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Patrick J. Brennan, M.D.
Dr. Brennan is the Chief Medical Officer for the Penn Health System. In that capacity he oversees the development of healthcare quality and safety activities, implementation and measurement. He develops health policy related to patient safety, pharmaceutical industry relations and public disclosure of healthcare associated infections. He previously directed infection control for the Health System and the Tuberculosis Control Program of the City of Philadelphia Department of Public Health. His clinical interests include healthcare associated infections, public reporting, tuberculosis and nosocomial infections and he attends on the Transplant Infectious Diseases Service. He currently Chairs HICPAC, the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee for the CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services and The Sentinel Event Advisory Group for the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). In 2008 he served as President of the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America and serves as its immediate Past President in 2009.
Selected publications:
Singh N, Brennan P, Bell M: Primum Non Nocere. Infect Contr Hosp Epdemiol Vol. 29, Supplement 1, October 2008.
Atreja A, Gordon SM, Pollock DA, Olmsted RN, Brennan PJ: HICPAC: Opportunities and Challenges in Utilizing Electronic Health Records for Infection Surveillance, Prevention and Control. Am J Infect Control 36(3) Suppl No.1:537-46, 2008.
Wasserstein AG, Brennan PJ, Rubenstein AH: Institutional leadership and faculty response: fostering professionalism at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Acad Med 82(11):1049-56, November 2007.
McKibben L, Fowler G, Horan T, Brennan P: Ensuring rational public reporting systems for health care-associated infections: Systematic literature review and evaluation recommendations. Am J Infect Control 34:142-9, 2006.
Contact:
Patrick J. Brennan, M.D.
21 Penn Tower
399 S. 34th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
pj.brennan@UPHS.upenn.edu
(215) 615-0668
Education:
Medical School: Temple University
ID Training: University of Pennsylvania
Academic Rank: Professor of Medicine |
