diseases Consultation Associated With Reduced Mortality in Gram-Negative Bacteremia.
Stephanie Shulder, Pranita D Tamma, Suiyini Fiawoo, Kathryn Dzintars, Daniel Escobar
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2023-11-11
2 citations
Severe recurrence of reactive infectious mucocutaneous eruption with extensive ocular involvement in an adult due to SARS-CoV-2.
David Wu, Ernest Y Lee, Jacob Lifton, Shannon W Zullo, Kira Seiger
JAAD Case Reports. 2023-06-01
13 citations
Secondary Cases of Delta-Variant COVID-19 Among Vaccinated Healthcare Workers with Breakthrough Infections is Rare.
Sarah Waldman, Tara Buehring, Daniel J Escobar, Shruti K. Gohil, Ralph Gonzales
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2021-10-25

Journal Articles

Severe Recurrence of Reactive Infectious Mucocutaneous Eruption with Extensive Ocular Involvement in an Adult due to SARS-CoV-2
David Wu, PhD,a,b Ernest Y. Lee, MD, PhD,c Jacob Lifton, MD,d Shannon W. Zullo, MD,c Kira Seiger, MD, MBA,c Rangarajan Nadadur, MD, PhD,e Lindy P. Fox, MD,c Daniel J. ..., JAAD Case Rep, 2/16/2023
Secondary Cases of Delta-Variant COVID-19 Among Vaccinated Healthcare Workers with Breakthrough Infections is Rare
Sarah E Waldman, M.D, Tara Buehring, M.P.H, Daniel J Escobar, M.D, Shruti K Gohil, M.D., M.P.H, Ralph Gonzales, M.D., M.S.P.H, Susan S Huang, M.D., M.P.H, Keith Olensl..., Clinical Infectious Diseases, 10/25/2021
Healthcare-associated infections: where we came from and where we are headed
Daniel Escobar; David Pegues, BMJ Quality & Safety, 1/8/2021
How Nurses Can Educate the “Thoughtless Person Playing with Penicillin”
Daniel J. Escobar; David Pegues, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 9/26/2020
Mitigation of a Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak in a Nursing Home Through Serial Testing of Residents and Staff
Daniel J. Escobar, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 7/20/2020
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