LorenzoDi FrancescoMDFACP SFHM

PubMed

• 14 citations
  Detection of pathological mechano-acoustic signatures using precision accelerometer contact microphones in patients with pulmonary disorders.
  Pranav Gupta, Haoran Wen, Lorenzo Di Francesco, Farrokh Ayazi
  Scientific Reports. 2021-06-28
• 13 citations
  Patient Recall of Health Care Provider Counseling for Opioid‐Acetaminophen Prescriptions
  Danielle M. McCarthy, Kenzie A. Cameron, Jennifer P. King, Rebecca J. Mullen, Stacy Cooper Bailey
  Pain Medicine. 2014-10-01
• 66 citations
  Risk of Unintentional Overdose with Non-Prescription Acetaminophen Products
  Michael S. Wolf, Jennifer P. King, Kara L. Jacobson, Lorenzo Di Francesco, Stacy Cooper Bailey
  Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2012-05-26

Journal Articles

• Patient Safety Outcomes under Flexible and Standard Resident Duty-Hour Rules  
  Jeffrey H. Silber, M.D., Ph.D., Lisa M. Bellini, M.D., Judy A. Shea, Ph.D., Sanjay V. Desai, M.D., David F. Dinges, Ph.D., Mathias Basner, M.D., Ph.D., Orit Even‑Shosh..., NEJM, 3/7/2019
• Education Outcomes in a Duty-Hour Flexibility Trial in Internal Medicine  
  S.V. Desai, D.A. Asch, L.M. Bellini, K.H. Chaiyachati, M. Liu, A.L. Sternberg, J. Tonascia, A.M. Yeager, J.M. Asch, J.T. Katz, M. Basner, D.W. Bates, K.Y. Bilimoria, D..., NEJM, 4/19/2018
• Risk of Unintentional Overdose with Non-Prescription Acetaminophen Products.  
  Michael S. Wolf, PhD MPH, Jennifer King, MPH1, Kara Jacobson, MPH, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Stacy Cooper Bailey, MPH, Rebecca Mullen, BA,Danielle McCarthy, MD, Marina..., J Gen Intern Med, 2012
• Patient Communication During Handovers Between Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine Residents  
  Miriam Fischer MD, Robin R. Hemphill MD, Eva Rimler MD, Stephanie Marshall MD, Erica Brownfield MD, Philip Shayne MD, Lorenzo Di Francesco MD, and Sally A. Santen MD, Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 2012
• Developing Consumer-Centered, Nonprescription Drug Labeling: A Study in Acetaminophen.  
  Jennifer P. King, MPH, Terry C. Davis, PhD, Stacy Cooper Bailey, MPH, Kara L. Jacobson, MPH, Laurie A Hedlund, BA, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Ruth Parker, MD, Michael S..., Am J Prev Med, 2011
• Health Literacy in the Pharmacy.  
  Adam Carlisle, MD, Kara L. Jacobson, MPH, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Ruth M. Parker, MD, Pharmacy & Therapeutics, 2011
• On-site Night Float by Attending Physicians: A Model to Improve Resident Education and Patient Care.  
  Andrew P. DeFilippis, MD MSc, Ildefonso Tellez, MD, MPH, Neil Winawer, MD, FHM, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, Kimberly Manning, MD, Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, FHM, J of Grad Educ, 2010
• The HCAP gap: differences between self-reported practice patterns and published guidelines for health care-associated pneumonia.  
  Gregory B. Seymann. Lorenzo Di Francesco, Bradley Sharpe, Jeffrey Rohde, Peter Fedullo, Aaron Schneir, Christopher Fee, Kevin M, Pedram Fatehi, Thuy-Tien Dam, Clin Infect Dis, 2009
• Short of Breath, Not Short of Diagnoses.  
  Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Luis Mora, MD, Kenneth Leeper, MD, Maged Doss, MD, James Little, MD, Martin Sheline, MD, Mark V. Williams, MD, Carlos Franco-Paredes, MD, J of Hosp Med, 2009
• Expanding spectrum of illness due to community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a case report.  
  Russell Kempker, MD, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Alejandro Martin-Gorgojo, MD, Carlos Franco-Paredes, MD, Cases Journal, 2009
• Erythema multiforme secondary to HSV labialis precipitating sickle cell pain crisis.  
  Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, J of Hosp Med, 2008
• Lumbar Puncture.  
  Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, J of Hosp Med, 2006
• Reforming Internal Medicine Residency Training.  
  Eric S. Holmboe, MD, Judith Bowen, MD, Michael Green, MD, MSc, Jessica Gregg, PhD, MD, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Eileen Reynolds, MD, Patrick Alguire, MD, David Battin..., J Gen Intern Med, 2005
• Internal Medicine Training in the Inpatient Setting.  
  Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Michael Pistoria, DO, Andrew Auerback, MD, MPH, Robert Nardino, MD, Eric S. Holmboe, MD, J Gen Intern Med, 2005
• Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Hospitalist Perspective.  
  Alpesh Amin, MD, Joel Diamant, MD, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, David Feinbloom, MD, Thomas Ferro, MD, Paul Holtom, MD, Joseph Li, MD, Mary Pak, MD, Daniel Rauch, M..., Infect Dis in Clin Practice, 2004
• Hospitalist Management of Community- Acquired Pneumonia: Consensus Statement.  
  Alpesh Amin, MD, Joel Diamant, MD, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, David Feinbloom, MD, Thomas Ferro, MD, Paul Holtom, MD, Joseph Li, MD, Mary Pak, MD, Daniel Rauc..., Infect Dis in Clin Practice, 2004
• Advances in Hospital Medicine. A review or key articles form the literature.  
  Mark V. Williams, MD, Jeanne Huddleston, MD, Kevin Whitford, MD, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Mitchell Wilson, MD, Med Clin N Am, 2002
• An unusual axillary mass.  
  David C. Huneycutt Jr., Rachel E. Nisbet, Lorenzo Di Francesco, American Journal of Medicine, 2000
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Books/Book Chapters

