Louise-Marie Dembry, M.D., M.S.

Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology Hospital Epidemiologist Director, Epidemiology Laboratory Yale-New Haven Hospital

Research Interests

Dr. Dembry's research interests are in hospital epidemiology, namely the prevention and control of nosocomial infections, antimicrobial resistant organisms and the use of molecular typing techniques in the study of these issues. Major focus of work is on vancomycin-resistant enterococci and transmission within acute-care facilities and other settings. Other interests include preparedness for public health emergencies, with a particular emphasis on 1) effective methods for training and educating clinicians, 2) healthcare facility and public health coordination and 3) surveillance methodologies.

Recent Publications

• Benin AL, Dembry L, Shapiro ED, Holmboe ES. Reasons Physicians Accepted or Declined Smallpox Vaccine, February Through April, 2003. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2004;19:85-89.
• Raskind CH, Sabo BE, Callan DA, Farrel PA, Dembry LM, Gallagher PG. Conjunctival Colonization of Infants Hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Longitudinal Analysis. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2004;25:216-220.
• Torres-Viera C, and Dembry LM. Approaches to Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases 2004;17:541-547.
• Arnold JL, Dembry LM, Tsai MC, Daniak N, Rodoplu U, Schonfeld DJ, Parwani V, Paturas J, Cannon C, Selig S. Recommended Modifications and Appliacations of the Hospital Incident Command System for Hospital Emergency Management. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 2005;20:290-300.
• Raskind CH, Seashore JH, Dembry LM, Gallagher PG. Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal Bacteremia and Necrotizing Enterocolitis in a Very-Low-Birth-Weight Premature Infant. Pediatric Infectious Diseases 2005. 24(10):943-944.
• Held MR, Begier EM, Beardsley DS, Browne FA, Martinello RA, Baltimore RS, McDonald LC, Jensen B, Hadler JL, Dembry LM. Life-threatening Sepsis Due to Burkholderia cepacia from Contaminated Intravenous Flush Solutions Prepared by a Compounding Pharmacy in Another State. Journal of Pediatrics, 2006;118:e212-e215.
• Dembry LM, Andriole VT. Renal and Perirenal Abscesses. In Schrier RW, ed. Diseases of the Kidney and Urinary Tract, 8th ed. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2007; Chapter 35:870-881.
• Bizzarro MJ, Dembry LM, Baltimore RS, Gallagher PG. Case-Control Analysis of Endemic Serratia marcescens Bacteremia in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Archives of Disease of Children, 2007;92 F120-F126.
• Pashman J, Bradley EH, Wang H, Higa B, Fu M, Dembry LM. Promotion of Hand Hygiene Techniques through Use of a Surveillance Tool. Accepted for publication in Journal of Hospital Infection, 2007 (available online June 1, 2007).

Contact

Campus Address
Hunter 503

E-mail
dembry@ynhh.org

Office Phone
(203) 688-4634

Fax
(203) 688-2823