MartinBackerMDFAAP

Associate Professor (Clinical) Infectious Diseases; Pediatric Infectious Diseases University of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine

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SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2007 - 2011
Maimonides Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, 2003 - 2007
University of Buenos AiresClass of 2002

Chief of Staff Award Virginia Mason Memorial, 2018
"Most Inspirational Physician" award Virginia Mason Memorial, 2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification eClinicalWorks EHR, eClinicalWorks LLC, 2011-2013
Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics
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PubMed

349 citations
Homologous and Heterologous Covid-19 Booster Vaccinations.
Robert L Atmar, Kirsten E Lyke, Meagan E Deming, Lisa A Jackson, Angela R Branche
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2022-03-17
123 citations
Rapid decline in vaccine-boosted neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
Kirsten E Lyke, Robert L Atmar, Clara Dominguez Islas, Christine M Posavad, Daniel Szydlo
Cell Reports. Medicine. 2022-07-19
413 citations
Phase 3 Safety and Efficacy of AZD1222 (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19) Covid-19 Vaccine.
Ann R. Falsey, Magdalena E. Sobieszczyk, Ian Hirsch, Stephanie Sproule, Merlin L. Robb
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2021-09-29

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OpEd: Let’s Boost Public Knowledge About the Covid-19 VaccineOctober 10th, 2021
Cold or COVID? Doctors Advise You to Get Tested, Even if You’re VaccinatedJuly 27th, 2021
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