KevinHighMDMS; FACP, FIDSA

Infectious Disease • Winston Salem, NC

Transplant/Immunocompromised States

Professor of Medicine and Translational Science, Wake Forest School of Medicine; Chief, Section on Infectious Diseases

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Office
S Hawthorne Rd
Winston Salem, NC 27157
Phone+1 336-716-2255

Education & Training

Wake Forest UniversityM.Sc., Epidemiology, 1998
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1990 - 1993
University of Virginia Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1990
University of Virginia School of MedicineClass of 1986
Bucknell UniversityB.S., Biology, Magna Cum Laude, 1982

Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 1993 - 2026
VA State Medical License 1988 - 2008
CT State Medical License 1990 - 1994
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Special Recognition Award Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine, 2013
Reidar Wallin Faculty Teaching Award MMTS Program, 2012
Laureate Award NC Chapter ACP, 2012
Named to “Top Doctors” Castle-Connolly, 2011
Eric Neilson Distinguished Professor Award The Association of Specialty Professors, 2009
Named to "Best Doctors in America" Best Doctors, 2007
Master Teacher Award Wake Forest University School of Medicine Internal Medicine Housestaff, 2002-2003, 2007
Master Teacher Award Wake Forest University School of Medicine - Internal Medicine Housestaff, 2002-2003, 2007
Named to “Best Doctors in North Carolina” NC Business Journal, 2002
Fellow (FACP) American College of Physicians, 2001
Commendation for Outstanding Contribution to the Internal Medicine Residency Program Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1999
Tinsley Harrison Award for Clinical Teaching Wake Forest University School of Medicine - Internal Medicine Housestaff, 1995, 1997, 2005-2006
Tinsley Harrison Award for Clinical Teaching Wake Forest University School of Medicine Internal Medicine Housestaff, 1995, 1997, 2005-2006
Teacher of the Year Yale Physicians Associate Program, 1993
Omicron Delta Kappa 1993
Alpha Omega Alpha 1993
ECAC Scholar/Athlete Bucknell University, 1982
Phi Beta Kappa Bucknell University, 1982
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Clinical Trials

Comparison of Fluconazole vs Voriconazole to Treat Fungal Infections for Blood and Marrow Transplants (BMT CTN 0101) Start of enrollment: 2003 Nov 01
Completed
Phase 3
Daptomycin or Vancomycin in Treating Bacteria in the Blood in Patients With Neutropenia Caused By Chemotherapy Start of enrollment: 2005 Jul 01
Withdrawn
Not Applicable
American Ginseng Extract in Preventing Respiratory Infection and in Reducing Antibiotic Use in Patients With CLL Start of enrollment: 2008 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 2
Early Versus Late Bronchoscopy in Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) Patients Start of enrollment: 2009 Jan 01
Completed
Not Applicable
A Study of the Safety and Efficacy of CMX001 for the Prevention of CMV Infection in CMV-seropositive HCT Recipients Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 3
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Mesenteric panniculitis as a possible cause of fever of unknown origin.
Gregory Richard Lombana, Nisha Ajay Patel, Kevin P High
BMJ Case Reports. 2023-11-01
4 citations
Brief Report: Differences in Types of Myocardial Infarctions Among People Aging With HIV.
Heidi M. Crane, Robin M. Nance, Bridget M. Whitney, Susan R. Heckbert, Matthew J. Budoff
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2021-02-01
35 citations
Automated Frailty Screening At-Scale for Pre-Operative Risk Stratification Using the Electronic Frailty Index.
Kathryn E. Callahan, Clancy J. Clark, Angela F. Edwards, Timothy N. Harwood, Jeff D Williamson
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2021-01-19