• Decision Support in Medicine, Hospital Medicine 
  Chapter: Acute Pericarditis (updated) 
  Lorenzo Di Francesco, MDEditors: Wiese, J. (Ed.).Decision Support in Medicine2015
• Decision Support in Medicine, Hospital Medicine 
  Chapter: Erythema Multiforme (updated) 
  Lorenzo Di Francesco, MDEditors: Wiese, J. (Ed.).Decision Support in Medicine2015
• Decision Support in Medicine, Hospital Medicine 
  Chapter: Acute Pericarditis 
  Lorenzo Di Francesco, MDEditors: Wiese, J (Ed.).Decision Support in Medicine2013
• https://www.clinicaladvisor.com/home/decision-support-in-medicine/hospital-medicine/ 
  Chapter: Erythema Multiforme 
  Lorenzo Di Francesco, MDEditors: Wiese, J. (Ed.).Decision Support in Medicine2013
• Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine. 
  Chapter: Hypotension 
  Danielle Jones MD, Anna Kho MD, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MDEditors: McKean S, Ross J, Dressler D, Ginsberg J, Brotman D.McGraw-Hill2012
• Teaching in the Hospital. 
  Chapter: Strategies for Succeeding as an Inpatient Attending 
  Page 45 - 61Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD., Jeff Wiese, MD. Neil Winawer, MDEditors: Wiese, J.Philadelphia2010
• Comprehensive Hospital Medicine. 
  Chapter: Acute Pericarditis 
  Page 247 - 254Lorenzo Di Francesco, MDEditors: Williams, MV.SaundersEdition 1st,2007
• Hospital Medicine Secrets. 
  Chapter: Community-Acquired Pneumonia 
  Page 44 - 48Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Alpesh Amin, MDEditors: Glasheen JJ.Elsevier Publishing, Philadelphia2006
• Office Practice of Medicine. 
  Chapter: Community-Acquired Pneumonia 
  Lorenzo Di Francesco, MDEditors: Branch WT.Saunders W B CoEdition 4th,2002
• The Internal Medicine Ambulatory Casebook. 
  Chapter: Iron Deficiency Anemia 
  Lorenzo Di Francesco, MDEditors: Doyle JP, Martin LJ.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania2002
• Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices. 
  Chapter: Preventing Contrast-Induced Renal Failure 
  Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Mark Williams, MDEditors: Shojania KG, Duncan BW, McDonald KM, Wachter RM.2001
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Abstracts/Posters

