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Office
Methodist Professional Building
8111 Dodge Street, Suite 363
Omaha, NE 68114Phone+1 402-354-8155Fax+1 402-354-8159
Summary
- Robert G. Penn MD is a Board Certified ID Specialist in Omaha. Dr. Penn sees patients with complex infectious diseases primarily at Methodist Hospital. Dr. Penn also serves as Medical Director of Nebraska Methodist Hospital's Department of Infection Prevention. Dr. Penn's medical practice is privately operated through his company, Infectious Diseases Associates, P.C., with its office and clinic located on the campus of Methodist Hospital.
Education & Training
- Creighton University School of Medicine (Omaha)Fellowship, Infectious Disease, 1979 - 1981
- University of Nebraska Medical Center College of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1975 - 1978
- University of Nebraska College of MedicineClass of 1975
- University of Nebraska at LincolnB.S., with Distinction, 1968 - 1972
Certifications & Licensure
- NE State Medical License 1975 - 2026
- IA State Medical License 1998 - 2020
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), 2010
- Fellow Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), 2005
- Fellow American College of Physicians (ACP), 2000
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 58 citationsPersistent Neuroinvasive West Nile Virus Infection in an Immunocompromised PatientRobert G. Penn, Jeannette Guarner, James J. Sejvar, Herbert A. Hartman, Rodney D. McComb
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2006-03-01 - Normal development after congenital herpes simplex virus infectionJohn Norman Walburn, Lynne D. Willett, Robert G. Penn
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 1991-02-01 - 16 citationsLocalized cryptococcal osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent host.Terence L. Zach, Robert G. Penn
Pediatric Infectious Disease. 1986-09-01
Journal Articles
- Molecular characterization of a multiple resistant Klebsiella pneumonia encoding ESBLs and a plasmid-mediated AmpCHanson ND, Thomson KS, Moland ES, Sanders CC, Berthold G, Penn RG, J Antimicrob Chemoth, 1/1/1999
- Treatment of Hemophilus influenzae Type B Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Infection with Ceftriaxone and Rifampin: Case ReportHellbusch LC, Penn RG, Nebr Med J, 1/1/1995
- Normal Development Following Congenital HSV InfectionWalburn J, Willett L, Penn RG, Pedi Infect Diseases, 1/1/1991
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Experience Using Commercially Available Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Patients with Refractory Clostridium Difficile Infection.Bautista B, Neff W, Danekas P, Ehlers R, Penn R, American Society of Health System Pharmacy, Midyear Clinical Meeting, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2017
- Surgeon Peer Review: An Initiative to Improve Communication and Provide Feedback on Potentially Preventable Surgical Site Infection Risk Factors.White RJ, Penn RG, Miller S, Vyhlidal S, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc., 35th Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting, 1/15/2008
- A Hospital Outbreak of Norovirus and Development of �Upset Stomach Etiquette� (�USE�).Penn RG, Vyhlidal SK, O�Keefe A, Friend P, Kirby M, Micheels T, Miller S, Riessen L, Roberts S, White R, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, 17th Annual Scientific Meeting of SHEA, Baltimore, MD, 1/16/2007
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Lectures
- Your Human Microbiome: What is it, and How it Impacts Your Health.Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital, Council Bluffs, IA, 2018; Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Omaha, N - 1/24/2018
- Clostridium difficile Infection & Intestinal Microbiota Dysbiosis.Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Omaha, NE - 1/19/2018
- Sepsis.Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Omaha, NE - 1/18/2018
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Other
- Book Review of Kasper DL, Fauci AS (eds), Harrison�s Infectious Diseases, 3rd Edition. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2017.Penn RG, Doody�s Book Review Service (on line)
http://www.doody.com
1/13/2017 - Book Review of Klein SL, Roberts CW (eds). Sex and Gender Differences in Infection and Treatments for Infectious Diseases, 1st Edition. Springer International Publishi...Penn RG, Doody�s Book Review Service (on line)
http://www.doody.com
1/30/2016 - Book Review of Franco-Paredes, C (ed). Core Concepts in Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1st Edition. Academic Press, Inc., 2016.Penn RG, Doody�s Book Review Service (on line)
http://www.doody.com
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Press Mentions
- Nebraska’s First Coronavirus Patient Taken to Biocontainment Unit, Officials SayMarch 8th, 2020
External Links
- Infectious Diseases Associates PChttp://www.idmidwest.com
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