Journal Articles

Preserving Elective Surgeries in the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future
Kevin High, MD, JAMA
CMX-001 to prevent cytomegalovirus disease in hematopoietic cell transplantation
Marty FM, Winston DJ, Rowley SD, Vance E, Papanicolaou GA, Mullane KM, Brundage TM, Robertson AT, Godkin S, Mommeja-Marin H, Boeckh M; CMX001-201 Clinical Study Group ..., Engl J Med, 1/1/2013
Fidaxomicin versus Vancomycin for Infection with Clostridium difficile in Europe, Canada, and the USA: a double-blind, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial
Cornely OA, Crook DW, Esposito R, Poirier A, Somero MS, Weiss K, Sears P, Gorbach S; OPT-80-004 Clinical Study Group (High, KP), Lancet Infect Dis, 1/1/2012
Summary Report from the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Aging Consensus Project: Treatment Strategies for Clinicians Managing Older Individuals with the Human Immunod...
Working Group for the HIV and Aging Consensus Project (High KP), J Am Geriatr Soc, 1/1/2012
HIV and Aging: An Update
Barbour S, High KP, Inf Dis Special Edition, 1/1/2012
Miribavir Prophylaxis for Prevention of Cytomegalovirus Disease in Recipients of Allogeneic Stem-Cell Transplants: a phase-3, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomi...
Marty FM, Ljungman P, Papanicolaou GA, Winston DJ, Chemaly RF, Strasfeld L, Young JA, Rodriguez T, Maertens J, Schmitt M, Einsele H, Ferrant A, Lipton JH, Villano SA, ..., Lancet Infect Dis, 1/1/2011
HIV and Aging: Management Considerations
Barbour S, High KP, Inf Dis Special Edition, 1/1/2011
Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy: a long-overdue option for older adults
High KP, J Am Geriatr Soc, 1/1/2007
Immunizations in Older Adults
High KP, Clin Geriatr Med, 1/1/2007
Analysis of infectious complications after unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation: results of a prospective multi-center trial comparing T-cell depletion versus i...
van Burik JH, Carter SL, Freifeld AG, High KP, Godder KT, Papanicolaou GA, Mendizabal AM, Wagner JE, Yanovich S, and Kernan NA, Biol Blood Marrow Transpl, 1/1/2007
An evaluation of geriatrics activities within internal medicine subspecialties
Sonu IS, High KP, Clayton CP, Woolard NF, Hazzard WR, Am J Med, 1/1/2006
Chronic Infection and Frailty: Surrogate Markers, Associations and Causality
High KP, J Am Geriatr Soc, 1/1/2005
The Importance of Geriatric-Specific Instruments and Functional Status Assessment in Infectious Diseases Research: Time to Start Preaching to the Congregation Instead ...
High KP, J Am Geriatr Soc, 1/1/2004
Advancing academic subspecialty medicine: the agenda for the future of the Association of Subspecialty Professors
Clayton CP, Ladenson PW, Weissler JC, High KP, Barr WG, Linzer M, Am J Med, 1/1/2004
A Retrospective Evaluation of Fluoroquinolone Antibacterial Selection in a US Community Hospital
Iannini PB, Ruskin J, High KP, Klugman KP, MacGowan AP, Niederman MS, Peterson LR and Rotschafer J, Today’s Therapeutic Trends, 1/1/2004
Why Should the Infectious Diseases Community Focus on Aging?
High KP, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1/1/2003
Book Review: Aging, Immunity and Infection
High KP, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1/1/2003
Integrating Geriatrics and Subspecialty Internal Medicine: Results of a Survey on Patient Care Practices, Training, Attitudes, and Research
Joiner KA, Haponik E, and High KP, Am J Med, 1/1/2002
Infection in an Ageing World Lancet
High KP, Infectious Diseases, 1/1/2002
How to Identify and Treat Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Older Adults
Daybell D and High KP, Skin & Aging, 1/1/2001
Catheter-related Aureobasidium pullulans infection in autologous stem cell transplantation
Keung Y-K, Wasilauskas B, and High KP, Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, 1/1/2001
Diagnosing graft vs host disease
O’Rourke ME and High KP, Clin J Oncol Nrsg, 1/1/2000
Micronutrient Supplementation and Immune Function in the Elderly
High KP, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1/1/1999
Integrating Geriatrics into the Subspecialty of Infectious Diseases
High KP and Yoshikawa TT, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1/1/1999
Tuberculosis after bone marrow transplantation
Nunez M, Radford J. Cruz J, Perry J, Hurd D, High KP, Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, 1/1/1999
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Other

Evaluation of infection in the older adult
High K, Garlington W
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/evaluation-of-infection-in-the-older-adult
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-12-07

Press Mentions

Atrium Health Named to 2021 Joy in Medicine™ Health System Recognition ProgramOctober 8th, 2021
Wake Forest Baptist Health Relaxes Visitor Restrictions, Letting More Visitors See PatientsJune 9th, 2021
Johnson and Johnson Vaccine Expected to Arrive This Week in Forsyth CountyMarch 2nd, 2021
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