• A Hard Secretion to Swallow: Pharyngeal deposits in a Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy-Dependent Patient
  Fink, J., Brooks, C., Di Francesco, L., Southern Society of Hospital Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 9/2023
• Systemic Infection with a Chance for Systemic Improvement
  Katharine Rainer, Nicole Cardoso Dragna MD, John Bloch MD, MPH, Lorenzo Di Francesco MD, FACP, FHM, Emory University Department of Medicine Health Equity Day, Atlanta, Georgia, 5/11/2021
• “Monit-Air” Project & Poster Presentation -Lung monitoring harness for evaluation of lung sounds
  Zahra Mousavi Karimi, Katelynn Phang, Matthew Levy, Abigail Schuyler, Franco Zapata, Lorenzo Di Francesco (clinical mentor), GT/Emory BME Senior Capstone Project Expo, Atlanta, Georgia, 11/2020
• Toilet Deoderizers, Desiderosmia and Neurotoxic Deficits
  Christian Gomez, MD; Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM, Hamdi Sherif, MD, Annual meeting SHM Virtual 2020, 4/2020
• An Atypical Presentation of Community Acquired MRSA Pneumonia.
  Akanksha Vaidya, MD, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Annual meeting SGIM, Washington, DC, 5/2019
• “HAP-e” Project & Poster Presentation - Lung monitoring system to recognize early hospital acquired pneumonia.
  Ashleigh McNaboe, Sabrina Lee, Brianna Henthorn, William (Connor) Henderson, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD (clinical mentor), GT/Emory BME Senior Capstone Project Expo, Atlanta, Georgia, 4/2019
• A Tale of Two Thalami: A Case of Lupus Presenting as Central Neuropathic Pain
  Denise Chen MD, Nikolaos Spillas MD, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Annual meeting American Academy of Neurology, Los Angeles, CA, 4/2018
• “POC Diagnostic Technologies: Evaluating an Internal Medicine Residency Point of Care Diagnostic Curriculum.”
  Mikhail Akbashev MD, Ulemu Luhanga, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, AAIM Skills Development Conference, Grapevine, TX, 10/2017
• Disseminated Tuberculous Lymphadenitis as a Primary Presentation of Tuberculosis in an HIV-positive patient.
  Yaanick Desai, Iris Wang MD, Elliott Mahlof MD, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Annual meeting of the Georgia Chapter of the American College of Physicians, Buford, Georgia, 10/2016
• Mycobacterium Kansasii Pericarditis Leading to Cardiac Tamponade in a Patient with HIV Infection
  Mamuka Machaidze, MD, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD., Annual meeting of the Georgia Chapter of the American College of Physicians, Braselton, Georgia, 10/2015
• Sharing Best Practices for NAS: A Multi-Institutional Faculty Development Seminar
  Lisa L. Willett, MD, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, Myra Rose, MD, E. Benjamin Clyburn, MD., APDIM, 11/2013
• A Multi-Faceted Model to Achieve Competency in Practice Based Learning in Graduate Medical Education
  Daniel D. Dressler MD MSc, Amy Allison MLIS, Anna Getselman MLS3, Dustin Smith MD, Bhavin Adhyaru MD, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD., AMEE, Prague, Czech Republic, 8/2013
• Livin’ with LIVEN
  Samantha Shams, MD, Max Adelman, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Society of Hospital Medicine, National Harbor, Maryland, 5/2013
• “VeinSure” Project & Poster Presentation
  Dhruv Vishwakarma, Nina Chheda, Harit Patel, Ryan Sobol, Lorenzo Di Francesco (clinical mentor), GT/Emory BME Senior Capstone Project Expo, Atlanta, Georgia, 11/2012
• Sepsis Patients in Need of Rescue: An Opportunity for Intervention.
  Cathryn T. Lee, Jordan A. Kempker, MD, Greg S. Martin, MD, MSc, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Jeffrey Lennox, MD, ACP Georgia, Savannah, Georgia, 10/2012
• Acute Hyponatremia in Hemoglobin SC Disease.
  Michael Banning, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Shalin Patel, MD, ACP Georgia, Savannah, Georgia, 10/2012
• Communication Breakdown: Preceptions of Handovers Between Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine
  Miriam Fischer, MD, Robin Hemphill, MD, Eva Rimler, MD, Erica Brownfield, MD, Philip Shayne, MD, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Sally Santen, MD, Emory University School of Medicine Science of GME day, Atlanta, Georgia, 5/2011
• Utilizing a Standardized Approach to Teaching & Learning EKG Reading Skills in Internal Medicine Residency
  Roy Abrahamian MD, Rosette Chakkalakal MD, Daniel Dressler MD MSc, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Emory University School of Medicine Science of GME day, Atlanta, Georgia, 5/2011
• Investigation and Control of a Legionella pneumophila (LP) Outbreak at an Inner-City Public Hospital: Water Filters as an Interim Measure.
  Susan M. Ray, MD , Ildefonso Tellez, MD, MPH, Nancy White, RN, Craig J. Tindall, FACHE, Samuel L. Williams, BA, M, Ed, Yun F. Wang, PhD, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Jes..., International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections, 3/2010
• Epigastric Pain as the Initial Diagnosis of HIV and HIV Related Pulmonary Hypertension (HIV-PAH)
  Akram Ibrahim, MD, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Western Regional Meeting of the American-Federation for Medical Research Western Region Annual Meeti, Carmel, CA, 1/2010
• A Case of Histoplasma Induced Colitis in an AIDS Patient.
  Ahsan Achtchi, MD, Chetan Gondha, MD, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, ACP Georgia, Savannah, Georgia, 3/2009
• Happy Feet: Improving Rates of Performance of Annual Diabetic Foot Exams in Resident Continuity Clinic.
  Rosette Chakkalakal, MD, Tricia Ferguson, MD, Maria Susana Castejon Welchez, MD, Emily Cartwright, MD, Stacie Schmidt, MD, Jennifer Bracey, MD, Odicie Fielder, MD, Lor..., Performance Improvement Project Presentations, Atlanta, Georgia, 4/2008
• Psychosis or Seizures? Echolalia Might Be the Clue.
  Julia Massaad MD, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, Southern Society of General Internal Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 12/2006
• Unusual Presentation of Pulmonary Tuberculosis “Needle in a Haystack”.
  Camille Vaughn MD, Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, ACP Georgia, Savannah, Georgia, 10/2006
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Lectures

