WestynBranch-EllimanMDMMSc

Healthcare Associated Infections

Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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Dr. Westyn Branch-Elliman is an infectious disease specialist in Boston, MA and is affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She received her medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and has been in practice 11 years. She specializes in healthcare associated infections.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2009 - 2012
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2006 - 2009
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 2006

Top abstract Society for Healthcare Epidemiology in America, 2019
Top Reviewer Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2017
First Place, Residents and Fellows Research Competition Harvard Medical School, 2012
Jonathan Freeman Scholarship Society for Healthcare Epidemiology in America, 2012
Travel Award Society for Healthcare Epidemiology in America, 2011
Travel Award Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2011
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PubMed

Operationalizing an adverse event detection surveillance system to support antimicrobial stewardship activities: perceptions and insights from the SHEA research network.
Hawra J Al Lawati, Kimberly L Harvey, Marlena Shin, Hillary Mull, Rebecca P Lamkin
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2024-10-30
A call to action: the SHEA research agenda to combat healthcare-associated infections.
Jennie H Kwon, Sonali D Advani, Westyn Branch-Elliman, Barbara I Braun, Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2024-10-25
Impacts of testing and immunity acquired through vaccination and infection on covid-19 cases in Massachusetts elementary and secondary students.
Westyn Branch-Elliman, Melissa Zeynep Ertem, Richard E Nelson, Anseh Danesharasteh, David Berlin
Communications Medicine. 2024-10-16

First Opinion Readers on Covid and Trump, Rare Diseases, and Institutional NeutralityOctober 12th, 2024
Hospitals and Health Care Facilities Should Drop Mask Requirements, Medical Experts SayApril 21st, 2023
Healthcare Epidemiologists and Infectious Diseases Experts Review Changing Context for Masking in Healthcare SettingsApril 17th, 2023
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