• Strategies for Successful Inpatient Attendings: The Medicine Perspective. Learning To Be Better Teachers. 
  EUSM Atlanta, Georgia, 2005, 2006, 2009-2011
• Advances and Controversies in Community Acquired Pneumonia. 
  Southern Society of Hospital Medicine, Regional Meeting 2012 Atlanta, Georgia - 10/27/2012
• Skills Workshop for the Teaching Attending Panel Member. 
  EUSM Faculty Development Day Atlanta, Georgia - 5/16/2012
• Using Technology to Teach Young Learners: Keeping Up With the Millennials. 
  EUSM Faculty Development Atlanta, Georgia - 10/21/2011
• Using Resident Report to Promote Evidence-Based Practice: Real Time Interactive Asking, Searching, and Answering Pertinent Clinical Questions. 
  Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada - 4/12/2011
• Acute Heart Failure. 
  Adult Hospitalist Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Boot Camp Chantilly, Virginia - 8/13/2009
• Heathcare-Associated Pneumonia Update. 
  Primary Care Ground Rounds Atlanta, Georgia - 5/23/2009
• Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia. 
  SHM Southern Hospital Medicine 2009 New Orleans, Louisiana - 5/15/2009
• Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia. 
  SHM Southern Hospital Medicine 2008 Atlanta, Georgia - 11/13/2008
• Acute Heart Failure and Troponin. 
  Division of General Internal Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia - 5/22/2008
• Chief Resident Leadership & Management Seminar 2008 Department of Family & Preventive Medicine Emory University School of Medicine “Program Directors/Assistant Program... 
  Atlanta, Georgia - 5/15/2008
• Teaching Portfolios, Targeting Teaching Positions and Getting Promoted as a Clinician Educator. 
  Society of Hospital Medicine, National Meeting San Diego, California - 4/3/2008
• Innovative Ways to Use/Access Resources Materials. 
  Faculty Development, Department of Medicine, EUSM Atlanta, Georgia - 8/3/2006
• The Teaching Portfolio. 
  Faculty Development, Department of Medicine, EUSM Atlanta, Georgia - 7/13/2006
• Electrolyte Disorders. A Focus on Na and Adrenal Disorders. 
  SHM Southern Hospital Medicine Update 2005, Atlanta, Georgia - 11/11/2005
• Community Acquired Pneumonia. Improving outcomes. Where is the evidence? 
  Crawford Long Hospital Medicine Grand Rounds, Atlanta, Georgia - 3/12/2005
• Successful Strategies for the General Ward Attending. 
  Society of Hospital Medicine, National Meeting, San Diego, California - 4/20/2004
• Acute Heart Failure: Hemodynamics, BNP and Nesiritide. 
  SHM Southern Regional Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia - 11/7/2003
• Acute Aortic Dissection. Old disease revisited. 
  Medical Grand Rounds, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia - 3/4/2003
• Managing Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Clinical Pathways Potential to Improve Outcomes? 
  VHA CAP meeting, Atlanta, Georgia - 5/7/2002
• Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults: Therapeutic Challenges. 
  National Association of Inpatient Physicians Chapter Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia - 3/19/2002
• Cases from the Hospital. 
  National Association of Inpatient Physicians Southern Regional Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia - 10/9/2001
• Community Acquired Pneumonia. Improving Outcomes. Where is the Evidence? “A collaborative MD/Nursing effort 
  MD Showcase, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia - 6/15/2007
• Community Acquired Pneumonia: Diagnosis, Evaluation and Management Update 2004. 
  Primary Care Grands Rounds, Atlanta, Georgia - 6/22/2004
• Competency in Medical Informatics: A Multi-Level Curriculum for Residents and Faculty. 
  Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana - 4/2/2008
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Other

• The Strategy for Off-Site Rapid Triage (SORT™) and Real-time Epidemiological Assessment for Community Health (REACH™) materials were created and developed at Emory Uni... 
  Alexander Isakov, Arthur Kellermann, Ruth Parker, Lorenzo Di Francesco, Kara Jacobson
  https://h1n1.cloudapp.net/
  2009